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The BCB will shift Pakistan’s 2015 tour of Bangladesh to the second week of April, instead of January

Mohammad Isam22-Apr-2014The BCB is likely to push Pakistan’s 2015 tour of Bangladesh to the second week of April, instead of January. Bangladesh, in the meantime, are set to train in Australia for two extra weeks before the World Cup in a bid to acclimatize to conditions where they last played in January 2010.Though the BCB’s cricket operations committee headed a meeting on the scheduling of international and domestic cricket for the next 12 months on Tuesday, an official confirmation will only come after approval in the board meeting.Bangladesh are currently expecting a three-match ODI series against India in mid-June, after which their next international assignments include a tour of West Indies in August-September, a possible tri-series in October involving Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, and up to three Tests against Zimbabwe in November-December.The Tests will be followed by the World Cup in February-March and home series against Pakistan, India and South Africa till July.”[The training camp in Australia] is almost confirmed,” Akram Khan, the chairman of BCB’s cricket operations committee, said. “We still haven’t decided the dates but we are trying to do a camp as the condition there is different from Bangladesh. If the cricketers can play a few one-day matches there during this camp, it can only benefit them.”The Pakistan tour will be held in April next year while India will come in June, and South Africa in July.”To keep the second string players busy, the BCB is trying to host an A team in July or August this year. This will be in addition to Bangladesh A’s tour of West Indies next month, and a home series against Zimbabwe in June.

India allrounder Irfan Pathan has hit back at criticism suggesting he has prioritised Twenty20 cricket over the first-class format, and said he was targeting playing a full Ranji Trophy season to boost his case for a comeback

ESPNcricinfo staff12-Sep-2014India allrounder Irfan Pathan has hit back at criticism suggesting he has prioritised Twenty20 cricket over the first-class format, and said he was targeting playing a full domestic season to boost his case for a comeback to the India side. The allrounder last played for India in the 2012 World T20 and has since struggled with injuries. In the last two domestic seasons, Irfan has played just five first-class games, including four in the Ranji Trophy, but has played more matches in the limited-overs tournaments.Irfan last bowled in the first-class format during the 2012-13 season, in which he sent down 44 overs during a Ranji Trophy match and an India A game against an England XI. During the 2013-14 season, he played three matches for Baroda only as a batsman. In T20s across the same period, Irfan bowled more than 100 overs and played in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the IPL, for Delhi Daredevils and Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013 and 2014 respectively.”When anyone questions my credentials in the team, it really hurts but I don’t think too much about it. When people talk about not playing the last two domestic seasons, they don’t talk about me playing as a batsman for half of the Ranji season even when the physio had told me to wait,” Irfan told ESPNcricinfo after the launch of Cricket Academy of Pathans, a forum created with brother Yusuf, that aims at conducting short-term training modules for budding cricketers.”The physio had told me I couldn’t do any harm if I played as a batsman. I could have easily taken that away and sat out. But I thought it was my duty to serve Baroda cricket, and [for] half of the season I played as a batsman when I could have easily said ‘Let me get fully fit and I would wait and play only as a bowling allrounder’. Besides, I played one-day cricket and the Mushtaq Ali Trophy as well. People in Baroda cricket and those who know me know well that just before the Mushtaq Ali Trophy I had typhoid. And I hadn’t recovered fully.”I want to make sure that those kind of questions don’t arise. People don’t talk about it which is very unfortunate. You know what you are doing, you believe in God and you know you are honest. So eventually, I keep working hard towards playing for country again which I will do very soon. Let people talk what they want to talk.”Irfan was confident about an India comeback and said that the larger goal for him was to get fitter and better by playing more games.”Yes, the World Cup is in mind. But at the same time I need to be realistic, making sure to play as many Ranji Trophy matches and a full domestic season,” Irfan said.”Once I do that, as a bowler you know that the more matches he plays the better he gets, the fitter he gets. His bowling gets to the level which he wants. I also want to do the same by playing as many matches as many possible. And then there is an aim of playing for India. That may happen either before the World Cup or after it. But that’s gonna happen for sure.”Irfan had been picked in India’s squad for the Champions Trophy in England last year but did not get a game. He was a part of the squad for the tri-series in West Indies but was ruled out due to a hamstring injury. He then suffered a rib injury that sidelined him for the early part of last season’s Ranji Trophy.

