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Planned Essex county stint falls through in a setback after allrounder’s breakout Sheffield Shield season

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Mar-2023Will Sutherland, the Victoria fast bowler, faces “a period on the sidelines” after scans confirmed a stress fracture in his lower back. Sutherland, 23, had a breakout Sheffield Shield season, and had signed up with Essex for the County Championship season, but that deal has been cancelled.”It’s disappointing for Will after a fantastic season. He had signed with Essex to go over and play in the County Championship – but this news will keep him at home and working on his rest and rehabilitation programme for the next few months,” Cricket Victoria’s head of male cricket, David Hussey, said in a statement.”He has put his name up in lights with some big performances through the summer and we want him to be ready for next season, so we’ll do everything we can to support him with his injury rehabilitation.”Related

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On the Essex website, head coach Anthony McGrath said, “It’s really unfortunate that Will has injured himself so close to the 2023 season. We were all looking forward to welcoming him to Chelmsford and we’re sorry to hear he will face a period of time recovering from his stress fracture.”Everyone at the club wishes Will a speedy recovery and we hope to see him back on the pitch soon.”Sutherland topped the Sheffield Shield wicket-takers’ table with 41 wickets in Victoria’s run to the final, which they lost to Western Australia. He’d also stood in as captain during the course of the season.In the final, Sutherland played through pain and put in a big performance, returning 5 for 75 in the first Western Australia innings, and then scoring 83 in 84 balls after Victoria had fallen behind top set a 91-run target, which was easily overhauled.

ESPNcricinfo understands that the board has suspended 236 players in the last two years

Nagraj Gollapudi03-Aug-2020In its most high-profile move against age fraud, the BCCI has proposed an amnesty scheme accompanied by a system of punishments for offenders. Under this, registered players will get an opportunity to voluntarily declare any age fraud and avoid suspension if they provide their actual date of birth, but face bans if they are found to have breached this.A press statement from the board on Monday said that if the BCCI discovered such a fraud after the deadline of declaration – September 15, 2020 – the players could be banned for two years and barred from any age-group tournaments even after the ban ended. That rule would be both applicable both at the India and the state levels.ALSO READ: Indian cricket’s age-fraud problemAge fraud, as the BCCI said, has been a “menace: in Indian cricket for long specifically at age-group level: Under-16, Under 19 and Under 23 (both men women categories).” ESPNcricinfo understands that in the last two years itself, the BCCI has suspended 236 players – 210 men and 26 women. A total of 159 players were detected to have committed age fraud in 2019-20 season.Rahul Dravid, the former India captain who is now director of cricket at the National Cricket Academy, has long considered age fraud as “seriously detrimental” to the culture of Indian cricket. Dravid reiterated that stance in the media release on Monday.”Age fraud is a serious matter and is detrimental to the health of the sport,” Dravid said. “Many youngsters who are supposed to be playing in a particular age group fail to make it owing to age fraud. With the BCCI taking stern actions to curb this, it is only advisable for the players to come forward and abide by the directives issued by the board.”Sourav Ganguly, the BCCI president, has underlined his commitment to “providing a level-playing field across all age groups”. “The BCCI has been taking steps to counter age fraud and are now introducing even stricter measures from the upcoming domestic season. Those who do not voluntarily disclose their misdemeanour will be punished heavily and will be banned for two years,” he said.How does the age verification process work?As part of the age verification process, at Under-19 level, the player has to submit his birth certificate along with as many documents concerning his school/college educational reports. For the Under-16 category, the BCCI conducts a one-time TW3 (Tanner-Whitehouse3) bone maturation test at the Under-16 level only. The TW3 test, adopted by the BCCI in 2012, allows accurate estimation of a player’s age by the analysis of x-rays of the lower end of the player’s forearm.Going forward, from the 2020-21 season, the BCCI said only players aged between 14 and 16 will be permitted to register for the Under-16 level. For the Under-19 category, if a player’s birth certificate has a date two years after his actual date of birth, there will a cap imposed on the number of years the player can feature at that level.Nonetheless, players have managed to bypass these rules. Last year, the BCCI banned Rasikh Salam, the Jammu & Kashmir pace bowler who represented Mumbai Indians in one IPL game, for two years for submitting a faulty birth certificate when registering with the board. At the time, he was part of the India Under-19 side to play a triangular one-day series in Bangladesh.ALSO READ: Age-fudging no different from fixing – Rahul DravidThe BCCI introduced a 24-hour helpline last year (see footnote) to report age and domicile fraud. Upon receiving complaints, the BCCI has launched investigations that reach out to the players’ schools, hospitals of birth, local municipalities and panchayats etc. to verify the documentation provided.Domicile fraudThe voluntary disclosure scheme will not apply to domicile fraud, which also carries a two-year ban. The number of such cases might have gone up with newer states qualifying to play Ranji Trophy in accordance with Lodha reforms. So, a player qualified to play for a more established state might find it easier to get selected for newer states.The BCCI also said players under the age of 14 would not be allowed to play in Under-16 tournaments. And those whose birth was registered more than two years after the date of birth would be allowed to play only a certain number of years in the Under-19 events. It didn’t spell out the restriction.

