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Roy injury worry ahead of ODIs

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Jason Roy sat out England’s net practice in Bloemfontein due to a back spasm and will undergo a fitness test ahead of the first ODI with South Africa on Wednesday

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Feb-2016Jason Roy sat out England’s net practice in Bloemfontein due to a back spasm and will undergo a fitness test ahead of the first ODI with South Africa on Wednesday.Roy suffered the injury during the warm-up but England expect him to be able to bat during Tuesday’s session in order to prove his fitness. His absence would break up the opening partnership he has established with Alex Hales and possibly lead to Moeen Ali returning at the top of the order.The Surrey batsman has previously spoken about using the tour to build confidence ahead of the World T20 in India next month. Roy scored his maiden ODI hundred in the UAE last year and has been part of an England side that has won five limited-overs series out of six.

BBL ‘great experience’ – Rashid

Adil Rashid was one of the stars of the BBL, having been left out of the Test leg of England’s tour, and he has returned to international duty with confidence high.
Rashid, who took 3 for 55 in England’s warm-up win in Kimberley, is likely to be be a key player for England at the World T20 and he backed the ECB’s decision to prioritise his white-ball development above a spell carrying drinks for the Test side.
“It went well personally for me,” he said of his trip Down Under. “It was a chance to play against different players in different conditions in what is probably now one of the biggest competitions in cricket, after the IPL. It was a great experience to play in front of 40-50,000 people.
“It was a good decision to go out there, playing in a big competition as opposed to being here and maybe not getting any match practice.”

South Africa, meanwhile, have added allrounder David Wiese to their squad as injury cover. Albie Morkel had been due to join the squad but also suffered a back spasm playing for Titans in the Momentum One-Day Cup, ruling him out of the first two ODIs.An MRI scan showed some damage to the vertebrae in his lower back but Morkel could still be involved later in the series.”I think I have been playing some of the best cricket of my life in the last year and a half,” Morkel said. “If you cannot accept setbacks like these, remain positive and move on, the sporting world will be a dark place.”South Africa will also be without Kyle Abbott for the first two matches, in Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth, as he continues to recover from a hamstring strain suffered during the fourth Test against England. Marchant de Lange was called into the squad as pace-bowling cover on Sunday, with South Africa looking to manage the workloads of Morne Morkel and Kagiso Rabada.Wiese and de Lange formed part of the South Africa A attack dismantled by England in Kimberley at the weekend – taking 2 for 73 and 2 for 69 respectively – but JP Duminy denied that the hosts were below strength. South Africa go into the one-day series having beaten India 3-2 in India last year, following a 2-1 home win over New Zealand.”I don’t think we’re weakened. I think the replacements are good enough to stand in for those players,” Duminy said. “It’s not an interruption in any way for us. We know what’s needed as a squad and it’s important for us to stay unified as a team, no matter who the personnel are.”The confidence from the one-day cricket point of view has been pretty good… We’ve won our last two series. But we know this is a tough challenge that faces us, and that England have also been playing really well in this format.”

Joyce masterclass keeps Sussex afloat

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Ed Joyce has enjoyed better, and more profitable, days than this, of course. But in terms of keeping his county afloat against determined opponents, on a testing pitch, Sussex’s captain can have played few finer innings.

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Ed Joyce has enjoyed better, and more profitable, days than this, of course. But in terms of keeping his county afloat against determined opponents, on a testing pitch, Sussex’s captain can have played few finer innings.Losing the toss was a blow, no doubt, and seeing far too many of his colleagues falling short of expectations in the care and concentration stakes must have frustrated Joyce. But thanks almost entirely to his second century of the season, the Championship leaders – and only unbeaten side in Division One – are certainly not out of this contest, even though the first day scorecard may appear heavily weighted in their opponents’ favour.This pitch is one of the re-laid variety, the same surface, indeed, on which Sussex beat Middlesex by eight wickets last August. On that occasion, the hosts triumphed because their quick bowlers generated more pace and bounce, an advantage which they still hold this summer – at least for the time being. That will change quite dramatically if England decide tomorrow that Steve Finn is surplus to requirements for the second Ashes Test. Should that happen, Finn will replace Gurjit Sandhu in the line-up here in plenty of time to take out any feelings of frustration on Sussex’s second innings.Even without Finn and the injured pace pair of Toby Roland-Jones and James Harris, Middlesex were more than a handful for all but Joyce, their former opener.They may not have won in the Championship for two months, and their title hopes were significantly reduced by heavy defeats to Yorkshire and Warwickshire, but Middlesex don’t do moping. With memories of what happened here last year, and encouraged by a decent if pale covering of grass, they chose to bowl first and then backed up that judgment by dismissing Sussex an hour before the close.Regular sideways movement and a bit of up and down bounce meant that batting was seldom straightforward. But neither was it anything like impossible, as Joyce proved while keeping his Championship average above 90, and several wickets were handed over too easily for home comfort.The first strike of the day – and Sandhu’s first in Championship cricket – certainly did not fall into the gift-wrapped category. Sandhu is a 21-year-old left-armer who bowls medium-fast but has the potential to add pace as he fills out, produced a beauty to find the edge of Luke Wells’ bat.But Mike Yardy fell first ball, to Gareth Berg, playing at one he could have left alone, Rory Hamilton-Brown lost his off stump when shouldering arms to Neil Dexter, Luke Wright drove hard and fast to short midwicket after advancing on Ollie Rayner and Ben Brown looped a leading edge to mid-on as Sandhu enjoyed a second success.As for Joyce, he was simply different class. Any width on offer was punished with crisp cuts while most of his cover drives skimmed over the parched turf before fielders could move a muscle. It was a joy to watch and it would have been a travesty if he had fallen short of three figures.But for some stout defence from No. 10 Jimmy Anyon, Joyce might have run out of partners. Still 18 short of his century when the eighth wicket fell, he was grateful to Anyon’s straight bat – finally reaching the landmark by uppercutting his 162nd ball, from Berg, for a flamboyant six to go with 13 fours.Joyce’s masterpiece ended when he played on to Dexter, a dismissal which frustrated him so much that he accidentally disturbed the stumps still further with an ill-directed swish of the bat. Embarrassed, Joyce hurriedly set about trying to repair the damage before leaving the middle. Whether Sussex can make amends quite so readily remains to be seen but Middlesex will know there is plenty of battling still to be done.

