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Shaharyar Khan: ‘It’s essential that the affairs of the administration are transparent and clean’ © Wisden Cricinfo

Shaharyar Khan, the new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, has admitted that one of his key aims is to clean up the image of Pakistan cricket. The final months of the reign of his predecessor, Lt-Gen. Tauqir Zia, were marred by accusations of nepotism, selection irregularities and financial mismanagement.”Cricket nowadays has loads of money and it is essential that the affairs of the administration are transparent and clean,” Shaharyar told the BBC in an exclusive interview. “Officials have been under pressure for selecting favourite players. People have been trying to influence their decisions and the cricket administration has also been suffering from grouping.”This is not acceptable. We need a clean administration to make it efficient as well. I won’t allow anyone to pressurise me or other cricket officials. If I won’t take any pressure, the same thing will go down to the bottom.”An immediate problem facing Shaharyar is to intervene in the increasingly hostile clash between Aamer Sohail, the chief selector, and Javed Miandad, Pakistan’s coach. The pair have been at loggerheads, with Miandad claiming that decisions regarding teams have not been run past him or Inzamam-ul-Haq, the captain. “This is not the biggest or the only issue,” Shaharyar explained. “There are a lot of other issues which need attention. I won’t be bringing in wholesale changes at once. I will talk to former administrators, cricketers and former players before introducing reforms.”He is also keen to ensure that funds find their way down to the grass roots. “The game needs investment on the lowest level as people don’t have grounds or playing facilities. This is essential to maintain the influx of good cricketers.”Shaharyar later expanded on his comments in an official press release. “I have been overwhelmed by the welcome that I have received on my appointment as chairman of the PCB,” he said. “I feel deeply privileged and humbled at this honour bestowed on me by the President, and I am grateful for all the messages of goodwill.”While I shall make a full statement to the media after formally taking over the post, I would like to respond briefly to the numerous questions that have been posed to me, as follows.”I shall carry out a round of consultations with leading cricketers, administrators and commentators after taking over. I hope in this way to learn from their experience before outlining the board’s policies.”I shall insist on transparency, financial probity and public accountability of the board’s action and finance.”Merit alone will be the criterion of the board’s policies relating to selection, appointments and other related matters. Justice will not only be done but will be see to be done.”I shall insist on upholding the noble and sporting traditions of cricket and will expect the highest standards of behaviour and sportsmanship, especially from players who are given the honour of wearing the national colours.”My special focus will be to tap the vast enthusiasm for the game with the underprivileged by providing them with grounds, equipment, coaching facilities etc that are not currently available to them. A strong base of the pyramid will ensure sustained cricketing excellence at the top.”I shall also focus on reviving our internal first-class programme so that public support for our local teams strengthens the competitive fabric of our players.”

Despite gutsy knocks by Kamran Akmal and Rizwan Aslam, Lahore Whites conceded a 58- run lead on the first innings to Rest of Punjab on second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I match at Gaddafi Stadium Sunday.By stumps, Punjab further increased their advantage to 123 by reaching 65 for one in the secondinnings.Punjab owed their strong position to paceman Azhar Abbas, who claimed four for 60 as Lahore Whites managed 224. Former Test leg-spinner and Punjab skipper Mushtaq Ahmed picked up three for 66.Opener Rizwan Aslam made 56 off 109 deliveries with the aid of 12 fours in a stay of 132 minutes.Kamran Akmal, who made a century last week, continued his good form by stroking a blistering 81 off just 79 balls. The wicket-keeper/batsman batted for 124 minutes and struck 12 boundaries.The third wicket partnership between Rizwan and Kamran was worth 120 runs. But once Rizwan was caught behind off Azhar the rest of the Whites batting line-up caved in without a fight. The last seven wickets added just 64 runs.

