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Pat Cummins is expected to join last year’s Big Bash League runners-up the Perth Scorchers, who have re-signed the veterans Simon Katich, Michael Hussey and Marcus North

Brydon Coverdale11-Jul-2012Pat Cummins is expected to join last year’s Big Bash League runners-up the Perth Scorchers, who have re-signed the veterans Simon Katich, Michael Hussey and Marcus North. Cummins was part of the Sydney Sixers squad last summer but did not play a game due to his long-term foot injury, and his participation this season will again depend on his fitness and his international duties.Stuart Clark, the general manager of the Sydney Sixers, said on Fox Sports that Cummins would not be part of the Sixers squad this season, and he is believed to be joining the Scorchers. Clark also said that Cummins, whose injury problems continued this month when he was sent home from the ODI tour of England due to a side strain, needed to be handled carefully.”We all have to be on one wavelength with Pat Cummins, because he’s a fine prospect,” Clark said on Fox Sports. “No one is ever questioning that. But the last thing he needs is you telling him to do more weights and [someone else] telling him to do more running. The poor kid is just confused. He needs one solid training programme, probably set by Cricket Australia, and then run with it.”The Scorchers have not confirmed signing Cummins, but they have retained three important batsmen on their roster for next season. North will again captain the side and will be joined by Katich, who has retired from all other cricket in Australia, while Hussey’s appearances for the side will again be dictated by his Australia commitments.”It is great to have the skipper back on board,” Lachlan Stevens, the Scorchers coach, said. “Marcus is one of the most tactically astute players in the game today, and to have him involved in the planning and strategic direction of the team was very important to us.”I’m delighted that the only time we will see Simon Katich at top level cricket this summer it will be under the Perth Scorchers banner. The strength of character and tactical awareness that he provides helped to make us such a competitive side last year. He adds massive value on and off the field and we can’t wait to see him back.”Mike Hussey represents everything that is positive about Western Australian cricket, so to have him as part of the Scorchers line-up was a big priority for us, and we are very pleased that he chose to remain in the orange this season. We may not see Mike day in, day out, but merely having him as part of our squad is a huge benefit to every member of the team.”Daniel Vettori, who will play with the Brisbane Heat, remained the only international signing in the opening stages of the contract window, but Clark confirmed the Sixers were interested in attracting Sunil Narine, the West Indies spinner. Narine was the player of the tournament in this year’s IPL and, depending on West Indies’ schedule in December and January, will be keenly sought after by the BBL sides.”We’re looking at Sunil Narine,” Clark said. “There’s just some conflicting schedule issues with the West Indies Cricket Board. Hopefully we’ll be able to get him across for at least part of the season. If we can then he’ll be a fine prospect for us moving forward. We’ve still got some contract stuff to go, but he’s one player we’re looking at.”In other signings on Wednesday, Nathan Hauritz confirmed he would remain with the Brisbane Heat, and Johan Botha was confirmed as the captain of the Adelaide Strikers.

Sussex Sharks moved to the top of the South Group after recovering from a terrible start to convincingly beat Middlesex Panthers by 49 runs

16-Jun-2011Sussex 165 for 8 beat Middlesex 116 by 49 runs
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Murray Goodwin top-scored with 48 in Sussex’s victory•Getty Images

