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Yasir Hameed’s elegant hundred, Inzamam-ul-Haq’s brutal half-century and a strangulating spell from the bowlers sent Bangladesh hurtling to 76-run loss against Pakistan in the third match of the Asia Cup, played at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. And, Pakistan picked up a bonus point to boot. The 109-run partnership between Hameed and Inzamam was the highlight of the morning session and their handling of the middle-overs proved to be the difference between the two sides.Chasing 258 for victory on a pitch that got slower and lower as the match progressed, Bangladesh were stifled by the spin duo of Shoaib Malik and Danish Kaneria in the middle overs. Shoaib Akhtar, who was off colour in his first spell, reverse swung it towards the end and Bangladesh didn’t have too many answers.Bangladesh are no strangers to Hameed-heroics. They were at the receiving end of his huge scores in last year’s series in Pakistan. His three hundreds, in Tests and one-dayers, kick-started his career in glorious fashion. In fact, he scored 82 when the two sides last met in a one-dayer.This innings had most of his trademark shots – the cover-drive of the front and back foot, the flick from outside off to square leg and the chancy wild swish. On three or four occasions, the ball flew off the edge through the vacant slip region, but amid all that there were some delightful fours. He took charge of the opening partnership, with Imran Farhat showing signs of rustiness, and maintained the rate at five-an-over.Hameed also played the supporting act when Inzamam was thrashing it around and both didn’t let the initiative slip in the middle overs. He got a large dose of fortune on 64, when Mohammad Ashraful dropped a sitter at long-off. On a day when other batsmen showed rusty form, his slap-dash effort went a long way in helping Pakistan reach their final score.Inzamam came in after the fall of two quick wickets as the bowlers were applying the brakes on the scoring-rate. He carted Mohammad Rafique, the left-arm spinner, for two towering sixes and got back the momentum that Hameed had given in the first 10 overs and was subsequently lost. Though both fell in successive balls, with 10 overs left, and despite the lack of lower-order pyrotechnics, only 57 in the last 10, Pakistan had reached a respectable score.Javed Omar began the reply in positive fashion and Bangladesh were 48 for 0after 10 overs. That was partly due to the lacklustre first spell by Shoaib Akhtar, with a shortened run-up that Bob Woolmer had suggested, as he sprayed it wide of the stumps. The result was four overs, no wickets, 12 balls left alone, two wides and a lukewarm Shoaib.Sami was wayward too but there were a few unplayable jaffas in between. He got his reward in the 11th over when Ashraful nicked a wide one to Moin Khan (48 for 1). Habibul Bashar, the captain, had no clue to one of the Sami specials that cut him in half, but he was caught in front two balls later as an inswinger rapped him on the pads (52 for 2).And there began the downhill journey for Bangladesh. Kaneria and Malik made good use of the slowness of the pitch and gave nothing away in the middle overs. Shoaib returned in the 31st and troubled all the batsmen with his reverse swing. He finished with three wickets – one lbw, one bowled and one catch of a bouncer – had a few very close leg-before shouts turned down, but continued grinning all through.Bangladesh folded for 181, with Malik ending with two wickets, and Pakistan earned the bonus point too. A new tournament, a new coach, and lots of reverse swing – all looked fine with Pakistan.

Kepler Wessels, the former South Africa captain, believes England have no chance of beating South Africa in this summer’s NatWest Series.Speaking to the ahead of Northamptonshire’s match against South Africa tomorrow, Wessels claimed England’s new-look team will be demolished by South Africa, who are also rebuilding after a disappointing World Cup.He said: “England haven’t got a chance. They need to pick their best players if they are going to be in with a shout of winning." He added: "You certainly can’t leave out a batsman of the quality of Graham Thorpe and there are a lot more other players on the county circuit better than the ones they have chosen."”I can see they’re building for the future, but they need to build around experience and Thorpe would be ideal. South Africa have brought over a pretty competitive side. They have a very strong batting line up, though the bowling is a bit weak.”South Africa have also brought over their youngest ever captain in Graeme Smith, who has already caused a stir when he said Lance Klusener would have been a disruptive influence on the team.On that issue, Wessels said: “It’s a controversial move to appoint him captain. He will be under pressure to establish himself in the side with some runs. He has made runs in the past, but there is a bit of unrest in the camp that needs to be dealt with.”The NatWest Series starts on June 26 when England play Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge, while South Africa’s first match is against England on June 28 at The Oval.

