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Dinesh Karthik, who led South Zone in the finals of the Duleep Trophy, has retained the leadership responsibility the South squad for the Deodhar Trophy

Cricinfo staff23-Feb-2010Dinesh Karthik, who led South Zone in the finals of the Duleep Trophy, has retained the leadership responsibility of the South squad for the Deodhar Trophy. Alfred Absolem and KB Pawan are the most notable absentees from the Duleep Trophy side. The squad includes 15 members and six stand-bys.Squad: Dinesh Karthik (capt and wk), Srikkanth Anirudha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramaniam Badrinath, Saurabh Bandekar, Arun Karthik, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pragyan Ojha, Manish Pandey, Sreesanth, Robin Uthappa, Padmanabhan Prasanth, Ganesh Satish, Murali Vijay and Vinay KumarStand-bys: KP Appanna, Chandrasekar Ganapathy, Muralidharen Gautam (wk), Abhinav Mukund, Udit Patel and Ambati Rayudu

Group B is the group of death, and whoever loses on Saturday will ride a treacherous road to Super Four qualification

Andrew Fidel Fernando12-Sep-20252:32

Jaffer: Bangladesh favourites over SL

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So far in the Asia Cup, things have gone roughly as expected. India, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan have all registered comfortable victories, and Pakistan have also avoided an early banana peel. But Saturday brings up a more even clash. Over the last few years, T20 matches between these teams have sometimes been explosive, but although the heat of the rivalry has died down a little, it is also clear that these are well-matched teams in this format. Over the last 10 years, Sri Lanka have won eight of their 16 encounters, and Bangladesh eight.Related

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More recently Bangladesh have had the better run, winning 2-1 in Sri Lanka in July, having also beaten Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup last year in Dallas. In those matches, Bangladesh’s bowlers tended to strike early, and find wickets regularly. Sri Lanka hope their batting order is in a better place now. But it was less than two weeks ago that they collapsed to 80 all out against Zimbabwe.Bangladesh also have the advantage of having played a match at this venue already. Their crushing of Hong Kong on Thursday was a largely complete performance, with the seamers getting wickets and the top order unfussily taking the team home in a modest chase. There were also wickets for legspinner Rishad Hossain, who was excellent against Sri Lanka in their most recent series, going at only 5.47 an over in his 12 overs across three matches.This being the group of death – Afghanistan are the other top-10 team vying for a Super Four spot – whichever team loses here will ride a treacherous road to qualification.Wanindu Hasaranga is set to return after missing the tour of Zimbabwe with a hamstring injury•AFP/Getty Images

Form guide

Bangladesh: WWWLW (last five completed T20Is, most recent first)
Sri Lanka: WLWLL

In the spotlight: Litton Das and Pathum Nissanka

Bangladesh captain Litton Das needs 56 more runs to become Bangladesh’s most prolific T20I batter. He is clearly one of Bangladesh’s key T20I batters at the moment, having hit 476 runs this year at a strike rate of 137.17. He also top-scored for Bangladesh in that series in Sri Lanka. Given his experience, he is the Bangladesh batter that will worry Sri Lanka’s bowlers the most.Pathum Nissanka is having a fine T20I year himself, having made 230 runs at a strike rate of 147.43 in 2025. That Sri Lanka have been a significantly improved team in the powerplay is down partly to Nissanka’s improvements. He has opened up new parts of his game, and has become particularly severe on errors of length. In Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka lost the only match in which he didn’t get to 30.

Pitch and conditions

The Abu Dhabi pitch tends to be batting-friendly, though occasionally it will have something for the slower bowlers as well. Rain is not forecast on Saturday.2:05

