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Australia captain Meg Lanning has signed a three-year WBBL deal with the Perth Scorchers after announcing earlier this week that she was leaving the Melbourne Stars

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Sep-2017Australia captain Meg Lanning has signed a three-year WBBL deal with the Perth Scorchers after announcing earlier this week that she was leaving the Melbourne Stars.Lanning has topped the WBBL run tally in both of the tournament’s first two seasons, yet her Stars failed to reach the finals either time.She will be unable to play for the Scorchers this summer, having already been ruled out of the Women’s Ashes due to shoulder surgery, and looks set to make her debut for the team in 2018-19.”The Perth Scorchers are a great club with a strong core of experienced and up-and-coming players, so it’s a really exciting opportunity for me to join the group,” Lanning said. “They made the semi-final in WBBL|01, then the Scorchers hosted the final last season, so they’re definitely a team on the rise, with a bright future ahead.”It’s obviously frustrating to be ruled out of this summer with injury, but I’m really looking forward to being around the team and contributing off the field, before getting on the park again for WBBL|04 and going for that championship.”

Jasprit Bumrah’s best, Punjab’s aggressive scoring rate and Madhya Pradesh’s lead highlights on the final day of the seventh round Group A matches in the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Nov-2016Shreyas Iyer, on 191 overnight, stood between Gujarat and a first-innings lead. His early dismissal for 194 on the final day meant Mumbai fell 15 short of taking three points, despite Shardul Thakur’s half-century at No. 9. Mumbai were bowled out for 417, having begun the day on 328 for 6.The second innings was reduced to a mere formality as Gujarat’s openers scored 82 without loss in 45 overs when the captains shook hands in Hubli. Priyank Panchal, the opener who made 232 in the first innings, was unbeaten on 56. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was named Man of the Match for a career-best 6 for 71.Mandeep Singh struck a brisk century, and medium-pacer Manpreet Gony hammered an unbeaten 66 off 26 balls, in the drawn game between Punjab and Tamil Nadu in Nagpur.Punjab had conceded the first-innings lead thanks to Kaushik Gandhi’s career-best 164. In the second innings, they scored at 4.74 runs per over, before declaring for 375. Mandeep Singh’s 128 off 160 balls anchored the innings in which Uday Kaul (65) and Gurkeerat Singh (55 off 45) also got runs, before a promoted Manpreet Gony hit eight sixes.However, the timing of Punjab’s declaration left Tamil Nadu only 37 overs to negotiate in a chase of 306. They lost only one wicket, as Abhinav Mukund (67*) and Gandhi (21*) put on 78 for the second wicket and took them to stumps.Saurabh Wakaskar scored his second fifty of the game as Railways settled for a point after conceding the first-innings lead to Madhya Pradesh at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. MP took the lead early in the day, having begun on 356 for 5, just 15 behind Railways’ 371. Overnight batsmen Devendra Bundela and Shubham Sharma continued their remarkable partnership for the sixth wicket, taking it past 200 and finally being separated with the score on 406, having come together on 164 for 5.Shubham scored 119, his maiden first-class century, while Bundela scored a career-best 188. MP added 104 runs in the last 21 overs, before declaring on 510 for 8. In reply, Railways reached 150 for 1 at the end of play. Wakaskar was unbeaten on 71, after putting on 100 for the opening wicket with Shivakant Shukla, who scored 57.

