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Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha’s contract has been extended until the 2019 World Cup

Mohammad Isam19-Jun-2016Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha’s contract has been extended until the 2019 World Cup. The decision was approved at a BCB board meeting on Sunday.Assistant coach Ruwan Kalpage, fielding coach Richard Halsall and fitness and conditioning coach Mario Villavarayan were also retained for another three years.Hathurusingha, who was appointed head coach in July 2014, will also hold a place on the six-man selection committee, along with Bangladesh team manager Khaled Mahmud, who is also a BCB director, and the cricket operations committee chairman Akram Khan.The proposal to expand the selection committee was put forward last month and ratified by the BCB on Sunday. This means Bangladesh’s national squads will be picked by a six-member panel, which would include three selectors, two board officials and the head coach.”We have only legalised the current process,” Hassan said of the change. “The cricket operations committee chairman will call the meeting with the selectors, coach and manager. The coach will give his strategic input, if he has any. The manager will give his and the captain’s input.”Former Bangladesh batsman and junior selector Sajjad Ahmed was promoted to the three-man panel under Faruque. He replaced former Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar, who has been put in charge of picking Bangladesh’s women’s teams. Minhajul Abedin retained his place as senior selector on the panel.Former Bangladesh players Hannan Sarkar and Hasibul Hossain have also been made junior selectors.Another outcome of Sunday’s board meeting was the reinstatement of Bangladesh fast bowler Rubel Hossain’s central contract. He had been omitted from the National Player Contract list in February 2016 due to a disciplinary breach. Simon Helmot, who was named BCB’s High Performance coach a week ago, has been retained until 2019.The BCB are also in the midst of preparing a response to the two-tier Test proposal, although discussion on that matter was not entertained at Sunday’s meeting.”I stopped the CEO when he was giving a presentation on the two-tier system because the discussion itself is now at an early stage,” BCB president Hassan said. “It was only discussed at the CEC [Cricket Executives Commitee] level in the ICC.”

Chennai could lose out on hosting matches of next year’s World Twenty, to be staged in India, if the issue of its three locked stands remains unresolved

Nagraj Gollapudi15-Jun-2015Chennai could lose out on hosting matches of next year’s World Twenty20, to be staged in India, if the issue of its three locked stands remains unresolved. That was one of the important points of discussion during a meeting in Mumbai on Sunday between the ICC and BCCI officials, who are also yet to agree on the total number of venues for the tournament. While the ICC has recommended five venues, the BCCI is in favour of eight. A final decision is likely to be taken at the ICC Board meeting in Barbados in the last week of June.Although no venues were shortlisted, it is understood that the ICC team was specifically concerned about MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai. Keeping in mind that the three stands (I, J, K) that have been locked during the matches in Chepauk in the last three years, the ICC made it clear that matches could not be played in front of empty stands. The BCCI itself is wary of the venue as ESPNcricinfo has learned that Chepauk does not feature in its shortlist of eight venues. Although the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association is trying hard to get the requisite approvals to throw open the three stands, officials have conceded that Chepauk is likely to miss out.The three stands, which were opened in 2011, were locked and sealed by the Chennai corporation during the 2012 and 2013 editions of the IPL. With the issue unresolved, in the 2014 IPL, Chennai Super Kings played all their home matches in Ranchi. This IPL, too, the three stands remained shut and was one of the main reasons behind the play-off match involving Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore being shifted to Ranchi in May.At the meeting, the BCCI was represented by an eight-man team lead by secretary Anuraj Thakur along with Sundar Raman, Ratnakar Shetty, MV Sridhar, RP Shah, Amrit Mathur and Hemang Amin. The ICC team comprised Campbell Jamieson, Chris Tetley and Dhiraj Malhotra.The BCCI informed that the main reason for insisting on eight venues was the volume of matches involved. A total of 35 matches will be played between March 11 and April 3, 2016 to be contested by 16 teams. The BCCI reasoned that if they stuck to five grounds, each venue would end up hosting seven matches per venue which would only make it difficult to fill up the stadium.An official privy to the discussions said the ICC was happy with the reasons. The twin concerns the ICC had was tackling cost and travel. It is understood the BCCI has given an undertaking to take care of the travel of the teams. The official said the ICC team would now report back to the board to discuss the costs.