Umpires Ray Julian and Chris Kelly consulted the Lord’s hierarchy, before recommending to the team captains, that play should be abandoned, not just for the second day in succession, but for the third day also.Incessant rain from 4 pm on Tuesday, including heavy falls of snow, sleet and hailstones left The Parks outfield saturated, and with a bad weather expected for a few more days, the teams made their way home.Veteran umpire Ray Julian, with over 1,100 matches under his belt remarked that it would be lucky to get on one week from now. Chris Kelly was particularly disappointed as this was his first-class debut. “I had been looking forward to this match ever since I received the fixture”, said Kelly, who has spent a number of years on the Minor Counties panel. “I had built myself up for this match, and I’m sad that the weather has ruined it for me”.Hampshire coach Jimmy Cook, who is to write a regular article for the Hampshire Web site, immediatly organised some indoor nets for the County Ground that afternoon.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball-detailsAn all-round performance from Sohaib Maqsood in the form of 45 off 28 balls and three crucial wickets led Multan Tigers to a five-wicket win against Abbottabad Falcons in Lahore.Falcons were given a steady start with a 51-run opening stand between Haroon (29) and Sajjad Ali (25). But with the dismissal of both of them, wickets started to totter and Falcons were reeling at 117 for 8, losing eight wickets for 66 runs. Adnan Raees (34 off 21) in the middle order and captain Junaid Khan (17 off 7) at No. 11 showed some resistance to take the Falcons to a fighting total of 141 after they scored 22 runs in their last over.In reply, Tigers responded strongly with a 77-run opening stand between Zeeshan Ashraf and Maqsood. Three quick wickets and a run-out by Yasir Shah slowed the proceedings for a while as the Tigers were now 120 for 5. While Gulraiz Sadaf was out for a golden duck, Kashif Naved was snapped by Rameez Ahmed diving to his left at gully.It was Ashraf who held his nerves to take his side home with Rizwan Haider who hit the winning runs in style with a boundary over midwicket to finish the chase with 14 balls to spare.
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsLahore Lions beat the Sialkot Stallions by restricting them to 118 for 8, and winning the match by 44 runs in Lahore. Opting to bat first, Lions were led by opener Nasir Jamshed who carried his bat with 71 off 56, which included seven fours and a six. He did not get much support from the top order as three wickets fell in the first ten overs. But Karman Akmal and Jamshed put on 69 runs for the fourth wicket to take their run-rate to over seven, and their score beyond 100. Once Akmal departed, Ali Azmat’s cameo of 21 off 11 added impetus to their innings, with Jamshed’s fifty helping them to a respectable score.Sialkot captain Shoaib Malik picked up two wickets, but gave away 35 runs, lacking practice because he he had not bowled during the one-dayers in South Africa. Raza Hasan, playing a match after over three months, gave only 18 runs in his four overs.Stallions were never in the race, losing wickets at regular intervals, as only one player passed 20. The opening partnership was broken in the third over by Aizaz Cheema, with Zia-ul-Haq striking in the next over. No. 4 Shahid Yousuf counter-attacked with a 11-ball 17 before he was caught behind off Wahab Riaz. The opener Shakeel Ansar was run out on the very next ball. Malik couldn’t survive for more than five balls, and offspinner Adnan Rasool took over from there, picking up three wickets in his four overs for 17 runs, which almost sealed the win for Lions. No. 9 batsman Bilawal Bhatti scored an unbeaten 24 to take them past 100, but the target proved too steep as Stallions eventually fell short by 44 runs.
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Faisalabad Wolves off to a winning start, routing Bahawalpur Stags by 63 runs in the opening match of the tournament.Wolves, after opting to bat first, made a brisk start as opener Farrukh Shehzad began with an aggressive pull over midwicket for a first-ball boundary. A blow on his helmet while attempting a dilscoop didn’t slow him down, and he went on to hit six boundaries including a six before edging Fahad Masood behind the stumps for 30 off 20 balls. Left-hand batsman Ali Waqas was stuck on 6 after five overs but he improved during a partnership of 39 off 41 balls with Asif Ali. With the help of five boundaries including two sixes, Asif struck 34 off 25 balls to propel Wolves.Captain Misbah-ul-Haq, who joined his team minutes before play began with wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Salman as the makeshift captain until Misbah arrived. Wolves had closed in on 100 by the 14th over before Misbah (22 off 20 balls not out) took guard. He anchored a 40-run stand for the fifth wicket with Khurram Shehzad (19 off 12 balls) to take Wolves to competitive total of 154.Stags’ chase got off to a disastrous start, with two wickets off the first two balls. A faint edge down leg handed opener Imranullah Aslam a golden duck while Kashif Saddiq slashed a wide and uppish delivery only to be caught at point.Hammad Tariq (28) and Moinuddin (15), the top scorers for Stags, tried to stage a recovery but Wolves proved too strong. Stags kept losing wickets regularly and were never able to bring down the asking rate, crumbling to 91 for 8 in 20 overs. Shehzad, the Man of the Match, was the main destroyer, conceding only 20 runs for his four wickets.

