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Thanks to a disciplined pace-bowling attack, aided by mediocre batting from Punjab, Mumbai bundled the visitors out for 154 inside the first two sessions

The Report by Amol Karhadkar08-Oct-2015
ScorecardShardul Thakur carved out Punjab’s middle order to limit the side to 154•PTI

Attitude and discipline. For Mumbai captain Aditya Tare, these were the biggest lessons learnt from a topsy-turvy Ranji Trophy campaign last season and he wanted his team to improve on both aspects this time around. The Mumbai team delivered on both counts on the opening day of their Group B tie against Punjab to take a firm grip on the game at the Wankhede Stadium.Thanks to a disciplined pace-bowling attack, aided by mediocre batting from Punjab, Mumbai bundled the visitors out in a little over two session. And Shreyas Iyer’s blitzkrieg, an unbeaten 61 off 43 balls, then ensured that despite losing both the openers, the hosts were only 51 runs behind Punjab’s tally of 154.If Mumbai can bat through the second day, they will be set to make up for their disappointing start to the season, after they conceded the first-innings lead to Andhra last week.Tare’s decision to field on a typical Wankhede pitch that didn’t look threatening for batsmen was a calculated risk. But the decision also reflected that he had more confidence in his bowling unit than the batting pack. And the pace attack delivered when they were given an opportunity to excel.Manan Vohra and Jiwanjot Singh looked in little trouble for the first half hour, with the former driving the ball elegantly. Once Shardul Thakur couldn’t extract any movement off the pitch or in the air, Tare brought in Balwinder Sandhu. And the seamer’s introduction, aided by Abhishek Nayar’s accurate bowling, dried the run flow.It eventually resulted in Jiwanjot mis-timing an attempted drive and Sandhu latched on to a one-handed return catch in his follow-through. Half an hour and seven runs later, the change of ends worked for Thakur. The fast bowler bowled a short one and although the ball didn’t rise much, Vohra couldn’t take his gloves away in time while trying to duck under it. The ball kissed his right glove and offered Tare a simple catch.Mandeep Singh played a superb cut shot off the first ball he faced but in Thakur’s next over, fell into a short-ball trap. With Thakur bowling with a deep fine leg and deepish square leg, it was obvious that he would pester Mandeep with short balls. And the batsman walked into the trap by top-edging a pull for Harmeet Singh to run in a few yards from square leg and complete the catch.In walked Yuvraj Singh, who had the additional responsibility to take Punjab to safety in the absence of Gurkeerat Singh, who has been called up to the India ODI squad. The Punjab captain played a stylish upper-cut just before the lunch break and in the first over after lunch, he played a trademark straight punch off Sandhu’s fuller ball.While Kulkarni continued to bowl short to Yuvraj in the next over, Sandhu was soon rewarded for his fuller length. In the bowler’s next over, Yuvraj played a tentative drive only to edge it to Tare. At 75 for 4, Punjab were in trouble of folding early. Soon after Punjab went past the 100 mark, Uday Kaul, who had held one end together, and Himanshu Chawla, who replaced Gurkeerat in the XI, perished in the space of six balls and that opened the floodgates for Mumbai. Sandhu and Thakur didn’t take long to wipe off the tail.The Punjab seamers took a cue from their Mumbai counterparts and accounted for both the Mumbai openers in the first ten overs. But Iyer took the game away, displaying his wide range of strokes. He drove when the seamers pitched it full or wide, flicked off his pads with ease. He crossed 50 with a six, a straight hit into the sightscreen, off the 33rd ball he faced. He was lucky to have been given a reprieve soon after at short midwicket but his knock gave an early indication that he was unlikely to suffer any second-season blues.

