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Guwahati, Indore and Pune have been finalised as venues for the three T20Is, which will be played in January next year

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Sep-2019The ICC’s decision to suspend Zimbabwe has cost them the important tour of India next January, when they were scheduled to play a three-match T20I series. The BCCI has replaced Zimbabwe with Sri Lanka for the series, which will be played on January 5, 7 and 10.”In the wake of Zimbabwe’s suspension by ICC, the BCCI invited Sri Lanka to participate in the three-match series,” the BCCI said in the media release. Guwahati, Indore and Pune have been finalised as venues for the three T20Is.

SL tour of India 2020

1st T20I – Guwahati (Jan 5)
2nd T20I – Indore (Jan 7)
3rd T20I – Pune (Jan 10)

As per the Future Tours Programme (FTP), Zimbabwe were originally scheduled to play one Test and three ODIs in India last March, a tour that never took place. Instead the BCCI negotiated the T20I series with Zimbabwe Cricket.Zimbabwe are also scheduled to play a two-match Test series at home against Sri Lanka in January next year as per the FTP, but it is unclear whether it will take place as planned.The ICC had instructed ZC to “unconditionally” reinstate the board elected in June or risk termination of their membership. The ICC also said it would be discussing the suspension matter at its quarterly meeting in Dubai in October before taking any further decisions.Since the suspension, Zimbabwe have played just one tournament, the recently-concluded T20I tri-series against Afghanistan and hosts Bangladesh.

He served in a temporary role since late September 2017, succeeding Haroon Lorgat, for nine months

Firdose Moonda17-Jul-2018Cricket South Africa has confirmed acting CEO Thabang Moroe has been appointed to the position in a permanent capacity on a three-year contract. Moroe, who was previously the vice-president of the board, served in a temporary role since late September 2017, succeeding Haroon Lorgat, for nine months.Under Moroe, CSA lurched through several crises, most notably the postponement and ultimate cancellation of their premier 20-over league, the GLT20. The aborted competition cost the organization in excess of US$14 million and bills continue to mount as the franchise owners threaten legal action. CSA has since signed an equity deal with SuperSport, for a new tournament but no details of the event have been decided yet.Moroe has also overseen protracted and, at times, acrimonious negotiations with the players’ association, SACA. The MOU between CSA and SACA, which expired at the end of April, was not finalised in time for an immediate renewal and is yet to be announced as complete. However, the board still showed faith in Moroe and appointed him to the top job.”Mr. Moroe has done an excellent job over the past year in taking over this position in circumstances that were far from ideal,” Chris Nenzani, CSA President said.”In congratulating him on his appointment, I look forward to his continuing the path set out by his predecessor of achieving our goal to be the best-run sports federation on the continent and to be among the best in the world.”Moroe’s most pressing task will be to get the new 20-over competition off the ground, while minimising financial losses. There is also talk of an expansion of the existing domestic franchise system from six teams to eight and, as always, Moroe will have to focus on retaining national players as the lure of T20 leagues and the Kolpak deals loom.

Mahela Jayawardene has withdrawn from his planned stint with Lancashire during the NatWest T20 Blast campaign due to personal reasons.

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Jun-2017Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka’s former captain, has withdrawn from his planned stint with Lancashire during the NatWest T20 Blast campaign due to personal reasons.Jayawardene, 40, had qualified to play for the club as a non-overseas player by virtue of his Danish wife, Christina, and had been expected to join up with the squad later this month ahead of their opening game against Durham on July 7.”It’s disappointing that Mahela won’t be joining us for the upcoming T20 campaign,” said Glen Chapple, Lancashire’s head coach.”We are currently reviewing and reassessing all options from a player perspective ahead of the NatWest T20 Blast campaign in light of this news.”Jayawardene added: “I am very disappointed to be unable to join Lancashire Lightning in the upcoming NatWest T20 Blast as planned.”I would like to wish the club a successful campaign this year.”After retiring from international cricket in 2015, Jayawardene has featured in T20 leagues around the world as a player and mentor. He has previously played in the NatWest T20 Blast with Sussex and Somerset, and is currently head coach of the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.He played in 149 Tests for Sri Lanka, scoring nearly 12,000 runs at an average of just below 50, and also made 448 ODI and 55 T20I appearances.

Gujarat Lions will play two matches in Kanpur as per the original IPL schedule after the fixtures were confirmed by IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla on Sunday.

