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India have name an unchanged squad from the one playing in the Champions Trophy for the ODI tri-series in the West Indies, which begins on June 28

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Jun-2013

India team for tri-series v WI, SL

MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Shikhar Dhawan, M Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Irfan Pathan, Amit Mishra, Vinay Kumar

India have named an unchanged squad from the one playing in the Champions Trophy for the ODI tri-series in the West Indies, which begins on June 28. The continuity is reflective of the team’s success in the ongoing tournament, where they have reached the semi-finals after winning all their group matches.The squad includes five seam bowlers in Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Irfan Pathan and Vinay Kumar, and three spinners: R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra. MS Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik and M Vijay constitute the batting.India will travel to the West Indies following the Champions Trophy, for the series that also includes the hosts and Sri Lanka.The make-up of the squad indicates that the Indian selectors, in relation to the one-day team, have turned their focus firmly on World Cup 2015. India had fielded a new-look team for the Champions Trophy, dropping seniors like Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh. These players as well as others – including Zaheer Khan, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh – who had been central to India’s success over the previous decade but have had form and injury issues of late, remain sidelined.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is all set to appoint Richard Pybus as the national head coach after a day of meetings and “fact-finding”

Mohammad Isam11-May-2012The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is all set to appoint Richard Pybus as the national head coach after a day of meetings and “fact-finding”. None of the other candidates who were shortlisted – Mick Newell and Mark Greatbatch – are due to be interviewed, and Pybus’ appointment is likely to be confirmed within a week.”There won’t be any more interviews, nobody else is coming. We want one person and I’m sure we will succeed,” BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal said. “We have spoken to him [Pybus] and we are quite interested to get him. We can get a concrete decision from him in six to seven days.”After arriving late on Thursday night, Pybus spent time with Kamal at his residence. On Friday, he visited the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur to check out the facilities and meet some of the directors. In the evening, he met with some of the senior Bangladesh players in Dhaka. He is due to head back to Cape Town on Saturday afternoon.”This is nothing official nor is it an interview,” Pybus told reporters. “This is a fact-finding mission on my behalf and I am here to meet the president and the support staff. I want to make an informed decision and find out whether I can make a valid contribution.”It is about meeting people and finding a common ground. I have a family back in South Africa and I will go back and tell them whether it is feasible.”The living situation is the only hitch in an otherwise done deal as the BCB chief confirmed that there won’t be any more interviews or meetings with the other candidates.Pybus has seen Bangladesh up close a few times as Pakistan’s coach, most famously when Bangladesh upset Pakistan in the 1999 World Cup in a group game in Northampton. Before heading to Bangladesh, he spoke the wife of the late South Africa allrounder Eddie Barlow, who was Bangladesh’s coach after that World Cup.”Eddie Barlow was a friend of mine in South Africa and before he passed away, he spoke very highly about Bangladesh cricket,” Pybus said. “I spoke to his wife Cally last week and she only had good things to say about the people in Bangladesh.”Pybus will be coaching an international side for the first time since 2003. He was impressed with Bangladesh’s performance of late and said that he has a passion for the top job.”There is a lot of raw talent, and they have started to play some good cricket, build on the work done by Stuart [Law] and the support staff on the progress of the boys. It (Shere Bangla Stadium) is a wonderful, world-class stadium. It is nice to be here and nice to be in a country where the passion is incredible.”There’s never a shortage of hunger there. There’s always a challenge but it is about making a valid contribution. Those are the important things,” he said.Edited by Kanishkaa Balachandran

The spot-fixing trial will be held on October 4, the Southwark Crown Court in London ruled on Friday

ESPNcricinfo staff20-May-2011The spot-fixing trial will be held from October 4, the Southwark Crown Court in London ruled on Friday. The decision was made during a hearing into corruption charges against Pakistani players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, and the player-agent Mazhar Majeed, who were all named in the spot-fixing investigation.Strangely, none of the four attended the hearing, though Amir and Asif were in London. Butt had already been excused from being present.The players and the agent are facing charges of conspiracy to cheat, and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments, following the Lord’s Test last August in which they allegedly conspired to bowl pre-determined no-balls. The four appeared at a hearing – at the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court – on March 17, which set the date and jurisdiction for this hearing and were granted unconditional bail at the time; Majeed was told to surrender his passport.Accepting corrupt payments is an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 and carries a maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment and an unlimited fine. Cheating is an offence under Section 42 of the Gambling Act 2005, carrying a maximum sentence of two years’ imprisonment and an unlimited fine.The foursome was charged after being questioned by Scotland Yard detectives over the alleged scandal in the Test at Lord’s last August, following accusations by the tabloid newspaper. The players have already been banned by the ICC, which held a separate inquiry, for periods ranging from five to ten years. All three have, however, already filed appeals against their bans at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland.

