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Maxwell trying to ride the wave after yet another mindbending century

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Maxwell says he won’t change anything after scoring his fourth international century in his last nine innings across two formats

Alex Malcolm11-Feb-2024Glenn Maxwell says he’s trying to ride his career-best form for as long as he can after scoring his fourth international century in nine games, and equalling the record for the most T20I hundreds with a dazzling 120 not out from 55 balls against West Indies in Adelaide on Sunday.Maxwell struck eight sixes and 12 fours in yet another astonishing display of white-ball batting to help set up Australia’s highest T20I score on home soil of 241 for 4, which was enough for the home side to secure a win and series victory over West Indies.In his last nine international innings dating back to the ODI World Cup, Maxwell has scores of 106, 41, 201 not out, 1, 2 not out, 12, 104 not out, 10 and 120 not out. His last two centuries have come in T20Is. He now has five in the format, equalling Rohit Sharma’s record, and he has been not out in all five with Australia winning every game.”I feel really comfortable in this format,” Maxwell told Fox Sports at the post-match presentation. “I think over the last probably 18 months I’ve felt really good about my batting and really good about my game. I feel clear when I’m out in the middle. The game can sometimes feel nice and simple when you’re out there and at other times you nick a couple of early and all of a sudden becomes really difficult. So I think while I’m going well I’m just trying to ride that as much as I possibly can and keep doing the same things.”Related

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Maxwell admitted that he got frustrated early in his innings on Sunday. He was 4 off 6 at one stage having yelled loudly at himself several times after finding fielders with well-struck shots.”I probably just didn’t hit the gaps as well as I would have liked straight away from the outset,” Maxwell said.”I probably expected too much of myself early on. But once I sort of calmed down, I hit a few gaps and gave myself a decent platform. We knew we were going to cash in the back 10 [overs] with a couple of wickets in hand, so it worked out really nicely.”Maxwell got his innings going with a huge slog sweep off Akeal Hosein and then took flight from there. He hit some extraordinary shots including a switch hit off Hosein into the second tier at cover-point. But he said the first blow was the one that proved he was switched on.”I made a good decision against Akeal when he bowled an inswinger,” Maxwell said. “I slog swept that one and I just felt like I was really clear in that moment, as soon as he bowls that swinger, to go to that shot, it just shows that I was watching the ball really hard. I was proud of that and I was able to, sort of, ride through the waves of the innings a little bit. You’re not going to hit everything out of the middle, you’re not going to hit everything for six but to go through the waves and mistime a couple, I was able to lock back in and stay pretty clear.”Maxwell’s score of 120 was the second-highest by a batter coming in at No.4 or below in T20Is. Four of his five T20I centuries have come at No.4, which is a position he loves batting in.”It’s been a nice position for a long period of time but it’s a difficult position as well,” Maxwell said. “I think that’s why I enjoy it so much. There’s so many different scenarios you can come into and you’ve got to think your way through it and change the momentum of the game. I love it.”

Cummins on Starc: 'Going to be weird seeing him in the other dugout'

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“The biggest difference is that you know your team-mates really well playing for Australia,” Cummins says of leading a franchise T20 side

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Steven Smith: ‘Starc won’t be affected by his price tag’

Pat Cummins vs Mitchell Starc. INR INR 20.50 crore vs INR 24.75 crore. Hardly a rivalry, even if it’s been talked up ahead of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) game at Eden Gardens on Saturday. For Cummins, it’s only going to be “weird looking across and seeing him in the other dugout”.”I will say this: hopefully I don’t have to face Starc because that means our batters have done quite well,” Cummins said at a press conference a day off from the game. “It’s funny… it’s one of the beauties of the IPL; I have been playing with Starcy for 15 years, [and] I can’t remember another game where I have played against him. Also it’s going to be weird looking across and seeing him in the other dugout.”But there’s that big salary to live up to. “Yeah, being an opposition captain, seeing how we go about playing him will be an interesting part of tomorrow. But we’re both bowlers, so I am not sure we’ll cross [paths] too much.”Related

