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Uganda medium pace bowler Deusdedit Muhumuza reported for suspected illegal bowling action at World Cup 2015 Qualifiers

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Jan-2014Uganda’s Deusdedit Muhumuza has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action after the first day’s play at the World Cup Qualifiers in New Zealand on Monday.The ICC stated that Muhumuza was reported by umpires Michael Gough, Ahsan Raza and Joel Wilson following his side’s seven-wicket defeat to the Netherlands at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Muhumuza, a 24-year-old right-arm medium pacer, bowled four overs against the Netherlands and finished with 0 for 18.Muhumuza is now required to submit to an analysis of his bowling action and his home board must provide the ICC with a written report of the outcome of the analysis within seven days.The ICC also announced on Tuesday that Kenya’s Morris Ouma and Papua New Guinea’s Raymond Haoda have been reprimanded for breaching the ICC’s Code of Conduct during PNG’s eight-wicket win over Kenya on Monday at Pukekura Park in New Plymouth.Both Ouma and Haoda were found to have breached Article 2.1.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct which relates to “using language or a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting during an International Match.” The incident relating to Ouma occurred in the 18th over of Kenya’s innings, when Ouma used offensive language after being caught in the outfield. Haoda’s breach occurred in the 37th over, when he used offensive language after a dropped catch from his bowling.At the end of the match, both players admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by ICC match referee Jeff Crowe. “The reactions of the players were clearly in breach of the Code, as offensive language has no place on a cricket field. Players need to understand the importance of conducting themselves within the spirit of the game,” Crowe said.The charges were brought by on-field umpires Ruchira Palliyaguruge and Shaun George, and third umpire Billy Bowden. All Level 1 breaches for this offence carry a penalty of a warning/reprimand and/or the imposition of a fine up to 50% of the applicable match fee.

Kumar Sangakkara eased, almost casually, to a 35th career hundred in a Test match already heaving with his runs, completing a feat only Graham Gooch had achieved before him

The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando in Chittagong07-Feb-2014
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsKumar Sangakkara became only the second batsman after Graham Gooch to score a triple hundred and a hundred in a Test•AFPKumar Sangakkara eased, almost casually, to a 35th career hundred in a Test match already heaving with his runs, completing a feat only Graham Gooch had achieved before him. A whip over the midwicket ropes took him over 100 in almost the same fashion he had brought up his triple century in the first innings, and raised his match-tally to 424 – the third highest in Tests. Thanks in large part to his epic labours, Sri Lanka have almost certainly made themselves safe in the Test, with one full day remaining to chase a 2-0 result.A resurgent Dinesh Chandimal registered a measured ton of his own, to stretch Sri Lanka’s advantage on the fourth afternoon and evening. The declaration, at 305 for 4, came upon his entry to triple figures, leaving Bangladesh with one day and 25 minutes to bat out. They went to stumps unscathed after eight tense overs, 455 runs adrift of the visitors.Sangakkara’s numbers against Bangladesh have now moved into a superhuman realm. In his last eight innings against them, he has hit 994 runs, never failing in that stretch to cross 50. In fact, only six times in 21 trips to the crease against Bangladesh, has Sangakkara failed to notch a half-century. An average of 95.57 is unsurprisingly his highest against any team.On this occasion, Bangladesh can blame their torment on a fielding error. On 36, Sangakkara attempted to blast over the deep midwicket rope, but mis-hit a ball from Shakib Al Hasan to Nasir Hossain, who only had to run a few metres to his left. Shakib had built significant pressure alongside Mahmudullah to provoke the stroke and, upon seeing the catch grassed, he scratched his head in extreme frustration, holding back fury.Sangakkara’s progress took an irritatingly familiar form for Bangladesh, who employed various fields against him but could not stem the effortless flow of runs. With Sri Lanka having lost three relatively cheap wickets, Sangakkara only pursued the poor balls with aggression – sliding back to slam the short deliveries with particular disdain. Mostly, he busied himself with strike rotation, giving constant nuggets of advice to Chandimal, who was fighting for form. It wasn’t until he neared his ton that he began to assert himself. Until then, he had collected his runs almost on the sly.Chandimal was similarly averse to belligerence, and just as efficient at risk-free accumulation. He hit only four fours in nearly three hours at the crease, yet scored his runs at a strike rate of 63. Shakib had troubled him in doses throughout the innings, spinning some past his blade and striking him on the pad, but the grit that had been absent from his game returned. His 145-run stand with Sangakkara was the flesh of Sri Lanka’s second innings, after the two had been joined at 78 for 3.Perhaps aware Chandimal was short of some self-confidence ahead of two months of less-favoured limited-overs cricket, Angelo Mathews delayed the declaration until the batsman had reached his third Test century – all of which have come against Bangladesh. Chandimal may now look with more enthusiasm at the task of leading his team in the World Twenty20 in six weeks.The hosts’ only breakthrough in the middle-session had been Mahela Jayawardene’s wicket for 11. Shakib pitched one on off and got it to straighten, striking Jayawardene on the front pad in front of middle. Jayawardene felt the ball had not turned sharply enough to hit leg stump, but replays did not offer a conclusive answer. Again the most aggressive among the hosts’ spinners, Shakib would have felt he bowled better than figures of 1 for 80 suggest.The morning session had belonged to Mahmudullah, however, even after he had hit the fourth ball of the day straight to short leg, when his side would have hoped to whittle their first-innings deficit down to 150. After the Sri Lanka openers had begun tentatively against Al-Amin Hossain, who delivered a spell of seaming deliveries that generated surprising bounce, Mahmudullah arrived to dismiss both of them. Dimuth Karunaratne ended a frustrating series by edging a cut shot to slip, and Silva underestimated the turn Mahmudullah would generate with one of his few aggressive balls of the day.Suranga Lakmal also got the ball moving in the afternoon, and although Shamsur Rahman followed him with his hands more than any batting coach would advise, the opener managed to account for the movement through hand-eye co-ordination. Shamsur and Tamim Iqbal survived close shouts before stumps were drawn, with the team score on 12.

