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Tom Cooper and Jack Leach bowled Somerset to victory in their final Championship game of the season against Warwickshire at Taunton

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ScorecardTom Cooper’s five-for helped bowl Somerset to victory•Getty Images

Tom Cooper and Jack Leach bowled Somerset to victory in their final Championship game of the season against Warwickshire at Taunton. Chasing 225 for victory, the visitors were bowled out for 207, which included 55 for Ian Bell, with spinners Leach and Cooper taking nine wickets between them to see the hosts to only their fourth win of the season.Resuming on 20 without loss at the start of play, Warwickshire openers Varun Chopra and Ian Westwood took the total on to 43 when Westwood, pushing forward to Alfonso Thomas, was caught by wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi.New batsman Bell played a classic cover drive to see up the 50, but when part-time bowler Cooper came into the attack from the River End, the complexion of the game changed.The offspinner, who before this game had taken 1 for 150 from 47 overs this season, proceeded to take a wicket in each of his first three overs. Chopra was bowled for 33 looking to sweep, Laurie Evans caught by Ronchi playing back, with the total on 83, and Freddie Coleman stumped by Ronchi, four runs later.Cooper wasn’t done yet and in the 40th over he had Tim Ambrose well caught at square leg by Lewis Gregory, which made Warwickshire 89 for 5. By lunch Warwickshire had moved onto 104 for 5 off 46 overs, with Bell unbeaten on 43 and Clarke five not out, while Cooper has taken 4 for 13 .Leach struck with the first ball after lunch when he had Clarke caught at mid wicket by Peter Trego for 5. Bell hit a straight six off Cooper to go to his half-century, which came off 124 balls with 9 fours and a six, but two balls later the bowler got his rewards when the England batsman played on aiming back-foot shot.Keith Barker struck some lusty blows, including a straight six off Leach in the 57th over into the building site, to bring up the 150, but two overs later he went down the wicket and was stumped off the left-armer for 46.Jeetan Patel took Warwickshire closer to victory, but on 27 he was caught and bowled by Leach, making the visitors 197 for 9. The final wicket of the match fell to Leach when he had Oliver Hannon-Dalby caught by Cooper and Warwickshire were all out for 207, off 64.1 overs, giving Somerset victory by 17 runs.Cooper ended with a career best 5 for 76. Leach claimed 4 for 74 and match figures off 11 for 180. Somerset took 24 points and Warwickshire six.

Pinak Ghosh smashed 21 fours and and one six in his 141-ball 150 to set up a 58-run win for Bangladesh U-19s over South Africa U-19s and take an unassailable 4-2 lead in the seven-match series

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Scorecard and ball by ball detailsFile photo: Joyraz Sheik and Pinak Ghosh got together at 0 for 1 and added 137 runs together•WICB

Pinak Ghosh smashed 21 fours and and one six in his 141-ball 150 to set up a 58-run win for Bangladesh U-19s over South Africa U-19s in Durban. It also helped the visitors take an unassailable 4-2 lead in the seven-match ODI series.For the briefest moment South Africa felt like they had a chance. They had Bangladesh were 0 for 1, with Saif Hassan dismissed off the fifth ball of the innings. Thats when Ghosh and Joyraz Sheik came together and added 137 runs for the second wicket. Having won the advantage back, Ghosh decided to take charge. He racked up 74 runs with Mehedi Hasan Miraz off only 49 balls as Bangladesh soared to 250 with five overs still left. The lower middle order was able to contribute to the final push as well and Bangladesh finished on 304 for 7. Dayyaan Galiem was South Africa’s best bowler with 3 for 35 but his new-ball partner Ziyaad Abrahams leaked 82 runs for his two wicketsWith such a steep target, South Africa needed a good start and they got it. Openers Liam Smith and Matthew Breetzke added 72 runs in 19 overs before offspinner Sanjit Saha bowled Smith for 31. Breetzke moved on to a half-century but was run out for 62 in the 28th over to leave South Africa at 101 for 2.The chase seemed in good hands as Lesego Senokwane and Wiaan Mulder added 50 runs for the third wicket. But seamer Nazmul Hossain Shanto removed Mulder for 26 and then got rid of Senokwane and Galiem in successive overs to leave South Africa on 182 for 5. South Africa then lost their final five wicket for just 64 runs.

