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UAE legspinner becomes just the fifth bowler to pick up a hat-trick in a men’s T20 World Cup game

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Oct-2022Sri Lanka were going well. They were 117 for 2 in the 15th over, with Pathum Nissanka playing beautifully and Bhanuka Rajapaksa at the other end. Enter Karthik Meiyappan, a 22-year-old legspinner playing just his 13th T20I, in his third over. And, yes, we got a hat-trick, Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka and Dasun Shanaka were gone in a flash. Here’s how Andrew Miller recorded it – just the fifth hat-trick in a men’s T20 World Cup game in our ball-by-ball commentary for the match.14.4: Karthik Meiyappan to Rajapaksa, OUT
Hacked out to deep cover! Another breakthrough for UAE, who aren’t done yet. Outside off, opened the angles to hoist it into the off side, but scuffed the stroke straight down Kashif’s throat
Bhanuka Rajapaksa c Kashif Daud b Meiyappan 5 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 62.514.5: Karthik Meiyappan to Asalanka, OUT
Nibbles the edge and Asalanka has a first-baller! Googly with extra bounce, wide of off but the angle across the left-hander lured him in, and Meiyappan is on a hat-trick!
Charith Asalanka c †Aravind b Meiyappan 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 014.6: Karthik Meiyappan to Shanaka, OUT
Hat-trick! Clean through the gate! Oh my! What a stunning way to seal the deal! Sri Lanka’s captain propped forward to the googly, perfectly flighted, biting and bouncing past the inside-edge, clobbering the top of the timbers! What an incredible World Cup moment!
Dasun Shanaka b Meiyappan 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0Here’s the updated list of hat-tricks in men’s T20Is.And here’s where the previous ones were recorded in men’s T20 World Cup games.Brett Lee vs Bangladesh, 2007Curtis Campher vs Netherlands, 2021Wanindu Hasaranga vs South Africa, 2021Kagiso Rabada vs England, 2021

“I think there will be a lot of cricket boards around the world that’d be pretty nervous about going back to India”

ESPNcricinfo staff19-May-2021Having just returned to Australia after recovering from Covid-19 that he picked up during his IPL coaching stint in India, former Australia batter Mike Hussey believes the UAE should be looked at as an alternative for the T20 World Cup later in the year.As things stand, India is slated to host the event in October-November this year across nine venues, but doubts have emerged ever since the country was gripped with a serious second wave of infections leading to the IPL being postponed earlier this month.Related

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“I think it’s going to be very difficult in my view to play that tournament in India,” Hussey told upon his return to Sydney, where he is currently at a quarantine facility. He spent two weeks in isolation in India, after being one of three members from the Chennai Super Kings contingent to test positive on May 4.”We’re talking about eight teams in the IPL. I think there are probably similar number, maybe more teams coming in from overseas [for the T20 World Cup], there’d be more venues. As I said earlier, if they’re playing in different cities, that is when the risk goes up.”I think they’ll have to look some pretty big contingency plans, perhaps looking at the UAE or somewhere like that that could host the World T20. I think there will be a lot of cricket boards around the world that’d be pretty nervous about going back to India for a cricket tournament.”While the ICC continues to monitor the situation in India, the UAE, which has been slotted in as a back-up venue, has become a more realistic contender to host the global tournament. The matter will be up for discussion when the ICC Board meets at its annual conference in July.

A total of 129 was never going to be enough, and the Rocks chased it down comfortably through Vince and Pretorius

