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Steven Smith and Peter Forrest steadied New South Wales on a two-paced first day as they finished at 4 for 326 in Hobart

Cricinfo staff03-Mar-2010New South Wales 4 for 326 (Jaques 88, Smith 71, Forrest 62, Hughes 58) v Tasmania

ScorecardSteven Smith’s 71 took the Blues safely to stumps•Getty Images

Steven Smith and Peter Forrest steadied New South Wales on a two-paced first day as they finished at 4 for 326 in Hobart. The Blues sped through Phil Jaques and Phillip Hughes to register 140 in the first session before being held back in the second and easing away in the third.Smith and Forrest overcame some tight bowling from Tasmania during a stand of 119 for the fourth wicket that regained the momentum. However, Forrest gave Tim Paine his third catch late in the day to depart with 62, but Smith made it to stumps unbeaten on 71.Jaques and Hughes opened with 118 in 25.1 overs – about the rate expected in a one-day game – before Hughes (58) was caught behind off Adam Griffith, who had 2 for 72. Jaques moved confidently towards a century but fell for 88 trying to sweep Xavier Doherty.The loss of Usman Khawaja (22) three overs later left the visitors at 3 for 175, but Smith and Forrest steered the side away from danger. New South Wales are almost certainly out of contention for the final while Tasmania are currently third.

Scotland opener finds the humour in run-rate rumpus ahead of Australia showdown

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Jun-2024Michael Jones has given an indication of Scotland’s relaxed state of mind as they prepare for their crucial Group B showdown in Antigua on Sunday, as he welcomed Josh Hazlewood’s suggestion that Australia might go easy on his team in a bid to engineer an early elimination for their arch-rivals England.Speaking after Australia’s emphatic victory over Namibia on Tuesday – a result that secured their progression to the Super Eights – Hazlewood had indicated that his team might be willing to “drag it out” if they got into a winning position against Scotland, in order to preserve their opponents’ net run-rate – albeit such a tactic could run the risk of a suspension for their captain, Mitchell Marsh, if Australia were deemed to have contravened Article 2.11 of the ICC’s code of conduct.Matthew Mott, England’s coach, subsequently dismissed Hazlewood’s suggestion as an example of his “very good sense of humour”, and Jones also saw the funny side of the remarks, as he joked he’d like to see David Warner open the bowling at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Sunday.”I was watching it live actually, laughing to myself,” Jones told the Press Association, adding that he had also enjoyed the view of Tim Paine, Australia’s former Test captain, who told ESPNcricinfo’s Around The Wicket show that Australia’s players should “go on holiday … and England can pack their bags”.”I watched that interview and I watched Tim Paine when he was saying they should field half a side. I’m not particularly close to them, I don’t know any of the Australian players, but it would be good if we could have a little word and sort something out.”The rivalry between England and Australia is massive. If they want to play that way then happy days. We won’t be complaining. If they want to let David Warner open the bowling or something like that it would be pretty funny.”More realistically, however, Jones is braced for the full Australia experience when the two teams meet on Sunday, and after two impressive victories over Oman and Namibia, to go alongside a spirited display in the washout against England, he admitted he and his team-mates were relishing the prospect of testing themselves against one of the best sides in the tournament.Related

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“At the end of the day our team wants the best result we can get, but on a personal level you want to challenge yourself against the best,” he said.”To have the opportunity to bat against Jofra Archer and Mark Wood, then Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, that’s the best in the world. Those are the opportunities we crave as Scotland teams. You want to challenge yourself and see how far you go against those guys.”The Australians are renowned for being extremely diligent and extremely professional. I’m absolutely certain they will come out all guns blazing like they do for every game at every tournament.”I almost hope they do go full strength on Saturday and we can show the cricket world we’re up to the challenge. I’m absolutely certain they will come out all guns blazing like they do for every game at every tournament.”

