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New South Wales imploded for 53 in just over two hours, recording their lowest Pura Cup total and almost certainly ending their hopes of reaching the final. Tasmania were on track to secure hosting rights for the decider despite a better second-innings showing from the Blues, who were 2 for 149 in their follow on.Dominic Thornely, the stand-in captain, and Peter Forrest, in his second Pura Cup match, recovered with a 124-run stand that raised even more questions about the visitors’ disastrous first effort. Forrest was on 57 – his maiden first-class half-century – and Thornely was 68 as New South Wales tried to clamber out of their sizeable hole.Only two Blues reached double-figures before their pitiful first innings ended in the 32nd over. It was their worst effort in 115 years of Pura Cup/Sheffield Shield competitions but they could not blame the pitch, as Tasmania completed their 370 in the morning session.Luke Butterworth earned his best first-class tally, 4 for 18, after Damien Wright (3 for 7) and Ben Hilfenhaus (3 for 14) started the carnage. Hilfenhaus picked up the first three wickets and was on a hat-trick when he bowled Thornely and the visitors were 3 for 14. They went to lunch at 7 for 31 and Butterworth cleaned up the final three Blues shortly after the break.Wright had New South Wales at 2 for 25 in their follow-on and it seemed the game could be over within two days before Forrest and Thornely cut the deficit to 168. Barring a stunning turnaround, New South Wales will only reach the final if Victoria and Western Australia – both of whom were in reasonable positions – fail to win.

Pakistani players and dignitaries attended a memorial service in Lahore for Bob Woolmer on Sunday.Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq led a contingent of seven players among the 400 mourners at the 100-year-old Sacred Heart Church in Lahore while officials lit candles and laid floral wreaths at a portrait of the late coach.Inzamam, accompanied by team-mates Salman Butt, Imran Nazir, Shoaib Malik, Mohammed Asif, Mohammed Hafeez and Kamran Akmal, said Woolmer was an “excellent coach and above all things was an excellent human being.””After Woolmer’s family, the Pakistan team was the most aggrieved by his death,” AFP quoted Inzamam as saying during the hour-long service.Archbishop of Lahore Reverend Lawrence Saldanha said Woolmer was like a “second father” to his players. “We pay tribute to his excellent qualities. He was known for his passionate interest in cricket. We salute him for his professional competency, as well as his sense of responsibility and commitment,” Saldanha said. “He was also a kind and gentle person who won the hearts of his players who looked up to him as a second father.”Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf described Woolmer’s death “a terrible tragedy” and said that he was a “rock of stability” who lived for cricket and loved the sport. “He was internationally known and was the first modern coach of cricket. The world will follow his method and teachings.”He remembered Woolmer as a man of simple tastes, choosing to live in a room at the National Cricket Academy rather than a five-star hotel, who developed a taste for Pakistani food and movies and understood some Urdu. “He would go to food street (a restaurant area of Lahore) and watch Pakistani movies and he once told me that the boys do not know that I understand half of their jokes.”Ashraf lit candles and along with Punjab governor Khalid Maqbool laid wreaths on behalf of President Pervez Musharraf around Woolmer’s portrait, which was decorated with red roses and yellow marigold. “Muslims and Christian citizens gathered here at the Sacred Heart Church over the sorrowful death of coach Bob Woolmer and all prayed for the departed soul,” Maqbool said. “Defeat and victory is part of the game. The disappointment of Pakistani cricket team is just for the time being. It will soon emerge as as one of the greatest cricket teams of the world.”Experts from Britain’s Scotland Yard and a couple of senior Pakistani police officers are assisting the Jamaican police in investigating Woolmer’s murder.

Matthew Maynard, who was axed as England’s assistant coach on Sunday, has been offered a role at his home county, Glamorgan. He will return to Sophia Gardens in 2008, where he will be the director of cricket – but not until next season.Maynard, who scored 22764 first-class runs in his 20 years with the club, plans to have a rest this summer and spend some time with his family, although he has been linked to a role with India’s academy.Glamorgan chairman Paul Russell told newspaper, “It is no coincidence that we have not replaced John Derrick [as director of cricket] and I believe Matthew would bring a lot to that role.”Maynard will not give up his dream of becoming England coach, and working alongside Adrian Shaw, Glamorgan’s coach, next season will give him the chance to have county experience which is another route to the top role.