ESPNcricinfo staff01-May-2016Gujarat Lions will play two matches in Kanpur as per the original tournament schedule after the fixtures were confirmed by IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla on Sunday.There had been concerns over the floodlight facilities at the Green Park Stadium, but Shukla said that the “problem” had been sorted out. The Green Park Stadium has not hosted an international day-night fixture or an IPL match so far.”The problem has been sorted,” Shukla told ESPNcricinfo. “There were a few areas in the floodlights when the lux level was not adequate. We have now increased the number of bulbs and the brightness has been enhanced. [BCCI’s chief cameran SK Srikanth] gave the approval.”The venue will host Lions’ last two league matches on May 19 on May 21 against Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians. Lions are currently placed at the top of the table with six wins in eight matches.

Graeme Smith has successfully completed his first competitive outing since May, turning out for his franchise, Cobras, in a warm-up match against Indian side Madhya Pradesh at Newlands

Firdose Moonda02-Oct-2013Graeme Smith has successfully completed his first competitive outing since May, turning out for his franchise, Cobras, in a warm-up match against Indian side Madhya Pradesh at Newlands. Although the South African Test captain scored just two runs, he fielded in the slips and reported a clean bill of health after 21 weeks out of the game, which bodes well for the upcoming series against Pakistan.Earlier this year, Smith had to cut short his stint at Surrey due to the recurrence of an ankle problem and returned to Cape Town for surgery. Doctors discovered the condition was actually a fracture of the heel bone. Smith was operated on and had two pins inserted. He was on crutches for eight weeks before he could begin any physical activity.He has had a multi-disciplinary team of experts around him including a personal trainer, biokineticist and physiotherapist, and has made steady progress. Smith’s rehabilitation has included running on an anti-gravity treadmill and, more recently, regular cricket activity.”He has been working really hard with us in the nets,” Cobras coach Paul Adams told ESPNcricinfo. “And he has made good progress. He looks ready to go.” Smith, with the South African side, will depart for Dubai on Friday evening for a series of two Tests, five ODIs and two Twenty20s against Pakistan.”As things stands now, Graeme is on track to play,” Mohammad Moosajee, the team manager who is also a medical doctor, said. “We are happy with the progress he has made so far. We have approached every week with a plan in place to get him to ready for the series. Ideally you always want more time, but he has worked well. We have been careful to monitor him at every step, so we don’t overload him.”The Tests series is South Africa’s first since they whitewashed Pakistan 3-0 at home in February and will be an important assessment of their grip on the No. 1 ranking because of the conditions. This will be South Africa’s first series in subcontinent conditions since earning the Test mace and they are expecting a time as tough as England, who were also No. 1 when they went to the UAE early 2012 but were blanked 0-3 by Pakistan.South Africa also have a proud record to uphold. They have not lost a Test series on the road in seven years, since they were beaten in Sri Lanka in 2006. Smith has led them throughout that time and has previously said he looks forward to extending that run in the future.His return to the crease will be welcome news for South Africa’s Test ambitions, and it will also bolster their ODI campaign after a forgettable time at both the Champions Trophy and in Sri Lanka. Smith was ruled out of both series with the same injury concern and South Africa did not fare well at all. They were booted out of the Champions Trophy at semi-final stage by England and crashed to a 4-1 defeat in Sri Lanka. Although he is not captain in that format, he will partner Hashim Amla at the top of the order to add stability and experience in what is still a developing unit.

West Indies Women avoided a whitewash against England but took their full 20 overs to chase down 140 at Arundel.

ESPNcricinfo staff16-Sep-2012
ScorecardJuliana Nero held her nerve to get West Indies Women over the line•Getty Images

West Indies Women avoided a whitewash against England but took their full 20 overs to chase down 140 at Arundel. England had been a class apart in the opening four matches of the series but this victory sees West Indies travel to the World T20 with confidence.Deandra Dottin was the star with the bat for West Indies, clearing the ropes five times in a brutal innings of 62 from just 34 balls. But she was bowled with 17 still required from 20 balls. A tight over and another wicket from Danni Wyatt saw 11 needed from 12 balls and six from the final over. Juliana Nero kept her cool to guide West Indies over the line.England tinkered with their batting order with Tammy Beaumont and Wyatt opening the batting. But again it was Sarah Taylor at No. 3 that led the innings with 34 from 30 balls. Katherine Brunt also made a valuable contribution, top scoring with 35 but England’s 139 for 7 proved not enough as they lost their first fixture in 21 matches.”We were just undone by an unbelievable innings by Deandra Dottin, credit to her for a match winning performance,” England’s captain, Charlotte Edwards, conceded. “But we’ll be taking a huge amount of positives from the series; there have been key contributions from a lot of our players over the five matches which is always good with World Cups ahead. We’re going to Sri Lanka with confidence and are really looking forward to the next few weeks.”

