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A round-up of the Ford Trophy matches played on March 13, 2013

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Mar-2013
ScorecardAuckland thrashed Central Districts by 211 runs to collect five points and continue their lead at the top of the table. After scoring 285, Auckland’s Kyle Mills and Chris Martin ran through Central Districts’ top order, taking their top five wickets all of which were caught by wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins. Only three Central Districts batsmen could manage double-digit scores as Michael Bates and Colin de Grandhomme also chipped in with two wickets each. Martin and Mills reduced them to 51 for 5 in 14 overs which virtually ended their chase as their next five wickets fell for 23 runs.Eariler, middle-order batsmen Colin Munro and Grandhomme rescued Auckland from a position of 86 for 4 with a 102-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Dusan Hakaria’s 34 towards the end ensured they reached a competitive score of 285.
ScorecardDaniel Flynn’s hundred charged Northern Districts to a 92-run win against Otago to jump to second place in the Ford Trophy. After they chose to bat, Flynn and Anton Devcich put together 181 runs for the opening stand in 32.4 overs, out of which Devcich scored 70. This lay the platform for a big score for Northern Districts as Flynn struck 15 fours and a six to score 135 off 137, his fourth List A hundred. But Devcich’s wicket was followed by two more in the next two overs, which brought them to 184 for 3. After Flynn fell in the 43rd over, Jono Hickey (48*) along with Brad Wilson and Anurag Verma scored 63 off the last 37 balls to take them to 301 for 7.Graeme Aldridge dismissed the Otago openers in consecutive openers, leaving them at 8 for 2. Neil Broom and Jimmy Neesham consolidated the innings with an 86-run third-wicket partnership but both were dismissed in the space of 11 balls. This started the slide for Otago, who lost wickets at regular intervals, folding for 209 in the 44th over. Nathan McCullum (41) and Derek de Boorder (31) resisted with a 46-run stand for the sixth wicket, but couldn’t avoid the fifth loss for Otago in the tournament.
ScorecardScott Kuggeleijn’s maiden five-wicket haul in List A matches, earned Wellington a comfortable seven wicket-win against Canterbury in Christchurch. Once Wellington chose to field, the match headed in only their direction as Kuggeleijn struck thrice in his first spell. Only Shanan Stewart (41) and Brent Findlay (28) resisted, but Kuggeleijn took two more wickets to dismiss Canterbury for 143.After Wellington lost Luke Ronchi in the first over for a duck, Michael Papps and Grant Elliott took them close to victory. Even though Elliott was dismissed for 44 in the 13th over, and Papps for 47 in the 20th, Jesse Ryder scored a brisk 31-ball 38 to take Wellington to victory with more than 28 overs to spare.

India may have crossed their first hurdle towards reaching the final of the Asia Cup by winning their opening match, but concerns over their bowling, especially the fast bowing, remain

Siddarth Ravindran in Mirpur15-Mar-2012India may have crossed their first hurdle towards reaching the final of the Asia Cup by beating one of their stronger opponents in their opening match, but concerns over their bowling, especially the fast bowing, remain.In Vinay Kumar, Irfan Pathan and Praveen Kumar, they have three bowlers who bowl at a pretty similar, unthreatening pace. All of them prefer operating with the new ball, banking on any early movement on offer, and are far less comfortable bowling at the death. Praveen has not been at his best since his rib injury, Irfan isn’t bowling those magic balls that earned him a die-hard legion of fans, while Vinay isn’t the type of bowler who will give international teams sleepless nights.Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh’s captain, knows where India’s weak link lies. “Their bowling attack seems less stronger than Pakistan’s or Sri Lanka’s, that’s what I feel personally,” he said. “This is what is giving us confidence against India.”The statement comes on the day that Joe Dawes, India’s new bowling coach, got his first chance to get a close-up look at his charges. Linking up with the Indian squad for the first time since his appointment last month, he supervised a three-hour training session on Thursday morning.While Dawes will ponder how to improve the Indian bowling, Mushfiqur and Bangladesh have to come up with a plan to contain the Indian batting, which showed against Sri Lanka just how good they can be in familiar conditions. “It is quite difficult to bowl against their batting line-up,” Mushfiqur said. “But at the same time, a good ball is enough for a batsman if it’s his bad day. If we can capitalise on it and make them commit mistakes by bowling to their weakness, it would work.”Mushfiqur said Bangladesh’s first target was to consistently challenge the top teams. “More than just winning a game, it is important for us to play against big teams confidently, fight against them. This will help us grow and win. We lost the first game by going close, but we don’t do this on a regular basis, so we tend to forget what to do in such situations when faced with it.”
This is their 10th Asia Cup campaign, a competition in which they are yet to post a victory against Test opposition. Unless Bangladesh capitalise on India’s weakness and end that streak on Friday, they will be facing another early elimination.

