Tim Southee will lead New Zealand in the one-off T20I as regular captain Kane Williamson has been rested

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Jan-2019Less than 24 hours after he smashed five sixes in an over on his ODI return, allrounder Jimmy Neesham was recalled in New Zealand’s T20I squad for the one-off T20I against Sri Lanka on January 11 in Auckland. The 13-man squad also saw the return of Mitchell Santner, who recently returned to action with impressive performances in the Super Smash competition, New Zealand’s domestic T20 tournament.Tim Southee will lead New Zealand in the T20I, with regular captain Kane Williamson rested. Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme have also been rested, leading to a maiden call-up to the squad for Scott Kuggeleijn, along with the recall for Neesham and Henry Nicholls, who recently struck a career-best 162* against Sri Lanka in the Christchurch Test.”It’s nice to have the luxury of freshening-up a few of our key guys following a long tour of the UAE and a fast transition into the home summer,” selector Gavin Larsen said. “That presents a great opportunity for the likes of Henry, Scott and Jimmy – who have all been performing strongly for their respective teams recently and deserve their chances should they come.”Tim did a really good job leading the side against Pakistan and the West Indies last season and he’s got a nice mix of proven performers and some fresh faces to work with.”We’re delighted to welcome Mitchell back into the BLACKCAPS environment and he’s shown in his performances for the Knights in the BK Super Smash that he’s ready for international cricket again.”Santner had been out of action for over nine months because of a knee surgery he underwent in March, and returned to domestic cricket for Northern Knights last month. Neesham last played a T20I against January last year against Bangladesh and had played against the visiting India A side in two 50-over matches last month. He smashed a 13-ball 47* and snaffled three wickets on his return to the ODI side in Mount Maunganui against Sri Lanka on Thursday.Kuggeleijn, who has played two ODIs, is yet to make his T20I debut and has been among the wickets for Northern Districts in all three formats. Nicholls had also been out of New Zealand’s T20I plans after last playing the format in November 2017 in India.Adam Milne and Corey Anderson weren’t considered for selection as they continue to regain full fitness. An NZC release stated Todd Astle’s rehabilitation was progressing well and he would return for Canterbury in the “near future”.Batting coach Craig McMillan will coach the side for the T20I, since head coach Gary Stead is taking a short break before the Indian series.Squad: Tim Southee (capt), Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Scott Kuggeleijn, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Seth Rance, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi, Ross Taylor.

Rohan Mustafa, Ahmed Raza and Rameez Shahzad, participating in the Emerging Teams Cup, have been suspended for violating the ‘Player Code of Conduct’ and requirements for the use of social media

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Dec-2018Three UAE players have been handed an eight-week suspension from international cricket by the Emirates Cricket Board for violating the ‘Player’s Code of Conduct’ and requirements for the use of social media, a board release said. Rohan Mustafa, Ahmed Raza and Rameez Shahzad, participating in the Emerging Teams Cup in Pakistan earlier this month, had tweeted criticising the ground facilities in Karachi, after rain wiped out their hopes of a semi-final spot.

“Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) has today confirmed it has completed a disciplinary investigation relating to an alleged violation of its Player’s Code of Conduct, and use of Social Media following a recent incident during the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Emerging Teams Asia Cup,” the ECB statement said.”ECB concluded that 3 players; Rohan Mustafa, Ahmed Raza and Rameez Shahzad, had violated its Code of Conduct and requirements for the use of Social Media. As a result, each of the players have been suspended from International Cricket for a period of 8 weeks, fined and warned about their future conduct.”UAE had restricted Hong Kong to 87 for 4 in 31 overs at the Southend Stadium in Karachi in the Group B match, before a spell of rain that lasted for about half an hour interrupted play. However, inadequate measures to cover the pitch and failed attempts to get the ground ready in time meant the match was abandoned, with the two teams sharing points. A win would have boosted UAE’s chances of a semi-final spot.The players took to Twitter to express their frustration after the match, but the tweets were later deleted.The board arrived upon the decision following a disciplinary investigation, and also handed out fines and warnings regarding their future conduct apart from the suspension.

David Warner will get around a month’s batting practice ahead of his return from the Newlands scandal ban that ends on March 28

Daniel Brettig23-Jan-2019David Warner will get around a month’s batting practice ahead of his return from the Newlands scandal ban, after clean-up surgery to his elbow did not uncover as many issues as those experienced by the former Australia captain Steven Smith.In surgery following his return home from the Bangladesh Premier League, Warner was hopeful of regaining a full range of movement in the elbow after a series of problems in recent years.ALSO READ: Steven Smith international return date in doubt due to elbow surgeryNevertheless, the procedure was less involved and not as serious as the one undertaken by Smith, who will be in a race against time to be fit to play when the duos’ bans expire at the end of March, most likely in the midst of an ODI series against Pakistan.”David Warner underwent surgery yesterday to remove a bone spur and loose bone in his elbow that was causing an inflamed joint,” a CA spokesman said.”David will undergo rehabilitation in which we expect him to be able to begin moving his arm by the end of the week, and within 3-4 weeks resume batting, with his return to playing to be determined soon after that.”Australia’s captain Tim Paine and coach Justin Langer have more or less conceded that both banned batsmen will be recalled the instant they are eligible, after the minimal batting depth in the national system was ruthlessly exppsed at home by India.”I spoke to them both last night actually,” Langer told on Tuesday. “I think Davey is going to get a clean-up, I don’t think Davey’s is as serious as Steve’s was. That said, Steve is in a brace for the next 5-6 weeks I think.”What we do know about them is, they haven’t been good players, they’ve been great players for Australia.”We are obviously monitoring them very closely and we are hopeful they will be getting themselves fit and strong and putting their name up for selection. It’s an exciting time coming up.”