A round-up of the Ford Trophy 1st and 2nd preliminary finals, played on January 23, 2016

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Jan-2016A career-best, unbeaten 80 from 24-year-old allrounder Ben Wheeler helped Central Districts seal a tight chase of 295 against Canterbury, and confirm their place in the final of the Ford Trophy 2015-16. Wheeler’s knock came from No. 8, and egging him on from the other end was the brutal force of Jesse Ryder – he made 136 off 114 from No. 3, smoking seven sixes and 13 fours. The pair added 163 in 21 overs, at close to eight an over, rescuing Central Districts from the pits of 105 for 6 to help them home with two wickets and three balls to spare.It was right-arm pacer Kyle Jamieson who had done a large chunk of the damage to Central Districts’ top order, and he threatened to derail them once again with the massive wicket of Ryder in 44th over, with the team still 27 runs short of their target. Wheeler kept his head though, and finished the job.Canterbury’s 294 was built around a brisk century from opener Tom Latham – he scored 126 off 135. The rest of the top order made 20- and 30-somethings around him to ensure the team got within range of 300. Medium-pacer Seth Rance was the most incisive of the Central Districts bowlers, with three middle-order wickets, and Doug Bracewell made sure Canterbury did not get past 300 by polishing off the tail.Canterbury will have a second shot at the final when they take on Otago in the third preliminary final on Wednesday – they get a second chance since they finished the league stage in the top two on the points table, along with Central Districts. Central Districts, meanwhile, will have a week to prepare for the title game, which is scheduled for next Saturday.Otago had finished the league stage third on the points table and therefore have twice the work to do: they took the first step successfully, beating Auckland in the second preliminary final (effectively a quarter-final, with the loser going out and the winner needing to win one more game to get into the final).Otago batted first and piled up 312, led by 109 from Neil Broom. Batting at No. 3, Broom put on 158 with Michael Bracewell (69), after the other opener Anaru Kitchen was out off second legal ball of the game. Jimmy Neesham also chipped in with 59 off 54, before Derek de Boorder’s late cameo of 24 lifted them past 300.By the eighth over of the chase, 21-year-old pacer Jacob Duffy had Otago firmly on top. He took three early wickets, reducing Auckland to 40 for 3. Neil Wagner and Neesham struck soon after, and the game was as good as done. Unlike Central Districts’ case, there was no Auckland revival. Rain did end things early and Duckworth/Lewis came into play, but by then Auckland were already spluttering at 159 for 8 in 34, deemed to be 126 short of a winning score.

“The most important thing for our bowlers is to make sure the Australian batters work really hard for their runs”

Tristan Lavalette28-Nov-20221:38

Holder: We’ve put the T20 WC behind us, the focus is on Test cricket

On what is expected to be a bouncy and quick Optus Stadium pitch – a far cry from the slower Caribbean surfaces – West Indies’ pace attack has been urged to be restrained and patient against the experienced Australia batters in the first Test starting on Wednesday.Having not won a Test in Australia for 25 years, West Indies are the underdogs in the two-Test series, but their talented quicks provide hope of a positive result in likely bowler-friendly conditions. While it will be tempting for them to unleash an all-out assault against a team returning from a four-month Test break, they have been advised against bowling too full or too short at a ground where runs can come quickly.Related

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“People get carried away seeing carry and bounce, but you still have got to find a really good length suitable for the wicket,” Jason Holder said on Monday. “Understanding when to attack, when to defend, and just understanding the context of scenarios and the phase of the game.”I think the most important thing for our bowlers is to make sure the Australian batters work really hard for their runs. We’ve just got to assess the conditions early and make the necessary adjustments.”Holder said he would be available to bowl in the Tests after not being used during the two warm-up matches.Anticipation is building for fiery quick Alzarri Joseph’s first Test in Australia. In a bid to rattle a veteran Australia top order, Joseph is expected to be used in short, sharp bursts in warm Perth.”He’s got pace and he’s very aggressive. A guy who will be an enforcer,” Holder said of Joseph, who can consistently bowl at around 145kph/90mph. The added responsibility underlines Joseph’s growing maturity after making his Test debut as a 19-year-old in 2016.”I was actually quite shocked that he’s 26… we celebrated his birthday on tour recently,” Holder said. “It’s amazing the time that has flown, so good to see him fit and healthy. He’s obviously developed a lot as he was very introverted, and didn’t say much in the dressing room. He’s a lot more comfortable around his peers, he’s one of the more seasoned campaigners when it comes to all-format cricket.”Joseph should form an exciting pairing with Jayden Seales, who has burst on to Test cricket with 36 wickets at 21.77 from nine matches.”I think Jayden has a lot of skill… he has swing and control. I think that’s his two greatest attributes,” Holder said. “Maybe there won’t be much swing in these conditions but he’s good enough to extract some seam movement.”Jason Holder expects Jayden Seales to extract seam movement in Perth•Getty Images

