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In the final match of the ICC Tri-Series Bermuda regained some pride with a resounding six-wicket win over Netherlands – the series winners – at Benoni on Saturday.The Netherlands innings never got going with wickets falling regularly; at one stage they lost 4 for 2 in three overs, and three of their middle order registered ducks. It was a disappointing final performance from Netherlands whose shot selection left a lot to be desired. It began with Bas Zuiderent’s skied shot to Steffan Kelly and ended with Muhammad Kashif’s drive to Kevin Hurdle at mid on as Bermuda dismissed them for 91 in just 27 overs. Saleem Mukuddem was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 40 from his ten overs, deservedly picking up the Man-of-the-Match award.However, all was not lost for Netherlands who removed both Bermuda openers cheaply and, when Tim de Leede dismissed Steven Outerbridge for 11, Bermuda were struggling on 24 for 3. But David Hemp (36*) and Irvine Romaine steadied the ship with Hemp clobbering six fours and a six in a whirlwind knock lasting just 18 balls as Bermuda raced home in the 17th over.After Mukuddem received the Man-of-the-Match award, Netherlands’s captain Luuk van Troost was presented with the series trophy. He thanked “all those who made this series possible” and added that “it helps a lot” in the development of Associates cricket and the build-up to next year’s World Cup.Canada and the Netherlands meet in the final match of their group in the ICC Intercontinental Cup which begins on December.

England’s tour of Pakistan is still on despite Saturday’s earthquake which left tens of thousands dead.The England board (ECB) has been liaising with its Pakistan counterparts (PCB) as well as the two governments over the weekend. “We send our condolences to the Pakistani people who have been affected by the earthquake,” Colin Gibson, the ECB’s communications director, told the BBC. “At this stage there is no indication the tour is in any doubt or the tour schedule affected in any way.””At this stage the tour is on,” Pakistan daily Dawn quoted Asad Mustafa, the PCB’s logistics manager as saying. “We are hopeful that, God willing, everything on the tour front will be sorted out by the time England land in Rawalpindi.”A PCB official also revealed that both boards were considering the idea of fund-raising matches to help victims of the disaster. Abbas Zaidi, PCB Director, told AFP, “The tour will not be hit by the quake, instead the ECB has conveyed us to find ways to raise funds through cricket matches. Both boards are discussing ways and means to help the victims in this need of hour.”The cricket world is sad over the loss of so many lives in Pakistan and the ECB has shown its concerns and we are planning to dedicate a one-day match in Lahore to raise funds for the victims.Saturday’s earthquake is now thought to have killed up to 40,000 people, flattening whole towns in northern Pakistan.Zaidi added, “All the cricket playing countries are also worried and there was a minute’s silence at the ICC (International Cricket Council) meeting in Sydney, Australia on Monday and ICC is actively planning to raise funds.”Zaidi said the Shaharyar Khan, PCB chairman, will meet his England counterpart David Morgan in Sydney and will discuss the matter further. The PCB official said there are also plans to hold an international fund raising match for the quake victims.”Cricket is followed by everyone in Pakistan and it will get their minds off this tragedy,” Rameez Raja, a former chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board told the BBC. “Cricket can be a healer.”England are due to arrive in Pakistan on 26 October and their first match takes place at Rawalpindi on October 31, an area within the earthquake zone. The final two ODIs, on December 19 and 21, are also scheduled to take place there.

Twelve Indian cricketers have signed the contract with the Indian board regarding graded payments. The one-year contract will be effective from October 1, 2004. The contracts have finally been signed, but not before a long-drawn-out process where the players and the board had to iron out several points of disagreement.The twelve who signed were part of the 17 who were offered contracts a few months back. The remaining five were not at the Test at Kolkata, and therefore would be sent the contracts at the earliest to be signed and returned. As per the contract, players in Grade A would get Rs5million (US$110000 approx) per year, those in Grade B Rs3.5million and in Grade C Rs2million (US$45000 approx).Besides the annual contractual payment, players will also receive match fees as per usual practice, but it will be paid to only to the playing XI. Those who feature in the squad but do not make the playing XI will receive 50% of the match fees. The match fees at home will be Rs200,000 for a Test and Rs160,000 for an ODI. Abroad, it will be Rs240,000 for a Test and Rs185,000 for an ODI.The following players signed the contract:Grade A Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh.Grade B Mohammad Kaif, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan and Ashish Nehra.Grade C Murali Karthik.The following players are yet to sign:Yuvraj Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Parthiv Patel and Aakash Chopra.