The ICC vice-president Alan Isaac has backed the BCCI’s stance on the DRS, claiming he too isn’t convinced the technology works “well enough”

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Aug-2011The ICC vice-president Alan Isaac has backed the BCCI’s stance on the DRS, saying he too isn’t convinced the technology works “well enough”. The BCCI has expressed its reservations over the ball-tracking technology used for lbw decisions, saying it isn’t fool-proof and Isaac felt the Indian board was “right”. The BCCI, the other member boards and the ICC reached a compromise at the ICC’s annual conference in Hong Kong earlier this year, making the use of ball-tracking optional for each series while agreeing to use Hot Spot for every international game subject to availability.”In my experience they are very decent to work with,” Isaac was quoted as saying in the New Zealand newspaper . “Around the DRS [technology for umpires] for example the media have tended to give [India] the blame as to why the DRS is not being implemented, but it’s not only them. I personally am not convinced the technology works well enough, so we’ve got to do something about that.”Isaac also claimed the BCCI was right about many issues concerning cricket but divergent views in the media tend to give the impression that they are muscle-flexing and difficult to work with. “Often when [India] hold a view, they are right, but various parts of the media have a different view, whether you’re Geoff Boycott or whatever. So this perception has built up that A, [India] are hard to deal with and B, they control world cricket. But in fact they are good to work with and on the DRS I actually think they are right.”Cricket was hit by the spot-fixing controversy last year, plunging it into another crisis, and Isaac said a lot is being done to tackle the problem of corruption. “It is challenging. Allegedly there is a whole lot of money being spent betting on sport, not just on cricket and betting on sport in India is illegal so it’s not like you can manage it.”In New Zealand, Australia or Singapore it’s legalised betting and you can monitor more closely where bets might take place.”Part of what we are doing is making sure the education is there, making sure the sanctions are there, there’s a heck of a lot of monitoring that takes place. You will be aware that guys are not allowed to take their cell-phones into the dressing room environment and all those types of things. There’s a lot of surveillance in place.”Isaac, a former left-hand batsman who captained Wellington’s second team, took over as chairman of New Zealand Cricket in 2008 and was nominated for post of vice-president of the ICC two years later. He will succeed Sharad Pawar as ICC president next year.

Bad light ruled out what would have been an intriguing final two overs of the first one-dayer in Toronto, but Canada won’t be complaining as it secured them a surprise win

Cricinfo staff07-Sep-2010
Scorecard
Canada’s captain Ashish Bagai once again made a key contribution•Bryan Vandenburg, Cricket Canada

Bad light ruled out what would have been an intriguing final two overs in the first one-dayer in Toronto, but Canada won’t be complaining as it secured them a surprise win over Ireland, the leading Associate nation, in a rain-shortened match.Canada needed 13 off two overs and had just lost two batsmen who had scored half-centuries, Ruvindu Gunasekera and captain Ashish Bagai, when play had to be called off due to bad light. The match had already been curtailed to a 35-over affair after rain had delayed the start by three and a half hours.Ireland had chosen to bat and despite none of their batsmen making a half-century, they posted a competitive total. Their top scorer was John Mooney, who came in at 78 for 4 and provided some stability with a brisk 47. Their only other batsman to make it past 20 was opener Paul Stirling as Canada’s disciplined bowlers, led by Lahore-born fast bowler Khurram Chohan, struck regularly.Canada’s chase got off to a poor start with both openers falling cheaply. Gunasekera, playing his first ODI in two years, and Bagai then put the home side on course for victory with a 140-run third-wicket stand, before both fell in the space of six deliveries, leaving Canada needing a run a ball for the final 16 deliveries. Zubin Surkari and Jimmy Hansra added three off four deliveries before the light was deemed too poor to continue, consigning Ireland to defeat.

