'How are we going to deal with 50 overs?' - Waqar

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has expressed his disappointment at the team's batting in the one-off Twenty20 against Australia, where they wobbled to 96 for 9 from their 20 overs. The Australians had little trouble chasing down the target in 14 overs with four wickets down and it gave them the perfect start to their UAE tour with the first of three ODIs to be played on Tuesday.

"Batting, we didn't really put enough runs on the board," Younis said. "Losing early wickets, it was not easy after that. And full credit to the Australians, they bowled well, they bowled to the plan and they came out good. I think there was nothing wrong with the pitch, it just spun a little more than usual."

"The major focus for us is how are we going to deal with 50 overs? We have to make sure that we bat 50 overs. It was disappointing what happened today."

Pakistan's debutant Saad Nasim top scored with 25 but only two of the top eight batsmen reached double figures, which meant a challenging total was always unlikely. Notably, Umar Akmal's run of poor form continued with 1 from 5 balls, and across both ODIs and T20 internationals, he has now managed only 25 runs in his past six innings.

"That's not only a worrying sign for U but for us also," Younis said of Akmal. "We have to really sit down and think hard about his batting, and his wicketkeeping also. We speak about his talent. He hasn't really delivered. We have to really speak to him and maybe try different things with him."

For the Australians, the six-wicket win ensured they will have the momentum for the first ODI in Sharjah. Glenn Maxwell, who opened the bowling and picked up 3 for 13, said Australia were pleased to be able to start the tour on such a strong note.

"That's what we were aiming to do tonight, to really put our front foot forward and basically put a dent in Pakistan and make it harder for them to come back for the rest of the time we're here," Maxwell said. "To start a series like that where it's a really dominating win with six overs left is a great way to start a tour.

"If you can keep your foot on the throat the whole way through the tour and basically stay on the opposition the whole way through, it just shows what you're really here to do. Going back to the India tour where India just basically stood on us the whole way through that series and it was tough to come back from. Hopefully we can do that to Pakistan and go home with six wins."

Although Maxwell was named Man of the Match, there were other positive signs for the Australians as well, including the performance of debutant legspinner Cameron Boyce. He took 2 for 10 from his four overs and Maxwell said it was an impressive effort for a man new to international cricket.

"To perform like that on the big stage, in your first international game is a super effort," Maxwell said. "He was landing them and spinning them and showcasing his full skill."

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van der Merwe, Richards star for Titans

Rowan Richards, the Titans' left-arm seamer, bagged the first hat-trick of the South African summer and secured a 170-run victory for his team against the Warriors in Benoni. Richards' three wickets formed part of his seventh career five-for and followed on from a much stronger Titans batting effort than they have displayed for almost a season.

Although the Titans' top two - who only managed a single half-century stand last summer - still struggled, Test opener Dean Elgar managed scores of 44 and 45 in what will be his last first-class outing before he is needed for international duty. The big runs came from other sources. Theunis de Bruyn, a 21-year-old batsman from the University of Pretoria scored 95, which included an 80-run partnership with Elgar, but barely hinted at what was to come.

It was only when Roelof van der Merwe got going that the tide turned in the Titans' favour and strongly so as van der Merwe converted a maiden first-class century into a double with 205. Farhaan Behardien contributed to a 155-run fifth-wicket stand and Mangaliso Mosehle helped add 186 for the sixth-wicket to beef up the Titans innings. Behardien's 74 was the third half-century in as many innings.

The Warriors' fortune also came in threes, but of the disappointing kind. For the third innings in the competition they could not break big stands and this time were unable to even bowl their opposition out. The Titans declared on 539 for 6, after van der Merwe's raised his bat to a double-ton.

At 86 for 5 in the reply, the Warriors were already facing the possibility of conceding a big first-innings deficit. Only one of the top four made it into double figures as Behardien took two wickets in two overs, to prove an unlikely aggressor with ball in hand. Captain Colin Ingram held his team together with Simon Harmer, who helped put on 111 for the sixth-wicket, and Andrew Birch but the Titans took an advantage of 248 runs into their second innings.

With quick run-scoring the priority as they tried to bat the Warriors out of the game, none of the Titans' batsmen converted starts but they frustrated their opposition nonetheless. Their 165 runs came at a rate of 5.89 an over and they declared having set the Warriors a target of 414, as day three was drawing to an end.