Offspinner took 51 wickets in title-winning 2016 season but fell down Middlesex pecking order

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Mar-2020Ollie Rayner, the offspinner who won the County Championship with Middlesex in 2016, has confirmed his retirement from cricket at the age of 34 after his release at the end of last season.Rayner, a tall spinner with an orthodox action, took 51 wickets at 23.56 in Middlesex’s title-winning team in 2016, but was consigned to a holding role in the following three seasons and was twice sent out on loan after falling down the pecking order behind Ravi Patel and Nathan Sowter.Intriguingly, both those loan spells were to Division One counties (Hampshire in 2018 and Kent in 2019) while Middlesex were in the second tier, demonstrating the high regard in which he was held elsewhere but also a breakdown in his relationship with the club.Confirming his retirement in an interview with wisden.com, Rayner revealed that he only found out he had been put on the loan list last season when he was called by Kent “telling me they were looking forward to having me”.”I was like: ‘Hold on a sec, I’ve got to talk to my family.’ There were things that definitely could have been done better.”Rayner also said that playing under Dawid Malan’s captaincy from 2018 onwards was “very hard work”, suggesting that he never felt as though he had been given enough opportunity to impress. Malan left Middlesex at the end of last season, and since his departure several players have indicated that the dressing room had been a difficult place under his leadership.”I didn’t always see eye to eye with Dawid,” Rayner said. “We had a chat at the end of last season and I said that if he goes to Yorkshire he should just stay out of the politics and get on with his batting because he’s a fine player. If he can do that he’ll go far.”I haven’t necessarily got any animosity there, but that relationship didn’t really help me personally in my progression.”Rayner previously detailed his frustrations about the plight of English spinners in a 2015 article for ESPNcricinfo, in which he said “it is not easy being an English spin bowler at this moment in time”. His case was backed up in 2018, when he went unused in five of the nine Championship games he played.ALSO READ: The plight of the English spin bowler“Over the last few years I’ve been renowned as steady Ollie; I’ve offered a lot of control in what have been seamer-friendly conditions – I don’t think I thrived under that.”It just clicked in 2016. I just felt so backed. In my career when I’ve had my best years it’s when I’ve been used as an attacking option.”That year they were dependent on me for breaking partnerships. Adam Voges was brilliant in that he’d bowl me before lunch, and when you bowl well you stay on and earn the right.”Rayner ended his career with 313 first-class wickets to his name at 33.26 apiece, plus a further 53 in List A cricket and 41 in T20s.He started his career at Sussex, making a handful of first-team appearances in the side that won the Pro40 (2008, 2009), the Twenty20 Cup (2009) and Division Two of the Championship (2010) before joining Middlesex, initially on loan, in 2011.He spent the 2013-14 and 2016-17 winters on England Lions tours, and was perhaps unfortunate to miss out on the Test tours to Bangladesh and India in 2016-17 having been overlooked for Zafar Ansari and Gareth Batty. Aside from the Championship win, his finest hour came at The Oval in 2013, when his 15-wicket haul sealed a memorable win against Surrey.

