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Frizzell County Championship Division OneKent 362 and 418 for 3 dec beat Nottinghamshire 156 and 337 by 287 runs at Maidstone
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Mohammad Sami completed the superb match figures of 15 for 114, the best bowling figures of the season so far, as Kent completed their first Championship victory of the season by overwhelming Nottinghamshire at Maidstone. Kent didn’t have it all their own way, however, as Notts mounted a valiant rearguard, led by Jason Gallian’s six-hour 106 and ably supported by Kevin Pietersen, Chris Cairns and Paul Franks. Sami though was irresistible, and followed his eight wickets in the first innings by skittling Notts’s tail with five more wickets in the space of seven runs. Muttiah Muralitharan arrives at the end of the month, and Kent’s prospects are on the up at last. Leicestershire 447 and 148 for 2 trail Middlesex 620 for 7 dec by 25 runs at Southgate
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It’s not often that a side scores 447 and still has to follow on, but that indignity was inflicted on Leicestershire, after Middlesex had compiled a whopping 620 for 7 Dec on the first two days at Southgate. Chad Keegan added three more wickets to his overnight haul to finish with a career-best 6 for 114 from 29 overs, and when John Maunders fell to the first ball of the follow-on, caught behind off Ashley Noffke, the omens didn’t look good. Noffke then dealt with Leicestershire’s first-innings hero, Virender Sehwag, in similar fashion (31 for 2), but Darren Maddy and Brad Hodge knuckled down to rescue the innings with an unbeaten 117-run stand for the third wicket. By the close, Leicestershire were 25 runs behind, with eight wickets remaining, and a draw seemed to be the likely result.Essex 340 and 254 for 6 lead Sussex 282 for 8 by 235 runs at Arundel
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The Championship fixture between Essex and Sussex remained evenly poised, after another day of slow manoeuvring at Arundel. The early honours belonged to Sussex, who secured a first-innings lead thanks to Mushtaq Ahmed, James Kirtley and Jason Lewry, who added 79 runs for the last two wickets. Essex then slipped to 50 for 2, with both Nasser Hussain and James Foster dismissed, but Paul Grayson’s 71 and a pair of half-centuries for Andy Flower and Aftab Habib put Essex back in the reckoning. Warwickshire 245 and 304 for 5 trail Surrey 355 and 450 for 5 dec by 256 runs at Edgbaston
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Warwickshire’s pursuit of the improbable suffered two devastating blows shortly before the close, when Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott were prised out in quick succession, to leave Surrey on the verge of their fifth Championship victory of the season. Warwickshire’s slim hopes had been ground into the dust in the morning session, as Mark Ramprakash converted his overnight 121 into a magnificent unbeaten 182, allowing Surrey to declare on 450 for 5, a lead of 560. But Michael Powell led the charge with 91, and at 293 for 3, Warwickshire dared to dream. But Adam Hollioake trapped Trott lbw for 51, before Saqlain Mushtaq picked up Bell three runs later for 71.Frizzell County Championship Division Two Gloucestershire 277 and 171 for 5 beat Derbyshire 89 and 356 by five wickets at Derby
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Derbyshire were made to pay for a pathetic first-innings effort, as Gloucestershire eked out a five-wicket victory that might have been very different had they been set more than 169 for victory. After collapsing to 89 all out in their first effort, Derbyshire fared considerably better second-time around, as Michael di Venuto (148) and Luke Sutton (81*) carried them to a healthy 356. Gloucestershire, who had managed 277 in their first innings, then slumped to 52 for 4, with two wickets each for Kevin Dean and Graeme Welch. But Jonty Rhodes calmed the nerves with an unbeaten 62, and Alex Gidman added a brisk 41 from 46 balls before being bowled by Dominic Cork with 48 runs still required. Northamptonshire 322 and 206 for 2 beat Durham 327 and 199 by eight wickets at Chester-le-Street
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Jason Brown gave a reminder of the form that earned him a place on England’s tour to Sri Lanka in 2000-01, as he bowled Northants to victory at Chester-le-Street with second-innings figures of 7 for 69. Northants and Durham had been level-pegging on first innings, but match was transformed when the spinners Brown and Graeme Swann entered the fray. From 70 for 0, Durham slumped to 100 for 5, and though Nicky Peng and Phil Mustard slowed the rot with a 71-run partnership, Brown ripped through the tail for his best figures in first-class cricket. Set 205 to win, Mike Hussey and Phil Jaques broke the back of the run-chase with a 156-run partnership, as Northants took their place at the top of Division Two. Somerset 233 and 129 for 3 trail Glamorgan 349 and 307 by 294 runs at Cardiff
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Matthew Maynard completed his third Championship century of the season as Glamorgan closed in on victory against Somerset at Sophia Gardens. Maynard, who had been 32 not out overnight, was in scintillating form, rushing to 101 from 114 balls, with 13 fours and two sixes to give Glamorgan plenty time to force a result. By the close, Somerset had limped to 129 for 3 in pursuit of 424.

