Warwickshire 120 for 0 dec (Chopra 69*) and 281 for 4 (Javid 119*, Woakes 79*) beat Surrey 400 for 5 dec (Solanki 162, Davies 103, Amla 77) and forfeit by six wicketsScorecard Surrey went down tamely in the end, their optimistic plan to take 10 Warwickshire wickets in less time that it took to concede 281 runs falling a long way short as Ateeq Javid and Chris Woakes built a magnificent partnership...
Loubser, Lee power South Africa home
South Africa Women 153 for 4 (Lee 77, Tul Kubra 3-43) beat Bangladesh Women 149 for 8 (Hoque 63, Loubser 3-28) by six wicketsScorecard An incisive spell of 3 for 28 from offspinner Sunette Loubser, followed by a patient fifty from opener Lizelle Lee powered South Africa Women to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh Women in Benoni. Loubser took the middle-order wickets of Salma Khatun, Nuzhat Tasnia...
Rogers removal confirms Yorks in second
Yorkshire 210 (Gale 66, Williamson 52) and 194 (Ballance 90) beat Middlesex 128 (Sidebottom 4-27) and 196 (Rogers 65, Brooks 4-33) by 80 runsScorecard The last Australia Test player to leave these shores departed in high dudgeon. Chris Rogers left the field with a look of consternation and hands outstretched as he was adjudged to be caught at the wicket. With Rogers went Middlesex's improbable...
Lancashire secure Division Two title
Lancashire 310 for 8 dec (Procter 106, Smith 88, Gidman 5-61) and 195 for 2 (Reece 97, Horton 55) drew with Gloucestershire 209 (Smith 4-49, Newby 4-71)Scorecard Lancashire will have to wait for the coup de grace of their season after a tame draw at Bristol but the champagne moment arrived in a literal sense as they lifted the Division Two title. It was also a sunny September day in the west country...
Sep
20
BCCI floats tender for series-title sponsor
The BCCI has retained a base price of Rs 2 crore (approx. $320,000) per international match while inviting bids for a series-title sponsor for all the major matches played in India, in place of Bharti Airtel, the telecommunication company that decided not to renew its contract for the same. The board decided to float a tender for the period beginning October 1 to March 31, 2014, which includes at...
I'm standing for elections - Srinivasan
N Srinivasan has said he will stand for re-election as BCCI president at the Indian board's annual general meeting, to be held in Chennai on September 29. The announcement is not a surprise but his success, a foregone conclusion a few months ago, is now hostage to several legal and judicial issues that are beyond his control and may crystallise formal opposition to him. Under BCCI rules, any presidential...
'Please don't make this about me' - Cook
What the key figures in Durham's success said about their season: On Geoff Cook's heart attack midway through the season: "Please don't go making this all about me, will you?" - Geoff Cook, head coach "There were about 10 of us went into the hospital and saw Geoff. We all came out and the surgeons told us that it was looking ominous: because that was the kind of language they were using. It was...
Former BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele dies
Jaywant Lele, the former BCCI secretary, has died of a heart attack in Baroda on Thursday. Lele was the board secretary when the match-fixing scandal broke out in 2000. Lele was gearing up for a return to cricket administration in the forthcoming Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) elections. Lele lost his post as BCCI secretary to Niranjan Shah during the 2001 elections. A former engineer with Sarabhai...
Sep
19
Solanki's masterclass comes too late
Surrey 400 for 5 (Solanki 162, Davies 103, Amla 77) v WarwickshireScorecard Days like these have been rare for Surrey this season, which goes a long way, of course, to explaining why they are on the brink of relegation. Vikram Solanki's second hundred for Surrey is the first in the Championship by any of the county's batsmen since Ricky Ponting's 169 against Nottinghamshire at The Oval in July....
Durham prove upstoppable
Durham 256 (Collingwood 88*, Mustard 77, Adams 4-69) and 7 for 0 need 62 more runs to beat Nottinghamshire 78 and 246 (Mullaney 72, Hussey 57, Onions 3-50, Stokes 3-55)Scorecard A potent bowling attack and a strong team spirit developed through shared goals and experiences has taken Durham to the brink of a third County Championship title. When the weather allows, Durham will resume on the third...
Yorkshire now eyeing second solace
Yorkshire 210 (Gale 66, Williamson 52) and 4 for 0 lead Middlesex 128 (Sidebottom 4-27) by 86 runsScorecard With the correct mindset, if the Championship is lost, Yorkshire and Middlesex are still engaged in a worthwhile, cut-and-thrust contest for second place. It is worth a few bob and Yorkshire, in particular, need every penny they can lay their hands on. Yorkshire are well placed to achieve...
Hadlee elected in NZC board of directors
Former Test cricketers Richard Hadlee, Martin Snedden and Geoff Allott have been elected in the New Zealand Cricket board of directors. The three were among eight new directors voted in by delegates representing all Major Associations and District Associations in a general meeting in Auckland. The other five members included in the new board of directors were Greg Barclay, Neil Craig, Liz Dawson,...
Sep
18
Rain pushes Surrey closer to drop
Surrey 59 for 2 v WarwickshireScorecard Surrey's chance of staying Division One may have been slim anyway but they could do without the abrupt arrival of autumn keeping them confined to the dressing room for all but the first hour and a quarter of the first day of their match against Warwickshire. Umpires Richard Kettleborough and David Millns gave proceedings e as long as possible to be considered...