* KSCA XI struggle against ONGCOn a rain affected day, Karnataka State Cricket Association XI lostwickets at regular intervals and were 187 for seven off 41.3 overs atclose on the first day of their Coromandel Cement Cup quarterfinalagainst Oil & Natural Gas Corporation at the MaharajaJayachamarajendra Wodeyar Sports Complex in Bangalore on Sunday.Winning the toss, KSCA were off to a poor start with RowlandBarrington being out for a duck to the first ball he faced. MithunBeerala (38) and Deepak Chougule (29) steadied the innings with asecond wicket partnership of 69 runs off 13.3 overs. Then after fourwickets had gone down for 99 runs, two former India players VijayBhardwaj (25) and Sunil Joshi (28) added 50 runs for the fifth wicketoff 12.2 overs. But then both left in successive overs andwicketkeeper RC Shanbal (3) also left soon as KSCA slipped to 155 forseven. Skipper Anil Kumble (4) and David Johnson (28) however sharedan unbroken eighth wicket stand of 32 runs off just four overs.Johnson played a bright little innings, facing only 17 balls andhitting four fours and a six. Among the bowlers, Sharandeep Singh (3for 58) and skipper Shamshad (2 for 39) did the most to restrict theKSCA score.The match started only at 12.20 due to the wet conditions of theground caused by overnight rain. Play was stopped due to rain at 3.40and finally called off for the day at 4.30.* Yalvigi keeps KSCA Colts in checkOff spinner Anand Yalvigi turned in a fine performance at the RSIground in Bangalore on Sunday. Playing for Roofit XI, Mumbai, he tookfour wickets for 38 runs off 20 overs to help restrict KSCA Colts to200 for eight in 71.4 overs on a rain affected first day’s play in theCoromandel Cement Cup quarterfinal.Winning the toss, KSCA Colts started badly losing KS Ponnappa (5) at13. Wicketkeeper and opening batsman BMV Uthappa (69) and KM Aiyappa(35) shared a second wicket partnership of 91 runs off 22.4 overs toset the innings back on track. Uthappa faced 123 balls and hit eightfours. He was third out at 125 in the 35th over. Yalvigi dismissedboth the batsmen and then struck again in the middle order. Wicketsfell at regular intervals but AR Mahesh stood firm and at close wasbatting with a watchful 32 off 101 balls with four hits to the ropes.K Adhav gave good support to Yalvigi by capturing two wickets for 49runs.The match started at 10 due to the dampness of the pitch. Raininterrupted play at 3.50 and play was finally called off for the dayat 4.30.* Mishra, Goud prop up BPL Sports ClubValuable contributions by opening batsman Adithya Mishra and skipperYere Goud saw BPL Sports Club score 176 for five off 54.5 overs on thefirst day of their Coromandel Cement Cup quarterfinal againstChemplast at the Central college grounds in Bangalore on Sunday.Winning the toss, BPL Sports Club were given a good start with openersAdithya Mishra (68) and Mohit Goyal (6) putting on 72 runs off 14.3overs. As the scores indicate, Mishra dominated the partnership. Hefaced only 52 balls and hit eleven fours and two sixes and was firstout. Goyal who struggled for two hours and 77 balls was second out at99 in the 30th over. K Sriram (0) fell in the next over. But Goud, whocame in at No 3 and N Mulki (25) added 48 runs for the fourth wicketoff 18 overs. KN Ramesh (12) was fifth out at 173 but Goud carried ontill close of play. The veteran right hander batted for 157 minutes,faced 109 balls and hit eight fours. Ramkumar was the pick of theChemplast bowlers picking up four wickets for 50 runs off 21.5 overs.The match started at 10 due to wet conditions caused by overnight rainPlay was halted by rain at 3.45 and was called off for the day at4.25.