While West Indies’ dip in white-ball cricket was underlined by an early exit at the T20 World Cup recently, they have shown glimpses of a Test rebirth marked by an impressive home victory against England in March.”If you look at the nucleus of the Test side, I think we’ve been together for the last five, six years,” Holder said. “I think that is really important in comparison to the other sides… probably a little bit more chopping and changing.”I think our long-format cricket has really developed, so it’s really good signs and a lot of our players are developing.”With West Indies refreshed after a much-needed breather, Holder took inspiration from quick Kemar Roach’s memorable venomous spell against Ricky Ponting at the WACA in 2009 as they eyed ending a hoodoo in Australia.”It’s a tour that people can make their names. Kemar Roach… has gone on to be one of our leading bowlers,” Holder said. “We’ve been through a lot as a side and it’s not going to be an easy tour.”

About Sunil Narine, lead selector Desmond Haynes says, “it seemed that he was not interested”

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Sep-20222:05

Haynes: Pooran had a chat with Narine and it seemed he was not interested

The West Indies selection panel has “decided to move on” as far as Andre Russell’s inclusion in the T20 World Cup squad is concerned, chief selector Desmond Haynes has said. Russell and Sunil Narine, currently playing for Trinbago Knight Riders in the CPL, were both left out of the 15-member squad that saw the return of Evin Lewis.Haynes said they decided to pick someone “in form” instead of Russell, who last played a T20I in the T20 World Cup last year.”We had a meeting with Andre Russell earlier in the year,” Haynes told Ian Bishop in an interview on the sidelines of Wednesday’s CPL game between Jamaica Tallawahs and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. “We’re still not convinced yet, he’s not performing as well as we would like to see him in the competition. I think in the situation with Andre Russell, we’ve just decided to move on, and look for someone who’s in form, and doing well in the T20 format.”Related

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In a press conference later, Haynes said he wasn’t sure if Narine, who hasn’t featured in a T20I for West Indies in over three years, wanted to play after the conversations captain Nicholas Pooran was having with him.”I did not get any notice from Narine regarding his availability to play. There were conversations that the captain was having with Narine, and from all reports, it seemed that he was not interested.”Yes, again, the captain told me he’s reached out to Narine, but I’m not too sure he wants to play.”Narine has been a consistent performer in the CPL and won the Player-of-the-Match award on Wednesday night, hours after the squad was announced, for his all-round performance of 26 off 20 and 2 for 9 from two overs against Guyana Amazon Warriors. He has been batting in the Knight Riders middle order this CPL and has picked six wickets in 20 overs so far at a frugal economy rate of 4.25. Last season, he picked up 12 wickets at a staggering economy rate of 4.37.In the same game on Wednesday, Russell picked 3 for 16 and bowled eight dots in his 17 balls. He hasn’t been among the runs this season, but he had scored much better in the inaugural 6ixty which preceded the ongoing CPL. Russell was the second-highest run-scorer in the 6ixty with 137 runs from five innings, striking at 192.95 with 15 sixes.Russell and Narine have been playing in T20 leagues around the world for many years and were signed by Abu Dhabi Knight Riders for UAE’s ILT20 which will be played early next year. Before the CPL, they played the Hundred in England. While Narine was the top wicket-taker for Oval Invincibles with 11 wickets from six games, Russell scored 148 runs for runners-up Manchester Originals, striking at 168.18 with 12 sixes. He also picked four wickets but leaked at 10.64 runs an over.Even though Russell was among the platinum picks for the BBL overseas draft, he went unpicked eventually possibly because of availability issues as the BBL will clash with the ILT20 and SA20 in South Africa.