Goodwin, Wright frustrate Essex
Glamorgan 103 for 2 (Goodwin 48*, Wright 44*) v EssexScorecard Essex were frustrated by the weather and Glamorgan's third-wicket pair as they went in search of a victory at Chelmsford to keep alive their hopes of winning promotion. After winning the toss, Essex got off to the best possible start by removing the openers inside three overs but Murray Goodwin and Ben Wright put together an unbroken...
Yorkshire's dream withering away
Yorkshire 109 for 3 (Gale 66) v MiddlesexScorecard There have been several moments in the last few weeks that appeared pivotal in the title race, but Yorkshire may reflect on another frustrating battle with the weather as the day their Championship dream died. As news filtered through of Durham's domination of Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire were restricted to only 42.1 overs against Middlesex, denying...
Durham blitz brings title a step closer
Durham 207 for 8 (Mustard 77, Collingwood 53*, Adams 4-49) lead Nottinghamshire 78 (Harrison 3-4, Rushworth 3-24, Onions 3-30) by 129 runsScorecard It was surely fitting that Paul Collingwood should steer Durham away from trouble in their crucial match against Nottinghamshire. When Collingwood was appointed captain of Durham's Championship side in July 2012, the team were bottom of Division One...
Sep
17
Faisalabad 'ready for the big stage'
With their visa trouble firmly behind them Faisalabad Wolves, only the second Pakistan team to participate in the Champions League, are upbeat about their chances in the tournament after two weeks of "thorough" preparation. "We have been practising since two weeks. For a week we prepared at the local ground in Faisalabad, before moving to the National Cricket Academy in Lahore where we spent another...
Bangladesh disappointed at Test ranking
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim was disappointed to see his team slip to 10th in the Test rankings after Zimbabwe entered at No. 9, having played enough Tests to qualify to the table. Zimbabwe's victory against Pakistan also meant that they were lifted to 34 points, a significant lead over Bangladesh who have ten. From the time they reinstated themselves as a Test team, Zimbabwe have won three...
Chavan, Munde seek MCA office
Two politicial heavyweights from Maharashtra, including chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, have expressed their interest in taking the plunge into Mumbai Cricket Association's administration. On Monday, a day before the clubs' deadline for submitting their respective representative for the MCA elections to be held on October 18, Chavan was nominated by Mazgaon Cricket Club. ESPNcricinfo understands...
Series win means a lot to team - Clarke
It was fitting for a one-day series that has felt distinctly unloved that Michael Clarke was presented with his trophy in front of a near empty Ageas Bowl on a chilly September evening. For a few reasons this series, although played in front of near full-houses, has not felt as though it has captured the imagination. The weather, which ruined two matches, England's decision to rest five key players...
Sep
16
DRS set to dominate ICC meet
The decision review system (DRS), along with the playing conditions at the 2015 World Cup, is set to dominate the proceedings at the two-day ICC chief executives' committee (CEC) meeting in Dubai on September 16 and 17. Although the ICC has discontinued to publish the agenda and the results of the CEC from this year, it is understood that the meet will see a divided house with England and Australia...
Kapp makes Bangladesh crumble under pressure
South Africa 109 for 4 (Du Preez 52, Khatun 2-7) beat Bangladesh 106 for 4 (Rahman 42, Ahmed 40, Kapp 2-20) by 3 runsScorecard Bangladesh women crumbled under pressure with two run-outs and gave two more wickets to Marizanne Kapp in the last three overs to concede the third T20 from a comfortable position as South Africa whitewashed the series 3-0. Chasing 110, Bangladesh were cruising at 79...
Uncapped Devcich in New Zealand squad
The opening batsman Anton Devcich has been named in New Zealand's limited-overs squad to tour Bangladesh next month. Devcich, 27, is the only uncapped player in the 15-man group for the three one-day internationals and one-off Twenty20 and is expected to open with Hamish Rutherford after Martin Guptill was ruled out due to a broken finger. Fast bowler Adam Milne and allrounder Jimmy Neesham earned...
Bowling coach among Zimbabwe's top priorities
Acquiring the services of a bowling coach will be one of Zimbabwe's top priorities as they look to build for future international series. The squad has had to do without a specialist in that department since April, when Heath Streak's contract was not renewed because of financial concerns, and new coach Andy Waller is keen to fill the gap as soon as resources allow for it. "There is no talk of getting...
Sep
15
Sreesanth ban 'against principles of natural justice'
'They let the big fish get away' - Sreesanth's lawyer Sreesanth's legal counsel has called the life ban imposed by the BCCI "bizarre", against the principles of natural justice and unlikely to stand legal scrutiny, and said the player would challenge the ban in court once he received a copy of the order. A day after Sreesanth was handed the ban by the BCCI's disciplinary committee, his counsel...
Essex ready if Northants slip - Grayson
Kent 107 (Masters 6-41) and 215 for 7 (Northeast 70, Stevens 67, Panesar 4-49) drew with Essex 276 (Shah 84, Foakes 58, Davies 4-67)Scorecard In the end, the two hours that Mother Nature afforded Essex were not enough for them to secure the victory they deserved, one that would have put them just eight points behind second-placed Northamptonshire. That deficit could have been further reduced in...
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