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“No need to panic” insists England captain, despite innings defeat in Mount Maunganui

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Nov-2019A failure to capitalise on a solid foundation in the first innings cost England dearly in their defeat in the first Test against New Zealand, Joe Root has admitted.England were well-placed at 277 for 4 on the game’s second morning, before Ben Stokes’ dismissal set in motion a collapse of four wickets for 18 runs, and an eventual score of 353 all out. Root told Sky Sports afterwards that “getting into the position we did and not kicking on is probably what cost us the game”, but defended his side’s performance, insisting that there was “no need to panic” despite another crushing defeat away from home.”We missed an opportunity, if we’re being brutally honest,” he said. “You look at the two [first] innings in comparison: two of their guys went on and made really big contributions. We had a couple of guys play really well, but could have done with making those big scores – making a score over 450, really.”That was a big opportunity for us that we missed. There were probably a lot of similarities where we had them four or five down for the score where we finished on day one… the difference being they had a guy with a double-hundred and someone support him with a hundred.”We had three guys [Stokes, Joe Denly and Rory Burns] play very well. [I’m] not trying to take anything away from our boys – we played extremely well, we just have to do it for longer, do more of it, and make those nineties, seventies and fifties into two hundreds and hundreds.”ALSO READ: Watling innings reignites questions about England’s gameThe build-up to this series was dominated by Root’s declarations that England would revert to an old-fashioned method in Test cricket, with a batting blueprint that involved occupying the crease for long periods after a couple of years playing “in fast forward”. And England’s captain insisted that there was no need to panic ahead of the second Test at Hamilton, saying that defeat should not be considered “the end of the world”.”It’s not going to happen overnight,” Root admitted. “It’s quite different to the style of cricket we’ve had to play in our own conditions of late, so it is going to take a little bit of time. There are areas that we can address, and get better at, and we’ll have to look at very quickly.”We have to be honest with ourselves, not panic, not think that it’s the end of the world, and make sure that we continue to work really hard. It’s a mentality thing more than a technical thing – it’s a mindset thing. So trying to harness that early and trying to learn from mistakes like this game and move on very quickly from it… if we can do that, then we’ll see rapid improvement.”I can’t fault the effort from the guys. I think we tried extremely hard. It’s very easy to look too in-depth at the things we could have done better and not give credit to the opposition, who played very well.”Root admitted that several dismissals in the second innings had been “soft” – including his own, as he tamely steered a Colin de Grandhomme bouncer to gully – but said that it was important to give credit to New Zealand’s “very disciplined bowling attack”.It was a frustrating day for Jofra Archer•Getty Images

He also echoed Jos Buttler in defending Jofra Archer’s underwhelming performance in his first overseas Test. Archer finished with figures of 1 for 107 in 42 grueling overs, and was repeatedly used as an enforcer.”He’s obviously an extremely exciting talent, and [has] got a huge amount of skill,” Root said. “[But] he’s a young guy at the start of his career. He’s come onto the international scene and taken it by storm, but this is a new ball [the red Kookaburra] that he’s never bowled with before, completely foreign conditions for him, and it might take a little bit of time to adjust to that and get used to that.”Having too much an expectation for him so early in his career is a very dangerous thing for us as a team, and us as guys around him that know what he’s capable of. I think we’ve got to be quite patient and understanding that he’s not going to get it straight away.”

In the last three years, teams have struggled to push the scoring rate under lights thus making it more favourable for teams batting first