Rangers have been dealt a major transfer blow over Ibrox academy striker Rory Wilson…

What’s the talk?

According to Rangers sources speaking to Football Insider, the attacker has told the club that he wants to depart from Glasgow in the summer and continue his career elsewhere.

The report claimed that unnamed Premier League ‘big guns’ are interested in signing him, with the player rejecting a fresh contract offer from Rangers recently. English teams are unable to give him a professional contract until next year but can take him on a scholarship deal with the option to become a pro when the time comes.

Gilmour repeat

Ross Wilson is now in grave danger of repeating the club’s big Billy Gilmour disaster with his 16-year-old namesake.

The Scotland midfielder left Ibrox as a teen to join Chelsea in England and he has come on leaps and bounds since moving south of the border.

Transfermarkt currently value Gilmour at a whopping £10.8m almost five years on from his move to Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2017. He was valued at £2.7m in 2020 and Transfermarkt cites his move to Chelsea as being worth £1.53m – well short of what he is worth now.

The 20-year-old has been capped 11 times by Scotland’s first team and is currently on loan at Norwich in the Premier League. This shows that he is making great strides as a player, but Rangers will not benefit from it as they lost him at under-17 level.

Rory Wilson now looks set to be the next big talent to fall through their grasp. He has found the back of the net a sensational 47 times at youth level for club and country this season, suggesting that the 16-year-old predator has immense potential, having scored at a phenomenal rate throughout the campaign.

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Rangers have already been burned by Gilmour’s progression since leaving the club, and having it happen a second time with Wilson would be a huge disaster. It would mean that the Glasgow giants potentially miss out on another huge payday in the future, as they will not be able to sell the forward at a point when his value is similar to Gilmour’s £10.8m.

The recent club-record sale of Nathan Patterson highlights the benefit of keeping top talent and bringing them through into the first team before selling them further down the line. This is why Ross Wilson must now do everything in his power to change the teenager’s mind and get him to remain at Ibrox, potentially bolstering Gio van Bronckhorst’s team in the years to come.

AND in other news, Rangers played a masterclass over Ibrox “dafty” whose value plummeted 50% in one year…

As South Africa’s domestic structures come under scrutiny for their standard of cricket, Stephen Cook has proved that spending sufficient time in the set-up can still be prime players up for success at the top level.Cook became the sixth South Africa batsman to score a century on Test debut with his 115 on the opening day against England in Centurion after making 415 runs in three Sunfoil Series matches this season to continue a strong domestic output.”It’s a good sounding ground,” Cook said. “I think we need to be more patient and not think that after one or two good franchise performances, a guy will step up. A lot of the guys who have done well have come through that system and are hardened cricketers.”Cook is certainly one of them. Since playing Under-19 cricket with Hashim Amla, he waited 15 years to make an international appearance. In that time, he was picked for a South African A side in 2010, a sign that a promotion was imminent but it didn’t come.”As time wore on, I knew it was getting more difficult and less likely,” he said. “But I never gave up hope. If I had given up on that hope, it would be have been difficult to carry on playing domestically. It would have just been retirement.”Instead he carried on believing he could become South Africa’s own Chris Rogers. “There are a couple of guys who have inspired me, even someone like Neil McKenzie whose second coming was at a later age,” Cook said. “I knew that it did happen to other people and it could happen to me.”Perhaps that’s why now that the debut has finally come, everyone else seems a little more surprised than Cook himself. He has handled the call-up with maturity, so much so that he could assess the pitch and the opposition on a day that should have been all about him.”The surface did play a little bit slowly but having played first-class cricket here, it should quicken up a little bit. It’s not a coastal slow, it’s a Highveld slow,” he said. “I think early on, England searched for wickets a little bit more but later they went back into their normal patterns and they were quite patient.”Not nearly as patient as Cook has been has had to be though. With a century already under his belt it would understandable if he let himself ponder the future, but he was not getting carried away,”I always thought to myself that it’s about making your debut and playing for South Africa but it’s about performing and scoring hundreds. I want to contribute to Proteas successes and victories. But I am very much a guy who looks after today. I’ve learnt that getting ahead of myself is the worst thing I can do.”