Jaffer: Hasaranga’s return big boost for SL

Team news: Hasaranga set to return

Bangladesh will likely keep the same XI that beat Hong Kong. That means they will likely play three frontline seamers.Bangladesh (possible): 1 Pervez Hossain Emon, 2 Tanzid Hasan, 3 Litton Das (capt & wk), 4 Towhid Hridoy, 5 Jaker Ali, 6 Shamim Hossain, 7 Mahedi Hasan, 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman.Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka said Wanindu Hasaranga should be available to play on Saturday, after Hasaranga had missed the Zimbabwe series with a hamstring injury. He also suggested Sri Lanka could go in with three frontline seam options. If fit, Dushmantha Chameers seems a certainty, with Asalanka stating that Nuwan Thushara would also play. Binura Fernando may just have the edge over Matheesha Pathirana for the last spot.Sri Lanka (possible): 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kusal Mendis (wk), 3 Kamil Mishara, 4 Kusal Perera, 5 Charith Asalanka (capt), 6 Kamindu Mendis, 7 Dasun Shanaka, 8 Wanindu Hasaranga, 9 Dushmantha Chameera, 10 Binura Fernando, 11 Nuwan Thushara.

Stats and trivia

• Pathum Nissanka needs 50 more runs to complete a tally of 2000 in T20Is. He has played only 67 innings, which means he has eight innings in which to get those 50 runs and become the fastest Sri Lanka men’s batter to the milestone. Kusal Perera got there in his 76th innings.
• Litton Das has not been dismissed for less than 50 in his last four T20I innings, making 54*, 18*, 73, and 59, against Netherlands and Hong Kong.
• Even just in Asia Cups, these teams’ record is pretty even. Bangladesh won the first T20I Asia Cup match between them, in Mirpur in 2016. Sri Lanka won the next one, in Dubai in 2022.

Quotes

“It’s more of a rivalry for the fans. For us as players it’s just good challenging competition.”
Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka on the rivalry between these teams

Former NSW skipper Sangha moves to South Australia to reignite his career while Harvey moves from Victoria having not played any state cricket since 2022

Alex Malcolm18-Apr-2024Jason Sangha and Mackenzie Harvey are hoping to reignite their domestic careers after signing with South Australia.Sangha, 24, has made the shift from New South Wales after his career had stalled last season playing just five Sheffield Shield matches and five Marsh Cup games. He did not play any matches for NSW in the second half of the season following the BBL. He averaged just 19.12 in eight Shield innings last year with one half-century and has not made a Shield century since scoring 142 against South Australia in Adelaide in March 2022 when he was stand-in NSW captain. He averages 26.95 in 64 innings across his Shield career with three centuries.It is understood Sangha is also likely to join Adelaide Strikers in the BBL after playing just two matches for Sydney Thunder last year having previously been captain of the club.Harvey, 23, was not contracted last summer having lost his deal with Victoria at the end of the previous season. The left-hander has not played any Shield cricket and played the last of his 13 Marsh Cup matches in 2022. But he is coming off his best season in grade cricket having started the season playing in Queensland’s Premier Cricket competition scoring three centuries for Sunshine Coast before returning to Victoria to help his Victoria Premier team Carlton win the first grade premiership, making 140 in the semi-final.Related

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South Australia is going through a significant transition period both on and off the field with coach Jason Gillespie and High Performance manager Tim Nielsen both leaving their roles recently. Former Australia quick Ryan Harris has become the interim head coach and he said Sangha and Harvey had been recruited to add depth to the state’s struggling batting stocks.”After the 2023/24 season, we identified the need to improve our batting stocks and we have done just that with the recruitment of Jason and Mackenzie,” Harris said.”Only in their early 20s, both players bring a lot of potential and upside to the list and we are excited to see what they can do.”We look forward to welcoming Jason and Mackenzie to South Australia later this year.”South Australia has also named Nathan McSweeney as their new men’s skipper after a stellar season, having long been identified by Australia’s selectors as a leader of promise after captaining Australia A and the Prime Minister’s XI.Elsewhere, Tasmania has re-signed batter Charlie Wakim on a two-year deal following an excellent Shield campaign and also added him to Hobart Hurricanes BBL squad on a one-year contract after playing one game for Brisbane Heat last season.South Australia contract list 2024-25 Wes Agar, Kyle Brazell (rookie), Jordan Buckingham, Aidan Cahill (rookie), Alex Carey (CA contract), Harry Conway, Brendan Doggett, Daniel Drew, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Travis Head (CA), Henry Hunt, Spencer Johnson, Thomas Kelly, Jake Lehmann, Harry Matthias (rookie), Ben Manenti, Nathan McAndrew, Conor McInerney, Nathan McSweeney, Harry Nielsen, Lloyd Pope, Jason Sangha, Liam Scott, Campbell Thompson (rookie), Henry Thornton