Mohammad Isam20-Oct-2018Bangladesh are now used to the unpredictable nature of the pitch at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, said captain Mashrafe Mortaza. While Zimbabwe expect spin to play a big part, Mashrafe warned that even turn can’t always be assured in Mirpur.In the last three years, teams have struggled to push the scoring rate under lights. It has been more favourable for teams batting first as the pitch has changed nature with lots of use. As recently as February this year, the stadium was slapped with a demerit point when the second Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka ended on the third afternoon.Since April 2015, the side batting first has won 14 out of 23 ODIs, averaging 241 per innings, while those chasing have managed only 196. Bangladesh’s 251 for 2 against Pakistan in 2015 is the highest successful chase in this period.Mashrafe said that sides with tougher mentality – Bangladesh themselves since 2015 – have done well in Mirpur. But whenever they have been impatient, they have lost, as was the case in the tri-nation series final against Sri Lanka in January this year.”Mirpur wicket is unpredictable because it changes behaviour almost suddenly,” Mashrafe said. “It keeps low or starts turning without warning. Batsmen have to quickly change their mindset in the middle, and also in the dressing-room. Most of the senior players have played here for more than ten years, so we are now used to the unpredictability. It obviously becomes hard for the opposition.”Only when we started to believing in ourselves since 2015, did we have a good record here. In cases when we were mentally weak, like in the Asia Cup final [in 2012], we lost here.”Mashrafe expected his players to be able to deal with whatever surface is prepared for the first ODI on Sunday. “Chittagong is predictably a batting wicket unless it is prepared slow or a turning track. Mirpur is totally different. It starts behaving differently after the half-time. I hope the boys won’t use it as an excuse. It is always helpful if we think of scoring 250-260, which always puts pressure on the opposition in Mirpur,”Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza said that spin remains the major challenge for his batsmen, particularly in the subcontinent. “It is obviously one of the things you focus on when you play in the subcontinent. Spin plays a very big role. We have prepared for it. It is in the back of our minds.”The main thing is to stay positive and back ourselves. We also have to deal with the challenge of spin. We can go forward from here after the recent disappointments.”

Michael Hogan’s 5 for 17 ended on the losing side when the DLS went in Gloucestershire’s favour

ECB Reporters Network03-Aug-2017Jacques Rudolph’s dismissal turned the DLS score from a tie to a Gloucestershire victory•Getty Images

Gloucestershire beat Glamorgan by five runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method, despite career-best figures of 5-17 for Michael Hogan, with Jacques Rudolph’s dismissal off what became the final ball proving a match-winning moment.Only five overs of the run chase were possible as the rain came when Glamorgan were 32 for 2, chasing 151 to win, after Thisara Perera bowled Rudolph moments before the players left the field. Had that wicket not fallen, the scores would have been tied on DLS.The match was due to resume at 9.15pm with a revised target of 114, meaning Glamorgan would have required 82 from nine overs, but further heavy rain arrived to bring an end.Having won the toss and put Gloucestershire in to bat, Glamorgan’s bowlers struggled to find their line early on and at the end of the Powerplay Gloucestershire were solidly placed on 45 without loss.However, a bowling change paid off as Craig Meschede, with his first delivery, had Klinger caught by Andrew Salter attempting a pull shot.Phil Mustard brought up his fifty with an on-driven six off Salter in the 12th over, and Ian Cockbain added a six of his own in the same over as the visitors reached 97 for 1.Meschede made a second breakthrough when Ian Cockbain skied to Michael Hogan at mid-off for 22 and he ended with 2 for 28.Colin Ingram was brought into the attack and claimed the scalp of Mustard for 57 when he picked out deep midwicket.Kieran Noema-Barnett took Ingram for two boundaries and Jack Taylor was given a life when he was dropped on the midwicket rope by Aneurin Donald.However, Donald did take the chance offered by Noema-Barnett which began Hogan’s late burst. Hogan took another two wickets in the over, bowling Taylor for 10 before Thisara Perera was removed by an impressive catch from David Miller.Hogan added a fourth when he bowled George Hankins and, after the run out of Matt Taylor, he removed Benny Howell off the final ball of the innings.