Round-up of the third round of the Logan Cup matches

ESPNcricinfo staff16-Nov-2012
ScorecardA century by Mark Vermeulen and an effective second-innings bowling performance led to Mid West Rhinos’ 323-run victory over Mashonaland Eagles in Harare. The contest was even after the first innings, with Rhinos gaining a slender lead of 20 runs. But Vermeulen, opener Vusi Sibanda – who scored 89 – and captain Brendon Taylor guided them to 433 for 7 before declaring the innings 25 overs into the final session on the third day. Eagles were derailed by six wickets from seamers Neville Madziva and Ed Rainsford, and folded after 46 overs on the final day.After being put in to bat, Rhinos were struggling after regular strikes from Eagles but half-centuries from Vermeulen and Simon Mugava, and a knock of 42 from middle-order batsman Malcolm Waller, guided them to 265. Eagles’ reply progressed similarly as No. 7 Prosper Utseya, who scored 77, No. 9 Kyle Jarvis, who had taken four wickets earlier, and opener Chamu Chibhabha led them to 245. Seamer Michael Chinouya claimed five wickets, following on from the ten-for he took against Rocks last week.The balance of the game shifted when a 144-run second-wicket stand between Sibanda and Vermeulen was followed by a 134-run stand between Vermeulen and Taylor. At 304 for 2, Rhinos were in a position to set a huge target for their opponents, which was ultimately 435. Eagles couldn’t bat to save the game or try for an improbable win, and ended up crashing to a big defeat.
ScorecardAn unbeaten 188 and five wickets by allrounder Glen Querl helped Matabeleland Tuskers to an easy ten-wicket victory in Bulawayo. A 228-run first-innings lead, helped by Querl’s ton and seamer Chris Mpofu’s six wickets, helped them gain the big win despite a strong second innings by Rocks.Mpofu ran through the top order and the lower order to help dismiss Rocks for 152 in their first innings. The last six wickets fell for 21 runs.Tuskers built on that performance to set a strong total. Querl, who came in to bat at No. 3, played an aggressive knock, making his first first-class century and led Tuskers to a massive lead. He scored at a strike-rate of 84.68 and ran out of partners, remaining unbeaten 12 short of his double-century. His two major partnerships, both worth more than a 100 runs, came with opener Terry Duffin, and with wicketkeeper Charles Coventry.Rocks were in danger of losing by an innings but that didn’t happen thanks to a much-improved batting performance in the second innings. Wicketkeeper Richmond Mutumbami and Prince Masvaure scored half-centuries, with Masvaure remaining unbeaten at the end of the innings. However, with no one going on to score a big century, the small target of 65 wasn’t going to challenge Tuskers, who eclipsed it without the loss of any wicket in the 16th over of their innings.

Michael Powell, the former Glamorgan batsman, is set to extend his county career after signing a two-year contract with Kent

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Nov-2011Michael Powell, the former Glamorgan batsman, is set to extend his county career after signing a two-year contract with Kent. Powell, 34, was released at the end of the 2011 season after 14 years with his former county.Having become only the third player to make a double-century on debut against Oxford University in 1997, Powell became the seventh highest run-scorer for Glamorgan with 12,377 first-class runs. He has also scored 4,640 one-day runs and represented England A five times.”I am looking forward to making the move to Kent and I’m extremely pleased to have signed with the club,” said Powell. “I hope to make a positive impact next season and look forward to the challenges ahead at Kent.”Powell will be looking to resurrect a career that has stalled since a serious illness in 2007 when complications during rib surgery became life-threatening. He was Glamorgan’s leading run-scorer in 2002 in a side containing Steve James and Matthew Maynard and was called up for England’s Natwest Series squad in 2004.But following illness, Powell struggled to regain form and his days at Glamorgan looked numbered when he lost his place in the County Championship team to Tom Maynard after six matches in 2010. Maynard’s departure to Surrey gave Powell another opportunity but in 12 games in 2011 he scored just 675 runs at 32.Kent’s chairman of cricket, Graham Johnson, said: “We are delighted that Michael will be coming to Kent. He has had a very successful career with Glamorgan and still has much to offer county cricket.”