Former India wicketkeeper Chandrakant Pandit has been chosen as the coach of the Mumbai Ranji Trophy team, as well as the head coach of the Mumbai Cricket Association’s indoor academy at the Bandra Kurla Complex

PTI30-Jun-2015Former India wicketkeeper Chandrakant Pandit has been named coach of the Mumbai Ranji Trophy team, as well as the head coach of the Mumbai Cricket Association’s indoor academy at the Bandra Kurla Complex.The decision to appoint Pandit as coach and former Mumbai captain Milind Rege as the chairman of the senior selection panel was taken by the MCA’s Cricket Improvement Committee, headed by the MCA vice president Dilip Vengsarkar.Rege will lead a four-member senior selection panel with former India left-arm bowler Karsan Ghavri, former Mumbai left-arm spinner Ravi Thaker, and former batsman Nishit Shetty as its other members.Ranjan Baindoor, Ramesh Vajge and Rajesh Sutar were picked to head the Under-16 and 14 age group selection committees, while Trupti Bhattracharya will head the women’s selection panel.”Chandu has been around for a long time and under him we won a lot (of titles),” Vengsarkar said. “(Pravin) Amre did extremely well last season but wasn’t keen to coach (this season). Pandit is a proven guy, excellent strategist and good in management. He was the best (choice) we had.”The names of Sulakshan Kulkarni, Sairaj Bahutule and Sameer Dighe were discussed before Pandit got the nod. The MCA will also appoint a batting coach and bowling coaches for fast bowlers and spinners.”We have plans to take part in the Buchi Babu and KSCA tournaments. The Under-23 is a very important age group. We have also decided to pick 20 players in the Under-12 age group and groom them so that they will be available for the Under-14 level,” Vengsarkar said.

Chennai Super Kings continued with their formula of tough pitch: go at roughly a run a ball for the first 10 overs keeping wickets in hand, and then explode to take 10 an over off the last 10

The Report by Sidharth Monga30-Apr-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
A six down the ground, off the back foot•BCCI

Chennai Super Kings continued with their formula of going at roughly a run a ball for the first 10 overs, keeping wickets in hand, and then exploding to take 10 an over off the last 10. On a pitch on which the ball seamed and bounced variably, they reached 55 for 2 after 10 overs, but Suresh Raina, S Badrinath and MS Dhoni looted 109 in the rest of the innings to set up an easy 37-run, sixth consecutive win, which kept them at the top of the table and Pune Warriors at the bottom.With the ball seaming around, Super Kings lost their openers for 28 runs, that too thanks to generous umpiring. However, out came their crisis man Badrinath, and did his job without any fuss. He and Raina added 75 off 59, without taking risks, and picking the rate up progressively. Raina kept providing the odd boundary, and Badrinath found the gaps for ones and twos.It was in the 13th over that the real charge began. Badrinath drove consecutive deliveries from Rahul Sharma down the ground and through point for fours to take his strike past 100. Raina’s was already a healthier strike rate, but he accelerated by sending Kane Richardson over midwicket for a six in the next over.Badrinath fell in the 16th over, but he and Super Kings will know he fell at just the right time, after just the right innings of 34 off 31. Dhoni came out and took four and six off the first two balls he faced. The six was a demoralising – for the fielding side – punch off the back foot, over extra cover.Dhoni then took apart Ashok Dinda, a bowler he is often criticised for not giving enough chances. He took 25 off eight Dinda’s deliveries, two of them swept boundaries, and one a six off the last ball of the innings. Seamlessly Raina went from being the dominant partner in the earlier partnership to taking back seat and watching Dhoni subdue the bowlers. Along the way he brought up his second half-century of the season.The target was bigger than ever chased in Pune, which became more daunting because of the seam movement available. Mohit Sharma, the Haryana fast bowler who has been the find of the season for Super Kings, utilised it to end the chase for all intents and purposes with an unbroken four-over spell. With successive deliveries in his first over, he got rid of Aaron Finch and T Suman. He missed the hat-trick, but got Yuvraj Singh to edge behind, making it 43 for 4 in the fifth over. There was no way back from there.

The preview of the third Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Pallekele

The Preview by Siddhartha Talya07-Jul-2012

Match facts

July 8-July 12, Pallekele

Start time 1000 (0430 GMT)The conditions in Pallekele are expected to suit Junaid Khan and his fast-bowling kinsmen•AFP