A stubborn 137 minute stay at the wicket by the eighth wicketpair helped Services reach 297 for the loss of nine wicketsbut the visitors were still 21 short of saving the follow-onat the end of third day’s play against Delhi in the North ZoneRanji Trophy tie here today.Coming together in the 51st over of the day with Servicesstruggling at 210 for 7 after Delhi left-arm spinner RahulSanghvi ran through the middle order claiming four quickwickets, a determined CD Thompson and JP Pandey thwarted therival attack for 34 overs frustrating Delhi’s attempts to wrapup the tail and enforce a follow-on today itself.Earlier, resuming at their overnight score of 62 for two,services continued their save-the-match tactics with overnightbatsmen cautiously defending for 22 overs before Delhi struckremoving Yahspal Singh (69), who while trying to sweep, edgedto keeper Pradeep Chawla off Rahul Sanghvi.Sanghvi struck again four overs later removing PMS Reddy (34,3×4), effecting a brilliant caught-and-bowled.Just when Services seemed to fold up meekly, skipper SanjayVerma played a blistering innings, which included tenboundaries. when the team seemed to claw their way back intothe game, Sanghvi came back with more venom and sent Vermaback.Verma (53) skied a Sanghvi full toss towards the mid-wicketand Sarandeep Singh committed no mistake.Four overs later, off-spinner Sarandeep produced a beauty andChawla latched on to a top edge flying out of new manSarabjeet Singh’s bat.The Sanghvi-Chawla duo continued working wonders for Delhi andthis time Sayed Javed perished to their designs for a duckgiving Chawla his fourth catch of the match.Delhi then prepared for the kill, bringing on seamers Bandhariand Arun Singh to finish off the tail. But the Thompson-Pandey partnership proved too stubborn.With his arsenal exhausted, Manhas brought himself on andeffected a turn-around six overs before close of playdismissing Pandey, who seemed to have lost concentration andended up snicking to Akash Chopra at first slip.He also worked a miracle with the last ball of the daydismissing Arun Sharma who hit a rash shot towards fine legwhere RS Gupta gleefully grabbed it.Delhi would have loved to garner full eight points with anoutright victory after dominating with a huge first inningsscore. For that to happen, they will have to grab 11 servicewickets on the last day tomorrow.On a dead Palam pitch, it is indeed an uphill task.

