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The deal covers the broadcast of 14 international events across men’s, women’s and Under-19 World Cups

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Mar-2023The ICC has signed a four-year deal with Willow TV and Digital in the USA and Canada, giving Willow digital and broadcast rights for all men’s and women’s major events till the end of 2027.The first direct live TV contractual relationship between the ICC and Willow will cover the broadcast of 14 international events across men’s, women’s and Under-19 World Cup and T20 World Cup competitions. All the senior men’s and women’s ICC events will receive TV coverage, beginning with the men’s T20 World Cup in 2024, scheduled to be held in the USA and the West Indies.Related

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“USA is an important strategic market for the ICC and the direct partnership with Willow will provide us with a number of exciting opportunities to strengthen engagement with fans in the region,” Geoff Allardice, the ICC CEO, said.The ICC had invited bids for media rights to global cricketing events over the next four (or eight) years for the Australian, US, Caribbean and Canadian markets last September.This is the first time the ICC has unbundled its media rights, choosing to sell them territory by territory. In August last year, the ICC sealed a deal in the Indian market for an undisclosed sum. That winning bid, thought to be in the region of just over US$ 3 billion, came from Disney Star* and covers both television and digital rights to men’s and women’s global tournaments between 2024 and 2027. Days after the winning bid was announced, Disney Star announced it would in turn be licensing part of the rights to Zee Entertainment Enterprises in another landmark deal.In January this year, the ICC struck an eight-year deal with Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, giving them access to broadcast all World Cups between 2024 and 2031.

Head coach says well-defined set-up with team director Mahmud and batting consultant Siddons is helping make smooth progress

Mohammad Isam24-Feb-2022The question of how the Bangladesh’s backroom staff actually functions has hung in the air for quite a while. Russell Domingo is head coach. But Khaled Mahmud is team director. Then there’s the consultant Jamie Siddons, who used to be the head coach. Isn’t it all too much? Doesn’t it promote confusion? No, said Domingo, mainly because all three were appointed with clearly defined roles.Domingo is the one in charge. Mahmud, also a BCB director, liaises between him and the board in matters of selection and match-related decisions. Siddons, meanwhile, deals with batting and everything that goes with it.”The team director is very much a link between me and the board members,” Domingo said. “Communicate what’s happening. Communicate what we are thinking about selection. I’ve got enough on my plate to talk to directors about what the line-up is going to be, what the toss is going to do. I don’t want to be focusing on that. Great to have Chacha (Mahmud) there. He can feed all those information and take the stress away from me.”Siddons is an experienced coach who has worked all around the world. He knows the system. He probably knows these players better than I do. He has been here before. It is good to have him on board. He will bring a lot of experience to our coaching staff.”This workaround took a while coming. With the BCB choosing not to renew Ottis Gibson’s contract as bowling coach and Ashwell Prince resigning as batting coach, there was a lot of focus on Domingo and his work with the Bangladesh team. It didn’t help that Siddons, a former Bangladesh head coach himself, arrived in the country at the start of this month without a specific role assigned to him. Eventually, Siddons was named as the new batting consultant, which ended of the speculation.From watching their last couple of practice sessions, it seems Mahmud is handling the fast bowling unit while Siddons, who only linked up with the team on February 22 after recovering from a bout of Covid-19, is looking after the batting unit.Mahmud was appointed team director last November following Bangladesh’s disastrous T20 World Cup performance. A former Bangladesh captain, he was influential in the team’s great showing in New Zealand when a number of the players praised him for his motivational speeches ahead of the Mount Maunganui Test.Putting aside the complication of what sometimes seems like three head coaches running one cricket team, Bangladesh produced a stirring performance against Afghanistan in the first ODI, with Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan Miraz taking the team from 45 for 6 all the way to victory.”When Miraz was walking out to bat, I told (team analyst) Sree (Sreenivasan Chandrasekaran) that they will put on 150. We will still need 15 with Taskin and Shoriful to come” Domingo said. “There’s a lot of confidence in Miraz’s batting at the moment. He has a Test hundred. He batted well in New Zealand and BPL. I know it sounds hard to believe, I thought we could still do it.”It was a good wicket. Run-rate was in our hand. I know how good Afif is. I have seen him do it before in T20s. I think he is a fantastic player. He will be one of Bangladesh’s best white-ball players. It was really pleasing to see them bat in that particular way yesterday. I was very proud of that partnership.”Domingo however ruled out any batting promotions for Afif. “Whilst we have a keeper and a frontline in the top-order, No. 7 is the perfect position for him. He is really calm in the way he finishes games. He has options at the death. He has a lot of work to do against the new ball. I am in no rush to get him up the order. That position is perfectly suited for his style of play.”