Round-up of the second day’s play in the third round of matches of the Faysal bank Pentangular Cup

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Feb-2011Resuming on their overnight score of 64 for 3, after a rain-curtailed day one, Federal Areas were propelled to 315 for 6 in their Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup match against Punjab at the Lahore City Cricket Association Ground, thanks to a hard-working 133 from opener Umair Khan. None of the Punjab bowlers were able to get rid of Khan, who finally conceded his wicket through a run-out. Hammad Azam (45) helped Khan put Federal Areas in a commanding position, with the pair putting together a vital 99-run partnership for the fifth wicket after Mohammad Khalil picked up two wickets to leave Federal Areas at a tricky 108 for 4. Imad Wasim (38*) and Jamal Anwar (13*) were at the crease at stumps.Baluchistan’s innings folded on 279 courtesy a four-wicket haul by legspinner Yasir Shah in their match against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province at the Gaddafi Stadium. Shah was backed-up by medium pacer Nauman Habib who picked up three wickets. Sohaib Maqsood was the only contributor with the bat for Baluchistan, scoring 87. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa innings did not begin well, with three of their top four batsmen gone before the scoreboard read 20, with Nazar Hussain picking up two wickets. Adnan Raees (51*) strung together a half-century partnership with Aftab Alam, but Alam was dismissed just prior to stumps to leave Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 87 for 4. Baluchistan currently top the tournament’s points table.

A round-up of the action from the semi-finals of the 2009-10 Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Tournament

Sa'adi Thawfeeq07-Mar-2010The much-awaited semi-finals of the Inter-provincial Twenty20 tournament at the De Soysa Stadium in Moratuwa proved to be one-sided contests, as defending champions Wayamba and Ruhuna made it to the summit clash.The Moratuwa wicket has a history of breaking up and the captains winning the toss put in the opposition on both occassions. As it turned out, the team batting first made little impression and surrendered meekly.Wayamba captain Jehan Mubarak’s decision to invite Basnahira South to bat first in the first semi-final proved a successful gamble as they bundled out the opposition for 117. Fast bowler Nuwan Zoysa, promoted as a pinch-hitter, top scored for Basnahira with a well-struck 41 off 29 balls, comprising eight fours. The rest of the batting succumbed to the pace of Chanaka Welegedara and Thissara Perera, who shared six wickets between them.Mahela Jayawardene, opening for Wayamba, raced to his third half-century of the tournament as they knocked off the required runs by the 14th over to win by nine wickets and qualify for their third consecutive final. Jayawardene, who scored 58 off 32 balls, also contributed while fielding with three good catches.The second semi-final almost followed the same pattern, as Ruhuna captain Upul Tharanga put in Kandurata and dismissed them for just 102. Ruhuna, powered by Sanath Jayasuriya’s rapid 35 off 19 balls, then raced to their target inside 10 overs to win by seven wickets. Jayasuriya was supported well by Dinesh Chandimal, who also finished on 35. Muttiah Muralitharan dismissed both batsmen, but Kandurata always found themselves short by at least 50 runs to make a contest of it.