Sussex Sharks moved to the top of the South Group after recovering from a terrible start to convincingly beat Middlesex Panthers by 49 runs in the Friends Life t20 fixture at Lord’s.The Sharks were 2 for 2 in the second over after Chris Nash and Joe Gatting, who have both struggled for runs in the competition so far, were dismissed for ducks. But solid contributions from their three internationals, Luke Wright, Lou Vincent and Murray Goodwin, allowed them to recover to 165 for 8.When the Panthers were reduced to 61 for 4 halfway through their reply Sussex were on their way to avenging their only defeat so far at Hove last week.A well-grassed pitch played better than it looked but Sussex made a dreadful start with Nash bowled by Steven Crook’s yorker and Gatting pulling tamely to square leg to give Steve Finn the first of two wickets. But Wright and Vincent revived their side with a stand of 69 from 39 balls.Wright, Sussex’s leading scorer in the competition this season, twice cleared the ropes in his 34 off 18 balls before former team-mate Tom Smith turned one past his defences. Vincent made 44 from 32 and also hit two sixes only to be caught off a top-edged sweep and it was left to skipper Goodwin to make sure Sussex maintained their recovery.Goodwin scored 48 off 33 deliveries with four boundaries and a six and it was a surprise when he was foxed by Ryan McLaren’s slower ball, especially as McLaren’s four expensive overs had gone for 43.The Panthers used seven bowlers but a cameo from Rana Naved ul-Hasan, who made 24 from 14 balls, lifted Sussex to a total which they always looked capable of defending given the quality of their bowling attack.Middlesex were hampered by the absence of Chris Rogers, who hurt his hand when he dropped Vincent and was unable to bat, and were struggling on 41 for 4 after 6.1 overs.Paul Stirling cut to point and John Simpson, promoted to open, missed a full toss. Crook carelessly drove at a widish delivery and Dexter gave Monty Panesar a return catch immediately he came into the attack.A fifth-wicket stand of 64 between Scott Newman and Dalrymple kept their hopes alive but the asking rate was climbing all the time. When left-armer Chris Liddle returned to the attack in the 19th over he finished off Middlesex with three wickets in five balls.Liddle cleaned up Newman (44) and claimed Anthony Ireland next ball and although Finn averted the hat-trick he soon gave a tame catch to gully. Liddle finished with 4 for 20 and Middlesex had lost for the fifth time in six games.

Matt Prior made the sixth highest score in Twenty20 history as Sussex Sharks maintained their stranglehold on the South Division with a crushing 53-run win over Glamorgan Dragons at Hove

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ScorecardMatt Prior made the sixth highest score in Twenty20 history as Sussex Sharks maintained their stranglehold on the South Division with a crushing 53-run win over Glamorgan Dragons at Hove.Prior, 28, is desperate to win back his place in England’s one-day side after losing out to Craig Kieswetter and strengthened his claims with117 from just 55 balls – matching knocks by Chris Gayle and Andrew Symonds – as Sussex piled up 239 for 5, the third biggest total in this Friends Provident t20 history.It was all too much for the Dragons, although they restored some pride by completing their 20 overs at 186 for 5, but Sussex still claimed their eighth win out of nine so far. Prior and New Zealander Brendon McCullum, who was making his final appearance for the Sharks, put on 33 in 21 balls to get the innings off to a flying start but that was a mere warm-up as Prior began to dismantle the Glamorgan attack.His first 50 runs came off a relatively sedate 30 balls although he got to the milestone with the third of three successive sixes off David Harrison. Prior then went into overdrive without ever resorting to slogging as he found gaps on both sides of the wicket with a mixture of powerful drives and pulls.He went from 52 to 117 in just 25 deliveries, hitting six fours in eight balls at one stage off James Harris and Jim Allenby. In doing so he put on 73 in 42 deliveries for the second wicket with Murray Goodwin and a further 56 in 23 with Dwayne Smith, who contributed just nine to the partnership.Prior brought up only the third Twenty20 century by a Sussex batsman with a four down the ground and when he top-edged an attempted pull off Australian quick Shaun Tait his innings had contained 90 runs in boundaries – 15 fours and five sixes – and he departed to a standing ovation from the 4,000 crowd.If Glamorgan thought their suffering was over they were mistaken as Chris Nash improvised superbly to score 60 not out from just 26 balls with seven fours and three sixes, adding 63 in 27 deliveries with Joe Gatting for the fifth wicket.Dragons skipper Jamie Dalrymple, who had won the toss, used seven bowlers but Tait apart they all suffered with Harris, who conceded 61 in his four wicketless overs, taking the worst punishment. In the reply, opener Mark Cosgrove made 43 off 32 balls and at the end of their powerplay Glamorgan were only four runs behind Sussex’s position at the same point.But after the Australian left-hander holed out to deep mid-wicket in Nash’s only over of off-breaks the Dragons never threatened. Skipper Dalrymple did make an unbeaten 46 but regular wickets – five of the six Sussex bowlers picked up a scalp – meant there was never a meaningful enough partnership to take the batting side close.

