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Fifties from Dinesh Karthik and R Ashwin weren’t enough to prevent India A from slipping to a 43-run defeat

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Oct-2018Shahbaz Nadeem celebrates a wicket•AFP

An unbeaten 87 from Hanuma Vihari and three top-order wickets from Shahbaz Nadeem helped India B make a winning start to their Deodhar Trophy campaign, as they defended 261 to beat India A by 43 runs. Nadeem, the left-arm spinner, took the new ball and struck with successive balls in his second over to send back Prithvi Shaw and Karun Nair, both lbw.India A’s top order continued to flounder until R Ashwin joined Dinesh Karthik at 87 for 5. The Tamil Nadu pair added 123 to bring parity back to the contest: at one stage, India A needed 52 from 47 balls with five wickets in hand.But Mayank Markande broke the partnership, having Ashwin stumped for 54 (76b, 5×4), and Nadeem dismissed Karthik in the very next over, having him caught and bowled one short of a hundred. Karthik’s 114-ball innings contained 11 fours and a six.India A’s lower order then collapsed against the legspin of Markande, who finished with figures of 4 for 48. The last five wickets only added eight runs to India A’s total.Ashwin had a good match with the ball too, finishing with figures of 2 for 39 in nine overs as India B, who chose to bat first, limped to 261 for 8 after threatening to post a much bigger total. Forties from Mayank Agarwal and Shreyas Iyer set up Vihari and Manoj Tiwary (52, 58b, 1×4, 2×6) to put on 99 for the fourth wicket. At one stage, India B were 194 for 3 with 12.4 overs remaining.The run-out dismissal of Tiwary, however, sparked a collapse. No one from No. 6 downwards got into double figures even as Vihari tried to keep the scoreboard moving at the other end. Following Tiwary’s dismissal, Vihari scored 39 off 30 balls to finish unbeaten on 87 (95b, 9×4). At the other end, India B’s lower order and extras combined to score only 28 off 45 balls. Even so, India B’s total of 261 for 8 proved more than adequate.

India will play ODI bilateral series outside the ICC Women’s Championship and a few extra T20Is leading into the next two Women’s World T20s scheduled for 2018 and 2020

Vishal Dikshit17-Mar-2018The India women’s team is set to get a fixtures boost, with the BCCI planning to schedule more ODIs and T20Is for them in coming years. As part of the BCCI’s plans, India will play ODI bilateral series outside the ICC Women’s Championship (IWC) and a few extra T20Is leading into the next two Women’s World T20s in November 2018 in the West Indies and in 2020 in Australia.The added fixtures come as a contrast to India’s schedule in recent times. The team finished runners-up in the 2017 Women’s World Cup, but did not play a single international match for over six months after that final on July 23 at Lord’s.In the four-year cycle of the IWC from 2017 to 2020, the top eight teams play each other either home or away for a total of 21 matches each. The Indian team is now going to play a bilateral series of three ODIs against England at home next month, which won’t be counted towards the IWC, to give them “more exposure,” according to the BCCI. Those three matches in Nagpur will be played after a T20 tri-series between India, England and Australia – both 2017 World Cup finalists and a semi-finalist – in Mumbai starting March 22. The tri-series will follow the ongoing ODI series between India and Australia in Vadodara, which is part of the IWC.”We are arranging bilateral series with different countries so our women will get more exposure,” a BCCI official told ESPNcricinfo. “We will be playing England and then travel to Sri Lanka. Then we will be going to New Zealand for another bilateral series in February-March 2019.”While the three ODIs in Sri Lanka in the summer and in New Zealand early next year will be part of the IWC, India will also play five T20Is in Sri Lanka as a build-up to the World T20 later this year. India are also scheduled to participate in the Asia Cup, scheduled for June, which will be played in the T20 format. India had also played five T20Is against South Africa last month, and won 3-1.”We have already played in South Africa. And by the time we play in Sri Lanka we would have played most of the countries other than New Zealand and West Indies,” the BCCI official said.As part of the first cycle of the IWC, which ran from 2014 to 2016, the ODI bilateral series between the top eight teams often comprised four or five matches even though only three of them counted for IWC points. However, in the current IWC cycle (2017-2020), each bilateral ODI series can have only three ODIs, but the teams can play T20I matches, like earlier, on the same tour.Member boards are also free to organise separate bilateral ODI tours outside the compulsory IWC matches. For example, India and England are set to play three ODIs in April but the IWC window for those two teams is scheduled for the fourth round during the October 2018-February 2019 period, when England women will have to tour India again.ESPNcricinfo understands the BCCI is also planning to schedule the Indian team’s departure for the World T20 in November a few weeks in advance to help the team acclimatise to the conditions and prepare better. It will be a welcome step for India as they failed to reach the World T20 semi-finals in its last three editions in 2012, 2014 and 2016.