Match abandoned without a ball bowled to dent teams’ qualification prospects

ECB Reporters Network13-Jun-2024Western Storm vs Thunder – no resultHeavy rain in Cardiff severely dented the prospects of either Western Storm or Thunder qualifying for the latter stages of the Charlotte Edwards Cup.Needing to win if they were to make up lost ground on those above them in the table, the two sides were frustrated by the elements that caused their showdown at Sophia Gardens to be abandoned without a ball being bowled.With no opportunity to remove the covers and Glamorgan and Hampshire Hawks scheduled to contest a Vitality Blast South Group fixture at 6.30pm, umpires Anna Harris and Ant Harris had no choice but to call the women’s game off at 3.25pm.Already trailing runaway leaders The Blaze and South East Stars by a considerable distance, Thunder remain in fifth place, with ground to make up on Southern Vipers and Central Sparks, who have a game in hand. Cast adrift at the wrong end of the table, Storm are effectively out of the running.Thunder will hope for better conditions when they return to action against Central Sparks at Edgbaston tomorrow, while Storm will attempt to secure only their second win of the campaign when they meet fellow strugglers Northern Diamonds at Headingley on Sunday.

Multan Sultans folded for 101 in the 168 chase, as Tabraiz Shamsi and Shoaib Malik grabbed three wickets each

Abhimanyu Bose26-Feb-2023Karachi Kings’ see-saw ride in this season’s PSL continued, as the pattern of tight finishes and rather one-sided wins alternated for the fourth match in a row. The latest addition in the list was when they thumped Multan Sultans by 66 runs on Sunday, just days after falling short by three runs against the same team.Kings had made three changes against table-toppers Sultans, as Tayyab Tahir, who came in for Haider Ali, scored an impressive half-century on PSL debut to help Kings to 167. Tabraiz Shamsi, replacing Imran Tahir in the side, then claimed three crucial middle-order wickets to help skittle Sultans out for a mere 101.Put in to bat James Vince got off to a rapid start for Kings. First over onwards, he took on Akeal Hosein and Anwar Ali – both of whom had come into Sultans’ XI – and had raced to 27 off 11 deliveries, before skying a catch to mid-on off Anwar in the fourth over.But Tayyab ensured that the wicket did not halt their momentum, flicking the first delivery he faced for a boundary through midwicket. He dominated a 109-run partnership with Matthew Wade, scoring quickly and keeping the pressure off the Australian, who struggled his way to 46 from 47 balls.Tayyab attacked the off side and leg side with equal ease, and hit eight fours as he brought up his half-century off 33 deliveries. With his fifty up in the 14th over, he hit Abbas Afridi for his only six in the next, but slowed down after that as Sultans bowled 31 deliveries without conceding a boundary.Tayyab was finally trapped lbw by Ihsanullah in the 17th over, by which time the runs had dried up for Kings. Ihsanullah also castled Wade in the penultimate over of the innings, but Imad’s finishing kick of 14 from six deliveries helped Kings finish strong.Sultans’ chase started with Shan Masood getting off to a rapid start – he finished with 25 from 16 balls – before an inside edge to wicketkeeper Wade off Akif Javed brought an end to his innings. But Masood’s opening partner Mohammad Rizwan, who had scored a dazzling century in the last meeting between the two teams, soldiered on even as Shoaib Malik and Shamsi dismissed Rilee Rossouw and David Miller, respectively.And soon after in the 11th over, Tayyab’s fantastic day continued when he took a superb diving catch at point off Rizwan’s leading edge to give Malik his second wicket. Shamsi then struck in each of his next two overs, castling Khushdil Shah and getting Usama Mir to hole out at long-off to finish with figures of 3 for 18 that earned him the Player-of-the-Match award.Sultans’ innings seemed to head towards a hurried conclusion, as Imad then removed Carlos Brathwaite and Hosein in the 15th over, before Akif Raja also claimed his second wicket when Anwar Ali sliced a catch to deep point.Malik then trapped Afridi lbw to seal victory for Kings, who although they earned two points, sat on the third spot in the points table only due to a better net run rate over both Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi, with all three sides on four points each.