Retiring an iconic player's shirt number is quite common practice Italy, but not so much Spain – and Goal has rounded up the most memorable instances

GettyBobby Moore | West Ham | #8The West Ham legend had his number at the London side retired, having captained the club for 10 years. Moore was also captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup and is widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all-time.AdvertisementGetty ImagesAC Milan | Paolo Maldini | #3Technically, the shirt isn't retired. AC Milan made the decision to retire the number following the Italy legend's final game, but Maldini has allowed for his sons to inherit the number three should either of them play for the club.Getty ImagesEmiliano Sala | Nantes | #9The Argentine had his shirt number at Ligue 1 side Nantes retired after he died tragically in a plane crash in January 2019.ENJOYED THIS STORY?

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Getty ImagesDiego Maradona | Napoli | #10The Argentina icon is one of the greatest footballers to have ever graced the pitch, and had a glittering seven-year career at Napoli where he won numerous titles and awards.

Rohit Sharma has said he hopes to pick up the skills of consistent cricket from Michael Hussey, who will be joining Mumbai Indians for IPL 2014

ESPNcricinfo staff12-Apr-2014Rohit Sharma has said he hopes to pick up the skills of consistent cricket from Michael Hussey, who will be joining Mumbai Indians for IPL 2014. Hussey was not retained by his previous franchise, Chennai Super Kings, and was bought by the defending IPL champions for Rs 5 crores ($833,000 approx) in the auction in February.Hussey’s inclusion is expected to strengthen Mumbai’s top order that is missing Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith from last season. The bowling is also missing Mitchell Johnson, who was one of the leading wicket-takers in their title win, but Rohit said that the presence of Zaheer Khan was a boost.”Except Mitchell Johnson and Dwayne Smith, we have pretty much the same side,” he told the . “We wanted to buy Johnson and used the joker card too but sadly it couldn’t happen. However, the core players still remain the same; plus, we have Michael Hussey and Zaheer Khan, who bring a lot of experience. So picking the right combination will be important for us. On a personal note, I’m looking forward to learn from Hussey how he manages to be so consistent.”Rohit, who took over as captain from Ricky Ponting midway last season, said the leadership role had given him confidence that he carried forward into international cricket. He also stressed that the biggest test for most teams this season would not be the new conditions in UAE, but finding a team spirit right away due to the formation of new squads.”More than the playing conditions, what will be the key for most of the teams is how quickly every player gels with the other,” he said. “After the auction, the teams have many new members and it will be a challenge for them to perform as a group. If the atmosphere in the dressing room is friendly and positive, then it is reflected on the field. Right combinations will be the key to success. These will be challenging two months ahead.”

David Warner inspired Sunrisers Hyderabad to a challenging total, but a Kieron Pollard blitz threatened to overhaul it but 20 off the final over proved a challenge too far

The Report by Alagappan Muthu30-Apr-2014
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Mumbai need to sort their batting order

