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Local cricket clubs in England and Wales will be given the chance to host a game against a team of England ‘legends’ in a scheme designed to provide a boost to club finances

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Apr-2012Local cricket clubs in England and Wales will be given the chance to host a game against a team of England ‘legends’ in a scheme designed to provide a boost to club finances.Michael Vaughan, the former England captain, will lead the legends team in three Twenty20 matches over the August Bank Holiday weekend, with clubs encouraged to utilise the games to organise activities to generate funds to help improve and repair their facilities.To be in with a chance of hosting one of the games, clubs must be registered for NatWest CricketForce Fundraiser. Once clubs have registered they need to demonstrate the strength of their support by enlisting supporters to vote for them online and make it into the top ten on the leaderboard at natwest.com/cricket.The ten clubs with the most points when voting closes at 9am on Tuesday June 26 will be submitted to a judging panel who will decide which clubs will host one of the three NatWest Locals v Legends T20 games.”Every local cricket club has its own legends who, on their day, believe that they can compete against the best,” Vaughan said. “The NatWest Locals v Legends T20 Series will allow three grassroots clubs to win the chance for my team of former England stars to come and play them at their home ground for a one-off match to raise funds for their club.”All clubs who register will be eligible to win a range of prizes from signed merchandise and tickets to attending training sessions with current England players.

Suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi has written to the BCCI asking for a copy of all decisions taken at the board’s special general body meeting

Cricinfo staff05-Jul-2010Suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi has written to BCCI president Shashank Manohar and secretary N Srinivasan asking for a copy of all decisions taken at the board’s special general body on Saturday as they “impinge” on his rights.”Mr Modi has written a letter to Mr Manohar and Mr Srinivasan to confirm that the decision of the honorary secretary to refer the issues raised in the three show-cause notices to him and his reply thereof to the disciplinary committee,” Modi’s lawyer Mehmood Abdi told . According to Abdi, the letter was sent by email on Saturday night and was hand-delivered as well.At the meeting, which was held in Mumbai, the BCCI voted unanimously to ratify the charges against Modi and forwarded the case to its disciplinary committee. It also authorised Manohar to file civil or criminal charges against Modi, should they be required.Since Manohar had recused himself from all proceedings concerning Modi, the board named Union Minister of State and Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association president Jyotiraditya Scindia to the disciplinary committee to replace him. The committee has until October 26 to reach a decision.Modi was suspended immediately following the conclusion of this year’s IPL and charged with financial irregularities relating to the bidding process for IPL franchises, the mid-over ad sales and the sale of theatrical rights. He was also charged with colluding to set up a rebel league in England. Modi had repeatedly accused Manohar and Srinivasan of harbouring personal grudges against him, and insisted neither of them should be involved in deciding his case.

Northeast and Ingram resist but visitors still not save from innings defeat at Headingley