Durham stalwart takes over role left vacant when Jon Lewis became England Women’s head coach

Vithushan Ehantharajah11-Jan-2023The ECB has appointed Neil Killeen as England men’s elite fast bowling coach.Killeen, 47, ends a 30-year association with his home county, Durham, to take the role which has been vacant since November when Jon Lewis was appointed head coach of the England Women’s team. From January 18, Killeen will work across the England men’s pathway programmes, focusing on developing and preparing the next generation and those next-in-line.The appointment is in keeping with Killeen’s progression with the international set-up during 2022. He was bowling coach on England’s ODI tour of the Netherlands at the start of last summer, working alongside newly appointed white-ball coach Matthew Mott, and was in charge of the quicks during the England Lions’ training camp in November. That month saw him work with Test regulars James Anderson and Ollie Robinson ahead of the tour to Pakistan, along with Jofra Archer and Saqib Mahmood who were recovering from injury. He has also undertaken secondments with England Under-19s.Killeen also spent the end of the 2022 season as Durham’s stand-in head coach after James Franklin left his contract in September with three rounds of the County Championship before Ryan Campbell was appointed as a full-time replacement. Killeen was understood to be under consideration for the role.Related

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He leaves Chester-le-Street having made more than 350 appearances for the club, winning the Friends Provident Trophy in 2007 and remains Durham’s leading wicket-taker in List A cricket. He moved straight into coaching following retirement after the 2010 season, working with the second team before assuming roles as assistant lead and head bowling coach. Killeen is credited with playing a key role in the development of Durham talent, including Test captain Ben Stokes and fellow internationals Mark Wood, Matthew Potts and Brydon Carse.”I’m delighted to be appointed Elite Pace Bowling Coach with the ECB and can’t wait to get started with a new challenge,” said Killeen. “It’s an exciting time to be joining the ECB, as there is a wealth of fast-bowling talent and coaching around the country that I’m looking forward to working with in order to maintain England’s strong contingent of pace bowlers in the future.”I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone at Durham for the continued support both as a player and a coach over the last 30 years, it has been a great journey. A big thank you also to all the members for their continued support throughout my career. I look forward to returning and watching alongside them in the future. It has been an honour to represent the club and I would like to wish them continued success for the future.”

South Africa allrounder set to play Championship and Royal London Cup games for Running Foxes

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Nov-2021South Africa allrounder Wiaan Mulder will join Leicestershire for the 2022 county season.Mulder, 23, who travelled to the T20 World Cup with the South Africa squad but didn’t play a game, was initially due to sign for Leicestershire ahead of the 2021 campaign, but he ended up being selected to play a further 11 international fixtures across all three formats. He has played six Tests – having taken 14 wickets at an average of 21.07 – as well as 12 ODIs and five T20Is.”I am very excited to join the Foxes family this upcoming season and grateful for the opportunity,” Mulder said. “We have an exciting squad and I hope to contribute a lot on and off the field during my time at the club”.Johannesburg-born Mulder is set to appear as an overseas player in the LV= County Championship and Royal London Cup one-day competition with a combined total of 2,453 runs at domestic level, including five centuries. He has 108 first-class wickets to his name at an average of 24.95 and economy of 3.29. In List A matches, he has 37 wickets at 31.16, with an economy of 5.37.Claude Henderson, Leicetershire’s director of cricket, said: “We are looking forward for our players to have the chance to benefit from working alongside an international cricketer, as well as seeing Wiaan in the colours of Leicestershire.”