Lancashire’s bid for Division One safety looks set to be reliant on Surrey failing to beat Nottinghamshire after failing to take control against Middlesex

Vithushan Ehantharajah at Lord's06-Sep-2012
ScorecardGareth Cross scored a counter-attacking half-century but Lancashire could not build a substantial lead•PA Photos

Lancashire’s bid for Division One safety looks set to be reliant on Surrey failing to beat Nottinghamshire at The Oval ahead of the seventh- and eighth-placed teams meeting next week. Lancashire were unable to build a sizeable first-innings lead against Middlesex on a day that saw them relinquish their Championship crown to Warwickshire.At the close of play, Middlesex were 127 runs ahead having only lost two wickets, meaning Lancashire will have to bowl them out or concede enough runs early on Friday to convince Chris Rogers to declare. Rogers will be looking to do what only Neil Dexter has done so far in this match and successfully convert his hard work and patience into three figures.Lancashire looked comfortable in morning, with the combination of early movement and new ball not as potent as many thought it would be, until Ashwell Prince – 12 away from 1,000 first-class runs for the season – nicked to first slip, giving Toby Roland-Jones his first wicket. Persisting on an off-stump line, his second came as a bit of surprise to both himself and Steven Croft, as the ball shot through, between knee and ankle height, uprooting both middle and off. It was the first ball of the match to really misbehave, if you can call it misbehaving on the evidence this summer.The Lord’s pitch has been called a lot of things this season. After Surrey’s defeat here at the beginning of the season, Chris Adam’s described it as the worst he had even seen. Last month, some had the gall to liken it to an archery venue.Enter Gareth Cross, who hit the mark, his straps and Ravi Patel, in a counter-attacking display that took Lancashire into lunch on a high, scoring the majority of the runs in a swift fifty partnership with Karl Brown. He took that urgency into the afternoon session, looking for a run off every ball, constantly putting pressure on the Middlesex bowlers and fielders – at times even his partner. He reached 50 off only 30 deliveries, and did little to acknowledge the landmark, knowing he had more work to do. Middlesex would have been disappointed with their effort in periods before and after lunch, which saw Lancashire rack up 100 runs in an hour of play.Cross’ innings was done nine runs later, as he was caught behind off Gareth Berg, having pulled the same bowler for six the ball before. Brown took over as the aggressor but it took him a bit of time to adjust to the shift in roles. While he didn’t find the boundary as much as he would have liked to, he bustled his way to his half-century.With the help of cameos from Kyle Hogg, Glen Chapple and Ajmal Shahzad, Brown took Lancashire past 400, and then to a small first innings lead, before playing a Berg delivery on to his stumps. Patel accounted for all but one of the last four wickets to fall, leaving him one short of a maiden first-class five-wicket haul, though these were his best figures to date.It would not have been a five-wicket haul that you could read too much into. He bowled well but was gifted a couple of wickets through some sloppy decision making from Lancashire’s lower order. Had he achieved the feat, many would have dismissed his achievement as ordinary, what with nine, ten, Jack accounting for three of his scalps. In the end, four seemed about right.Middlesex’s second innings got off to a shaky start, with opener Sam Robson falling to Glen Chapple early. The Lancashire captain, along with Kyle Hogg, asked probing questions, but Rogers and Joe Denly had the right answers. When they didn’t, their noncommittal replies allowed them to stay in the debate long enough to converse between overs as to how they would cope with the inevitable evening barrage.Denly departed to a wicked delivery from Shahzad that nipped in and kept low to disrupt his stumps. Kerrigan bowled studiously at the other end, invoking a few erroneous drives, but at no point did the southpaw pair of Rogers and Dawid Malan display any real discomfort.Rogers freed his arms to pierce the off-side field – both off the front and back foot – as Shahzad’s patience dithered, as it ever does. There’s no denying his intent (or pace), but Shahzad needs to understand that even individual bowlers need to have plans. Rogers had a plan – to bore Shahzad into laxity. It worked.

Chahal’s form has dipped slightly, Agarwal doesn’t have the runs – which side’s senior members will stand up?

Sreshth Shah06-May-20223:10

How do Punjab Kings get the best out of Rahul Chahar?

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Two sides who are beginning to forget the art of winning face off in a fixture that has big implications. Three losses in their last five games has left Punjab Kings playing catch up in the race for the playoffs. Rajasthan Royals, too, seem to be slipping just as the teams below them are making their charge. Both teams need a win. Anything less and their lives could get a bit tricky.