Smith is understood to have been preferred from a shortlist that also included Andy Flower, Derek Pringle, Mike Selvey and one of the current selectors, Mick Newell

George Dobell18-Apr-2018Ed Smith has emerged as the favourite to be appointed as England’s new head selector.While the ECB have not confirmed the appointment, Smith is understood to have been preferred from a shortlist that also included Andy Flower, Derek Pringle, Mike Selvey and one of the current selectors, Mick Newell. Angus Fraser, another of the current incumbents, is understood not to have reapplied for a selection role.Smith replaces James Whitaker in the lead selection role. He will be involved in picking another member of the selection panel who will complete a three-man line-up alongside England coach, Trevor Bayliss. The trio are expected to be advised by a dozen or so scouts whose names will be announced imminently.An elegant batsman, Smith was good enough to play three Tests for England in the summer of 2003 after a prolific run of form in county cricket. He scored 64 in his first innings but managed only 23 more runs in his next four innings and was dropped. His playing career ended somewhat when he suffered a badly broken ankle in 2008. He was 31.While much of his subsequent career has been in the media – Smith has, among other things, commentated for the , as well as written books and articles for a variety of outlets – he also had a spell as a consultant to Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2016, when they reached the final of the IPL.A former captain of both Kent and Middlesex, Smith was at the latter with Andrew Strauss, the director of England cricket. Smith’s leadership style was not always popular, however, and he left Kent not long after something approaching an on-field mutiny from some senior players.

An opening stand of 189 inflicted Glamorgan’s fifth defeat in five Royal London Cup games this season and put Essex back into contention to move through to the knockout stage

ECB Reporters Network30-May-2018
ScorecardVarun Chopra and Adam Wheater put on a swashbuckling stand of 189 to inflict Glamorgan’s fifth defeat in five Royal London Cup games this season and put Essex back into contention to move through to the knockout stage.Until Wheater was stumped for 88 off 99 balls, it had looked like a race to see who would reach their century first. However, Chopra was left stranded on 98 when Essex passed the target of 201 with 18 and a half overs to spare.Chopra’s 84-ball innings, with nine fours and four sixes, took his season’s tally to 445 runs from five innings.Essex’s victory was set up by some accurate and parsimonious bowling, led by Jamie Porter, and supported by Matt Coles’s 3 for 41 in his first one-day outing since moving from Kent.Porter, who had been rested for the last three games, bowled his 10 overs straight through to record best List A figures of 4 for 27.By reaching their target so quickly, Essex improved their run-rate significantly, which could prove crucial if they win their remaining group matches against Sussex on Sunday and Kent next Wednesday and qualification goes to the wire.For Glamorgan, Chris Cooke marked his 32nd birthday with sixes off successive balls in a 75-ball 59, and shared a 64-run seventh-wicket stand in 12 overs with Andrew Salter that lifted the general lethargy surrounding the Glamorgan innings.Glamorgan, put in on a blameless wicket posted just 34 from the first 10 overs for the loss of their openers. Nick Selman epitomised the delusory pace with 10 from 22 balls before he nicked Porter low to Chopra at first slip. Aneurin Donald had already gone to the first ball he faced, edging a straight one behind in Porter’s second over.Ingram should have followed when he had 4 to another edge off Porter, but Chopra dived to his left, getting both hands to the ball but unable to hang on.However, the first time Porter went around the wicket he ended Ingram’s sequence of five successive one-day centuries against Essex. The left-hander was pinned on his crease as the ball slanted in, and he was out for 13.David Lloyd did not last long, driving Wagner forcefully square to cover point where Simon Harmer took a spectacular catch. Connor Brown, who had managed four fours in a debut 31, departed to a one-handed catch by Adam Wheater in front of first slip to give Porter his fourth wicket.Cooke and Wagg put on 42 for the sixth wicket in 16 overs before Wagg played all around one from Ravi Bopara and was bowled. Andrew Salter helped Cooke increase the rate and lifted Wagner over mid-on to put up Glamorgan’s 150 as late as the 43rd over.Salter hammered a second six over cow corner to dent Coles’s otherwise parsimonious figures, but when he went for another next ball, he was caught on the boundary. He had hit 43 from 47 balls, and shared in a 64-run stand with Cooke in 12 overs.Cooke passed fifty from 72 balls with a six flicked off his legs during the most expensive over of the innings which cost 17 runs. Bopara thought he had Cooke, on 59, caught off a head-high no-ball by Cook, but the South African swung at the next ball and Bopara took the return catch above his head.Coles wrapped up the innings with wickets in successive balls for figures of 3 for 41.Chopra showed the Essex intent. Ruaidhru Smith was twice deposited over the leg-side boundary ropes for six in his first two overs.With Wheater finding the gaps, the opening pair had 50 on the board inside eight overs, 100 up in the 16th. The wicketkeeper was first to his personal fifty from his 55th ball.Chopra’s half-century came from 45 balls and contained five fours and those two sixes.When he was 63, Wheater had a reprieve as a lofted drive flew through van der Gugten’s hands at midwicket. The 150 partnership came up in 26 overs before Chopra clouted Salter for a straight six, and then helped himself to four and another six in successive balls off the spinner.