Kenya are not expected to make any changes to their squad for the Intercontinental Cup clash against UAE in Sharjah later this month.The side are due to resume training at the Aga Khan Sports Club on Monday (January 7) but the continuing unrest and political uncertainty following the disputed elections have thrown questions over how much preparation they can expect before leaving for the UAE next Friday.”We were to resume training [on Thursday] but the current situation in the country cannot allow us, it’s even unsafe for players,” interim coach Alfred Njuguna told The Standard. “We have decided to resume on Monday depending on how the situation would be. Before we broke for Christmas holiday, we were basically focusing on physical fitness, but we are now going to embark on serious fielding and batting practices. Despite UAE being underdogs, we are not taking them lightly,”.No decision has been taken over the home tie against Namibia at the end of January but there are already questions being asked about how safe Nairobi is. More than 300 people have died and as many as 250,000 left homeless in continuing violence following the presidential elections.

England’s late one-day charge has given Duncan Fletcher something to take from the Australian tour © Getty Images

Duncan Fletcher has hit back at his critics after England completed their 2-0 victory in the CB finals. His earlier calls to have faith in a ‘young side’ often resulted in derision from many quarters, but he can now reflect on a team that has beaten Australia in its own tournament.”People didn’t believe me when I said the growth in this side can go anywhere and it’s really pleasing to see the young players come through like that,” he told .”To withstand the pressure and beat Australia three times in a row is quite an achievement and there’s no better place to produce that than in Australia in a one-day series.”Whereas a matter of weeks ago England’s planning for the World Cup almost revolved around picking random names out of a hat, Fletcher now says there is a clear plan heading into the tournament.”We’ve got a side that have won here and done very, very well and yet we are still missing people of the calibre of [Michael] Vaughan and [Kevin] Pietersen who are two very important players for us, so it’s still going to be very difficult for us [to narrow down the squad].””But we’re a lot clearer than we were at the start of this series. We really believe in the side now, four in a row is a great achievement and we’ve just got to continue with that momentum.”Fletcher, himself, received a special mention as Andrew Flintoff relished his first success as captain. “The one person I really want to thank is Duncan Fletcher,” said Flintoff, “throughout the trip he has kept taking the knocks for us but he has kept backing us.””He has been our coach for a long time and he has taken this team forward. You can see the improvement of this team since he has been with us.”Last week Fletcher said Flintoff was more relaxed without the pressures of captaincy, but any job is easier when you are winning and Flintoff soaked up the moment. “To take some silverware home is a great thrill. The past four games has been as good as I have seen an England side play. It’s been unbelievable.”From where we were at in Adelaide to come back in the manner we have done is credit to the team. We knew we could get better and knew we had to.”Sounding a lot like Michael Vaughan, Flintoff said he knew what the team was capable of. “Two weeks of cricket is a long time, we knew we had it in us, it took a while to come out but I am pleased it has done. We can also take a lot of heart from beating Australia three times on the bounce. It shows what this team can do and we will take a good spirit to the World Cup.”