Superstar captains. Interesting sub-plots. A sold-out crowd. There is all to play for at the Brabourne Stadium

Sruthi Ravindranath04-Mar-2023

Big Picture

Smriti Mandhana vs Jemimah Rodrigues. Ellyse Perry vs Meg Lanning. Dane van Niekerk vs Marizanne Kapp. Brace yourselves. And it will all happen in front of a sold-out crowd at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai as Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Delhi Capitals on Sunday.Both sides have superstar captains. Mandhana, the most expensive player at the inaugural auction at INR 3.4 crore, will be leading Royal Challengers, who look the most balanced side in the tournament. In Lanning, Capitals have a brilliant captain, who comes into the tournament a week after leading Australia to their sixth T20 World Cup title. Ahead of the WPL, she said she’s looking to inculcate that winning culture in this Capitals side.A number of international names linked up with their respective teams just a few days before the tournament following the T20 World Cup in South Africa. While Mandhana is looking to make use of her knowledge of the Indian domestic players to put a solid XI together, Lanning said she would be leaning on her team-mates Rodrigues and Shafali Varma to handle the younger and unknown players.Related

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Players to Watch

Both teams have an enviable mix of overseas and Indian talent. Royal Challengers have Richa Ghosh and Renuka Singh, the two high-profile India internationals. Capitals, meanwhile, have the likes of Shafali, Poonam Yadav and Radha Yadav.Perry, van Niekerk, Heather Knight, Sophie Devine, Erin Burns and Megan Schutt are the overseas options in the Royal Challengers side, which means the team management will have some head-scratching to do over picking just four from this star-studded list. They have captain Mandhana to do the heavy lifting from the top, while Devine, Perry, Ghosh and van Niekerk will be expected to provide the firepower in the middle order. While Royal Challengers’ pace-bowling unit looks solid with Schutt, Renuka and Perry, they do not have an experienced Indian spinner in their ranks.Capitals’ strong top order has Shafali, Rodrigues and Lanning, with Kapp and Taniya Bhatia to follow. They will, however, be left to choose from a largely inexperienced pace-bowling unit, barring Shikha Pandey and Kapp. However, they have the option to bring in USA left-arm pacer Tara Norris, an Associate player who can be included as the fifth overseas player in the XI. Among the spin-bowling options, Capitals have Radha Yadav, Jess Jonassen and Poonam Yadav.

Playing XIs

Delhi Capitals (possible): 1 Shafali Verma, 2 Jemimah Rodrigues, 3 Meg Lanning (capt), 4 Marizanne Kapp, 5 Laura Harris, 6 Jasia Akhter, 7 Taniya Bhatia (wk), 8 Jess Jonassen, 9 Radha Yadav, 10 Shikha Pandey, 11 Tara NorrisRoyal Challengers Bangalore (possible): 1 Smriti Mandhana (capt), 2 Disha Kasat, 3 Sophie Devine, 4 Ellyse Perry, 5 Dane van Niekerk, 6 Richa Ghosh (wk), 7 Komal Zanzad/Asha Shobhana, 8 Preeti Bose, 9 Megan Schutt, 10 Renuka Singh, 10 Kanika Ahuja/Shreyanka Patil

Stats and trivia

• Perry had finished as the second-highest run-scorer during Australia’s T20I series tour of India in December 2022
• Mandhana has scored 831 runs, the most in women’s T20Is since January 2022
• This game will have three key players who were part of India’s U-19 winning World Cup squad: Shafali, Titas Sadhu and Ghosh.

Quotes

“I love winning, I’m very competitive and I’m coming here to try and help Delhi win as many games as possible. It would be great [to win], every team is probably thinking the same thing but we’re doing our best, and the biggest challenge is to bring everybody together and making sure we’re working as a team.”
“I just don’t like the kind of comparison because what he has achieved is amazing, and I hope that I can reach that level. But I’m nowhere near him. What he has achieved for this franchise, I’d like to try and do that.”
Royal Challengers captain Smriti Mandhana wants to emulate Virat Kohli’s success with the franchise

Rain allows only 4.1 overs in the second Ashes T20I in Adelaide, and the forecast for the third T20I on Sunday isn’t great either