Eight overs into the Warriors reply, they had already lost both openers and knew the final day would be a fight. Two more wickets fell in the first session but again, Ingram was in the way. Ryan Bailey provided some stern resistance as well and the pair posted 113 for the fifth-wicket with Ingram threatening to score a second century. But within a short space of time Bailey and Ingram fell with the score on 224 and 225 respectively and the Warriors resistance unravelled quickly. They lost 6 for 19, including three in three balls to Richards to leave them winless after two matches.

At the opposite end of the table, the Knights stormed to a second victory of the season after beating the Lions by 143 runs in Potchefstroom. Both teams came off wins in their first matches and the Lions appeared to take the early advantage when they had the Knights 84 for 3 on a traditionally batsman-friendly pitch. Left-armer Lonwabo Tsotsobe claimed all three early wickets.

Rudi Second led the recovery and captain Werner Coetsee contributed a half-century but 267 still seemed a below-par score. Recent T20 call-up Kagiso Rabada was the most successful Lions bowler with 4 for 57.

The Lions also stumbled at first in their reply. They were 0 for 2 and 68 for 4 thanks to a burst from Quinton Friend and Dillon du Preez. Quinton de Kock's third fifty of the competition began the counter-attack but it was Thami Tsolekile's century which took the Lions into the black. Tsolekile had lower-order assistance, particularly from Hardus Viljoen who scored a patient 59 and spent seven minutes short of three hours at the crease, to give the Lions a lead of 101.

Reeza Hendricks' dismissal the second ball into the Knights' second innings may have suggested the Lions would push home their advantage but they could not. Gihahn Cloete and Gerhardt Abrahams wiped away the deficit, Cloete went on to a century and Second was among the runs again to make a draw seem the only likely outcome at the end of the third day.

That changed mid-way through the final day. Viljoen's five-for allowed the Lions to slice through the Knights' middle and lower order. They lost 6 for 75 and were bowled out for 381, setting the Lions a target of 281 runs in a minimum of 55 overs.

The Lions signalled their intent to chase it down when de Kock was promoted to No. 3 but they collectively fell on their swords. The Lions were outspun by Coetsee and Malusi Siboto and were barely clinging on at 74 for 6. Tsolekile was again their bridge over troubled water and contributed 56 but the he could not stop the collapse around him. He was the last man out, as the Lions lost late in the day.

The first-class competition will take a break until December and as things stands, the Knights are at the top of the table, 4.18 points ahead of the Lions. They also have the top run-scorer, Second, who has 259 runs to his name, four more than Ingram and 13 ahead of Tsolekile, in their ranks. Lions' Viljoen leads the wicket charts with 14 scalps, followed by Harmer with 11 and Coetsee with 10.

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Unmukt, Kulkarni set up narrow win

India A 282 (Unmukt 101, Nair 64, Taylor 3-51) beat West Indians 266 for 9 (Ramdin 102, Holder 54, Kulkarni 3-39) by 16 runs
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A century from Unmukt Chand, followed by a three-wicket haul by Dhawal Kulkarni helped India A to a 16-run victory against West Indians in Mumbai.

The visitors, though, had plenty of positives despite the close defeat, as Denesh Ramdin, Darren Sammy and Jason Holder all shone with fighting knocks down the order, after their pacers had done well to restrict India A.

Before the game, West Indians had struggled to even field 11 fit players; Sunil Narine had flown back to West Indies, Lendl Simmons had hurt his back during the previous warm-up game, and Darren Bravo was down with an upset stomach. It meant that the coach Stuart Williams was included in the team as the 11th man, and the former West Indies opener displayed his impressive fitness levels by fielding for more than half of India A's innings. He also faced two balls but failed to connect with either.

Having opted to bat, Unmukt and Karun Nair were threatening to take the game away from a four-pronged West Indians pace attack. While Nair was timing virtually every aggressive shot he went for, Unmukt recovered from a sluggish start to punish anything that was pitched short.