Without any advance publicity or fanfare, on January 15 the USA Cricket Association revealed its Strategic Development plan for 2006-2007. It makes for some interesting reading.The 2006-2007 Plan’s Mission Statement states that the USACA is to “develop and promote the game of cricket, to select and prepare our teams to compete successfully in international competitions, and to provide the necessary supporting infrastructure” for this purpose.This mission statement puts USACA on a different track to Major League Cricket (MLC), with which its plan will inevitably be compared. MLC’s focus is on the development of a self-sufficient US domestic cricket as its major priority, with the development of state-level infrastructures, a US based Twenty20 League, and a long-range program for “mainstreaming” US cricket as its primary goals. Its international objectives do mention training MLC national squads to competitive standards in world cricket, but this is secondary to achieving what MLC considers to be its main goal of establishing US cricket as a distinctively “American” sport. MLC’s vision of its “necessary supporting infrastructure” is geared to domestic objectives, with international recognition coming only as a result of its domestic achievements.The USACA plan sets out 12 objectives to accomplish its stated mission.The first three represent the meat of the strategy; setting out what USACA proposes to do with actual playing of cricket. There is to be a Junior and Youth Development Program in several tiers, U-13, U-15, U-17 and U-19; a senior program involving a national and a U-23 A squad, rather like MLC’s program goals; and a series of national competitions for leagues, clubs and regions (but not states, which is MLC’s unit of account). In terms of support services, action is promised on national coaches’ and umpires’ associations; and improving facilities and infrastructure. “Improving information and communications” and “restoring USACA’s image”, are inserted as statements of intent, and a wistful note is added by the objective that USACA will host ICC tournaments in 2006-2007 as well as participate in them.This strategic development plan can be best understood if it is placed alongside its predecessor, the USACA’s five-year plan the period 2000-2006 which was developed by USACA at the insistence of Clyde Walcott but which has been gathering dust on the shelf since it was first published. The differences between them are dramatic, and offer a clue to USACA’s thinking on the issues.The 2000 mission statement sounds like its 2006-2007 counterpart: “To promote the game of cricket at all levels in the United States of America, develop national teams that will be competitive and successful in international competitions and to become the symbol of excellence in sports throughout the world.” But the 2000 objectives were specific, and measurable – they represented targets to be achieved, as well as when they would be attained.The 2000 plan boldly stated that the USA would “attain ODI status by 2006 and thereby qualify automatically for [the] 2007 World Cup.” Along the way, the USA would win the ” ICC World Cup series competition 2004, the ICC Trophy 2005, Americas Regional Championships (2002,2004,2006), Win or finish in second position in Americas Regional U-15, U-19 championship in 2002 and 2003, and make a strong showing in other international tournaments where a USA team would participate”.There were also specific targets; “Increase participation of players from its current 10,000 to 40,000 in a five-year period, Certify 2000 umpires, 2000 coaches, [and] at least 150 advanced certified coaches”, and thoroughly review its “organizational and administrative structures and its constitution by 2003″. USACA was planning to host the “Americas U15 (2002), Americas U-19 (2005) Americas Championship (2006), and two visits from Full Member A teams (2003 & 2004)”. The USACA would also “embark on an aggressive promotion and advertising campaign to increase the profile of the game by staging festival Cricket games, hold ODI games between Full members at various locations, [and] Increase the general media coverage of cricket”.As of 2006, it is very clear that USACA was unable to achieve most of its 2000 objectives. It not only failed to achieve ODI status, but it saw other Associate Members achieve this and was the one left out in the cold. It won none of the tournaments it had targeted in 2000 except the Americas U-19, where the youngsters performed brilliantly and exceeded its own expectations.The USACA’s numerical targets were unmet by substantial margins, the cancellation of Project USA obviated its plans for “holding ODI games between Full Members at various locations”, and there was no “aggressive promotion and advertising campaign” or “festival cricket games” to “increase the profile of the game”. Most importantly, the “[review of its] organizational and administrative structures and its constitution by 2003″ had not even begun as of 2006.If the USACA was so singularly ineffective in achieving its five-year goals set out in 2000, is there any assurance that it will be able to do so in 2006? There are many who would question USACA’s abilities to do so, let alone raise the massive resources required to meet its ambitious new goals. If the USACA had not demonstrated its failure to meet its own stated objectives since 2000, there are many who might choose to give USACA the benefit of the doubt for the time being. But a five-year track record of failure is not easy to overlook, and there will be skeptics and cynics who will be comparing the past with the present and asking some very hard questions.If the USACA is able to make real progress on its 2006 objectives after all, the stage could be set for an interesting confrontation between two different world views about US cricket– MLC’s vision of an all-American cricket future, and USACA’s of a world cricket order where meeting and exceeding international standards would be the raison d’etre driving US cricket development. But a great deal has to happen before such a confrontation could even take place. Both MLC and USACA have more urgent short-term goals to meet, and these deserve attention in the years ahead.