Who are the big-ticket players to find no bidders at the two-day IPL auction?

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Nov-2024David Warner, 38, was arguably the biggest name to go unsold at the IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah. Warner, who retired from international cricket in June, had entered the auction at a base price of INR 2 crore. After going unsold on Sunday, his name came up again in the accelerated round on Monday, but there were no takers for him.Over the years, Warner has been one of the star performers in the IPL. His 6565 runs from 184 matches are the most by an overseas batter, and the fourth-highest overall at the tournament behind the Indian trio of Virat Kohli (8004), Shikhar Dhawan (6769) and Rohit Sharma (6628). Warner crossed the 500-run mark in a season seven times – a record he holds jointly with Kohli. But he had a lukewarm IPL 2024 for Delhi Capitals (DC): 168 runs in eight outings at a strike rate of 134.40.Warner’s last competitive game was in August, at the MAX60 tournament in the Caribbean. He was the highest run-getter there, with a tally of 297 at a strike rate of 181.09. He will be in action for Dubai Capitals at the ILT20 early next year.Related

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Among Indians, Shardul Thakur was the most high-profile player – with a base price of INR 2 crore – to not attract a bid. A seam-bowling allrounder, Thakur was with CSK last season. He played nine games, picking up five wickets at an economy of 9.75. He got to bat only three times and scored 21 runs.Thakur, though, hasn’t played for India in any format since December 2023 and underwent foot surgery in June this year and returned to competitive cricket only in early October in the Irani Cup for Mumbai.Shardul Thakur has only just returned after a long injury layoff•AFP/Getty Images

Prithvi Shaw, who was retained by DC ahead of IPL 2022, also did not get a bid at his base price of INR 75 lakh.Shaw struggled with form in the last two seasons and was dropped for Abishek Porel during IPL 2024. More recently, he was dropped from Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy squad for poor fitness and “general conduct”.England’s Jonny Bairstow was another big name that went unsold. Bairstow was with Punjab Kings (PBKS) from 2022 to 2024, and scored 551 runs in 22 innings at a strike rate of 148.92 for them in that period. No bids for him – from a base price of INR 2 crore – at this auction, though.The same was the case for Daryl Mitchell, who was bought by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for INR 14 crore at the IPL 2024 mini-auction and has been one of New Zealand’s best performers across formats in recent times. He also came in with a base price of INR 2 crore.

New Zealand captain Tim Southee says his side didn’t learn from the mistakes they made in the first T20I

Ashish Pant19-Aug-2023Aayan Afzal Khan did not have breakfast on the morning of the second T20I against New Zealand, and preferred sleeping before the game. In the evening, he feasted on New Zealand’s top order to pick up 3 for 20 and set up UAE’s first win over New Zealand across formats.Bowling inside the powerplay, the 17-year-old left-arm spinner struck in his second over, castling Mitchell Santner with one that spun back to beat an attempted cut. The very next ball, he messed up Dane Cleaver’s stumps and then had Chad Bowes stumped soon after. Of his three wickets, Santner’s was the one Aayan said he enjoyed the most.”Because that was a very good ball, and was also in the powerplay and was an important wicket,” he said. “I am feeling very happy. I got a chance in the powerplay and I got a wicket. I was trying to get the batters out.””He is a future UAE star,” Muhammad Waseem, Aayan’s captain, said of him. “And the biggest thing is that he never takes pressure no matter who he is bowling against.”But what about such big expectations at this a young age? Does that put any pressure? “Not much, really,” Aayan said. “I am playing well now and will want to play like this in future as well. I want to take UAE far ahead. We have the capability to beat better teams in future.”Having restricted New Zealand to 142 for 8, it was then the turn of the batters to do what they could not in the first T20I. And, it was Waseem who led from the front by smashing a 29-ball 55. He was given two reprieves, but made sure by the time he eventually fell, his side was well ahead of the asking rate.”I am very happy with my team’s and my own performance,” he said. “I always try that whenever we win, we do it convincingly and I make a big contribution towards it. I want to dedicate this win to my newly-born son.”Waseem also reserved praise for Asif Khan, who smashed an unbeaten 29-ball 48 in just his second T20I. Asif, 33, has impressive numbers in ODIs but made his T20I debut only in the first match of this series.”He is a quality player,” Waseem said. “He is unlucky that is he debuting so late but he has the experience. We were talking inside [the dressing room] that he has to finish the game and he promised me he would, and he has done it.”New Zealand captain Tim Southee, meanwhile, reckoned that his side didn’t quite learn from their mistakes in the first T20I, with their batters once again coming up short. The visitors slipped to 38 for 4 and then 65 for 5 before Mark Chapman’s 46-ball 63 rescued them somewhat.”A lot of the credit has to go to the UAE team,” Southee said. “They outplayed us in all three facets and we know in T20 cricket if it’s not your day, then anything can happen. We probably didn’t learn enough from the other day, we made a few mistakes that were similar to the other day and we were made to pay for that. We just have to be bettered in all three areas.”

