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Vikram Solanki has received three penalty points under the ECB’s discipline code, following an incident during Worcestershire’s drawn County Championship fixture against Sussex at Hove on May 25-27

Cricinfo staff03-Jun-2010Vikram Solanki has received three penalty points under the ECB’s discipline code, following an incident during Worcestershire’s drawn County Championship fixture against Sussex at Hove on May 25-27.Solanki was reported by Umpires David Millns and Nigel Llong for a Level Two breach of the code (throwing the ball at or near a player, umpire or official in an inappropriate and dangerous manner).The points he has received will remain on his record for a period of two years. The accumulation of nine or more penalty points in any two-year period will result in an automatic suspension.

Maurice Chambers again played a starring role as Essex handed out a 143-run
defeat to title-chasing Nottinghamshire at Chelmsford to claim only their second
championship victory of the summer

07-Jul-2010

ScorecardMaurice Chambers again played a starring role as Essex handed out a 143-run
defeat to title-chasing Nottinghamshire at Chelmsford to claim only their second
championship victory of the summer.Following a six-wicket haul in the first innings, he picked up 4 for 55 in
the second to end with match figures of 10 for 123.The 22-year-old fast bowler destroyed the top order before Notts, set a victory
target of 303, were bowled out for 159. Chambers’ early demolition of the innings paved the way for Pakistani
leg-spinner Danish Kaneria to heap more misery on the visitors as he picked up
four of the last five wickets.The only resistance of note was provided by Mark Wagh and Alistair Brown, who
shared in a fifth-wicket partnership of 53.That stand was broken when Chambers knocked out Wagh’s off stump following an
opening spell in which he got rid of Alex Hales, Samit Patel and Steven Mullaney
in a 28-ball spell costing 17 runs.Kaneria finished with 4 for 51, all his successes arriving during the course
of 22 deliveries costing 14, as Notts folded. Brown followed up his unbeaten 50 in the first innings with a robust 62, containing eight boundaries, before David Masters had him caught at wide third
man.Earlier, Essex advanced from an overnight 265 for 4 to 328 all out, Andre Adams and Charlie Shreck doing most of the damage as they picked up 4 for 57 and 4 for 81 respectively.It all added up to a great start for James Foster, who was captaining Essex for the first time in the championship in the wake of Mark Pettini’s resignation.”It was a great way to start and to come back the way we did was an incredible
effort, especially after we had lost half our side cheaply on the opening
morning,” he said.”After we had been bowled out cheaply in the first innings I told the lads
they needed to show character if we were to get back into the game and they
responded magnificently.”To restrict them to a slender lead was a fine effort and then we batted well
to get over 300 in the second innings. I regard Notts as one of the best sides in the Championship and our success will have set down a marker.”

Ed Joyce made his first hundred in one-day league cricket as Sussex Sharks improved their chances of defending their Clydesdale Bank 40 title with a crushing 159-run win over Worcestershire Royals at Hove

19-Jul-2010

ScorecardEd Joyce stroked 16 fours and a six during his 117•Getty Images

Ed Joyce made his first hundred in one-day league cricket as Sussex Sharks improved their chances of defending their Clydesdale Bank 40 title with a crushing 159-run win over Worcestershire Royals at Hove.The Irish left-hander’s 117 and a swashbuckling 95 from Luke Wright propelled the Sharks to 313 for 6 and it was way too much for the Royals who were dismissed for 154 and have now lost all six games in Group A.Sussex’s fourth win moved them to within a point of second placed Surrey Lions, although they have played a match more.Joyce looked in good touch from the start against an under-strength Worcestershire side who gave one-day debuts to England under-19 batsman Jack Manuel, wicketkeeper Ben Cox and slow left-armer Shaaiq Choudhry.He helped give Sussex an ideal platform with 76 in 12 overs with Chris Nash before adding 119 in 16.4 overs with Wright. Joyce timed the ball superbly throughout and reached his fourth one-day hundred for Sussex by slog-sweeping Choudhry for six.His innings ended disappointingly when he top-edged to short fine leg but it was a classy effort nonetheless containing 16 fours off 91 balls. Wright then took up the attack after reaching his half-century from a relatively sedate 53 balls with just three fours.When Sussex called their second four-over powerplay in the 31st over he hit six more boundaries and a straight six off Jack Shantry to move to 95 only to sky Shantry’s slower ball to long off when only the second one-day hundred of his career was in sight.Robin Martin-Jenkins, in his final game before he retires to take up a teaching job after 16 seasons and 459 matches, took Sussex past 300 with two sixes and he then bowled eight wicketless overs as the Royals lost wickets regularly in an increasingly forlorn run chase.James Kirtley took two wickets with successive balls in his third over including Royals’ skipper Vikram Solanki who lost his off stump in spectacular fashion shouldering arms after Manuel had mis-timed a drive to extra cover. Kirtley also removed Alex Kervezee while Daryl Mitchell and Moeen Ali were run out by direct hits from Joe Gatting and wicketkeeper Ben Brown respectively.Monty Panesar bowled superbly to pick up two wickets with his left-arm spin, conceding just 11 runs in his eight overs. Choudhry hit out breezily at the end to top score with 39 including seven fours but the outcome had long since been decided.

Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott hit unbeaten half centuries to guide England to an emphatic nine-wicket win in the second Test at Edgbaston to give them a 2-0 lead in the series

The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan09-Aug-2010
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsAndrew Strauss played a controlled innings to ensure England didn’t wobble in their run chase•Getty Images

Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott hit unbeaten half-centuries to guide England to an emphatic nine-wicket win in the second Test at Edgbaston to give them a 2-0 lead in the series. Both batsmen finished on 53 with the second-wicket pair making light work of a potentially testing surface as the hosts completed their sixth consecutive Test victory midway through the afternoon session.England did the hard work before lunch and when they resumed 47 were needed with the bite gone from Pakistan’s attack. Strauss went to his fifty from 108 balls then Trott brought up the same milestone, his second fifty of the match, with a powerful cover drive which levelled the scores. Strauss secured victory via a rather inglorious inside edge but he’ll be highly satisfied by another successful outing,The day began with thoughts of Pakistan continuing their resurgence from the third evening, but in the end it proved a stroll for England. The visitors had left themselves far too much ground to make up after crumbling for 72 on the opening day and they couldn’t create enough opportunities to defend the low target. Two more chances did go begging off Strauss, both to the hero of the previous day Zulqarnain Haider, although the first was very difficult and the second came with less than 50 needed.It took England just 11 balls to wrap up Pakistan’s innings as Stuart Broad, lighter in the wallet after his fine for throwing the ball at Haider yesterday, had Mohammad Asif taken in the gully. However, Pakistan managed the early breakthrough they desperately wanted when Cook’s poor run continued as his stumps were demolished by Mohammad Amir. Cook’s footwork was nowhere and he is becoming a serious concern, although with Ian Bell still injured and the England selectors not keen on major structural changes he is likely to have the remainder of the series to revive his season.Amir’s eight-over opening spell was another eye-catching display from the 18-year-old and he could easily have collected a second scalp as he beat the outside edges of Strauss and Trott. Saeed Ajmal was introduced for the eighth over and nearly followed Graeme Swann’s lead by striking straight away, but Haider couldn’t gather Strauss’s thick outside edge. It was a tough chance, but the type of opportunity that needed to stick if Pakistan were to stay in the contest.The pitch was also offering uneven bounce for both the spinner and the quicks. Trott was beaten by consecutive shooters outside off stump, while Strauss received a grubber from Ajmal that just missed the timber. However, the two batsmen displayed impressive watchfulness and rotated the strike well with regular quick singles.Boundaries were hard to come by, but both Strauss and Trott timed the ball nicely when the opportunity came. Trott produced the shot of the morning when he flicked Asif through midwicket, and he continues to develop into an increasingly reassuring figure at No. 3, while Strauss produced a sweet cover drive off Ajmal shortly before the break.Much had been expected of Ajmal after his five-wicket haul in the first innings, but he wasn’t able to provide the same threat as Swann. He couldn’t quite find the right pace for the surface to extract the optimal turn and, tellingly, couldn’t send down a maiden until his tenth over. Once again England proved far too strong for inexperienced opposition and Pakistan will have to show more of their second-innings spirit to avoid a whitewash.

