Rahul Dravid believes bowlers who have been banned for suspect bowling actions are suffering from kinks, which once corrected should allow them to reintegrate with international cricket. He added that he would always give a bowler the benefit of the doubt before he passes a judgment on his action. "Personally I don't think we should see chucking as a crime as such. It is just a technical fault that...
MacLeod the winner, Mooney the hero
Scotland 243 for 2 (MacLeod 116*, Gardiner 89) beat Ireland 241 for 9 (Mooney 96, Haq 5-54) by eight wicketsScorecard In an ideal world, the ball would have flashed off John Mooney's blade, dissecting the two fielders stationed backward of point. It would have raced across the outfield and over the rope. It would have brought up his maiden ODI century. It would have prompted Malahide to rise...
Will Gidman ensures ton-filled draw
Gloucestershire 646 (A Gidman 264, Roderick 171, Sheikh 4-97, Freckingham 4-138) and 306 for 9 dec (W Gidman 104*, Shreck 3-44) drew with Leicestershire 565 (O'Brien 119, Eckersley 119, Smith 103, Robson 97, Redfern 60)Scorecard Will Gidman marked his last home appearance for Gloucestershire with a century as the match with Leicestershire at Bristol meandered to a draw. The allrounder, who is...
Goodwin announces retirement
Murray Goodwin has brought the curtain down on a 20-year professional career with the announcement he will retire at the end of this season for Glamorgan. Goodwin made his first-class debut in the 1994-95 season for Western Australia in a tour match against England at the WACA where he hit 91 and 77. In 1998 he made his Test debut for his native Zimbabwe, against Sri Lanka in Kandy, and collected...
Sep
11
Ireland take series after late wobble
Ireland 225 for 7 (K O'Brien 67) beat Scotland 221 (Berrington 101, Sorensen 4-40, Young 3-39) by three wicketsScorecard For over a century the Scots have been voyaging across the Irish sea armed with whites and willow. On few occasions have they not made the return journey empty-handed and even the acclaimed hospitality will have done little to enrich their humbling visits to the Emerald Isle....
Glamorgan take charge as bowlers bite back
Glamorgan 282 and 145 for 5 (White 4-27) lead Derbyshire 203 (Allenby 3-42, Wagg 3-56) by 224 runsScorecard Graham Wagg added three wickets to his half-century as Glamorgan put themselves in a decent position against Wagg's old county Derbyshire after day two of their Championship match at Cardiff. It was just about Glamorgan's day as they bowled Derbyshire out for 203 to give them a 79-run lead...
Kent collapse after Foster century
Kent 198 and 151 (Napier 4-28) lead Essex 328 (Foster 108, Napier 62, Ryder 58, Stevens 5-83, Claydon 4-76) by 21 runsScorecard James Foster led from the front as Essex closed in on victory against Kent after dominating the second day of their Championship Division Two encounter at Chelmsford. After the home skipper scored his first century of the season to lead Essex to a total of 328 and an...
Alistair Nicholson named ACA CEO
Former AFL footballer Alistair Nicholson has been named as the new chief executive officer of the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA). Nicholson will step into the role on October 27, filling the significant hole left by the long-serving Paul Marsh, who announced in June that he was leaving to become the new head of the AFL Players' Association. Nicholson will join the ACA from his current role...
Sep
10
Cooke, Wagg lift rebuilding Glamorgan
Derbyshire 8 for 0 trail Glamorgan 282 (Cooke 74, Wagg 62, Palladino 3-34, Footitt 3-61) by 274 runsScorecard The final rounds of the season, with their earlier start times and lengthening shadows, are accompanied by a sense of proceedings drawing to a close. For those counties that are not involved in the intrigues of title-chasing, or promotion and relegation, regular watchers begin to look...
Bangladesh pay for confused strategy
The team management's decision to field first on a flat pitch, despite having only three specialist bowlers, meant Bangladesh were chasing the game right from the startMushfiqur Rahim did what he set out to do as a batsman in the first Test. He was dismissed only once, after completing his century and in an attempt to extend a futile lead. He was the unbeaten batsman during Bangladesh's first innings...