ECB Reporters Network05-May-2024Glamorgan 221 (B Root 51, Bess 4-25, Moriarty 4-74) and 171 for 3 (Northeast 46*, Ingram 43*) trail Yorkshire 519 for 7 dec (Bean 173, J Root 156, Brook 65) by 127 runs Joe Root completed a superb day three 156 as Yorkshire pushed for a Vitality County Championship victory over Glamorgan at Headingley.Root followed Fin Bean’s lead, the opener who scored his first century of the season late on day two and went on to make 173 in Yorkshire’s imposing first-innings 519 for seven declared.Glamorgan then reached close on 171 for three from 60 overs in their second innings, with unbeaten Sam Northeast and Colin Ingram approaching half-centuries. The visitors trail by 127.Root, 92 overnight, posted a classy century – his second in as many Division Two games – and shared 265 for the third wicket with Bean through until mid-morning as the hosts replied to a 221 total on a used pitch.Harry Brook then piled further pressure on the beleaguered visiting attack with two sixes in 65, though he fell to one-time England Test leg-spinner Mason Crane to spark the declaration in the first half of the afternoon.Crane finished with a consolatory five for 152 from 23.1 overs.Despite batting on a deteriorating pitch, Yorkshire’s innings advanced at a rate of just over 5.5 runs per over. They were helped out as a depleted Glamorgan attack erred with the ball.Last year, Glamorgan had much the better of an early season draw here when Australian seamer Michael Neser took a hat-trick. But this attack looks very different to the one which took the field exactly 12 months ago.Neser has not returned to the club this season, while fellow seamer Timm van der Gugten is injured. Another quick Harry Podmore is also sidelined and all-rounder Dan Douthwaite rested.Bean’s highest first-class score came as he batted with more aggression than usual, the left-handed opener making a conscious effort to put pressure on the bowlers.In January, the 22-year-old had spent time in India working on batting against spin as part of an England Lions batting camp.On this evidence, it was 10 days well spent given the spinning nature of this pitch, him hitting 24 fours and five sixes in 173 balls. Four of his five sixes were hit over long-on or straight off spin.For Root, he backed up last weekend’s 119 in the draw against Derbyshire with a typically classy innings. He reached this century off 100 balls in the opening 15 minutes of play and went on to hit 21 fours in 165 balls.Bean, having been dropped at first slip on his overnight 140, was the first wicket to fall, bowled playing back to Crane, before Root was trapped lbw by seamer James Harris.Crane is on a season-long loan from Hampshire in a bid to get more regular cricket.He took four of his five wickets on day three and will be most pleased that his last three wickets came at a cost of only one run, including Jonny Tattersall stumped for a confident 55 and Brook caught at backward point. The hosts declared immediately.Glamorgan’s openers Eddie Byrom and Billy Root started their second innings brightly, sharing 56 inside 18 overs.But both fell either side of tea as the score slipped to 72 for two. Root played on to Dan Moriarty’s left-arm spin for 35 before Byrom was caught at deep square-leg on the sweep against Dom Bess’s off-spin.Kiran Carlson was then unfortunate to be run out having struck a drive against Bess against Joe Root at silly point. The ball ricocheted back to wicketkeeper Tattersall, who removed the bails with the batter scrambling to make his ground – 93 for three.Thankfully for the visitors, Northeast and Ingram steadied the ship and held firm for the rest of the day and will resume on 46 and 43 respectively.They will, however, likely need to significantly build on their 78-run partnership to give Glamorgan a chance of avoiding defeat.

After chasing leather around the ground, the visitors’ openers repelled Australia’s new-ball surge

Tristan Lavalette01-Dec-2022 by 524 runsWest Indies debutant Tagenarine Chanderpaul weathered a short ball assault late on day two on a grassy Optus Stadium pitch after double centuries from Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith powered Australia into a commanding position in the first Test.After spending 152.4 overs in the field, Chanderpaul impressively defied Australia’s star-studded attack alongside skipper Kraigg Brathwaite as the West Indies showed belated fight in a bid to claw back into the match.Chanderpaul, the son of legendary batter Shivnarine, copped an initiation into Test cricket as he edged a sharp delivery from quick Mitchell Starc through the slips. He then was hit on the pads by Starc only for the not out decision to be upheld in an umpire’s call.Chanderpaul was all at sea against quick Josh Hazlewood’s accuracy before a fluent drive through long on was a much-needed confidence boost. But he was back in the wars after being hit in a delicate spot, which required medical attention, before copping blows to the body from fierce short balls from Cummins and Hazlewood.Showcasing doggedness and similar technical characteristics to his father, Chanderpaul soldiered on gamely and started to look increasingly comfortable on a pitch playing few tricks. He unleashed several cavelier shots to counter the short ball but made it through his first test in this format.The gritty opening partnership has provided a much-needed spark for West Indies after a forgettable performance in the field.Australia declared 15 minutes into the final session when Travis Head was bowled for 99 just one delivery after Smith brought up his fourth Test double century.Head’s dismissal brought a close to Australia’s massive first innings, where they had three straight century-plus partnerships to vindicate Cummins’ decision to bat first on a green-tinged Optus Stadium surface which hasn’t produced fireworks so far.Australia’s massive innings was dominated by Smith and Labuschagne, who combined for a 251-run partnership and batted almost through the entire first session.Labuschagne reached his second Test double century just before lunch, celebrating by taking off his helmet followed by an enthusiastic wave of his bat. Two balls later, out of nowhere, he was dismissed just short of his highest Test score of 215 when he edged the spin of Brathwaite to wicketkeeper Josh Da Silva.Riding a dose of luck, Labuschagne continued his strong form at Optus Stadium, where he scored 143 and 50 three years ago against New Zealand in the last Test played at the ground.Marnus Labuschagne leaves to a rousing reception•Associated Press