Division One

Darren Gough suffered a broken hand – and will be out for a month – after turning back the clock and taking his best figures for seven years as Yorkshire made Kent follow-on at Tunbridge Wells. Geraint Jones (62) and Andrew Hall (77) added 126 to give Kent hope of staging a fight back, but Gough ran through the lower-order having earlier claimed Neil Dexter. However, trying to stop a straight drive from Ryan McLaren, Gough suffered his injury although still managed to remove McLaren after the blow. But two balls into his 17th over was forced off as his hand began to swell. Trailing by 259, Joe Denly fell went for 9 before Robert Key and Martin van Jaarsveld responded with an unbroken stand of 135. Key, who reached 62 in the first innings, batted for another three hours but needs to continue his rearguard on the final day. “It is a sickening blow,” said Gough following the x-ray which proved a broken metacarpal, “and the only consolation is that we have just one Championship match against Sussex at Headingley next week before the start of the Twenty20 Cup. I think I should be fit to return once these games have ended.”Chris Adams’ blistering 103 set Hampshire an unlikely 500 to beat Sussex on the third day at Arundel. Murray Goodwin fell for 99, but Adams motored onwards cracking 11 fours and three sixes in his 95-ball 103 as Sussex declared on 360 for 5. The two Hampshire openers, Michael Brown and Jimmy Adams, both fell cheaply leaving Hampshire struggling on 133 for 2, with Michael Lumb unbeaten on 62, still requiring a further 367 to win.Lancashire set up the platform to have a final-day push for victory after building on a lead of 55 with a positive second innings, extending their advantage to 365, against Durham at Chester-le-Street. Another five-wicket haul for Muttiah Muralitharan secured Lancashire the useful lead then Paul Horton (56) and Mark Chilton opened with a stand of 92. The healthy progress was maintain by Stuart Law’s 69-ball 61. Durham, though, continued to chip away and at 215 for 6 there was a chance to keep the target down to something manageable. But Luke Sutton (41) and Dominic Cork (48) added 90 and the home side face a day of trying to repel the mastery of Muralitharan.Surrey’s middle-order collapsed on the third day against Worcestershire at New Road, slipping to 370 all out. Surrey were going nicely with Jon Batty notching 114 and Mark Ramprakash 84, putting on 165 for the second wicket. However, both fell in quick succession as Surrey slipped from 271 for 2 to 370 all out – still trailing Worcestershire’s mammoth 701 by 331 runs. Kyle Hogg, on loan from Lancashire, and Gareth Batty each took three wickets. Following on, Surrey lost Jon Batty for 13, going to stumps at 59 for 1 with one day remaining in which to salvage a draw.

Division Two

4th dayDean Cosker took 5 for 69 as Glamorgan registered their first Championship win of the season, over Nottinghamshire, who they beat by 55 runs on the final day at Swansea. After bowling out Glamorgan for 263, Nottinghamshire were set 263 from 72 overs but collapsed to 207 all out. Jason Gallian and Bilal Shafayat fell cheaply before Mark Wagh (50) and David Hussey (63) gave hope of Nottinghamshire chasing down their target. However, from 115 for 4 they slumped dramatically, Wagh falling to Cosker and Robert Croft picking up David Hussey. Graeme Swann struck a fighting 37 before Alex Wharf wrapped up the innings with two quick wickets.Gloucestershire’s match against Derbyshire ended in a draw at Derby, after the visitors racked up an imposing 441 to deny Derbyshire’s push for victory. Hamish Marshall fell without adding to his overnight 120, and Alex Gidman couldn’t add another century, falling four short. But Mark Hardinges held up Derbyshire’s march and, finding useful allies in David Brown (43) and Carl Greenidge, posted his fourth first-class hundred. This left Derbyshire 200 to win from 28 overs, and they finishing on 40 for 1 from 15 overs.3rd daySomerset wrapped up the most comprehensive of wins over Leicestershire at Taunton with Charl Willoughby picking up the final two wickets. Stuart Broad and David Masters (31*) delayed the inevitable, extending their ninth-wicket stand to 48, but Willoughby yorked Broad for 35 to signal the end. Nick Walker, the No. 11, lasted eight balls, to hand Somerset an innings-and-259-run win.Essex continued to boss proceedings at Chelmsford and have teed up a winning position for the fourth day. Although rain washed out most of the morning, there was still time to bowl out Northamptonshire for 241 – James Middlebrook leading the way with 4 for 53 – and then take two more scalps as the visitors followed on. Northants face an uphill battle to save the match, still trailing by 297 runs with eight wickets remaining, and hopes will rest largely on Stephen Peters, who is unbeaten 51, and the in-form Lance Klusener, who was left stranded on 70 in the first innings.