Shashank Manohar has been formally elected BCCI president at the board’s special general meeting (SGM) in Mumbai on Sunday. Soon after, at his first press conference, he announced a wide range of measures to tackle various critical issues facing the board, including conflict of interest, corruption in cricket, the lack of transparency in the board’s operations and financial accountability of the state associations.His overall message was clear: “Nothing is wrong in the board.” The problem, he said, was one of perception, created by the lack of information flowing from the board. “Therefore, to clear that myth and change the perception, we would [implement the changes] immediately,” he said. How immediate? “In two months’ time all these things about which I have spoken will be implemented in full force.”He also stressed on the board’s unity, a point reinforced by his specific comments – “Excellent secretary, better than most of the secretaries I have seen in this board” – on N Srinivasan, the ICC chairman and seen as an adversary. “We are not working here with a vindictive attitude,” he said. “The entire Board, when we discussed together, were united. All 30 members including the Tamil Nadu Association said we have to work together and build the image of the Board and not fight amongst ourselves.”For starters, he said, the BCCI would appoint an independent official to preside over matters relating to conflict of interest – the one issue at the heart of the BCCI’s credibility problem since 2008, when the constitution was changed to allow officials to be stakeholders in the IPL. “The board would frame regulations with regards to conflict of interest of administrators, players and their staff. That would be done within a month’s time,” he said. “And the board would also appoint an ombudsman or an ethics officer who would be independent of this board and who would look into the complaints regarding conflict of interest.”The IPL also threw up the board’s single biggest crisis of the past few years, the 2013 spot-fixing case. Investigating that case revealed several shortcomings in the board’s process, including its lack of teeth in carrying out deep and meaningful inquiries. To that end, Manohar said, he hoped to discuss with government officials the possibility of engaging their investigating agencies, who would have far greater powers. It would help that the board secretary, Anurag Thakur, is a senior member of India’s ruling party, the BJP.Much of the public distrust of the board is the lack of transparency, especially in financial matters, which has given the BCCI an image of being a closed club. The board is not accountable to any outside agency, nor even to the public under the Right to Information legislation, and Manohar stressed that the latter should apply only if the government amends the law. However, he seemed to take a step forward by saying the board’s constitution – so long inaccessible to all outsiders – would be posted on its website. Also to be posted are the board’s balance sheet and any expenditure above Rs 25 lakh (approx. US$ 38,000).Similarly, he aims to tighten controls on the state associations, who receive funds from the central kitty but whose spending is not monitored. “A lot of debate goes on that the associations are paid huge money by the board and nobody knows what happens to that money,” he said. “The accounts of all associations are audited by their auditors. However, we would build a system by which the accounts of the affiliated units would be audited by an independent auditor appointed by the board, where after [thereafter] the further money would be released to the state associations. The board would also be empowered to take action in case the board finds that the money which has been given to the state association is not being properly utilised.”Manohar also held out some hope for that most forgotten stakeholder in Indian cricket, the ordinary fan. He made several references to the fans and acknowledged their role in making the BCCI the powerful organisation it is today. “The BCCI is a huge brand in itself. [But] without the support of the fans it would not have been possible for the board to become this big. The confidence of the cricket-loving fans has shaken due to certain unpleasant things that have happened. [It is the duty of] all members of the board to build the reputation of the board and bring it back to its full reputation.”Manohar’s election, which was necessitated by the death last month of the incumbent Jagmohan Dalmiya, became a formality after he was the only person nominated for the post on the eve of the election. He had first emerged as the front-runner for the post when the Bharatiya Janata Party backed him.

Andy Roberts, the former West Indies fast bowler, could not conceal his sense of utter hopelessness for the future of West Indies cricket when he spoke after the completion of the KFC Cup last week.”I watched and I couldn’t face it at times,” said Roberts in his interview with the . “Everything bothered me. Every single thing. We have to admit we have a crisis in West Indies cricket.”It is a crisis that has developed over two decades. Its myriad causes have long since been recognised yet they all surfaced once again in the region’s premier limited-overs tournament. Roberts bemoaned the fact that no players had emerged to press who he described as “the incumbents” in the West Indies team for their places. He noted the basic lack of batting technique, an observation starkly supported by a glance at the scores, like West Indies Under-19 being bowled out for 18 against Barbados.Such observations are a strong indictment of coaching at the lower levels of the game in the West Indies, a deficiency that requires urgent attention. There was much else besides that was discouraging, even more so since it perpetuated the deficiencies of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in planning and organisation.There were more teams but less cricket, a reversal of the ideal balance. To accommodate the puzzling addition of the U-19s and an amalgamation tagged as Combined Campuses and Colleges, the qualifying round was divided into two groups, limiting each side to three matches, as opposed to five last season.The semi-finals and final were played at the Three Ws Oval in Bridgetown, while less than a mile away, the multi-million dollar Kensington Oval which staged the World Cup final six months earlier, turned a whiter shade of pale by the day.