Just before lunch, Smith equalled Sir Donald Bradman with his 29th Test century. He reached the milestone with a single to long on, who was strangely not brought in to restrict the run.In the process, Smith also passed 4000 Test runs at home. Only Bradman (98.22) and Sir Garfield Sobers (66.8) have better home averages than Smith’s 64.53.He also continued his dominance over West Indies, who he currently averages 232.33 against from six Tests.Even though the match meandered amid a smattering of fans, who started to create their own excitement by mocking West Indies’ sloppy fielding, Smith was unwavering in his concentration. He also reinforced his penchant for his new refined technique, where he has eradicated shuffling across the crease.Eyeing a declaration, Australia put the foot down in the second session with Head scoring at better than a run a ball in a 166-run partnership with Smith to flatten a lifeless West Indies attack.After aggressive captaincy early on day one, Brathwaite’s 30th birthday was soured as he sought a defensive approach and he might face further criticism for his use of the bowlers.Quicks Alzarri Joseph and Jayden Seales were surprisingly not used in the first hour despite West Indies needing early wickets to claw back into the contest.Brathwaite finally had some cheer later in the day in a rearguard along with his new opening partner Chanderpaul in belated signs of life from the tourists.

Matt Henry and Trent Boult reduced India to 5 for 3 in their chase of 240, but they fought back remarkably only to fall narrowly short

The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy09-Jul-2019
As it happenedIt was a semi-final spread over 28 hours and 24 minutes, and it contained some of the defining features of this World Cup. Rain, enough of it to force the match into a reserve day. Terrific new-ball bowling. Incredible fielding. A tricky, two-paced surface that kept scoring rates down, but also ensured neither team was ever entirely out of the contest.At the end of it, it was New Zealand who remained standing, reaching their second successive World Cup final with an 18-run win. India went out at the semi-final stage for the second successive tournament, but not without scripting a dramatic comeback that showed just why they are one of the world’s top ODI teams.This Old Trafford is just half a mile from the other Old Trafford, and MS Dhoni time is just as potent a sporting quantity as Fergie time. Ravindra Jadeja was in the middle of one of the great does-not-deserve-to-lose performances at the other end. Chasing 240, India had roused themselves from 5 for 3 and then 92 for 6, and were somehow still in the contest. They were now 203 for 6, and needed 37 from the last 18 balls.But it wasn’t to be their day. Jadeja, who had performed at the peak of his ability in every bit and piece of his cricketing skillset, finally miscued a slower ball from Trent Boult to depart for 77 off 59 balls. Dhoni, who had nudged and nurdled his way to 43 with only one boundary, carved Lockie Ferguson for six over point at the start of the 49th over to bring the equation down to 25 off 11 balls. But in an attempt to keep the strike, he turned for a desperate second run two balls later, and was beaten to the keeper’s end by an inch, undone by a breathtaking direct hit from Martin Guptill.India’s hopes ended when Martin Guptill ran MS Dhoni out•Getty Images

It was then, and only then, that New Zealand could breathe, and think of Lord’s, July 14.They certainly couldn’t think of Lord’s at any point during their innings, which began on Tuesday morning and ended just over 24 hours later, after incessant rain had pushed its last 3.5 overs into the reserve day.The skies were overcast throughout, and the pitch two-paced. New Zealand began by playing out successive maidens from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah, and ended by hitting just one boundary in their last six overs. Right through the innings – particularly when Kane Williamson shared partnerships of 68 and 65 with Henry Nicholls and Ross Taylor for the second and third wickets – New Zealand’s focus was on keeping wickets in hand. Run-scoring was a grind, particularly against Jadeja’s left-arm spin and the changes of pace from India’s three seamers.But 239 was a fighting total in these conditions, and by the fourth over of India’s chase it looked monumental.The digital scoreboard during the semi-final between India and New Zealand•Getty Images