They were lighting up stadiums in India as opening partners three months ago. All that will be forgotten on Tuesday when England meet Australia at Lord’s

Melinda Farrell at Lord's24-Jun-2019Three months ago, David Warner and Jonny Bairstow were lighting up the IPL with a record-breaking partnership for Sunrisers Hyderabad. On Tuesday their bromance will be forgotten as they plot each other’s downfall when England and Australia meet at Lord’s. Such is the nature of the modern game where players regularly swap T20 franchise jerseys for national colours.Bairstow has used his column to question the fairness of Australians asking fans to cease booing Warner and Steven Smith in light of previous calls by the then Australia coach Darren Lehmann for fans to show less charity towards England players, Stuart Broad in particular. While that may seem incongruous after their feats as team-mates in India, Aaron Finch says it’s a natural part of the T20 era.”I think that’s the great thing about domestic tournaments around the world is that you get an opportunity to play with guys you might have had perception on, just from playing against them, about how they play, what kind of bloke they are, or something like that,” Finch said.”I think that’s opened up everyone’s eyes to [the idea that] 99 per cent of people that you play with are good blokes, regardless of what tournament it is or who you’re playing for. But that’s pretty easy to flick back into international mode, no doubt. It’s a game representing your country. There’s a lot of pride on the line. There’s a couple of points in a World Cup, which is so tightly contested.”David Warner and Aaron Finch walk out to bat•Associated Press

Finch has in some ways had a similar, albeit reversed, relationship with Warner; they have been opponents when playing for their states in domestic competitions in Australia and T20 tournaments abroad, while also combining forces to form a dynamic and aggressive opening partnership for Australia.”Yeah, I think a bit like anyone who plays with Davey,” Finch said. “They see a side of him and they play against him and they see one when they play with him, and he’s a great man. He’s someone that obviously Jonny and him have had some run-ins on the ground, too. It’s good to see that when you do get an opportunity to get to know somebody, that you take that advantage.”The other facet of the T20 era is that players come back from tournaments into the national side with far more knowledge about franchise teammates’ strengths and weaknesses, something Finch actively aims to exploit.”Absolutely,” Finch said. “Everyone is involved in sort of planning meetings and things like that. You get an opportunity to talk, whether it’s in a structured meeting or over coffee or dinner or a beer or whatever it might be. I think as cricketers, we’re all nuffies at the end of the day for the game; so you’re always talking about the game and coming up with different strategies and things that you’ve seen over time.”A lot of times, that changes. When a guy has come in as a youngster into international cricket, their game changes dramatically over a period of time, so you always have to be adapting, and that’s what’s a great thing about these domestic T20 comps, is that you get to play with so many players that you wouldn’t have had the access to in the past, that you do get to see more of them.”

Players being treated as commodities by Cricket Australia and living in a ‘gilded bubble’ in-part created an environment for the ball-tampering

Alex Malcolm29-Oct-2018Players being treated as commodities by Cricket Australia and living in a ‘gilded bubble’ in-part created an environment for the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, according to the Ethics Centre Review into Australian cricket.The review states that “the evidence suggests that Newlands was not an aberration – a cultural ‘outlier’. Rather, it is an extreme example of a latent tendency growing out of the prevailing culture of men’s cricket in Australia – especially (but not exclusively) at the elite level.”The review quoted one respondent stating that the events in Newlands were “disappointing but not surprising”.The review canvassed responses from many elite players who felt they were treated as “commodities” or “assets” and “their ‘measure is recorded in runs made, wickets taken, matches won, world rankings. They count for little – perhaps for nothing – outside of those metrics”.The review found that “in turn, players have internalised the belief that winning is the only thing that matters. For example, a number of elite players made it clear that they would not challenge the bad behaviour of a gifted player – in case doing so would put the player off their game – making the difference between a win or loss.”The review explicitly states, “when the quality of an individual cover drive matters more than a person’s character, then it is difficult to sustain the case for investing in personal integrity.”The new Australia coach Justin Langer, appointed in the midst of the review being undertaken, has been quoted on a number of occasions as wanted to pick players based on their “character over cover drives”.The review also found that the elite pathway for male players reaching the pinnacle of Australian cricket has put them in a ‘gilded bubble’ that is “isolated from the lifeblood of cricket – the multitude of less gifted players who comprise the bulk of the game: and ordinary Australians who make up the game’s fan base.”But the review noted that ‘gilded bubble’ was not just made up of the Australian team but the entire high performance program featuring coaches and support staff.”Unfortunately, the focus on winning and the success of the Australian Men’s Team has pushed the rest of Australian cricket into a subservient role,” the review states.One story of a groundsman preparing a practice pitch over an extended period of time, only to see an elite bowler deliver seven balls before stopping due to reaching their management ‘quota’, highlighted the bubble.”This kind of behaviour speaks of the gross disrespect to those who are not natives of the ‘gilded bubble’,” the review states. “It sets an example in which the ends justify the means. It invites the development of a culture of exceptionalism in which the normal standards of decency do not apply.”Those living within the ‘gilded bubble’ would probably be horrified to realise that this is how their conduct is experienced and judged. They might assume that others understand that none of it is meant to be ‘personal’. That all is done in the service of a greater good – the success of cricket as a whole.”