One of Alex Doolan or Shaun Marsh will make way for Shane Watson provided the Australia allrounder proves his fitness

Daniel Brettig24-Feb-2014One of Alex Doolan or Shaun Marsh will make way for Shane Watson provided the Australia allrounder proves his fitness. James Pattinson and Jackson Bird will also push for recalls ahead of the decisive third Test against South Africa at Newlands, following the hosts’ resounding victory in Port Elizabeth.Major contributors to Australia’s victory at Centurion, neither Doolan nor Marsh could add much at St George’s Park, where both were dismissed cheaply in each innings. Doolan hung around marginally longer than Marsh, who made a pair that gave him the unflattering tally of six ducks in his past 11 Test innings.The coach Darren Lehmann said he was eager to return Watson to the team, leaving the selectors to deliberate on who should make way for a match in which Australia must find a way to banish memories not only of Sunday’s defeat but also their razing for 47 to lose the dramatic Cape Town Test of 2011.”As long as he’s [Watson] bowling overs and he’s fit, we would love to have that extra bowler,” Lehmann said. “We’ll have to wait and see how that comes along. He seems all right, batting doesn’t seem an issue. Hopefully he’ll be able to bowl.”At the end of the day, if we have to fit Shane Watson in and someone misses out, it will be really unlucky. It depends on whether we need the fifth bowler or we don’t, and we’ll have to wait until we see the wicket. And he’s got to be fully fit. All those things come into it.”Watson was among a group of players who returned to St George’s Park to train on what would have been day five of the Test, as forecast heavy storms did not eventuate. Others included Pattinson and Bird, the reserve fast bowlers on the tour who are now notably fresher than Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle. Lehmann admitted there would be a temptation to bolster the bowling attack after Harris and Siddle showed signs of flagging under their heavy workload in Port Elizabeth.”We’ll have a look at it, velocity’s a big thing for us,” Lehmann said. “You certainly need pace, we’ve seen that with Johnson, Harris and Siddle when he’s up and running he’s bowling 135kph plus, so we’ll have a look at that over the next few days, we’ll see how they pull up.”It’ll be conditions and what we think is going to get us 20 wickets. We’ve got to make sure we’ve got the side to do that, because if you can’t get 20 you can’t win the Test match. And I hate draws. We don’t seem to play draws anyway so that’s alright.”Lehmann’s quip about draws highlighted Australia’s knack for extremes, though he argued this batting collapse in Port Elizabeth had been less galling than that in Durham last year due to the quality of the bowling on display. “It did take me back, what did we lose, 9 for 64 working from when we were 1-152? We weren’t in a bad spot then,” Lehmann said. “The pleasing thing for me is that we got bowled out, if that makes sense.”They bowled very well and we didn’t cope with it well enough so we have to improve in that area, but with their high-class bowling attack, full credit to them. In Durham we played some bad shots to lose those wickets, the disappointing thing was our first innings runs, we harp on it all the time but we have to get better in the first innings. I wasn’t pleased to be bowled out, in the manner we got out we got bowled out, in Durham we played some poor shots but they were too good for us here.”