Bell and Bopara star in simple chase

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Ian Bell maintained his fine ODI form as he led the England’s run chase in the second ODI against Australia at The Oval

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Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsIan Bell made passed 50 for the third time in his last four ODI innings•Getty Images

It is one of the ironies of England’s recent resurgence in all formats of the game that, for all their meticulous planning, two of the crucial ingredients of their success have come through luck. Just as it was only the sacking of Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores as captain that brought Andy Flower and Andrew Strauss together as captain and coach, so it has only been the “retirement” of Pietersen from limited-overs international cricket that presented another chance to Ian Bell as an ODI batsman.It is not just luck, of course. It is how England have adjusted to circumstance and overcome the obstacles that have arisen. But it remains true that, had Pietersen not departed the England limited-overs set-up recently, it is most unlikely that Bell would have returned to the top of the England order.Bell has certainly embraced his opportunity. Since returning to the ODI side, he has contributed scores of 126, 53, 41 and now 75 and played a significant role in England not only taking a 2-0 lead in this five-match series, but extending their unbeaten record to eight successive victories in completed ODIs this year. It equals England’s best run of ODI results and sustains their chance of leapfrogging Australia to become the No. 1 ODI side; a position they will assume if they win this series 5-0. That will also make them the first team to hold No. 1 rankings in all three forms of the game. This was the first ODI in which they had beaten Australia at the Oval since 1997.Here Bell showed not just his class – a straight six off the bowling of Shane Watson quite majestic – but also his composure and maturity. Against an attack containing two men bowling in excess of 90 mph, he had time, confidence and the range of stokes required. He slog-swept David Hussey, cut Watson, swept Xavier Doherty and drove Mitchell Johnson with power. He looked a high-class player, quite at home on the ODI stage.Ravi Bopara also enjoyed an excellent match. Having contributed a miserly five overs and taken the key wicket of Michael Clarke, pushing indeterminately at one outside off stump, he produced an admirably calm and increasingly assured innings of 82 to take England to the brink of a comfortable victory.Clarke briefly created some uncertainly in the England ranks. He ended Bell’s innings with his first delivery – the batsmen attempting to cut a delivery that was too full for the shot – and then saw Eoin Morgan adjudged leg before just two balls later. Hot Spot, which showed (on the third umpire’s television, anyway) the faintest of touches on Morgan’s inside edge, reprieved the batsman. England were never seriously troubled again and cruised to victory with six wickets and 4.2 overs in hand.But Clarke’s senior seamers let him down. Mitchell Johnson, perhaps rusty having bowled just six List A overs since sustaining a foot injury in November, came into the side due to Pat Cummins’ withdrawal with a side strain, but donated three no-balls in his first two overs, with Alastair Cook and Bell taking advantage to thrash two of the resulting free-hits through mid-off for four. Brett Lee also donated five wides down the leg side in his second over. Only Clint McKay, who beat Cook with a good one that swing back in to trap the England captain leg before, and Watson, who might have had Bell caught for 70 had David Warner, at point, been able to hold on to a diving chance, threatened to stem the tide.Nor did Australia score enough runs. Winning first use of a good batting pitch, they were indebted to half-centuries from Shane Watson and George Bailey but would reflect that they fell perhaps 25 runs short of par in such conditions.Watson lived dangerously for much of his innings and, apart from edging the ball just past his own stumps (on 2 and 30), was dropped by Jonathan Trott, at gully, on 8. He also survived a run-out chance on 47 – had Ian Bell, at mid-on, hit with his throw Watson would have been out – and two decisions that were referred to the third umpire for review.But if Watson was somewhat fortunate, Australia were grateful for his sense of urgency. His top-order colleagues struggled for fluency and, after David Warner had top-edged a pull to square leg, Peter Forrest, having scored only two from his first 17 deliveries, was brilliantly caught down the leg side. The departure of Clarke and the introduction of Graeme Swann and Bopara, saw Australia make only 24 in 10 overs and 53 in 18 in mid-innings as Bailey, in particular, became bogged down.The pressure told on Watson, whose final 10 runs occupied 25 balls, and who, in attempting to loft Graeme Swann over the top, succeeded only in gifting a catch to deep mid-wicket.Bailey – who scored only 26 from his first 61 balls – eventually found some momentum and, in partnership with the more dynamic Hussey added 78 in 13 overs before Finn, in his follow through, ran out the latter with a superb throw with just one stump to aim at.That wicket stalled Australia’s hopes of some late-innings acceleration. Bailey’s lavish drive was beaten by some inswing, before Matthew Wade’s attempt to scoop one over the keeper’s head resulted only in a simple catch to short fine leg.But England were far from their best with the ball or in the field. England’s bowlers, missing James Anderson who was absent with a groin strain, donated eight wides, two no-balls and numerous deliveries that drifted on to the pads. Apart from dropping Watson, Bailey was also missed on 52, a tough chance offered to Tim Bresnan off Graeme Swann at deep midwicket, and could have been run out on 55 had Bopara hit from short distance. Lee was also dropped on 2 and 17, from the final ball of the innings, after Morgan, at long on, failed to cling on to tough chances.In an odd way, however, England might find it encouraging that they could play so far below their best and still ease to victory against the No. 1 ranked ODI side.