Sunrisers Hyderabad gritted their teeth nearly 10 overs without a boundary. David Warner was muzzled so profoundly that he was striking under 100 as late as the 15th over. But then he woke up. He used the slow start as a foundation and collected a half-century that proved the difference. But his patience might have been a mere footnote had Irfan Pathan not delivered a brilliant final over. He had 20 to defend and the first ball of sneaked through Kieron Pollard’s defences and seeing the back of a man who hit 78 off 48 balls is usually enough to seal the game, and it was. Pathan only gave away four runs.Mumbai Indians were flummoxed by the pace and swing of Dale Steyn and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The asking rate rose north of 10 in the 5th over and at 31 for 3, recovery seemed a remote possibility. Only no one had bothered to clue Pollard in. After a jittery start, he remembered his penchant for brutality. Amit Mishra, a far cry from the one that turned up for India in the World T20, was razed for 27 in the 17th over. Rohit Sharma, who was confident today was the game Mumbai would pull off their much-needed turnaround, began contemplating an improbable victory. But much to the birthday boy’s chagrin, his side just ran out of juice.Sunrisers were conscious of their batsmen needing to provide better cover to their bowlers, and opted for Naman Ojha and Irfan to add depth. Ojha smashed the final two balls of the innings for fours and Irfan shouldered the burden of bowling the 16th and the 20th overs with consummate proficiency. Slower balls, yorkers and a refusal to hand width highlighted his two-over spell which ensured Steyn’s fearsome bursts and Bhuvneshwar’s control were not in vain.In between though, Mishra braced against a clobbering at the hands of Pollard. The 13th over was biffed for 19 runs and signalled the first challenge from Mumbai. A daunting 87 off 42 was being chipped away. It didn’t seem to matter whether Mishra gave the ball air or fired it in, Pollard revved up and mauled five of his six sixes off the legspinner, who ended with 0 for 54. At the other end, Ambati Rayudu ensured he wasn’t lost in the slipstream during a 77-run stand for the fourth wicket. The equation was diluted to 31 off the final three overs, but that was when Sunrisers dug deep. Steyn, as ever, delivered when it mattered, ceding only four runs in the 18th, and Bhuvneshwar just seven in the next, to put Sunrisers ahead going into Irfan’s final over.Sunrisers’ batting resources were lumped too tightly at the top and an early wicket prompted a change of tactic. KL Rahul’s technical correctness was banked on to minimise the damage. Mumbai were adamant on not giving the batsmen any room and their fielders were no shy of hurtling after the ball if it was anywhere near their vicinity. They were desperate.Rahul blunted the challenge, placing faith in his footwork against spin and nudges around the ground to keep the scoreboard ticking. He knew Warner was better equipped to lead the charge.Harbhajan Singh did his best to plant doubts, constantly foiling Warner’s attempts to blaze away in the early goings with a remarkable control of flight and line. Warner fronted 16 balls from the offspinner and could summon only nine runs. But as the death overs came, Warner found his touch. Batting both right- and left-handed, he inspired Sunrisers to crash 73 in the last six overs.Pragyan Ojha was carted repeatedly over midwicket and the partnership with Rahul blossomed to 101 – Sunrisers’ second hundred-plus stand of the season and that was the partnership that forced Mumbai into a position of having to win almost all of their matches in the India leg to progress in the tournament.

Karun Nair’s breakthrough season became even more luminous with his third successive century to guide Karnataka to a substantial lead

The Report by Siddarth Ravindran20-Jan-2014
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Karun Nair’s century topped off a day of solid partnerships for Karnataka as they took the lead•ESPNcricinfo LtdOn Sunday evening, Punjab’s trio of quicks had the ball swerving around and handcuffed Karnataka’s usually adventurous batsmen. They struggled to pose similar threat on Monday, as Karnataka took charge of the game, leaving Punjab needing something special to progress to the final.Karun Nair’s breakthrough season became even more luminous with his third successive century to lead a day of substantial partnerships. Not once did Punjab strike twice quickly as Karnataka put on stands on 71, 64, 83 and an unbroken 110, again showcasing the team effort that has underlined their run to the semifinals.The day began with Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey, Karnataka’s two senior-most batsmen, needing to lay the platform for a lengthy batting line-up to build on. Barely 10 minutes after the start, the 24-over-old ball was replaced as one side was frayed and the replacement ball didn’t jag around as much. The pair played the pace bowlers confidently on a pitch that had few demons in it, and after the first few overs they started to reel off boundaries.It was the spin of Harbhajan Singh that caused them problems. Harbhajan nearly had Uthappa dismissed in his first full over of the day, but the umpire failed to spot that a catch to short leg came off the glove. much to the bowler’s chagrin. Harbhajan didn’t have to wait long though, as in the first ball of the next over he trapped Uthappa lbw.There were other decisions which went against Punjab as well, and they cost the team plenty. Pandey was lbw off Harbhajan on 48 but lived on, and a struggling Amit Verma was clearly lbw on 6 but wasn’t given. All three decisions were made by umpire Subrat Das, who seems to be a batsman’s umpire, having turned down two certain lbws when Karnataka were bowling yesterday.Pandey played a few loose shots, but with a stylish innings he blunted Punjab’s bowling in the morning session. He kicked off a run-spree with an audacious front-foot pull, and despite losing Uthappa, Karnataka were well on top as the session drew to a close. In the final over before the break, though, Punjab were back in it as Pandey tickled a Sandeep Sharma delivery to the keeper.At 158 for 4, it was still even but CM Gautam put Karnataka back on top with a typically enterprising innings. Nair was more cautious, but Gautam again showed off how good he is on the sweep – both conventional and reverse – to tackle Harbhajan. As the shots flowed, he scored at nearly a run-a-ball to eat into Punjab’s lead. By the time he was dismissed by Harbhajan for a 54-ball 48, Karnataka were only 29 behind.Nair could have been run-out on 1 itself, just getting home before the stumps were broken. He was also troubled by a short ball from Jaskaran Singh, but he showcased a solid defensive technique and cleverly picked off boundaries at the vacant third-man region. When Gautam was scoring freely, he too joined in, as Punjab had to turn to weak links like Taruwar Kohli’s medium-pace.The only sustained period of pressure came when Verma, playing his first game of the season, looked like a walking wicket early on, beaten plenty of times as he staggered to 6 off 59 deliveries – including an outside edge for four to third man. The arrival of the new ball though changed his approach, as he stroked five boundaries in eight balls and began to looked far more composed.Nair cashed in as Punjab’s back-up bowlers posed little threat and towards the end of the day, after Karnataka had taken the lead and the home side seemed to be going through the motions. The partnership between Nair and Verma swelled past a hundred, and Punjab rarely looked like taking a wicket as their final chances began fading.