The word ‘choke’ was not uttered when Michael Clarke answered questions about Australia’s scarcely believable defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka

Brydon Coverdale at the MCG03-Nov-2010The word ‘choke’ was not uttered when Michael Clarke answered questions about Australia’s scarcely believable defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka. It didn’t need to be. Whatever you like to call it, Australia are struggling to finish teams off, and the evidence has been building for a long time. It is a worrying trend for a team that in the next six months is hoping to regain the Ashes and retain the World Cup.To allow Sri Lanka back into the game after reducing them to 8 for 107 in a chase of 240 was a failure of bowling and captaincy. Clarke is not a seasoned leader, and after this loss he’ll no doubt be glad to hand control back to Ricky Ponting for Friday’s second ODI. But whoever is in charge, Australia must find a way to regain their killer instinct.The problem is occurring across all formats. A month ago, India’s last two pairs added 92 and inflicted a similarly unbelievable one-wicket defeat on Ponting’s men in the Mohali Test. The classic example was the Ashes opener last year in Cardiff, when Monty Panesar and James Anderson became national heroes for England by surviving a tense final period to secure a draw. The stakes weren’t as high at the MCG, but the feeling was much the same after Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga fought back with a 132-run stand.”What I’m so disappointed in is we got so close again and we couldn’t finish the game off, which is an issue we’ve had for a while now in all three forms of the game,” Clarke said. “We’ve got to look at that and ask ourselves questions, find out what we can do to improve that.”Execution cost us today with both bat and ball. Having them 8 for 107, we got hit around the park. Mathews is a very good player, but Malinga is a No. 10 – a good No. 10, but he’s still a No. 10 batsman. If we’re good enough to execute our plans and get the top order out, I don’t see any reason why we can’t do it to the tailenders. But it’s not the first time it’s happened, and it’s something we need to look at.”Mathews and Malinga batted superbly, but the Australians didn’t make life too difficult. There was a distinct lack of yorkers from the fast men, who served up plenty of half-volleys that the batsmen could dispatch with power, and after the impressive debutant Xavier Doherty had completed his overs, nobody looked like getting a wicket.Ponting has often been criticised over his choice of bowlers in crunch situations in the past couple of years, and Clarke will analyse his own decisions as much as anyone. He could not call on Steven Smith during the match-winning partnership as Smith had hurt his back while fielding, but given the success of Doherty, a couple of overs of Clarke’s own spin might have been worth a try.The loss stretched Australia’s winless streak to six internationals across all formats. Not since the Lord’s Test against Pakistan in July have they won a match, and as Mohammad Amir and co would attest, that seems like a lifetime ago. Australia look like they’ve forgotten how to win at all, and even victories in the remaining two ODIs won’t erase the doubts ahead of the Ashes. And then there’s a World Cup to play for, starting next February.”I think [these games are] important for more than the Ashes,” Clarke said. “We’ve got a one-day World Cup coming up after the Ashes and we need to be playing our best cricket now. Before this game we’ve got 10 matches leading up to a one-day World Cup. The Ashes is great, everybody’s looking forward to it, but we need to be focused on what’s in front of us because right now, we’re not playing our best cricket and we need to be.”South Africa have traditionally entered major tournaments trying to dispel the notion that they choke at big moments. Australia have three months to ensure they don’t develop a similar reputation.

Allrounder using an oxygen chamber to try and speed his recovery from the fractured rib that has threatened his participation in the opening Test

Andrew McGlashan in East London10-Dec-2009Jacques Kallis is using an oxygen chamber to try and speed his recovery from the fractured rib that has threatened his participation in the opening Test against England at Centurion Park.Kallis suffered the injury during the Champions League Twenty20 in October and was ruled out of the recent one-day series. It is a race against time to get him fit for the opening five-day encounter, with some suggestions that he may struggle to make the starting XI in any capacity or be unable to bowl during the four-match series.However, South Africa coach Mickey Arthur was not ruling out one of his key players and was still holding onto hope that he can play a part with the ball. He echoed Mike Proctor’s view after the convenor of selectors said Kallis was 50-50 to appear at Centurion Park, although Arthur was more positive about Kallis’ prospects as a batsman.”We certainly haven’t ruled him out of bowling during the series and we are still working hard with him ahead of the first Test,” Arthur told Cricinfo. “He has been using an oxygen chamber to try and speed the recovery and is doing extensive rehab every day.”At the moment the best-case scenario is that he bats and bowls at Centurion which is probably 50-50, the next best is that he just bats which is probably around 60-40 and the worst case scenario is that he is only fit for Durban.”Kallis would not be the first player to use oxygen therapy to aid recovery from injury. Simon Jones underwent similar treatment in 2005 when he was trying to be fit for the final Ashes Test although the process was ultimately unsuccessful for him. The benefit of the chambers is that they can supply 100% pure oxygen which helps the body fight injury compared with the normal air which contains only about 20% oxygen.Kallis played in the second Twenty20 international against England before the extent of the rib injury was confirmed. He will be fully assessed when the South African squad meets up in Potchefstroom on Friday for a three-day training camp. “Our priority was the Test series which is why he was pulled from the one-dayers so he didn’t do further damage,” Arthur said. “We will have a far better idea of where we stand on Sunday.”Arthur also confirmed that Dale Steyn was progressing well after his hamstring injury and that the paceman bowled six overs in the nets on Wednesday. Steyn was ruled out of the final two ODIs but now looks set to lead the pace attack alongside Makhaya Ntini, who will reach 100 caps, and probably Morne Morkel.