Former Ireland allrounder signs a three-year deal as a local player having completed residency

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Jun-2022Former Ireland international Kim Garth has locked in her future in Australia signing a three-year WBBL deal to remain at the Melbourne Stars.Garth, 26, has played 85 times for Ireland in ODI and T20I cricket but has not represented her country since 2019 and relocated to Australia full-time in 2020 after signing a contract with Victoria in the WNCL. She has now completed her residency so will be classed as a local player.Garth was a shining light for Stars in a dismal WBBL season last year as their player of the season finishing with 15 wickets, including a remarkable opening spell of 3-3-0-3 against Sydney Thunder, and averaging 27.33 with the bat.Garth will be part of a Stars side now under the guidance of new coach Jonathan Batty.”I’m loving my time in Melbourne and I can’t wait for the next three seasons with the Melbourne Stars,” Garth said.”I haven’t been home [to Ireland] for over two years so it has been great to get back in the offseason but I’m looking forward to getting back and putting in a solid block of work before the start of the season and working with Jonathan and the entire coaching team.”I haven’t had the chance to play in front of our members and fans at home yet which is something I’m really looking forward to in WBBL08.”Stars general manager Blair Crouch was delighted to secure Garth for three more years.”Her energy on and off the field is infectious and her impact on the group in a short time has been profound,” he said. Kim has worked extremely hard on her game over the last couple of seasons and her improvement with both bat and ball is a credit to that hard work.”

BCCI president says that opening up venues to crowds will be “bit of a risk”

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Mar-2021Will the entire 2021 IPL be played behind closed doors? BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has hinted that the option cannot be ruled out, saying allowing crowds into the venues could pose a potential “risk”, something a “huge” tournament like the IPL can’t fancy.While announcing the IPL schedule on Sunday, the BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a media release that an unspecified segment of initial half of the IPL will be played behind closed doors.The BCCI’s cautious move for the IPL is in contrast to it allowing both Chennai and Ahmedabad venues being filled up to 50% capacity for the final three matches of the four-Test series against England which ended last weekend. Ganguly pointed out that there was a marked difference between hosting the IPL, an eight-team event, compared to a bilateral series.Related