There’s just 20 days to go before the first brand new cricket competition for over thirty years, the Twenty20 Cup, hits off at The Rose Bowl, Southampton on Friday, 13th June.Billed as `twice the action , half the time’ , the new competition looks set to provide an entertaining evening of high scores plus some hard and fast action. With the honour of hosting the inaugural match, the Hampshire Cricket squad are in serious training to ensure that the competition gets off to a spectacular start.Here’s 20 things you may not know about the Twenty20 Cup:1. This is the first time a pop band has played at a county cricket match2. The 2 hours 45 minutes is precisely half the length of the previouslyshortest game in this country3. Over 200 first-class cricketers will take part in the competition4. A TV audience of 3 million is expected for the competition5. The batsmen will have just 90 seconds to get to the crease after awicket falls6. 48 matches will be played using 96 white balls7. The overall winners will receive £42,000 in prize money8. Mis-Teeq and D’Side will be playing live at The Rose Bowl’s opening match9. The Hampshire Hawks will face The Sussex Sharks in the opening match10. The competition theme tune `I don’t like cricket, I love it’ is a remakeof the 10cc `Dreadlock Holiday’ hit11. All Hampshire home games will start at 5.30pm12. Atomic Kitten will be playing live at the Trent Bridge final13. The best batsman, bowler and all-rounder in the competition will win,£500 each14. 250,000 spectators are expected overall15. Sky TV will have live coverage of The Rose Bowl match16. 1,920 overs are being scheduled for the whole competition17. Hampshire will be playing in their new black one-day clothing18. Fancy dress and face painting are being encouraged at the matches19. Tickets for the opening match at The Rose Bowl are £15 for adults and£10 for over 60s and under 16s20. United Colours of Sound’s leader singer’s auntie was the interiordesigner on Brian Lara’s house!Press contact: Jane Kerr – 07976 549705John Hughes – 07973 705773

A coveted place in the ECB Under-17 County Championship final awaits Hampshire’s Young Cricketers if they can beat Middlesex in the two-day semi-final starting at the MCC Cricket Centre, Shenley, tomorrow (THURS), 11am.Colin Beer’s squad go into the semi-final full of confidence after winning the south-west group and then crushing Wales by 150 runs last week.Hampshire make two changes against Middlesex, with West of England Under-15 pair James Manning and Alex Richardson called up.Hampshire U17s: E Brogan (Burridge)(capt), M Barnes (Portsmouth), P Cass (Calmore Sports), D Griffiths (Shanklin), M Hooper (Andover), K Latouf (Flamingo), J Manning (Andover), M Mitchell (Ventnor), A Richardson, J Richardson (Locks Heath), D Wheeler (New Milton), C Wright (Liphook & Ripsley).Yorkshire play Warwickshire in the other semi-final at Worksop College.

With Shane Warne’s Test spot suddenly left vacant, New South Wales leg spinner Stuart MacGill has today produced a perfect demonstration of his suitability as a replacement in the Pura Cup clash with Victoria in Melbourne. On another stop-start day at Punt Road, MacGill sensationally claimed three wickets in the space of ten balls midway through day three to help reduce the Victorians to a score of 6/140 by stumps in reply to the Blues’ 250.Just as this game appeared to be drifting along aimlessly in mid-afternoon, the fiery spinner re-ignited proceedings with a series of spectacular dismissals. At a scoreline of 2/57 in the thirtieth over, stodgy opener Jason Arnberger and number four Bradley Hodge appeared to be laying the foundations for the Bushrangers to claim first innings points. But, in the space of ten minutes, MacGill (3/34) changed all that completely, masterminding a dramatic collapse that saw the home team lose four wickets for five runs and crash to 6/62.Arnberger (20) was the first of MacGill’s three victims, losing his off stump after advancing a pace and playing over the top of a perfectly pitched top spinner. Ian Harvey (0) was the next to fall, succumbing to a fine reflex caught and bowled as he looped back a misplayed off drive. A driving Shawn Craig (0) illustrated no clearer clue of how to conquer the former international, gloriously beaten by the best ball of the match – a sharply spinning delivery which landed in footmarks outside the line of left hander’s off stump before shooting straight through the gate and into his stumps.To an extent, the classy Hodge (60*) and captain Paul Reiffel (34*) were able to rectify matters thereafter for the Victorians with a courageous unbroken stand of seventy-eight runs for the seventh wicket. But, with the injured Warne unlikely to bat, the havoc wreaked by MacGill served as a shattering blow to the Vics’ hopes of taking any points away from this rain-marred contest. It was indeed just as well for the locals that two comfortable-looking catches – the second a particularly costly miss as Reiffel had only twelve alongside his name at the time – were grassed by Michael Slater at point.Earlier in the day, a breezy half century from all-rounder Shane Lee (53) had helped the visitors clamber their way to what proved to be a competitive first innings total. Around some fine bowling from off spinner Colin Miller (4/71) that is similarly unlikely to have escaped the attention of the national selectors, there was also some positive strokeplay at times from tailenders Brett Lee (14), MacGill (13) and Don Nash (11).

The Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) has informed the BCCI that it will not be able to host the the second Twenty20 international between India and Sri Lanka. The match, scheduled to be played on February 12, has been shifted to Ranchi, one of the venues on the BCCI shortlist.Last week, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur had sent DDCA a stern email asking them get the requisite clearances from the various civic authorities necessary in order to host the match. Despite getting an extended deadline and approaching the Delhi High Court seeking its intervention, the DDCA struggled to obtain the clearances.The DDCA wanted the court to ask the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to provide the provisional occupancy certificate. However, the court, which had facilitated the conduct of the fourth Test between India and Sri Lanka in the first week of December, refused the relief sought by the DDCA on this occasion.”We have informed the BCCI today that we will not be able to get the clearance from MCD in time after complying to norms,” Chetan Chauhan, DDCA acting president, told . ” We told the BCCI officials that we will have all the compliance certificates ready for World T20, but it will not be possible to get clearance before February 12 and then get clearances from state’s fire and electrical department.”While Chauhan remained confident that the prevailing situation would not hinder the DDCA hosting the World T20 matches in March, Thakur said the Association needed the required clearances before January 31.”As far as the World Cup is concerned, the World Cup management committee has met today and has also discussed the issue of DDCA,” Thakur said. “They have given a deadline of January 31, 5 o clock, to come out with the required NOCs – the required permissions from various departments – so that they can continue as a host of the World Cup matches.”If they are unable to do so by 31st evening, then the BCCI will shift those matches to the seven other remaining venues.”

Ricky Ponting claims Sreesanth “chirped” at up to five Australian batsmen while he was 12th man in the fourth ODI and the captain is disappointed match officials have not taken action. Sreesanth denied he had clapped in the face of Andrew Symonds after he was dismissed in Chandigarh, but Ponting outlined more of the strange antics from a player not involved in the match.”It was disappointing the other day to see that happening,” Ponting said in the Sydney Morning Herald. “He chirped me on the way out to bat, as well. When I got a chance to ask him about it when he ran a drink out later on, he ran away and said he wasn’t talking to me at all. He said he was talking to someone else.”Ponting said Sreesanth’s comments came when he was passing Australian batsmen who were coming off the ground. “It happened probably four or five times the other day when we lost wickets,” he said. “But what can you do about it if the authorities aren’t going to do anything about it?”Chris Broad, the match referee, has said he was unaware of any incident involving Sreesanth and Ponting warned the bowler about his behaviour backfiring. “He is doing it for a purpose because he wants a response and we are all aware of it,” Ponting told AAP. “I don’t mind it because generally when our guys get their backs up about something like that, generally our best cricket comes out.”The thing that disappointed us most about it the other day was that it was someone who was not playing the game, so you don’t have any chance to get revenge on him during the game. As we have said all along, we have a few months of cricket left to play against these guys and he is well … if he does actually get picked again, be a big part of that.”

Scorecard A big century by Qaiser Ali was not enough to save Canada – or even to take them to a fourth day – as Netherlands completed victory at Pretoria. Still, Canada will be encouraged by a decent batting display at last – after their first-innings collapse for 103, and their recent shocking form with the bat, this time they reached 485 to set Netherlands 180 for victory.Netherlands duly knocked off the runs for just three wickets, Tom de Grooth leading the way with 82. The inevitable man of the match, Ryan ten Doeschate, fittingly struck the winning runs, biffing one of his five fours on his way to an unbeaten 31 off 26 balls.It had seemed unlikely that Netherlands would even need to bat again when, on the second day, Canada were in some difficulty at 153 for 5, still trailing by 152. But Qaiser Ali continued in cracking form, building on his overnight 76 to make 176. He shared in a sixth-wicket stand of 184 with Don Maxwell (72) and Umar Bhatti (83*) also chipped in useful runs to make Netherlands enter a second innings. But they hunted down their target with ease.The openers de Grooth and Bas Zuiderent (42) got them off to a flyer, putting on 122. After that partnership the result was never in doubt and Netherlands lost just two more wickets to canter home.

Sachin Tendulkar has told a reporter that what is said in the dressing-room should not be made public.Speaking to India’s Outlook magazine in the aftermath of reports last week that Greg Chappell had asked Sourav Ganguly to step down as India’s captain, Tendulkar expressed the view that such conversations should remain private.”It’s difficult for me to speak on the issue. But such talks should not come out of the dressing-room and if it comes out then it’s not right. Dressing-room discussions should remain within the dressing-room only,” he told the magazine. “[The Indian board] should speak to the players after they come back. We would get the real story once they talk to the officials [after returning home].”Tendulkar, who is recovering from surgery on his elbow, has to inform the Indian board on Wednesday if he is fit to play in next month’s ICC Super Series.