* Vinay Kumar, Yadav in 154-run partnershipPut in to bat, Hyderabad Cricket Association did well in getting 303for nine wickets in the allotted 90 overs on the first day of theirCoromandel Cement Cup quarterfinal against India Pistons at theGangothri Glades ground in Mysore on Sunday.Openers Daniel Manohar (29) and skipper A Nand Kishore (67) gave HCA agood start putting on 65 runs off 32.4 overs. Anirudh Singh (4) didnot last long but then Nand Kishore and Vinay Kumar added 37 runs forthe third wicket. Nand Kishore was then out, after batting 223minutes, facing 129 balls and hitting three fours and six. HCA reallyconsolidated through a fourth wicket partnership of 154 runs off 28.3overs between Vinay Kumar and AS Yadav. The latter dominated hitting87 from 89 balls with the help of nine fours and a six. Medium pacerTinu Yohannan who bowled Yadav then got among the wickets and HCA slidfrom 271 for three in 82 overs to their final total. In the processthey lost six wickets for 29 runs off 6.3 overs. Yohannan picked upfive of the wickets and finished with five for 42 off 17 overs. VinayKumar however remained unbeaten with 81. He batted 198 minutes, faced153 balls and hit the ball to the ropes four times.

Plans for a Bob Woolmer memorial tournament at Edgbaston have been cancelled due to funding problems, according to a report in the Birmingham Post.A Twenty20 event had been planned with the aim of raising funds for a Woolmer Academy in South Africa and Inzamam-ul-Haq, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting and Michael Vaughan had agreed to captain four international sides.However, organisers were forced to pull the plug after issues with funding agreements with the academy and a lack of interest from television companies. The paper said that the event, which was due to be held on July 25, clashed with India’s tour of Sri Lanka.It is hoped that two celebration dinners will still take place, one in London and the other in Birmingham.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Mithun is the surprise inclusion in Bangladesh’s 15-man squad for the upcoming World Twenty20. Bangladesh have also recalled allrounder Nasir Hossain for the tournament that starts in India from March 8.Mithun’s selection means the Bangladesh squad has three wicketkeeper-batsmen, including Mushfiqur Rahim and Nurul Hasan, although the keeping duties will likely be taken up by Nurul. Mithun last played a T20 international in August 2014 though that game against West Indies was abandoned due to a thunderstorm. He played mostly for Bangladesh A thereafter, and hit a century for the team on their tour of Zimbabwe in November last year. Although he made only 130 runs in nine innings for Rangpur Riders in BPL 2015, his two half-centuries in practice matches after the Zimbabwe series last month played some part in his selection.Nasir’s recall is less surprising as Shuvagata Hom, who was tried in his place in the four-match T20 series against Zimbabwe in January, didn’t quite grab the spot with his performances while batting or bowling.Chief selector Faruque Ahmed explained that Mithun’s inclusion wasn’t straightforward but his performances for Bangladesh A and his ability to shuttle between the top and middle order were taken into consideration. Faruque said that Imrul Kayes, who played two of the four T20s against Zimbabwe, was also considered but eventually missed the cut.”Mithun impressed in South Africa and Zimbabwe for Bangladesh A last year,” Faruque said. “We thought of a particular place, and we discussed that with the coaching staff. This is why we picked Mithun as a batsman who can play in the top and middle order. He is quite experienced in this format. We always felt he is a T20 player and his A-team performance put him in consideration.”Mithun wasn’t fully fit during the Zimbabwe series but he was at the training camp in Khulna that was held after the international series. He performed well there in the practice matches. But at the top level, we haven’t seen his full potential. Mithun is a good player who can show his worth if given chance in the right time and place. We had to think long and