Hogg completes Hampshire thrashing

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Kyle Hogg continued his one-man domination of the Hampshire batting as Lancashire eased to their fifth win of the season

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Kyle Hogg continued his one-man domination of the Hampshire batting as Lancashire eased to their fifth win of the season and strengthened their grip at the top of the County Championship. Medium-pacer Hogg took four more Hampshire wickets on the third morning as the red rose county completed a 10-wicket victory before lunch.Hogg finished with a second-innings analysis of 4 for 31 and exceptional match figures of 11 for 59, comfortably the best of his 10-year career. Hampshire , who are still without a Championship win, were already deep in trouble when the third day began at 163 for 5, still needing another 32 to make rampant Lancashire bat a second time.They only just succeeded, adding a further 38 and requiring Lancashire opener Paul Horton to knock off the seven runs needed to win from the three balls he faced from Dominic Cork.Hampshire never looked capable of extending the match into a contest once Nic Pothas had gone to the fifth ball of the day from Hogg, caught at first slip by Horton with only a run added to the overnight total.Opener Benny Howell, making his championship debut, went three runs later at 167, dragging a delivery from Hogg into his stumps. At least Howell had the consolation of finishing as his team’s top scorer with a defiant 71 from 177 balls, hitting seven fours and a six in a losing cause.The rest was a procession, Hogg trapping Dimitri Mascarenhas for two at 188 and then having Cork caught by Gary Keedy for 20 at 195 for 9. Keedy accounted for last man David Griffiths at 201 but it was Hogg, who found pace and movement bowling to the Pavilion End, for whom his team-mates reserved special applause as Lancashire left the pitch.Hampshire had lost their last five wickets in 80 minutes and 15 overs with Kabir Ali marooned on eight not out. Lancashire picked up a precious 22 points for their double demolition of the Hampshire batting – taking all 20 wickets in 108 overs – while the home side, second from bottom, collected three.Horton made short work of the target as Lancashire temporarily moved 19 points clear of nearest rivals Durham at the top of the table in pursuit of their first championship title in more than 70 years.

Katich backs Smith as Test prospect

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Steven Smith’s state captain Simon Katich is confident the legspinning allrounder will be ready for Test cricket if he gets his opportunity at Lord’s against Pakistan next month

Brydon Coverdale25-Jun-2010Steven Smith’s state captain Simon Katich is confident the legspinning allrounder will be ready for Test cricket if he gets his opportunity at Lord’s against Pakistan next month. Nathan Hauritz has been forced home from Australia’s tour with a foot injury and is unlikely to be fit for the Tests, which leaves Smith as the sole spinner in the squad.The Australian selectors are understandably excited by Smith, who at 21 already has four first-class centuries to his name, is a miraculous fielder and an improving bowler. The major question-mark over Smith as a potential Test player is the quality of his legspin, which has brought him 26 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 48.84.They are hardly the sort of figures that will strike fear into Test batsmen. But Katich, who will be one of Smith’s Test team-mates if he is handed a baggy green at Lord’s, said Smith had taken major steps in his bowling last summer and his season-ending effort for New South Wales of 7 for 64 against South Australia at the SCG was a terrific sign.”He blew us all away with the way he knocked South Australia over on one afternoon of cricket,” Katich, who is in England playing for Lancashire, told Cricinfo. “At one stage they were cruising at 2 for 180 and then in an hour’s time they were all out and we’d finished the season.”It was phenomenal bowling and the way he was getting his wickets was great – big spinning legspinners caught and slip and bat pad and bowled – genuine wickets, not through bad shots or anything. He just went through them with great bowling. That was exciting to see him make a statement.”That display alone meant Smith had already bettered the first-class bowling best of Cameron White, to whom he is often compared as a useful legspinner and powerful batsman. White was chosen as a bowler in all four Tests on Australia’s tour of India in 2008, yet in 108 first-class appearances he has only ever taken two five-wicket hauls.Smith has spoken about the value of his one-on-one training with Shane Warne during the Australian summer, when he was first called in to the Test squad as cover. Since then he has firmly established himself in Australia’s Twenty20 squad and over the next few weeks has the chance to make his name as a one-day and Test player.”There’s been a lot of talk about who’s going to be the next big thing spinning-wise in Australia,” Katich said. “That’s a lot of pressure for the young guys coming through. The way he progressed through the summer, when he was in and around the Test squad at various stages and spent time with Warney … his bowling went to another level after those sessions.”He’s a confident player and he’s prepared to listen and learn. He’s got a very bright future in front of him. Whether he gets an opportunity or not [in the Tests] we’ll wait and see, but if the wickets are dry and they spin, then he could come into calculations. There’s no doubt that he’s gaining confidence being in and around the Australian setup. You can see his improvement all the time.”If Smith does make his debut next month, he will be the eighth spinner Australia have tried in Tests since the retirement of Warne just over three years ago. Of those, Brad Hogg and Stuart MacGill have retired, Beau Casson is struggling for a place with New South Wales, Jason Krejza has fallen away for Tasmania, Bryce McGain is performing solidly but is 38, and White rarely bowls for Victoria.

Easwaran 151* leads Rest of India's reply after Sarfaraz 222*

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RoI are still trailing Mumbai’s first-innings total of 537 by 248 runs

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Oct-2024Abhimanyu Easwaran’s unbeaten 151 took Rest of India (RoI) to 289 for 4 at the end of day three of the Irani Cup in Lucknow. But with Mumbai posting 537 in their first innings, RoI still have a mountain to climb.In the morning, Mumbai could add only one to their overnight 536 for 9. In the third over of the day, Mukesh Kumar knocked out Mohammad Juned Khan’s off stump for his fifth wicket of the innings, leaving Sarfaraz Khan unbeaten on 222.RoI had a somewhat nervy start but with Shardul Thakur unwell, Mumbai were forced to bring spin as early as in the sixth over. Juned provided the breakthrough by having RoI captain Ruturaj Gaikwad caught at second slip. RoI had only 40 runs on the board at that point but Easwaran and Sai Sudharsan stabilised them with an 87-run stand for the second wicket.Sudharsan, though, failed to convert his start and was lbw for 32 off Tanush Kotian after lunch. Devdutt Padikkal didn’t last long either and was caught behind for 16 off the bowling of Mohit Avasthi. It was a similar story for Ishan Kishan. He scored 38 before edging Avasthi to the wicketkeeper.By contrast, Easwaran was looking comfortable. He eased to his hundred off just 117 balls, even though only 38 runs had come in boundaries. He slowed down a bit after his hundred but Dhruv Jurel kept the scoreboard moving with an unbeaten 30 off 41 balls.In the penultimate over of the day, Easwaran brought up his 150, which was followed by Jurel hitting Kotian for a four and a six off successive balls. By stumps, the two had added 61 in an unbroken stand for the fifth wicket.

