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Another day of Test cricket in Bulawayo belonged to New Zealand as they piled on the runs on Zimbabwe with three batsmen scoring centuries and two notching half-centuries in their first-innings total of 582 for 4

The Report by Firdose Moonda in Bulawayo07-Aug-2016
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
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New Zealand’s highest in a Test innings against Zimbabwe

Another day of Test cricket in Bulawayo belonged to New Zealand as they piled on the runs on Zimbabwe with three batsmen scoring centuries and two notching half-centuries in their first-innings total of 582 for 4. New Zealand batted for two entire sessions before declaring during the tea break in a bid to take a few wickets in the last session but Zimbabwe’s opening stand stood unbroken after 30 overs.Tino Mawoyo and Chamu Chibhabha saw through the new ball, a short-ball barrage and 11 overs of spin to end the day on a respectable 55 for 0. While Mawoyo, who came in for Brian Chari, was more resolute, Chibhabha offered a few more shots to finish the day on 31 off 89 balls, compared to Mawoyo’s 20 off 91 balls. Once New Zealand saw there was no swing on offer for the first five overs, which were all maidens, the slip cordon was trimmed and the leg-side field was packed as Tim Southee and Trent Boult switched to a short-ball strategy. When that did not work either, Kane Williamson brought on the spinners and Neil Wagner but the openers’ tactics did not waver to head towards the half-century stand.

Nice to beat Crowe – Taylor

While Kane Williamson became the first New Zealander to score a Test century against all nine other Test nations, Ross Taylor overtook his mentor Martin Crowe’s tally of 5444 runs and is now his country’s third-highest run-scorer. Although New Zealand’s focus was on winning the second Test, the records meant something to the two batsmen.
“I did an interview for a newspaper back home before this Test so I knew I was close,” Taylor said. “I don’t usually look at the score when I am batting but I heard some applause, so I knew I must have got there. It was nice to beat Hogan. He was my mentor for many years. When I first met him he said he wanted me to at least beat his records; so it was nice to achieve one of the goals he set for me.”
In turn, Taylor has set a goal for Williamson. “Not many people have got centuries against every Test playing country home and away and I am sure he would like to do that in his career,” he said.
Taylor praised Williamson’s century for its consistency and class. “It just shows that he can do it against all opposition in all conditions,” but admitted he did not know it could have been the captain’s early birthday present to himself. “Is it his birthday? He has kept that pretty quiet,” Taylor asked. “He’s an old 26 year old isn’t he? He’s a pretty quiet lad. He was just born to bat. And captain.”

Earlier, Ross Taylor became the third centurion of the innings after Tom Latham on day one and Williamson early on day two as New Zealand showed no mercy to Zimbabwe’s wearing attack. Taylor and Latham have scored centuries in both matches of this series but it may be the other hundred that grabs the headlines.The New Zealand captain became the first from his country, the 13th overall and only the second after Younis Khan among the current crop of internationals to score a century against all nine other Test nations. Continuing from 95 overnight, he whipped the eighth ball he faced this morning to the square-leg boundary to bring up the landmark.He did not hang around for long though, giving Zimbabwe a rare moment of celebration when he edged Michael Chinouya to gully but their joy was shortlived. After Williamson’s dismissal, Taylor continued the grind and surpassed his mentor Martin Crowe’s tally of 5444 runs to become the third-highest run-scorer in New Zealand’s Test history.All that meant Zimbabwe were subjected to more toil on a surface that offered no assistance. The only indication the bowlers would make any impression on New Zealand’s batsmen came early in the day with the second new ball when Chinouya and Donald Tiripano, the pace duo, found some movement. Chinouya beat Taylor twice, but with the pace in upper 120s and no slips in place, they had to work within their limitations.The quicks bowled seven-over spells each before Graeme Cremer brought himself on and immediately found the drift that was lacking on the first day. He struck off his fifth ball when Henry Nicholls was trapped in front while attempting a sweep. With two wickets for 20 runs, Zimbabwe may have seen an opportunity to claw their way back in, but Taylor and BJ Watling shut them out.Cremer and offspinner John Nyumbu tried everything to stem the run flow, switching angles from over to around the wicket, and keeping fielders close in but nothing worked. In fact, Craig Ervine, who was stationed under the helmet at short leg, was hit three times by the batsmen as they whipped Cremer away.Watling’s footwork and Taylor’s deft touches were a slow burn on Zimbabwe’s energy reserves and Cremer turned to the part-timers to buy time. Sean Williams was punished but Prince Masvaure produced the only chance of the afternoon session when he tempted Taylor into reaching for a short and wide ball but debutant wicketkeeper Peter Moor could not hold on to the edge. Six balls later, Taylor drove Williams to long-off to bring up his hundred.Zimbabwe’s disciplines deserted them as the tea break approached and they offered the New Zealand pair several short deliveries which were put away. Almost without trying, the Taylor-Watling stand grew to 193 and the score approached 600 before tea was called and New Zealand decided to declare.

