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Marlon Samuels will be allowed to bowl in the second ODI after the ICC admitted to making an error with regard to grace period for reported bowlers

Andrew Fidel Fernando04-Nov-2015The ICC has made an allowance for Marlon Samuels to bowl in the second ODI against Sri Lanka, although the match is being played outside the 14-day grace period allowed for bowlers reported for a suspect action.The ICC said the exception was made because “the West Indies team was incorrectly advised that he was eligible to bowl in this match”, and that West Indies had “selected the team based on this information.” After this match “Samuels will not be allowed to bowl in international cricket until the results of his assessment are known,” an ICC release said.Earlier on Wednesday, the West Indies management expressed concern after being told Samuels was not allowed to bowl only after the match had begun. They said match referee David Boon had conveyed to them that the second ODI would be played inside the 21-day grace period afforded to reported bowlers.The West Indies management said they had taken Boon at his word. However, following a rule change this year, that grace period had been shortened to 14 days, which meant Samuels’ grace period had already expired.Samuels has not bowled in Sri Lanka since being reported, but his bowling may be required for the second ODI as allrounders Jason Holder and Andre Russell were both unavailable for selection.Samuels was reported for a suspect action on October 19, but is understood to have no plans to undergo a biomechanical test until the team travels to Australia for their series which begins next month.

Gautam Gambhir believed it was Eoin Morgan’s busy innings that set up the team’s 48-run win against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Apr-2013Gautam Gambhir may have been declared Man of the Match, but the Kolkata Knight Riders captain believed it was Eoin Morgan’s busy innings that set up the team’s 48-run win against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens.”We always believed he [Morgan] is a class act,” Gambhir said. “We thought of giving him some more time in the middle and thus pushed him up the order. He responded magnificently.”Morgan has scored 114 runs from four matches, which is only behind Gambhir’s tally for Knight Riders this year. On Sunday, he was pushed up the order to No. 4 and he joined Jacques Kallis ahead of the out of form Yusuf Pathan after the fall of Gambhir’s wicket with the score on 102 for 2.”We had this thing in our mind to go on with the left hand-right hand combination which has worked for us and looked to do the same in this game as well,” Morgan told . “Jacques is very calm at the crease and I plan to keep it that way as well, which is why we had a lot of sensible talks in the middle. We were quite smart in what we did and it managed to come off which was quite nice.”The two batsmen added 67 runs off 30 balls, with Morgan taking 22 runs off the 18th over bowled by Sunrisers’ allrounder Thisara Perera.”It was one of those occasions were the bowler sort of missed his lengths and I got my way,” he said. “It can happen especially here with a short boundary and with the ball coming on to the bat too well. I was glad I could manage to clear the ropes on a few occasions.”This year, Morgan has found a regular spot in the team’s starting XI after not getting a game in IPL 2012. “Last year, trying to get into a winning side was very difficult,” he said. “I hope I get to play as many games as possible for KKR this year.”Tom Moody, the Sunrisers’ coach, laid the blame on his team for allowing Knight Riders to post a big tota. He said Knight Riders were a good side, but not unbeatable.”Our defensive skills were never as sharp as they can be,” Moody said. “It was not a 180 runs wicket but we allowed the hosts to put an imposing total.”Dhawan’s absence is a big setback for us. Without him, our batting is a concern. But I think our overseas batsman need to perform better than they are doing at the moment. We haven’t batted as well as we can do.”

Brett Lee has revealed his right foot is still broken and the injury has caused him significant pain throughout the tri-series