As expected, Jimmy Rayani, has stepped down from his position as Kenya Cricket Association (KCA) chairman to pursue his role as a director of the ICC executive board. Sharad Ghai, the current fixtures secretary, has taken over from Rayani.Ghai is the man identified by those opposing the KCA as being to blame for many of the ills blighting Kenyan cricket. His appointment is unlikely to do anything to bring the factions closer together. It might do some good, however, in that it could bring matters to a head sooner rather than later.The KCA is looking increasingly isolated, with the majority of grass-roots Kenyan club sides opposed to what they claim is an undemocratic and poorly-run board. The government is also thought to be growing increasingly concerned at the way the KCA is run.Last week, the anti-board faction retained total control of the Coast Cricket Association, the second most powerful group in Kenya behind the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association. Samir Inamdar, the chairman, and his associates were unanimously re-elected, although three clubs allied to the KCA boycotted the meetings.

Malcolm Speed, the ICC’s chief executive, has said that he will step down when his contract expires in June 2008.”That will conclude seven years and I will not stay on longer than that,” Speed said from the ICC’s headquarters in Dubai.He denied that the stinging criticism both he and the ICC had received during the World Cup had influenced his decision, insisting that he had made up his mind before then.”It’s not a secret, there’s nothing earth-shattering,” an ICC spokesman told Cricinfo. “He’s just decided now’s a good time. He will be 60 next September and he was is quite content that the future is on a good footing. He will have left the game on a sound footing in terms of finances, thanks to agreements including the recent deal with ESPN-Star.”Speed succeeded David Richards, another Australian, in 2001 and he has overseen a period when income into the game has reached unprecedented levels. But with that has come a marked increase in the power of individual boards, and Speed has often seemed increasingly at odds with the policies the ICC has been forced to follow.The ICC will discuss the process of recruitment in October. It expects David Morgan, who is on the human resources and remuneration committee, to play a role there, particularly as he will be the incumbent president.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out

Unexpected turn of events cropped up everywhere on the second day atLord’s. When the ground resembled a lake shortly after midday any playappeared a remote possibility but, after the drainage system workedits magic, the Test took a dramatic twist as India sparked a collapseof 6 for 26. However, England’s green attack more than held theirown, with James Anderson removing Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkarwhile Chris Tremlett impressed on debut.For those spectators who hung around during the morning monsoon theaction was worth the wait. Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth did the bulk ofthe damage as England’s innings, which resumed on a healthy 268 for 4,subsided in less than 11 overs. Although it was a rapid slide, therewas still time for some controversy involving Kevin Pietersen, whowalked for an edge to MS Dhoni before turning around halfway back tothe pavilion after Steve Bucknor asked Simon Taufel whether theball carried. TV replays reprieved Pietersen but two balls later another edge brought his downfall and India burst through.The bowlers continued to hold sway when India replied with RyanSidebottom striking back for England, trapping Dinesh Karthiklbw after troubling him with swing. He should have removed WasimJaffer in his second over but Matt Prior went one-handed to anoutside edge and shelled the chance in front of first slip. Jaffer wason one at the time and he carefully held India together with a watchfullyconstructive half-century.It was a distinctly old-fashioned innings and, after passing fifty from100 balls, he made eight from his next 56. The pressure created byTremlett and some clever field settings resulted in his downfall – aleading edge back to the bowler who moved well for someone so injury prone and held the catch low in his follow-through.Dravid, on the ground where he made his debut in 1996, was removed bya perfect outswinger from the impressive Anderson as England liftedtheir spirits before tea. Anderson is in his first Test since Januaryat Sydney and produced his most consistent display in England colours fora long time. He probed with his late swing, maintained decent paceand deserved the scalp of Tendulkar, who was trapped by the inswingerwhich Anderson has spent a lot of time perfecting with Lancashire.

Tendulkar registered his best Test score at Lord’s but was still along way short of putting his name on the honours board. He begancautiously as Tremlett produced an encouraging first spell in Testcricket but was beginning to increase his tempo when he was caught onthe crease by Anderson. The third of India’s big three, SouravGanguly, survived until the end although he came close to findinggully with a cut shot that Ian Bell couldn’t leap high enough to catch.Whereas England chipped away the Indian bowling display was asdramatic as the thunderstorm that crashed over Lord’s earlier in theday. Another amazing mopping-up operation by the Lord’s ground staffagain showed the value of the drainage system as on most other groundsthere would have been no chance of play.There was a noticeable bounce in India’s step as RP Singh cleaned upSidebottom, the nightwatchman, in the first over with the new ballbefore the extraordinary passage of play involving Pietersen. AfterIndia’s disappointment turned to ecstasy in the space of a few momentsthere was no stopping them as Zaheer and Sreesanth were a combinationtransformed from the poor opening-day effort.With Prior at No.8 because of the nightwatchman, England’s batting wasdeep but India continued their resurgence through a double-wicketmaiden from Sreesanth. He trapped Prior playing across the line and,three balls later, had Tremlett stone dead for a duck. Monty Panesarfell in similar circumstances, caught on the crease as the ball swungback late into the pads. Sreesanth produced the late swing that hadmade him a threat in South Africa last year and all the Indian bowlershad learnt from their failings on the first day.During the collapse Bell watched from the other end, unable to do muchfor England’s cause. Everything had appeared much rosier when hecaressed his first delivery straight down the ground but he completedthe rapid demise by chopping Zaheer into his stumps. Englandbrushed themselves down, though, and an inexperienced attack performed aboveexpectations to set up a fascinating weekend.