hard about Imrul [Kayes] and Mithun. The team management – coach and captain – discussed this at length and I think we all took a good decision.”Among the 18 players who played the Zimbabwe T20Is in January, Mosaddek Hossain, Imrul, Shuvagata, Muktar Ali and Mohammad Shahid haven’t made the World T20 squad. Faruque said that the experimentation in the series was done because Bangladesh doesn’t have a settled T20 line-up.”Experimenting with players doesn’t guarantee their selection,” he said. “We experiment to see if we can find something particular from a player. Until the end of the World T20, we can’t say whether the experimentation was success or failure. We did a similar thing in 2014 when we picked Sabbir for the T20s against Sri Lanka ahead of that year’s World T20. This is a format where we still have room for improvement.”Faruque said that Nurul, ‘arguably one of the best wicketkeepers in the country’, is likely to take the keeping gloves during the tournament. The youngster had also impressed with his late-order batting against Zimbabwe.”We don’t have a T20 specialist as such,” Faruque said. “Sohan [Nurul] has been playing in the A team in the last two years and also recently for the national team. He is arguably one of the best wicketkeepers in the country. He has innovation in his batting and we feel he will be most effective in T20s.”Faruque said that Bangladesh’s Asia Cup T20 squad would be “very similar” to the World T20 squad: “Imrul, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Shuvagata and Muktar will also join this squad in their training camp in Chittagong [from February 7]. They are the four standbys and have been kept with the Asia Cup in mind.”Bangladesh are placed in Group A in the first round of the World T20, with Netherlands, Ireland and Oman. They will begin their campaign against Netherlands on March 9 in Dharamsala. The team that tops Group A will join India, Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand in Group 2 of the Super 10s stage.Bangladesh World T20 squad: Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Arafat Sunny, Abu Hider, Nurul Hasan

The Mohammad Nissar trophy match, a four-day first-class contest between the domestic champions of Pakistan and India, will be played at the National Stadium in Karachi from September 8 to 11.The final will be contested this year by Karachi Urban, winners of the 2006-07 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and Mumbai, the current Ranji Trophy champions. In a sense, it is as fitting a cross-border match-up as there can be; both teams are, historically, the most successful in their respective competitions.The inaugural Nissar Trophy match was played in Dharmasala in September last year, Uttar Pradesh comfortably beating Sialkot by 316 runs.With Amol Muzumdar, Mumbai’s captain last year, making himself unavailable for selection, Wasim Jaffer, the Indian Test opener, has been picked to lead the side. Muzumdar, currently playing in the Durham league, has been replaced by left-arm spinner Nilesh Kulkarni while Omkar Gurav, yet to play first-class cricket, will keep wicket in place of Vinayak SamantHasan Raza has been named to lead the Karachi Urban team in the match against Mumbai, the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) announced.The following cricketers, who played for Karachi Urban during the last season, have been asked to confirm their participation in the match.Hasan Raza (captain), Faisal Iqbal, Asim Kamal, Agha Sabir, Khurram Manzoor, Asif Zakir, Saeed Bin Nasir, Afsar Nawaz, Mohtashim Ali, Imran Javed, Amin-ur-Rehman (wk), Malik Aftab, Tanvir Ahmed, Tahir Khan, Azam Hussain and Nauman Alvi.Mumbai Wasim Jaffer (capt), Sahil Kukreja, Vinayak Mane, Prashant Naik, Ajinkya Rahane, Vinit Indulkar, Hiken Shah, Abhishek Nayar, Omkar Gurav (wk), Nilesh Kulkarni, Avishkar Salvi, Rajesh Verma, Iqbal Abdulla, Vikrant Yelligatti.