David Richardson says ‘no indications’ from either board that June 16 match will not go ahead as planned

Nagraj Gollapudi19-Feb-2019The ICC and the 2019 World Cup organising committee remain confident that the tournament’s biggest match, to be played between India and Pakistan on June 16 in Manchester, will go ahead despite the volatile situation between the two countries in the wake of a terrorist attack in Kashmir last week.With the World Cup starting in exactly 100 days, there are have been scattered voices that want India to boycott the group match against Pakistan. The fixture itself remains the biggest game of the tournament: nearly half a million applications for tickets poured in as soon as the ICC opened its ballot. Even the World Cup final, to be played on July 14 at Lord’s, paled in comparison with about a quarter of a million applications.Although neither board has made a public comment, internally top officials from both the BCCI and PCB agree that it is too far-fetched right now to predict the situation in June. The ICC’s quarterly meetings take place in Dubai next week, where representatives from both boards will have a chance to conduct discussions in person.David Richardson, the ICC’s outgoing chief executive officer, said that “no indications” have been sent from either board about the World Cup clash not taking place. “We haven’t written to the boards as yet,” Richardson told ESPNcricinfo in London, where he was present to mark the 100-day countdown to the tournament. “Our thoughts are with the people that were impacted by the incident. And we are monitoring the situation with our members including the BCCI and PCB. Certainly there are no indications any of the matches, including the Pakistan-India match, will not be played as planned at the World Cup. But as I say we will continue to monitor the situation.”This is not the first time the fate of an India-Pakistan match at a global event has been called into question due to the fragile relations between the two neighbours. However, Richardson remained optimistic. “Sport, and cricket in particular, is perfectly placed – it has the wonderful ability to bring people together to unite communities. And hopefully cricket can be used in this fashion rather than a way of [dividing] people.”For Steve Elworthy, the World Cup tournament director, the India-Pakistan contest will be a marquee occasion. “It is probably one of the biggest sporting events in the world,” Elworthy, the former South Africa fast bowler, said. “You think of that match and you think of the passion, the support, the audience, the [number of] people who applied for tickets.”David Richardson, Steve Elworthy and UK sports minister Mims Davies at an event marking the 100-day countdown to the World Cup•Getty Images

Elworthy was also the tournament director for the 2017 Champions Trophy, where India and Pakistan played each other twice including the final where Sarfaraz Ahmed’s team won convincingly. It only increases the needle for the Old Trafford match on June 16.And that can be seen in the record demand for tickets, which Elworthy pointed out was significantly bigger than for the final. “That particular game, we had over 400,000 applications for tickets, which is an incredible number. The stadium only holds 25,000 people. So there are a number of disappointed people. That’s just locally, but [there is also] the audience globally.”To put that [number] in perspective, England v Australia was around 230-240,000. And the final was around about 260-270,000 applications for tickets. So that gives you a bit of perspective for the demand for this match [India v Pakistan]. It’s a big game. They could end up playing each other in the final [too], you never know.”In the scenario where one team decided to forfeit the match, Richardson said the ICC would open the rule books to ascertain the repercussions. “There is justifiable non-compliance and unjustifiable,” he said. “That we will have to deal with under the playing regulations.”But neither Richardson nor Elworthy are currently too concerned – both said they would not be having any sleepless nights. Not yet. Elworthy even afforded a big smile when asked who he thought would win the game.”Good question,” he said. “We’ve had them play a couple of times against each other, haven’t we? And Pakistan won the last one about 18 months ago. That was an incredible game, down at The Oval. But then, India have beaten Pakistan in the group stages. They are very balanced teams. It is very hard to choose because it is just that passion, that rivalry that you can’t really account for. And when they get on to the field what takes players over, what drives them, and motivates them. So whatever the result we are going to see an incredible game of cricket.”