A collapse of 5 for 19 was not enough to halt Haryana’s march to the semi-finals

ESPNcricinfo staff12-Jan-2025A late collapse which saw them lose five wickets for 19 runs was not enough to prevent Haryana from beating Gujarat and advancing to the semi-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.Haryana bowled Gujarat out for 196, thanks to an all-round display, before they completed the chase in 44 overs in Vadodara.Arsh Ranga had got Haryana off to a rapid start in their modest chase, scoring 25 off 16 in a 29-run opening stand. His opening partner, Himanshu Rana, then ensured Haryana stayed on course with half-century partnerships with captain Ankit Kumar and Parth Vats.Ravi Bishnoi gave Gujarat an important breakthrough with Rana’s wicket for 66, but Vats held steady at the other end, his 35-run stand with Nishant Sindhu putting the game beyond Gujarat’s reach.Sindhu’s wicket triggered a collapse as Haryana went from 173 for 3 to 192 for 8, with Bishnoi picking three of those wickets, but the contributions from their top five meant they managed to stay ahead of the game.Gujarat had started well, with the openers Urvil Patel and Aarya Desai racing to 45 in seven overs. Then, Gujarat lost three wickets in the space of two overs after which Chintan Gaja dropped anchor at one end.But when Saurabh Chauhan and Gaja fell in quick succession after a 34-run stand, and Bishnoi was dismissed not long after, it looked like Gujarat would struggle to cross 150. However, Hemang Patel dominated a 54-run partnership for the ninth wicket to take Gujarat close to 200. He finished with 54 off 62 balls.Sindhu and debutant Anuj Thakral took three wickets each, while Anshul Kamboj struck twice.

Vasavada scored a patient fifty but Saurashtra are still 96 runs behind with only a wicket in hand

ESPNcricinfo staff02-Oct-2023Saurabh Kumar’s all-round show, combined with Rest of India bowlers’ clinical performance put the team ahead against Saurashtra in the Irani Trophy. In reply to Rest of India’s 308, Saurashtra reached 212 for 9 at stumps. Vidwath Kaverappa and Saurabh picked up three wickets each to entertain thoughts of a first-innings lead.After Saurashtra bowled Rest of India out early in the morning, they were put on the back foot straight away with fast bowler Kaverappa knocking over Harvik Desai and Chiraj in his first two overs. A score of 1 for 1 became 77 for 5 with Saurabh snagging Sheldon Jackson and Samarth Vyas. Cheteshwar Pujara consumed 81 balls for 29 runs before he was dismissed by right-arm offspinner Pulkit Narang. Kaverappa picked up one more wicket in the final session to return figures of 3 for 28 in his nine overs.With Saurashtra in need of repairs, Arpit Vasavada produced a patient half-century. He first shared a 47-run partnership with Prerak Mankad for the sixth wicket and then put on 54 runs for the seventh wicket with Parth Bhut, who had completed a five-wicket haul in the morning. Vasavada hit just two boundaries in his 127-ball knock and scored 54 runs before falling to Saurabh, ten minutes before the close of the play.Earlier, Saurabh, at No. 8, managed to push his score up to 39, including five fours, before he eventually became Bhut’s fifth victim as Rest of India folded soon after crossing the 300-mark.

Owners of a team from the now defunct Global T20 League want in on the new competition

Firdose Moonda22-Jul-2022Cricket South Africa is confident of seeing off a legal challenge aimed at stalling the progression of their new T20 competition from at least one owner of the abandoned Global T20 League (GLT20). Hermis Sports Ventures Limited, the owners of Pretoria Mavericks, has written to CSA asking for a “reasonable opportunity,” to submit an application to acquire a franchise in the new tournament, failing which they will consider applying to the courts to issue an interdict to stop the games from going ahead. At the same time, Hermis is also suing CSA for US$ 515,627.91 in damages from the failed GLT20 despite being refunded their deposit of $250,000 with interest.CSA has already concluded agreements and announced the six owners of the new T20 league, all of whom are from the IPL. However, Hermis claims that CSA “invited certain selected parties to bid for ownership of the teams,” and that opportunities to bid were not “widely available.” Hermis issued CSA with a notice of their intention to take legal action on Wednesday and asked for a response by Friday. ESPNcricinfo understands CSA intends to defend any allegations made by Hermis. Sources close to the board believe the case is without merit.Related