Firdose Moonda22-Nov-2019Jozi Stars’ title defence hopes are hanging by a thread after losing a fifth successive match in the Mzansi Super League (MSL). Although mathematically it is still possible for them to make the playoffs, they will need more than just their own results to go their way. Despite shuffling their batting line-up, the Stars did not manage to score enough runs and their 129 for 3 was never going to be enough against a strong Paarl Rocks side. James Vince picked up from his undefeated 86 against the Spartans last Sunday, scoring 43 to ensure the Rocks successfully chased down their target inside 17 overs. They move to third on the table, four points behind leaders, the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants. Will Chris Gayle play his 400th T20 in South Africa?In his 399th T20 game, Chris Gayle was dropped down the order to No.3 after a poor start, with 46 runs in five innings so far. At first, the move seemed successful. Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks opened the Stars’ innings with a strong stand of 64 in 9.4 overs before Rickelton was dismissed for 40. That brought Gayle to the crease with enough of a foundation to get going immediately. But Gayle only managed a single before he was struck on the pad by Hardus Viljoen and given out. Replays showed the ball had pitched outside leg but with no DRS, Gayle would not have even been able to review. He is now in danger of leaving the tournament without making much of an impression or completing a personal milestone. Gayle is available for one more match in this tournament when the Stars play the Tshwane Spartans on Sunday. If he plays, it will be his 400th, but the Stars have already hinted they made need to make significant changes to their side.Magic tricks Tabraiz Shamsi has packed his phone away for this season and is now showing off his skills as a magician in the making. Shamsi keeps a handkerchief in his pocket which turns into a wand, and when he takes a wicket, he brings it out in celebration. The contraption made its first appearance in this edition of the MSL when he had Hendricks caught at long-off. None of Shamsi’s team-mates went too close to him when the catch was taken, perhaps knowing he needed some space, and allowed the Paarl crowd to see their very own Harry Potter at work.KG on the comeback trail Kagiso Rabada has not looked his usual sprightly self since the tour of India, until his first ball at Boland Park. It wasn’t the first ball of the innings, as it might ordinarily have been. Rabada was used as first-change after Gayle was given the new ball, and he quickly showed what he is capable of. He fired in a full delivery outside off, and Henry Davids, who was caught on the back foot trying to cut, inside-edged onto leg-stump, which went cartwheeling away. Rabada returned in the 15th over, with the cause all but lost and managed to have something of a last say when he caught Mangaliso Mosehle off his own bowling. A lengthy check for a no-ball showed that Rabada was just on the line and Mosehle had to go. Rabada could have had a third off the next ball but Gayle dropped an Isuru Udana skier at point. Olivier’s over The match was tensely poised with the Paarl Rocks on 64 for 4 halfway through their chase, still needing 66 runs off the final 10 overs when Duanne Olivier released the pressure with an over that cost 15. Vince was the beneficiary of Olivier’s misdirected line down leg and the vacant third man area, where he sent three, successive boundaries. The required run-rate dipped under six an over after that, and dipped to four when Simon Harmer’s second over cost 17. There was no stopping the Rocks from there.

A Zimbabwe Cricket spokesperson confirmed that the fast bowler had suffered a Grade 2 tear on his left quadriceps muscle, after he had pulled up while running in to bowl on the second morning

Mohammad Isam12-Nov-2018Zimbabwe were dealt a major blow in the Mirpur Test against Bangladesh, after fast bowler Tendai Chatara was stretched off with a suspected Grade 2 tear on his left quadriceps muscle. The injury occurred in the 100th over of the Bangladesh first innings. Chatara pulled up while running in to deliver the over’s third ball, and after some initial checks by the physiotherapist, he was carried away from the ground.A Zimbabwe Cricket spokesperson confirmed the extent of the injury afterwards, but said that there may be more updates on Chatara’s condition as the day progressed.Chatara had been in good form prior to the injury, having taken 1 for 34 in 22.2 overs, with 12 maidens. He had also played a critical role in Zimbabwe’s famous victory in the Sylhet Test, where his three-wicket burst in the first innings opened up Bangladesh’s batting line-up, which eventually collapsed twice in the game.

Northants’ title defence is over as rain washed out what had the makings of a challenging chase against bottom club Durham

ECB Reporters Network18-Aug-2017Graham Clark set a tough task before the rain•Getty Images

Reigning Champions Northamptonshire were knocked out of the NatWest T20 Blast after their final North Group match against Durham was abandoned after heavy rain at Wantage Road.Northants had to win the game to have any chance of reaching the top four but rain arrived at the end of the first innings and did not relent, ending any chance of Northants reaching the quarter-finals.Had rain not arrived, Northants would have faced a very stiff chase after Durham made 208 for 3 – their fourth-highest T20 total and highest against Northamptonshire.Graham Clark was the chief aggressor with 71 in just 37 balls. He struck four boundaries from the fifth over bowled by Richard Gleeson to provide some momentum in the Powerplay. A drive over mid-off and a flick over short fine-leg saw 58 runs come from the first six overs, for the run-out of Keaton Jennings for just 3.Clark stepped away to slap Josh Cobb past extra-cover and slog-swept the left-arm spin of Graeme White into the gardens on the Wantage Road. His second six was sent over midwicket as he passed fifty in 26 balls as Northants again struggled with the ball. The rain prevented their batsmen from recovering the game.