Somerset emerge from paywall and showers as South Group's top dogs

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Kent are the first county to charge for their T20 stream and it was a persuasive option on a cold early-summer evening

David Hopps30-May-2023Somerset 154 (Lammonby 34, Agar 3-18, Hogan 3-33) beat Kent 112 (Green 3-19) by 13 runs via DLS methodSomerset’s 154 had always resembled a defendable score on a seaming pitch and, as squally showers increasingly played havoc on a cold Canterbury night, they held their nerve impressively in the field to claim their fourth successive win and maintain their position at the top of South Group.Ben Green had spent some of the Kent innings off the field injured on a mucky night when Somerset badly wanted a full bank of seamers, but crucially he returned in the nick of time to complete an impressive all-round bowling performance.With the final recalculation leaving Kent needing a further 54 from 4.1 overs, Green returned 3 for 19 in two overs, the highlight a cleverly-disguised yorker to bowl George Linde. Matt Henry helped him to another, keeping his feet well enough on a well-oiled outfield to throw the ball up at long-off as he crossed the rope and completed the catch.

Kent had never really threatened as Somerset’s experienced seamers jousted for the delivery of the night. Henry’s break-back to bowl Joe Denly came close but it was probably shaded by Peter Siddle’s away-seamer to strike Daniel Bell-Drummond’s off stump. Sam Billings shaped better than most until he made room against Lewis Gregory and his off stump also went flying.Kent threw free t-shirts into the crowd during the match, but winter coats would have been a more appropriate offering on a showery and chilly night. Online coverage was a persuasive option – it would have set you back £5.99, though. Kent don’t have a reputation as one of county cricket’s natural innovators, but they have become the first club to risk what will surely be an inevitable outcome: they are charging for their in-house coverage of the Vitality Blast.If county cricket’s tie-up with BBC radio commentary has been a symbiotic relationship that has helped to promote the county game like never before, financial imperatives will surely mean that, in T20, Kent’s experiment will soon be adopted by others. They are a curious outlier as, according to , their coverage was the third least-watched among the counties in 2022, although those figures were not helped by a disappointing season in which they finished bottom of South Group.As the quality of in-house coverage has improved, so have the costs and if free coverage of Championship cricket remains a highly persuasive loss-leader that it would be foolish to abandon, then T20 is a different animal. For a modest outlay, it was possible to receive professional coverage, fronted by an experienced broadcaster and former captain, Dave Fulton, who had the know-how to keep home favouritism to acceptable levels. Away supporters can watch Kent’s coverage without calling for the sick bag.That was certainly true for Somerset supporters as they saw another victory unfold. Shane Burger, Somerset’s assistant coach, emphasised the importance of his side’s doughty attitude in the field. “There was never a moan, there was always a mindset of trying to get out there and play cricket. I think many a team would try to get off the field rather than play. People were slipping over and the ball was wet but full credit to the guys. It just shows what you can do if you have the right mindset.”That toughness took a while to reveal itself. Somerset’s three musketeers were all dismissed for 40 within 4.3 overs. Tom Banton, Will Smeed and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (who has currently won central-casting approval over Tom Lammonby, who now bats at No. 5) rarely assess conditions – that tends to be left to others down the order – and they quickly perished.Banton, whose reputation has taken a battering in the past two years, has had a good start to the season, but his attempt to hit Michael Hogan inside-out, up the slope, came to grief. Kohler-Cadmore’s talent reel included 20 off one over from Joe Denly until he failed with a blow down the ground. Denly’s two overs cost 29 and hindsight suggested an introductory over should have been enough on such a night.

Smeed’s failure warrants more than a passing mention. His decision last November to opt for a solely white-ball future, at only 21, signalled changing times and everything suggests that he has a natural affinity for the shorter game, but things have not gone according to plan. He went unsold in the IPL auction and, since his unbeaten 101 for Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred in August, he has mustered only a couple of 30s in 14 T20 matches, more if you count appearances in Abu Dhabi and for Somerset’s 2nd XI.Smeed fell fourth ball for nought, the first ball after a rain break, when Wes Agar beat him on the drive, swinging one through the gate to hit middle stump. It was his fourth failure and, although somebody will suffer before too long, when you take such a momentous decision, such a lean run must weigh more heavily.Agar’s stay at Kent has been extended for a further two months as cover for Kane Richardson and George Linde, and he gained an immediate opportunity after Richardson withdrew because of an unspecified illness. Another quick bowler, India’s Arshdeep Singh, is also scheduled to play red-ball cricket in June and July.His T20 experience is sound enough: although not capped by Australia, he is a Big Bash winner with Adelaide Strikers and his career-best 4 for 6 came in the notable BBL match in December when Strikers dismissed Sydney Thunder were dismissed for just 15 runs. His 3 for 18 will do for a start.

That Somerset reached 154 was due primarily to Lammonby’s restrained 34 from 31. He fell to his first adventurous moment. The “five overs left” bell rang in his head; he shuffled outside off stump for a pre-meditated scoop and Grant Stewart followed him shrewdly to force a catch at the wicket.An over of strong-arming against Hogan by Roelof van der Merwe helped Somerset to a competitive score, a sequence in which Jordan Cox once again encouraged the belief that he is an T20 outfielder to rival anybody in the world. If the day comes when he takes the gloves, in some ways it will be a bit of a shame. In narrowly failing to pull off a brilliant relay catch with Denly, and again flinging himself to the ground later in the over, he turned a six and a four into a couple of twos. On many a night, those six runs would have been crucial. Not this night.

Kemar Roach returns to Surrey for start of Championship campaign

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Amla returns for third season as Surrey line up their overseas players

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Mar-2022Kemar Roach, the West Indies fast bowler, has rejoined Surrey for the first five matches of the LV= Insurance County Championship season, where he will team up with his fellow overseas player, South Africa’s Hashim Amla.Roach, who will lead West Indies’ attack against England in the forthcoming Test series, impressed for Surrey in his first spell with the club in April & May 2021, taking 22 wickets in five matches before returning to international action.His efforts included a career-best innings haul of 8 for 40 against Hampshire, and a further nine-wicket match in the London Derby against Middlesex at the Kia Oval.Roach, 33, will be available from the start of the Championship campaign, against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in April, and will remain with the club until their home meeting with Northamptonshire, which gets underway on May 5. He will also be on hand for the home clashes with Hampshire and Somerset, and a further away fixture against Gloucestershire.”After my thoroughly enjoyable time at the Kia Oval last season I am thrilled to be heading back for another stint with Surrey CCC,” Roach said. “I finished last season well with ball in hand and hope to pick up where I left off. I would like to thank both Surrey and CWI for this opportunity and I can’t wait to get back to the UK.”Roach has taken 231 wickets in 68 Test matches for West Indies. In total, he has 432 first-class wickets to his name since making his debut in the format in 2008.Surrey’s Director of Cricket, Alec Stewart, said: “We’re very pleased Kemar will return to Surrey for the first five matches of the season. He had a real impact on the squad in the first part of 2021, not just as a bowler but as an experienced international player in the dressing room too.”He is a proven performer in all conditions and showed last year how he is perfectly suited to the early part of the English domestic season and we look forward to seeing him perform in a Surrey shirt again this year.”Amla will be back at Surrey for a third consecutive season as the club’s second overseas player. He was the club’s leading run-scorer in Championship in 2021, making 994 runs – and is expected to be available for the entirety of the first-class season.