The left-arm seamer, who underwent back surgery last year, will initially be available for T20 selection

George Dobell03-Jul-2019Reece Topley is set to return to professional cricket having signed a contract with Sussex.Topley, the former England left-arm swing bowler, underwent back surgery in July 2018, having sustained a fifth stress fracture in the back.He was released by Hampshire at the end of the 2018 season – he had been seeking his release for some time – and declined contract offers from several smaller counties at the start of this season so he could complete his rehabilitation at his own pace.Initially Topley will be available for selection for the T20 side though the hope is he will be able to play Championship cricket before the end of the season. While the contract at Sussex currently only runs until the end of September, both parties hope it can be extended.Topley has been training with Sussex on and off for a couple of months. He has represented their second XI in T20 cricket and played for Reigate Priory in the Premier Division of the Surrey Championship.Having been out of cricket for so long, Topley is clearly not in the frame for an imminent return to the England set-up. He is just 25, though, and it was noticeable that he was quickly recalled to the Lions set-up midway through the 2018 season despite having played little cricket previously. England are still looking for a left-arm seamer; if he can avoid further injury, Topley could yet be that man.”I’ve had to take a step back with my game for a while, so to be back in a place where I can contribute for Sussex is really exciting,” Topley said. “I’m looking forward not only to be playing again, but to being back in the dressing room and working with the rest of the squad and the coaches here at the club.”It’s been a long time out rehabbing, so if I can make it through to the end of the season fit and having contributed to the team and then work hard during the off-season so I am at my best for the start of next summer, I’ll be thrilled.”I’m so grateful to Sussex for the use of all the facilities and personnel over the last few month. Everyone here has given me 100% effort and the ‘can do’ attitude around the place has been incredible and has surpassed any expectations I had.””We’ve had our fair share of guys unavailable for various reasons this season, so to have another bowling option for the rest of the season is great news,” Sussex head coach Jason Gillespie said.Topley has played ten ODIs and six T20Is for England. In 34 first-class matches he has taken 127 wickets, 84 wickets in 62 T20s and 93 wickets in 55 list A games.