Babar Azam’s Team White close first day of the intra-squad game at 231/8 against Azhar Ali’s Team Green

ECB Reporters Network 18-Jul-2020Pakistan’s fast bowlers fired a warning ahead of their exchanges against England on the opening day of an intra-squad warm-up match at Incora County Ground in Derby. Naseem Shah, who at 16 became the youngest to take a Test hat-trick earlier this year, and Mohammad Abbas shared six wickets for Team Green, led by Test captain Azhar Ali, against Babar Azam’s Team White, who closed on 231 for 8.Shan Masood top-scored with 42 and Mohammad Rizwan was unbeaten on 41, but Babar made only 12 on a day when Naseem’s youthful promise shone as brightly as the July sunshine.The 17-year-old has been tipped as a future star and it is not hard to see why on the evidence of this performance. Operating off a short run, he generated considerable pace on a slow pitch and troubled all the batsmen, although he had to wait until after lunch for his rewards.Frustration best summed up his morning as he twice appealed imploringly to umpire Steve O’Shaughnessy for lbws against Masood, who, with Imam-ul-Haq, was forced to concentrate on survival in a first hour which brought only 33 runs.Both became more expansive after that, although Masood was missed off a sharp chance to first slip on 23. But at lunch, Babar’s decision to bat was vindicated with his team 86 without loss.The balance shifted in the afternoon as first Abbas and then Naseem worked through the top order before Yasir Shah’s legspin snared two teammates in the evening session.Only six runs had been added when Abbas, who was to have joined Nottinghamshire this year before his contract was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, had Masood caught at second slip, and although Haider Ali drove Abbas for a huge six onto the media centre, he became the second of Naseem’s victims.Earlier, by pitching the ball up and concentrating on off stump, Naseem allowed little margin for error and when he found enough movement to defeat Imam’s half-forward push, Martin Saggers upheld his appeal. Babar edged his first ball narrowly past leg stump but Naseem was celebrating again when Haider was taken low at second slip.Fawad Alam, adopting a Shivnarine Chanderpaul-like stance, never looked convincing and needed treatment and a new helmet after he was clattered by a skiddy Naseem bouncer.But it was Babar who went just before tea when Iftikhar Ahmed grabbed a smart catch at first slip and Fawad dragged Yasir to wide mid-on.Naseem lured Shadab Khan into pulling a short ball to deep backward square and after Yasir had Sohail Khan lbw, Abbas returned to have Shaheen Shah Afridi caught at third slip. That brought in Kashif Bhatti, only restored to the squad yesterday after a precautionary period of self-isolation, and he announced his return by driving the last ball of the day from Yasir for six.

WI captain Jason Holder felt he main cause of defeat was their inability to accept the numerous chances England’s batsmen offered in the chase

George Dobell in Bridgetown21-Feb-2019Jason Holder was left with a “bitter pill to swallow” as his side failed to defend their highest-ever ODI total against England.Despite making 360 for 8, their fourth-highest ODI total and highest in the Caribbean, West Indies subsided to a six-wicket defeat against an England team that cruised to their victory target.And while Holder accepted his side’s bowlers could “tighten up” in future games, he was adamant that the main cause of defeat was their inability to accept the numerous chances England’s batsmen offered.Jason Roy, who won the Man-of-the-Match award for his 65-ball century, was missed four times, while Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow also received lives.”We just didn’t hold our chances and the chances we put down were crucial,” Holder said. “Our bowlers did create opportunities, but we didn’t hold them.”Credit to Jason Roy: he played really well and put us under pressure up front. And also Joe Root kept the tempo going and played an outstanding innings for them. But when you miss two quality players like that, they make you pay.”We’ve got to be a little clearer with our bowling plans. We bowled quite a few loose deliveries and we can tighten up with that. But I thought our combination was right; we’ve just got to hold our chances. If you drop quality players like Roy and Root and Jonny Bairstow then they make you pay.”We’ve got to be a bit better in the field. I felt the energy and body language could have been a lot better. That would give the bowlers some momentum to work with.”Holder also dismissed any criticism of Chris Gayle, who made 135, defending the slow start to his innings.”Credit to our batters,” he said. “We had enough runs. I thought Chris played a really good innings. He took a bit of time upfront, got himself set and then put pressure back on the spinners in the middle and forced Eoin Morgan to bring back the seamers back a bit earlier. I felt he held the innings together and gave other batters a chance to express themselves.”Morgan, meanwhile, praised his side’s belief in chasing such a large total – it was England’s largest successful chase in their ODI history and the third-highest successful chase in all ODIs – and the “outstanding” contribution of the opening pair of Roy and Bairstow.”We spoke at the halfway stage about the fact we have been in this situation before and we do believe we can chase big totals,” Morgan said. “We bat very deep. The manner we started in set the tone of the innings. Jason and Jonny were outstanding. At no stage did we feel we were under pressure to up the rate.”We were going at a steady clip and to have guys like that continuously putting pressure on your opening bowlers is not only difficult to play against but difficult to captain against as well. The ability to put your best ball away for four or six is heart-breaking as a bowler.”For Jason to go on and play such a commanding innings really sets up a big run chase. It’s amazing the way he plays. It’s brilliant. People will forget Joe Root scored a hundred there, he made it look very easy, but we’re so fortunate to have a guy like that who can be our rock. And he’s no slouch.”The second ODI takes place in Barbados on Friday. England may well look to rest Chris Woakes, who has been struggling with a knee problem in recent weeks, though West Indies maintain they have no immediate plans to call-up a replacement bowler for the injured Kemar Roach.