The new balls swung and seamed for Boult and Matt Henry just as it had for India’s opening bowlers, but perhaps to a smaller degree. Where Bhuvneshwar and Bumrah had beaten the bats of Williamson and Nicholls numerous times, Henry moved it just enough to kiss the outside edge. The length and line were impeccable on both occasions, and both Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul were forced into feeling uncertainly for the ball.In between, Boult swung one into Virat Kohli and had him lbw, playing around his front pad. The ball hit the flap of his pad, and it was perhaps a marginal decision – Kohli reviewed, and ball-tracking suggested the ball would have clipped the top of the leg bail – and umpire Richard Illingworth called it in the bowler’s favour.It took 6.5 overs for 5 for 3 to become 24 for four. Rishabh Pant was positive at one end, looking compact in defence but pouncing on drives through the off side when they were available, while Dinesh Karthik was static at the other, taking 21 balls to get off the mark. Soon after he did, he spooned a drive squarer than perhaps intended, and James Neesham flew to his left to complete a one-handed grab at backward point.The first signs of an Indian recovery came via a 47-run fifth-wicket stand between Pant and Hardik Pandya. Neither batsman seemed in much difficulty in the middle, but both were having to bat at a lower gear than normal, and there was a sense that something would give, one way or another. Hardik Pandya played out a maiden when Mitchell Santner came into the attack, but Pant was less willing to bide his time, and he slog-swept the left-arm spinner to deep midwicket in his next over.Ravindra Jadeja top-scored for India•Getty Images

A miscued slog-sweep did for Pandya too, and the wicket came thanks to the pressure Santner had applied by conceding only five runs in his first five overs. With the pitch affording him natural variation – of both turn and pace – he kept things simple, angling it into the stumps from round the wicket to both left- and right-hander, bowling at a pace that made it difficult for the batsman to use his feet, and on a length just short of drive-able.India were 92 for 6, and that might have been it in previous games, when they played both their wristspinners at the expense of Jadeja. Now they had a bit of batting depth, and the man providing it had already had a fantastic match. Jadeja had taken 1 for 34 in his 10 overs, and had been electric in the field, running out Taylor with a flat direct hit from the deep and catching Tom Latham with a backwards leap at deep midwicket. Surely he wasn’t done yet.He wasn’t. Where most of his team-mates had struggled for timing, Jadeja looked fluent as soon as he walked in. When he made a move to attack, he made it decisively, often through the use of his feet to get close to the pitch of the ball and hit down the ground. He hit his first three sixes with this method, two off Santner and one off Neesham. Each of his hits roused the largely blue-clad Old Trafford crowd, and by the time he brought up his fifty – off 39 balls – their roar must have intimidated the team in black.But India were still chasing nine an over, and New Zealand still had their fast bowlers’ death overs in reserve. Jadeja kept India in the hunt with another six, over long-off, off Ferguson, and an edged four off Boult, but only five came off the 47th, a perfect over of short-of-length cutters from Henry. With more than two a ball required now, India would have to start swinging for everything. It could have gone their way on another day, but this day would be New Zealand’s.