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“Don’t know yet, depends on the situation,” Ganguly told on Monday. “It’s [IPL] slightly different than a bilateral [series]. If you open up to crowds, there are teams playing in middle, there are teams practising outside as well. Lot of these stadiums have practice pitches outside, and teams practice there because they play every day. So to open it up to crowds, you expect them to get closer to the practicing teams. So that could be a bit of a risk.”This is the second time that the IPL is being played amid the pandemic. Ganguly said that the BCCI had adopted a similar policy even in 2020 when the IPL had been played without crowds in the UAE. “Dubai also was the same: we started closed doors and expected to open out to the crowds, but since it went so well, we didn’t take the risk of having crowds back, so we’ll see.”As explained previously, one big reason the BCCI wants to have an incident-free IPL is because India will be hosting the 16-team men’s ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled to begin late October with the final on November 14. The ICC has not yet finalised the venues and the schedule for the T20 World Cup, but its chief executive officer Manu Sawhney recently said the global body will be monitoring closely the T20 events like IPL before finalising the protocols.This time the IPL has shortlisted six venues – Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad – for the 52-day tournament comprising 60 matches. Unlike previous IPL editions conducted in India, which entailed teams flying across the country multiple times, this time the IPL has ensured the eight teams will travel just thrice.According to Ganguly, the IPL travel plan was mapped on the similar lines of the India-England series, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, and the Vijay Hazare Trophy. “We’ve done it in clusters,” he said. “So there will be three flights maximum for every team, hopefully we’ll manage. Because, see, with the England tour, India have gone to Chennai, Ahmedabad and will go to Pune. And also the domestic teams [would’ve travelled to a couple of venues – one for group stages and another for knockouts]. We’re trying to do it that way only. Hopefully it’ll be fine, the numbers are much less, it’s a lot better but fingers crossed.It’s a huge tournament. The BCCI did it successfully in Dubai and hopefully we’ll be able to get through this time as well.”

He was voted as the Indian Cricketers’ Association’s male representative, while Shanta Rangaswamy will be the female representative

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Oct-2019Former India opener and coach Anshuman Gaekwad is going to be a part of the BCCI’s nine-member apex council that will be finalised during the board elections later this month. At its elections from October 11 to 13, the Indian Cricketers’ Association (ICA), formed in July this year, had to elect two representatives – one male and one female – who will be part of the apex council, according to the new BCCI constitution.Former India women captain Shanta Rangaswamy became the female ICA representative by being the only nominee for the post, and Gaekwad was voted as the male representative on Sunday as he won 471 votes against competitors – and former players – Kirti Azad (381 votes) and Rakesh Dhurv (223).The ICA also had to pick a representative for the IPL’s seven-member governing council, and former India wicketkeeper Surinder Khanna will take the post, again by being the only nominee. This comes as a significant change in Indian cricket administration as it’s the first time former players will be part of the BCCI general body in such capacity.Ashok Malhotra, another former India batsman, will take charge as the ICA president, again by being the only nominee for the position.The ICA is a retired cricketers’ body and the Lodha Commmittee, that played a key role in the ongoing BCCI’s structural reforms, recommended having ICA representatives on the BCCI apex council and the IPL governing council to safeguard and represent the interests of the former players.

The matches are part of a five-year plan by Cricket West Indies to have cricket in North America every year to develop the game further

Peter Della Penna23-Aug-2018West Indies are planning to host India in Florida next July, immediately after the 2019 World Cup, as part of a long-term strategy to play a minimum of two T20Is in North America every year until 2022.”There’s full board support as part of our strategic plan over the next five years to bring regular games into the Americas,” Cricket West Indies CEO Jonny Grave told ESPNcricinfo during the Caribbean Premier League matches in Florida. “So not always talking about USA, we’re talking about Canada and other parts to try to grow the sport. The whole ICC strategic plan is around growing the game and we’re huge advocates of Associate cricket.”We want to grow the game. We’re big advocates of playing in the Olympics even though one might argue that’s quite complicated because effectively we’d be playing as the separate sovereign countries of the West Indies – but we don’t have a problem with that.”Since the USA Cricket Board is yet to be fully ratified, Grave said CWI will seek the ICC’s permission directly to host the matches. They are expected to be prime-time affairs, starting as late as 9pm in Florida in order to accommodate Indian television market, while also ensuring the comfort of the people coming to the stadium. The T20Is between India and West Indies from two years ago were played at 10.30 am under heat that Grave felt was “unbearable”.”That would be our aim,” Grave said. “Clearly we have to discuss that with sponsors and broadcast partners, but realistically when you’re playing India in the Caribbean you have to play either very late at night or very early in the day. If you’re playing India, the passion of the India fans, they’ll turn up whether you play at 11am or 9pm at night.”England are touring the Caribbean from January to March 2019 and sources in Florida suggest they may also play some T20Is at Central Broward stadium. Grave, however, wasn’t very keen on relocating these matches.”England fans love coming to the Caribbean,” he said. “Even though we have a big England tour of three Test matches, five ODIs and three T20Is, that would be a big decision to take matches out of the region, whereas the traveling India fan is [coming from the USA] and it’s a growing market so it’s less of a risk to our region to have the England games in the Caribbean and the India matches [in Florida].”India and West Indies have already played at the venue earlier•Getty Images