Brook was dropped five times en route to his 171 that helped England take a substantial first-innings lead

Vithushan Ehantharajah30-Nov-2024″I had a lot of luck didn’t I? Jesus.” Harry Brook was under no illusions that his seventh Test century was riddled with fortune.But having been gifted five lives by New Zealand, Brook did not waste them with a hearty 171 that lifted England to 499. A score which, at this stage, puts them in the box seat, with New Zealand closing day three just four runs ahead and with only four second innings wickets remaining.Brook resumed day three on 132 not out – having bagged the accolade of being England’s second fastest batter to two thousand Test runs, in his 36th innings – adding 39 from 34 deliveries. A sixth-wicket stand with Ben Stokes (who finished with 80) took England past New Zealand’s first innings score of 348.Related

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That partnership would eventually be broken on 159, when Brook feathered an edge through to Tom Blundell off Matt Henry. The relief in the field was palpable, and not just because Brook had begun to free his arms, which included planting Tim Southee onto the roof of the Pavilion for his third six.New Zealand, who shelled eight chances in all, had dropped Brook four times on Friday (on 18, 41, 70 and 106) before another on 147 on Saturday morning. Brook looked to the heavens, as he did when he reached three figures, though he was laughing to himself this time.The last was the easiest of the lot; straight to Glenn Phillips at gully, who was also culpable for the costliest miss on 18. The Yorkshire batter did cede not all of his chances were straightforward – not least because of how hard he strikes the ball, as evidenced by most of his 18 boundaries.”That first drop, especially, I’m not sure many people are catching that to be honest,” Brook said. “I hit that very hard.”I do throw my hands at it quite hard sometimes and it is going to be a good catch if you catch one at gully there, especially with the viewing. Just go out there and watch the ball and try and hit it really.”Phillips had redeemed himself somewhat on Friday with a stunning effort diving full-length to his right to remove Ollie Pope for 77. Brook, who had been given three lives at that point, went over and apologised to Pope as he was walking off.Harry Brook went past 150 for the fourth time in Tests•Joe Allison/Getty Images

Nevertheless, it was still an innings of substance from Brook, his second of the winter after the blockbuster 317 against Pakistan at the start of October. He was out in the middle at the Hagley Oval for five hours 23 minutes, having arrived at the start of the second session of day two with his side reeling on 45 for 3.A charging lofted cover drive off Southee – from his 186th ball – took him past 150 for the fourth time. The career average is now a shade above 60, the average against New Zealand a crisp 100.00.Brook now has two centuries and two fifties in five innings against New Zealand – with the only failure a duck when he was run out without facing in the fourth innings of 2023’s famous Wellington Test.”I just think I’ve gone out there and just tried to play the ball, really,” Brook said, at a loss to explain why he found the hosts such amenable foes.”The pitches have been fairly good with a bit of pace and bounce, and if you get it past the infield most of the time it’s four. I’ve tried to use the pace, ride the bounce and had quite a bit of luck in there this week.”

Lahore and Multan to host a total of four matches; Colombo the other venue in Sri Lanka

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Rahul Dravid: Would be ‘fantastic’ if India meet Pakistan thrice in Asia Cup

The 2023 Asia Cup will kick off in Multan with Pakistan taking on Nepal on August 30, a day earlier than originally planned by the Asian Cricket Council. The first-round Pakistan-India game will be played in Kandy on September 2, and if both teams make it to the Super 4s, the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo will be the host for that game.Lahore is the other venue in Pakistan that will host the matches. The final is scheduled in Colombo on September 17, with the provision of a reserve day.The original draft schedule, prepared by the PCB (the hosting board), went through several iterations, mainly because of the six-nation tournament being played in Pakistan and Sri Lanka based on the hybrid model approved by the ACC recently.As per the original draft, Pakistan were meant to host four matches in just one city. However, Multan was added as the second venue after a new PCB administration, under new chairman Zaka Ashraf, took over this month.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

In all, 13 matches will be played in the tournament across four venues. Pakistan are grouped with India and Nepal in Group A while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are in Group B. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super 4s with the top two teams in this phase advancing to the final. The Asia Cup, which will be played in the 50-overs format this time, is essentially a preparation run for five of the six teams – barring Nepal – for the ODI World Cup, which begins on October 5 in India.Bangladesh are slotted to play Afghanistan on September 3 in Lahore followed by Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan at the Gaddafi Stadium on September 5. Regardless of where they finish in the first round, Pakistan will remain A1 and India A2, while Sri Lanka will be B1 and Bangladesh B2. In case Nepal and Afghanistan qualify for the Super 4s, they will take the slot of the team knocked out (Pakistan or India in Group A, and Sri Lanka or Bangladesh in Group B).The only Super 4s match listed to be played in Pakistan is on September 6 in Lahore, between A1 and B2.