Days of fervent speculation came to an end today with the Indian CricketLeague announcing its roster of players, which included Inzamam-ul-Haqand Mohammad Yousuf and an assortment of Indians – former internationals, domestic veterans and greenhorns. However, the organisers failed to shedany light on the details of the tournament.Prominent in the list of 50 released at the press conference were DineshMongia, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Deep Dasgupta, JP Yadav, Laxmi RatanShukla and T Kumaran, all former Indian cricketers. And apart fromInzamam and Yousuf, the ICL announced the names of Abdul Razzaq andImran Farhat from Pakistan, who have signed on with Lance Klusenerand Nicky Boje of South Africa.Last month the ICL had announced the signing of Brian Lara, the former West Indies captain, and he remains the biggest name to join till date.However, the organisers could not yet reveal where or when the proposed40-day Twenty20 tournament would take place. It is believed that thetournament will be held in October. However, at the same time Australiawill be in India to play a series of seven ODIs. Soon after that Pakistantour India, another marquee series, while India tour Australia straightafter. The organisers do not have a window in which to stage thistournament, without it clashing with the Indian team’s itinerary, andperhaps that explained why they could not come up with dates.Kapil Dev, the chairman of the executive board of the ICL, pointed to theassembled group of cricketers, calling them “the cream of talent” in thecountry, as one-by-one, the 44 cricketers from domestic cricket walked upand took their places on a podium alongside the dais where officials ofthe ICL were seated.The most severely hit association was Hyderabad with eight of its playersjoining the ICL. Bengal and Punjab have also had their Ranji teams eroded,with the likes of Deep Dasgupta, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Subhomoy Das,Subhojit Paul and Shibsagar Singh from Bengal, and Reetinder Singh Sodhi and Ishan Malhotra from Punjab. Railways and Uttar Pradesh were two other teams also badly hit.The ICL organisers were also tightlipped about the kind of money peoplewere being offered. They refused to either confirm or deny the kind ofnumbers doing the rounds in the media. It is speculated that players fromIndian domestic cricket – not international stars like Inzamam and Yousuf- were being paid in the region of Rs 30 lakh ($72,600) a year.When it was put to Kapil that the contract period of ICL was three years,and that it was likely that players who signed on with ICL would losetheir regular jobs – most players are employed to represent theircompanies in leagues and tournaments conducted under the auspices of theBCCI and its affiliates, and will be unable to do so if a ban were imposed- he responded, “Can you tell me what will happen to your job after twoyears?” Kapil shot back. “As long as they keep on playing well, they willdo well. These are professional people who have to make their own lives.”Kapil was seated alongside the other officials of the ICL – Himanshu Mody,the project head of ICL, Sandeep Patil, Kiran More, EAS Prasanna, BharatReddy, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Madan Lal, Rajesh Chauhan and Pranab Roy.Kapil was at his emotional best, exhorting his players to do well, andcongratulating them on showing the bravery they had in joining the ICL.”I’d like to take everyone to where we started some months ago. At that time peopleasked, ‘Where will you get cricketers from?’ This is the cream of thecountry,” he said, pointing to the group of 44 Indian cricketers. “Thecourage these people have showed, even I didn’t have at that age. We needpeople like this who want to make their own decisions. They take pride toplay for their country, not being pushed by someone or threatened bysomeone. What we need is to entertain the people in this country. I willback you till the last day I live.”In their turn the players who had joined the ICL spoke of their reasonsfor doing so. “I thought of all the pros and cons. Playing domesticcricket does not give me a chance to play against international stars,”said Abhishek Jhunjhunwala. “This gives me very good security.”Mongia, who is believed to be one of the big-ticket signings, said,”My clear thought is, as a cricketer I want to play cricket. I play clubcricket in Chandigarh, in Madras I play in corporate tournaments, I playRanji Trophy for Punjab, and league cricket in England. Here again I get achance to play with youngsters who are good, and foreign players.”Interestingly, Mody, the head of the initiative, claimed he knew nothing ofthe circumstances surrounding Boje, after announcing his signing.Boje had withdrawn from South Africa’s last tour of India, with the Delhipolice wanting to question him regarding matchfixing allegationssurrounding an existing case in the Hansie Cronje affair from years ago.”I suppose Boje has taken all that into consideration when signing thecontract,” he said. “He has signed with us and that’s all I know. I’m notaware of these allegations of betting or whatever it is you’re speakingof.”International players
Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq, Imran Farhat, LanceKlusener, Nicky BojeIndian players
Hyderabad : Ambati Rayudu, Alfred Absolem, Inder Shekar Reddy, Ibrahim Khaleel, Shashank Nag, D Vinay Kumar, Kaushik Reddy, Anirudh SinghBengal: Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Deep Dasgupta, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Shibsagar Singh, Subhomoy Das, Subhojit Paul, Syed Akhlakh Ahmed.Punjab: Dinesh Mongia, Ishan Malhotra, Reetinder Sodhi, Manish Sharma, Sarabjit Singh, Rajesh Sharma, Sumit KaliaTamil Nadu: V Devendran, J Hariesh, R Sathish, Dakshinamoorthy Kumaran, Thirunavukarasu Kumaran, Hemanth Kumar, G VigneshUttar Pradesh: Shalabh Srivastava, Ali Murtaza, Avinash YadavMaharashtra: Dheeraj Jadhav, Ranjit Khirid, Sridharan SriramMadhya Pradesh: Syed Abbas Ali Khan, Sachin Dholpure, Mohnish Mishra,T SurendraRailways: Jai Prakash Yadav, Shreyas KhanolkarBaroda: Kiran PowarAndhra: Syed SahabuddinMumbai: Robin MorrisServices: Yashpal SinghNon first-class players: Abhishek T (Chattisgarh), Raviraj Patil and Puskaraj Mohan Joshi (both Maharashtra)