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Mayank Agarwal is due for a big score, but he pushed himself down the order in their last game allowing Jonny Bairstow to open alongside Shikhar Dhawan. Is that the plan now? With overseas batters Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Liam Livingstone in good touch, what Kings need is for their lower-middle order of Indians – that might just also include Agarwal – to come good. If they hold up their end of the bargain, there’s enough skill between Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh and others to realistically trouble Royals through the 20 overs.As for Royals, their inability to go past 160 in their losses against Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders will be concerning. So too Yuzvendra Chahal’s recent lack of wickets. IPL 2022’s purple-cap holder has struck just twice in four games. What they need to overcome the Kings challenge is wickets in the powerplay from Trent Boult and Prasidh Krishna. That will then set the spinners up and re-establish what some have been saying all through the IPL: Royals have the most well-rounded bowling attack this season.

Likely XIs

Punjab Kings: 1 Jonny Bairstow, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Mayank Agarwal (capt), 4 Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 5 Liam Livingstone, 6 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 7 Rishi Dhawan, 8 Rahul Chahar, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Sandeep SharmaRajasthan Royals: 1 Jos Buttler, 2 Devdutt Padikkal, 3 Sanju Samson (capt, wk), 4 Karun Nair / Yashasvi Jaiswal, 5 Riyan Parag, 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 R Ashwin, 8 Trent Boult, 9 Prasidh Krishna, 10 Yuzvendra Chahal, 11 Kuldeep SenDevdutt Padikkal has had a slight dip in form over the last couple of matches•BCCI

Strategy punt

Do Royals move away from Devdutt Padikkal and go back to Yashasvi Jaiswal? Padikkal had 12 dots in his 15-ball innings against Mumbai and was out for a boundary-less five-ball knock against KKR. In the game before that, he suffered six dots in a seven-ball innings against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Those three scores have corresponded with the otherwise high-scoring Royals making only 144, 158 and 152 in their last three games. Jaiswal was dropped after a poor run – 20, 1 and 4 – early in the season. He must be itching to get back and prove his worth.

Stats that matter

• Sides batting first have won two of the last five games at the Wankhede. The last afternoon game here was won by the side batting first too.
• With a game in hand, Rabada is two wickets shy of purple-cap holder Chahal’s tally of 19.
• Buttler – the orange cap holder – is 385 runs away from beating Virat Kohli’s record-setting 973-run season in IPL 2016. He has also hit the most sixes (25) at the Wankhede since IPL 2019.

As a result of the 10-for, he has something to do as he quarantines when he goes back home

Sidharth Monga04-Dec-20214:11

Daniel Vettori: ‘Rare’ Ajaz Patel 10-wicket haul is greatest individual feat in NZ Test cricket

Ajaz Patel is in no hurry to go through the notifications on his phone after he became only the third man in the history of Test cricket to take all 10 wickets in an innings. He might have been born in the chaotic city of Mumbai, but Ajaz is a proper New Zealander now. Revealing ice running through his veins, Ajaz said, “I might leave them for quarantine for when I get back home.”

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Not that he was not at home when he bowled at the Wankhede. He was about eight years old when his family moved to New Zealand. “To come back home to Mumbai and Wankhede and to be able to produce something like that is quite special,” Ajaz said. “I am thankful to god for blessing me with such an occasion in my cricketing journey.”Related

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Ajaz ended the first day on four wickets, and when leaving he had his eye on the stadium’s honours board. “I mean I knew leaving here last night there was still work to do,” he said. “I really really wanted to get my name on the honours board. I had no expectation of it going up in this fashion. It is very special and pretty cool. One of the first things I saw when I got off was my name is definitely going to be on the honours board now.”One of the first congratulatory tweets for him was from one of the two other men to have achieved this feat, Anil Kumble. “I definitely do remember [Kumble’s effort at Feroz Shah Kotla],” Ajaz said. “I have seen highlights of it as well many a time. To be in such an illustrious group is really really special. It was very cool to see his message and kind words. I am very very humbled and very very fortunate to be in such fine company.”ESPNcricinfo Ltd