When rain – which tends to fall in Barbados at the tailend of the season in October – drenched an outfield without the drainage necessary to cope with a deluge, one semi-final had to be abandoned, amidst heated controversy, with no provision for a reserve day.Had the Kensington Oval been the venue, the problem would not have arisen, for vast sums were spent on sanding and installing the most modern drainage facilities for the World Cup. It was learnt that the Three Ws Oval was chosen because it was fitted with floodlights – and Kensington was not.It was the first time major regional cricket was played under lights, 29 years after Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket (WSC) introduced it in Australia. As such, it was seen as helping the development of the game. Even so, other World Cup stadiums, in St Lucia and Antigua, also carry lights. And then there is the ongoing squabble between the UWI and the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), the accredited broadcasters, over the inadequate facilities provided.Predictably, the buck was passed one way and then the next, from the UWI, to the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), to the CMC. In the end, there is only one place that it should stop in relation to all of the foul-ups and that is at the WICB. It was, after all, their tournament.As Haydn Gill pointed out in , complaints such as those now heard from captains Chris Gayle, Daren Ganga and Corey Collymore, simply echo those of Courtney Walsh and Philo Wallace eight years earlier when a washed-out semi-final and the absence of a reserve day led to Barbados’ exit.The same thing occurred in 2001, prompting the Barbados manager at the time, Tony Howard, to pointedly comment: “The problem with this competition is that it seems to be organised by non-cricketers and there seems to be other issues which take precedence over the cricketing aspects.”Howard, a former West Indies Test player, is now the WICB’s cricket operations manager and, presumably, responsible for cricketing matters. If the KFC Cup and other regional tournaments are still being planned by ‘non-cricketers’, he is serving no useful purpose.If he does remain in office, he could do no better than to arrange with the Stanford 20/20 group to observe how to properly run a cricket tournament. It really is not that difficult – and money has very little to do with it.

Greg King, the Indian trainer, has been admitted to a hospital inAhmedabad with a viral fever. He has been in hospital for approximatelytwo days with intermittent fever. In the wake of widespread concern acrossthe country over the spread of dengue fever and chikunguniya the hospitalstaff have understandably taken all precautions.While there was little clarity over exactly what King was suffering from,it is understood that he was scheduled to be released on Thursday morning,and was prescribed strong medication to cover all eventualities. “The feverhas come down now, and the test results are also clear,” Rajan Nair, themedia manager of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said, late onWednesday night.The news spread late on Wednesday evening and created a buzz among themedia, as several stories did the rounds claiming that King was sufferingfrom chikunguniya. However, team sources said that there was noconfirmation from the hospital about exactly what King was suffering from,and said that it was merely a viral fever. Another source in the BCCI alsoconfirmed that it was expected that King would be present in thedressing-room when the match against West Indies began.In the normal course the trainer of the Indian team being admitted tohospital with a viral fever would not make news. But the country is in thegrips of anxiety over chikunginiya and dengue, with several hundred peoplehaving died because of the illnesses.