Billy Bowden may have stood in his last international match, after being dropped from New Zealand Cricket’s international panel of umpires

ESPNcricinfo staff16-Jun-2016Billy Bowden may have stood in his last international match, after being dropped from New Zealand Cricket’s international panel of umpires.Bowden was demoted to NZC’s national panel, along with Derek Walker and Phil Jones, in a shake-up of New Zealand’s umpiring ranks that resulted in former first-class players Shaun Haig and Chris Brown being promoted to the international panel. Wayne Knights was the third man added to the international panel.Bowden stood in 84 Tests, 200 one-day internationals and 24 T20 internationals, his most recent appearance having been during the Chappell-Hadlee Series in Wellington in February.He made his international debut in an ODI in 1995 and his Test debut in 2000, and for many years was one of the most recognisable figures on the ICC’s elite panel due to his unusual mannerisms.However, Bowden was cut from the elite panel in 2013. He was reinstated in 2014 after the retirement of his countryman Tony Hill, but was axed once again in 2015.Since then, Bowden was on New Zealand’s international panel, meaning he was still able to stand in international matches. As a member of the national panel, he will now only be able to officiate in domestic games and women’s internationals.NZC international panel Chris Brown, Wayne Knights, Shaun Haig.

NZC national panel Billy Bowden, Chris Brown, Tony Gillies, Shaun Haig, Phil Jones, Wayne Knights, Ash Mehrotra, Tim Parlane, Derek Walker.

England continued their remarkable resurgence in limited-overs cricket with the third-largest victory in their history over New Zealand in the one-off T20 at Old Trafford

The Report by George Dobell23-Jun-2015
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England produce another box office performance

England continued their remarkable resurgence in limited-overs cricket with the third largest victory in their history over New Zealand in the one-off T20 at Old Trafford.England had won only three of their previous 12 T20 matches and, in that period, suffered a defeat to Netherlands. But inspired by their young players – there were three T20I debutants in this side – and a newly acquired aggressive approach, they followed the 12th highest total in their T20 history, and the fifth highest in England, with a disciplined display of bowling that eventually saw New Zealand lose their last five wickets for the addition of just four runs in 12 legitimate deliveries.Only 11 times have they been bowled out more cheaply in a T20. Their captian, Brendon McCullum, rated their batting as “pretty amateurish.”The result, an England win by 56 runs, means that a New Zealand side that were thought by many to be the strongest to have toured the UK depart without a series win in any of the formats. They were previously held to a draw in the Test series and lost the ODI series.When they cruised to 89 for 2 in the ninth over with Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson together, it seemed New Zealand were on course for victory. Jonny Bairstow, deputising with the gloves for the injured Jos Buttler, had just missed a simple opportunity offered by Taylor off the unfortunate Ben Stokes and Williamson was batting with the class and composure that has become his trademark.But then Taylor miscued an attempted lofted drive and, while Williamson went on to compile the second half-century, and highest score, of his T20I career, nobody else could reach double-figures.Mark Wood claimed three wickets as England knocked over New Zealand•Getty Images