The fast bowler, who turned his back on an international career with South Africa, reiterated that his decision to relocate to Yorkshire was the best for his and his family’s future

ESPNcricinfo staff20-Mar-2019Having decided to end his South Africa international career last month, following a Kolpak deal with Yorkshire, fast bowler Duanne Olivier has revealed his hopes of playing Test cricket for England.”I accept that my Test career is over for South Africa but if I do well, hopefully in the future, I can play for England,” Olivier told . “You always need to put your mind to certain goals.”Maybe people will think it’s unrealistic but for me, if I really do well, you never know. I can’t tell you what will happen in the future. All I can do, as of now, is control what I am doing this season and give 100% every game.”In February, Olivier agreed to a three-year county deal with Yorkshire, subject to clearance through Kolpak regulations. He had also turned down a two-year contract with Cricket South Africa, offered to him as an incentive to continue playing for the national side. While announcing his decision, Olivier stated in an Instagram post that the decision to turn his back on South Africa was “possibly the most difficult … I’ll ever have to make”.Addressing the criticism around his move, especially him having given up a possible spot in the World Cup squad, Olivier he didn’t personally feel he would be part of South Africa’s World Cup attack, given the already existing variety in the bowling line-up. He also reiterated that the decision to play for Yorkshire had been made keeping in mind his future and that of his family.”I can understand that people are upset but I have not played a lot of one-day cricket, especially for South Africa or the A side,” he said. “‘I made my ODI debut only this year and, over those couple of games I think they were seeing what I could offer. Personally, I don’t think I would have been in the World Cup squad as they have enough bowlers. I wasn’t looking too far ahead at World Cup spots being up for grabs, it was just taking it day by day.”For me, it was just the best decision to make. For me and my family, re-locating is the best decision for our future. I realise some people will understand and some people won’t at all but it doesn’t really faze me what they think. At the end of the day, it’s about what I want to do. I want to see things going forward and I feel like my cricket will improve playing county cricket.”An aggressive fast bowler, Olivier made his Test debut in Johannesburg in January 2017 – ironically as a replacement for Kyle Abbott, who signed a Kolpak deal with Hampshire – and took 48 wickets in ten Tests at an average of 19.25. He featured in two Tests on South Africa’s tour of England in July and August 2017, at Trent Bridge and Old Trafford, and returned to the country in 2018 as an overseas player for Derbyshire.He had an impressive run in Test cricket over the last two home series for South Africa – in three matches against Pakistan, Olivier took 24 wickets – the most on either side – and followed it up with seven wickets in two Tests against Sri Lanka. Olivier also played two ODIs against Pakistan – his only matches in the format – after being called to the ODI team as a cover for Dale Steyn.Olivier has prior county experience. In 2018, he turned out for Derbyshire in the County Championship Division 2, taking 31 wickets in seven first-class matches, and 13 wickets in eight List A matches. Yorkshire, who are in Division 1 of the Championship, will begin their campaign against Nottingham on April 5.

India might have been disappointed with 324 after looking good for 350, but their bowlers quickly washed it off with a comfortable defence

The Report by Sidharth Monga26-Jan-2019
In a league game in Champions Trophy 2017, India couldn’t really capitalise on their score of 178 for 2 in 33 overs and failed to defend the underwhelming 321 they posted. A year and a half later, in an ODI in New Zealand, they reached 179 for 2 in the 31st over, but again failed to convert it into the 350 they looked good for. Just as a measure of how far their bowling has come from there, though, India defended the 324 in Mount Maunganui with consummate ease.

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India’s quicks and spinners both drew more out of the pitch than New Zealand’s did, which meant they didn’t need to resort to the funky fields and plans that New Zealand needed to restrict India after a 154-run opening stand at more than a run a ball between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. By the time New Zealand reached that score in their response, they had lost six wickets. The first five of those fell one each to the new-ball skills of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami, one each to the wristspin of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, and one to the deadly combination of Kedar Jadhav’s unfathomable low-arm spin and MS Dhoni’s super-quick hands.The two first halves couldn’t have been more different. Any hope New Zealand had of taking a wicket fell prey to innovative field placing. Rohit edged the first ball of the match, but the lone slip was well wide of the orthodox position. By the time New Zealand went to the orthodox two slips, the ball had stopped swinging. Rohit and Dhawan kept India around six an over almost on auto-pilot mode. So good is their game and form that the bowlers needed to err only slightly for them to pick the gaps either side of the wicket. Nine of the first 10 overs, and 17 of the 25 that the two batted together, went for at least one boundary.As is often the case, Rohit faced more balls, ate more dots, but scored more runs and hit more boundaries than Dhawan in the partnership. Dhawan, who showed glimpses of regained form in his half-century in the first ODI, looked flawless. At the halfway mark, both had brought up their half-centuries, and looked ominous. You can never count out a Rohit double if he is still batting at this stage; not least if he is in his 80s. However, once Dhawan edged a short and wide ball from Trent Boult, New Zealand began to claw back in.Kuldeep Yadav picked up four wickets•Getty Images