Beaton was reported after West Indies’ second ODI against New Zealand, in which he returned figures of 1 for 60 in eight overs

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Dec-2017West Indies pacer Ronsford Beaton has been reported for a suspect bowling action during West Indies’ second ODI against New Zealand on Saturday. Beaton sent down eight overs in that match and picked up 1 for 60.As per the ICC’s regulations pertaining to suspected illegal actions, Beaton’s action will now be further examined. He will have to undergo testing within 14 days. Beaton can continue to bowl, though, until the results of the test are known, which means West Indies can continue to use his services in the third and final ODI against New Zealand in Christchurch on Tuesday.Even so, Beaton’s suspect action is now an added cause for concern for a West Indies side that has struggled in ODIs this year. West Indies have already conceded the ongoing series 2-0 and have lost 15 out of the 21 ODIs they have played this year.The setback comes early in Beaton’s international career. He made his debut in the current series against New Zealand, and in his first two ODIs conceded 102 runs in 17 overs while picking up one wicket.

The BCCI has opened the tender process for the next cycle of IPL television and digital rights beginning in 2018, and will accept bids until October 25

Arun Venugopal18-Sep-20163:23

Thakur: Bidding process very detailed and very transparent

The BCCI has opened the tender process for the next cycle of IPL television and digital rights beginning in 2018, and will accept bids until October 25. The television rights are currently held by Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI) and expire after the 2017 IPL season. Star India are in possession of the digital rights and the overseas media rights, except in the UK and the US, all of which also expire after IPL 2017.Interested parties will vie for television rights for the IPL in the Indian subcontinent until 2027, digital rights in the same region until 2022 and media rights for the rest of the world until 2022 as well. “Bidders may bid for any combination from the above,” a BCCI press release said.The open-tender process, BCCI president Anurag Thakur said, would ensure there was transparency: “We don’t want anything where anyone can point a finger at us.”Speaking at a press conference in Delhi, Thakur said the process did not contravene the Lodha Committee’s recommendations on transacting official business. “Where does this action say it defies the court order? I haven’t seen that.This is routine process, routine working of BCCI. I think the AGM on 21st is not far away; you will have to wait for three days to understand what business we can adopt and what actions will be taken during that time.”One of the eligibility criteria for the bidders is to have “no litigation with BCCI”. Thakur said the board has lost a lot of money in legal battles in the past did not want a repeat of that. In 2015, the BCCI was directed to pay INR 12 crore ($1.8 million) to Nimbus communications for wrongful termination.”We have been into litigation in the past where certain broadcasters have bid. In the first few years the rate is less, in the last few years the rate is more,” he said. “There is more litigation with them and BCCI has lost a lot of money in litigation as well as money which was supposed to be used for promotion of game. Broadcasting rights money is the major source of income for the cricket board.”The existing contract, with SPNI, allows them the first right of refusal as well as the right to match a counter-offer. Their reaction to the IPL rights going up for bidding remains to be seen, although inside sources suggested they felt the BCCI was not honouring the original agreement.Thakur said he had invited SPNI to the bidding process. “We have made it very clear that anyone who wants to participate, they have to come and participate. We believe in transparency, accountability as well as professionalism. Sony has been asked to participate in this. We were supposed to offer – this is our offer to them. Our offer is to come and participate in the bidding process.”As far as IPL is concerned, we are very happy with