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Cummins, as has been discussed ever since he was named SRH captain for the 2024 IPL season, has never captained a T20 side at a competitive level despite being Australia’s Test and ODI captain and playing international cricket – all formats – since 2011. A fast-bowling captain at that.”Really excited, good to go,” Cummins said while acknowledging his lack of experience helming a T20 side.”It’s got its challenges,” he elaborated. “In that you play 14 games in six-seven weeks, plus finals. I’m used to playing a lot of Test cricket, so four overs isn’t as taxing on your body. But it can be mentally taxing, the travel, obviously a different country, play a new team every few days you have to prepare for… But it’s nothing new, we’ve done it before. Obviously, the game day is most important. That’s what we put most days into. No teams play the same XI for all 14 games. I am sure we’ve got to call on our squad and we’re lucky we’ve got a young, fit squad.”I think it’s been a part of the IPL, you have expectations, you have a lot of fans who demand a lot out of the team, they want results. Yeah, being captain is probably a little bit more [of responsibility]. But it’s not much different to what we’re used to as players. We’ll give it our best.”As for the players who don’t get many chances, Cummins has a simple message: “You want a bit of people rivalry, you know, a bit of rivalry when people try to break into the XI.”At SRH, Cummins will have for company Travis Head, who he leads in Tests and ODIs, but it’s going to be very different from leading Australia, who he has captained to world titles in both those formats.”The biggest difference is that you know your team-mates really well playing for Australia. There’s a lot of things doesn’t need to be said, because I have played with Joshie Hazlewood and Starc for 15 years. So there’s a real kind of trust and you just don’t really need to say much, everything kind of runs by itself,” Cummins said. “I think here, learning [about] some new players, that’s going to be the biggest difference, and just learning those different roles within the team. I know a few of the other guys, obviously, and have done a bit of homework to try and get the best out of the guys. But that’s probably going to be the biggest difference.”Washington Sundar adds depth to the SRH batting while also bowling his quota of overs•Associated Press

Are SRH light on the spin-bowling front?

There is Wanindu Hasaranga in the ranks, but that takes away an overseas slot and leaves just two, with Cummins as captain a starter. Outside of Hasaranga, SRH’s best spin options are Washington Sundar and Mayank Markande. Both solid performers at the IPL over the years, but not quite names that would strike fear in opponents.”Whilst not having any huge names that have played a lot of cricket for India, I’ve been really impressed with the guys we do have,” Cummins said. “Washington, who can bat in the top seven but also give handy overs. Markande as well, who’s had some success as well. So I feel like we’ve got that covered. We’ve also got guys like Aiden Markram and Travis Head, who can chip in if we need to as well. So feels like there’s a bit of quality there and if it’s a spinning wicket, we’ve got plenty of guys who can bowl.”Which might be the case at Eden Gardens, which Cummins knows well, having turned out for KKR in the past. His great 14-ball half-century, however, didn’t come in Kolkata, but in Pune, against Mumbai Indians, though Cummins would like to give it another heave on Saturday.”Maybe, I’d love to. It’s great fun. It’s much more fun than trying to block and hang around and cop a few on the body,” he said. “So yeah, I look forward to that, especially the IPL, I’ve got a few runs over the years… I’ve been hit for a lot of sixes in my life, so I’ll try to get a few back.”

Russell and TKR pay tribute to CPL legend Bravo

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The allrounder received a guard of honour in what seemed to be his final CPL game

Deivarayan Muthu19-Sep-2024Andre Russell summed up the overwhelming feeling at the Queen’s Park Oval as the Trinidad crowd turned up in droves on Wednesday to celebrate one of its greatest T20 heroes in what was possibly his last CPL game.Before the start of CPL 2024, Dwayne Bravo had announced he would retire from the league after the end of the ongoing season. But he has played just two games so far this season, and the one against defending champions Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain might have been his last, Russell suggested after winning the Player-of-the-Match award and dedicating it to his good friend.”I’m just happy to be part of this game tonight and that’s the reason why so much emotion was kind of behind that celebration,” Russell said after Trinbago Knight Riders beat Amazon Warriors by five wickets. “He [Bravo] deserves a win tonight. You have helped me a lot with my cricket – how to outthink the batter and then to be a smarter bowler. You’re not going to get it right all the time but once you have the right mindset to get the execution, I think you’re on the right way.”We’re going to miss him but I hope he is still going to be around for the rest of the tournament. But he’s definitely one we all listen to and we all look up to and you know he might shed a bit of tears tonight inside the changing room, but I appreciate him.”Related

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Russell, who has played 130 matches alongside Bravo, including 74 for West Indies, spoke glowing of the impact Bravo has had on his own career.”I think me being who I am today, Bravo has a lot to do with it,” Russell said. “I used to wicketkeep, then I started bowling and batting at No.10, No.11 and 9. Watching him play in Test cricket for West Indies – bowling good pace, fielding and diving and all those things and then when he comes to bat, he gets the job done.”

The rest of the TKR players and support staff also seemed to suggest this might have been Bravo’s final CPL match as they honoured him by wearing his No. 47 shirt and giving him a guard of honour before he stepped onto the field.Bravo bowled Keemo Paul for 3 and snagged a sharp catch at slip to dismiss Tim Robinson for 34. Then, during the innings break, he was driven around the Queen’s Park Oval on a cart as he signed balls and sent them into the crowd.Bravo is the most decorated player in the CPL, having won five titles in all, including three with TKR. He led TKR to back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018 before captaining St Kitts and Nevis Patriots to their first title in 2021.He was instrumental in building the Trinidad franchise from scratch before Kieron Pollard joined TKR and took over the captaincy from Bravo. Before the start of the Trinidad leg of the tournament, Pollard also toasted Bravo’s role in TKR’s success.