Zaheer Khan said he would not fault his batsmen’s approach in their disastrous chase on Saturday night; they were just doing “what had been working” for them, but this time it didn’t come off

ESPNcricinfo staff07-May-20171:54

Now we have to play fearlessly – Zaheer

Zaheer Khan has put Delhi Daredevil’s record-breaking defeat to Mumbai Indians down to “just one of those days where we couldn’t get going”. He could not find fault with his batsmen’s approach, he said, nor was he pessimistic about Daredevils’ chances of making the top four after Saturday night’s rout.”It was a good Delhi wicket to bat on, you could see. Today also we thought it was going to be a 200-run game,” Zaheer said after Daredevils’ 146-run loss, the biggest margin of defeat by runs in IPL cricket. “Basically, once a team gets 200, you know as a batting unit you have to do the things that work for you, which had been working for us in the last couple of games, which is just play freely and go for it. So I don’t think there was anything wrong in terms of the approach.”Daredevils inserted Mumbai, who piled up 212 for 3. In their previous match, Daredevils, at the same venue, the Feroz Shah Kotla, had chased 209 against Gujarat Lions with seven wickets and 15 balls to spare. Rishabh Pant had tonked 97 off 43 in that game, while opener Sanju Samson hit 61 off 31. Against Mumbai, though, both batsmen were out for ducks as Daredevils slumped to 35 for 5 in the Powerplay. Given the dew around, and their performance against Lions, Zaheer said such an outcome was farthest from their minds before the chase began.”Given another chance I would probably go with the same combination. The wicket played really, really well. There was dew around the sixth over when we were bowling, you know, so we felt that dew will work for us,” Zaheer said. “It’s just that those first six overs in such run chases are critical. You look to get 55-60 runs, set that platform, not lose too many wickets, and when things go wrong, this is what happens.”But in terms of approach if you ask me, the approach was absolutely fine, we were going for it, we all felt we could get these runs. It was just losing wickets in bunches meant we were always lagging behind in the game.”Daredevils’ next match is on May 10, against Lions in Kanpur. After that they have games against Rising Pune Supergiant and Royal Challengers Bangalore on May 12 and 14 to conclude the group stage. To progress, they will have to win their remaining three games and hope other results go their way. Zaheer said they would not be stressing over the various permutations, but just look to play their best and take points of each of those three games.”Definitely, the chance is still there, the important thing is we have to win,” he said. “That’s all you can think of, and to get that you have to play good cricket. Our focus will be to regroup as quickly as possible. We have three days break now, so regroup, stay positive, get in that mindset again, and play good cricket. That’s all we are hoping for, and that’s all we’re going to try and do.”This result, meanwhile, kept Mumbai at the top of the points table and sealed their spot in the playoffs. Much of the credit for the victory would have to go to the big-hitting Kieron Pollard, who thumped 63 off 35 to build on his West Indies team-mate and Mumbai opener Lendl Simmons’ 66 off 43. Pollard’s knock came after a promotion to No. 3, and, speaking to Simmons after the game, in an interview on the IPL site, he joked that batting so high up made him feel like a proper batsman.”Great feeling, felt like a Test batsman there, walking out to bat at No. 3,” Pollard said. “Was very much surprised [to bat at No. 3]… I’m going back to the hotel, I’m going to get my white clothes ready, you know, put it under my Mumbai Indians clothes, so when I come out my technique will be right when I come out at No. 3.”