Sony,” Thakur said. “They have been a good partner and have also put in a lot of effort to make the IPL the world’s most popular cricket league. In a way, we don’t want any litigation and we don’t want to deal with anyone who is already into litigation with the BCCI.”BCCI chief executive Rahul Johri said the board was under no obligation to accept the highest financial bid. “Two people can put similar amount of money but the value could be different,” he said.”Sometimes we get very similar bids but when the financial advisors look at what is the value of it, how it is spread over 10 years, the final definition of the best offer for the BCCI has to be left to the financial advisors.”Johri said the financial due diligence of the process would be handled by Deloitte, and the legal due diligence would be handled by Amarchand Mangaldas.Asked why the television rights for the Indian subcontinent were awarded for ten years, Johri said the BCCI wanted to replicate the current cycle, which gave SPNI the rights from 2008 to 2017. “In our country television is very well established,” he said. “If you look at most cricket tenders, eight years-ten years have been the norm. That’s why we went for 10 years. The area where trends are changing very fast is digital, that’s why we have reduced digital to five years.”The Invitation To Tender document will be available from Monday. While the last day for purchase has been set for October 18, parties interested in the bid could seek clarifications from the BCCI on the tender process till October 4.

England U-19s overcame a significant batting collapse to secure a three-wicket victory and level the one-day series against Australia U-19s

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Aug-2015
ScorecardDan Lawrence’s hundred dominated England’s chase•Getty Images

England U-19s overcame a significant batting collapse to secure a three-wicket victory and level the one-day series against Australia U-19s. It meant an outstanding hundred from Dan Lawrence, which followed an impressive bowling and fielding display, did not go waste but it needed a cool head from Brad Taylor to complete the win.Taylor, the Hampshire offspinner, completed a fine all-round day as he added an unbeaten 23 to his earlier 3 for 50 which helped ensure Australia struggled for late momentum. When he was joined by Jared Warner, England still required 27 having lost 6 for 45 against a combination of Jonte Pattison and David Grant. It was hard work for the pair, but two boundaries for Taylor off Arjun Nair helped ease the pressure and he struck the winning blow off the first ball of the penultimate over.It should have been far easier for England as Lawrence, the Essex batsman, compiled a stylish 90-ball hundred as he dominated a second-wicket stand of 108 in 22 overs with debutant Jack Burnham. He struck 18 boundaries – including six in the first nine overs – and a six, although he was given a life on 31.England had bowled their overs so quickly that they were required to bat before the interval and Lawrence gave them a brisk start before Adam Hickey fell to the last ball before the break. England were never under run-rate pressure, but Pattison broke the second-wicket stand when he removed Burnham and next ball captain Aneurin Donald watched the ball dribble onto his stumps.Pattison claimed his third when he trapped Lawrence lbw sweeping and the nerves really started the jangle for England when Grant, spearing in his yorkers after a wayward first spell, claimed three wickets in consecutive overs. Aaron Thomason lofted into the covers, Callum Taylor was pinned by a toe-crusher and Ryan Davies swung to midwicket.Earlier, Australia and chosen to bat but were made to struggle by impressive new-ball bowling from Saqib Mahmood and Hugh Bernard. The innings was revived by a stand of 137 between Caleb Jewell and captain Jake Doran, but England managed to keep a handle on the scoring rate to such an extent that when Jewell fell for 80 in the 40th over Australia were still under four an over.Spin was to the fore. Lawrence played his part with the ball, slipping in five overs of offspin for 16, while Hickey bowled his ten for 38 and Taylor removed both Jewell and Doran among his three scalps.