With nothing happening for the bowlers and with India’s top three looking incapable of making a mistake, New Zealand refused to just turn up and accept their punishment. They tried different things. Lockie Ferguson went round the wicket to Rohit, who was approaching his hundred, and they attacked Virat Kohli and Ambati Rayudu with six and seven men inside the circle. They were okay with three dots and a four instead of four easy singles.This was a high-risk plan, but it worked. Ferguson’s angle and changes of pace brought two wickets, Kohli fell to a bouncer from Boult, and the pressure was on Dhoni and the rest of the middle order again. Ferguson kept finding success with his bowling round the wicket. Twenty-five balls went without a boundary. At the start of the 48th over, though, Colin de Grandhomme dropped Dhoni. Dhoni and Jadhav – 48 off 33 and 22 off 10 respectively – gave India a little finishing kick with 35 off the last two overs.If the memories of that Sri Lanka chase were still fresh, they were exorcised quickly by a good start to the defence by Shami and Bhuvneshwar. Martin Guptill survived thrice – a run out, a dropped catch, an edge falling short – before finally offering third man a catch. The pressure was obvious. The new ball was doing more for India’s bowlers than it did for New Zealand’s. India were bowling with a higher skill. Shami eventually got the wicket of Kane Williamson with a short ball outside off, but he had bowled enough good balls until then to deserve this.Colin Munro, seen as a bit of a dasher, is one of the batsmen not yet assured of a place in the World Cup squad. Here he tried to settle in for a longer innings, playing more efficient and percentage cricket, but he could keep that up for only so long. In the 15th over, with the run rate still at six an over, Munro tried to switch-hit Chahal and missed.The final nail was probably driven through when Ross Taylor played Jadhav for the turn, but as he does so often Jadhav only got the ball to drift past the outside edge.Taylor overbalanced, his back foot left the ground for a split second, and it was time enough for Dhoni to stump him. New Zealand were 100 for 4, and India hadn’t yet introduced their big weapon: the left-arm wristspin of Kuldeep.And then on came Kuldeep, running delightfully through the rest of the New Zealand innings who were trigger happy with their shots. Tom Latham and Henry Nicholls were beaten in the air, de Grandhomme paid the price for trying to hit every delivery for a six, and Ish Sodhi was beaten by the sharp turn. This, Kuldeep’s second in two matches in the country, was only the fifth four-for by a spinner visiting New Zealand this decade.Doug Bracewell then chanced his arm, secured his maiden half-century and also denied Kuldeep a five-for. In the larger scheme of the match, his 58-run stand for ninth wicket with Ferguson only served to bring India’s victory margin down to two digits.

Only Hamilton Masakadza looked in touch with a steady century while the rest of the batting order crumbled

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Oct-2018Zimbabwe left BKSP with more questions than answers after BCB XI crushed them by eight wickets in the practice match. Only captain Hamilton Masakadza looked in touch with a steady century while the rest of the batting order crumbled.BCB XI’s fast bowlers ran through the visitors’ line-up, bowling them out for 178 in 45.2 overs. Elton Chigumbura made 47 and shared a 124-run partnership with Masakadza for the sixth wicket after they had slipped to 47 for five in the 16th over.While Ebadot Hossain took five wickets for 19 runs, Mohammad Saifuddin, recalled in the ODI side after nine months, picked three for 32.In reply, the home side banked on captain Soumya Sarkar’s unbeaten 102 to race to victory in 39 overs. Soumya struck 13 fours and a six in his 114-ball knock.Zimbabwe take on Bangladesh in the first ODI on October 21.