New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder has said that he feared for his career while New Zealand Cricket was investigating his latest incident of misconduct

Cricinfo staff08-Aug-2010New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder has said that he feared for his career while New Zealand Cricket was investigating his latest incident of misconduct – “intoxicated and rowdy” behaviour at a hotel during an indoor cricket tournament in the first week of July. NZC fined Ryder but warned that another incident, in addition to several in the past, would have more serious consequences.”It went on for quite a while as New Zealand Cricket was investigating what actually happened,” Ryder told . “I was actually thinking that this could have been it for me. But luckily they’ve given me one last chance.”Now I know that I have to keep my head down, keep training hard and force my way back in the side. This is pretty much a wakeup call for me. I just have to stay home now and try and stay away from all the off-field distractions so I don’t get in trouble out in public. I’m pretty desperate to stay on the right track and be a Black Cap [New Zealand player].”Ryder said he had apologised to the hotel for his behaviour after a noise complaint was lodged with the board but Geoff Allott, NZC’s general manger of cricket, said the matter was viewed “very seriously”.”The simple answer is that if the same thing happened again in the same circumstances, then yes [his contract would be in danger],” Allott said. “Circumstances, I would say, have to be considered but if something similar happened again, Jesse knows the consequences. He has got some extra parameters outside the other 19 contracted players and he’s accepted that. There’s some clarity now around instances, particularly involving alcohol and that’s important.”Heath Mills, the head of the New Zealand players’ association, said NZC was doing what it could to back Ryder. “They are remaining relatively firm but aren’t going to support any further instance of alcohol-related misconduct. If that happens again, their support will not be what it has been. The one person who suffers the most here is Jesse. It means fewer opportunities for him to score runs, take wickets or earn income.”The shame of it is Jesse has been making some genuine gains, training hard and getting fitter. He just has to be responsible for his actions. The trouble is those who hang out with him also need to take some responsibility and reflect on their roles in his life.”The most serious of Ryder’s indiscretions came in 2008 when he put his right hand through a glass window during a late-night session at a Christchurch bar. Early last year he gave up alcohol after another incident. Ryder is presently out of the New Zealand side because of fitness reasons and will miss the tri-series in Sri Lanka, though he is expected to be fit for the tour of Bangladesh that follows.

Ben Harmison just failed to record what would have been only his second Championship century as Durham settled for a draw against Essex at Chelmsford

10-Sep-2010
ScorecardBen Harmison just failed to record what would have been only his second Championship century as Durham settled for a draw against Essex at Chelmsford. He followed up his 66 in the first innings with 96 as the visitors finished on 234 for 6 after resuming the final day in pursuit of a victory target of 459.It was one they never attempted and for quite a while defeat stared them in the face. From an overnight 31 for 1, they lost another three wickets before the total advanced into three figures, two of them through gross errors of judgment, as Dale Benkenstein and Michael Di Venuto were both bowled shouldering arms.Benkenstein committed his error against off-spinner Tom Westley while Di Venuto gifted his wicket to paceman Chris Wright after scoring 58, which included eight boundaries.
When Ian Blackwell became an lbw victim of Westley with the total on 43, Essex looked firm favourites to claim only their third County Championship win of the season in their last game before dropping into the second division.But Harmison, with fine support from Phil Mustard, were to deny them with a stand of 91 in 38 overs before both teams called it a day. Harmison’s first fifty took him 142 deliveries but he was able to accelerate late on as Alastair Cook, with his gentle off-spin, and Westley concentrated mainly on getting through their overs as quickly as possible to ensure Essex were not penalised for a slow over-rate.But Harmison’s hopes of adding to the century he took off the Warwickshire attack three years ago ended when Cook tossed the ball up and he despatched it into the hands of Tony Palladino at long-on. His 96, spanning 197 deliveries, contained 14 fours, and his dismissal resulted in the players shaking hands to signal the end of the game.It was somewhat surprising as an hour still remained, but Essex were no doubt more concerned about setting off to Taunton as quickly as possible for tomorrow’s Clydesdale Bank 40 semi-final against Somerset. Mustard’s vigil brought him 24 from 103 deliveries as Durham emerged with six points.Essex picked up eight points but they were not enough to prevent them finishing bottom of the table.