Graham Ford could be on the verge of a return to the Sri Lanka coaching job. Ford, who was Sri Lanka coach from January 2012 to January 2014, is currently with Surrey

George Dobell25-Jun-20151:40

Who is Graham Ford?

Graham Ford could be on the verge of a return to the Sri Lanka coaching job. Ford, who was Sri Lanka coach from January 2012 to January 2014, is currently with Surrey, but is believed to have responded positively to the approach from Sri Lanka Cricket.Ford, who is in his second season as coach of Surrey, is believed to be the preferred choice of Kumar Sangakkara, who joined Surrey as overseas player this season largely as a result of Ford’s presence. Sangakkara was expected to finish his career after the first Test against India, although may now prefer a potential farewell in Colombo.While Ford has expressed some interest in the role, he also wants the security of a long-term contract to take him up to the 2019 World Cup. He remains nervous about the volatile nature of Sri Lankan cricket politics and would like a deal that protects him.The contract of the current Sri Lanka coach, Marvan Atapattu, ends next year, but ESPNcricinfo understands there is an exit clause in September. While he is highly regarded as a technical coach, he is not quite so well respected as a man manager and, at a time with the team in transition, that is a skill highly valued by the board. Under Ford, Sri Lanka were runners-up at the 2012 World T20 – losing to West Indies in the final.Surrey had no knowledge of the approach when ESPNcricinfo first approached them for comment.

Ross Taylor has said he was surprised by the timing of his losing the New Zealand captaincy but not by the decision itself, declaring he felt he never had the support of the coach Mike Hesson

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Dec-2012Ross Taylor has said he was surprised by the timing of his losing the New Zealand captaincy but not by the decision itself, declaring he felt he never had the support of the coach Mike Hesson. Taylor, who on Friday was replaced as leader by Brendon McCullum, was told after the ODI series in Sri Lanka that there would be a change of captaincy after the end of the Sri Lanka tour.On Friday, Hesson stressed that what he meant at that meeting, which was also attended by assistant coach Bob Carter and team manager Mike Sandle, was that there would be a change to the limited-overs captaincy, not the Test leadership. However, Taylor said he had been told his captaincy was not good enough and it felt clear to him that Hesson and the team management did not want him in charge at all.”They told me I wasn’t good enough as a captain, wasn’t good enough for this team,” Taylor told the . “To hear I wasn’t good enough was disappointing. It was interesting … I was offered the Test captaincy a couple of weeks [after the Sri Lanka meeting], when it was clear to me from conversations, they didn’t want me at all.”Taylor said he was not surprised by the course of events after Hesson took over from John Wright as head coach in July. “It wasn’t huge shock,” Taylor said. “Hesson never supported me through the whole time I’d been captain, but I was surprised by the timing.”Since taking on the captaincy full-time last year, Taylor led New Zealand to four Test wins from 13 matches, including rare victories in Australia and Sri Lanka, two wins from eight ODIs, and four victories from nine Twenty20 internationals. He conceded that he was still developing as a captain but said he had learnt a lot under Wright’s coaching.”I know I had areas to work on,” Taylor said. “I was far from the finished product, but I lacked a lot of support from the management in a lot of areas, which was disappointing. Under Wrighty I was learning a lot; under Hesson, the relationship was pretty poor. I didn’t think he supported me in that role.”After declining the Test captaincy this week, Taylor declared that he offered his full support to his replacement McCullum, but intended to take a break from the game. Taylor said he did not believe he could put in a complete effort under the circumstances and would return when the time was right.”It’s still fresh and raw,” Taylor said. “It’s been a pretty difficult five months for me. It’s a chance to get away from it, spend some time with the family and have a Christmas. I don’t believe I can give 100% to the game at this time. Cricket is my life and my passion. I love the game and I love playing for my country. But taking a break is the right thing for me right now.”