David Saker, the England bowling coach, has admitted his job could be in jeopardy as a result of England’s wretched performance in Australia.

George Dobell23-Jan-2014David Saker, the England bowling coach, has admitted his job could be in jeopardy as a result of England’s wretched performance in Australia.Saker, who signed a new three-year contract in October, accepted he had to take some responsibility for the disappointing form of fast bowler Steven Finn and for the failure of the bowlers to close out the ODI in Brisbane where James Faulkner thrashed Australia to a miraculous victory.”I’ll be the first to say that anyone on this tour should be worried about their job,” Saker said. “We haven’t performed well enough unfortunately and we’re in the business of winning games of cricket. This has been a poor performance from everyone involved.”I’ve had pretty much a fairy tale run until this tour and it has been a reality check for me. It is something that everyone in our group has to think about. I’m sure they will review everyone’s position and if they see fit to change me, well that is their position, but I’m very much committed to trying to change things around.”The performance of Finn has caused particular debate. 18-months or so ago, it appeared England had unearthed a bowler of impressive pace and hostility who would serve them well for several years. But, under the guidance of the England coaching set-up, Finn has lost pace, control and confidence to such a degree that he was recently deemed “not selectable” by England’s limited-overs coach, Ashley Giles, and sent home early from the tour for a complete break from the game. It meant Finn had not played a single international game on the tour.”It’s disappointing,” Saker said. “And I take quite a bit of responsibility because my job is to get him playing well for England and that hasn’t worked the way we would have liked.Buttler calls for England confidence

Jos Buttler, the England wicketkeeper, said England must remain confident in their ability as they attempt to stave off a 10th straight defeat in Perth.
Another loss for England in the fourth ODI would see them equal their worst losing run – set in 1993 and matched in 2001 – and Buttler said England needed to play positively to avoid it.
“One day cricket is a tough game to play when your confidence is knocked,” Buttler said. “You need to play with a free open mind and that’s something we need to do. We can’t worry about consequences – if you want to play certain shots you can’t worry about getting out. We need to take that mentality and real positive enforcement.
“Everyone is feeling refreshed and we’ve got to play with confidence. It’s a very tough thing to do when you’re losing games, to not worry about outcomes of getting out or these kinds of things. It’s something we all have to do, to lose that worry, and know what good players we are and be confident in that.
Test selection and the upcoming World T20 are potential targets for Buttler but he is focussed on ensuring England do not leave Australia without a victory.
“If you perform well, the right sort of things happen as a result of that,” Buttler said. “Everyone wants to win a game – no one wants to leave Australia having not won a game of cricket. Personal pride for every player, including myself, comes from knowing you’re putting in those performances and the right things can come from that.
“We talked about remaining tight as a group. Sydney was a very disappointing performance; we should have been there at 1-1 but we missed the chance to win the game at Brisbane. We’ve got to try and move on from that. We’ve had a couple of good days and everyone is feeling refreshed and looking to get back into it.”