India will start their 2019 tour with T20Is at Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, before travelling to the Caribbean to play ODIs and Tests. According to the FTP, New Zealand (2020), South Africa (2020) and Pakistan (2021) are also scheduled to tour the region while India will visit again in 2022. Bangladesh have already come and gone.The PCB and CWI had tentatively agreed to play T20Is in Florida after the West Indies toured Pakistan this past April, but Grave said finding a window outside the FTP has been difficult. When asked if a tri-series in Florida would be possible involving Pakistan and India, he said that playing that many matches at the same venue could be problematic.Mid-week games scheduled in Lauderhill have had notoriously poor attendance. When Sri Lanka and New Zealand played the first T20Is on US soil in May 2010, the series, originally scheduled for three games, was reduced to a two-match weekend only affair since only 200 tickets were sold for a fixture on a Thursday. However, Grave indicated that in the future West Indies would be open to playing T20Is against Canada or USA on weekdays as build-up to matches against Full Member sides on weekends.Meanwhile, CWI extended an annual invitation for USA and Canada to play in the Regional Super50 competition, which begins in October, with Grave also hoping the women’s teams from both countries would be open to playing domestic cricket in the West Indies.”We’re not here to make a fast buck, that’s probably the bottom line,” he said. “This isn’t just about economics. This is a five-year plan and in five years we think we can start to make a difference to support USA and Canada and that’s just the next two best teams in the Americas.”We want to develop cricket in the whole region, but the next two sides have the ability to break into the 16-team T20 World Cup. Through CPL, playing in our Under-19 tournament, the Super50 and making sure this stadium maintains its status as an international ground can only help USA Cricket. We’ve been pretty vocal and been big advocates about how good the quality of the cricket was in the World Cup Qualifiers and how we need to expand the game and not shrink the game.”CWI had also played a part in helping Canada run their Global T20 tournament in June and July.

In the unlikely event that Pablo Picasso had been asked to paint a portrait of a batsman, the resulting canvas might have borne some resemblance to the stance of Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Paul Edwards at Old Trafford21-May-2017
ScorecardIn the unlikely event that Pablo Picasso had been asked to paint a portrait of a batsman, the resulting canvas might have borne some resemblance to the stance of Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Admittedly there would have been a few extra eyes and a couple of disembodied bowlers’ heads wailing in one corner of the work, but the 42-year-old Guyanan’s confection of oblique and acute angles as he waits for the ball to be delivered may have found a resonance with the cussed old Cubist.Yet Chanderpaul is also one of cricket’s master craftsmen and his ability to unfold his square- on stance to play straight-drives or crisp clips through midwicket will be of great value to Lancashire this summer. On the second day of the Roses match he followed his eight-hour 182 against Surrey with a 288-minute exercise in obduracy which added 106 runs to Lancashire’s total and has given his side every chance of avoiding defeat.

‘I never expected this – Brooks’

Jack Brooks said he never expected to be celebrating a first-class century. For it to come in a Roses match made it even more surreal.
“It’s surreal, and it hasn’t really sunk in,” he said. “I never expected to get a hundred in my career, although I did say to the lads the other day that I’ve got one in me, but that was more in jest than anything. I ended up batting at nine in this game, and it’s weird how it’s happened. Cricket can be funny like that.
“I’m pretty elated with how it ended up. I didn’t really overthink it. I wasn’t actually that nervous overnight. I was quite excited. I slept pretty well just because I was knackered.
“I woke up at 5 in the morning busting for a wee because I’d drunk so much. Then I lay there thinking ‘I’m going to be batting in a little while’. I backed my game plan: if it was up, I was going to try and whack it.
“I didn’t need Jack Leaning getting out straightaway. Ben Coad is the most nervous man in the world and was panicking more than anyone. I don’t plan celebrations. They just happen off the cuff really. It was a release of emotion.”