Sri Lanka Under-19 captain Charith Asalanka and their pacers starred in a drawn Youth Test they dominated against Pakistan Under-19 in Hambantota

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Oct-2015
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsSri Lanka Under-19 captain Charith Asalanka and their pacers starred in a drawn Youth Test they dominated against Pakistan Under-19 in Hambantota. Asalanka’s double-hundred in the first innings helped his side take a first-innings lead of 138 runs to later set Pakistan a target of 350, and the visitors put up 142 for 3 in reply on the last day.Sri Lanka opted to bat and their score of 347 for 9 was built around Asalanka’s 200 as no other batsman scored more than 40. From the Pakistan side that fielded 11 debutants, Shadab Khan took 6 for 89 to put a check on Sri Lanka’s score. Pakistan’s reply was similar, led by a hundred from Umair Masood (102) as the next-best score was 29 in their total of 209. Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara and Thilan Nimesh took three wickets each.Sri Lanka then declared on 211 for 3 after 54 overs, with fifties from Avishka Fernando (63) and Shammu Ashan (54*), with hopes of bowling out Pakistan in less than two sessions but the visitors’ top order resisted with strong partnerships as opener Zeeshan Malik scored a brisk 55 off 63 and they batted for over 40 overs.

The jury at Chris Cairns’ perjury trial has heard how the former New Zealand allrounder reacted with exasperation and anger when confronted by police with allegations of match-fixing

ESPNcricinfo staff28-Oct-2015The jury at Chris Cairns’ perjury trial has heard how the former New Zealand allrounder reacted with exasperation and anger when confronted by police with allegations of match-fixing.Cairns, who denies two counts of perjury and perverting the course of justice, relating to his 2012 libel action against Lalit Modi, listened to tapes of his statements to police in April and May 2014, in which he responded to allegations made by his former New Zealand team-mates Lou Vincent and Brendon McCullum, as well as Eleanor Riley, Vincent’s ex-wife, all of whom have now given evidence in the trial at Southwark Crown Court.Cairns could be heard protesting on the tapes that the allegations had cost him work and left him in financial difficulties. He was especially angered by Riley’s recollection of a night out in Greater Manchester in 2008, in which she claimed that Cairns had attempted to calm her fears about her then-husband’s involvement in match-fixing by telling her that “everyone in India” was doing it.”Seriously? These are the accusations in regard to this?” Cairns told police in his statement. “This is why I can’t get money, this is why I can’t make a living? This is it?”I don’t want to seem like a whack job. I’ve been wracking my brains for months, I’ve been f**ked over.”Vincent, who has admitted to taking cannabis and medication to combat his depression following his axing from the New Zealand squad in 2007, had played under Cairns for Chandigarh Lions in the 2008 Indian Cricket League tournament.He was “always up and down, and that was without medication”, said Cairns, who claimed to have attempted to help his team-mate out during his time in the ICL, but that he had also had other players to worry about.Cairns and his fellow defendant, Andrew Fitch-Holland, are charged with perverting the course of justice after allegedly persuading Vincent to provide a false witness statement to support Cairns’ libel action against Modi. Cairns told police that Vincent had agreed to do it, but had indicated that he wanted payment in return.”He was looking for remuneration for providing something he felt would be helpful to me,” Cairns said. “He never said money, and I never said money, but without a shadow of a doubt we were talking about money.”The alleged approach, which was made in a Skype conversation in March 2011 that Vincent recorded, was played back to the court earlier in the trial.Fitch-Holland said he was unaware Vincent had “surreptitiously” taped the call, or that the player was involved in match-fixing, but did not accept that the tape served as evidence that he had been trying to obtain a false statement on behalf of Cairns, his then-client.At one point on the Skype call, Fitch-Holland tells Vincent: “we all know some of what is being said is clearly true”. This, he claimed, was a reference to Indian players who were involved in match-fixing in the ICL.”Lou Vincent is up to his neck in match-fixing and he’s trying to throw Chris Cairns under the bus … and I’m collateral damage,” Fitch-Holland said. “He is a self-confessed corrupt man and a liar.”McCullum, the current New Zealand captain, told the court last week how Cairns had called him to a meeting in a hotel room in Kolkata in 2008, ahead of the opening match of the Indian Premier League, at which he had raised the topic of spread betting over a room-service meal.Cairns, however, denied that any specific meeting had ever taken place.”I may have bumped in to him, there were a lot of the boys [New Zealand cricketers] in and out and around,” he said.Pressed on whether he had told McCullum “everyone was doing it [fixing]”, Cairns responded: “Brendon McCullum?”Asked if he’d told McCullum “not to miss out” on his chance to make money match-fixing, Cairms said “No. Brendon is misconstruing a discussion we might have been having. Baz is an inquisitive guy.”The trial continues.