“The impact has been fantastic and tremendous in terms of the individuals he has brought to the franchise from all over the world,” Pollard said of Bravo in a chat with . “At one point an Australian coach in Simon Helmot, he won a championship with him, to the local support staff who have been here since the inception. Persons who are well recognised in Trinidad & Tobago and the Caribbean. We have Ruel Rigsby, the physio, and Kelly Sankar [massage therapist], who has been here since the inception and Sheldon [Sewnarine] who is one of the logistics guys.”So these are the people who he would’ve put and trusted in supporting roles for him and bringing excellent cricketers of generations – Jacques Kallis, Brendon McCullum and Johan Bothas of the world – and our own icons in Darren Bravos and Denesh Ramdins and understanding what’s needed to build a cricket team. I think he has done a fantastic job and there’s no better place to finish his cricketing career in the Caribbean than TKR, a team he has built.”From team-mates to opponents, Dwayne Bravo and Andre Russell have lit up T20 leagues around the world•BCCI

Russell is back with a bang

Having been troubled by an ankle injury during the first half of the CPL, Russell marked his return from a two-week break with five boundaries, including four sixes, in his 36 off 15 balls, to help TKR chase down 149 after a middle-order wobble. Prior to the start of this CPL, Russell had also been rested for West Indies’ home T20I series against South Africa, but his return, along with Bravo’s, lent so much domestic depth to TKR’s XI that they could afford to play with just two overseas players in Tim David and Waqar Salamkheil.”It feels good to be back in the middle,” Russell said. “I’ve been struggling with an ankle injury over the past couple of weeks and you know these guys [support staff] have been doing some amazing job, getting me back on the park. I was going to say ‘thanks to me’ because with the dedication and hard work to make sure that I do whatever the physio wants me to do: wake up early morning, head to the gym, in the pool, and do whatever. So, when you work hard you get good results and I’m happy.”

India blow away Sri Lanka to top Group A, West Indies qualify for Super Six

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Hosts Malaysia were knocked out after finishing with three defeats in as many games

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Jan-2025India finished top of Group A after beating Sri Lanka in a top-of-the-table clash on Thursday, while West Indies secured their spot in the Super Six stage of the Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup 2025 by knocking out Malaysia.Playing the second game of the day in Kuala Lumpur, India completed their perfect group stage campaign with a resounding 60-run win over Sri Lanka, who had also come into the match on the back of two wins.Gongadi Trisha’s 44-ball 49 helped India put 118 for 9 on the board before their bowlers restricted Sri Lanka to 58 for 9.Related

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India were in trouble early when they lost two wickets in the space of four balls. But Trisha lifted them from 17 for 2 to 78 for 4. Cameos from Mithila Vinod and VJ Joshitha then took India to a formidable total in a match that followed a script similar to the one earlier in the day.Sri Lanka lost a wicket each in the first five overs as Shabnam Shakil and VJ Joshitha claimed two each and there was a run out.Rashmika Sewwandi tried to inject some impetus as Sri Lanka added 21 runs for the sixth wicket, but Parunika Sisodia and Ayushi Shukla took three wickets in three overs to put the contest to bed. Sri Lanka’s last two batting pairs did well to survive ten overs to avoid getting bowled out, but the match was decided halfway through the chase.Earlier, West Indies beat hosts Malaysia by 53 runs. Despite scoring just 112 for 7 from their 20 overs, West Indies skittled Malaysia out for 59 to finish third in Group A.Malaysia, as a result, were knocked out after finishing bottom of the group with three defeats.Erin Deane and captain Samara Ramnath shared six wickets between them•ICC/Getty Images

Captain Samara Ramnath starred in the virtual knockout fixture for West Indies. She was out for 5 at the top of the order, but then wreaked havoc with the ball, finishing with figures of 4 for 6 – bettered only by five-fors from India’s Vaishnavi Sharma and Scotland’s Maisie Maceira in this edition.Malaysia were 38 for 2 after ten overs chasing 113 and that’s when Ramnath started a collapse that saw the hosts lose eight wickets for 21 runs. The Malaysia batters were unable to read her as she got all four of her wickets either bowled or lbw.She got two wickets in her second over, including that of her opposite number Nur Daniya Syuhada, and then picked a third in her next.Fellow offspinners Naijanni Cumberbatch and Erin Deane then took four wickets in the next three overs before Ramnath completed the rout in the 18th over.West Indies had been put in to bat and struggled to pick up the pace, but opener Assabi Callender held the innings together with a 42-ball 30, and got them to a total that proved to be more than sufficient.