Australian opener joins from Leicestershire on all-format, two-year deal

Matt Roller30-Sep-2021Gloucestershire have billed the signing of Marcus Harris, the Australian opener, as a “big statement of intent” after convincing him to join on an all-format, two-year contract as an overseas player.Harris, 29, spent the 2021 summer playing for Leicestershire in the County Championship and the Royal London Cup but turned down two improved offers from the club and said that the opportunity to play in the T20 Blast for Gloucestershire was a major factor in his decision-making.”The signing of Marcus Harris is a big statement of intent from the club,” Will Brown, their chief executive, said. “We are heading into next year off the back of a season in which we won more County Championship matches than any other county and the most in our history since 1998, but we want to be fighting for trophies.”Marcus is an ambitious player with a huge amount of talent and we are delighted that he has seen the vision of the club and wants to be a part of that over the next two years.”Leicestershire released a statement last week saying that Harris had “received and intends to accept a substantial offer from another county” and Sean Jarvis, their chief executive, stressed that the club “have to work within our budget and sustain our business in the appropriate way”.Harris made 655 Championship runs at 54.58 in 13 innings for Leicestershire and 232 runs in four Royal London Cup innings, but was not involved in their Blast campaign as the club opted to sign a T20 specialist in Josh Inglis – who finished as the competition’s leading run-scorer – instead. Harris last played T20 cricket in January 2020 and has limited pedigree in the format, though Gloucestershire cited his 2017-18 Big Bash, in which he was Melbourne Renegades’ leading run-scorer, as evidence that he was “capable of performing in the shortest format”.”I’m delighted to sign for Gloucestershire for the next two years at what is a really exciting time for the club,” Harris said. “I’ve heard nothing but great things about the club and I’m really looking forward to the opportunity.”The other aspect that attracted me to Bristol is the opportunity to play in the T20 Blast for the very first time. I’d also like to thank Leicestershire for giving me my first opportunity to play county cricket – I thoroughly enjoyed my time there and I wish them all the very best for next season.”Gloucestershire are in the process of recruiting a new performance director, head coach and club captain ahead of next season, with the first two positions expected to be filled in the coming weeks.

But offers her full support to her successor Sophie Devine

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Jul-2020Amy Satterthwaite has expressed disappointment at losing the New Zealand captaincy to Sophie Devine on her return from maternity leave. Satterthwaite took a break from cricket last August as she prepared to have her first child with her wife and team-mate Lea Tahuhu. In her absence, Devine led New Zealand at the T20 World Cup in Australia on a temporary basis, before being named permanent captain last week..”It was obviously disappointing not to retain the captaincy,” Satterthwaite said. “I really enjoyed the opportunity to do it last year, It’s always a real honour to lead your country.”However, Satterthwaite, who is now vice-captain having led New Zealand in 19 internationals, said that she had turned her attention towards returning to international cricket, and as a senior player, offered her full support to her successor Devine.”But I’ve got a different focus now in terms of getting back to being able to play cricket at the international level,” Satterthwaite said. “I’m really excited about the challenge that lies ahead. Looking forward as well to supporting Sophie (Devine), and I’ve always, I guess, been in and around the leadership group over the last few years, even when Suzie (Bates) was involved. So I think it doesn’t change in terms of offering that leadership, in that sense.”With Satterthwaite, Devine, and former captain Bates, New Zealand feel they are in good hands.”Yeah, absolutely, the three wise women, as we probably call ourselves,” Sattherthwaite said. “We’ve been around for a wee while now, and got a lot of experience. That’s sort of the beauty of the group we’ve got. People that we can lean on. I guess between the three of us, we’ve probably got different strengths that we can offer towards the group from a leadership point of view, that’s always a real asset, I think.”Satterthwaite added that she was “loving the challenge” of motherhood despite “those sleepless nights”, and was slowly beginning to strike a balance between her new responsibilities and training.”Loving it [motherhood]. It’s a big challenge, isn’t it?” Satterthwaite said. “But it’s been a lot of fun. Makes it worthwhile, those sleepless nights. That’s what brings a different challenge in trying to train as well. Starting to slowly learn the balance in trying to make that work.”Satterthwaite returned to training as both the women’s and men’s squads assembled for a four-day camp at New Zealand Cricket’s High Performance Centre in Lincoln for the first time since cricket came to a standstill in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic in March. While admitting that the conditions at this time of the year posed a unique challenge, Satterthwaite said that she was slowly getting back into the groove.”It’s nice to be back. Good to be back around the girls. The banter’s always good fun,” she said. “To get back to hitting balls, and feeling like I hadn’t left to a certain extent, but it’s always different to be back on grass too, it’s a different challenge.”Yeah, it’s been going pretty well. I think I sort of took my time to ease back into it, and not rush it too much, and I guess let the body adjust back. Adjustments been going pretty well so far, thankfully. I was a bit nervous, to be honest, to be hitting balls for the first time, but somewhere deep within there was that sort of muscle memory of being able to do it, and thankfully it’s been going alright, and dusting off the cobwebs.”Satterthwaite conceded that New Zealand had a few back-breaking months ahead of the 50-over world cup at home early next year, but saw it as a massive opportunity for this group of players.”Doesn’t get much bigger than having a world cup at home, does it? We’re really looking forward to that, and we’ve got a lot of hard work to do between now and then, and hopefully going ahead. But we’re really excited about what that opportunity offers us as a group.”