One of the stumbling blocks for Ajaz was Mayank Agarwal, whose one innings alone was worth 2.5 times New Zealand’s. “To score 150 out there in conditions that are pretty challenging for batting is pretty special,” Ajaz said. “My plan was simple: keep challenging him with good balls. As a batter he has got to front up every ball. As a bowler, I have to keep bowling my best ball. It was a long battle. Sometimes they take a lot longer than you like. He played a special knock as well. It was cool for me to finally get him. It was quite rewarding to be honest. It was a lot of hard work trying to get him out.”The final few moments of the 10-for left Ajaz nervous, especially as the last catch, a skier, wobbled on its way down. “We back Rachin [Ravindra] to be under that but I saw the ball wobble a bit while coming down so I was a bit nervous for a second, but Rachin took a brilliant catch,” Ajaz said. “I said to Neil Wagner who ran on just before the 10th wicket, I am more nervous now than I have been all game. It was pretty special. Knowing that you are going to achieve something special was quite unbelievable, and I am just ecstatic that I got to do it in Mumbai.”Personally I think one of the greatest cricketing days in my life. And it will probably always be.”

Dar slammed a 20-ball fifty and followed it with figures of 1 for 21, but Lee’s boundary-laden 60 helped South Africa chase down 173

The Report by Liam Brickhill22-May-2019
Nida Dar’s all-round brilliance was not enough to secure victory for Pakistan as South Africa sealed a four-wicket win in the fourth T20I in Benoni. Dar stormed to the second fastest T20I fifty in women’s cricket (where data is available) to boost Pakistan to 172 for 5 – their second-highest total in this format – and then registered a tidy 1 for 21 with the ball but Lizelle Lee’s boundary-laden 60 set up South Africa’s chase. Despite a middle-order wobble, the hosts overhauled the target with five balls to spare to level the series 2-2 with a match to play.Pakistan’s start with the bat gave no indication of the carnage that would follow, the visitors crawling to 19 for 2 in the Powerplay as Sidra Ameen and Javeria Khan departed early. But Dar was quickly into her groove thereafter, racing into the 30s with her second six.The runs really started to flow when Nondumiso Shangase, playing in just her second T20I, was brought on in the 11th over. Dar collected another six and three fours, the third of which raised a 20-ball fifty. At the other end, Bismah Maroof took her time to settle down, but she too opened up in Nadine de Klerk’s final over, spanking four fours in a row to push Pakistan’s score beyond 100.When Dar zipped into the seventies with her eighth four in the 18th over she might have had an eye on a maiden T20I ton, but she was bowled swiping at Sune Luus’ legspin to fall for 75, her strike rate a monumental 202.70. Aliya Riaz then capped Pakistan’s innings with a rapid cameo, slamming 35 not out from 17 balls.Facing a lofty target, South Africa needed a good start – and they got one, thanks to Lee. She slapped the second ball she faced, from Rameen Shamim, to the boundary and continued in much the same vein.She took a particular liking to Riaz’s medium pace, cracking four fours in a row off her to raise a 26-ball fifty and complete the Powerplay with South Africa at a dominant 60 for 0. Lee was looking for a 12th boundary when she leaned into a thunderous drive at Kainat Imtiaz, but she failed to keep the shot down and it was Riaz who held a stinging catch at extra cover to give Pakistan an opening in the 8th over.The runs dried up as Dar rattled through three overs giving away just 14 runs, and Fatima Sana then struck twice in her second over to get rid of both de Klerk and the dangerous Luus, who had struck two sixes to break the shackles.With the required rate nearing nine, Mignon du Preez chipped the very first ball she faced, from Sana Mir, up and over the left-side field, but was fortunate to survive what appeared to be a dropped catch by wicketkeeper Sidra Nawaz in the same over. She couldn’t make the second chance count, however, giving Pakistan’s leg-side outfielders more catching practice in the deep to fall for 7.Chloe Tryon was next to go, heaving Riaz to Shamim at wide long-on, but vitally she had struck four boundaries in a bellicose innings that left the lower order with a relatively simple task. South Africa needed 10 from the last two overs and Shabnim Ismail calmly got her team home, slog-sweeping Mir to midwicket and then stepping down the track to chip Shamim over mid-off for the winning runs.The result set up the series decider at the same venue on Thursday afternoon.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has received six technical proposals for the national team’s sponsorship rights for the next two years, starting from the India series in June