Banton brilliance puts Somerset on brink of qualification

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Defending champions knock Hampshire out and close in on quarter-finals

ECB Reporters Network14-Jul-2024Tom Banton’s destruction of Hampshire put defending champions Somerset within a point of qualifying for the Vitality Blast quarter-finals.Opener Banton whacked an unbeaten 79 off 52 balls in partnerships of 81 and 77 with George Thomas and Tom Kohler-Cadmore to chase down 158 at a canter at Utilita Bowl.Jack Leach put his England Test snub behind him with a tidy 2 for 23 and South African quick Migael Pretorius picked up two on his Somerset T20 debut, with only Tom Prest’s 51 halting the Somerset dominance.Banton finished off the nine-wicket victory to put Somerset onto 15 points, with only Gloucestershire, who are two points behind but only have one fixture left, able to prevent them from a knockout berth. Hampshire’s three-year run of qualification has now officially ended.James Vince chose to bat first, and he and Ben McDermott began strongly with 45 coming from the first five overs – but from Pretorius and Leach’s introductions, Somerset took control. Pretorius, on T20 debut for Somerset, only conceded four runs off the bat in his first over before bowling Vince with sensational delivery that kissed the top of off stump.McDermott had confidently thumped a couple of fours and a pair of sixes but fell to a Leach dart – the first time the spinner had taken a T20 wicket that wasn’t caught. From 78 for 2at the half-way point, Hampshire couldn’t find any fluency as Joe Weatherley and Benny Howell fell in quick succession.Quietly Prest was doing all he could get the innings out of neutral with a style that mimicked prime Vince – with timed power surging through the offside – as he added 32 with James Fuller. Prest had missed the first half of the Blast with a shoulder injury but, having scored 53 for the County Select XI earlier in the month, moved to a fifth Blast half-century in 31 balls.But he skied the next ball down the ground, which came either side of Fuller and Toby Albert holing out on the legside. Dawson’s late 15 off nine balls got the hosts to 157. However, it never felt enough, especially with Banton and Thomas hammering the ball to all quarters. The tone was set with the first delivery clipped off Banton’s hip to the ropes and never relented.Howell found a small edge behind to end Thomas’ run-a-ball 29 but that only brought the juggernaut of Kohler-Cadmore out to finish things in double quick time – he struck two fours and three sixes in his 43 not out. But the star, as has often been the case in the 2024 Blast was Banton. His third fifty of the campaign came in a measured 34 balls before passing 400 runs in the season as the victory was secured with 12 balls to spare.

Young, Chapman hit fifties as NZ take series 2-1

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The pair helped take New Zealand to 166, and UAE fell 32 runs short

Ashish Pant20-Aug-2023 • Updated on 22-Aug-2023New Zealand put up a complete show as they roared back in style following the loss on Saturday, to win the third T20I by 32 runs and seal the three-match series 2-1.The win was set up by fifties from Will Young, playing his first game of the series, and Mark Chapman, who continued from where he left in the second game, as the visitors racked up 166 for 5 in their 20 overs. Junaid Siddique was the pick of the bowlers for the hosts, picking up 3 for 26.

Siddique handed two demerit points

UAE’s Junaid Siddique was handed two demerit points and fined 25% of his match fees for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct twice. The first incident took place in the fifth over of New Zealand’s innings when Siddique moved close to the dismissed batter, Tim Seifert, and shouted aggressively at him. For this, Siddique was handed an official reprimand and one demerit point.

Then, in the 17th over, Siddique showed dissent by using inappropriate language towards the umpire after an appeal was turned down. For this, he was handed one more demerit point and fined 25% of his match fee.

In reply, UAE’s top half was blown away by some restrictive New Zealand bowling. Basil Hameed and Aayan Afzal Khan added 68 off 57 for the sixth wicket, but it came a bit too late for the hosts as they could only muster 134 for 7.

The coin goes Waseem’s way, again

Muhammad Waseem made it three out of three at the toss and stuck to fielding first as he has all series. The UAE bowlers then backed their captain’s decision by restricting New Zealand to 38 in the powerplay while also removing the openers. Tim Seifert got off the mark with a fierce cut while Chad Bowes also got going with a slash through covers. But Bowes’ joy was short-lived with Muhammad Jawadullah sending him back with a skiddy short-of-a-length ball that he could only top-edge to short third where Zahoor completed the catch on the second attempt.Siddique then removed Seifert, who hacked his pull to the right of Hameed at deep backward square leg, the fielder sprinting low to his right and pulling off a screamer. New Zealand were more proactive in the powerplay but were only going at a run rate of just a tick over six.