“We’ve tried different things; he has worked extremely hard in the nets, as he always does. Some weeks we moved a long way forward and some weeks we moved a long way backwards. That was pretty much the story of the whole trip.”We always want bowlers to be accurate and dry up runs but more than anything we just want him to run in and bowl the way he did when he first broke into the side.”We’ve tried to tinker with certain things but we don’t do any major overhauls of actions. We did shorten his run up in New Zealand and it did work quite well but he didn’t feel comfortable with it and he went back to his long run. That was his decision.”We keep working on different things but at the end of the day he has to decide what he wants. He has to sift through advice and see what is best for him. I’m sure he will bounce back and I’m sure it will be quickly. We want him to get better and are all trying to help him. You’ve got to trust your action and I don’t think he trusts it. Our job is to make sure he gets an action he trusts.”But Finn’s experience was not unique. England selected two other giant fast bowlers for the Ashes but both Boyd Rankin and Chris Tremlett played peripheral parts in the series. In the first Test of the series, Tremlett bowled exactly as he had done in the 2013 county season for Surrey – with skill and accuracy but without any of the menace that rendered him such a dangerous proposition in 2010-11 – before being dropped, while Rankin failed to do himself justice in the final Test of the series with a timid performance. Clearly the England set-up was unable to coax the best out of any of them.”After the results we’ve had, you could say the selection was wrong,” Saker said. “It’s disappointing that one of the tall bowlers didn’t have a big impact. They didn’t put it together.”People are looking for runs and wickets and looking for wrong things instead of just looking for how you played in the back yard with your mum and dad. That’s the way you want to play.”Sometimes it’s not easy to say just run up and bowl; they do read things into it. The game is played a lot of time between the ears and you have to think really strongly about what is going into your mind.”Saker also expressed his disappointment over the “death” bowling in Brisbane, confessing that it was the lowest point in a career as England’s bowling coach that began in April 2010.”It was a hell of an innings from Faulkner, but we handed a lot of those shots to him,” Saker said. “We could have bowled a lot better and I’ll put my hand up straight away. It was a poor finish to an ODI game and in a sense it has to be brought onto me because we should be able to finish an innings off like that and we should be able to close off the last two overs for less than 30, but we didn’t.”That was as devastated as I’ve been since I’ve worked in this job because it was a game we should have won. We’ve been away for a long time and we haven’t won a game and that was a game no doubt we should have won and that really hurt. Not just the bowling group but the whole team. When you’re in the position I’m in you feel a lot of responsibility for that.”

The plans for Pakistan’s proposed limited-overs tour of South Africa in November have been scrapped due to the PCB’s ongoing legal existential crisis that has prevented them from making a commitment to the tour

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Nov-2013The plans for Pakistan’s proposed limited-overs tour of South Africa in November have been scrapped due to the PCB’s ongoing legal existential crisis that has prevented them from making a commitment to the tour. The short series was planned during a two-week window in November after the two sides wrap up their current bilateral series in the UAE on November 15.The PCB currently has no board chairman or any kind of body running its affairs, after the Islamabad High Court suspended chairman Najam Sethi and the five-member Interim Management Committee (IMC) on Thursday, until at least after the weekend. Cricket South Africa (CSA) had requested the PCB to confirm the tour at least two weeks prior to its commencement, in order to sort out the logistics. However, the PCB finds itself unable to sanction the tour, since its top decision-making officials are suspended for an indefinite period.Sethi said that CSA had offered the PCB US$1.5million to host them. “CSA had offered us to play a short series in South Africa. But due to the ongoing legal crisis in the PCB, we cannot extend discussions with them,” Sethi said in his program in Geo News.”The day I had started working on the proposal by CSA, the court suspended me and the IMC, so the idea could not materialise.”The tour was suggested after the original itinerary of India’s tour of South Africa was altered. The seven ODIs were cut down to three, the three-Test series brought down to two, and the two-match T20 series was scrapped altogether.India will begin their tour of South Africa on December 5, with the first ODI. CSA was expected to lose R200 million (US$ 20m approx.) owing to the curtailed India tour, with the proposed home series against Pakistan expected to help recover some of those costs.Pakistan are scheduled to return to the UAE on December 6 to take on Sri Lanka in two T20s, five ODIs and three Tests. The second half of November is the only period in which both Pakistan and South Africa have no other commitments.