Andrew McGlashan22-Jan-2022The points were shared in the second T20I at Adelaide Oval as rain swept through on a day where Australia were given cause for concern over the fitness of quick bowler Tayla Vlaeminck.Vlaeminck was replaced in the XI by Darcie Brown because of a right foot injury – it’s the same foot in which she had suffered the stress fracture that ruled her out of 2020 T20 World Cup. She will be assessed over the coming days, but given her history, there may be concern over her participation not only in the ongoing Ashes series but also the upcoming ODI World Cup in New Zealand.Vlaeminck bowled quickly in the opening match of the series and struck Tammy Beaumont on the side of helmet with a bouncer. Australia have been very careful about managing her workload throughout her career with her pace often being referred to as a point of difference. Since making her debut in 2018 she has so far been limited to 24 international appearances across the three formats.”[It] was out of the first game. We are still looking into it and how it is and what’s going on,” captain Meg Lanning said. “We’ll know a little bit more over the next few days. Obviously not ideal, but we’ll see where we end up. She puts on a pretty brave face. I’ve just had a quick chat with her today and she seems okay.”In a more positive injury-related development, Beth Mooney has already returned to training after surgery for the fractured jaw she suffered two days before the series began.”She’s going really well,” Lanning, who has opened in Mooney’s absence, said. “Has had a couple of hits which is really exciting for her. She’s taken the whole situation really well. It’s nice to see her back. There’s no rushing her return, it’s whenever she feels comfortable and ready. Hopefully it’s sooner rather than later but we’ll see how it pans out.”There was precious little action in the middle with England able to face 4.1 overs either side of heavy rain and the forecast is not promising for the third game on Sunday.Danni Wyatt went along at better than a-run-a-ball but Beaumont struggled to get going as she made 6 off 14 balls before the rain returned. Australia had used one-over spells during the powerplay, opening the attack with Ashleigh Gardner’s offspin, while Brown went for just three in her single over.England had handed a T20I debut to offspinner Charlie Dean, who impressed in her first ODI series last year against New Zealand. She replaced Maia Bouchier as England altered the balance of the side to play an extra bowler. That was after England went down by nine wickets in the first T20I of the all-format series. Bouchier injured her knee in the opening match when she slid near the boundary but was deemed available for selection.

Former Indian seamer Raj Ghai has also bought a stake in one of the franchise of the 24-team competition

Peter Della Penna17-Aug-2020Krish Persaud and Manish Patel, the American-based owners of Jamaica Tallawahs and Barbados Tridents respectively, have become franchise owners in the 24-team Minor League Cricket T20 franchise competition in the USA. A list of the franchise owners was released by USA Cricket over the weekend and also featured former USA and India internationals among other franchise owners, for a league whose proposed launch has been pushed back to 2021 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.Persaud, whose cricket business operations are based at the Broward County Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida which has hosted numerous T20Is since 2010, was named as the owner of the Fort Lauderdale Lions franchise. Patel, who is based in Dallas, Texas, and previously owned Jamaica Tallawahs when they won the CPL in 2016 in addition to his current ownership of the reigning CPL champion Tridents franchise, was revealed as the owner of the Austin Athletics in the Texas state capital.Former India pace bowler Raj Ghai who played six ODIs from 1984 to 1986 before relocating to San Diego, California, has been named as part of the ownership group of the San Diego Surf Riders. Another notable entry is former USA offspinner Abhimanyu Rajp, who last played for USA in 2013 and is listed as co-owner of the Los Angeles-based SoCal Lashings franchise.There are also several former USA Cricket Association administrators who have purchased a stake in various franchises. Nabeel Ahmed, the former vice president and interim chief executive of USACA – prior to USACA’s expulsion by the ICC in 2017 – has been announced as the owner of the Michigan Cricket Stars. Former USACA Central East regional chairman Khurram Syed is a co-owner of the Chicago Blasters. Gangaram Singh, former South West regional representative on the USACA board, is a co-owner along with Ghai for the Surf Riders. Lovkesh Kalia, former Central West board member at USACA, is the owner of the Irving Mustangs in suburban Dallas.The 24-team Minor League Cricket competition was due to launch in June this year, but USA Cricket recently announced that it has been pushed back to next spring. However, tournament organisers have stated that they will conduct a player draft on Saturday, August 22 with the intention of staging exhibition matches during September and October in various zones.

West Indies captain scores unbeaten half-century and takes three wickets to help side to first win of season

