New York and South East were announced as co-champions of the USACA T20 National Championship after the final was stopped due to rain after six overs with South East 34 for 3. After waiting more than three hours during heavy rain showers, play was finally called off with both teams sharing the tournament title. Adil Bhatti of the Atlantic Region was named Best Batsman of the tournament while Camilus...
Ishant front foot highlights big problem
Umpires are simply not watching for the no-ball closely enough and it is creating trouble for bowlers. When an umpire fails to call your foot faults, he is basically omitting to tell you all is not right 'India's bowlers stuck to their task' In the tour game in Derby - it seems like an age ago for the hobbling Indian team now - Ishant Sharma bowled nine no-balls. Those sitting in the press...
Dainty says USA too busy to have domestic events
Gladstone Dainty, president of the USA Cricket Association, has said the reason USA was unable to hold a domestic national tournament for the last three years was because the organisation has "been busy participating in ICC events". Prior to this weekend's USACA T20 National Championship, there had not been a national domestic championship at the men's level since June 2011 in New Jersey. USACA has...
USACA runner-up games scrapped after player walkout
'Very disappointing we didn't get a semi-final' - Dave A pair of consolation matches between the second and third place teams from each group at the USACA T20 National Championship were cancelled after players from all four teams decided they did not want to play the games. Originally the tournament schedule called for quarter-finals and semi-finals on the final day, but persistent...
Aug
16
Worcestershire stumble after Miles four
Gloucestershire 181 for 2 (Roderick 88*, Gidman 57*) trail Worcestershire 194 (Oliver 52, Miles 5-54) by 13 runsScorecard Promotion favourites Worcestershire endured one of their worst days of the summer in the Championship when dismissed for 194 by Gloucestershire on a seaming surface at New Road. Having come into the match with a game in hand and 43 points ahead of second-placed Surrey, they...
Ervine, Wood revive Hampshire
Hampshire 343 for 7 (Ervine 75*, Wood 61, Smith 56) v KentScorecard Sean Ervine made the best of a placid Canterbury pitch to ease Hampshire into the driving seat on the opening day of their Championship Division Two clash with Kent. The 31-year-old Zimbabwean scored an unbeaten 75 from 110 balls to resurrect a Hampshire innings that, at 187 for 5, had threatened to seriously underachieve. With...
Davies responds to Foakes signing
Surrey 403 for 8 (Davies 147*, Solanki 93) v LeicestershireScorecard Steven Davies scored his second Championship century of the season and Vikram Solanki hit 93 as promotion-seeking Surrey took control of their Division Two game against bottom-of-the-table Leicestershire at Grace Road. Put into bat on a green-looking pitch, Surrey recovered from a shaky start to post an imposing total of 403...
More rain pushes back play at USACA Nationals
'Rain has been very frustrating' Steady rain throughout Friday afternoon and evening has caused rounds three and four of the preliminary phase of the USACA T20 National Championship to be pushed back into Saturday morning. Group play was scheduled to wrap up on Friday evening, but thunderstorms have prevented more than half the games from being played over the first two days of the...
Aug
15
Anderson 'most skilful in world' - Cook
'Anderson most skilful bowler in world' - Cook Alastair Cook has hailed James Anderson as "the most skilful bowler in the world" and the best "England have ever produced". Anderson comes into the fifth Test of the Investec series against India requiring just seven more wickets to equal Ian Botham's England record of 383. Cook, the England captain, admitted that Anderson might not have...
England adapt to keep Test in balance
England 92 and 110 for 6 (Winfield 35) lead India 114 (Gunn 5-19) by 88 runsScorecard Test matches are often decided by a team's ability to adapt. Bowlers who can adapt to a flattening pitch, batsmen who can adapt to a change in the attack and captains who sense when the time is right to switch from defence to offence can all change the momentum of a cricket match as it ebbs and flows in its longest...
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