Ashar Zaidi starred with both the bat and the ball to boost Essex’s hopes of a quarter-final place as they edged out Hampshire in a three run thriller

ECB Reporters Network08-Jul-2016
ScorecardAshar Zaidi had a fine night for Essex•Getty Images

Ashar Zaidi starred with both the bat and the ball to boost Essex’s hopes of a quarter-final place – as the visitors edged out Hampshire in a three run thriller.Pakistani Zaidi helped Essex to a healthy 153 for six with a patient 47 before miserly figures of two for 16 halted Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl.Essex are also top of Division Two of the Championship, leading Zaidi to say: “”It is amazing feeling winning four on the bounce and we are taking the momentum into the four day cricket.”Michael Carberry and James Vince, having been set 154 by Essex, took the chase steadily – knowing exactly what they needed and scored on and just above the required run rate.Carberry looked more ready to open himself up, but it was his undoing when he slogged to cow corner, before Tom Alsop was caught and bowl for a duck by Dan Lawrence.Spin slowed dried the runs up with Zaidi impressive, his first over going for just four and his second picking up Liam Dawson – who was driving to extra-cover.But as Zaidi stocked up on dot balls, boundaries flowed off Vince’s bat, on the back of another Test call-up.
Vince reached his 19th Blast fifty from 37 balls, but the ball after Sean Ervine teed up to Tom Westley giving Zaidi a deserved second wicket.Shahid Afridi spliced one back to Matthew Quinn and Vince finally departed as he was bowled by Graham Napier.
But just as Hampshire looked set for a seventh defeat Lewis McManus provided a fightback with a four and massive maximum in the penultimate over to leave the hosts needing eight from six.Wicket-keeper McManus was caught on the mid-wicket outfield from the second delivery, still seven needed but Ravi Bopara held his nerve – only going for two more runs.Earlier having won the toss, Essex set off at a blistering start reaching 67 by the end of the power play, with every other ball seemingly rushing to the boundary off Jessie Ryder, Kishen Velani and Westley. But for all their heaving they lost Velani in the third over – chipping up to Vince at mid-off.As easy as that catch was for captain Vince, his snaffle to see off Ryder, for 22, was unbelievable – as he gave international teammate Dawson his first of the night by diving full length once the ball had seemingly drifted over him.
Dawson, who took three wickets on his England Twenty20 debut on the ground on Tuesday, grabbed the 50th 20-over wicket of his career when the booming Westley picked out Carberry on the point boundary.That quick flurry of wickets and the introduction of spin quelled the run scoring as Zaidi and Ravi Bopara stutter – although the former did smash a six onto the concourse.Zaidi accelerated from that bash, mainly scored on foot, to get within three runs of a third half century in a row but was the victim of a stunning direct hit from boundary rider Carberry and Bopara was caught at deep mid-wicket.Ryan ten Doeschate hammered the final ball to Ervine on the long-on rope to set Hampshire 154 to win – which proved just enough.

Fifties from Shikhar Dhawan and MS Dhoni set India up for their best batting performance of the ODI series and gave them the consolation of avoiding a 3-0 Banglawash

The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy24-Jun-2015
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsMS Dhoni struck six fours and a six in his 77-ball 69•AFP