Big Picture

Sri Lanka in June and July is greener, even more beautiful and the lush hills form a stunning backdrop to the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, the host of two rain-affected Tests. The third one starting on Sunday, after some menacing rain the day before, will be lucky to get away unscathed. Amid the inevitable concerns about the weather this time of the year, there remains the promise of a more “sporting” pitch at this venue, the unforgiving SSC having yet again shown its contempt for bowlers.Led by Junaid Khan, Pakistan were able to trouble the Sri Lanka batsmen on that SSC highway and though he got support from the left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman, the pace and discipline of Umar Gul, who was out with an ankle injury, was missed. While Pakistan’s batting improved markedly at the SSC, albeit on one of the world’s best batting surfaces, their bowlers will be under added pressure to force a result that would deprive Sri Lanka of their first Test series win in nine attempts.Sri Lanka, though better-placed in the series, should, presumably, be rankled by constant reminders of the influence Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas and even Lasith Malinga had on their Test fortunes. That point is made each time they lose or draw a Test, and walking away unblemished with a series win will mark a turn of the page, a sign of having moved on, at least to some of their detractors if not themselves.In Suraj Randiv and Rangana Herath, Sri Lanka have a potent spin combination for home Tests. They bat deep enough, though without Chanaka Welegedera their pace department needs a boost. Nuwan Pradeep has pace, but has proved ineffective, leaving Nuwan Kulasekara with a big burden. It is here that Pakistan have traditionally been superior, and that being the case in this series as well gives them a good chance.

Form guide

Sri Lanka: DWLWL (most recent first)
Pakistan: DLWWW

Watch out for…

Thilan Samaraweera: Samaraweera’s solidity has served Sri Lanka tremendously over the years but he’s experiencing a blip after a prolific first-class season. His last seven Test innings have yielded just one half-century. Two of his three dismissals in this series have come after remaining padded up for long spells in the dressing room; he’ll want a long enough spell in the middle to end a rare run of underachievement.Under greater pressure is opener Tharanga Paranavitana with scores of 24, 25, 0 and 32 in his last four Test innings. He’s got starts but that’s not encouraging enough when still competing for an opening slot.Taufeeq Umar: It was Taufeeq who got the Pakistan innings rolling at the SSC, his attacking approach a contrast to a subdued Mohammad Hafeez, who only opened up much later. Taufeeq confidently drove on the up and dominated through the off side, before throwing it away with a century there for the taking. He responded with a fluent, unbeaten 42 in the second innings, and looks good to keep a successful opening partnership going.

Pitch and conditions

Mahela Jayawardene reckons the track in Pallekele will “definitely” be “livelier” than the SSC, but will the weather play spoilsport? There are showers forecast; this, after what seemed a pleasant and calm lead-up to the Test was interrupted by a heavy bout of rain on Saturday. While Sri Lanka had a chance to train in the morning, Pakistan did not. At the press conference, Angelo Mathews said he noticed a greenish tinge on the track and expected bounce and movement.The inaugural Test at this venue in 2010 included just 103.3 overs with two full days being washed out. Ryan Harris was among the wickets here in 2011, but frequent interruptions due to rain meant the teams had to settle for a draw, with Australia feeling hard done by in the end.

Team news

Pakistan have gone the diplomatic way by saying they’ll keep all options open. Aizaz Cheema and Saeed Ajmal were the weak links in the bowling attack at the SSC. Gul, if fit, should return to bolster the attack but there’s also Mohammad Sami in the squad, waiting for a chance. He bowled with pace and venom in the limited-overs games, and it remains to be seen what Pakistan do with him.Pakistan (possible): 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Taufeeq Umar, 3 Azhar Ali, 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 6 Asad Shafiq, 7 Adnan Akmal (wk), 8 Umar Gul, 9 Junaid Khan, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Abdur Rehman.Sri Lanka could consider leaving out the off-colour Pradeep and replacing him with Dilhara Fernando or the all-round option of Thisara Perera.Sri Lanka (possible): 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Tharanga Paranavitana, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 5 Thilan Samaraweera, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), 8 Nuwan Kulasekara, 9 Suraj Randiv, 10 Rangana Herath, 11 Dilhara Fernando.

Stats and trivia

• Rangana Herath is three away from 150 wickets in Tests. He’s played the most Tests for a Sri Lankan specialist spinner after Muralitharan – 39, after Murali’s 132. Kumar Dharmasena is the third specialist spinner on the list.
• Taufeeq Umar is 90 away from reaching 3000 runs in Tests.
• The Pakistan XI that played the SSC Test was more a gang of senior citizens in comparison to the Pakistan team that took on New Zealand more than 10 years ago in 2002. The average age of the current team is 33, back then it was 25.72.

Quotes

“As far as I am concerned nobody is out of form, actually. The guys have been getting starts but we are professionals. It’s not a major concern. We need to show confidence in individuals.”

“The batsmen took the responsibility and the bowlers did their part and the momentum will be there for us.”

Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has been issued a showcause notice by the Pakistan board over comments made in an interview to a newspaper

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Sep-2011Javed Miandad, the former Pakistan captain, has been issued a showcause notice by the PCB for criticising the board’s policies in a newspaper interview.Miandad, who is currently the director-general of the PCB, apart from being a member of the governing board, had said he was “disappointed” with the functioning of the board as well as the lack of authority vested in him.”While closely watching the functioning of the PCB, I am disappointed and feel that 90% decisions [taken by the board] are wrong, and are spoiling the sport in the country,” Miandad told on Wednesday. “I am not part of the PCB planning only because I require power and freedom to work, since I have given 35 years to Pakistan cricket and earned a good name.”People around the world regard my services as a cricketer but the PCB doesn’t want to give me authority to improve [Pakistan] cricket.”I have already brought this matter to the notice of PCB patron, President Asif Ali Zardari. Soon I will meet him again to apprise him of the poor condition of cricket in Pakistan. I will request him to either take necessary steps [to improve cricketing matters] or allow me to leave the DG post.”This is not the first time Miandad has been critical of the Pakistan board. In February last year he wrote a letter to president Zardari, criticising the appointment of Ijaz Butt as the board chairman. In January 2009 Miandad had resigned as director-general of the PCB over differences concerning the exact scope of his work.A month later, Butt and Miandad had traded allegations over Miandad’s resignation at a senate hearing on the decline of Pakistan cricket. The chairman had alleged that Miandad had demanded more money, interfered with matters concerning selection, and was an incapable administrator. Miandad had said at the time that the scope of his role in the contract letter was significantly reduced from what he had initially discussed with the chairman. Though Miandad was reinstated as the director general in March that year, his relationship with Butt has been frosty since.Miandad, who has been the coach of the national team on three occasions in the past, was not included in the recently formed committee to appoint a new coach for the national team, after Waqar Younis’ decision to quit as national head coach after the ongoing Zimbabwe tour. In April, Miandad turned down the role of Pakistan’s batting coach due to personal reasons.Miandad has been asked to submit his reply within seven days.

Displaces Hazlewood at the top of the ICC rankings following his ten-wicket haul at the Asia Cup

ESPNcricinfo staff20-Sep-2023Mohammed Siraj is back as the No. 1 ODI bowler in the world following his spectacular show in the Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka on Sunday. This is the second time Siraj has been at the top of the table, having previously held the position between January and March 2023 before being displaced by Josh Hazlewood.Siraj has climbed eight positions to the summit of the rankings following his Asia Cup haul of ten wickets at an average of 12.20. The highlight of that performance was the spell of 6 for 21 that dismantled Sri Lanka for 50 all out in the final. That spell – “like a dream”, according to Siraj – included a four-wicket over, a feat only achieved three times in men’s ODI history before.

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Performances at the Asia Cup also took Afghanistan spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman (No. 4) and Rashid Khan (No. 5) into the top five. They took two wickets apiece in the group stage. Hazlewood (second) and Trent Boult (third) complete the top five.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Kuldeep Yadav, who took nine wickets at the Asia Cup with an average of 11.44 has dropped three places from sixth to ninth. Keshav Maharaj moves up from 25th to 15th after helping South Africa complete a 3-2 turnaround from 0-2 down against Australia. He took eight wickets in the series at 16.87 apiece, including 4 for 33 in the series decider.

Klaasen breaks into top ten

South Africa batter Heinrich Klaasen produced a blistering 83-ball 174 against Australia in the fourth ODI, and as a result has jumped twenty places to No. 9 on the ICC rankings for ODI batters. It was a record-breaking innings in the sense that no batter has ever scored as many runs in an ODI innings at the strike rate of Klaasen’s (204) previously.Over in England, Dawid Malan has moved to a career-best 13th in ODIs after top-scoring (277 runs) in the home ODI series against New Zealand. He averaged 92.33 with a strike rate of 105.72 and is currently the highest-ranked England batter. Ben Stokes jumped up to 36th after his blistering 182 at the Oval. The top three positions remain with Babar Azam, Shubman Gill and Rassie Van der Dussen following the latest update.

Pakistan left-hander takes season tally to 826, Conners five-for helps bowl Worcestershire out for 368