Brydon Coverdale in Melbourne01-Mar-2012Brett Lee has revealed his right foot is still broken and the injury has caused him significant pain throughout the tri-series. However, Lee hopes he won’t be the bowler asked to sit out of the match against Sri Lanka at the MCG to accommodate James Pattinson, who is set to make his comeback from a foot injury of his own.The Australians have a couple of selection decisions to make ahead of the match, which is the last game before the best-of-three finals, for which they have already qualified. Michael Clarke could miss a second successive match due to injury after the national selection manager John Inverarity said a no-risk approach would be taken to the captain’s fitness.And the selectors will also be keen for Pattinson to play before the finals, having not turned out for Australia since the Sydney Test victory over India nearly two months ago. Ben Hilfenhaus and Clint McKay have been in fine form during the series but someone will need to rest if Pattinson is to play, and Lee said he was keen to stay on the field despite his injury.”It’s still broken,” Lee said of his foot. “I had an x-ray yesterday but the show must go on. You’ve got to do these things when you’re playing for your country. It’s been very painful but I’ve come back a lot earlier than I probably could have or should have. But you have to do that when you’re playing for your country.”I haven’t thought about [not playing on Friday]. Hopefully I’ve been doing my job and playing some decent cricket. I’m not a selector and I’ll never be a selector. I’m just focused on what I’m trying to do, lead the attack. We have got a great squad of players and some serious depth so we’ll wait and see what happens tomorrow night.”Lee suffered the injury while stopping a ball with his foot during Australia’s Twenty20 against India at the MCG in February and he was originally expected to miss the whole tri-series. But his earlier-than-expected comeback has ensured plenty of depth for Australia’s one-day attack, with Ryan Harris now unable to find a place in the squad due to Pattinson’s return.”We’ve gone through periods when we’ve been lacking fast bowlers and we’ve also gone through periods where we’ve had no fast bowlers around,” Lee said. “But now we’ve got seven or eight guys putting their hand up to play Test cricket and T20 and one-day cricket for Australia. It keeps the options open and keeps the older guys and the younger guys coming through knowing that complacency should never play a part.”Pattinson, 21, has played only two one-day internationals and is looking forward to his first short-format match for Australia at home. By including him in the final stages of this series and in the ODI and T20 squads to tour the West Indies in mid-March, the selectors have limited Pattinson’s chances of playing in the longer format ahead of the Caribbean Test series, but he does not believe that will be a problem.”I’ve missed two Test matches but I still feel back bowling in the nets now like I haven’t really been out of cricket a long time,” Pattinson said. “I haven’t had to get back into my rhythm and worry about all that sort of stuff, it’s come pretty naturally for me. I’m just looking forward now to having a go in the shorter format of the game and then hopefully whatever comes with the longer format. At the moment we’re just concentrating on the one-dayers.”And while Pattinson, Lee, Hilfenhaus and McKay is a strong pace line-up, there is little room for error against a Sri Lankan batting order that has made 320 and 283 in the past two matches. Sri Lanka’s captain Mahela Jayawardene said his batsmen always enjoyed using the speed of the quicker bowlers against them, contrary to the stereotype that teams from the subcontinent prefer facing spin.”Everyone says that we don’t play quicks that well but I think out of all the countries we manage the best,” Jayawardene said. “Our guys bat much better when they’ve got pace and bounce – we did that in England, we did that in South Africa, and here we’ve been very consistent.”

The Irish Government has offered its support to the cricket board as they consider how to respond to the ICC vote to make the 2015 World Cup a 10-team tournament

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Apr-2011The Irish Government has offered its support to Cricket Ireland as they consider how to respond to the ICC vote to make the 2015 World Cup a 10-team tournament consisting of only the Test nations.The decision, which was announced on April 4, and closed the door on anyone outside the main 10 nations competing at a World Cup until 2019, sparked fury among Irish cricket as players expressed their anger over Twitter while the chief executive, Warren Deutrom, called it a “dark day for the sport.”Cricket Ireland, in consultation with the other 94 Associate and Affiliate nations, are considering all their options to try and overturn the decision and the Irish Sport’s Minister, Leo Varadkar, said the Government would offer their backing.”I fully support the efforts of Cricket Ireland and the other non-Test countries to persuade the ICC Board to reverse their decision,” he told a reception held to ironically mark Ireland’s success at the recent World Cup. “And I want you to know that my offices are available to assist the Associate nations in their campaign to have this decision reversed, in any way that you see fit.”Non-Test nations such as Ireland have played a major part in World Cups, not just by their talent and skill, but also by their commitment, passion and love of the game,” he said. “It is difficult to see how the best interests of the game can be served by not allowing countries such as Ireland a chance to compete at the highest level. This ‘closed shop’ approach cannot be good for the game, and appears to fly in the face of the sacred values that cricket has espoused for so long – namely fair play, sportsmanship and camaraderie.”Cricket Ireland want to pursue all other options before opting for the legal route which could be costly and damaging. It is even unclear what legal challenges are open to them, but if they wanted to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport it is understood they have a three-week window from the date the decision was made. Such a short timeframe makes that an unlikely option.On Sunday it is the board’s AGM which was meant to be a celebration of what Ireland achieved at the World Cup, but will now become a further inquest into the ICC’s recent decision and no doubt there will be more strong calls for action.