Once Nair was dismissed against the run of play - cutting a short and wide delivery straight to Blackwood at point - in the 28th over to end a 149-run stand, West Indians began to claw their way back. With Nair gone, Unmukt was shaky in his nineties. The captain Manoj Tiwary perished early, and with Sanju Samson also struggling to find his touch, Unmukt suddenly lost his timing. He was lucky to be dropped by Kemar Roach on 94. Unmukt eventually raised a scratchy, yet deserving, hundred, but Jerome Taylor cleaned him up soon after with a perfect yorker. That wicket triggered a collapse, as India A fell from 184 for 2 to 282 all out.

West Indians' chase began just as poorly as it had in the previous game. With Kulkarni and Jasprit Bumrah both striking early, West Indians soon slumped to 65 for 4 and were facing another massive defeat.

However, Ramdin, who had claimed five catches behind the wicket earlier in the day, counterattacked in the company of Sammy. The pair added 101 before Sammy mistimed a pull off Kulkarni soon after scoring a half-century, giving the keeper Sanju Samson a simple grab. Ramdin pushed on. With 93 required off the last 10 overs, Tiwary brought Karn Shamra on to stem the flow of runs, but Ramdin went after him, plundering 17 runs off his over.

Ramdin eventually collected his third List-A hundred - a run-a-ball 102 - but his dismissal off Nair in the 45th over pegged the team back. Holder was in good touch, driving Parvez Rasool and Nair for assured boundaries, but with 42 needed off 24, he was left with too much to do in the end.

Following two more immaculate overs from Kulkarni, that equation was turned to 23 needed off six balls. Holder began the final over with a six, but two wickets in the next three balls meant that West Indians fell 17 short.

Despite being ravaged by injuries, West Indies should be in a much healthier position by the time the ODIs begin in Kochi. Sulieman Benn is expected to join the squad by Wednesday, as are Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith and Andre Russell, who all played in the Champions League Twenty20 final in Bangalore.

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Pietersen attacks Flower and Prior

Andy Flower, the former England coach, and wicketkeeper Matt Prior have come in for the fiercest criticism in an early taste of what Kevin Pietersen has to say in his autobiography.

Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, the paper to which he is signed as a columnist, Pietersen said Flower built up a culture of "fear" within the dressing room and that Prior was a "bad influence".

He claims that he was the only player who would challenge Flower's authority and also said that he warned the coach about the problems Jonathan Trott was having at the start of last year's Ashes tour which led to him returning home and not playing international cricket since.

However, the early signs are that Pietersen will not be too harsh on Alastair Cook after saying he was put "in an incredibly difficult situation" by the ECB and claims Cook was "fed" information about him in Australia ahead of the decision to sack him which was taken by Paul Downton in February.

It was widely expected that Flower would figure highly among Pietersen's targets and in his first interview of the week he said. "I've been one of the only ones who've constantly through his reign as coach not said 'how high?' when he said 'jump'. He built a regime, he didn't build a team. I've told him this before.

"I told him during his coaching reign. I told him on numerous occasions: 'You're playing by fear here, you want guys to be scared of you. And Andy I'm not scared of you.' And he hated it. He had it in for me since I tried to get rid of him as second in command. He collected stamps. It was stamp after stamp after stamp, until he thought: 'I can get rid of him now, let's get rid of him.' 

"I can look Andy Flower in the eye and say: 'Andy, everything that's in my book I told you to your face. Everything. So if you want to do anything about it, you could have done it ages ago.'

On Prior, who was recalled to the Test team at the start of the home summer before withdrawing due to his worsening Achillies injury, Pietersen did not hold back about the influence he believes he had over Cook.

"I think he [Cook] is put in an incredibly difficult position by the ECB. And I think he was fed stuff by Andy Flower, when I had that discussion in his room before the Sydney Test match. And I also think that because Alastair Cook isn't the greatest speaker, Matt Prior was his sidekick who could talk the hind leg off a donkey.

"So he wanted him close to him. He wanted his vice-captain to do all his talking for him. So when I went after Prior and said Prior shouldn't be in that side because he's a bad influence, a negative influence - he picks on players - and I've questioned Flower and the way he ran the team, Flower and Cook would have said you've got to get rid of this guy. He's back-stabbing, he's horrendous, he's bad for the environment.