The BCCI has approved the Indian team management’s request to send a group of Test players early to South Africa to get “acclimatised” to the conditions

Nagraj Gollapudi21-Oct-2010The BCCI has approved the Indian team management’s request to send a group of Test players early to South Africa to get “acclimatised” to the conditions and make up for the absence of practice games before the three-Test series that begins on December 16. It is not yet clear who the concerned players are and how many will be part of the group which is expected to depart immediately after the third Test against New Zealand on November 24. India and New Zealand play a five-match ODI series that concludes on December 10, six days prior to the first Test in Centurion.Ratnakar Shetty, the BCCI’s chief administrative officer, confirmed the development, stating the request had come from coach Gary Kirsten. “The plan now is to send some of the Test players early. The team management and the coach expressed the desire that there is a need for acclimatisation in South Africa,” Shetty said. In his discussions with the board, Kirsten had emphasised the importance of early preparation and had pointed out India’s 1-2 series defeat on their last trip to South Africa in 2006-07. Back then, India were ranked No. 4 on the Test ladder. However, this time, India go into the series at No.1, a ranking they’ve held on to since beating Sri Lanka in December 2009.The board’s nod is a small victory for Kirsten, who has been busy putting a structure in place as part of his plans for the future. It is understood that as early as February this year Kirsten asked the BCCI to consider rescheduling the home series against New Zealand. He wanted to cull the three-Test series to two. This would have served the dual purpose of giving rest to the core group of seven to eight players and providing them ample time to recover to get an early feel of South African conditions. But the board’s response was not favourable at first.However, immediately after the Sri Lanka series in August this year, Kirsten was informed that a few Test players could leave for South Africa early. Kirsten then sent an email – a copy of which is available with ESPNcricinfo – to this team management. “There is no change to NZ schedule and we will play last ODI on the 10th Dec,” the e-mail read. “It has however been agreed to get as many Test players as possible to South Africa early and we will rotate players during ODI series against NZ.”For the ongoing ODI series against Australia, at least five first-choice players were rested in order to keep them fresh for the Test series. Shetty mentioned that the same exercise would be repeated in the five-match ODI series against New Zealand. He said his was part of the drill to keep the Indian team in the perfect shape for the World Cup.”The process has started already. Except MS Dhoni, no senior player is there in the present ODI team (for the Australia series). Despite that our team performed really well yesterday. I hope this will work because this is one way the team management is working out a plan towards the World Cup,” Shetty said. At the same time, he said, it was an opportunity for youngsters to excel and make a point in the lead-up to the World Cup.Dhoni had recently echoed these sentiments. India play 12 more ODIs before the World Cup, hosted jointly by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, gets underway in February next year, and Dhoni wanted to make sure his first-choice players aren’t hampered by fatigue or injury.
“In last few series, we have not played with our strongest side and rested most players. Maybe injuries were a bit more concern, we are a bit cautious,” said Dhoni. “We don’t want our big players to get injured before a tournament especially when it’s happening in India. Hopeful everyone will get fit for World Cup.”

MS Dhoni, the India captain, has reiterated his stance that the standard of on-field umpiring needed to be improved

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Nov-2010MS Dhoni, the India captain, has reiterated his stance that the standard of on-field umpiring needed to be improved instead of relying on the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) to eradicate errors. Dhoni spoke strongly on the issue on the eve of the second Test against New Zealand in Hyderabad, saying if the quality of umpiring continued to be poor in the future, India could be forced into accepting the system.”The way it’s going, if they keep on committing the kind of mistakes they are making, whether we are willing or not willing, we’ll have to go with the review system,” Dhoni said. “At the same time there should be strong measures to improve the standard of umpiring.”The Indians were on the receiving end of two umpiring errors on the final day of the Ahmedabad Test. VVS Laxman and Zaheer Khan were both adjudged lbw off successive deliveries by umpire Steve Davis, who failed to detect the inside edges on to pad. While Laxman’s was a sizeable nick, Zaheer’s was harder to detect, and both batsmen were visibly dismayed at their dismissals. Had the UDRS been in place, they could have asked for a review and been able to continue batting.Dhoni, however, doesn’t see it that way. To him the UDRS shouldn’t be a substitute for improving the quality of umpiring since he and others in the team, like Sachin Tendulkar, are of the opinion that the technology used isn’t foolproof.”You have two umpires who are supposed to take good decisions on the field. If you see Laxman’s decision [in Ahmedabad], I don’t know what to say exactly about it,” Dhoni said. “We need to improve the standard of umpiring. The umpires have too much pressure about the over-rate, the players’ behaviour on the field, the logos and everything apart from giving decisions – that’s the most important part.Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh apart, the other Indian players who have voiced their opinions about the UDRS are not in favour of the system since it was first used during the tour of Sri Lanka in 2008. They struggled with their referrals, getting only one of them right, while Sri Lanka successfully challenged 11 decisions.Since then the UDRS has been used in Australia, South Africa, England, New Zealand and West Indies and has found favour with several captains and players. The Indians and the BCCI, however, are firmly opposed to the system, even though the ICC have approved its use in principle during the 2011 World Cup.