The Bangladesh top order graced the first day of the Chittagong Test with a display of brazen carelessness, to make a masterstroke out of Misbah-ul-Haq’s strange call to bowl first on a flat pitch

The Report by Nitin Sundar09-Dec-2011
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsMohammad Hafeez opened the bowling in the morning, and later underlined Pakistan’s dominance with the bat•AFP

The Bangladesh top order graced the first day of the Chittagong Test with a display of carelessness, to make a masterstroke of Misbah-ul-Haq’s strange decision to bowl on a flat pitch. The senior batsmen – Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraful and Shakib Al Hasan – led the way, succumbing to three of the more atrocious shots of the morning, and the lower order followed suit in the afternoon. Bangladesh were eventually dismissed for 135 in less than two sessions, proving additional strength to the growing criticism of their Test status.The situation would have been worse had Nazimuddin not batted with more grit on debut than some of his colleagues have shown in the entire year. His 31 and Nasir Hossain’s free-spirited 41 contributed more than half the total. The Pakistan openers – Mohammad Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar – put Bangladesh’s performance and the pitch in perspective with an unbeaten 132-run stand.Obduracy is not beyond Bangladesh – they routinely give up stiff ODI chases and bat out time, as they did in the second ODI – but they refuse to show that characteristic in the format where it is a pre-requisite. Bangladesh underlined why they hadn’t managed even a draw against a full-strength top-flight side in over 10 years, without assistance from the weather.Misbah undermined his decision to bowl by handing the new ball to Mohammad Hafeez – the first time a Pakistan spinner was bowling the first over of a Test. The experiment was quickly shelved after Hafeez’s bunny, Tamim, survived his first three overs. Aizaz Cheema replaced Hafeez, and angled his fourth ball across Tamim, who responded with a loose drive away from his body and edged behind. In Cheema’s next over, Shahriar Nafees fell for a duck while defending in front of his body without decisive footwork.While Cheema specialised in big inswingers bowled from wide of the crease, Umar Gul settled into his usual mix of legcutters, indippers, and tempting half-volleys. Mohammad Ashraful’s comeback lasted 11 balls, before he produced a mirror-image of Tamim’s dismissal. The away-going delivery was not quite there for the drive, but he threw his hands at it and nicked behind.Mushfiqur Rahim started with a promising off-drive for four, but Saeed Ajmal trapped him in his first over with a sharp offbreak. Shakib produced the illusion of stability by hanging around for eight overs, before the rash-stroke epidemic got to him. With ten minutes to go for lunch, and men around the bat, he swept Abdur Rehman straight to square leg.Nazimuddin battled through it all, showing exemplary judgement against short balls and swing. He repeatedly dropped his wrists and swayed out of line when tested by bounce, and covered the line of length deliveries. A series of rasping drives showed that he belonged, before he betrayed his inexperience with two needless flirts outside the off stump. The first edge landed short of the slips, but the second carried to Hafeez.By now Ajmal had settled into his nagging lines from round the wicket, tossing up doosras, sliders and offbreaks from similar trajectories. Mahmudullah was lbw playing back to a slider, while Elias Sunny nicked another to slip. Nasir did the right thing in the circumstances, chancing his arm while he still had partners. The best of his shots came against Cheema, whom he pulled, glanced, hooked and drove for boundaries. He also heaved Ajmal for a six down the ground, and eased him through the covers for four as Bangladesh nursed hopes of getting to 150. They were denied by another hare-brained shot, when Nasir paddled Rehman onto his jaw en route to silly point.After tea, Hafeez began an afternoon of accumulation by flicking his first ball for three. As always Hafeez’s driving was top-class, but Bangladesh’s indiscipline also allowed him to cut and glance for early boundaries. Shahadat Hossain and Rubel Hossain bowled six listless overs that yielded 33 runs before Mushfiqur brought on his crew of spinners.Whenever the spinners over-pitched, Taufeeq was completely at ease, driving and flicking with a strong bottom hand. That prompted a change in approach from Bangladesh’s spinners – the one department in which they can claim to be world class. They shortened the length, and Taufeeq repeatedly pushed in hope with an opened face as the ball spun away. The edge inevitably followed, but Mushfiqur could not hold on. Mahmudullah got Taufeeq edging three more times – on either side of Nafees at slip, and once on the bounce.Hafeez had no such worries, though, and strolled past fifty with a cover-driven four. Shahadat then dropped Taufeeq in the final over, denying Bangladesh the sliver they could have taken out of the day.