Admittedly those innings were bridged by a month’s layoff with a hamstring strain caused by his exertions at The Oval but Lancashire have signed a cricketer in early middle-age and they will have to cope with that. It is probably a fair trade for a player who has now passed fifty on 213 occasions in first-class cricket.This certainly seemed the case on the third evening of this game when Chanderpaul and the excellent Ryan McLaren were adding 112 runs for the sixth wicket and all but completing a recovery that had seen Lancashire slump to 39 for three in 13 overs. Carefully Chanderpaul unpacked his cover and straight drives and put them to good use in taking three fours off an over from Jack Brooks. He added 67 for the fourth wicket with Dane Vilas and the only surprise was when Ben Coad ended his stand with McLaren by bowling Chanderpaul round his legs a few overs before the close.”I couldn’t believe I missed that ball,” he said, “I was really looking forward to batting on tomorrow. I was looking at the scoreboard to see how many overs were left and trying to see out the evening.” In Chanderpaul’s disbelief can be detected the hunger that drives him on even when he has more than 26,000 first-class runs on his CV.Yet if this great day of Roses cricket was distinguished by one batsman’s 75th first-class century, it was made equally memorable by Jack Brooks’ maiden century, a feat that was achieved by the addition of six singles to his overnight tally. The hundred was made possible by fine batting on Saturday evening but it was completed in company with Ben Coad, whose nerves when accompanying the incurably laid-back Brookes were greater than anyone’s.When he reached his landmark Brooks dropped his bat and bathed in the cheers of the players’ balcony. There was, of course, much badge-kissing and bat-pointing but the applause of the Yorkshire supporters was acknowledged, too. Yet even this seemed just a trifle understated for a player who is wont to celebrate a wicket by haring off towards cover with the demented air of a man who has that moment discovered that someone has smeared heat cream on the inside of his jockstrap and is reacquainting himself with Jerry Lee Lewis’s most famous ditty. Fiery Jack, indeed.Shivnarine Chanderpaul held back the tide once again•Getty Images

For their part, Lancashire players applauded, although it seemed an act of obligation for them, rather as it might be for members of the Women’s Institute on discovering that some brassy woman has won first prize in the annual Plum Jam competition.Three overs later Brooks was strolling off the Old Trafford outfield with an unbeaten 109 against his name and one hopes he will dine out on it. As far as the game went, Yorkshire had added 270 runs for the loss of their seventh and eighth wickets. Brooks, Andy Hodd and Jack Leaning had made it all but certain that Lancashire would need to bat out the best part of two days to save the game. Such tough cricket frequently takes wickets in the early overs of next innings and this happened once more as three batsmen were dismissed in the first hour of Lancashire’s innings.The most noteworthy of the trio, if only because so much is expected of the player, was Haseeb Hameed, who lost his off-stump to Brooks and trooped back to his dressing-room with an eight-ball nought to his name. The delivery which brought about his downfall was slanted in and held its own; the England opener would have played it comfortably had his bat been alongside his pad instead of in front of it. But Hameed is going through the first tough period of his first-class career and how he copes with it will tell us much about him.What he needs is time, yet we live in days of impatience and immoderation. Hameed’s promise in long-form cricket remains enormous, but if sportsmen are not being worshipped as saviours these intemperate times, they are, on occasions, dismissed as root vegetables. It is, one supposes, the price they pay for fame.Yorkshire’s bowlers, meanwhile, celebrated the removal of a batsman who had taken them for two centuries less than a year ago. Adam Lyth, though, was excluded from the celebrations because he had been whacked on the angle by the ball as it ricocheted from the stump and was hopping about like a stork on coals. The slipper’s mood was improved three overs later, though, when he caught Liam Livingstone off Ryan Sidebottom, and still more six overs afterwards when first slip Peter Handscomb pouched Croft’s ugly cut off Tim Bresnan.By then, however, Chanderpaul had begun the latest of countless vigils in defence of his wicket and his side. After 270 minutes he had that century to his name and had joined Brooks in making this golden Sunday precious. One hopes that Edgar Oldroyd is quietly applauding the pair of them.