Steven Finn, who is not part of England’s one-day set-up in Australia, has been named in the England Lions squad for the tour of the West Indies in January 2011

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Dec-2010Steven Finn has been named in the England Lions squad for the tour of the West Indies in January 2011 where they will play in the first-class competition. Ravi Bopara, who was dropped from the limited-overs squad that played against Pakistan in September, also returns to Lions duty.All those currently involved with the England Performance Programme in Australia having secured a place in the Lions touring party and are joined by Bopara, Adil Rashid, the Yorkshire legspinner and Glamorgan paceman James Harris. Chris Woakes, who has been included for the one-dayers in Australia in place of the injured Stuart Broad, will replace Finn halfway through the tour and the squad will be captained by James Hildreth.Finn, 21, has not yet come into the reckoning for a place in England’s one-day squad and was left out of the 17-man group to face Australia next month, but Bopara’s inclusion seems to put paid to the possibility that he might force his way into the side for the World Cup, which takes place from February 19 to April 2. The same may be true for Kieswetter, who is part of England’s squad for two Twenty20s against Australia on January 12 and 14, but has lost his place in the one-day team to Steve Davies.The team will be participating in WICB’s first-class regional tournament against each of the other seven competing teams – Barbados, Combined Campuses and Colleges, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago and Windward Islands. The squad will depart for the Caribbean on January 24 and return to the UK on March 28 to prepare for the domestic season.”The tour of the West Indies gives those players who have been working hard throughout the first part of the winter an opportunity to test themselves in a competitive environment and to continue to put forward a case for inclusion in England squads over the summer,” said England national selector Geoff Miller.”The England Performance Programme and England Lions tours are often crucial stages in a player’s development and offer coaches and selectors an insight into whether players have the potential to develop into world class cricketers and thrive on the international stage. This is a balanced squad combining players who have had considerable exposure to international and first-class cricket with younger players who have already shown considerable promise.”England Lions squad James Hildreth (capt), Jimmy Adams, Jonny Bairstow, Ravi Bopara, Danny Briggs, Maurice Chambers, Jade Dernbach, Steve Finn (first half of tour only), Andrew Gale, James Harris, Craig Kieswetter (wk), Adam Lyth, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes, James Taylor, Chris Woakes (second half of tour only)

Round-up of the second day of the fifth round of the Ranji Trophy Super League

ESPNcricinfo staff02-Dec-2010

Group B

Ajinkya Rahane got his second hundred of the season as Mumbai piled on 544 in the first innings against Gujarat in Valsad•Sivaraman Kitta/K Sivaraman