Mark Wood, one of England’s debutants, finished with three wickets – doubling his career tally in the format – as reward for his pace and full length, with David Willey, another debutant, also claiming three wickets as reward for his control and yorker length.By the time Williamson, called for an optimistic single by Nathan McCullum, was run out by an outstanding pick-up and throw from Willey, with one stump to aim at, from cover point, New Zealand were doomed. The last three batsmen failed to score.It was an impressive performance in the field from England. Willey, finding some late swing, claimed the wicket of Martin Guptill in the first over of the reply with a beauty that pitched on off stump and nipped back to hit leg, while McCullum’s early assault – he crashed four sixes and two fours in his 15-ball stay – was ended by a fine piece of bowling from Wood who, spotting the batsman giving himself room, went wide of the crease and followed McCullum with a yorker-length delivery. McCullum could only edge it on to his stumps.Earlier Joe Root sustained his excellent form with another half-century. Striking the ball with a power that belies his relatively willowy frame, he combined innovation with convention to put England on target to a substantial total. Starting with a rasping cut to the boundary, he showed a willingness to hit over the top, an ability to execute the reverse sweep against balls even outside leg stump and his now established ability to pick up the length unusually fast.At one stage England took 23 from a Nathan McCullum over with Root pulling two fours before Sam Billings thrashed two fours and a six off the final ball full toss.Given a bright start through Alex Hales and Jason Roy, who drove two sixes over long-on in Mitchell McClenaghan’s first over, they stuttered in mid-innings when Bairstow was bowled by a beauty from debutant Mitchell Santner, who produced a fine spell, that gripped and turned past his outside edge to hit the top of off stump and Eoin Morgan miscued to deep midwicket.But Stokes added late impetus and, with New Zealand starting to look weary at the end of a long season, took England to a total that proved more than enough.

Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s former captain and newly-appointed batting consultant, has advised his batsmen to be ‘aggressive’ against India

Umar Farooq15-Dec-2012Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s former captain and newly-appointed batting consultant, has advised his batsmen to be ‘aggressive’ against India. The team that handles pressure better, he said, could control how the matches go in the upcoming limited-overs series’.Pakistan are preparing for the India series with a conditioning camp at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, and Inzamam will spend the week with the batsmen to assist them. Since his retirement in 2007, Inzamam had not been associated with Pakistan cricket in any form, running a business instead; this is the first in five years that he has taken up a role with the team.”My job will be to pass on my playing experience to the players, rather than working on batsmen’s techniques,” Inzamam told reporters at the end of the day’s training. “I will be discussing with them how to chase, how to set a target and what’s required while batting.”Pakistan will kick-off their tour of India with a two-match T20 series, followed by three ODIs. Inzamam, who led Pakistan in 22 ODIs against India and has a win-loss ratio of 12-10, said Pakistan have plenty of matchwinners in the squad but they need ‘collective’ effort.”Pakistan have a lot of players who could individually win matches for us, it’s a good sign,” he said. “But cricket is a team game, we lack in collective effort from the batsmen. Our bowling is very strong and we have to have confidence in ourselves. We have to make up our minds that we can win.”Playing in Indian conditions isn’t different; we have been winning [there] and can win again. It’s only about pressure and how to handle it. What we need is to play aggressively and whoever copes with it [pressure] well, will play better.”Pakistan have played 16 completed ODIs in 2012, losing four out of eight while chasing and failing to defend their target on six instances out of eight. Batting first this year, they have crossed the 200-run mark seven times, winning only twice. When chasing a target of more than 200, they have won only on one occasion out of five.”It’s not a new problem, it’s been going on for a long time now,” Inzamam said of their batting issues, citing the lack of quality cricket in Pakistan, which has been a no-go zone for major international cricket teams. “For the last two years we have not played a lot of cricket and the batsmen are lacking in temperament due to T20 cricket.”Flaws in our players are down to us not playing on a regular basis. If we start playing 10-12 Test matches every year, you will obviously see an improvement in our batting. As more we play cricket, the more players will learn from it.”Inzamam said it will be important for the players to put aside distractions in India and focus on the cricket: “Against India, one should be focused on the game instead of other activities. We have to focus on our game and don’t worry about what others are doing. If we keep focus on ourselves, we will perform better.”India will play with passion, so must Pakistan. I think the way this Pakistan team lines-up, we can put pressure on India. But they’re a big team too and could make a comeback [after faltering in the Test series against England], so we have to focus ourselves.”