Fifties from Shikhar Dhawan and MS Dhoni set India up for their best batting performance of the ODI series and gave them the consolation of avoiding a 3-0 Banglawash. Chasing 318 – it would have been their second-highest successful chase had they pulled it off – Bangladesh made an encouraging start but lost too many wickets by the 30th over to stay in contention. The 77-run loss meant Bangladesh’s winning streak at home stopped at 10 matches.Dhawan stroked a 73-ball 75 and Dhoni, batting at No. 4 for the second match running, made a 77-ball 69 that saw India through the middle overs. Together, they laid the platform for the lower middle order, led by Suresh Raina, to smash 50 off the last five overs. Raina made a telling contribution with the ball as well, dismissing Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan on his way to a three-wicket haul.At the start of their batting Powerplay, Bangladesh needed 116 to win from 90 balls, but only had four wickets in hand. The end took its time coming, with Arafat Sunny blocking his way to an unbeaten 40-ball 14, but three overs still remained when they were bowled out. Despite the margin of defeat, Bangladesh still had positives to take in the continuing excellence of Mustafizur Rahman and sparkling knocks from Soumya Sarkar and Sabbir Rahman.The languid Sarkar attacked from the start, striking Stuart Binny for three fours and a six in two overs – the best of his shots a back-foot punch stroked in front of point – and greeting Umesh Yadav with two fours in his first over. Despite the loss of Tamim Iqbal in the second over of the innings – Dhawal Kulkarni getting him lbw by nipping one back from around the wicket – Bangladesh seemed well on course as they raced past 50 in the seventh over. Sarkar played one shot too many, though, and miscued Kulkarni to mid-on in the tenth over.The run rate never really dipped even after that, as Mushfiqur, Shakib, Sabbir and Nasir Hossain all got off to brisk starts. None of them got to 50, though, and when Binny bowled Sabbir for 43 in the 33rd over, he ended the last threatening phase of the Bangladesh innings, a sixth-wicket stand of 49 in 29 balls with Nasir.Mashrafe Mortaza, the Bangladesh captain, chose to bowl with the threat of rain in mind, and his young new-ball partner Mustafizur settled into a lovely rhythm straightaway, bothering Rohit Sharma with his angle and changes of pace. The runs came briskly at the other end, though, and Rohit had moved to 29 when Mustafizur dismissed him for the third time in the series. Having already beaten him twice with his cutter, he found his edge through to the keeper simply by virtue of his length and left-arm angle, which drew Rohit into an angled-bat drive.Much like Rohit, Virat Kohli got to a start before getting out to an unwise shot. He had moved to 25 – quietly, but that wasn’t an issue with Dhawan scoring freely at the other end – when he was bowled attempting a slog sweep off Shakib Al Hasan, soon after he had been brought on in the 20th over.Dhoni began his innings with nine dots in ten balls before deciding to have a go at the spinners. Stepping down the track, he swiped Nasir Hossain into the gap at deep square leg before launching the next ball hard and flat over cow corner. The next two overs brought two more fours, a pull in front of square off Rubel Hossain showing a flash of the old Dhoni, feet in midair as he swung his body violently through the stroke.At the other end Dhawan was finding the gaps with crisp precision, and had picked up three fours in three overs with drives and punches in the arc between point and mid-off when he picked out short midwicket off Mashrafe in the 27th over. India were 158 for 3 at that point, going along at close to six an over. The top order had given the innings impetus; Dhawan’s dismissal raised the question of whether the middle order could carry it forward.Without really getting on top of the bowling, Dhoni and Ambati Rayudu managed to maintain the run rate. The early momentum ensured that a quiet batting Powerplay – taken in the 33rd over, it fetched India 28 runs – served as a decent build-up period for the last 10 overs.Rayudu never looked entirely convincing – he miscued Mustafizur and Mashrafe in the air, only for the ball to pop into vacant parts of the outfield – but kept the strike rotating well enough to move to 44 off 48 before he was given out caught behind even though the ball had only brushed his thigh pad when he tried to lap-sweep Mashrafe.The dismissal brought Raina to the crease in ideal circumstances, with 6.3 overs to go and license to play his shots. He wasted no time in getting going, lofting his second ball over the covers for four and slogging a full-toss for a six in the next over, and ran away to 38 off 20 before Mustafizur beat his attempted leg-side heave with another brilliantly concealed slower ball in the 49th over.That wicket meant Mustafizur finished the series with 13, the most by any bowler in a three-match ODI series. His final figures of 2 for 57 were misleading, since all three fours he conceded in his last two overs came via miscues and edges, and his nervelessness and control during the Powerplays and the death only added further lustre to a spectacular debut series.

So lopsided was West Indies’ obliteration of Australia in the second semi-final of the World Twenty20, the victors had near enough to 13 overs to bask in their looming progress to the final against Sri Lanka

The Report by Daniel Brettig05-Oct-2012
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsChris Gayle anchored the West Indies innings•ICC/Getty