Young, Chapman sizzle in the middle overs

While the start followed a similar pattern to the previous game, Young and Chapman ensured they dealt with the middle overs differently this time. Young got off the mark with a finely edged four off his second ball before planting Siddique over the long leg fence. Young did slow down a touch when Seifert fell but three successive fours off Hameed got him going again, and he reached his fifty off 40 balls.Young found an ally in Chapman, with the duo adding 84 off just 60 balls for the third wicket to tilt the scales back in New Zealand’s favour. Chapman was circumspect initially but took 17 runs off a Mohammed Faraazuddin over to get into the flow. The surface seemed to be better for shot-making than the first two games and both batters capitalised on it as New Zealand moved from 55 for 2 after nine overs to 132 for 3 after 16. Chapman reached his fifty off 30 balls with five fours and two sixes as New Zealand looked set for a tall total.Kyle Jamieson is congratulated after picking up a wicket•Emirates Cricket Board

Siddique three halts New Zealand’s charge

Siddique came back in style, having been rested from the second T20I, by picking three key wickets to keep his side in the game. He got rid of Seifert in the powerplay and then removed both Young and Chapman in the space of two overs. Young was foxed by a shortish slower ball that he could only spoon to extra cover while Chapman swished one straight to deep backward square leg.Siddique’s spell halted New Zealand’s momentum at the back end. They could only score 24 runs in the last three overs which included a six off the final ball of the innings from Mitchell Santner.

New Zealand keep mistakes to a minimum

After a maiden over by Tim Southee, Ben Lister was carved away for two successive fours by Waseem. But Lister struck back immediately to catch Waseem’s outside edge. Vriitya Aravind scored a couple of cracking boundaries but he was dismissed by Kyle Jamieson as the hosts reached 40 for 2 after the powerplay.While that was still more than what New Zealand managed in theirs, UAE could not capitalise in the middle overs. Aryansh Sharma was stumped off Santner for 16 before Adithya Ashok claimed his maiden international wicket sending back Asif Khan. Two balls later Ansh Tandon committed a near-impossible run and UAE lost 3 for 9 in 11 balls.At 56 for 5 after 10 overs, the asking rate was always going against UAE. Hameed and Aayan did manage to keep UAE ticking along but the big hits never arrived. There were a few boundaries from time to time but New Zealand bowled with discipline. Lister then picked up two wickets in the 19th over to finish with 3 for 35 as New Zealand sealed a comfortable win.

Chris Wright stars as Leicestershire emerge on top from 22-wicket bun fight

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Worcestershire rolled for 83 as visitors take a grip through Wright, Davey and Ackermann

ECB Reporters Network18-May-2023Leicestershire 173 (Ackermann 52, Leach 3-45, Waite 3-17) and 66 for 2 lead Worcestershire 83 (Wright 5-32, Davey 3-26) by 156 runsVeteran Leicestershire seamer Chris Wright took centre stage on a remarkable opening day to the LV=Insurance County Championship match with Worcestershire at New Road as 22 wickets tumbled.Wright initially played his part with the bat in making a valuable 30 during an eighth wicket partnership of 54 with Colin Ackermann – the best of the innings.Leicestershire were bowled out for a modest looking 173 in 55.5 overs after being put into bat with Matthew Waite and Joe Leach each taking three wickets. But it looked a challenging total after 36-year-old Wright completed his second five-wicket haul of the season.He ended with 5 for 32 from 10 overs and received excellent support from Somerset loanee Josh Davey as Worcestershire were bowled out for 83 – the lowest total of the season in Division Two.It was a severe test all day for batters with a combination of the ball swinging and uneven bounce. Leicestershire openers Rishi Patel and Sol Budinger then cashed in against a tired attack by plundering 64 in 10 overs before both fell in quick succession.Both sides had several injury problems in the bowling department and as a result the Somerset pair of Jack Brooks and Davey joined Worcestershire and Leicestershire respectively on short term loans.Worcestershire club captain, Brett D’Oliveira, opted to bowl first on a green-tinged pitch and his side were initially on the receiving end of some aggressive batting from Budinger. He raced to 30 off 28 balls with six boundaries before he was undone by a delivery by Leach which nipped away and was pouched at first slip.Patel, who has scored three centuries this summer, was fortunate when an attempted pull against Brooks flew over the slips to the third man boundary. But the introduction of Adam Finch, fresh from his maiden five-wicket haul at Cardiff last week, brought his downfall. Patel went for another pull and this time skied a catch to keeper Gareth Roderick running towards short fine leg.Leicestershire captain Lewis Hill needed lengthy treatment after being struck on the left arm by a lifting delivery from Finch. But he became the first of two victims in an over during a probing spell from Waite.The former Yorkshire allrounder obtained plenty of swing and Hill and Peter Handscomb were both undone in the flight and trapped lbw.D’Oliveira then produced a stunning catch in mid air away to his left at backward point to account for Wiaan Mulder after he drove at Leach.It became four wickets for 14 runs when Rehan Ahmed gave Waite a third success when he was snapped up at first slip. Tom Scriven then fell into the leg side trap and lofted Finch straight to Waite at deep square leg.Ackerman completed a 97-ball half century before Wright aimed a blow over midwicket and was lbw to Leach.He was denied a fourth wicket when Ackermann on 51 was dropped at second slip but Gibbon wrapped up the innings with two wickets in three balls. Ackermann added only one more run before he dragged on a delivery from Gibbon who then defeated the defensive push of Will Davis to win an lbw shout.When Worcestershire batted, Azhar Ali was promoted to open alongside Ed Pollock in the continued absence of Jake Libby with a back problem. But the Pakistan star was caught behind in the opening over from Wright to a delivery which nipped away and lifted and it set the tone for the remainder of the innings.Roderick also moved up to No.3 from the middle order and he was lbw to Davey in his first over.Pollock was his usual aggressive self in square driving Wright for four and then flicking Davey off his legs over the square leg boundary. But Wright reduced the home side to 34 for 4 as Jack Haynes and Adam Hose perished in successive balls to first slip before D’Oliveira was caught behind when he pushed forward to Davey.Pollock had scored 30 of the 45 runs on the board when he was snaffled by Ackermann at second slip off Wright. The procession of wickets followed as Waite clipped Davey straight to midwicket and Wright completed his five-for with Finch lbw.Mulder came on for Davey after a spell of 7-1-26-3 and he enjoyed immediate success as Leach carved his shot to cover. Brooks and Ben Gibbon added 33 for the last wicket before Mulder removed the former.Patel and Budinger went in for the second time and raced along at more than six an over before a double breakthrough.Budinger gave Gibbon the charge and perished at deep midwicket and Patel then nicked through to Roderick for Leach’s 21st wicket of the campaign.