Runs were again hard to come by at Lord’s where 13 wickets fell and pace
bowlers from Middlesex and Gloucestershire exchanged blows on day two of this
County Championship Division Two basement clash

28-Apr-2010

ScorecardShaun Udal rescued his side with a half-century•PA Photos

Runs were again hard to come by at Lord’s where 13 wickets fell and pace
bowlers from Middlesex and Gloucestershire exchanged blows on day two of this
County Championship Division Two basement clash.Having been dismissed for 203 to trail the visitors by 95 on first innings,
Middlesex rallied in the final two sessions of the day to reduce Gloucestershire
to 139 for 7 at the mid-point for an overall advantage in the match of 204
runs.Resuming on their parlous overnight position of 71 for 4, the Middlesex top
middle order struggled to cope against the impressive Steve Kirby and Gemaal
Hussain who finished with 4 for 50 and 3 for 50 respectively.Hussain made the first breakthrough of the day having Sam Robson held at third
slip off a thick edged back-foot force then, with the score on Nelson’s, Dawid
Malan (25) was lured forward in defence by Jon Lewis only to nick to the
keeper.When all-rounder Gareth Berg (4) steered one to second slip off Kirby to make
it 124 for 7 Middlesex were in real danger of missing out on a batting bonus
point, but a vital, combative half-century from their skipper Shaun Udal – the
only 50 of the day – enabled his side to edge past 200.Udal, the oldest player in county cricket at 41, rode his luck and might have
gone with his score on 13 and 14 when Chris Taylor, at point, then Hamish
Marshall, off his own bowling, both dropped diving chances.In tandem with John Simpson (42), right-handed Udal flourished in the face of a
barrage of short-pitched bowling from the Gloucestershire attack. Udal hitting
eight fours and a six off a top-edged hook into The Mound Stand, in a 72-ball
half-century.A leg-cutter from left-arm seamer James Franklin accounted for Simpson and it
took a stunning, overhead catch on the ropes at deep mid-wicket by Abdul-Kadeer
Ali to finally send Udal packing.Unable to use the heavy roller after close-season changes to the playing
regulations, Gloucestershire’s batsmen were taking guard again just after 2.30pm
on a pock-marked pitch that, left virtually untouched by the light roller,
continued to assist the seamers.For the second time in the game Kadeer Ali (1) was undone by a
full-length off-cutter from Iain O’Brien then Jonathan Batty (22) reached for a
Danny Evans out-swinger to feather to his opposite number Simpson.Four overs after tea, first innings top-scorer Hamish Marshall fell for nine
when he edged a steeply lifting ball from Gareth Berg to second slip as the
Gloucestershire collapse gathered momentum.In a flurry of four more wickets, Chris Dent (42) went to a catch at the
wicket, Alex Gidman (28) played across a Tim Murtagh off-cutter to go lbw and
the same bowler jagged one in off the seam to dismiss James Franklin (11) in the
same manner.Berg, who struggled to find his best line on the opening day, produced another
vicious ball that reared up on Steve Snell who fend it off into the hands of
Robson at short leg and go for a first-ball duck and a pair in the match.

Jon Filby says non-Test grounds will seek independent financial advice over Hundred future

ESPNcricinfo staff08-May-2024Sussex’s chairman has insisted that the prospect of the biggest counties launching a breakaway league to replace the Hundred is “completely not to be feared” and is not a realistic outcome from discussions over the tournament’s future.The ECB and the 18 first-class counties (plus MCC) have met regularly in recent weeks to discuss the details of proposed changes to the Hundred’s ownership model. There is broad agreement that the eight teams should be opened up to private investment, with 51% of shares being transferred from the ECB to the host county (or MCC) and the other 49% sold, with revenues distributed across the game.But the counties have not yet agreed on the way those revenues should be shared. The ECB initially asked counties to agree on a general direction of travel by May 10, but the 11 non-host counties are collectively seeking independent advice which could delay the process significantly.”The non-host county position is that, as in any financial arrangement of this type – and you’re talking hundreds of millions of pounds – that we would have our own proper, impartial advice and that’s what we’re now seeking,” Jon Filby, Sussex’s chairman, told the BBC’s podcast. “We’ll get that and then I’m sure a deal will very quickly follow.”The published excerpts of a leaked email from Richard Gould, the ECB’s chief executive, to counties on Tuesday in which he warns: “Neither current hosts nor current non-hosts are particularly enamoured with the capital structure of the deal… if we lose momentum now then parties will simply be arguing for a larger percentage of a rapidly shrinking pie.”Related