Sarel Burger, who was Namibia’s interim captain for most of the recent T20 series against Kenya, has been made the full-time captain

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Nov-2011Sarel Burger, who was Namibia’s interim captain for most of the recent T20 series against Kenya, has been made the full-time captain. Burger led his team to a 6-2 victory in the eight-game series and topped the batting averages with 146 runs at 48.66 and a strike-rate of 97.98. He replaces Craig Williams.”We are in the middle of the preparation process for the ICC Global T20 qualifiers in March next year,” Graham McMillan, chief executive of Cricket Namibia, said in a statement. “We felt that it is important to make a change early if one was going to be made. I am sure that Sarel will step up to the new role. He has already done six matches against Kenya, he proved himself to be a very capable man-manager. “Raymond van Schoor, who captained in the other two games against Kenya, was named the vice-captain.McMillan also paid tribute to Williams, the former captain. “I would also like to recognize the role that former captain Craig Williams played in the development of Namibia’s cricket. Craig made a very valuable contribution in the way he approached the game.”I am looking forward to seeing him playing without the pressure of captaincy over his head.”

A round-up of the second day of the second round of matches in the Plate League of the Ranji Trophy

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Nov-2010Group AVineet Saxena and Hrishikesh Kanitkar added 161 runs in 56.1 overs to give Rajasthan the first-innings lead against Goa on a rain-reduced second day at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Resuming at 48 for 1, the pair frustrated Goa through most of the day’s play before Kanitkar fell for 73 off 185 balls. Saxena completed his seventh first-class ton by stumps and, along with Robin Bist, guided his side into a dominant position.TP Sudhindra scalped four wickets as Madhya Pradesh bowled Tripura out for 255 before galloping to 225 for 3 by stumps on the second day at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. Sudhindra picked up all the four Tripura wickets to fall in the morning before MP openers Naman Ojha and Jalaj Saxena set about the task of securing the first-innings lead in aggressive fashion. Naman brought up his third first-class ton, an innings that included 14 fours and two sixes, but Saxena fell ten short of the landmark. The pair added 209 in 43.5 overs before exiting in quick succession. Devendra Bundela also fell soon after as Tripura’s spirits rose before stumps.Hyderabad’s decision to drop four senior players for Under-22 cricketers paid dividend as the 18-year-old Bavanaka Sandeep scored 130 on his first-class debut to give them a 149-run first-innings lead with 5 wickets in hand against Jharkhand at the HEC International Cricket Stadium Complex in Ranchi. Fast bowler Kuldeep Sharma gave Jharkhand a good start to the day, taking 3 for 50 to reduce Hyderabad to 117 for 4. But Sandeep put together a 109-run partnership with Syed Quadri who made 50, and an unbeaten 129-run stand with wicket-keeper batsman Ibrahim Khaleel (47 off 114) to put Hyderabad firmly in the ascendancy with two days to go.Group BRain helped Jammu & Kashmir keep Kerala’s lead down to just 11 runs at the Perintalmanna Cricket Stadium in Malappuram, but the hosts are sitting pretty with nine wickets in hand. Opener VA Jagadeesh (98 off 147) and Robert Fernandez (65 off 151) made full use of the 50 overs of play that were possible on the second day after Abid Nabi dismissed Abhishek Hegde early. J&K only managed 173 in their first innings and will hope for more showers to stave of defeat.A fighting 82 from No. 7 batsman Ranjit Paradkar helped Vidarbha reach 281 for 8 in their first innings against Maharashtra at the Golf Club Ground in Nasik. Vidarbha started the day at 42 for 3, after just 13 overs were bowled on day one, and were tottering at 169 for 6 when Azhar Sheik fell after a patient half-century. Paradkar and Shrikant Wagh then added 96 to rescue their side. It was a team effort by Maharashtra in the field as their four frontline bowlers took two wickets apiece.Services were locked in an even battle for the first-innings lead against Andhra at the Rural Development Trust Stadium in Anantapur. Resuming at 23 for 1 and chasing Andhra’s score of 229, Services were propelled by Sowmyaranjan Swain’s compoised 71 off 185 balls. He added 71 with Yashpal Singh before wickets began to tumble. Seamer Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna picked up three wickets while Y Gyaneswara Rao finished with two as Services stumbled to 187 for 7. They need 43 runs to secure the first-innings lead but, given the low-scoring nature of the game so far, an outright result could be on the cards.