Right-arm quick Matiullah, left-arm spinner Simranjeet are additions to the squad playing ongoing T20I tri-series

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Sep-2025Muhammad Waseem will lead UAE’s 17-member squad at the 2025 Asia Cup.Right-arm quick Matiullah Khan and left-arm spinner Simranjeet Singh are the two additions to UAE’s side from the ongoing T20I tri-series against Pakistan and Afghanistan, with the rest of the players retaining their places.Matiullah, 32, has played one ODI and five T20Is so far. The last of those T20Is came against Nigeria in the Pearl of Africa Series in July. Thirty-five-year-old Simranjeet has played five ODIs and 11 T20Is. He last represented UAE at the Gulf T20I Championship last December.UAE previous Asia Cup appearance was in 2016 in Bangladesh, when the tournament was played in the T20 format as well.Related

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UAE are part of Group A in this year’s Asia Cup, which starts on September 9, and will be held in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The other three teams in their group are India, Pakistan and Oman. UAE start their campaign on September 10, when they face India in Dubai. While they are yet to beat India or Pakistan in any format, they have beaten Oman in five T20Is.The top two teams from the group will progress to the Super Fours stage.

UAE squad for Asia Cup

Muhammad Waseem (capt), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma (wk), Asif Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D’Souza, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddique, Matiullah Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra (wk), Rohid Khan, Simranjeet Singh and Saghir Khan

Decision taken in response to bottom-place finishes in two of the last three IPL seasons

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Aug-2019Royal Challengers Bangalore have brought the axe down on Gary Kirsten and Ashish Nehra, the batting and bowling coach respectively, in reaction to the team’s continued failure to put up strong results at the IPL. In a major overhaul of the backroom staff, the franchise has appointed former New Zealand head coach Mike Hesson as director of cricket and former Australia batsman Simon Katich as head coach. Nehra, the former India pacer, and Kirsten, the former South Africa batsman with vast coaching experience including with India during their 2011 World Cup win, had been appointed after former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori was removed from the top job at the end of the 2018 season. Both Nehra and Kirsten were part of the leadership group along with Royal Challengers’ captain Virat Kohli after that, but the team that had made the final in 2016 were the wooden spooners in IPL 2019, leading to a rethink by the management.According to Sanjeev Churiwala, the Royal Challengers chairman, the move to switch to a single-coach model became necessary because the franchise wanted to achieve “high performance”.”RCB’s purpose is to be the most trusted, respected and best-performing T20 franchise and hence our constant endeavour is to create a culture of excellence and high performance for every member of the team,” he said in a media statement.Churiwala said both Hesson, the former New Zealand and Kings XI Punjab coach, and Katich, the former Australia batsman who was Kolkata Knight Riders’ assistant coach till last season, had the necessary experience to create a “winning culture” at Royal Challengers, who have never won the IPL despite reaching the final thrice. “We believe that Mike’s extensive experience in building strong teams along with Simon’s powerful cricket experience will help us create a winning culture. As a result of this restructuring exercise, we will be moving to a single-coach model.”Gary Kirsten and Ashish Nehra were in charge when RCB finished bottom in 2019•BCCI

Interestingly, both Hesson and Katich were released by their respective franchises after the 2019 season of the IPL. Hesson was let go by Kings XI after they finished sixth, while Katich, who joined Knight Riders as assistant to Jacques Kallis in 2015, was part of a run where the team competed well but failed to make the final even once.Katich did, however, enhance his coaching credentials by winning successive CPL titles in 2017 and 2018 as head coach of Trinbago Knight Riders, which is owned by the Knight Riders group.In a statement, Royal Challengers said that Hesson would be the pointsperson for all cricket matters going forward, including being responsible for “defining policy, strategy, programs, scouting, performance management and bringing in best practices throughout all aspects of the RCB’s cricketing pathway”. He will also be part of the management team and will liaise with Kohli and Katich on all cricketing issues.”This is a new position created within the franchise. Mike Hesson brings with him strong cricketing experience of being head coach and mentor to the New Zealand team with a focus on T20 and has earned an international reputation as a leader who achieves results without sacrificing on culture,” the statement said. “Simon Katich as head coach will inculcate the high-performance culture in the team. Simon has strong credentials in T20 cricket format as a head coach and captain who has won multiple championships.”Of the two men let go by the franchise, Nehra was in his first coaching gig since retiring as a player in late 2017, while for Kirsten, the latest development means he has now been sacked by two IPL franchises; he was earlier removed after serving just two years of his three-year contract with Delhi Daredevils (now Capitals) in 2015.