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Filby added: “I think it’s very important that we’re not rushed into it, but equally, I understand that there is a window of opportunity to get a clear position on this by the time that the Hundred comes around towards the end of this season, and that can then be a shop window for that competition. I get all of that, and I’m sure we’re on track for that.”The prospect of a breakaway by the Hundred-hosting counties has reportedly been raised, with the existing framework agreement expiring at the end of the year. Sean Jarvis, the Leicestershire chief executive, told ESPNcricinfo last week that English cricket was facing “our Premier League moment” and said that “it’s the top six or seven clubs that call the tune”.But Filby said that the non-hosting counties should hold firm. “I think a breakaway’s completely not to be feared,” he said. “I don’t think it’ll happen. Who do the teams think they’d play against, and who do they think would play for them? I don’t think it’ll happen, no.”

His team broke the record for their highest total in ODIs for the second time in two games

Mohammad Isam20-Mar-2023No result Mushfiqur Rahim smashed Bangladesh’s fastest century, off 60 balls, as his team broke the record for their highest total in ODIs yet again. Bangladesh reached 349 for 6 in 50 overs against Ireland, beating the 338 for 8 from the previous game in Sylhet. Mushfiqur completed his entertaining hundred off the last ball of the innings, racing across for a single that took him past Shakib Al Hasan and his 63-ball century against Zimbabwe in 2009.Rain ruined the rest of the game though, which had to be called off at 8.32pm local time, without a single ball bowled in the chase.Mushfiqur mixed his class with a bit of innovation and power in an innings where he also went past 7000 runs. He cracked three fours through cover, six through point and two through fine leg. His sixes, both technically brilliant, were smashed over point and wide long-off. All of this having only walked in to bat in the 34th over. No Bangladesh batter had ever walked in that late in the innings and scored a century.Early on, Bangladesh were fueled by a pair of seventies from Najmul Hossain Shanto and Litton Das. Once again, Graham Hume was the best Ireland bowler on show, taking three wickets, but the rest couldn’t really deal with the challenge.Mushfiqur and Towhid Hridoy added 128 runs for the fourth wicket in just 78 balls, the fastest 100-plus stand in Bangladesh’s ODI history. It is also the second-fastest in Bangladesh, just behind the Inzamam-ul-Haq and Moin Khan stand which added 104 off 61 balls in the Asia Cup final in 2000.It all began in dank and cloudy conditions, with the ball seaming around appreciably as the Ireland bowlers thrived. Forty-two runs in the first Powerplay isn’t a lot, but batting through it losing just one wicket is a credit to the Bangladesh top order. But just when captain Tamim Iqbal looked he was getting into the groove of things, he got run-out for 23. He called his partner for a very tight single to short fine and Mark Adair was able to catch him well short of his ground.Bangladesh’s recovery from that early wicket was swift too. Shanto and Litton added 101 runs in just 16 overs, as the pair batted serenely, threading gaps and finding boundaries at ease.Litton however fell to a soft dismissal in the 26th over, dinking a simple catch to midwicket. He made 70 off 71 balls with three fours and three sixes, all of which came in the region between wide long-off and midwicket. Shakib fell trying to slog Hume, getting caught at point for 17. An over and two balls later, Hume picked up Shanto caught behind down the leg side.Shanto, who was dropped by Tector at point when on 6, made 73 off 77 balls, including three fours and two sixes. All his fours came through the off side while the sixes were struck down the ground.Mushfiqur and Hridoy made the best use of Bangladesh’s strong base. The pair played out 16 balls to get themselves in, before launching into the Ireland attack. They struck debutant Mark Humphreys for three fours in a 14-run over. Then Mushfiqur brought out the drive over long-off for six off Curtis Campher, before Hridoy struck Andy McBrine for a fierce six over long-on.In the next over, the 43rd, Mushfiqur latched into Adair’s pace, pasting him for two fours and a slapped six over point. He then went after Campher, hitting him for three boundaries in an 18-run over. Despite his good bowling, Hume didn’t escape Mushfiqur’s thrashing at this stage, getting hit for two fours in the 45th over.Adair removed Hridoy in the 47th over, missing out on his second consecutive fifty since debut by just one run. Mushfiqur was on 78 at the time, but he struck a boundary each in the 48th and 49th overs, and took the nine runs he still needed for the century off teh last four balls of the innings. It was an excellent effort from the veteran batter who had previously hit a century off 69 balls against Pakistan in 2015. Bangladesh made 108 runs in the last ten overs, their third-highest tally in this phase of a 50-over innings (minimum 60 balls bowled).