ECB Reporters Network13-May-2022Derbyshire 274 for 4 (Masood 113, Guest 77) trail Worcestershire 368 (Haynes 133, Ali 88,Conners 5-109) by 94 runsShan Masood scored his third century of a remarkable season to stay on course for 1000 runs before the end of May as Derbyshire dominated the second day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match against Worcestershire at Derby.The Pakistan left-hander made 113 from 132 balls to take his tally to 826 with a possible three more innings to come before the end of the month.Brooke Guest scored 77 with Derbyshire plundering 172 runs in 36 overs between lunch and tea before Worcestershire hit back in the evening session to leave the home side on 274 for 4, trailing by 94.Fast bowler Sam Conners took four wickets in the morning to complete a five-wicket haul as Worcestershire lost their last five wickets for 42 to be bowled out for 368.The day had promised much more for the visitors but after subsiding to Conners they felt the full measure of Masood’s elegant strokeplay.Ed Barnard and Ben Cox represented Worcestershire’s best chance of passing 400 but they both fell in the same over to Conners, Barnard driving loosely to cover and Cox lbw to a ball that looked to be missing leg stump.Conners made it three in seven balls when he found lift and away movement to remove Josh Baker before nightwatchman Adam Finch, after 22 overs of determined resistance, pulled Ryan Sidebottom to deep backward square.Sidebottom immediately left the field with a calf injury but Anuj Dal pulled off another stunning catch at point to quickly end the innings and give Conners his fifth wicket.Derbyshire set the tone for what followed by scoring 30 in seven overs before lunch and the afternoon became one to remember for Masood and one to forget for Worcestershire.Although they are missing three frontline bowlers through injury, there was no mitigation for the way runs were leaked on both sides of the wickets with the bowlers unable to exert any pressure.After Billy Godelman got an inside edge onto his leg stump, Masood and Guest cruised along at almost a run-a-ball against indisciplined bowling and increasingly ragged fielding.Masood’s timing and placement was exemplary but Worcestershire helped him along the way, Barnard spilling a chance at backward point off Ben Gibbon on 67 and then fluffing a run out chance 10 runs later.Inevitably, he moved to his third century in seven innings from 115 balls but Worcestershire regrouped after tea with Gibbon claiming the prized wicket of Masood during an impressive 11-over spell from the City End.The 21-year-old beat Masood’s attempted drive in the first over after the interval, the first of three wickets to fall for only 27 runs in 15 overs which reflected Worcestershire’s improvement.Guest lost his concentration and edged a big drive at a wide ball from Barnard and Wayne Madsen was lbw trying to work Baker’s left-arm spin to leg.Gibbons was unlucky not to make further inroads but Leus du Plooy and Luis Reece saw Derbyshire through to the close although Worcestershire have the prospect of a second new ball early on day three.

Powerful Singapore-born hitter has enjoyed rapid rise over last 12 months

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Feb-2022Lancashire have signed Tim David as one of their overseas players for the Vitality T20 Blast.David, who has played T20Is for Singapore but is also eligible to represent Australia, has enjoyed a remarkable rise over the last year. A powerful hitter, he impressed for Lahore Qalanders in the 2021 PSL, joined Surrey and then Southern Brave via a trip to play club cricket in the Netherlands, before spells in the CPL and the IPL.Related

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He is currently featuring in the PSL for reigning champions Multan Sultans, for whom he has made scores of 71 from 29 balls and 51 off 19 in the first fortnight of this year’s competition.”Tim fits the profile of player which we have been looking to bring into our T20 squad and his addition will give us more power in the middle order,” Lancashire’s head coach, Glen Chapple, said. “His impressive T20 record – both at international level and in various leagues around the world – speaks for itself and we are really looking forward to him joining us in May.”David, whose career strike rate in T20 is 158.52, has also featured in the Big Bash for Perth Scorchers and Hobart Hurricanes.He was signed on a short-term contract by Surrey last summer, after the club experienced an injury crisis during the latter stages of the Blast, and went on to feature in the Royal London Cup, scoring two hundreds and averaging 68.00. David then joined up with Southern Brave as an injury replacement, playing in the final as they won the inaugural men’s Hundred.”I am really excited that this opportunity has come about, and I can’t wait to join up with the rest of the Lancashire Lightning squad for the start of the Vitality Blast in May,” David said. “There is such a strong squad at Emirates Old Trafford and hopefully I can contribute with the bat and the ball to help the team go well this summer.”I thoroughly enjoyed my brief spell with Surrey and the Brave in England last year and I am looking forward to building on that experience with the Red Rose.”

Two years ago, Felix Anderson wanted a little help with his batting and so he wrote to the Pakistan batsman

ESPNcricinfo staff11-May-2018Two years ago, a young fan from New Zealand Felix Anderson wanted a little help with his batting. So he wrote a letter to one of his heroes – Younis Khan.Twitter

After recalling his favorite Younis innings – the treble against Sri Lanka and the 2016 double against England – Felix asked for advice on how to play the cover drive and the cut shot.Younis has retired from international cricket since but the letter finally found its way to him. And in response, he made a personal coaching video just for Felix, now 12 years old.
A coaching career awaits Younis, as well as a tutorial for his fans on the shot he played arguably better than anyone else: the sweep.