Amre on Shaw's exclusion: 'If you're not in form, you can't keep your place'

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The DC assistant coach says Porel’s performance justified dropping Shaw for the last few games

Abhimanyu Bose15-May-2024Delhi Capitals assistant coach Pravin Amre said that Prithvi Shaw’s exclusion from the last few games was justified seeing the way Abishek Porel grabbed his chances. Shaw, who played eight games, scored 198 runs at an average of 24.75 and a strike rate of 163.63, and struck one half-century.”He [Shaw] was our retained played, and as you see, last four [of five] games he was also on the bench. But that’s the IPL,” Amre said after DC’s 19-run win over Lucknow Super Giants in their last league game of the season. “If you are not in form, you can’t [keep your place]. Ultimately, the pressure for the team is so much that every game is important and we have to win.”And we had done that. Without playing him, we won the games. And whoever got the opportunity… I think Abishek grabbed the opportunities with both hands.”Related

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Shaw didn’t play the first two games of the season, but scored a quick 43 off 27 balls against Chennai Super Kings in his first outing. He also had a 40-ball 66 against Mumbai Indians but his form tapered off after that. Porel, on the other hand, smashed 327 runs in 12 innings at a strike rate of 159.51. On Tuesday, the left-hander blazed 58 off 33 balls, helping DC score 73 in the powerplay, as he stitched a 92-run stand with Shai Hope for the second wicket.”What an innings [Porel] played today,” Amre said. “We saw Jake [Fraser-McGurk] getting out in the first over and even then we managed to get 73 runs in the powerplay. I think that’s what was so critical and the credit goes to Shai Hope and Porel for getting that 92-run partnership today.”Fraser-McGurk holed out at long-on off the second legal delivery of the match, but Porel gave DC the momentum. He scored 19 of the 21 runs that came in the third over and then smashed two sixes and a four in the sixth, and brought up his half-century, off 21 balls, soon after.In the three matches Porel played as an opener, he scored 159 runs at a strike rate of 165.62. Both his half-centuries also came at the top of the order.

Tim David signs with defending champions St Lucia Kings for CPL 2025

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Tahir, 46, was retained by Amazon Warriors, while TKR recruited the Pakistan pair of Amir and Tariq

Deivarayan Muthu18-Jun-2025St Lucia Kings, the defending champions of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), have signed IPL winner Tim David as their first-round pick at the draft for the 2025 season. Kings, however, will be without Faf du Plessis, who had led them to their maiden title last year, prioritising the Hundred over the CPL this season.Du Plessis will instead play for Southern Brave in the Hundred, whose signing was the result of his involvement with Delhi Capitals in the IPL. The Capitals’ co-owners GMR Group are finalising their deal to buy Southern Brave, having taken over at host county Hampshire last year.Moeen Ali, who had announced his international retirement in September last year, has opted to skip the Hundred for the CPL, where he was re-signed as a seventh-round pick by Guyana Amazon Warriors. Imran Tahir, 46, was retained by Amazon Warriors as their first pick.Related