Du Preez sets up South Africa win
South Africa Women 161 for 5 (du Preez 69, Chetty 53) beat Ireland Women 115 for 8 (Luus 4-21, Khaka 4-23) by 46 runsScorecard South Africa made it two handsome wins in a day against Ireland as they secured a 46-run success on the back of Mignon du Preez's 69 followed by four wickets apiece for Ayabonga Khaka and Suné Luus. As in the first game of the day, South Africa made a far from ideal...
Hope boos 'never happen again' - Moeen
Moeen Ali has admitted he was surprised by the level of abuse from the Edgbaston crowd on Sunday and hopes it "never happens again" but reiterated his desire not to make more of the issue. Moeen was able to enjoy the more relaxed surroundings of New Road on Tuesday, but the events of the weekend continued to swirl around after the PCA chief executive, Angus Porter, was forced to respond to earlier...
Sep
09
Morgan stokes fires of imagination
The Edgbaston T20 reinforced Eoin Morgan's credentials as the fulcrum of England's limited-overs cricket. Approaching his peak, is it time they made him their World Cup captain as well? Butcher: A difficult summer to assess So was that it then? A fleeting sight of Eoin Morgan as the fulcrum of an England limited-overs side. An England captain basking in a Twenty20 win against India that...
Shastri backs Fletcher's skills as coach
Ravi Shastri, who was appointed India's team director in the wake of the 3-1 defeat in the Test series in England, said he was proud of how the team bounced back to claim the ODIs by the same margin. Reviewing his role and India's limited-overs performance, Shastri also credited the support staff, including head coach Duncan Fletcher, whose future has been hotly debated in light of India suffering...
Young's debut five-for sets up victory
Ireland 173 for 3 (O'Brien 56*) beat Scotland 172 (Leask 50, Young 5-46) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details The fine margins between success and failure in sport, and cricket in particular, are often defined by the tenacity to grasp an opportunity when one comes about. Certainly Craig Young, the fast bowler released by Sussex twelve months ago, chose a good moment to become just...
BCCI mulls using observers in home series
The BCCI is set to extend the practice of intermittently appointing observers with the Indian team on overseas tours, for home series as well. The role of the observer is not defined with reference to its function and its difference from the role of the manager on tour, who is also a representative of the board. This development also comes when the BCCI has kept national selectors from touring with...
Sep
08
Moeen abuse shows cricket's dark side
The booing of Moeen Ali at Edgbaston revealed the ugly side of sporting rivalry and suggested intolerance remains in the UK. It should not be ignored Dobell: Moeen boos detract from spectacle It should have been the perfect end to an absorbing summer of international cricket. We had beautiful weather. We had a sell-out crowd. We had a run-soaked T20 that contained outrageous skills and...
Finch named Australia's T20 captain
Aaron Finch has been named as Australia's new Twenty20 captain, succeeding George Bailey, who stepped down from the role on Sunday. Finch, 27, will become the seventh man to lead Australia's T20 team when they take on Pakistan in a one-off match in Dubai on October 5. As captain of the Melbourne Renegades for the past two Big Bash League campaigns, Finch has acquired plenty of T20 captaincy experience,...
O'Keefe named in Australia's Test squad
Spinner Steve O'Keefe could finally be given a chance at Test cricket after being named in Australia's squad to play Pakistan in the UAE in October. O'Keefe was named as part of a 15-man Test squad that also includes allrounder Mitchell Marsh, who is yet to make his Test debut, while Phillip Hughes was included as the backup batsman and Glenn Maxwell as a spin-bowling allrounder. However, Australia's...
Taijul bursts out of obscurity
Taijul Islam is unlike most Bangladeshi left-arm spinners in that he picks his wickets by turning the ball and not just relying on the straighter one, a skill apparent in his five-for on Test debutTaijul Islam is no stranger to making a great start. He took six wickets on first-class debut to help Rajshahi Division to victory in April 2011. Between that game and his five-for on Test debut in St Vincent,...
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