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Michael Clarke’s classy 97 destroyed Pakistan’s hopes© Getty Images

Michael Clarke gave Australia an opening-batting headache with a brilliant 97 as they survived a brutal Shahid Afridi attack and a mid-innings stumble against Pakistan at the Bellerive Oval. Chasing a target reduced to 253 in 45 overs after a 40-minute rain break, Australia nervously slipped to 5 for 186, but eventually won by four wickets, thankful for the cool bald head of Darren Lehmann and the calm of Brad Haddin.Hobart was hit by chilly conditions, and strong winds which knocked off the bails, but nobody blew harder than Afridi as he clattered four sixes and four fours in a devastating late spree of 56 from 26 balls. Australia were ruffled, but Clarke helped them relax at the same time as causing a jam at the top of the order for Australia’s next match on Friday.Matthew Hayden was resting and Adam Gilchrist battling a slightly sore knee, but Clarke made sure they were barely missed with a half-century to add to his 66 against West Indies last Friday. His brilliant innings included severe punishment for Shoaib Akhtar, who was taken for 14 in a one-over mid-innings spell, and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan after he dropped a disappointing effort when Clarke was 7. As misty rain fell in patches, Clarke was quick to slide forward, back or sideways, and lofted the ball fearlessly.Clarke and Simon Katich gave Australia a superb start, the brand-new combination piling on 107 at more than six an over in reply to Pakistan’s 272. While Clarke was always searching – usually successfully – for the big shot, Katich was happy to creep along in support in a complementary partnership. Clarke reached his half-century from 53 balls, but lost his partner eight runs later when Katich played on to Azhar Mahmood, then Ricky Ponting was caught behind off Afridi as rain forced an interval (2 for 118).Damien Martyn went quickly to Abdul Razzaq in a similar manner to Katich when they came back from the rain break, and Australia started to frown when Clarke, on the verge of a century, mis-hit Mohammad Hafeez to Naved-ul-Hasan, and Andrew Symonds also inside-edged onto his stumps (5 for 186).But Lehmann eased Australia to victory with an unbeaten 49 and Haddin as his sidekick. Playing only his eighth one-day international as a replacement for Gilchrist, Haddin walked out for his fifth match against the touring sides in nine days, and departed with a run-a-ball 30. In what will probably be a one-off appearance, Haddin at least made a valued contribution to a win that required some heavy work after Pakistan’s hot-and-cold batting.The Afridi explosion began in the 44th over, included a six over point off Brett Lee, and lifted a gear against Glenn McGrath, who was pounded for sixes over cover and midwicket – and three fours in the 49th over. Afridi, who added 47 with Razzaq in 4.4 overs, then brought up his half-century in the final over, by hammering Lee over the boundary. Pakistan had scored an amazing 97 in their last ten overs.

Shahid Afridi lifted Pakistani spirits with a blistering 56 from 26 balls© Getty Images

The onslaught turned a solid performance into an exciting one after Inzamam and Salman Butt provided warmth for Afridi’s fire. After winning the toss, Inzamam puffed his way to 68 to prove his recovery from the back injury that ruled him out of the last two Tests, and Butt carried his tour form into the one-day arena with his second limited-overs half-century.A minute’s silence on Australia’s day of mourning for the tsunami victims interrupted the innings, and after the break Inzamam and Youhana set about rebuilding Pakistan’s tour. The squad’s most experienced batsmen surprisingly lined up at Nos. 5 and 6, and as they collected 74 runs questions were raised about why they weren’t batting higher. Both were cleverly removed by Michael Kasprowicz (6 for 204).Butt provided a stable platform on a morning for long-sleeved shirts and jumpers,with some smooth shots square of the wicket. But once again Brad Hogg, who took five wickets and career-best figures on Friday, made a crucial breakthrough when Butt top-edged a cut and Lehmann took a smart catch (4 for 117).The gamble to make an opener of Kamran Akmal, the wicketkeeper, failed when he edged McGrath to Clarke, who took a sharp two-handed catch to his right (1 for 15). Lee’s early pace was again frightening, which Mohammad Hafeez discovered when he tried an unsuccessful hook. Hafeez was beaten by the pace as the ball clipped his glove before cannoning into the golden star of his helmet and rebounding to Hogg behind square leg (2 for 30).Peter English is the Australasian editor of Cricinfo.