Robin Martin-Jenkins and Monty Panesar took three wickets each as Sussex
manoeuvred themselves into a commanding position on the second day against
Glamorgan

10-Apr-2010
ScorecardRobin Martin-Jenkins and Monty Panesar took three wickets each as Sussex
manoeuvred themselves into a commanding position on the second day against
Glamorgan at the Swalec Stadium. The pair helped to bowl Glamorgan out for just 191 to give Sussex a 93-run first-innings lead.By the close that advantage became 158 as Sussex reached 65 for 1 in
their second innings. Martin-Jenkins finished with figures of 3 for 34 to add to his 65 runs in Sussex’s first innings, while Panesar took 3 for 20 on his championship debut for his new county.At the start of the day some accurate new-ball bowling accounted for both
Glamorgan openers in consecutive overs. Corey Collymore, who forced the Glamorgan top order into plenty of playing and missing on a helpful pitch, claimed the wicket of Will Bragg, caught behind chasing a wide one.In the next over Gareth Rees also tried to drive a wide delivery which was
caught low down by Michael Yardy at first slip off James Anyon. From 19 for 2 Michael Powell and skipper Jamie Dalrymple had to dig deep to build a recovery.But just after reaching a patient 50 partnership for the third wicket Dalrymple
was trapped leg before deceived by a slower Luke Wright delivery. Powell and Ben Wright guided their side to 100 for 3 at lunch.Wright, in the side because overseas opener Mark Cosgrove was rested for the first game, failed to make the most of his opportunity as he was trapped lbw by Martin-Jenkins for 10. And Martin-Jenkins struck three balls later to knock back James Allenby’s off stump.Martin-Jenkins continued his good form by then trapping Powell leg before two
short of a half-century. The wickets kept falling at regular intervals as Harris also went lbw to give Panesar a first Championship wicket for Sussex. Glamorgan then slipped to 164 for 8 when wicket-keeper Mark Wallace chased a wide Wright delivery to be caught behind.Robert Croft and Dean Cosker took their side to 184 without further loss at tea before Panesar claimed Glamorgan’s final two wickets in the space of three overs. Cosker became the fifth lbw victim of the innings and Chris Ashling edged behind.Sussex’s second innings had reached 60 without loss when Yardy was given out lbw to Croft’s first ball, bringing night-watchman Anyon to the middle for the final three overs.

By winning their last regular-season game Renegades also improved to fourth, while Sixers are third

AAP05-Dec-2025Melbourne Renegades duo Georgia Wareham and Courtney Webb have produced a match-winning partnership to sink Sydney Sixers and keep the defending WBBL champions in finals contention.The win had significant ramifications ahead of next week’s finals, ending Sixers’ three-game winning streak and meaning Hobart Hurricanes will finish top of the ladder.That means Hurricanes will host the final on Saturday week. Adelaide will host Hurricanes tonight at Karen Rolton Oval, with Strikers needing an upset win to stay in the top-four hunt.By winning their last regular-season game Renegades also improved to fourth, while Sixers are third. But Renegades must sweat on other results to find out whether they play in the finals.Chasing 131 for victory, Wareham (49 not out) and Webb (33 not out) took Renegades to 134 for 4 from 16.2 overs on Friday in Melbourne.The pair put on a whirlwind unbroken 85-run stand, rescuing Renegades from a wobbly 49 for 4 in the tenth over.Wareham, who earlier took three wickets, finished with a furious flourish, cracking five fours and two sixes from her 29 deliveries. And Webb also found the boundary four times as Renegades (five wins, five losses) climbed from sixth to fourth on the table.Sixers (five wins, three losses) remain third after failing to capitalise on an Ellyse Perryspecial with the bat.Perry top-scored with 65 from 47 balls but Sixers struggled to 130 for 9. The allrounder dominated Sixers’ innings, hitting nine fours and a six, despite frequently losing partners.Only one other team-mate – Ash Gardner (16) – reached double figures amid some excellent legspin bowling from Wareham (3 for 21 from four overs).Alyssa Healy made a six-ball duck and the middle order failed to fire around Perry, who was dismissed in the 18th over when caught at long-on from the bowling of Alice Capsey (2 for 27).Ellyse Perry put on a one-woman show with the bat for Sixers•Getty Images

Renegades hit early trouble in their chase when Maitlan Brown snared two wickets in the second over.Opener Davina Perrin (28 from 27) and Capsey (10 from 15) briefly steadied before both fell in a three-over patch, leaving Renegades in serious strife four down.But Wareham and Webb launched a power-packed counter-punch with Brown (2 for 45) the only multiple wicket-taker for Sixers.All three games over the weekend will affect the top-four finishing order. The Melbourne Stars are second and on Saturday cannot afford a slip-up when they host the Sydney Thunder, who are out of finals contention.The late Saturday game will feature fifth-placed Perth Scorchers at home against bottom side Heat, while Sixers host Adelaide Strikers on Sunday in a massive end to the regular season.Only three points separates Stars from the sixth-placed Strikers.Tuesday’s knockout final will feature the third-placed team at home against fourth.The winner of that game travels to the second-placed team on Thursday for the challenger final and that will decide who faces Hurricanes for the title.