The big-hitting 24 year old says he was confident of a good show in the shorter format but regretted losing such a close encounter

Mohammad Isam13-Nov-2016Sabbir Rahman started to punch the air every time he struck a six from the time he hit his fourth, during his record-breaking 122 against Barisal Bulls on Sunday. He described the celebration as a ritual that helps him “stay focused”.While it might seem unusual, it probably helps Sabbir. But closer to the truth is probably the fact that Sabbir was playing his favourite format. He said that he knows that a big innings is always around the corner when he is playing in T20s.”T20 is my game,” Sabbir said. “I got into the senior side in 2014 through T20s, and then also into the Test team. I believe it is my format, and I will make a big score, either today or tomorrow. But I am sure someone will break my 61-ball 122.”Shahriar Nafees, who made 63 for Barisal earlier in the game, said that Sabbir’s spectacular innings made him mull whether they could have made more than 192. He said that Sabbir’s wicket made the difference with Rajshahi unable to score the remaining 34 runs in the last four overs.”He is an outstanding talent, an asset for Bangladesh and has been doing well for the country. He is very fit, powerful and a big-hitter. When he was batting, I thought we would have needed 220-230 runs on the board. Sabbir was clearing the boundary quite easily. It is one of the best innings I have seen in this country. But we believed that it is important to win the game regardless of the margin. It wasn’t that easy to bat on that wicket unless you are set.”Despite his innings that beat Chris Gayle’s 116 – the previous highest individual score in the BPL – Sabbir said that winning the game would have made him happier. He said that the batsmen who couldn’t score the nine runs in the last six balls should have taken a different approach rather than trying to go for big hits.”We should have won both close games. I don’t know what our batsmen are thinking in the last over,” he said. “I think we have to be stronger mentally. We could have won the previous game by taking singles rather than going for sixes. I think nine runs off the last six balls was an easy equation.”

A few of Somerset’s off-season decisions appear a little short-term, but the arrival big names for the T20 Blast will boost chances of silverware

George Dobell05-Apr-2016Director of cricket: Matt Maynard
Captain: Chris Rogers (Champ); Jim Allenby (T20, 50)
Last season
In: Ryan Davies (Kent), Roelof van der Merwe (Dutch passport), Yasir Arafat (Hampshire; loan), Michael Leask.Out: Craig Meschede (Glamorgan, after loan in 2015), Alfonso Thomas, Adam Dibble, George Dockrell, James Regan, Michael Bates (all released), Tom Cooper (released, no longer eligible as domestic player).Overseas: Chris Rogers, Chris Gayle (T20), Mahela Jayawardene (T20)2015 in a nutshell
Disappointing. A club that had grown frustrated of just missing out on silverware sunk back into the also-rans and were not safe from relegation until the final weeks of the season. The sad retirement of Craig Kieswetter due to an eye injury especially weakened the limited-overs sides. While the performance of home-grown players was encouraging – James Hildreth was prolific, Marcus Trescothick rediscovered his form, Tom Abell emerged as one of the most promising young batsmen in the country and Craig Overton finished as the side’s highest wicket-taker in the Championship – the imports were generally far less successful. Abdur Rehman claimed 10 wickets from nine Championship matches, while Allenby, Myburgh and Cooper all averaged in the 20s with the bat.2016 prospects
There is a new look to Somerset in 2016. The ground has a new pavilion and a new name and the Championship team has a new captain. Ryan Davies, the England U-19 wicketkeeper recruited from Kent, may also be a new face behind the stumps. Some of the other recruitments, however, look short-term: four of the imports – two of which are overseas players – are in their 30s and born overseas. Both captains were born in Australia and are in their mid-30s. It suggests a management looking for quick fixes. The batting looks strong, though bowling sides out twice at Taunton remains a challenge. The number of allrounders should lead to limited-overs improvement.Key player
England recognition – and the Somerset captaincy – may well have passed James Hildreth by at this stage. But, aged 31, he remains a class act with the bat – his reputation, as something of a flat-track bully, is not entirely fair – and he scored more first-class runs than anyone in county cricket 2015. Somerset will need more of the same if they are to survive in the top division.Bright young thing
Tom Abell was named county cricket’s breakthrough player of the year in 2015. While opening the batting – which seems likely – is a big responsibility for a 22-year-old, it does underline how highly he is rated at Taunton and suggests that he could be pushing for England recognition before too long. Either of the Overtons could also have been in this category.ESPNcricinfo verdict
In some ways Somerset has never been better or stronger: a well-developed ground, strong finances and a recent history of strong performances – if few trophies – has increased expectations at the club. The presence of Chris Gayle and Mahela Jayawardene for the T20 Blast is formidable. There is a nice crop of home-grown talent, too, which makes the influx of journeymen cricketers on passports of convenience all the more surprising. Improvement in white-ball cricket looks probable, while a mid-table Championship finish should be within their reach.Bet365 odds: Specsavers Championship, Div 1: 17-1; NatWest Blast 17-2; Royal London Cup 12-1

Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja both failed in their Test audition at the MCG, where Scott Henry scored a century in his first match for Queensland, against Victoria

The Report by Brydon Coverdale at the MCG28-Oct-2015
ScorecardScott Henry scored 141 in his first match for his new state•Getty Images

If Australia’s selectors wanted someone to bash down the door on the first day of the Sheffield Shield season, they would have been disappointed. There was not even a polite ringing of the door-bell from any of the four men hoping to win top-order places in the squad for the first Test at the Gabba, to be named on Friday: Joe Burns, Usman Khawaja, Cameron Bancroft and Shaun Marsh all failed to jump to the head of the queue.At the MCG, Burns and Khawaja were presented with the perfect opportunity to bat first in sunny conditions, on a pitch that offered little for Victoria’s bowlers with the pink ball in this day-night round. However, it was the least known member of Queensland’s top three who thrived; the former New South Wales opener Scott Henry scored a century in his first match for his new state.Khawaja won the toss and not surprisingly chose to bat, and while the ball swung early for James Pattinson and Peter Siddle, once the movement disappeared there was little assistance for the bowlers. However, it was the first over of legspin that did for Burns, who on 25 failed to pick Fawad Ahmed’s slider and was bowled through the gap between bat and pad.That brought Khawaja to the crease and he survived a similar length of time before he was caught behind off the bowling of John Hastings for 21. At least the disappointment for Burns and Khawaja might have been tempered by the knowledge that in Hobart, Bancroft managed only 10 and Shaun Marsh departed for 15. There it was the veteran Michael Klinger who reached triple-figures; at the MCG it was Henry.Henry and Marnus Labuschagne frustrated the Victorians through a long afternoon in which the aging pink ball did little, and Henry brought up his second first-class century from his 181st delivery, while Labuschagne registered his second first-class fifty from 84 balls. The Victorians ask the umpires if the ball could be changed due to discolouration in the 74th over, but the umpires were unmoved and it took the second new ball to break the stand.Hastings struck in the first over with the new ball, when Labuschagne drove and was caught by Peter Handscomb at second slip for 67. He had only just survived a stumping chance off Fawad when he advanced and Matthew Wade failed to grasp the old ball, but the miss cost Victoria little, and the new ball soon provided more relief when Henry was taken at gully off Pattinson for 141.There were precious few other chances throughout the day for Victoria. Siddle and Hastings were accurate and hard to get away, but the spin of Fawad and Glenn Maxwell proved costly – collectively they took 1 for 116 from a combined 27 overs. By stumps, Queensland were 4 for 298 with Nathan Reardon on 19 and Jack Wildermuth on 8.Hastings said the pink ball had performed better than it had in the past, but it still failed to offer anything after the initial new-ball stages. Softness and discolouration were also issues the Victorians struggled to deal with.”It’s getting better,” Hastings said. “It’s certainly better than the first few pink ball games that we played. But I still think there’s a fair bit of work to do. My main issue is the hardness of the ball. It just doesn’t stack up to the red ball. I think maybe if we change the ball at around 50, 55 overs and get a new ball or a semi-new one, it might be a better contest towards the end.”The ball doesn’t move off the straight [after the early stages]. It’s tough work. All you’ve got to do is set straight fields and it’s quite a boring brand of cricket when you have that pink ball … even now we’ve bowled 15 or 16 overs with it [the second new ball] and it’s stopped swinging. It’s going to be hard work in the morning again.””It did go [reverse] a little bit there at times. It wasn’t consistent, but it did reverse. The main thing is when you get a red ball to reverse it’s actually quite hard, but with the pink ball if you get it to reverse we didn’t really have that zip off the wicket you do with a red ball.”