The Bombay High Court is expected to announce on Monday its verdict in the Rajasthan Royals case, where the BCCI has sought relief against the stay granted on the franchise’s expulsion by the arbitrator

Nagraj Gollapudi10-Dec-2010The Bombay High Court is expected to announce on Monday its verdict in the Rajasthan Royals case, where the BCCI has appealed against the stay granted on the franchise’s expulsion by an independent arbitrator. Both parties have completed arguments, with the board repeating its contention that the ownership of Rajasthan had changed hands while the franchise maintained that the “ultimate control” of the team had remained the same.Justice S Vazifdar, who is hearing the case, had granted an interim injunction to Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday, restoring to the team all its rights under the IPL franchise agreement, subject to certain conditions. The similarity between that case and Rajasthan’s prompted speculation of a similar judgement today. However, Rajasthan’s decision to not pay any monetary guarantees – unlike Punjab – led to Vazifdar deferring the decision to Monday.Rajasthan had gone to court against the board’s decision in October to terminate them for alleged violations in shareholding pattern, ownership and change in ultimate control without obtaining prior consent of the BCCI. The court directed that the matter be settled through arbitration. But in a setback for the BCCI, the arbitrator, Justice BN Srikrishna, observed that the board was aware all along of the franchise’s alleged violations that formed the basis of the termination, and that Rajasthan had not, in fact, violated the franchise agreement. The BCCI moved the High Court immediately to contest Srikrishna’s verdict.Monday’s judgement would be vital for the board because if Vajifdar upholds the arbitrator’s verdict, the Indian board could be forced to field ten teams in the fourth edition of the IPL. Also the player auction, scheduled on January 8 and 9, will go ahead as planned. The board will then have the choice of approaching the two-judge divisional bench of the Bombay High Court, and move the Supreme Court after that, if need be.During Thursday’s arguments, BCCI counsel CA Sundaram said Srikrishna had based his judgement on certain assumptions. Under the franchise agreement, any change in control or corporate structure in the bid company cannot happen without the approval of the board. “Such an approval has to be taken 15 days before the change is made,” Sundaram told the court.According to Sundaram the arbitrator erred in considering the ultimate control of the bid company had changed post the date of franchise agreement . That was because “the date should have been that of the Letter of Eligibily (LoE) and not of the franchise agreement,” Sundaram said.The board’s charge was that the bid company was Emerging Media (IPL) Pvt Ltd UK (EMIPL), but it was now only a minority shareholder in the franchise. Sundaram said that at the time the LoE was submitted, there was only one bidding company, EMIPL. “However, as of today there was a Mauritius-based company [EM Sporting Holdings] whose holding structure is not known to the Indian board. Therefore, the BCCI now did not trust the Jaipur franchise and therefore, the termination.”Rajasthan’s counsel Janak Dwarkadas said “ultimate control” had never changed in his client’s company. He said that originally when the franchise was formed the intended structure was meant to comprise of the ultimate company, the Mauritius-based EM Sporting, whose subsidiary would be Jaipur IPL Pvt. Ltd. (the applicant at the time of bidding).””The UK company was the bid company where Fraser Castelino and Ranjit Barthakur were the shareholders when the LoE was submitted. After the franchise agreement was signed, the UK Company sold its shares to the Mauritius company and now the Mauritius company was the parent company, whose subsidiary was Jaipur IPL, and these changes were bought to the notice of BCCI who had approved the same,” Dwarkadas said.

Gordon Drummond will lead Scotland in the Intercontinental Cup while Gavin Hamilton will take over the reins for the ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers

Cricinfo staff21-Dec-2009Gordon Drummond will lead Scotland’s 13-member squad for the ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya to be played in Nairobi from January 25 to 28. In the absence of some experienced players, the team will wear a youthful look in Kenya. Simon Smith returns from shoulder surgery to take his spot as the wicketkeeper.The selectors named a different squad of 14 for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers that will be held in UAE in February. Six new players will feature in a series of Twenty20 matches in Kenya against the hosts and Uganda before the UAE leg begins.Drummond will relinquish the leadership role to Gavin Hamilton for the shortest format. Hamilton will also have the services of Fraser Watts, Ryan Watson, Neil McCallum and Jan Stander. Navdeep Poonia will also join the squad at this stage.The full squads for each leg of the tour are as follows:Intercontinental Cup: Gordon Drummond (capt), Richie Berrington, Kyle Coetzer, Euan Chalmers, Stewart Chalmers, Gordon Goudie, Majid Haq, Douglas Lockhart, Ross Lyons, Dewald Nel, Mathew Parker, Qasim Sheikh, Simon Smith (wk).Twenty20 warm-ups in Kenya and ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers: Gavin Hamilton (capt), Richie Berrington, Kyle Coetzer, Gordon Drummond, Gordon Goudie, Majid Haq, Ross Lyons, Neil McCallum, Dewald Nel, Navdeep Poonia, Simon Smith (wk), Jan Stander, Ryan Watson, Fraser Watts.Coaches: Peter Steindl and Tony JuddManager: Dick Auckinleck

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A Chapecoense oficializou a contratação de mais um reforço para o grupo. O goleiro Rafael Copetti, de 27 anos, que firmou contrato com o clube até o final da temporada. Rafael já está em Chapecó, passará por exames e, posteriormente, será integrado ao elenco.