Danish Kaneria has turned down the chance to play in the Indian Cricket League. Kaneria, who is currently playing for Essex, said that he rejected the approach as his priority was to Pakistan and that “money is not everything”. He also called on the selectors to give him a place in the one-day side.In an interview which will appear on the Essex CCC website, he said: “There was an offer to me to play in the Indian Cricket League but my country always comes first to me. I always want to give 110% to my country so don’t want to be playing in another league.”There are three teams I want to play for – firstly my country, then Essex and my department, Habib Bank. They are three major teams who look after me so I try my level best to give to them.”International cricket is something different to domestic cricket so I want to stick with that. Money is not everything. I want to get my name where Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne is. I want to achieve something in my life.”I would love to be in the one-day team and I don’t know why the selectors and captain don’t have confidence in me. They should do because I’ve bowled well in the county game [with Essex] which has a high level in the one-day cricket.”Leg-spinners play a vital role in any one-day team such as India who have been putting Piyush Chawla up against the England batting line-up. I would love to play but it depends on the management, the selectors and captain. They should have faith in me in all forms of cricket.”Kaneria’s next international commitments are in October, with the Test series against South Africa in Pakistan. In the meantime, he has been confirmed by Essex as their one overseas player next year.

On the same day that Cricinfo reports of the chaos inside Nairobi’s largest and most influential province – the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association – it emerges that one side – Swamibapa – has threatened to pull out of the NPCA’s Super League.Swamibapa are reported to be considering the action after being docked 80 points by NPCA officials for not fulfilling their fixtures. The club maintains that it did not do so because seven of their players – including national captain Steve Tikolo – were on international duty at the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa.The club felt aggrieved with the league’s decision as they had written to the NCPA fixtures secretary, Miq Assaria, requesting the postponement of their matches since they could not raise a team.”We have been penalised 80 points so far and it would not make much difference to us if we play the remaining matches or not because there is no way we are going to recover,” Peter Ongondo, one of the seven and Swamibapa’s captain, told The Nation.The newspaper reported that senior NPCA officials, including acting chairman Sukhbans Singh, claimed to be unaware of the matter. Sadly, this is a typical response from those running the NPCA, and Cricinfo’s attempts to find out what is happening within the NPCA have been equally fruitless.The NPCA Super League appears to be a two-horse race between Kanbis, the defending champions who are on 149 points, and Stray Lions one point behind. Swamibapa are fourth with 68 points.