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The controversial history of cricket between these two countries was given another chapter, during an extraordinary fourth day at The Oval, as the spectre of ball tampering reared its ugly head. It started with the umpires calling for a replacement ball midway through the afternoon and ended with the abandonment of the final day. What went on in between will go down in the darker side of cricket history.The day began to unravel when the umpires called for a change of ball at the end of the 56th over, with England 230 for 3. It had started to reverse swing for Mohammad Asif and Umar Gul, but Darrell Hair spotted something he wasn’t happy with and was seen pointing at the ball in conversation with Billy Doctrove. The fourth umpire, Trevor Jesty, then ran onto the field with a new box of balls which, under the Laws, the England batsmen were allowed to pick from. Play resumed until tea, but that was only the start of the drama.Bad light had taken the players off before the scheduled interval however, Pakistan had been hurt by the accusations of cheating and wanted to make a protest about the umpires’ actions. They had planned to delay the restart by a few moments, but when the umpires reached the middle and weren’t followed by the Pakistan side they walked off.Inzamam had appeared on the players’ balcony, but on seeing Hair and Doctrove making an about turn headed back in the dressing room and the doors were shut behind him. Then the umpires went back onto the field, followed by Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell. Still, the Pakistan team stayed in their dressing room while Hair and Doctrove removed the bails and left the field.The immediate thoughts were that the match might have been abandoned, the umpires taking Pakistan’s stance as a refusal to take the field and therefore forfeiting the Test. However, with no information coming out of official channels it was all speculation. A series of hastily arranged meetings between board officials, including the ECB Chairman David Morgan and his PCB counterpart Shahrayar Khan, began and Pakistan officials emerged form the dressing room and gave thumbs up to a frustrated crowd.Then came the most farcical moment. Inzamam led his team onto the field, stood for a few moments, before realising the umpires weren’t going to appear. Seemingly they didn’t believe the match was still in play. England’s players and officials stood bemused on their balcony while everyone, including a sell-out crowd, waited for a morsel of information.Finally, Khan made a statement on behalf of the PCB clarifying that Pakistan were ready to play and it was a problem with the umpires. “We have indicated very clearly that we can go out and play, in fact the boys came out and that we want the Test match to continue.”Both teams were informed just after six o’clock that play was abandoned for the day. Nothing came from the ICC, who are actually the body in control of the game, until a very limp statement via the ECB saying that high level discussions were taking place in a hope of securing play on the final day. That didn’t happens, but the action on the field will long be forgotten when this match is recounted.

That is a great shame because, up until the start of the controversy, it had been a fascinating days play with England fighting hard to save the game with Kevin Pietersen to the fore. Reverse swing had played a major part in the removal of Alastair Cook for a fighting 83, giving Pakistan a vital lift after England had reduced the deficit into double figures. Cook and Pietersen added 103 for the fourth wicket, although Cook survived three let-offs.Danish Kaneria suffered most of the frustration as Cook popped a catch to silly point in the first over of the day, but Doctrove turned down the appeal. Then Cook escaped again, on 40, when he was bowled off a no-ball by the legspinner. That wasn’t the end of his fortune when, on 47, he pulled Mohammad Asif to square leg but Faisal Iqbal couldn’t hang on. However, he survived to reach fifty off 93 balls.Andrew Strauss started the day in fine form, driving and pull crisply in a 69-ball fifty, before being trapped on the back foot by Kaneria, although replays suggested he was outside off stump. It ended a fine series for Strauss which brought 444 runs at 63.Pietersen entered on a king pair but he quickly imposed himself on the bowlers, although he too received a life, on 15, when Kamran Akmal couldn’t gather an outside edge off Kaneria. He dominated the third-wicket stand with a 57-ball fifty, striking meaty blows off the seamers and spinners alike.However, a desire to reach three figures brought his downfall when he bottom-edged a wide ball from Shahid Nazir and Akmal clung onto a sharp, low chance in front of first slip. Pakistan were still well on track for victory and, in normal circumstances, an absorbing contest between to closely matched teams would have filled the column inches. Now it will be consigned to a footnote in history.

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Ridley Jacobs and Jermaine Lawson will miss West Indies’ second Test against Australia, which starts on Saturday (April 19). Dr. Terry Ali, a member of the West Indies Cricket Board’s medical panel, has ruled that Jacobs needs more time to recover from his groin strain, while Lawson has been diagnosed with chicken pox.”Ridley will remain in Trinidad for a few days to start rehabilitative work before he returns to his native Antigua on Saturday,” said Ricky Skerritt, manager of the West Indies team. “Jermaine will return home on Wednesday and we hope that he will recover in time for the third Test in Barbados.”Jacobs’s unavailability ensures that Jamaica’s 20-year-old Carlton Baugh will make his Test debut. Tino Best, Barbados’s leading wicket-taker this season – his 39 scalps have come at just 18.25 – has been named as Lawson’s replacement.Among the other changes in the 14-man squad were the inclusion of Ramnaresh Sarwan and 20-year-old offspinner Omari Banks. If the recall of Sarwan, who has recovered from a fractured finger in his left hand, was not surprising, then the continued omission of Chris Gayle was. Gayle was left out of the squad for the Guyana Test after he opted to play in a double-wicket competition rather than the Carib Beer Series final. His continued exclusion indicates that despite comments to the contrary, he is still very much out of favour with the selectors.The inclusion of Banks is a reward for a solid first-class season in which he took 25 wickets at 36.40 and scored 270 runs at 33.75 for the Leeward Islands. He is the first cricketer from Anguilla to be picked for a senior West Indies side.West Indies squad: Wavell Hinds, Devon Smith, Daren Ganga, Brian Lara (capt), Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Marlon Samuels, Carlton Baugh (wk), David Bernard, Omari Banks, Vasbert Drakes, Mervyn Dillon, Pedro Collins, Tino Best.