Mohammad Isam19-May-2015The Bangladesh Cricket Board has received six technical proposals for the national team’s sponsorship rights for the next two years, starting from the India series in June. Board CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury said that the companies will have to submit their financial proposals a day later, when the BCB will also conduct the bidding process.The base price has been set at Tk 30 crore (approx. US$3.85 million). It is understood that some of the bidders for the previous tender – for the Pakistan series in April and May this year – have participated this time as well.Last month, the BCB awarded Top of Mind, a media planning company, the team sponsorship rights for the Pakistan series. The agreement was completed after the BCB’s four-year contract with Aamby Valley, an affiliate of Sahara India Parivar, was terminated 15 months before it was scheduled to end. The winning quote was reportedly more than Tk 3 crore.Top of Mind and Grameenphone, the team sponsor for eight years before Sahara, were the two highest bidders during that tender but had to bid again as they had not quoted a price favoured by the BCB.The BCB’s deal with Sahara, which included branding rights for the national team and the national cricket academy, title sponsorship and in-stadia sponsorship for 2012-13, was worth $14 million.

Pradeep Sangwan, the Delhi and Kolkata Knight Riders seamer, has failed a random dope test conducted during the 2013 season of the IPL, PTI has reported

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Jul-2013Pradeep Sangwan, the Delhi and Kolkata Knight Riders seamer, has failed a random dope test conducted during the 2013 season of the IPL, PTI has reported. Sangwan’s ‘A’ sample has reportedly shown traces of banned substances, the nature of which can only be confirmed after the ‘B’ tests are done.The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has been informed about the tests by the BCCI, but any decision about the offence can only be taken once the results of the ‘B’ tests are available. Sangwan, is reportedly in the UK, undergoing treatment for a shoulder injury.Random tests are conducted during the IPL, like in ICC tournaments. The BCCI, which doesn’t come under the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) or the NADA (National Anti-Doping Agency), follow their own anti-doping procedures.*AN Sharma, Sangwan’s first coach, said the problem could have arisen due to treatment Sangwan was receiving for a shoulder problem. “I immediately called him up and Pradeep explained to me what had happened. He had acute pain in his shoulder just before the IPL,” Sharma told . “Since he had no time to consult or visit the BCCI doctor, he saw a local doctor, who gave him an injection. There was instant relief from the pain thereafter and he also managed to play the IPL.”Sharma also said players needed to be more aware of the substances they take while injured. “We have to start stressing this point to the players to be very vigilant about what they are consuming and where they are getting treated,” Sharma said. “It is very important that they understand what substances are being injected into their body during a treatment.”Sangwan, 22, played only two matches for Knight Riders this season and failed to pick up a wicket. He made his first-class debut in 2007 and has played 38 matches for Delhi.* July 19, 6.30am GMT This story has been updated with AN Sharma’s quotes

Relief was the overriding emotion for Alastair Cook after England salvaged a draw in Dunedin despite one the worst starts they have made to a Test in recent times