Shan Masood provides key support as Luke Procter claims three for Northants

ECB Reporters Network24-May-2024Adam Lyth celebrated his 200th Championship match for Yorkshire by scoring his third century of the season on day one of this Vitality County Championship game against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road.In-form Lyth, who made his White Rose debut against Durham in 2008, looked in command throughout his innings of 109 (205 balls), playing his trademark cover drive and tucking the ball sweetly off his legs. His 35th first-class century follows scores of 101 and 113 against Leicestershire and Gloucestershire this spring, and a 97 against Derbyshire.While he was again unable to press home the advantage and post a big more emphatic total, his partnership of 116 in 33.4 overs with Shan Masood (60) provided Yorkshire with a solid platform.Northamptonshire failed to capitalise in the afternoon session despite winning the toss and sticking Yorkshire in on green top under lights. But the tide turned after tea as the hosts fought back, skipper Luke Procter (3 for 63) and former Indian international Siddharth Kaul (2 for 81) sharing the spoils as Yorkshire lost five wickets for 52, before rallying to finish on 312 for seven.Earlier Lyth produced the shot of the morning when he stroked Kaul silkily through the covers for four before taking consecutive boundaries off Procter and running a single to bring up his half-century off 81 balls.He survived big lbw shouts from Jack White on 24 and Ben Sanderson on 56 but dominated an opening stand of 86 with Finlay Bean (18) who was undone by one from Justin Broad which tailed back in and knocked back leg stump. Broad has clearly put on a yard of pace this season and was the fastest bowler on display, consistently in the low eighties mph.Northamptonshire were bolstered by the return of White from an ankle injury. Last year’s leading wicket taker, White was by far the hosts’ most threatening bowler, regularly beating the bat and unlucky not to have been rewarded with a wicket.After lunch Masood offered a sharp chance on 7 but Emilio Gay was unable to hold on at slip. It proved a costly mistake as the Yorkshire captain square cut Kaul to the ropes to bring up the 50 partnership in 19 overs. He brought up Yorkshire’s next milestone too when he tucked Broad off his legs to bring up the visitors’ 150 in the 50th over.Still living a charmed life, Masood was gifted a reprieve in Rob Keogh’s first over when, after surviving a close lbw shout, Lewis McManus missed a stumping chance off the next delivery.Lyth meanwhile straight drove White down the ground for four and picked up another boundary when he steered Sanderson behind square. He looked set for a big total after reaching three figures, stroking Luke Procter through the covers once more before chipping one back for the easiest of caught and bowled chances.After tea Masood clipped Broad off his legs for four to reach 50 and stroked Kaul through the covers before he loosely played at the Indian international’s next delivery and was sensationally caught by a diving Gay at slip who redeemed himself after his earlier drop.It set in motion a Yorkshire collapse, Kaul soon picking up a second wicket when he got one to jag back and trap George Hill (8) lbw.James Wharton (21) took the attack to Keogh, smashing him over long-on for six, but he was next to go when the ball ricocheted off his leg onto the stumps as he attempted to pull the spinning all-rounder.Will Luxton (12) attacked against the new ball, but Procter soon had his wicket when he edged to Gay at second slip. Procter and Gay then combined again as Jonathan Tattersall (14) edged low to slip.Jordan Thompson showed some defiance at the end of the day, driving Sanderson through the covers and pulling Broad away for another boundary.

Bhut scored a century and fifty and picked up eight wickets in the match to take Saurashtra to a win over Punjab in the remaining quarter-final

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Feb-2023 • Updated on 06-Feb-2023