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab, IPL 2020 – Rolling Report

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ESPNcricinfo’s updates from the 22nd match of IPL 2020, in Dubai

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World Cup Central: Low attendance forces MCC to fill Lord's pavilion with schoolchildren

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Catch all the buzz from around the World Cup in one place

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July 3

The Lord’s pavilion will be filled with 250 local schoolchildren for Friday’s World Cup match-up between Pakistan and Bangladesh, after MCC was forced to take unprecedented measures to protect its “global reputation” amid a poor application for tickets among members.With only days to go until the venue’s final group-stage fixture, only 50% of the pavilion’s tickets had been sold, causing MCC’s chief executive Guy Lavender to send an email to the club’s membership database, imploring them to put in an appearance.Writing to members on Tuesday, Lavender invoked the scenes at the final of the Women’s World Cup in 2017, when England’s thrilling victory over India was watched by a packed house around three-quarters of the ground, but only a smattering of members in the pavilion, and warned that a repeat would not be good for the club.At the time of writing, with Wednesday’s key clash between England and New Zealand at Chester-le-Street still to be played, the Lord’s contest had a chance to be one of the most eagerly fought in the competition – with Pakistan potentially needing to beat Bangladesh to push England out of the semi-final spots.”The latest tournament standings mean the outcome could prove crucial to England’s prospects of reaching the semi-finals,” Lavender wrote. “From this perspective, Friday’s match may yet prove to be one of the most decisive of the tournament. Unfortunately, and notwithstanding the context of the match, the Pavilion remains heavily undersubscribed.”Members may recall the ICC Women’s World Cup final in 2017, when unfavourable comparisons were made between the number of members in the Pavilion and full stands in the rest of the ground. This is damaging to MCC’s global reputation and the committee is determined to avoid a repetition of these images on Friday.”The World Cup is the first tournament for which MCC members have had to pay for their tickets, in spite of membership, with Friday’s match costing an additional £45. In spite of this, the previous three matches at Lord’s had all been well attended, including Australia’s two victories over England and New Zealand last week.However, as of Wednesday, the take-up has not been sufficient to fill the pavilion, which means that 250 children from local state schools in Westminster are set to be given a very special day out “under the strict supervision of their teachers and our community staff”.ESPNcricinfo understands that that the pupils will be required to wear their school uniforms (or a “uniform equivalent”, in the case of one school), but that ties will not be obligatory.”It is hoped [this] will both improve the appearance of the pavilion and provide the youngsters with a memorable and formative experience,” Lavender added.How ‘negative’ news fuelled Saifuddin’s India fiftyMohammad Saifuddin has said that he was charged up to beat India after a recent newspaper report alleged that he had used an injury to not play in a World Cup match. Saifuddin and Mosaddek Hossain both missed the Australia game in Nottingham on June 20, but featured in the following game against Afghanistan, with the team management confirming that they both had picked injuries from the preceding game, against West Indies.Saifuddin’s half-century at Edgbaston kept Bangladesh in the hunt till the end but they came up short as India bowled them out with two overs to spare. Saifuddin explained he wanted to win against India to prove that he wasn’t the type to shirk from a big game.”A few days ago, there was a negative news that I used an injury as an excuse to get out of a match against a big team,” Saifuddin said. “So, I was thinking that I would become a hero by winning a match against a big team. When I took the field against India, from the first ball to the last, I was determined to win the match, so that I could prove the allegations against my name were wrong. Unfortunately that did not happen.”Saifuddin said that he thumped his chest after reaching fifty, as a retort to the news. “For us players, we have nothing to do but give our answers on the field of play. That is what we try to do,” he said.

July 2

West Indies and Sri Lanka were both fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during their World Cup 2019 match in Durham on July 1. The two captains – Jason Holder and Dimuth Karunaratne – were slapped with a hefty 40 % fine each, while the rest of the players on both sides earned 20 % cuts.As per Article 2.22 of the ICC’s Code of Conduct, players are fined 10 % of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, with the captain fined double that amount.Both sides were ruled to be two overs short of their targets after allowances were made for natural stoppages in play. If either West Indies or Sri Lanka commit another minor over-rate breach in an ODI within 12 months of this offence with Holder or Karunaratne as captain, it will be deemed a second offence and they will face a suspension.Sri Lanka won a thrilling game by 23 runs, though it had no bearing on the qualifications race for the semi-finals, with both teams already out of the running.Fabian Allen gets a bit of camera attention•Getty Images

‘I want the camera to be on me’ – Fabian AllenFabian Allen took a sharp catch off his own bowling to send back Kusal Mendis and then smashed 51 in 32 balls to make a good impression in the game against Sri Lanka. “Once I go on the field I want the camera to be on me,” he said later. Allen certainly got his wish on Monday.Happy to have made his family proud with his all-round performance – though in a losing cause – Allen said, “I will do all sorts of stuff to make the camera is on me. I will slide around in the field, cheer on everyone. People are going to love me. I am fan person so they are going to love me.”Allen and Nicholas Pooran got together on 199 for 6 in West Indies’ chase of Sri Lanka’s 338 for 6, and proceeded to add 83 runs in quick time, Allen scoring the majority of the runs. The stand ended when a mix-up resulted in Allen being run out, tilting the game decisively in Sri Lanka’s favour.”It was a good innings but unfortunate to get out at the end there. That cost us the game,” Allen said. “I wanted to give Pooran the support, give him a bit more of the strike but the run out was a disappointing moment.”Warner confirms birth of his third childDavid Warner confirmed the birth of his third child, Isla Rose, over social media on Monday.Warner said last week that his wife Candice would give birth following the match against New Zealand with him rejoining Australia’s World Cup squad ahead of the final group game against South Africa at Old Trafford on Saturday.”We welcomed our newest family member Isla Rose Warner at 10:30pm late last night,” he tweeted. “candywarner1 was absolutely amazing. Mum and Bub doing very well and her big sisters are over the moon.”Warner has previously spoken about the importance of his family during his year-long ban from international cricket. “I just love being a father. I’ve got a great, supportive wife, a great family base at home as well. We’ve got great support around us, the guys here have been fantastic, they’ve really got around me at this important time for my family.”