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Hermis’ claim is based on a letter written by former CSA CEO Thabang Moroe to the eight owners of the GLT20 franchises in August 2018. At the time, Moroe was explaining board’s decision to abandon the idea of private ownership of franchise teams and move the league in-house to what became the Mzansi Super League. He cited “commercial reasons,” for the decision but said that CSA may explore the possibility of private owners in future, at which point the GLT20 owners could put themselves forward again.”In such event, we confirm that each of you, as the previous owners, will be given an opportunity, on a first right of refusal basis, to acquire ownership (or part ownership depending on how much team equity is made available for private ownership) of your previous teams,” the letter read. “Needless to say, this first right of refusal is not unconditional but is subject to such conditions as CSA and/or the special purpose vehicle which has been incorporated to manage the league (“SPV”) will, given the dictates of the financial model then in place, our procurement policy and other relevant considerations, determine. These conditions will be communicated at the time that the model is adapted to allow for private team ownership, should that materialise.”While Hermis’ communication recognises the old owners right of refusal was not unconditional, they allege that CSA breached the previous agreement by not informing them of the new league or inviting them to bid for it. ESPNcricinfo understands that CSA approached some parties, including representatives of IPL teams such as Kolkata Knight Riders (who owned a team in the GLT20 and now own a team in the UAE T20 league, which will be played at the same time in January 2023), but also received unsolicited bids from various business people. This includes South African entrepreneur and former player Terence Lazard and Osman Osman, a part-owner in the Mavericks’ franchise. In total, CSA announced that they received 29 expressions of interest and it is understood that the IPL owners outbid their competitors by a distance.A further complication to Hermis’ challenge is that the new league is not being run by CSA alone but by a newly-formed entity named Africa Cricket Development (PTY) Limited (ACD). CSA is the majority stakeholder in this company, with 50%, while broadcaster Supersport has a 30% share and former IPL COO Sundar Raman, the remaining 20%. Any legal claim against the new league would thus have to be a claim against the new company, and not CSA.

Former batsman ends his career with the fifth-most centuries for Sri Lanka in one-day cricket

Madushka Balasuriya23-Feb-2021Sri Lankan batsman Upul Tharanga has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 36.Having made his debut in August 2005, Tharanga last turned out for Sri Lanka in an ODI in South Africa in March 2019. He played his final T20I in March the previous year and his last Test in August 2017.Over the course of his career, Tharanga has captained Sri Lanka’s limited-overs sides several times, first taking up the role in November 2016 in an ODI series against Zimbabwe. Months later he would also take over the reigns of the T20I side for a tour of Australia. Unfortunately for Tharanga, his captaincy coincided with a lean period in Sri Lankan cricket, and he suffered the ignominy of captaining his side to three 5-0 whitewashes in 2017.Tharanga’s failed captaincy stint somewhat soured what had been an overall impressive period with the national side. While his Test and T20I careers underwhelmed, his ODI record is among the best in Sri Lanka’s history. His 15 one-day hundreds are the fifth-most by a Sri Lankan batsman, while his performances in the 2011 World Cup played a major role in the run to the final. Opening the batting, his 395 runs in the tournament came at 56.42 and included two centuries.Upul Tharanga retires with excellent numbers in ODIs•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Fans will also remember fondly his role in setting a then-world record for an opening partnership, plundering 286 runs off just 201 deliveries alongside side Sanath Jayasuriya against England at Leeds in 2006.Tharanga finishes his career having played 31 Tests, 235 ODIs and 26 T20Is. His 1754 Test runs came at an average of 31.89 and included three centuries and eight fifties. It was in limited overs cricket though that Tharanga came into his own, scoring 6951 runs at 33.74 in ODIs, inclusive of 15 centuries and 37 fifties. While he had shown flourishes in the domestic T20 circuit, that form never really carried into his brief T20I career, in which he averaged 16.28.”As the good old saying goes ‘all good things must come to an end’, I believe it is time for me to bid farewell to my International Cricket Career after over 15 years of giving the game my all,” Tharanga said in a statement.