I hate draws. We don’t seem to play draws anyway, so that’s alright.Darren Lehmann

Australia’s poor record on slow pitches of the kind produced at St George’s Park is now well established, and Lehmann said the best ways to counter reverse swing would be discussed by his batsmen before the Newlands Test began. He used the attitude demonstrated by Chris Rogers and David Warner opening up in the second innings as a starting point.”It was our first innings batting. We didn’t bat long enough or well enough, that’s as simple as it gets. We weren’t patient enough with our batting,” Lehmann said. “If we had that patience [of Rogers and Warner] we would have made 350, 400 in the first innings and those deliveries wouldn’t have got you out in the first innings because the ball wasn’t reverse swinging like that. That’s just a part of the great game we play. We need to talk about it because we need to keep learning how to play the game. We need to keep improving.”As for the return to Cape Town, scene of an extraordinary match Lehmann was not a part of, the captain Michael Clarke said his men could look at how South Africa rebounded from Centurion as an indicator of what was possible. “Probably the same way South Africa got over it after Centurion,” he said. “I said last time we were here I wished there was a third Test match being 1-1, so now we’ve got that challenge.”Cape Town is a magnificent place to play cricket. Generally when the sun’s out, it’s a good wicket, and when it’s overcast there’s a lot of hard work to be done for the batters. So it’s going to be a challenge no doubt about it, but it’s exciting. What we’re seeing now is two teams pushing extremely hard to have success, we’re trying to challenge the No. 1 team in the world in their own backyard. So we know how difficult that is and we’re excited by the challenge.”

Gareth Hopkins, the former New Zealand wicketkeeper, has retired from cricket. The 37-year-old, played four Tests, 25 ODIs and 10 Twenty20 internationals

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Apr-2014Gareth Hopkins, the former New Zealand wicketkeeper, has retired from cricket. The 37-year-old, played four Tests, 25 ODIs and 10 Twenty20 internationals.In domestic cricket, Hopkins played for Northern Districts, Canterbury, Otago and moved to Auckland in the 2007-08 season, where he finished his career. He scored 7550 runs in 158 first-class matches, including 17 centuries and 34 half-centuries, and claimed 435 catches and 26 stumpings. He also played 203 List A matches in which he hit 4013 runs at 27.11. He aggregated 1279 runs in 83 matches in T20s.A highlight of his tenure as captain came when he led Auckland to successive HRV Cup titles in 2011 and 2012.Hopkins told the that the game had changed since he started his career in 1996. “Now there’s strength, mental, nutrition, technical and video analysis – so many tools you can use,” Hopkins said. “Sometimes I think we get a little confused, but each of them can aid you if you use them correctly.”Hopkins was the second veteran of New Zealand domestic cricket to announce his retirement this season, with Shanan Stewart also calling time on his career.

Once again an anxious Pakistan made too many mistakes in a big match against India, and lost comprehensively

The Report by Sidharth Monga21-Mar-2014
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Crowe: Dhoni’s selection, use of bowlers outstanding