Middlesex remain on course for the quarter-finals after captain leads them home in chase

ECB Reporters Network11-Aug-2019Dawid Malan’s imperious unbeaten knock of 91 steered Middlesex to a rare Vitality Blast victory against Gloucestershire at Radlett as they climbed to second place in the South Group.Middlesex had registered only one win in their previous seven home T20 games against the West Country side – but always looked in control as they triumphed by seven wickets in the ground’s inaugural Blast fixture.The Seaxes’ skipper entertained a sell-out crowd of 2227 as he flayed the Gloucestershire bowling to the tune of 91 from 59 deliveries, including seven fours and four sixes. At 156 for 3, Middlesex still needed 13 from 11 balls when a heavy downpour descended on the Cobden Hill ground – but their nine-run lead under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern system was enough to secure the two points.Gloucestershire opted to bat after winning the toss and Miles Hammond immediately went on the offensive, hitting Tom Helm for successive boundaries and sweeping Mujeeb Ur Rahman to register the first six of the match.The left-hander dominated an opening stand of 53 with Michael Klinger, but Toby Roland-Jones and Steven Finn, bowling accurately in tandem, put the squeeze on Gloucestershire as they picked off three wickets for 20 runs. Roland-Jones made the breakthrough with one that kept low and uprooted Klinger’s middle stump, while Finn found the outside edge of Ian Cockbain before having Hammond caught on the boundary.Former Middlesex allrounder Ryan Higgins picked up the baton with 19 from 13 balls, including two maximums off Nathan Sowter – who had the last word by taking the catch to dismiss him when he skied Finn to deep midwicket.James Bracey and Jack Taylor both holed out after threatening to dominate the closing stages, while a late flurry from Graeme van Buuren guided the visitors to a total of 168 for 8.Gloucestershire needed wickets in the Powerplay to stand much chance of defending that total, but they failed to collect any as Malan and Paul Stirling quickly made inroads into the target.Stirling displayed an effective mix of power and placement, punching two boundaries off Van Buuren’s first over and swinging across the line to slam David Payne for an enormous six over long-on. The opener had made 33 from 26 balls when he speared Chris Liddle into the hands of deep extra cover – but his departure was no more than a fleeting setback for Middlesex.Malan took a particular liking to the bowling of Tom Smith, dispatching the left-armer back over his head for the six that brought up his half-century from 30 balls and following that by sweeping and reverse sweeping the next two deliveries for four.Stevie Eskinazi became Liddle’s second victim as he miscued to cover and Eoin Morga also perished before the heavens suddenly opened to bring the game to a premature conclusion.

Nathu Singh gave Rajasthan a thrilling win, while the professionals came to the rescue for the new teams from the north-east

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Nov-2018What did the Test stars do?Rain in southern India had a say as Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh shared a point in Dindigul. R Ashwin took a four-wicket haul, while it wasn’t a productive game for M Vijay, who was out for 19. In Rajkot, Cheteshwar Pujara made a half-century in a drawn game, with Saurashtra walking away with three points, but not before he had retired hurt because of a stiff neck.Top young performersAkshdeep Nath, leading Uttar Pradesh, banished murmurs of his failed yo-yo test with an imposing 194 to help UP beat Goa and pick up a bonus point in Kanpur. Ricky Bhui made a 370-ball 181 to help Andhra chase down Punjab’s 414 for a first-innings lead.Roosh Kalaria, the left-arm fast bowler, hastened Baroda’s end with a career-best 6 for 35 for Gujarat. Victory was achieved when Priyank Panchal celebrated his captaincy debut with an unbeaten 112 in a chase of 168 to help record a nine-wicket win. Panchal had had a blockbuster 2016-17 season, before slipping under the radar in the season that followed.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

The thrillerWith four overs remaining in the game, Nathu Singh struck twice in four deliveries to give Rajasthan a thrilling win over Jammu & Kashmir. This meant heartbreak for Parvez Rasool, who held fort to make a combative second-innings century as J&K looked to save the match. He was unbeaten in the end. The last pair needed to survive 29 deliveries, but Nathu, off the India A radar because of form and injury concerns, chose the season opener to serve a reminder. He finished with 4 for 83. Earlier in the game J&K’s Mohammad Mudhasir picked up a hat-trick in the first innings.What about Mumbai?Mumbai had to settle for a draw against Railways in a game where protective masks were brought out to help battle Delhi’s infamous smog. Aditya Tare, who spoke at length about the team culture and new leadership, walked away with a final-day century. He had talked up the side’s bowling and Tushar Deshpande proved why.In Trivandrum, Kerala had one full day to bowl out Hyderabad for a lead, but were thwarted by B Sandeep’s defiance. In Nadaun, Bengal had a good hit out in the second innings after pocketing a lead against Himachal Pradesh, while Haryana and Tripura walked away with the first-innings lead against Odisha and Services respectively. Jharkhand took the first-innings honours against Assam.ESPNcricinfo Ltd/ Vishal Dikshit