June 29

ICC sees red as planes fly political messages above HeadingleyAn aeroplane appeared above Headingley during the Afghanistan v Pakistan with a message saying “Justice for Balochistan”. Not long after, there was another: “Help end disappearances in Pakistan”.A big World Cup match, with the international media in attendance, it certainly got the attention it expected, but the ICC isn’t too pleased about it.Planes carry political messages during the Afghanistan-Pakistan game•Getty Images

“We work with local police forces around the country to prevent this type of incident occurring and were assured that given Headingley is under the flight path for the Leeds Bradford Airport it would not be an issue,” an ICC statement read. “We do not condone any sort of political messages at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and will work with West Yorkshire police to deal with and understand why this has happened and to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”As well as the banners, there have been chants in favour of Khalistan at the grounds during Pakistan’s last two games in Edgbaston and Leeds. Khalistan was a political movement for secession in India’s Punjab, at its peak in the 1980s.Pradeep down with chicken pox, Rajitha called upNuwan Pradeep has been ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup after being diagnosed with chicken pox, and the ICC has approved Kasun Rajitha as his replacement following a request from the Sri Lanka team.Pradeep, the 32-year-old fast bowler, played three of Sri Lanka’s games at the World Cup, starring in the 34-run (DLS method) over Afghanistan, but has been out of the XI since the win against England on June 21. He had earlier missed a couple of games after picking up a hand injury while training on June 9.Rajitha, the 26-year-old medium pacer, is quite inexperienced at the ODI level, having played just six games to date, picking up five wickets in them.Sri Lanka have two more group-stage games to go, against West Indies (Chester-le-Street, July 1) and India (Leeds, July 6), and are still in the race for the semi-finals.

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Lara recovering well after being hospitalised with ‘pain in the chest’News of Brian Lara being taken to hospital in Mumbai, where he is as part of the Star Sports team of experts for the World Cup, came out on Tuesday afternoon and, understandably, there was a fair bit of concern.Lara, however, confirmed in the evening that he was fine and put down the “pain in the chest” to going a little extra in the hotel gym.”I know everyone’s very concerned about what’s happening,” he said in a statement released by Cricket West Indies. “I think I just extended myself a bit too much in the gym this morning and I was feeling a bit of pain in my chest. I just felt that it was best to see a doctor and I was taken to the hospital. The pain continued, so obviously a lot of tests have been done.”The message was recorded when Lara was watching the England v Australia game on TV – “hopefully Australia can restrict England and beat them, not a big fan of England” – and he said more than once that he didn’t want to be disturbed, even referring to “breach of privacy”.”Just ease off the messages, my phone is going non-stop, so I’m going to switch it off. I don’t want to switch it off because I’d like to speak to my family. Just letting everyone know that I’m fine and I’m recovering and I’ll be back in my hotel room tomorrow,” he said. “And a couple of the tests have come back already, the doctors are happy there’s nothing major. Thanks again for your concern.”Mahmudullah sustains grade 1 tear in right calfMahmudullah has reportedly sustained a grade 1 tear in his right calf muscle. The injury occurred while he was batting against Afghanistan in Southampton on Monday – he hobbled between the wickets for most of the duration of his 38-ball 27.Mahmudullah did not field during Afghanistan’s innings, and underwent scans on his calf. “The scan results showed a Grade-1 tear on Riyad’s right calf,” Khaled Mahmud, Bangladesh’s manager, told . “At the moment, that is all I can say as I have not spoken to the physio [Thihan Chandramohan] yet. I can tell you more about the recovery period in the morning after speaking to the physio.”Typically, grade 1 tears take seven to ten days to heal. If this is the case with Mahmudullah’s calf, he may not miss too many games; Bangladesh’s next match, against India at Edgbaston, is on July 2, and their final round-robin match, against Pakistan at Lord’s, is on July 5.