So lopsided was West Indies’ obliteration of Australia in the second semi-final of the World Twenty20, the victors had near enough to 13 overs to bask in their looming progress to the final against Sri Lanka.Matthew Wade’s departure in the eighth over of Australia’s reply to 205 for 4 left George Bailey’s team at a forlorn 43 for 6, their campaign collapsing in a few fevered minutes. Bailey was left to offer his team’s last gesture of defiance, a breathless 63 from 29 balls, but it served only to narrow the margin.That they were chasing such a tall tally was down to Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard. Gayle was starved of the strike early and later battled an apparent muscle strain, but in between produced an innings of controlled aggression that helped foster a trio of partnerships with Pollard, Marlon Samuels and Dwayne Bravo. Pollard clumped three of four sixes to be brutalised from Xavier Doherty’s final over of the innings, a sequence that broke Australian spirits.This much was clear in the early overs of the chase, the only blow landed by any batsman other than Bailey were the verbal ones delivered by David Warner before the innings had even begun. Australia entered the tournament resolved to fight with Test match zeal for the T20 trophy, but they have ultimately exited the event at an earlier stage than Michael Clarke’s team had done at the 2010 tournament in the Caribbean.Darren Sammy’s team have some concerns over Gayle’s fitness, and will be a little perturbed to have lost focus momentarily during Bailey’s rearguard, but will otherwise enter the final with the confidence earned from a thumping result. West Indies’ bowlers showed plenty of wit and variation on a dry surface, Ravi Rampaul catching the eye by using the short ball to make Australia’s belatedly included David Hussey look nobody’s idea of a saviour.Warner and Shane Watson – until a few days ago the prohibitive favourite to be the Player of the Tournament – were both winkled out by the flat leg spin of Samuel Badree. Warner’s dismissal required video evidence to confirm that the stumps had been flicked after the batsman missed a cut shot, but there was no room for doubt about Watson’s exit, losing his leg stump as he tried to pull a skidder. What followed would confirm the suspicion, maintained all tournament, that Australia’s batting fell away beneath them.Michael Hussey had performed a miracle to get Australia through their semi-final against Pakistan in 2010, but this time skied Samuels having made just 18. Cameron White glanced Rampaul into the gloves of Denesh Ramdin, and David Hussey’s two deliveries in the tournament provided a reminder that his technique against the short ball is some way short of international standard, irrespective of a handsome record in all domestic formats.Bailey’s subsequent counter-attack seemed driven by frustration as much as anything, and may serve at least to shore up his place as a batsman in Australia’s limited-overs plans for the future. But the final margin will stick uncomfortably in the gullet of Bailey and his entire squad, as their tournament ended with a disheartening whimper.Such a scenario had seemed remote when West Indies made a sedate start on a fair surface. Gayle began carefully, wary of the new ball swing on offer for Mitchell Starc, and watched from the other end as Johnson Charles heaved without foot movement and edged behind.The non-striker’s end was the vantage point from which Gayle watched an inordinate amount of deliveries, as Australia’s bowlers and fielders did their best to keep him away from the batting crease. His brief encounters with Doherty were satisfying enough, but Brad Hogg was a little more successful in keeping the runs down with his indecipherable googlies.By the time 10 overs had elapsed Gayle had faced only 18 balls, while Samuels and Dwayne Bravo, chosen ahead of his brother Darren, took a greater share. Samuels managed a quartet of clean blows before being outsmarted by Pat Cummins and bowled by a slower ball. Bravo soaked up plenty of dot balls but summoned a six whenever he was becalmed.Australian sloppiness also helped West Indies keep momentum. Wade missed a full toss to allow four byes, Starc swung one delivery down the legside for five wides, and both Hussey brothers allowed bouncing shots to burst through their hands on the boundary.The innings still required a supercharge, and it arrived in the 15th over, delivered by Hussey. Gayle sent one delivery into the stratosphere, and pinched another two boundaries for the over to be worth 19. In the next, Bravo crunched a steepling six but perished to a flatter hit next ball, the partnership ending at 83 from 51 balls.Pollard offered sound support in the closing overs as Gayle finally enjoyed a greater share of the strike, though he was by this time clearly hampered by an apparent abdominal strain. It mattered little in the final over, however, as Gayle slammed a full toss for six first ball then left Pollard to collar three more. Pollard’s dismissal from the final ball of the innings was scant consolation for Doherty, and Bailey will wonder at length whether he might have handed the ball to someone else.