The best rearguardFaiz Fazal. The Vidarbha captain came up with a monumental second-innings effort after they were asked to follow-on against Maharashtra. Having nothing but one point to salvage on a Pune flatbed, Fazal batted 324 deliveries to make 131, his 17th first-class century. He batted for a day-and-a-half to help Vidarbha not just wipe out the 223-run deficit but also drive forward. They eventually finished with 501 for 8 when the captains shook hands. The defending champions had just gotten out of jail.Professionals rescue North-East outfitsAfter struggling to find a regular place for Karnataka, Abrar Kazi celebrated his move to Nagaland with a maiden first-class double century. He also picked nine wickets with his left-arm spin in an imposing bonus-point victory over Mizoram. Similarly, after moving out of Delhi, Milind Kumar found instant success for Sikkim, lifting them from 15 for 5 to 372. His contribution was a mammoth 261 that set up a massive victory against Manipur.The Delhi duo of Puneet Bisht and Yogesh Nagar struck second-innings half-centuries to give Meghalaya a seven-wicket win over Arunachal Pradesh.The shortest matchUttarakhand celebrated their debut with a bonus-point win in just five sessions. At the receiving end were Pragyan Ojha’s Bihar, who were shot out for 60 and 169, lasting a combined 73 overs. Needing three to win, Uttarakhand hit a four off the first ball of their second innings. Karn Veer Kaushal and Deepak Dhopola, two homegrown players, starred for them.

Spinners Bernard Scholtz and Petrus Burger took seven wickets between them to send Kenya crashing to 110, 90 minutes before lunch

The Report by Peter Della Penna in Windhoek13-Feb-2018
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Kenya’s fiery start was put on ice by the spin duo of Bernard Scholtz and Petrus Burger as Namibia secured an eight-wicket win before lunch. It was Namibia’s third victory in as many days, and a fourth on Wednesday over UAE would put them in the World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe.Kenya had been eliminated from contention for the Qualifier a day earlier, but they were now looking to avoid relegation to WCL Division Three. After Irfan Karim fell on the second ball of the match to Sarel Burger, Dhiren Gondaria torched the medium-pace trio of Burger, JJ Smit and Craig Williams. Gondaria smashed five sixes on his way to 60 off 46 balls as Kenya motored to 77 for 1 in 12 overs.But after an early crest, the trough came just as quickly for Kenya when Petrus and Scholtz entered the attack. Gondaria’s innings came to an end when he holed out to Jan Frylinck at long-on off the first ball of the 13th over. Two balls later, Collins Obuya attempted a paddle sweep only to pop a catch to wicketkeeper Zane Green. The downward spiral continued to twist through Kenya’s scorecard.Scholtz struck with his first balls in the 16th and 18th and over the next eight overs Kenya managed to add just 10 runs. The pressure created panic and resulted in the run out of Rakep Patel. The left-arm spinner struck two more times to bowl Kenya out 90 minutes before lunch.Stephan Baard got Namibia’s chase rolling to make sure the match would not suffer the same fate as the first replay, washed away after five overs in the second innings with no result after Kenya had been bowled out for 83. The opener spanked 37 off 39 balls before retiring hurt with a muscle strain in his left shoulder. He is expected to be available for Wednesday’s match against UAE.After Lohan Louwrens and Zane Green fell off successive balls, Williams came out and settled the nerves with an unbeaten 28 off 18 balls. All but two of those runs came in the last over of the match in which Williams slugged Nehemiah Odhiambo for two fours and two sixes, including the match-winning boundary off a free hit.On the final day of the group stage, Namibia and UAE will play a de facto semi-final at Affies Park while Canada and Nepal will do likewise next door at Wanderers. Both Canada and Nepal have three wins and one loss in four matches, and the winner of this match will clinch a spot in the Qualifier. Namibia also have three wins in four matches and will face UAE who have two wins and two losses. A win for Namibia will also clinch a promotion berth. A win for UAE, on the other hand, will create a three-way tie for second with Namibia and the loser of the Canada v Nepal match. However, UAE’s net run-rate – the tournament tiebreaker – is superior to the three other teams, none of whom can improve their net run-rate through a loss, meaning a UAE victory would clinch their spot in the top two.