Wareham has been rewarded for an excellent first season in international cricket as she replaces fellow legspinner Amanda Jade-Wellington on the list

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Apr-2019Legspinner Georgia Wareham has been awarded her first full Cricket Australia contract for 2019-2020, which includes the Ashes and T20 World Cup, after playing a key role in the team’s success over the past season.Wareham took 2 for 11 in the T20 World Cup final against England having made her T20I debut against New Zealand in Sydney last September and over that period claimed 12 wickets in 11 T20Is.She made her ODI debut against Pakistan in Kuala Lumpur and claimed six wickets in six matches over the season including consistent returns in the Rose Bowl series against New Zealand.Wareham replaces fellow legspinner Amanda Jade-Wellington as the one change from 2018-19 contract list.”Overall there has been minimal change in the CA Contract list, which we believe is a good sign,” national selector Shawn Flegler said. “Georgia Wareham was upgraded onto the list during the season and has been rewarded with her first full contract”Amanda-Jade Wellington misses out on a contract after losing her spot in the side earlier in the season. Amanda-Jade is aware of what she needs to improve to put herself back in contention for selection and her first opportunity is through the NPS Program.”Wellington is joined in the National Performance Squad by Tayla Vlaeminck and Lauren Cheatle who played for Australia over the last season. Rachel Trenaman and Annabel Sutherland, who are both 17, will be part-time with the NPS while they continue at school.Players not included in the full contract list are able to earn upgrades during the season if they make international appearances as was the case with Wareham over the 2018-19 campaign.The 2019-2020 season will see Australia head to England for the Ashes series before defending their T20 World Cup title on home soil in the tournament which takes place next February and March. 2018-19 contract list Nicole Bolton, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy, Jessica Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Meg Lanning, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Elyse Villani, Georgia Wareham2018-19 NPS squad Lauren Cheatle, Maddy Darke, Josie Dooley, Nicole Faltum, Heather Graham, Alana King, Maitlan Brown, Tahlia McGrath, Annabel Sutherland, Rachel Trenaman, Belinda Vakarewa, Tayla Vlaeminck, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Tahlia Wilson

Nic Maddinson combined with Joe Denly for a rapid 108-run stand to ensure Sydney Sixers chased down 190 and secured their fourth successive win