Andrew McGlashan in Dunedin10-Mar-2013Relief was the overriding emotion for Alastair Cook after England salvaged a draw in Dunedin despite one the worst starts they have made to a Test in recent times and he admitted to being no nearer to an answer on why the team starts so poorly overseas.Led by Steven Finn’s unexpected resistance as nightwatchman – he batted 203 balls in nearly five hours – England negotiated the final day with only a few uncertain moments, largely after tea when Finn and Joe Root fell in quick succession with the lead below 100.It was the second Test in a row where England have batted out nearly two days to save a game following their series-clinching performance against India in Nagpur before Christmas. Although a difference scenario – on that occasion the first-innings scores were almost level so it was always about building a lead – it acted as inspiration for a batting line-up still embarrassed by their demise for 167 on the second day.”We’ve been lucky in one sense to escape with a draw certainly,” Cook said. “That’s a huge reminder that if you don’t perform, you don’t deserve to win anything. When you get bowled out for 160-odd in the first innings on a good wicket you are always going to be struggling and facing an uphill battle just to save the game. After they were 130 for none, it was pretty much damage limitation from there on.”It was about stopping them scoring which we didn’t do as well as we could have done and we knew when we batted again we had to bat 170 overs. It was very similar to the Nagpur situation. That was very evident to see and we reminded the lads that they done it before and there’s no reason, if we applied the same mindset, we couldn’t do that. The character to dig ourselves out of a hole is very pleasing.”While England’s fight bailed them out of a tough situation – as it did at Brisbane in 2010-11 – it would be far more preferable if they did not find themselves in such positions. Excluding Bangladesh, they have not won the opening Test of an away series since beating South Africa at Port Elizabeth in 2004-05. Cook did not have an answer. “We don’t know. That’s the bottom line,” he said.”It’s a thing we talked about before the series, something that we recognise we have started overseas series poorly for a while now. It’s something we wanted to address, but unfortunately our actions didn’t back up our words and it’s very hard to come back from the situation we found ourselves in.”Cook didn’t shy away from what put England into a backs-to-the-wall position in the first place – a series of horrid shots on the second day as the first innings lasted only 55 overs. Cook, himself, was culpable when he cut a short ball to point while four wickets were donated to Bruce Martin.”They put some pressure on us, but if you look at the shots it was pretty poor shot selection, or probably more poor shot execution, you can pretty much describe it as soft dismissals. If you do that against any team you pay the price.”As ever when a team fights back to draw a Test from such a difficult position – England have only saved four matches with bigger first-innings deficits in their history – there are questions about where the balance of power now lies especially with back-to-back Tests. Brendon McCullum was pleased that his team had been able to dictate the match throughout, but Cook felt England could take plenty from their second innings.”It certainly gives us some confidence, especially when you get bowled out for 160 in the first innings, as a batting unit you can start to have negative thoughts – you don’t want that to snowball.”

Richard McInnes’ first assignment as head coach of Bangladesh’s National Cricket Academy will be to oversee a week-long training camp starting August 8

Mohammad Isam04-Aug-2012Richard McInnes’ first assignment as head coach of Bangladesh’s National Cricket Academy will be to oversee a week-long training camp starting August 8. Ten cricketers have been selected to take part in the camp.Batsmen Fazle Mahmud, Tasamul Haque and Myshukur Rahman, allrounders Mahmudul Hasan and Sabbir Rahman, left-arm spinners Shaker Ahmed, Sanjamul Islam, Nazmul Islam, leg-spinner Tanveer Haider and seamer Kamrul Islam Rabbi are the available cricketers in the country since Bangladesh A and the Under-19s side are currently playing abroad.All ten selected cricketers were part of the Academy squad that toured South Africa last year under McInnes’ predecessor Ross Turner.”He [McInnes] will work with ten players of the Academy who are currently available for a week,” BCB’s game development manager Nazmul Abedin said. “Later when others from the A team and the Under-19 team arrive, whoever is selected will join the Academy squad.”The Academy’s first assignment of the year will be a four-day game against the touring West Indies High Performance team from September 16 to 19 in Khulna’s Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium. The visitors will also take on Bangladesh A in another four-day match, three one-day games and two Twenty20s thereafter.