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Four-time CPL champions Trinbago Knight Riders recruited the Pakistan pair of Mohammad Amir and Usman Tariq. While this will be offspinner Tariq’s maiden CPL stint – he plays for Quetta Gladiators in the PSL – Amir is a familiar name in the CPL, having turned out for Barbados Royals, Jamaica Tallawahs, Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in the past.As for the Falcons, they snapped up Imad Wasim as their first pick and Shakib Al Hasan as their second pick. Shakib holds the record for the best figures in an innings in the CPL – he had claimed 4-1-6-6 for the Barbados franchise back in 2013.Rashid Khan will miss the CPL once again, but other spinners contribute to a fairly significant Afghanistan presence in the league. Mystery spinner AM Ghazanfar, who was picked by Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2025 auction and is currently in fine form for Derbyshire in the T20 Blast, will join Naveen-ul-Haq at Falcons.Left-arm wristspinner Waqar Salamkheil moved from TKR to St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, while Mujeeb Ur Rahman will return to Barbados Royals. When Royals made the final in CPL 2022, Mujeeb had collected ten wickets in seven matches at an economy rate of 6.11. Seam-bowling allrounder Azmatullah Omarzai will join Mujeeb at Royals.Bevon Jacobs, the big-hitting New Zealand batter, will link up with Falcons for his first CPL gig after having stints with Mumbai Indians in the IPL and MI Emirates in the UAE’s ILT20. Glenn Phillips, who first made his name as a franchise player at the CPL before establishing himself as an allrounder for New Zealand, will join Amazon Warriors. Wicketkeeper-batter Tim Seifert will stay with Kings while Colin Munro will return to TKR.Imran Tahir, 46, was retained by Guyana Amazon Warriors•CPL T20 via Getty Images

Munro, who was signed as an eighth-round pick, has previously enjoyed success with TKR – he is still their highest run-getter with 2178 runs in 72 innings at a strike rate of 129.56. Munro, 38, has retired from international cricket but continues to be active in franchise leagues around the world. Darren Bravo, the second-highest scorer for TKR behind Munro in the CPL, will also return to the franchise and will reunite with his brother Dwayne Bravo, who is set to take over as head coach.Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Nicholas Pooran and Andre Russell were all retained by TKR as expected.Allrounder Matthew Forde, who recently equalled AB de Villiers’ record for the fastest ODI fifty, was retained by Kings while fast bowler Shamar Joseph was retained by Amazon Warriors.

Incentive for emerging players

In CPL 2025, each franchise must play at least one player from the Breakout League, a new tournament that was held to identify emerging talent from the region, in every game. This also gives the franchise the option of picking five overseas players in their XI to go with their ‘breakout’ player.The last three rounds in the draft – 15, 16 and 17 – were all reserved for emerging players from the Breakout League.Reigning champions Kings brought back St Lucian Ackeem Auguste as one of their breakout players. After winning the CPL title with Kings, Auguste visited India to train at the Chennai Super Kings academy and his recent form for West Indies Academy is also encouraging.Having captained Trinidad & Tobago Legions to the 2025 West Indies Breakout League T20 title, Joshua da Silva will now link up with his home franchise, TKR, in the CPL.Jyd Goolie, a former Under-19 World Cup winner who recently earned a call-up to the senior squad, was picked by Patriots as a player from the Breakout League.

CPL 2025 squads

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots: Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder (traded), Rilee Rossouw, Evin Lewis, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Corbin Bosch, Waqar Salamkheil, Andre Fletcher, Alick Athanaze (traded), Mohammad Nawaz, Dominic Drakes, Mikyle Louis, Ashmead Nedd, Jeremiah Louis, Jyd Goolie, Navin Bidaisee, Leniko BoucherAntigua & Barbuda Falcons: Imad Wasim, Shakib Al Hasan, Fabian Allen, Naveen-ul-Haq, Obed McCoy, Justin Greaves, Bevon Jacobs, Jayden Seales, AM Ghazanfar, Rahkeem Cornwall (traded), Odean Smith, Jewel Andrew, Shamar Springer, Amir Jangoo, Karima Gore, Kevin Wickham, Joshua JamesBarbados Royals: Rovman Powell, Brandon King (traded), Sherfane Rutherford (traded), Quinton de Kock, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Azmatullah Omarzai, Jomel Warrican, Kadeem Alleyne, Shaqkere Parris, Kofi James, Nyeem Young, Rivaldo Clarke, Zishan Motara, Johann Layne, Ramon SimmondsTrinbago Knight Riders: Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Nicholas Pooran, Alex Hales, Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Amir, Colin Munro, Usman Tariq, Ali Khan, Darren Bravo, Yannic Cariah, Keacy Carty, Terrance Hinds, McKenny Clarke, Joshua Da Silva, Nathan EdwardGuyana Amazon Warriors: Imran Tahir, Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Shai Hope, Glenn Phillips, Gudakesh Motie, Moeen Ali, Shamar Joseph, Keemo Paul, Dwaine Pretorius, Shamarh Brooks, Kemol Savory, Hassan Khan, Jediah Blades, Kevlon Anderson, Quentin Sampson, Riyad LatifSaint Lucia Kings: Tim David, Alzarri Joseph, Johnson Charles, Tim Seifert, Roston Chase, Tabraiz Shamsi, David Wiese, Delano Potgieter, Matthew Forde, Aaron Jones, Khary Pierre, Javelle Glen, Micah McKenzie, Shadrack Descarte, Johann Jeremiah, Keon Gaston, Ackeem Auguste