June 24

Tendulkar unhappy with Dhoni’s lack of ‘positive intent’MS Dhoni’s 28 in 52 balls against Afghanistan, perhaps the most glaring go-slow in a poor Indian batting effort overall, hasn’t gone down well with Sachin Tendulkar, who said that Dhoni, especially, should have shown more intent against the spinners. The combined figures of Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rahmat Shah read 34-0-119-5.Speaking to after the game, Tendulkar said, “MS Dhoni is a senior player and should show positive intent. Afghanistan’s bowling is good but you can’t score only 119 runs in 34 overs. He did not show any positive intent against Afghanistan.”India stopped at 224 for 8, and Afghanistan then got to within two shots of pulling off the shock of the World Cup before being bowled out for 213 with one ball left in their chase.Virat Kohli (67 in 63 balls) and Kedar Jadhav (52 in 68) were the only Indian batsmen to get a measure of the pitch, and the wiles of the Afghanistan spin pack, but the others struggled. Dhoni, in particular, just couldn’t get going, hitting just three fours in his innings before being stumped off Rashid.”MS Dhoni has the ability to hit but yesterday his strike rotation was not good. He faced too many dot balls and this hampered a strong finish for India,” Tendulkar said. “The intent could have been much better by the middle-order batsmen.”I believe MS Dhoni needs to up his ante when it comes to strike rotation in the next matches.”How Wahab Riaz battled illness to do the job for PakistanWahab Riaz, Pakistan’s most experienced bowler, battled illness on the eve of his team’s crucial group encounter against South Africa before turning up to deliver an emphatic end-overs performance. His wickets left the South Africans without any chance of qualifying for the final four of the World Cup.Wahab struggled with sinus problems for more than a decade before being operated on for the same in April 2018. He told ESPNcricinfo that he found himself stricken with hay fever on the night before the match, which left him without much sleep. “body (my body was breaking),” he said as he described his condition before the game.Wahab informed the physio, took a few pills to deal with the fever and the bodyache, and let the team management know of the situation. The adrenalin rush of being part of a must-win game, though, saw him through, but by the time it ended, he was exhausted, as he had eaten very little during the day. It is routine for Wahab: “Whenever I’m bowling second, I don’t eat much.” But on a day when he took to the field with depleted energy, he dipped into reserves and pride to make up.There was no question of missing the match. “To be very honest, I was determined and the whole team was determined. We knew how important this game was for us, we just wanted to do well in this game,” he said. “We knew this was just time to deliver now. There were no ifs and buts, there was nothing to lose after this and everybody chipped in.”Kallis asks South Africa to learn from EnglandJacques Kallis wants South Africa to follow England’s ODI blueprint to overcome the disappointment of their 2019 World Cup campaign. They haven’t lost five games in any of the earlier editions. He also felt they were “too defensive” this time around. While advocating the need for changes, he also advised against a complete revamp.”You don’t need to make wholesale changes, England are still captained by Eoin Morgan, as they were four years ago,” he wrote in his column for the ICC. “Some will demand everything is changed but a total clean out is just not the way ahead, we need to be more considered and thoughtful.”He wasn’t specifically happy with their brand of cricket. On ESPNcricinfo Match Day, Albie Morkel, the former South Africa allrounder, too felt South Africa’s brand of cricket was outdated.”The first thing that needs to be looked at is the brand of cricket South Africa are playing and all the players will want to be part of that conversation,” Kallis said. “There will need to be some honest conversations and they will need to trust each other. However, you cannot keep chopping and changing a team and I don’t think they will.””South Africa have some great young players in their 20s (Kagiso Rabada, 24, Lungi Ngidi, 23, Andile Phehlukwayo,23, and Aiden Markram, 24) and they can be the foundation for the future. England are proof how quickly things can change in four years, so long as you have the right approach.”

June 23

Kohli fined for excessive appealing, New Zealand fined for overrate “Excessive appealing and charging aggressively towards the umpire” has cost Virat Kohli 25 percent of his match fees. The incident occurred in Southampton on Saturday when Kohli advanced towards umpire Aleem Dar in appeal of an lbw decision against Rahmat Shah in the 29th over of Afghanistan’s chase.This was in breach of Article 2.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel that relates to “excessive appealing.” This means Kohli now has two demerit points against his name, having received one during the Centurion Test against South Africa in January last year.There was no need for a separate hearing as Kohli admitted to the sanction proposed by on-field umpires Aleem Dar and Richard Illingworth, third umpire Richard Kettleborough and fourth official Michael Gough. Two more demerit points for Kohli within the next seven months could result in a ban for either one Test, two ODIs or two T20Is, whichever comes first.Too slow, New Zealand. Too slowLong after the emotions in Manchester had settled down (or maybe not) New Zealand were fined for their slow over rate in a heart-stopping game against West Indies. Match referee David Boon found the side to be one over short and Kane Williamson accepted the sanction. If New Zealand were to commit another minor over rate offence with Williamson in the side, then as captain he will likely face a one-match suspension. For now, he has been fined 20% of his match fees and his team-mates 10% of theirs.

June 22

Khawaja lauds the ‘special trait’ of PontingMany of the Australian squad have made no secret of the thrill of having former captain Ricky Ponting as part of their backroom staff for the World Cup and Usman Khawaja has been the latest to praise his presence in the dressing room.”I talk to Ricky all the time. He is an absolute legend,” Khawaja said. “For someone who has scored so many runs in all forms of the game, he is the most humble person I have ever met. His humility is outstanding. He is like another one of the lads up there. He makes everyone feel like you are mates really.”I have played a lot of golf with him while we have been here, trained, talked a lot about cricket, too. I think he is great to have around. I think that is why the boys love having him – someone with the experience and knowledge but, at the same time, he can still be a mate. It’s a special trait to have.”On a personal level, Khawaja’s World Cup campaign has seen him moved up and down the order having lost his opening role, where he had enjoyed a prolific run, with the return of David Warner. His best innings of the tournament, 89 off 72 balls against Bangladesh, came when he returned to the No. 3 spot.”Everyone is communicating, everyone is talking and no one, myself, Smithy, Maxi, no-one really has any issue batting anywhere,” he said. “Where the game situation is for us is what we will play. Whether that is against India where we needed 10 an over or a first innings like [Bangladesh] where we are setting a total, we are just playing a game situation. First and foremost it’s what the team needs. We are all really happy with that.”