Sussex immediately advertised their T20 credentials with an impressive win at Chelmsford on the opening night of the Blast

ECB Reporters Network04-Jul-2018
ScorecardMichael Burgess and Laurie Evans smashed 81 in a six-and-a-half-over stand for the fourth wicket to set up Sussex with a 36-run win in the Vitality T20 Blast opener at Chelmsford.Burgess, having his first T20 knock for Sussex, finished with five sixes in a 23-ball 56, while Evans’s 61 took 45 balls. The Sharks’ 181 for six, after electing to bat, looked slightly under-par, but David Wiese ripped the heart out of the Eagles batting with five for 24, including three wickets in five balls in his fourth over.Varun Chopra led the chase with 64 from 48 balls, including three sixes, but his exit sparked a late collapse with the last five wickets falling for two runs in eight balls as Essex finished 36 runs short.

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Luke Wright counts Chelmsford as one of his lucky grounds – having hit 153 not out four years ago – but lasted just two balls this time, cutting the first backward of square for four before being beaten for pace by Jamie Porter. The seamer had a second when Phil Salt pulled him to the midwicket boundary where Matt Coles took the catch above his head.Essex’s overseas signing, Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa, was down on one knee imploring for lbw against Tom Bruce with his second delivery, but nailed the New Zealander two balls later when his next appeal was successful.The Sharks were 36 for three, but Burgess joined Evans and the pair had advanced the score by fifty inside four overs. Burgess reached his half-century from just 20 balls, with three fours and five sixes, the majority of them straight down the ground. Coles bore the brunt of Burgess’s assault, his first two overs going for 32, as the middle overs cost the Eagles dear.But on 56, Burgess landed a full-toss from Sam Cook into the hands of sub fielder Dan Lawrence at wide mid-on. Laurie Evans was less demonstrative, but reached his fifty from 36 balls before lifting Coles to Simon Harmer just inside the rope at extra cover.Jofra Archer played an entertaining 18-ball cameo at the end for 24, hitting Ravi Bopara for six over long-leg, and falling on his back as he turned Coles from outside off-stump for four to fine leg. He found himself lying on his back again but with partner David Wiese staring down at him, and was run out by Bopara’s spin and direct hit to the non-striker’s end.Archer made amends in his first over, having Adam Wheater caught pulling at deep midwicket, but in his second over was dumped over point for six by Chopra. Essex had just passed 50 when Wiese claimed two wickets in four balls with Tom Westley bowled and Ryan ten Doeschate caught behind without scoring.Rashid Khan accounted for Bopara when Phil Salt took the catch at midwicket, but Chopra punished him next ball with his third six of the night over long-off. His fourth four, caressed through the covers, took Chopra to his fifty from 36 balls and Essex past 100 in the 14th over.However, the rate was rising. It started at just over nine, was 11 at halfway and 13 with five overs left. When Chopra went, playing on to Khan, the situation looked terminal. Ashar Zaidi showed some resistance, hitting Will Beer for six to cow corner, but became Wiese’s third victim to Ollie Robinson’s third catch.Two more wickets in his last over gave Wiese his five-wicket haul. Coles went first ball when he pulled the ball to Bruce on the midwicket fence, and then Zampa played over one and was bowled. Archer sent Harmer on his way with his stumps splattered before bowling Cook with two balls left.

The duo added an unconquered 143 after joining forces at 70 for 2, and have left South Africa needing only 69 more on the fourth day

Andrew McGlashan13-Jun-20252:23

Day 3 review: Markram’s knock could be career-defining

South Africa can dare to dream. With Aiden Markram and Temba Bavuma playing the most significant innings of their careers, the latter while carrying a hamstring injury, they closed within 69 runs of claiming the World Test Championship title, which would be the finest hour for a cricket nation steeped in history but short on silverware.The second-wicket pair combined to add 143 in 38 overs of wonderfully controlled batting, a partnership that will go down in South Africa folklore barring extraordinary events on the fourth morning, with Markram reaching his eighth Test century from 156 deliveries in the closing moments of the day. They repelled everything Australia threw at them on a pitch that, with the sun out for most of the day, was at its friendliest for batting in the Test. The way Australia’s last-wicket pair of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood had earlier been able to add 59 in 22 overs had foretold what was to come.Related