N Srinivasan, the ICC chairman and sidelined BCCI president, is confident that the Mudgal report on the IPL 2013 spot-fixing saga has nothing incriminating against him

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Nov-2014N Srinivasan, the ICC chairman and sidelined BCCI president, is confident that the Mudgal report on the IPL 2013 spot-fixing saga has nothing incriminating against him. The Supreme Court of India had named Srinivasan and three others on Friday in connection with the report, which, the court observed, had suggested several “misdemeanours”.Srinivasan – along with IPL COO Sundar Raman, Chennai Super Kings official Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra – was given four days to raise objections with any of the findings of the report pertaining to him, as he thought necessary.”The honourable Supreme Court has not said anything against me. I also do not think there is any evidence against me. If there was anything against my report, the order would have been different,” Srinivasan told the . “You may see the report. Prima facie, there is not stricture or observation against me. I’ve nothing to worry.”When asked by the BCCI lawyer about whether Srinivasan could contest the BCCI election scheduled for November 20, one of the presiding judges, TS Thakur had said, “We cannot give clarity on whether you can contest or not until this matter is disposed of.”Srinivasan said if the Mudgal report had “found evidence” against him, the court would have reacted differently. “Even if there was 10% of evidence against me, the court would have pointed that out,” he said. “I am sure the investigators have not found anything against me.”He also reiterated that he cannot be blamed for what Gurunath – who is also his son-in-law – may or may not have done. “I am not responsible for anything that others do. If Gurunath has done something, you investigate and take action against him. I can’t be held responsible for others’ acts.”

A round-up of all the games played in Group A of the World Twenty20 Qualifiers on November 18, 2013

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Nov-2013
ScorecardFile photo: Gareth Berg’s 67 was in vain as Uganda squeaked through by one wicket•ICC/GettyUganda pulled off a surprise victory over Italy to register their first win of the qualifiers in Abu Dhabi. Italy batted first, with the openers putting on a decent stand of 35. Wicketkeeper Andy Northcote was the first to go in the fifth over when he was trapped in front by offspinner Frank Nsubuga. Peter Petricola joined opener Gareth Berg to put on a further 39 runs by the 11th over. A couple of more small partnerships later, Italy were able to reach 148 for 4, with Berg top-scoring with 62 off 34 balls, which included seven fours and two sixes. This continued his good run of form, where he had scored 90 off 47 balls in the previous match against USA.In reply, Uganda started rather abjectly, with opener Roger Mukasa falling off just the second ball of the innings. Abram Mutyagaba and Hamza Saleh then put on 33, before Saleh was bowled by Vince Pennazza. Arthur Kyobe came in next and smashed a 15-ball 36, which comprised five sixes, to help Uganda stay on par with the required rate.But they also lost wickets at regular intervals. At 97 for 8 in the 14th over, there was still another 52 required for victory, with about six overs to go. Cameos from Richard Okia (33*) and Charles Waiswa (21) took them close, and Uganda were able to hold their nerve and score the winning runs with just one wicket in hand, and one ball to spare.
ScorecardAn Irfan Ahmed century, combined with Munir Dar’s 4 for 17, helped Hong Kong make it three out of three as they defeated Canada by 53 runs in Abu Dhabi. Canada won the toss and put Hong Kong in to bat, which proved a significant miscalculation as Ahmed and Waqas Barkat flayed Canada’s rather insipid bowling attack to the tune of 102 runs inside of 12 overs. After Barkat fell for 31, wickets began to fall more regularly, with Irfan plundering on to reach a maiden century in any format, finishing with 100 off 53 balls which included four fours and eight sixes. Hong King finished their quota of overs on 168 for 5.Canada’s innings did not start promisingly as their top three were gone with just 44 on the board in the 10th over. None of the batsmen were able to capitalise on their starts, with Jimmy Hansra (26) and Raza-ur-Rehman (23) being the only ones to cross into the twenties. Dar put on a splendid show with the ball, taking 4 for 17, as Canada stumbled to 115 for 8. This now means that Canada has lost both their opening matches, making qualification an uphill battle from here on.