Despite success in the second Test, South Africa’s captain was concerned with the uncharacteristic SuperSport Park surface it was played on

Firdose Moonda in Centurion17-Jan-2018Faf du Plessis has called on Cricket South Africa (CSA) to put in place a process to ensure a pitch like the SuperSport Park surface during their second Test against India is not produced again. Though South Africa won the match comfortably, and in so doing claimed a series victory over India, a traditionally spicy track proved slower than usual and even took turn – the one thing du Plessis had expressly said he did not want in this series.”I was very concerned when I got here, leading up to the Test match. It didn’t look like the Centurion wicket that I know. That is a concern, to be honest. I am very honest about good things and when we get it right but it’s also fair to comment on where we can get better. I believe this was an opportunity that we missed,” du Plessis said.”We can blame the groundsman but we also have to blame ourselves. We can have processes where we make sure CSA has someone that looks after the groundsman to get the right kind of pitches – not make it ridiculous. We never wanted something ridiculous, we just wanted a pitch with pace and bounce. I think there is concern that we are not getting it right and this is not the first time. I can think of three or four occasions over the last 12 months. We need to be better as a collective. That’s something I will be taking up and making sure we can improve.”The South African captain is the fifth member of the side, after Aiden Markram, Lungi Ngidi, Morne Morkel and Dean Elgar, to take issue with the SuperSport Park pitch but he also referred to other surfaces which have been similarly placid. The pitches against Bangladesh in September-October, in Potchefstroom and Bloemfontein, were also slow, so much so that even the visitors were surprised by their similarity to subcontinental wickets. Though it is not always easy to get more sporting pitches in early season, du Plessis wants South African curators to make more of an effort to do so and they need look no further than Newlands for an example.In the middle of the worst drought in the Western Cape in more than a century, Evan Flint managed to produce a surface with pace and bounce that facilitated seam movement. Flint, who is an experienced groundsman, had identified and been working on the surface for several months. Contrastingly, Byran Bloy at SuperSport Park, who visited Flint last week to see how things are done, was preparing his first Test pitch after being appointed in late 2016. He is expected to come under pressure over the lack of life in his strip.Pre-match Bloy had promised he was not doing anything different from the norm and was expecting a slow start to the match, but that the strip would pick up pace as the game went on. That never really happened, which thwarted some of South Africa’s plans. Still, their fast bowlers got most of the job done and their batsmen the rest, leaving du Plessis ultimately pleased with the outcome even though he admitted winning the toss was crucial.”It was a big toss to win. We knew it was going to be lower but we didn’t know it was going to take so long to that process and be so slow. It was important for us to, in that first innings, put a decent total on the board,” he said. “I do feel we were 60 or 70 runs short from the position we were in just before overnight [on the first day]. Those few silly wickets was a bit of panic and we felt we were a little bit short but the next two or three days, the team responded beautifully and the bowlers were exceptional on a wicket that didn’t offer a lot.”South Africa ultimately want pitches that give their quicks a lot more, so they can play to their strengths, especially against subcontinental sides. Finding that all around the country may not be possible but du Plessis hopes common ground can be reached. Currently, the groundsmen have an annual conference but, after du Plessis’ reaction, CSA may look into appointing an overall manager for the international pitches.

Glenn Maxwell continued his fine Sheffield Shield form with 96 as Victoria went to stumps on 4 for 247 in reply to the Warriors’ 243

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Dec-2017

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Glenn Maxwell continued his fine Sheffield Shield form with 96 as Victoria took command on a showery second day against Western Australia at the MCG. In reply to the Warriors’ 243, the Bushrangers went to stumps on 4 for 247, with Cameron White on 53 and Daniel Christian on 17.But the key man was Maxwell, who in Victoria’s previous match had plundered 278 against New South Wales in Sydney. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8043/scorecard/1118874/New-South-Wales-vs-Victoria-11th-match-sheff-shield-pura/ Although he fell short of making hundreds in consecutive games, he finished the day with 590 runs so far this Shield season at 73.75, putting him more than 100 runs clear of the second-placed Callum Ferguson at the top of the season’s run charts.Maxwell was lbw to fast bowler Jhye Richardson, who had also bowled opener Travis Dean late on the first day. Marcus Harris was caught in the deep off Ashton Agar for 43 and captain Aaron Finch was bowled by Matthew Kelly for 21, before White arrived to combine with Maxwell for a 74-run fourth-wicket partnership.