Former England batter left head scout role at ECB in June

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Oct-2022James Taylor has been appointed batting coach at Leicestershire, his first role in professional cricket after losing his job at the ECB in June.Taylor, 32, was forced to retire from the game six years ago after he was diagnosed with a rare heart condition, and joined the ECB as a selector in 2018 after short-term coaching roles with Northamptonshire and in the England pathway.He spent three years working alongside Ed Smith and another year as head scout after Smith’s national selector role was axed in 2021.Taylor spent four seasons playing for Leicestershire before moving to Nottinghamshire, winning the Friends Life T20 in 2011, and will now work under his former captain Paul Nixon, who has been the club’s head coach since late 2017.”I’m delighted to be back with Leicestershire,” Taylor said. “I’ve got so many fond memories here and I can’t wait to add to those.”A real passion of mine is helping people and coaching is something where I can do that. I’ve got a wide range of different experiences and hopefully some of that knowledge can transfer to the players.”There are some hugely talented players here at Leicestershire, and I can’t think of a better place to come and work to try and make a difference. I want to help take the club forward in any way I can.”Related

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Leicestershire had a disastrous red-ball season in 2022, picking up the County Championship’s wooden spoon after a winless campaign, but reached the knockout stages of the Royal London Cup and would have progressed to the quarter-finals of the T20 Blast but for a points deduction.They announced a significant squad clear-out last month, with allrounder Ben Mike joining Yorkshire and the following seven players all released at the end of the season: Hassan Azad, Sam Bates, Nat Bowley, Alex Evans, Gavin Griffiths, George Rhodes and Abi Sakande.Sol Budinger has been brought in from Notts, while the club are expected to announce the signing of Matt Salisbury, the Durham seamer, in the coming weeks.Claude Henderson, Taylor’s team-mate during the 2011 T20 triumph, was appointed director of cricket on a permanent basis last week after filling the role on an interim basis this season.

Nathan Lyon’s reprieve during the Adelaide Test appears to have been in direct contravention of the ICC’s directives for umpires using the DRS

Melinda Farrell and Daniel Brettig30-Nov-20151:08

‘Waiting to hear back from the ICC’ – Hesson

Nathan Lyon’s reprieve during the Adelaide Test appears to have been in direct contravention of the ICC’s directives for umpires using the DRS.In a decision New Zealand have lodged a formal protest against, the third umpire Nigel Llong ruled that Lyon was not out despite Hot Spot showing a mark where the ball had passed the back of the bat, before ballooning off Lyon’s shoulder and into the hands of Kane Williamson at slip.Llong’s deliberations were broadcast live on the Nine Network’s television coverage and, while viewing the Hot Spot vision, he stated three times that he could see a mark. He then told the on-field umpire S Ravi: “There’s a mark on the bat but it could come from anywhere.”ESPNcricinfo has confirmed that umpires make their deliberations under instructions that Real-time Snicko (RTS) is only to be used if Hot Spot does not show a mark.”If the umpire gives it out [and it is reviewed], the third umpire will look at the spin-vision replay to start with, then he’ll go to Hot Spot,” Geoff Allardice, the ICC head of cricket operations, had said when explaining the introduction of RTS in 2013. “If there’s a mark on Hot Spot he’ll go straight to out. That’s his conclusive evidence straight away. The only time Snicko will be used is if there’s no mark on Hot Spot.”Allardice’s quotes, however, did not explain the protocol to be followed in the case of not-out decisions.While RTS was introduced as a virtual insurance policy in cases where Hot Spot does not show a mark on the bat, the technology based on stump mic recordings is not infallible.Since deliveries from spinners are slower, and therefore the impact softer, stump mics have more difficulty picking up faint sounds. This is compounded when a player steps forward and increases the distance between the stump mics and the ball, their body shielding the mic further from any faint noise. In this instance, after passing the bat, the ball went on to hit Lyon’s shoulder. At that point of impact, there was also no spike on snicko.There was no spike on snicko at the point of impact on the shoulder