Natural de Chapecó, Copetti tem, no seu currículo, passagens pelo Internacional, pelo Benfica-POR, pelo União Leiria-POR, pelo Vasco e pelo Bragantino – entre outras equipes – tendo sua última atuação pelo Treze, da Paraíba.

É a primeira contratação feita pelo clube desde a chegada do novo executivo de futebol, André Figueiredo. Além de um goleiro, o Verdão também busca no mercado um atacante para repor a vaga deixada por Wellington Paulista.

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FECHADO COM A CHAPE! 💚🏹⚽
O goleiro Rafael Copetti, de 27 anos, é o novo contratado da Chapecoense para o restante da temporada. Bem vindo à família, Rafael!#VamosChape pic.twitter.com/2lPZJIuatr

— Chapecoense (@ChapecoenseReal) 29 de agosto de 2018

Peter Siddle has no intention of voluntarily giving up his place in Australia’s team for the fourth Test against India

Daniel Brettig19-Jan-2012

Should Michael Clarke and Mickey Arthur call for a voluntary Adelaide redundancy from one of the four fast bowlers who cut India to pieces at the WACA ground, Peter Siddle will not be raising his hand for a rest.Despite playing in each of Australia’s past eight Tests and showing signs of exhaustion at times during his typically full-blooded spells in Perth, Siddle said the swiftness of the victory had allowed him to freshen up and he had no intention of giving up his place unless compelled to do so by the selectors.”I wouldn’t think so. Any opportunity to play for Australia is a great honour and I definitely don’t want to give my spot up to anyone else and let them have the opportunity,” Siddle said in Melbourne. “I want to play. But we’ll have to see what happens in the future. Whether it’s the one-dayers, in the West Indies, that sort of thing. We’ll have to the discussions [about a rest] but my thoughts are definitely to play.”I’ve pulled up really good. It’s always nice to finish up in just over two days. It was quite a surprise that we got it done so early and it was good to get home for a few days. I’m feeling good, the body’s great and I’m looking forward to getting over to Adelaide.”A method capable of exploiting uneven bounce, a high level of fitness and a standing as the most experienced member of the attack suggest Siddle will play in Adelaide, with the choice of 12th man more likely to be between Ben Hilfenhaus and Mitchell Starc. Though he is the leading wicket-taker in the series, Hilfenhaus has not fared too well at the Adelaide Oval. Starc’s status as the junior pace bowler is balanced by his left-arm variety and his ability to create footmarks for Nathan Lyon’s offspin.Siddle said he was more open to the prospect of being rested from the ODI tri-series that follows the Tests, though both he and Ryan Harris would enjoy the chance to turn out in coloured clothing again after missing all of Australia’s engagements in 2011.”At the moment we’ve got a few injuries so hopefully I do get my opportunity to get back in there and have a crack, obviously I want to,” Siddle said. “But I guess those boys will be coming back at the same time, so there might be a time that they can have a look at a few of us and give us a bit of a rest and get a few different blokes in there.”Among other reasons for Siddle’s enthusiasm to keep bowing is simply the fact he has never bowled better than this summer. Since learning to adhere to Craig McDermott’s mantra of fuller lengths spiced with the odd bouncer, Siddle has gained swing many did not think he was capable of, while maintaining the aggression that made him popular with Clarke’s predecessor Ricky Ponting.”I think that getting dropped in Sri Lanka hurt and I knew I had to work harder and do a lot more for the team to get the rewards,” Siddle said. “Just the consistency that I’m bowling with at the moment and the patience and showing the other boys, helping lead them as well, it’s been good fun.”McDermott has not tinkered with too much of Siddle’s technique, aside from watching his front arm closely and also suggesting a more splayed-finger grip to accentuate the right seam position for swing. But he has offered plenty of know-how about how to dismiss Test-quality batsmen.”He played a lot of Test cricket and took a lot of wickets himself and just that knowledge on how to get batsmen out, how to go about it in different conditions, has helped tremendously,” Siddle said. “He hasn’t done a lot with our actions or the technical side of things – it’s all about what you’ve got is what you’ve got and to use that. The knowledge is about how to build pressure and how to get certain players out. That help has been a tremendous part of how we’ve been playing.”