ECB Reporters Network21-Apr-2019Jason Holder galvanised an impressive Northamptonshire performance as they overwhelmed Warwickshire for their first win in this season’s Royal London Cup.Holder hammered an unbeaten 60 from 31 balls as Northants made 358 for 6, having been sent in, and then took 3 for 26 as Warwickshire were bowled out for 164 – slumping to their heaviest List A defeat.Holder strode out to bat at 252 for 5 in the 40th over. He helped add 106 in the final 10 overs as Northants made their third-highest List A total.The West Indies captain then struck with his fifth ball before claiming the key wicket of Ed Pollock, caught at third man, as the target was defended with ease.Moved down to No. 7 here, Northants set the innings up perfectly for their overseas star. Alex Wakely, Adam Rossington and Rob Keogh all passed fifty before Holder’s late blast capped an impressive batting display on a good wicket.Holder lifted George Panayi over mid-off, pulled Craig Miles backward of square and drove Henry Brookes wide of deep cover before striking the final two balls of the innings bowled by Jeetan Patel for two sixes over long-on.The scoring rate was healthy throughout the innings. Richard Levi set the tone by racing to 48 with three sixes – the biggest of them heaved over square leg in Panayi’s first over – before becoming Brookes’ third victim, edging a drive to Tim Ambrose.Brookes, only 19 but leading the attack, had earlier bowled Josh Cobb first ball and got Ricardo Vasconcelos to chop into his stumps for 19.At 76 for 3 in the 11th over, Northants were in familiar territory but Wakely and Keogh steered their side through 14 overs in a stand of 86 for the fourth wicket.Wakely fell for a run-a-ball 50, missing Patel trying to flick to leg, and Keogh likewise for 69 from 87 balls – passing 1,000 List A runs along the way – but both efforts were key in facilitating more attractive progress at the other end.For the first time in three matches, Northants had a platform for the end of the innings. Rossington reached fifty in 47 balls. He advanced at Panayi to pull him past midwicket but fell for 68 in 58 balls – caught at extra-cover trying to lift Alex Thomson’s off-spin.Holder and Blessing Muzarabani then ruined the chase, sharing four wickets in quick opening spells. Dom Sibley, for 1, and Ambrose, for a 13-ball duck, edged Muzarabani behind the wicket and Holder pinned Sam Hain for 7 and ended Pollock’s 27-ball 36 when he sliced a cut to third man.Nathan Buck took out Liam Banks’ middle stump before Ben Sanderson took three wickets – two in two balls as Will Rhodes was caught at deep square and Brookes taken at point via the shoulder of the bat, before Miles skied a catch to mid-on. Holder then had Thomson caught at midwicket, miscuing a pull for 36, before Muzarabani cleaned up Panayi.Holder said the result was welcome following Northants’ 53-run defeat at the hands of Derbyshire last Friday.”It was a very good team performance, everyone pulled their weight,” Holder said. “We had a disappointing performance in Derby so it’s great to see the guys bounce back. The platform was laid with the bat and it was a great effort to score 350.”The pitch had good carry and bounce and we exploited that really well. Blessing was outstanding with the new ball, he set the tone and everyone followed on nicely.”

The legspinner’s variations skittled Zimbabwe for 154 in 34.3 overs, after which Rahmat Shah and Nasir Jamal secured the chase with fifties each

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Feb-2018
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsRashid Khan lets rip with an appeal•AFP

Rashid Khan claimed 5 for 24 – his third five-wicket haul in ODI cricket – to dismantle Zimbabwe for 154 in 34.3 overs and usher Afghanistan to a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

Raza fined for dissent

Zimbabwe allrounder Sikandar Raza has been fined 15% of his match fees for violating Article 2.1.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which relates to “showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during an international match”. One demerit point was subsequently added to his disciplinary record.
The incident occurred during the 23rd over of Zimbabwe’s innings, after he was adjudged lbw off Rashid Khan’s bowling. Raza admitted the offence, and accepted the sanction.

Rashid struck twice in his third over to remove Sikandar Raza and Ryan Burl. By then, Zimbabwe had lost half their side for 117. When Rashid pinned Craig Ervine lbw, Zimbabwe slumped further to 126 for 7. The legspinner went onto blast out the tail and finish with figures of 5 for 24 in 8.3 overs. Sixteen-year-old Mujeeb Zadran, who had made light work of the top order, ended with 3 for 45 in his 10 overs. Only three Zimbabwe batsmen passed 20 with Craig Ervine top-scoring with 39.Chasing a slim target, Afghanistan lost their openers Mohammad Shahzad and Ihsanullah to Tendai Chatara inside eight overs. However, a 69-run third-wicket stand between Rahmat Shah and Nasir Jamal stabilised the innings. Both batsmen went onto bring up their half-centuries as Afghanistan made deep inroads into the target.While Rahmat fell to Ryan Burl fell for 56 off 52 balls, Graeme Cremer brought Nasir’s 51-run effort to an end in the 27th over. Najibullah Zadran then wrapped up the chase in the following over with back-to-back fours.

Australia won the third Test in Adelaide by seven wickets after being set 127 for victory by South Africa

The Report by Brydon Coverdale27-Nov-2016
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