Haryana have the edge over table-toppers Uttar Pradesh, despite UP seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s six-for, at the end of the second day at the Mohan Meakins Cricket Stadium in Ghaziabad. Haryana took the advantage on day one with a Dhruv Singh hat-trick helping bowl UP out for 167. Kumar’s six wickets then made sure Haryana collapsed from 212 for 4 to 272 all out, but they still had a 105-run lead and they took a firm grip of the game by reducing UP to 68 for 3 by stumps. Openers Nitin Saini and Rahul Dewan had given Haryana the perfect start, both reaching half-centuries in their 109-run opening stand. But none of Haryana’s last seven batsmen got past 20.Karnataka allrounder Stuart Binny continued to have a productive match in Dharmasala, dismissing three of Himachal Pradesh’s top four to help bowl them out for 199 on the second day. Binny’s century had ensured Karnataka reach 254 on Wednesday, and he may have to produce some runs again as the visitors threw away some of the advantage by losing four early wickets to finish the second day at 73 for 4. Himachal seamer Mohinderraj Sharma, who took five wickets in Karnataka’s first innings, struck twice as Karnataka were tottering at 33 for 4 before Manish Pandey and Amit Verma took them through to stumps. Binny and left-arm seamer Sreenath Aravind, who took 4 for 50, had given Karnataka the advantage, but with the lead now 128 with six wickets in hand, the match could still go either way.Centuries by Uday Kaul and captain Pankaj Dharmani took Punjab to 550 before they declared against Orissa at the East Coast Railway Sports Association in Bhubaneswar. Orissa had to wait 49 overs before they took their first wicket of the day, as Kaul and Dharmani stitched together a 202-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Orissa survived the eight-over spell Punjab made them face at the end of the day but still have another 375 runs to get just to avoid the follow-on.

Group A

Form Guide

Tracking ESPNcricinfo’s players to watch this season
Jaidev Unadkat: Took four wickets for 82 for Saurashtra against Railways in the first innings
Umesh Yadav: Finished with first-innings figures of 3 for 55 against Services
Ajinkya Rahane: Continued his good form this season, making 129 against Gujarat in Mumbai’s first innings
Piyush Chawla: Top-scored for Uttar Pradesh against Haryana with 49, and grabbed 3 for 86 in the first innings
Rohit Sharma: He did his cause no harm, making an unbeaten 59 in Mumbai’s first innings against Gujarat

Allrounder Sanjay Bangar’s century took Railways to 415 before Saurashtra reduced the deficit by 107 for the loss of one wicket on the second day at the Khandheri Cricket Stadium in Rajkot. Saurashtra had the better of the early exchanges reducing Rajasthan to 325 for 9 after they had started the day on 233 for 4. But wicketkeeper Mahesh Rawat, who got 67, and left-arm spinner Nileshkumar Chauhan put on 90 runs for the last wicket to give Railways a strong total. Jaidev Unadkat, who is in the squad for India’s tour of South Africa, took 4 for 83 for Saurashtra and then opener Sagar Jogiyani scored 58 not out to get Saurashtra back into the match.Centuries by their captain Wasim Jaffer and Ajinkya Rahane took Mumbai to a big total against Gujarat at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Valsad. Starting the day on 282 for 2, Mumbai scored at 5.34 runs an over on the second day, taking just 49 overs before declaring on 544 for 3. Rahane got 126, while Jaffer pushed on to 165 not out and Rohit Sharma chipped in with 58 off 75. Jaffer’s knock took him to the top of the season’s run charts. Mumbai fast bowler Dhawal Kulkarni and part-time seamer Abhishek Nayar chipped in with a wicket each to reduce to Gujarat to 121 for 2 by stumps. Mumbai are top of the Group A table, but have drawn three of their games, and have twice refused to enforce the follow-on in previous games. It will be interesting to see what Jaffer decides if Gujarat don’t get past the follow-on mark on Friday.Delhi held the edge in their contest against Assam at the Roshanara Club Ground. At 332 for 5 overnight, they extended their first-innings total to 472, thanks to a quickfire 76 from left-arm seamer Pradeep Sangwan, who smashed 14 fours and a six. Centurion Mithun Manhas was the first wicket to fall on the day, out for 124 and Mayank Tehlan followed in the same over for 83, before Sangwan’s fireworks. Delhi then got an early wicket as seamer Pawan Suyal had opener Sibsankar Roy caught behind. After a 95-run partnership for the second wicket between Dheeraj Jadhav and Sridharan Sriram, Delhi finished the day positively, with seamer Sumit Narwal bowling Sriram for 44 to leave Assam at 118 for 2, still 354 runs behind Delhi’s total.Sourav Ganguly is still cooling his heels as the first two days of Bengal’s match against Tamil Nadu at the India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground in Chennai have been completely washed out.