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Still, Australia felt favourites when they set about defending 282. Despite the early loss of Ryan Rickelton, edging a very full delivery from Starc which was confirmed by the third umpire, there was a notable urgency to South Africa’s batting. In the first innings, it took until the 20th over to reach 30 (three wickets were gone by then), whereas this time they were 47 for 1 after ten.Starc struck again to have Wiaan Mulder caught low at cover, but then came a vital moment when Bavuma, on 2, edged to Steven Smith at first slip. Smith was stood so close – he was wearing a helmet as the carry off the surface continued to die – and the chance burst through his hands, leaving him with a compound dislocation of his right little finger. The agony was clear on his face as he immediately left the field. By the end of the day, it was likely shared by his team-mates.Shortly before tea, Bavuma joined the injury list when he picked up a hamstring injury but he defied the pain, mixing hobbling between the wickets with some crisp strokeplay. It was going to take much more than a tweaked muscle to stop Bavuma. There was, however, a question to be asked as to whether Australia could have squeezed an injured batter hard in the field. The closest Bavuma came to a mistake was when he top-edged Nathan Lyon towards deep square-leg on 43 but Sam Konstas, on as a substitute, couldn’t quite make enough ground with a full-length dive that left him with a mouthful of grass.Aiden Markram brought up his eighth Test century•ICC/Getty Images

Meanwhile, Markram was all but faultless. He kept the scoreboard ticking – Australia sent down just three maidens in 56 overs – alongside a selection of handsome boundaries, none better than the back-cut off Starc which bisected deep third and deep point with precision and left the bowler waving his arms in frustration. He would then move to 97 with the sweetest of straight drives against Hazlewood. As the close neared, and it appeared he may have to wait for the morning, his crowning moment arrived with a whip through the leg side.Pat Cummins went through all the options at his disposal, but nothing could conjure the moment to create an opening. Lyon caused some problems out of the rough and came very close on a few occasions while Travis Head’s first delivery ragged sharply at Markram. They will need a miracle on Saturday.It was South Africa’s surge with the ball on the second day that had kept them in the game after conceding a lead of 74, but Alex Carey had pushed the advantage over 200. When Lyon was lbw to Kagiso Rabada in the third over of the day – his ninth wicket of the match – it appeared Australia’s innings would end swiftly, but the last-wicket pair had other ideas.3:26

Hayden: Starc showed courage with the bat

It was not the first time Starc and Hazlewood had combined in such a fashion, surviving 18 overs together against India in Perth last year, while Hazlewood has also previously shown his stickability when helping Cameron Green add 116 against New Zealand in Wellington earlier in 2024.There was rarely anything expansive about the partnership but for large stages the duo were untroubled which was a hint at the changing batting conditions. Starc shielded Hazlewood on occasions, particularly against Rabada and Marco Jansen, but Hazlewood produced one of shots of partnership when he ramped Jansen over the slips.Starc has always had batting pedigree and at times has underdelivered for his talent in Test cricket. This half-century, coming off 131 balls, was his first since Old Trafford in 2019 and it ended as the second-most deliveries he had faced behind the career-best 99 (a Test high score he shares with wife Alyssa Healy).At times South Africa seemed strangely flat but so, too, did the pitch for the first time in the game. In the end it was the sixth bowler used in the session, Markram, who ended the resistance when Hazlewood drove off the back foot to cover. And so the final question was posed: was 282 chaseable? The answer, historically so for South Africa, would appear to be in the affirmative.

On top of their contract amounts, players now stand to earn INR 7.5 lakh (US$ 9000 approx.) per game as match fees

Nagraj Gollapudi28-Sep-2024Players in IPL 2025 are set to receive a boost to their earnings with the BCCI introducing a match fee of INR 7.5 lakh (US$ 9000 approx.) per game. This means that in addition to the value of players’ contracts, franchises will also pay them for their appearances over the course of the season. BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced this move on X, formerly Twitter, and said each franchise will allocate INR 12.60 crore (US$ 1 million approx.) as match fees for the season.This sum will be separate to the franchises’ auction purse. To break up the 12.6 crore: the 12 players named on the team sheet will be paid the additional incentive as match fee, which works out to INR 90 lakh per match. Multiply that that by 14 matches (total number of matches each team plays during the league phase), and it adds up to INR 12.6 crore.