"I saw Jimmy [Anderson] on finals day and I was absolutely fine with Jimmy. I'd be fine with Broad. It's only Prior that I'd seriously have real issues with, because of how he was portrayed as a team man, the heart and soul of the dressing room, when he was getting up to the stuff he was getting up to. And the two sides of the coin where I was the bad guy and doing everything wrong."

Pietersen goes on to suggest that Flower's coaching credentials have been artificially enhanced by the fact that he was in charge of a team that "matured" at the right time. It will be interesting to see how Pietersen reflects on the early days of Flower's main role in 2009 after picking up the pieces in West Indies shortly after Pietersen was sacked as captain.

The captaincy, which was taken away from him in early 2009 after a brief period, is another area covered by Pietersen in the interview as is the textgate affair from 2012 when he sent messages about Andrew Strauss to members of the South Africa team. He also says that the parody Twitter account that was running in 2012 was a major source of his problems at the time which led to the "it's difficult being me" press conference at Headingley.

The book is not fully available until Thursday but is launched on Monday. Pietersen will be holding a ticket-only event in Manchester on Tuesday as well as doing further media appearances.

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Injured Jadhav to miss Duleep Trophy

Maharashtra batsman Kedar Jadhav will miss the forthcoming Duleep Trophy due to an injury. Jadhav, the highest run-getter in the 2013-14 first-class season, had aggravated a left-wrist fracture during the India A tour of Australia in July-August.

The West Zone squad for the regional tournament will be led by Cheteshwar Pujara and includes Parthiv Patel and Yusuf Pathan. Harshad Khadiwale, who was the second-highest run-scorer for Maharashtra in last year's Ranji Trophy, was also included along with India Under-19 captain Vijay Zol.

The squad's pace line-up comprises Dhawal Kulkarni, Shrikant Mundhe, Jasprit Bumrah and Shardul Thakur. Left-arm spinners Akshar Patel and Akshay Darekar have also been picked.

West Zone play their first match of the tournament against East Zone between October 15 to 18 in Lahli and the winner of this match will then play South Zone from October 22 to 25. The Duleep Trophy final will be played from October 29 to November 2 in Delhi.

West Zone squad Cheteshwar Pujara (captain), Parthiv Patel, Vijay Zol, Harshad Khadiwale, Saurabh Wakaskar, Suryakumar Yadav, Ankeet Bawne, Yusuf Pathan, Aditya Tare, Akshar Patel, Akshay Darekar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Shrikant Mundhe.

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Decision to withdraw Narine good - TTCB president

Azim Bassarath, a director of the West Indies Cricket Board [WICB] and president of the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board [TTCB], has expressed his outrage over the controversy surrounding offspinner Sunil Narine's action in the Champions League Twenty20 and his subsequent withdrawal from the India tour.

Narine was barred from bowling in the Champions League final after being reported for a suspect action twice in successive games. The WICB then decided to withdraw the spinner from the entire tour of India.

"I am very disappointed with the turn of events and the news concerning Sunil's action is quite a shock," Bassarath said. "Sunil has been bowling successfully in international cricket for quite a while and has never been reported to the ICC."

Referring to Clive Lloyd's disclosure, that the West Indies board and team management had been told Narine would be under the scanner in India, Bassarath stated that the bowler's absence would be a major loss to the team but the decision to withdraw him was correct.

"What is even more disturbing is that Clive Lloyd heard Sunil would get called for his action and this cannot be taken lightly," he said. "This news does not sit well since it suggests that Sunil was being targeted and I think the decision to bring him home was a good one.

"Sunil is a big asset to the West Indies team, especially in India where he has developed a reputation as one of the best bowlers in the world. He knows the conditions in India quite well and [his withdrawal] is a major loss to the West Indies team. After being thrashed by England recently I know India will be looking to rebound and not having Sunil there is a massive blow."

Bassarath also questioned the quality of umpiring at the Champions League and suggested the ICC should have a look at that.

"I think the ICC needs to have a serious look at this matter," Bassarath said. "The umpires involved so far are not on the Elite Umpires Panel* and this should be addressed. There needs to be a better standard of umpiring at this tournament."

Rod Tucker, one of the umpires who reported Narine, is an Elite Panel umpire, along with Kumar Dharmasena who was the third umpire when the bowler was reported after the game against Dolphins.