Jayasuriya's 12-wicket haul, Chandimal's 206* give Sri Lanka series-levelling win

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Australia collapse against spin on the fourth day to go down by an innings and 39 runs

Andrew McGlashan11-Jul-2022Sri Lanka had one of their great days as they levelled the two-Test series against Australia in Galle. First, Dinesh Chandimal’s double-century – also his career-best – carried them to a huge lead, and then Prabath Jayasuriya completed the best figures by a Sri Lankan on Test debut with a 12-wicket haul as they surged to an-innings-and-39-run win with time to spare on the fourth evening.They were ahead when play began, but not a position of such strength that this sort of finish was the most likely outcome. However, Australia had no answer to Chandimal – who helped the last four wickets add 145 [in comparison, Australia’s last five in the first innings added 35]. And then their second innings resembled one of the subcontinent nightmares of the not-too-distant past.They lost all ten wickets for 102, across just 28 overs, and nine in the final session. Jayasuriya twice took two wickets in an over, breaking the back of the top order with the first brace of Usman Khawaja and Steven Smith, and fittingly wrapped up the victory with his record-breaking strike when he spun one past Mitchell Swepson. Just five bowlers in history have taken 12 or more wickets on debut, and for a spinner, he sits behind only Narendra Hirwani’s 16, against West Indies in Chennai in 1988.For Australia, it was their first innings defeat since losing to South Africa in Hobart in 2016, and the first ever after making more than 350 in their first inningsThey could have lost a wicket in the second over – Niroshan Dickwella missed a stumping chance offered by Khawaja, when Maheesh Theekshana was handed the new ball – but the relative ease with which Khawaja and David Warner progressed ended up being very misleading.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Warner fell shortly before tea sweeping at Ramesh Mendis and reviewed an lbw decision that was plumb – more of that was to come – but it was in the final session where mayhem really ensued.Jayasuriya, handed a Test debut at the age of 30 after the continued travails of Lasith Embuldeniya and Covid-19 for Praveen Jayawickrama, settled into his work and caused all manner of problems. It was a performance to do Rangana Herath proud.Khawaja was his first victim, getting an inside edge to backward short-leg, which was sharply held by Oshada Fernando, who, for the second game running, was needed as a Covid substitute when Pathum Nissanka tested positive. Three balls later, Jayasuriya trapped Smith lbw with one which straightened enough to beat him on the back foot. Smith knew he was out, but still reviewed. Ultimately, it did not matter, but it was a questionable call from Smith.Sri Lanka sensed their moment. Travis Head’s lean Test tour concluded when he got into a poor position to tackle Ramesh, beaten on the outside edge by one which spun sharply, and his returns in Sri Lanka and Pakistan will likely provoke much debate ahead of next year’s India tour regardless of his home form.Marnus Labuschagne and Cameron Green briefly rallied against deep-set fields that allowed plenty of scoring opportunities, but after nine overs the next cluster of wickets arrived. Labuschagne had swept Jayasuriya often from very full deliveries, but the stroke let him down when he played over one which was heading low into middle stump.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Jayasuriya then completed his second five-wicket haul of the game with two in three balls. Green charged past one, and this time Dickwella completed the job, and Mitchell Starc edged to slip where Kusal Mendis held a superb catch. The only question left was whether the light would hold for Sri Lanka to finish it. Jayasuriya and Theekshana ensured they did.The ability to put Australia under such big scoreboard pressure was down to Chandimal. When he went to 193, he set a new high for a Sri Lanka batter against Australia, surpassing Kumar Sangakkara’s 192 in Hobart, and the last-wicket stand also lifted the team to their highest total against Australia.At times, every Australia fielder was on the rope, but Chandimal was either able to weigh strokes perfectly to scamper back for a second, or clear the ropes. He brought up his double-hundred with a second consecutive six off Starc, the ball after sending one nearly into the fort, during a final-wicket stand of 49 in 37 balls with Kasun Rajitha, where he farmed the strike smartly and showed his power at the conclusion of an innings that had largely been about careful accumulation.Prior to that, Chandimal and Ramesh took their seventh-wicket stand to 68 before Starc struck with the first delivery after taking the third new ball, a swinging low full toss that caught Ramesh straight in front. However, thoughts of quickly running through Sri Lanka’s remaining wickets were frustrated by Theekshana, who showed stubbornness at No. 9 in his first Test innings.Pat Cummins eventually got one past Theekshana’s outside edge to rip out his off stump, giving the Australia captain his 199th Test wicket. Nathan Lyon’s enormous workload continued as he reached 64 overs with only two wickets to show for it. This was just the third time since 1981 that an Australian bowler has sent down more than 60 overs in an innings. They would not have expected to be batting a couple of hours later.

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