England and Pakistan players have visited Pakistani earthquake victims and announced donations to help them recover from the disaster.Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick travelled to the quake-hit Bagh district of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and distributed relief goods and medicine on Sunday. The pair were so moved by their visit two days ago to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Science hospital in Islamabad that they asked if there was something more they could do. As a result, they were allowed to join the crew of a Chinouk helicopter delivering aid to the thousands of survivors made homeless by the disaster.”They were so affected by what they saw on Friday that they want to see what is happening themselves,” a spokesman for the England board told reporters. “But this is not a tourist trip. They will be loading and unloading as much aid as they can.”England’s players and officials are aiming to raise £100,000 towards the relief operation by a number of means, including a golf day and donating their match fees from an ODI.Separately, Pakistan’s cricket team visited earthquake victims in two hospitals and said they would donate their match fee from one of the upcoming Tests against England to help rebuild houses in affected areas.Inzamam-ul Haq, Bob Woolmer and 13 other players visited Rawalpindi General Hospital and Islamabad Hospital Complex for more than two hours. Shoaib Akhtar, who was reported to be unwell, missed the trip.

“This is our mission to bring smiles back to affected people especially children,” said Inzamam. “Our heart goes out for the victims and it’s painful to read the death toll and see the injured after such massive devastation.”Inzamam also announced that the Pakistan side would donate part of their match fees for the next year. “All the players will donate their full match-fee from the Multan Test (around 1.5 million rupees or $25,000) and will continue to donate five percent of match fees for one year. We are also donating all the expenses for building 100 houses in affected areas.”Inzamam added that his team would visit the now razed town of Balakot in North West Frontier Province as soon as they had time.

New Zealand Women 232 for 7 (Watson 115*, McDonald 3-29) beat Ireland 155 (Milliken 3-39) by 77 runs
ScorecardHelen Watson’s whirlwind unbeaten 115 was the highlight of the day for New Zealand as they romped to a 77-run win against Ireland to complete a clean sweep in the three-match one-day series. After winning the toss and opting to bat at Dublin, New Zealand were rescued by Watson’s 114-ball knock, which lifted the total to 232. Ireland could only muster 155 in response.Watson came in to bat when New Zealand were stuttering at 55 for 3, and immediately set about repairing the innings, putting together 73 for the fourth wicket with Haidee Tiffen (32). Watson’s previous-highest score for New Zealand was just 24, but here she made almost five times as many, tonking Ireland’s bowlers around for 14 fours – the rest of the New Zealand team together managed only seven.Ireland’s run-chase never took off, as Louise Milliken came up with a superb new-ball spell, taking three early wickets as Ireland slumped to 59 for 4. Cecelia Joyce laboured her way to 33 off 99 balls before being run-out, but the greatest contribution to the innings came from the extras column – there were 51 of them, including 43 wides. Despite such generosity from New Zealand’s bowlers, Ireland were never in the hunt, and fell well short of their targetWith their first leg of the tour done, New Zealand will travel to England to play a Twenty20 match, five one-dayers and a Test. The series starts with the Twenty20 game on August 5 at Hove.

The ongoing debate over Steve Waugh’s future as Australia’s captain surfaced again at the weekend with comments from two former players turned commentators, Jeff Thomson and David Hookes, that the time is right for him to step down.Thomson and Hookes said that with the Australian middle-order aging and with a series against Bangladesh starting in July, Waugh should go in the interest of the team. “It’s time to move on and it’s a good time to do it when the opposition isn’t that good,” Thomson argued. “When he [Waugh] got the hundred in Sydney, I thought that was enough. What’s he going to prove if he plays Bangladesh? Who cares if Steve Waugh gets a hundred?”Hookes, a long-standing critic of Waugh, agreed. “I can’t see any point [him] playing against Bangladesh. He won’t get a hit for starters. Look at the batting,” he continued. “You’ve got him, Lehmann, Ponting and Martyn to come back – they are not young blokes.Thomson went one step further, suggesting that Glenn McGrath should be relived of his new-ball duties in favour of Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie. “If the wicket’s got something in it, you may as well use Gillespie and Lee,” Thomson said. “Lee should be opening the bowling, get the choice of ends. To bowl Lee into the wind is not on any more. McGrath wouldn’t have to wait long. They are only going to bowl five or six overs.”