Bassarath revealed that Narine had undergone testing in Australia in 2011 to ensure his action was legal before the third edition of the Champions League, in which he played for Trinidad & Tobago. Given Narine's extensive international and club appearances in the past few years, Bassarath felt the bowler did not need to be under the microscope. The TTCB president also said his board would support Narine and take steps to help him return to international cricket.

"Sunil passed the necessary testing in Australia and has gone on to forge a successful international career so I must reiterate how shocked we are by these events," he said. "Right now the TTCB is waiting on the WICB to determine a course of action.

"I am concerned that this incident will affect Sunil's confidence and hurt his cricket career. The TTCB is 100% behind Sunil and we willl ensure that he will be representing the West Indies soon. I spoke to his parents and they are concerned about what took place in India but we will wait until Sunil returns to Trinidad and put measures in place to ensure that he overcomes this incident."

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Suryakumar Yadav reported for suspect action

Kolkata Knight Riders part-time bowler Suryakumar Yadav has been reported for a suspect bowling action following the Knight Riders' eight-wicket loss to Chennai Super Kings in the final of the Champions League Twenty20 in Bangalore. Suryakumar, who bowled offspin in the game, becomes the fifth bowler to be reported for a suspect action during the tournament after team-mate Sunil Narine, Prenelan Subrayen of Dolphins, and Adnan Rasool and Mohammed Hafeez of Lahore Lions.

The charge was laid by on-field umpires Rod Tucker and Kumar Dharmasena along with third umpire S Ravi. After all video evidence of the match was taken into account, the umpires felt that there was a flex action in his elbow beyond the acceptable limit when bowling during the match. He had sent down three overs, conceding 21 without taking a wicket.

Suryakumar has been placed on the 'warning list'. Under the CLT20 Suspected Illegal Bowling Action policy, he may request an official assessment from the BCCI's suspect bowling action committee, and if cleared, he will be off the list. If a player receives another report while still on the warning list, the player shall be suspended from bowling in any matches organised by the BCCI - including the IPL - until such date as he is cleared.

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Had to stay till the end - Raina

It has been a four-year long wait for Chennai Super Kings since they won their first Champions League title in 2010. Contrary to their reputation of being regular finalists, it was a rather bleak period for them as they failed to make it to the final even once. So it was a relief for MS Dhoni and his team-mates that they were able to break a worrying trend. Pawan Negi, playing only his second game of the tournament, starred with a five-wicket haul before Suresh Raina controlled the chase with a clinical century,

"I am so happy we delivered in a crucial situation, especially Pawan Negi bowled well and they were 20 runs short, but I and Baz [Brendon McCullum] had a good partnership and finished off," Raina said. "I was looking to be positive in the first six overs. I know they had Piyush and Kuldeep and Yusuf - I have played a lot against them before. I knew if I get to a fifty I have to make sure to stay till the last over because if one wicket fell, the pressure would have come to the next batsman. "

Raina had played a similar innings - a 25-ball 87 - in a tough chase against Kings XI Punjab during the knockout stage of the IPL this year, but his run-out robbed the team of momentum and Super Kings lost the match by 24 runs. Dhoni said that even though Super Kings were floundering in the knockouts, their were learnings from all those losses.

"What's important is to get to the knockouts. After that you may win games, you may lose games," Dhoni said. "We have made eight finals, won four, I won't say it is bad. We made quite a few errors in the last two finals, so what we took out of those finals was really important.

"Raina did that in this game. In the last semi-final we played, he started well but was run-out and we were not able to chase the runs. Today he was aggressive throughout and calculative. Raina's batting was fantastic because we needed someone to be there till the end and he is someone who plays spin really well."

Dhoni added that the toss was crucial as dew was expected to be a factor later in the day. "We thought there would be dew later and because the start was an hour early, we thought our spinners could still get a bit of help," he said. "It was slightly difficult for the opposition bowlers. But I think we didn't start well. Our fielding was not up to the mark. In finals, you have to take the game to the next level. It's not about the bowling, we made too many misfields."

Those misfields meant that Kolkata Knight Riders were off to a good start with Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir adding 91 for the first wicket. Gambhir maintained an aggressive stance throughout his innings and did not let the more established Super Kings spinners settle. The counter-punch, however, came from an unexpected quarter. Negi, the left-arm spinner, reaped the rewards of tossing the ball on a helpful pitch and returned a five-wicket haul that was crucial in limiting the Knight Riders score to 180.