You don’t often know what to expect in big India-Pakistan matches, but Pakistan are on to a disturbing trend of predictability of late. They work themselves up into a frenzy, try too many things, make too many mistakes, and India coolly stand in a corner doing little things right and stroll their way to a win. In the previous World T20 match between these two sides, Pakistan batted in a similarly nervous manner, got bowled out for 128, and lost despite a valiant attempt with the ball. Here they managed two runs more, succumbing to their own poor running and some clever spin bowling by India – in their 12 overs, the three specialists went for 63 and took three wickets – before putting up a fight with the ball, which was too little and too short.Even in the lead-up, MS Dhoni spoke about how he was pleased a lot of acrimony had gone out of India-Pakistan matches, Mohammad Hafeez on the other hand sounded combative when asked about the lack of wins against India in World Cups. India were clear in their heads: they played three spinners, and didn’t want to take a chance with the dew, so they put Pakistan in. Pakistan were a bundle of nerves.Amit Mishra provided two crucial breakthroughs•ICCAhmed Shehzad ran out Kamran Akmal, who looked in good touch with his two early boundaries, before almost running himself out. With no loose balls on offer, Hafeez and Shehzad got more and more anxious before throwing their wickets away to Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra in the eighth and the ninth overs. It is a minor surprise that Mishra was only in his second Twenty20 international, but he bowled like a grizzled veteran for the most part. The delivery to get Shehzad was a beauty: for the batsman on the edge, he slowed a legbreak down, got some drift and dip, and drew as comprehensive a stumping as any you will see.From 47 for 3 in the ninth over, Umar Akmal and Shoaib Malik – the latter has feasted on Indian bowling in the past – tried a revival with a 50-run stand in seven overs, but the knowledge that a strong India batting lineup would need a total in excess of 150 to be challenged meant the percentages were always low. India again offered nothing loose, and Malik fell when trying to go inside-out off Mishra’s bowling. He was beaten in the flight, the ball turned, and took a thick outside edge for long-off to catch.What would have please India was that even in the last three overs – with the spinners’ quotas exhausted – India conceded just 28 runs. The pitch was not the easiest to bat on, with good bounce and turn on offer, which would have actually left Pakistan a little more annoyed with their effort. About 15 more runs and their bowlers would have put India under serious pressure, especially with Shikhar Dhawan struggling at the top. Somehow, though, Dhawan scored 30 of possibly his most ungainly runs before falling. Rohit Sharma, who looked much better than Dhawan, managed 24 at a marginally better strike rate. Be that as it may, the two had given India a start, and despite a wobble in the middle Virat Kohli – in the company of Suresh Raina – did what he can do even in his sleep.The only disturbing aspect of India’s evening came through in this wobble: Yuvraj Singh had dropped a catch, conceded 13 in one over, and capped it off with a poor shot to be bowled for 1. That left India needing 66 in the remaining 9.5 overs, a situation that needs some panic from batsmen for some interest to be manufactured. No panic was forthcoming from Kohli, and once Shahid Afridi dropped Suresh Raina on 7 it was a cruise for India.The key aspect of the finish provided by Kohli and Raina was how coolly they played Saeed Ajmal. Ajmal’s analysis is worth a look: he was hit for three fours that Dhawan was not in control of, but still went for 18 runs and took one wicket in his four overs. However, the two India batsmen didn’t show any desperation against him, and reached home with nine balls to go.

Mohsin Khan, the former Pakistan batsman, has called the procedure adopted by the PCB to hire Waqar Younis as head coach a ‘total farce’

Umar Farooq08-May-2014Mohsin Khan, the former Pakistan batsman, has called the procedure adopted by the PCB to hire Waqar Younis as head coach a ‘total farce’.Mohsin was among the contenders for the job, which he held briefly in 2012 when he oversaw Pakistan’s famous 3-0 Test victory over England.Last month, the PCB decided to not renew Moin Khan’s contract as head coach and started the hunt for a new coaching panel. The PCB placed a newspaper advert, kept the opportunity open for 18 days for anyone to apply and appointed a three-man committee to evaluate the applications until May 5.Mohsin and Waqar were in the race for the top role and on Tuesday, the PCB appointed Waqar, who returned for a second term after his previous stint between March 2010 and August 2011.”They lied in their own house,” Mohsin, who was rejected without interview, said. “They had said that the candidates will be shortlisted, then there will be interviews but they trashed the whole process and made fun of everything. They threw dust in everyone’s eyes. There were no criteria. I was a deserving candidate but I was getting messages that the whole process was a total farce.”There was a perception that the board was already in contact with Waqar and that he was the only one in line for the job. Though Waqar’s appointment was made official only on May 6, his name was unofficially doing the rounds before the deadline for candidates ended.”They should have picked whoever they wanted as coach and appointed him but they should not have made a fool of the others. It happened before as well before the Asia Cup and World T20. It happened to Waqar as well at that time. Without any process they made Moin Khan coach. Moin is like my younger brother, but that was also not correct. PCB is not their personal property; it is the board of 180-190 million people of Pakistan. They spoiled two years of the team by bringing a so-called qualified coach (Dav Whatmore). They threw dust in the fans’ eyes. They have played with Pakistan’s name, with its respect.”Mohsin was the chief selector in 2011 when Waqar quit after his first stint as head coach and the PCB was forced to go with the former as interim coach before he was replaced by Whatmore in March 2012. Though Mohsin was given a makeshift role, he wanted to carry on in the job but the then chairman Zaka Ashraf opted to engage Whatmore instead.