June 21

‘I don’t play for my captain or my cricket board’ – RashidFor Afghanistan, the World Cup hasn’t quite gone the way they would have wanted – five losses in five games so far. For their star legspinner Rashid Khan, it has been especially bad. He has picked up just three wickets, and in the last game, against England, conceded 110 runs from nine wicketless overs, the most expensive spell in World Cup history and second on the list of most expensive ODI spells.Off the field, there was the controversy around Mohammad Shahzad’s exit from the World Cup, and since then, a war of words has broken out between Phil Simmons, the coach, and Dawlat Ahmadzai, their former chief selector.”I don’t think we prepared that well for a tournament like this,” Rashid said in an interview with . “It is a big stage, there will be ups and downs, but we have learnt a lot so far. We should have won at least one or two games; we had the opportunity to do so, but we lacked experience. Hopefully, we will get that with time.”Controversies for Afghanistan, incidentally, stated well before the World Cup when Asghar Afghan was removed as captain and Gulbadin Naib named in his place. At the time, Rashid had expressed his disgust at the decision.”I am clear about my role in the team. When the captain was changed, yes we made our anger public. I did not do that to support our previous captain or anybody else. I did it for Afghanistan cricket,” Rashid said. “If someone is trying to spoil my Afghanistan cricket, then it does not matter who it is… cricket is the only thing that brings a smile on people’s faces. I wanted to say that it was not the right time to take such a big decision – just before the World Cup.”When I am on the field, I don’t think I play for my captain or for my cricket board. I play only for Afghanistan. No one is important than my country.”Downcast West Indies have ‘frank discussions’, go clay-pigeon shootingThree losses in a row at the World Cup can hurt. With West Indies, it’s a tournament that started well but has since turned rather pear-shaped, and they chose to take out their frustration at clay pigeons, getting the team together and going shooting instead of training.”We had a team event. We wanted to get the guys together, just have a team event, a team bonding session. And I think it went really well,” Jason Holder, the captain, said the day before the game against New Zealand. “I think we still have a possible chance to qualify for the semi-finals, but we’ve just got to take it game by game. This encounter with New Zealand is very important. We all know what’s at stake and we just have to come and bring our A game. It’s as simple as that.”Holder also revealed that there had been some “frank discussions” within the team after the seven-wicket loss to Bangladesh.”I think it’s a situation where you’ve had to be tough. We’ve had a few frank discussions within the dressing room to find ways in which we can improve on,” he said. “I think all teams would get themselves in that situation at some point. But, yeah, we’ve had some pretty good discussions over the last couple of days. And tomorrow is just a day to deliver.”De Grandhomme’s impact similar to McCullum’s – HessonThe former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has lauded the dynamic that Colin de Grandhomme brings to the team, likening it to the impact Brendon McCullum had on the side four years ago.While Kane Williamson understandably gained much of the focus after the victory against South Africa, de Grandhomme’s 60 off 47 balls was crucial in keeping New Zealand in the game while the captain was finding the fielders. It was just his second ODI half-century in 23 innings, but Hesson said he showed why he is such a valued member of the New Zealand unit.”Kane won’t win New Zealand this tournament on his own. To go all the way you also need a player who is capable of snatching victory from nowhere in big games,” Hesson wrote in his column for . “That’s the beauty of de Grandhomme and what he offers this Black Caps team. When you’re in all sorts of trouble, with a 20 percent chance of winning, he is one player who can turn a game on its head.”In 2015 we had Brendon McCullum who played on instinct and so often got us off to a flyer. This, combined with the craft players in the rest of order, gave us that excellent balance and de Grandhomme can do something similar just from a different place in the order.”He’s going to get out poorly and people will absolutely hammer him, but in our set-up if you play Colin you know exactly what you’re going to get, and you either take it or leave it. This was a great reason why you ‘take it’.”Hesson also praised de Grandhomme’s role with the ball as he took 1 for 33 off his 10 overs as South Africa were rarely able to cut loose.”The way Kane used him, that slower pace was perfect on that surface. Colin clearly doesn’t bowl 140kmh, but he was able to get the most movement of anyone at Edgbaston…He’s often got what I call OSP (optimal swinging pace) and he was the only one who really swung the ball all day. It was one of those days where his pace was perfect for the conditions.”

June 20

Australia looking forward to England’s extra paceGlenn Maxwell has suggested that the extra pace in England’s attack could work in Australia’s favour when the two sides meet at Lord’s next week.England are likely to include both Jofra Archer and Mark Wood in their XI with the pair among the quickest bowlers on show at the tournament. But Maxwell said that Australia’s batsmen can often find it easier against the quicker bowlers, rather than having to manufacture pace onto the ball against medium pacers as was the case at stages against Bangladesh.”I think they’ll be more excited at that than someone bowling 120, that sort of pace probably suits out batting line-up a bit more with more pace on the ball, something we are a bit more used to,” he said. “It’s a challenge that we are up for, we certainly get enough practise in the nets for sure against our bowling attack so the guys are pretty used to that.”Australia have only beaten England four times in 16 ODIs since the last World Cup, but Maxwell said that the squad was eagerly awaiting the challenge.”It’s been a pretty long tournament so far but we have a few days to refresh and get ourselves up for England and what better place to get amped for than England at Lord’s and we are all looking forward to that.”

June 18

Hashmatullah bounces back … for the sake of his mumHashmatullah Shahidi will never forget Old Trafford and Old Trafford can never forget Hashmatullah.Hit flush on the side of his helmet by a Mark Wood short ball when on 24, Afghanistan’s top-scorer ignored his broken helmet and the doctor’s advice to walk off the field. He stood his ground he says, for his team and his family.When the ICC doctor and the team physio attended to him, Hashmatullah said he knew what he had to do. “They told me ‘let’s go’ and I said ‘no. I can’t leave my team at the moment because my team needed me’ and so I carry on.”Hashmatullah said one of the reasons he had got up quickly after being stuck such a fierce blow – the impact made a sound that left the first slip Joe Root visibly distressed – was that he knew his mother and his family back home would be watching.”My mom is always thinking of me and I lost my father last year and I didn’t want her to hurt. I carry on and I get up early because of my mom.”His elder brother was also in the capacity Manchester crowd and saw Hashmatullah survive five balls at top pace from Wood, fending one that fell short of short leg.”You can see [Jofra] Archer and Mark Wood, they were too quick for me,” he laughed, “Mark Wood was consistently bowling too quick for me and I said ‘okay, I’m not going out’. He took a short leg, he keep [bowling] bouncers to me and I said ‘okay, I will never give up’.”Off the sixth ball from Wood after having his helmet shattered, Hashmatullah smacked him over long on for a six. “I will not give up and I try and hit a six.” The crowd roared.Afghan management plays down restaurant altercation
The Afghanistan team manager has played down an incident that saw the police called to a restaurant in Manchester late on Monday night.Naweed Sajem insists nobody in the squad was spoken to by police, despite reports of an altercation involving a player at around 11pm, the night before Afghanistan’s match against England at Old Trafford.Greater Manchester Police confirmed that “shortly after 11.15pm, police were called to reports of an altercation at a premises on Liverpool Road in Manchester.” They said “no one was injured and no arrests have been made” but confirmed that “enquiries are ongoing”.Gulbadin Naib, the Afghanistan captain, denied any knowledge of the incident and threatened to walk out of a press conference if questioned about it further.One eye-witness claims there was a minor disagreement between Mohammad Nabi and a member of the public, who had suggested the players may be eating too much the night before a game. Another claims players were irritated by a particularly persistent supporter looking to video them as they ate. Neither allege any physical altercation.Older World Cup Central entries are here and here

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