"Negi is not afraid to toss the ball," Dhoni said. "That was quite crucial because if there is dew and you keep bowling flat, you do not get much purchase out of the wicket. I was happy that he was still looking to flight the ball. Gambhir batted well for them. Because of him, our left-arm spinners were not able to contain them but once he got out, we were able to put pressure on other right-hand batsmen."

In the absence of Sunil Narine, all eyes had been on the young chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav, who had also been named in the India squad for the one-dayers against West Indies. Although, he was dismantled by Raina in his spell, Dhoni had encouraging words to say about him.

"Kuldeep was fantastic," Dhoni said. "He is a bowler who is not afraid to toss the ball, he has got variations. He bowled really well throughout the tournament. Also, this time of the year, more often than not you get a bit of dew, which makes it difficult for the spinners. It gives them the kind of experience they need once they graduate to the next level. At the same time, they share dressing room with legends of the game. It's crucial they learn a lot out of them. You don't get opportunities like this."

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Rossington moves to Northamptonshire

Adam Rossington has completed a permanent move to Northamptonshire as they continue their rebuilding after being relegated from Division One. Rossington, 21, asked to be released from his Middlesex contract early after spending the second half of the 2014 season on loan at Wantage Road.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Rossington, who came through Middlesex's Academy, took the gloves from Ben Duckett in the Championship and topped Northamptonshire's averages, scoring a century and two fifties, as they finished bottom of the table. He also impressed in limited-overs cricket, scoring 400 runs across the two short formats.

"I would like to thank Middlesex and Angus Fraser for allowing me to leave my contract a year early," Rossington said. "It's never an easy decision to leave the club you have played at since you were six but I feel it's the right move for me at this moment in time in order to play first-team cricket on a regular basis.

"I'd like to pass on my thanks to all the players I have played with and I'd also like to thank Mark Ramprakash, Jack Russell and everyone at the Academy for all their time and effort over the years. I wish Middlesex all the best."

Rossington, a former England U-19s wicketkeeper, was given his Middlesex debut in 2010 but made the majority of his 40 first-team appearances in T20 competition.

Middlesex's director of cricket, Angus Fraser, said: "It is sad for the club when a product of its own youth system moves on to another county but John Simpson remains Middlesex's number one keeper, which has not allowed Adam the exposure to first eleven cricket he is looking for. Adam is an extremely talented young cricketer and we all hope his career blossoms and he fulfils his potential at Northants."

Northamptonshire have already signed another young batsman in Josh Cobb from Leicestershire, and released several experienced players after suffering a chastening return to Division One for the first time in a decade. Alex Wakely, who missed the 2014 season with injury, has taken over the captaincy from Stephen Peters.

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Gale given further two-match ban

Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale has been banned for the first two matches of the 2015 season after the ECB opted not to hold a formal hearing into allegations that he racially abused Ashwell Prince. Gale has admitted to "improper" conduct and will be required to take part in an anger management course.

The announcement amounts to an agreement between Yorkshire and the ECB that, while Gale's behaviour was unpleasant, he need not be branded a racist. Having conceded that his words "could have caused offence", Gale will miss the champion county match against MCC in Abu Dhabi and the first match of Yorkshire's Championship defence.

ESPNcricinfo had previously revealed that Gale's ban would be extended in return for the ECB sidelining the racial element of the case. Gale incurred an automatic two-match ban, due to a previous disciplinary breach, after being charged with a Level 2 offence for comments made to Prince in the Roses match at Old Trafford.

According to a statement from the ECB's Cricket Disciplinary Commision, Gale "acknowledges and deeply regrets that the words he used caused any offence and, in particular, that they could have caused offence as a result of the reference to the nationality of the person to whom they were made. Mr Gale wishes to express that this was absolutely not his intention."

Gale is understood to have sworn at Prince over the Lancashire batsman's time-wasting, telling him to "f*** off back to your own country, you Kolpak f******". Yorkshire rallied in response, giving Gale their full backing and bringing in lawyers to fight the case. As well as what is effectively a four-match ban, Gale was forced to miss the presentation of the Championship trophy after Yorkshire won the title at Trent Bridge.

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