The Victorian Bushrangers today announced a strong team to contest the season’s opening ING Cup match against the NSW Blues at Bankstown Oval on Sunday. Australian stars, Shane Warne, Damien Fleming and Ian Harvey are welcome inclusions for the Bushrangers, in a match which should be one of the highlights of the domestic season.New leader of the Bushrangers ING Cup side, Matthew Elliott said he was looking forward to the match and season ahead. “Obviously it’s been an unusual build up due to the resignation of John Scholes, but he leaves us in great shape and we’re really keen to open our account with a win this Sunday. The side is well balanced with plenty of options, and I think we’re embarking on what should be an exciting season for the Bushrangers in the ING Cup”.The Bushrangers have also announced the team for next week’s ACB Cup match against South Australia in Adelaide. Leading the side is Bushrangers regular Matthew Mott.BUSHRANGERS v NSW BLUES: Sunday, October 7, 2001 at BankstownMatthew Elliott (c), Jason Arnberger, Darren Berry, Damien Fleming, Ian Harvey, Ian Hewett, Brad Hodge, Michael Klinger, Michael Lewis, Jonathan Moss, Ben Oliver, Shane WarneVICTORIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA: October 8-11, 2001 at Adelaide Oval (no. 2)Matthew Mott (c), Rob Bartlett, Will Carr, Shawn Craig, Simon Dart, John Davison, Peter Harper, Shane Harwood, Nick Jewell, Andrew Kent, Andrew McDonald, Peter Roach

Glenn Maxwell says he is not a fan of the law change that permitted him to pull off one of the most brilliant outfield catches of the year during yesterday’s fourth ODI at Headingley.Maxwell, fielding at deep midwicket during the closing stages of England’s series-squaring three-wicket win, dismissed Liam Plunkett after parrying the ball on the edge of the boundary, then jumping to complete the take in mid-air despite his last point of contact with the ground having taken place on the wrong side of the rope.Prior to October 2013, the law had stated that the fielder needed to have started in the field of play and be grounded in bounds before securing the catch. That was amended by MCC to reward athleticism in the outfield but Maxwell, one of the best exponents of the art, said he didn’t see the point of the change.”I don’t think it makes a whole lot of sense,” Maxwell said after the Headingley match. “I think you should have to get back into the boundary.”I think if you look at the basketball rule. You have to jump from inside to throw it back in, you can’t jump up in the air and catch it on the way back in.”You’ve got to make sure your feet have landed inside the court and I think it should be the same in cricket.”But while we’re taking catches on our side it doesn’t really bother me, but I know if I was a batsman I’d be pretty upset if that was the dismissal. You’ve just go to play the rules you’re given.”Eoin Morgan, England’s victorious captain, who also fell to a moment of brilliance from Maxwell when he was caught one-handed in the gully for 92, hailed the catch as “fantastic” but also admitted that the rule change had caught him unawares.”I’m unclear on the rules to be honest,” Morgan said. “I think it’s changed a couple of times so I will be asking so that I know for the future.”Maxwell himself only became aware of the law change after commenting on Twitter during a similar incident in Australia’s Big Bash in January. Josh Lalor, Sydney Thunder’s fast bowler, dismissed Cameron White, Melbourne Stars’ captain, having also started with his feet outside the field of play. Maxwell tweeted:He later admitted he was “happy to be proven wrong”, but added he thought it was a poor amendment. MCC later clarified the rule change on its website.”I think it makes it easier as an outfielder,” Maxwell said. “You’ve got to be aware of the rope as well but it made the catch a lot easier to complete, to be able to jump from back over [the boundary] and catch it in the air.”Obviously I didn’t really want to have to do it, but I lost a bit of balance on the boundary line so I thought I had to throw it up, and obviously with the law being like it is, jump from over the rope and back in and catch it in mid-air.”