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Bangladesh have a long battle ahead of them if they are going to avoid a heavy defeat in the second Test at Sabina Park. They start the day needing at least 210 to make West Indies bat again, and with only seven wickets in hand. They may well have found themselves in an even more precarious position, were it not for a fighting 28 not out from Habibul Bashar which steadied the ship after his side had been reduced to 34 for 3.A double-century from Ramnaresh Sarwan, ably supported by Shivnarine Chanderpaul, put West Indies firmly in control of the match yesterday. They added 262 for the fourth wicket after after losing Tino Best – the nightwatchman – early on in the day’s play. And just to rub it in, Pedro Collins took 2 for 17 in the late afternoon to send Bangladesh hurtling towards what looked like inevitable defeat.In the 20 overs at their disposal, the West Indians bowlers made short work of Bangladesh’s top order. Collins struck first, trapping Hannan Sarkar leg-before for 10, while both Rajin Saleh (0) and Javed Omar (5) were both caught by Dwayne Smith, off the bowling of Collins and Tino Best respectively.With the sky overcast before play began, Bangladesh’s hopes will be raised by today’s weather forecast, with showers and thunderstorms likely.

England skipper Nasser Hussain has admitted that he was “glued” to Phil Tufnell’s recent triumph on the reality TV show I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here.Tufnell, who won 42 caps for England, the last in 2001, retired from the game on the eve of the season to take part in the show Down Under.Asked in an exclusive interview with the official Channel 4/ECB Test Match Magazine whether a recall for Tufnell – nicknamed “The Cat” – to the England colours would be a boost for the game, Hussain says: “He’d get a big cheer. But then he always gets a big cheer. He’s always been a star. He’s always been the people’s champion – he’s like the Jimmy White of the cricket world. But there’s only so far you can get on popularity, you still have to get your runs and wickets… I was disappointed when he retired because he’s one of a dying breed of natural spin bowlers who can give the ball a bit of flight – and also a dying breed of characters in the game. We’re running out of characters. I always enjoyed playing with and against Phil Tufnell – every game I played.”Hussain goes on: “I hate reality TV. I’ve never ever been keen on anything like that. But I was glued to that because The Cat was in it. I’m very close to The Cat, I know him very well, I enjoy his company and I found him absolutely hilarious on the show: he was always going to be brilliant on it: he’s got a job for life on things like that – he’s made for it. Good on him. There’s not many cricketers that could pull that off – it’s not something that Nasser Hussain will be doing …”Elsewhere in the interview, Hussain says he intends to break Peter May’s Test record of 20 Test wins (Hussain has led England to 14 wins so far), and that he does not believe in blooding a weaker team against Zimbabwe. He also talks about how his own run-ins with authority have helped him become a better leader: “It’s very difficult being captain if you’ve just been a goody two-shoes. It’s hard to understand the Phil Tufnells of this world if you don’t have that sort of background yourself.”The first npower Test between England and Zimbabwe starts at Lord’s on Thursday, May 22.The Channel 4/ECB Official Test Match Guide, which also includes exclusive interviews with England’s fastest bowler Steve Harmison and Zimbabwe’s 20-year-old vice captain Tatenda Taibu, will be available at the ground and via the website www.pplsport.com