A round-up of the Super 4s Twenty20 Tournament matches played on June 28

ESPNcricinfo staff28-Jun-2014A 30-ball 50 from Shehan Jayasuriya, followed by an incisive performance from Udarata Rulers’ bowlers, helped the team to a 55-run victory against Western Troopers for their second straight win of the tournament.Udarata, put in to bat, scored at more than seven an over right from the start as the openers Dhananjaya de Silva and Upul Tharanga raced to 55 in 7.2 overs.Troopers fought their way back into the contest by dismissing both batsmen in successive overs, but a 60-run association for the third wicket between Jayasuriya and Chamara Silva once again helped Udarata wrest the advantage.Jayasuriya thumped four fours and two sixes during his half-century, and Lahiru Thirimanne’s 10-ball 21 included one four and one six, as Udarata finished with 174 for 5.Troopers never got going in their chase, and wickets hindered their momentum at regular intervals. Ajantha Mendis was the pick of the Udarata bowlers, taking 3 for 28, while Dilhara Lokuhettige, Asela Gunaratne and Milinda Siriwardana shared six scalps between them to dismiss Troopers for 119 in 18.2 overs.The Southern Express v Yaal Blazers game was washed out. After Southern Express chose to bat, they put up 139 on the back of an unbeaten 43 from Jehan Mubarak. Alankara Asanka Silva and Ramith Rambukwella were chiefly responsible for holding Southern Express back, sharing seven wickets between them while conceding just 46 in their eight. Yaal Blazers did not really get off to a solid start in the case though, falling to 21 for 2 in four overs before play had to be abandoned.

Jacques Kallis has announced his retirement from international cricket, across all three formats

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Jul-2014Jacques Kallis has announced his retirement from international cricket, across all three formats. The South Africa batsman had quit Tests late last year and decided to call time on his limited-overs career after the recent poor one-day tour of Sri Lanka.Kallis will, however, continue to play T20 franchise cricket for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL and for Sydney Thunder in the BBL. He ends his ODI career with 11579 runs in 328 matches with 17 centuries and 86 fifties at an average of 44.36. He played 25 T20s, scoring 666 runs with five fifties. He is the only South African batsman with over 10,000 runs in Tests and ODIs. Kallis had played his final Test in December 2013 against India in Durban, finishing with 13,289 runs in 166 matches with 45 centuries, 58 fifties at an average of 55.37. His last T20 was in October 2012.Kallis, 38, had plans of playing the 2015 World Cup and was part of South Africa’s ODI plans in the build-up. However, he managed scores of just 0,1 and 4 in the three ODIs in Sri Lanka recently.”I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was a bridge too far,” Kallis said in a statement. “Ï just knew on that tour that I was done. The squad that was in Sri Lanka is an amazing one and I believe they have a good chance of bringing the trophy home in March.”I would like to thank Cricket South Africa, the team, the team sponsors, my sponsors, the fans and all the people who have been involved in my career. It has been an amazing journey.Kallis: Ï just knew on that tour (Sri Lanka) that I was done•Associated Press”I am not retiring from all cricket as I have a two-year contract with the Sydney Thunder and, if possible, to help the Kolkata Knight Riders defend the IPL title we won earlier this year.”Kallis’ ODI future was in the balance last year when he went on a ODI hiatus for a year and nine months. He had opted out of the 2013 Champions Trophy for personal reasons and did not join the team for a limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka in August and the Pakistan series in the UAE. He used the winter break to reassess his future and spoke to coach Russell Domingo about playing one more global tournament. He thus made a return for the home ODIs against Pakistan and India towards the end of 2013. However, he was well below his best since his return, scoring just one fifty in seven games.The national selectors were planning to rest a few players for the upcoming three-match bilateral ODI series in Zimbabwe, but send a full-strength squad for the tri-series to follow. The challenge for the selectors was to build the team around Kallis and in the past, Faf du Plessis was left out to accommodate him.”South Africa has been blessed with one of the world’s greatest cricketing talents in Jacques Kallis,” said CSA chief executive Haroon Lorgat. “He is undeniably one of the greatest players ever to have graced our wonderful game and he has certainly been the Proteas standard-bearer of excellence for nearly two decades.”He has played a huge part in making cricket a truly national sport of winners and, in doing so, contributed so much to the important process of nation building. He is a true professional and it has been an absolute privilege to have worked with him both as Convener of selectors and now as chief executive.””To say that we will miss him on the playing field is stating the obvious. Each one of us from this day on will treasure the many fond memories of his awesome career.”Though he had an illustrious career as a batsman, spanning close to 19 years, he was never a full-time captain. He led the side in two Tests, both at home against Australia, and 13 ODIs as a stop-gap.