New Zealand’s coach Mike Hesson made his feelings clear with a sarcastic response to a question about Llong’s ruling.”It was excellent, wasn’t it?” he said. “I think everyone at the ground saw what unfolded, and I think it has been spoken about a lot. We’ve certainly made a representation to the ICC, and at present we’re still awaiting an acceptable response. I’ll let you know when I hear it.”If Lyon had been given out, Australia would have been 9 for 118 in the first innings with only the injured Mitchell Starc left to bat. Some may point to the fact New Zealand could still have secured victory with a tighter bowling performance after the Lyon ruling, or by avoiding their first-innings batting collapse, but there is no doubt the decision changed the course of the match.”I guess we’ll never know,” Hesson said. “The game carried on and took a number of other twists and turns after that, so it’s something that I can’t answer. But it certainly had an impact.”Hesson said he has no issue with the technology used in the DRS, but New Zealand clearly believe Llong did not follow the correct procedure in using the information available to make his ruling.”There is a process that needs to be followed within these decisions, and we need to make sure that process was followed correctly,” Hesson said. “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the technology at all.”The decision descended from controversy to farce when Llong asked to see the ball tracker, to check for an lbw. By this stage, nearly four and-a-half minutes had elapsed and, as Llong had not previously asked to use the Eagle Eye ball tracker, a scramble among technology operators led to the wrong replay being show, which Llong did not seem to notice. The ball tracker showed a replay in which Lyon swept and the ball went to the leg side off the pad.ICC chief executive David Richardson has indicated in the past that specialist third umpires may be required to implement the DRS more effectively, but even he seemed unsure about the process Llong was required to follow when asked about the incident on the final day of the Test.”No issues (with the process). I was watching it on television when it happened and I think the process was ok,” Richardson told . “Umpiring decisions are mostly up to the umpire’s judgement and you can’t be guaranteed which way it’s going to go in individual instances.”I was interested in a poll Channel Nine ran just after, asking ‘would you have given it out or not out?’ It was pretty much 50-50 the response so it was an extremely difficult decision.”The entire incident suggests that officials, commentators and fans alike require a greater understanding of the correct procedures and the technologies involved, and that umpires need more direct communication with the people who design and operate them.That this all played out live, with Llong’s audio available to viewers, may help in speedier improvements to the DRS system. It may not help New Zealand now. But it would be progress.

England opener hits 76 off 44 as Lightning slip to third defeat from four

ECB Reporters Network29-May-2022England opener Danni Wyatt cracked 76 from 44 balls at Trent Bridge as Southern Vipers made it four wins from four in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, which all but guarantees their place at next month’s finals day.Lightning, who suffered a third defeat in four, were bowled out for 141 in 19.4 overs, Vipers chasing down their target in the 17th to win by five wickets.Wyatt hit 11 fours and a six before she was caught by England team-mate Tammy Beaumont on the midwicket boundary with Vipers in sight of the win.Related

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Wyatt, whose maximum was driven over mid-on, was dropped twice, on 61 and 65, although both were difficult chances in the deep and it is debatable whether it would have altered the outcome had one of them stuck.Marie Kelly hit 36 from just 12 balls as Lightning overcame the early loss of Beaumont for one but a powerplay worth 57 runs came at the cost of four wickets and the home side were grateful to Kathryn Bryce (23) and Lucy Higham (31) for leading a recovery from 77 for six.Former Lightning skipper Georgia Elwiss took three for 28, with 17-year-old left-arm seamer Freya Kemp claiming the wickets of Kelly and Beaumont. Higham also took 3 for 30 with her offspin for Lightning.After Lightning had won the toss, Kelly shrugged off the loss of opening partner Beaumont, clearing the leg-side boundary three times off Lauren Bell before cracking three consecutive fours off Kemp.