Allround Parth Bhut powers Saurashtra into semis

Full ScorecardParth Bhut’s 111* and 51 and a match-haul of 8 for 203 helped Saurashtra stage a stunning come-from-behind win over Punjab by 71 runs and book their place in the semi-final of the Ranji Trophy. Bhut was ably backed by fellow left-arm spinner, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, who picked up eight wickets in the match for 165.Chasing 252, Punjab were undone by spin on the final day of the quarter-final in Rajkot. While Bhut returned 5 for 89 in 33 overs, Dharmendrasinh picked 3 for 56 in 38.1 overs as Punjab were skittled out for 180 despite taking a 128-run first-innings lead.Electing to bat first, Saurashtra lost Harvik Desai in the first over, but Snell Patel (70) and Vishvaraj Jadeja got them going. However, Mayank Markande ran through the middle order picking four wickets to reduce Saurashtra to 147 for 8. Baltej Singh also did his bit it picking 3 for 60. But Bhut, coming in at No. 9, recorded his maiden first-class century and helped his side get over the 300-mark. He added 61 runs with Chetan Sakariya (22) and then stitched a 95-run stand with No. 11 Yuvrajsinh Dodiya (17).In reply, Prabhsimran Singh (126) and Naman Dhir (131) added 212 runs for the opening wicket in quick time. The duo recorded centuries, while Mandeep Singh scored 91, and even though Dharmendrasinh picked up 5 for 109, Punjab were in the driver’s seat, having amassed 431 in the first innings.Saurashtra were once again reduced to 60 for 4 in their second innings, but captain Arpit Vasavada and Chirag Jani added 140 runs for the fifth wicket to take them in the lead. Both fell in quick time, but Prerak Mankad (88) and Bhut pulled them out of a hole. Vinay Choudhary put up a valiant effort in picking 7 for 179 as Saurashtra were bowled out for 379.Punjab’s chase never really took off and they lost wickets at regular intervals with Saurashtra’s three spinners wrapping up the win.

Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep star in Bengal’s big win

Shahbaz Ahmed played a key role with bat and ball in Bengal’s win•PTI

Full scorecardBengal got past Jharkhand by nine wickets at Eden Gardens to secure their spot in the semi-finals of the 2022-23 Ranji Trophy.Akash Deep, who picked six wickets in the game, was the star with the ball, while Shahbaz Ahmed, Abhimanyu Easwaran and Sudip Gharami all played crucial knocks with the bat as Bengal cruised to victory in the first session of the fourth day.Related

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After putting Jharkhand in to bat, Akash Deep ran through their line-up, with some help from fellow quicks Mukesh Kumar and Akash Ghatak. Kumar Suraj was the only batter from Jharkhand’s top five to reach double-figures, hitting an unbeaten 89 to help take the team to 173, with the lower order batters also showing some resistance.When they batted first, Bengal lost opener Kazi Saifi early, but a 136-run partnership for the second wicket between Abhimanyu (77) and Gharami (68) put Bengal in a commanding position. Shahbaz (81) ensured they finished with a strong first-innings lead of 155.Akash Deep and Ghatak then took two wickets each as Jharkhand were left tottering at 21 for 4. Anukul Roy and Aryaman Sen added 71 runs for the fifth wicket to revive Jharkhand, but when Sen fell for 64 with Jharkhand still behind Bengal, it looked like game over.Supriyo Chakraborty’s 41, however, kept Jharkhand alive for a little longer, but Mukesh and Ghatak wrapped the innings up, with Bengal needing 67 to win. Saifi fell early once again, but Abhimanyu and Gharami raced to the target to put Bengal into the semi-finals, where they will meet the winners of the Madhya Pradesh vs Andhra game.

Shreyas Gopal 161* flattens Uttarakhand

Shreyas Gopal scored his fifth first-class century to lead Karnataka’s batting charge•PTI

Full scorecardShreyas Gopal hit an unbeaten 161 and followed it up with a three-wicket haul as Karnataka trounced Uttarakhand by an innings and 281 runs in their quarter-final at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.It was a game Karnataka dominated right from the start. After Karnataka won the toss and chose to field, young fast bowler M Venkatesh returned a five-wicket haul on first-class debut to help bundle Uttarakhand out for just 116.Half-centuries from each of Karnataka’s top four then put them in a commanding position. Openers Mayank Agarwal (83) and R Samarth (82) put on a 159-run stand to start with, and Devdutt Padikkal (69) and Nikin Jose (62) then put on 118 runs for the third wicket.Shreyas was, however, the star with the bat, hitting his fifth first-class century to take Karnataka to 606, leaving Uttarakhand with a huge ask.Swapnil Singh hit a fighting fifty for Uttarakhand in their second innings after they conceded a 490-run first-innings lead, but it was far from enough as they folded for 209. Shreyas and Vijaykumar Vyshak picked up three wickets each, while Venkatesh and Vidwath Kaverappa took two apiece.

Yash Dubey, Rajat Patidar set up MP’s win

Full scorecardHalf-centuries from Yash Dubey and Rajat Patidar took defending champions Madhya Pradesh to their 245-run target against Andhra and set up a semi-final contest against Bengal, who defeated Jharkhand earlier in the day.Madhya Pradesh did lose five wickets in the chase, but were largely untroubled as they completed a come-from-behind victory after conceding a 151-run first-innings lead.