Batsman Mark Vermeulen has been recalled to Zimbabwe’s Test squad for the one-off Test against South Africa in Harare starting on Saturday

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Aug-2014Batsman Mark Vermeulen has been recalled to Zimbabwe’s Test squad for the one-off Test against South Africa in Harare starting on Saturday. It will be his first Test in ten years and first international in four years. The 15-man squad has two uncapped players in offspinner John Nyumbu and right-arm seamer Cuthbert Musoko.Vermeulen had been in impressive form for Zimbabwe A against the touring Afghanistan side recently, with a century in the first unofficial Test in Harare. He was also the second-highest run-getter for Eagles in the 2013-14 first-class Logan Cup with 580 runs in seven games with a century and four fifties. Vermeulen’s career had been halted by court cases – he was acquitted of arson – and psychiatric problems.In a recent interview with ESPNcricinfo, he said how he was desperate to make use of whatever time he had left in the game.Nyumbu, who plays for Matabeleland Tuskers was the joint-highest wicket-taker in the Logan Cup with 34 wickets, including four five-wicket hauls. Musoko took four wickets for Zimbabwe A in the second unofficial Test against Afghanistan.Donald Tiripano, the right-arm seamer who has played three ODIs for Zimbabwe, was also named in the squad. Tiripano took a five-wicket haul in the third ODI against Afghanistan.Although Sikanda Raza was included in the squad, the batsman is still recovering from a broken thumb and will not play in the Test. Zimbabwe’s coach Stephen Mangongo confirmed Butt, Musoko and Malcolm Waller would not be in the XI.Despite Butt’s injury, there was no room in the squad for opening batsman Tino Mawoyo, who was part of the 25-man training group. Shingi Masakadza was also left out of the Test squad as well as left-arm seamer Brian Vitori, after picking up an ankle injury.A dry Harare pitch has led to speculation that spin may become a factor earlier than expected in the match but Zimbabwe’s squad did not include some of their better known spinners. Legspinner Natsai M’Shangwe did not make the cut while veteran Prosper Utseya is ill with chicken pox.Squad: Brendan Taylor (capt & wk), Regis Chakabva, Sikandar Raza, Tendai Chatara, Elton Chigumbura, Hamilton Masakadza, Cuthbert Musoko, Richmond Mutumbami (wk), John Nyumbu, Tinashe Panyangara, Vusi Sibanda, Donald Tiripano, Mark Vermeulen, Malcolm Waller, Sean Williams

The BCCI has omitted the Rajasthan Cricket Association from its domestic programme for the forthcoming season

Amol Karhadkar23-Aug-2014The BCCI has omitted the Rajasthan Cricket Association from its domestic programme for the forthcoming season. A handbook of domestic programme covering all categories – Under-16, Under-19, Under-23, Ranji Trophy and women’s tournaments – that has been circulated amongst all the affiliates does not mention Rajasthan. It raises question marks over the participation of a full member which has been entangled in various disputes with the parent body.The BCCI, however, insisted that Rajasthan had not been excluded or suspended from the domestic season. “We have kept a slot open [for them]. Depending on the government and internal board decision, it will be finalised,” BCCI interim president Shivlal Yadav told ESPNcricinfo. “We want the boys to play. We want everybody to participate. Let us hope everything will be sorted and nobody misses out on playing.”Yadav said the BCCI hasn’t set any deadline, but the decision will have to be taken before the inter-state junior cricket tournaments start in early October.RCA deputy president Mehmood Abdi, who clarified that he had not yet seen the handbook, said nobody else apart from their committee would be able to represent RCA. “Ours is a duly elected and recognised body. We are the only association which can govern the game of cricket in the state of Rajasthan as per the Rajasthan Sports Act, so we cannot be deprived of all our privileges.”The BCCI had recently formed an ad-hoc committee to look after cricketing affairs of four disputed associations, including RCA. The BCCI had suspended the RCA in May, minutes after former IPL chairman Lalit Modi had been announced as its elected president. Since Modi had been expelled from the BCCI, the board suspended the RCA for allowing him to contest elections.However, even while suspending RCA, the BCCI had stressed that cricket in the state won’t be affected. “We will see that cricket is not affected and cricketers are not affected across all age groups,” BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel had said. “The ad-hoc committee will work out how Rajasthan can play in BCCI tournaments. The boys and cricket should not suffer. That is our primary goal. The players do not need to worry. We will see how to make them comfortable.”