The Report by Adam Collins23-Jan-2018
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsSydney Sixers finished their BBL campaign in fourth position after cleaning up their fourth successful run chase on the trot. With the fixtures yet to be played, there is no mathematical way the side will remain in contention for the playoffs, but they averted the train wreck they were on track for after losing their first six games.Hunting 190 for victory in a highly entertaining match, it was never in doubt for the hosts after Nic Maddinson got motoring in a punishing 108-run stand with Joe Denly, punctuated by the former collecting six boundaries from one James Faulkner over.Maddinson’s match-winning hand of 61 off 26 balls included two sixes that travelled more than 100 metres. English import Denly did the rest with an unbeaten 72, the Sixers home with 15 balls and five wickets to spare.Earlier, it looked like another player outside Australia’s 50-over team, Glenn Maxwell, would be winning headlines on the night when clobbering 84 off 47 balls. It wasn’t enough to earn the Stars a victory, but it was a timely reminder to the national coach Darren Lehmann in the commentary box that there are very few better in the white-ball world.Maxwell on a mission
Elevated to first drop in Kevin Pietersen’s absence, Maxwell issued a sign of what was to come by flicking Sean Abbott from off stump over square leg for six. Normal people can’t do that. Next ball, he popped him over cow corner. A pair of neat ramps off Carlos Brathwaite reinforced that the right-hander is more than muscle. Then, seemingly offended by part-timer Joe Denly’s introduction, he dismissed him over midwicket. The Victorian was flying the best way he knows how.It was only an exaggerated switch-hit off Nathan Lyon that slowed Maxwell, pinching a nerve in his neck. But soon enough, he was back slaying through cover before hoicking Ben Dwarshuis over the backward square rope to complete a 23-ball half-century.It didn’t end there. Somehow he made room to ping Johan Botha from outside leg stump behind point before locating the same boundary twice more off Abbott. Maxwell didn’t quite complete his mission, holing out off Brathwaite on 84, leaving a century on the shelf, but he had made it the Stars’ game to lose.A word for Rob Quiney, who played with equal freedom taking Moises Henriques down before striking Lyon gracefully twice down the ground for six. By the time the offspinner had him stumped, the Stars pair had put on 119 in 59 balls. That foundation was laid.Getty Images

Sixers fight back at the perfect time
With 150 on the board, six wickets in hand and five overs to come, the Stars were coasting to a 200-plus target. But the departure of the two set men changed the tone of the contest. Sure, 39 runs still came from the final five overs. But five overs also elapsed between the 14th and 19th over where a boundary wasn’t struck. Momentum, and all that.The Sixers won chasing in their final three fixtures and the window was now open for them on a true surface. Even if they would be one down with the bat after Jordan Silk had suffered a serious collarbone injury diving to save a boundary. From nowhere 30 minutes earlier, they were vaguely back in business.Maddinson powers on with a rare set
With dew in the air, the assessment of Maddinson was that the pitch was getting quick at the right time to take full advantage during the Sixers’ Powerplay. They suffered a setback when Daniel Hughes was caught magnificently by Evan Gulbis in the first over, but it didn’t dissuade the left-hander from going hard from the get-go. To begin, Daniel Worrall was plonked over his head and all the way by Maddinson. In the next over, Denly did likewise to the spin of Beer to get his night going. When Maddinson then pulled Worrall into the second tier of the grandstand, the party was well and truly started.But it was the fifth over that mattered most. Even in this inflated era of short-form scoring, it remains rare to see six boundaries in an over. Maddinson was in such good touch that he achieved that against the man adjudged Player of the World Cup just three years ago. Granted, the first of those did come from an edge, but the rest were controlled behind square and thrashed through cover. “Some of the best striking in BBL history” according to Ricky Ponting.Denly does the rest to finish his Sydney cameo in style
An inside edge was enough for Maddinson to raise his half-century in 22 balls, equalling his personal best. In this environment, 20-year-old left-arm wristspinner Liam Bowe never had a chance, and was pulverised for 21 from his first set. With the stand beyond 100 and the runs required to seven an over, it mattered little that Maddinson fell leg before with the score on 115 with fewer than seven an over now needed.Moises Henriques started aggressively, tucking into Bowe for another 15 runs from his second over. Denly’s 32-ball half-century looked sedate by comparison, but only went to show what a savvy acquisition he was for the Sixers to replace Jason Roy.