The allrounder first walloped 25 runs off eight balls and then took three wickets for only 20 runs in his four overs

The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando03-Apr-20192:54

Pollard-Hardik stand shifted momentum our way – Behrendorff

Sometimes six overs is all it takes in T20 cricket. For 14 overs, Chennai Super Kings’ bowlers were all over the Mumbai Indians batting order, restraining them in supreme fashion. At 82 for 3, Mumbai were going at less than six an over, and seemed incapable of breaking out of the straitjacket the likes of Deepak Chahar, Ravindra Jadeja and Imran Tahir had put them in.Vitally, though, although Mumbai were being tied down, they did not collapse. Krunal Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav put on 62 off 49 together through the middle overs, laying a platform. With clean hitters like Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard to come, perhaps laying a quiet platform was all Mumbai’s top order needed to do.Hardik and Pollard were unstoppable in the last two overs of the innings, propelling the team from 125 for 5 at the end of the 18th over, to 170 for 5 after 20 – their partnership worth an invaluable 45 off 12 deliveries. Hardik was the more brutal of the two, walloping two sixes over midwicket and another over third man, as well as crashing a four through the covers, to reap 25 not out off eight deliveries. Pollard reminded the IPL of his own devastating potential, making 17 not out off seven. It was one of the IPL’s most efficient – Dwayne Bravo – that the pair took to pieces in the final over of the innings, plundering 29, after Bravo had conceded only 20 from his first three overs.Hardik’s match-defining all-round magicHaving been Mumbai’s most impactful batsman, Hardik also returned the best figures in the match, dismissing MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja, before later removing Deepak Chahar to claim outstanding figures of 3 for 20.Earlier, he had waltzed in during the 17th over, Mumbai’s innings, made one run off his first two balls, then exploded. The first of his three sixes was off a Shardul Thakur short ball, which he deposited high into the stands beyond midwicket. The best strokes came against Bravo, next over. The helicopter shot to put the near-yorker into the stands beyond long-on was sublime – Dhoni watching on from a few metres away. Hardik then crashed Bravo to the extra-cover boundary, before last ball, scything him over backward point for six. From looking like they were headed for a seriously sub-par score, some dauntless death-overs hitting had hoisted Mumbai to a thoroughly competitive one.Kieron Pollard takes a blinder at deep point to send back Suresh Raina•BCCI

Mumbai’s bowling support actsJason Behrendorff and Lasith Malinga also played important roles, the former finishing with 2 for 22 from his four overs, having dismissed Ambati Rayudu and Suresh Raina with the new ball. Malinga, who took 3 for 34, removing Shane Watson, Kedhar Jadhav and Bravo, is expected to be unavailable for Mumbai’s next two matches, as he returns to Sri Lanka to play in the provincial one-day tournament.Thanks to these two, Super Kings’ chase also began poorly – Rayudu nicking Behrendorrf behind in the first over, before Malinga had Watson caught at point soon after. Raina and Jadhav seemed to be getting the innings on track when they struck 27 off the first 21 balls they faced, but Raina was soon caught brilliantly at the deep-point boundary by Pollard, who stuck out a hand high above his head to intercept what would have been a six. Behrendorff was the bowler. This was a blow from which Super Kings would never really recover.The Jadhav-Dhoni go-slowA scoreline of 33 for 3 after five overs is never promising, but perhaps even that is little excuse for the partnership that followed. Jadhav and Dhoni made only 54 off 55 balls together, allowing the required rate to balloon above 14 by the time they were parted. Dhoni struck no boundaries in his 21-ball 12. Jadhav struck five fours through the course of the partnership, but himself only made 36 off the 35 balls he faced in its duration. Then Hardik dismissed them both in the space of four balls in the 15th over, leaving two new batsmen with a near-impossible requirement.

New Zealand batsman holds together Worcestershire effort before regular wickets undermine the Northants chase

ECB Reporters Network26-Apr-2019Hamish Rutherford’s third century of the season helped Worcestershire to a third win in the Royal London Cup as they beat Northamptonshire by 20 runs at Wantage Road.Rutherford made 126 in 134 balls, adding to his centuries at Grace Road in the County Championship and Old Trafford in the first game of the RLC, in a lone hand as Worcestershire, sent in, struggled to 254 for 9.But they staged a classic defence with pace off the ball in the middle overs to squeeze the Northants chase. At 126 for 3 after 30 overs, the home side were well placed but couldn’t resist trying to force Brett D’Oliveira’s legspin and Daryl Mitchell’s gentlest of medium pace. The pair claimed four wicket to tame the hosts.Northants needed 82 from the final 10 overs and Luke Procter kept them alive with an unbeaten 35 but he ran out of partners as they subsided to 234 and a fourth defeat from five matches, realistically ending their hopes of qualification for the knockout stage.Worcestershire claimed a third win in four and they were indebted to Rutherford, the New Zealander who has proved superb value for money in his short stint. His 10th List A century here held together a clumsy Worcestershire display.They slipped to 23 for 3 in the Powerplay before Rutherford finally found a partner in D’Oliveira and the pair added 84 in 14.2 overs. Rutherford drove Buck down the ground for the day’s first stroke of note before punching Ian Holland – on loan to Northants from Hampshire – over mid-off for four and then straight over the bowler’s head for six.D’Oliveira fell for 28 – a ball that jumped off a length to take the glove to point – but Ben Cox arrived to build another useful stand to take Worcestershire to 166 for 4 in the 32nd over and well-placed. But Cox swept at a full ball from Josh Cobb’s part-time offspin and it sparked a collapse of 4 for 22 in 7.3 overs; Cobb also took out Wayne Parnell’s middle stump trying to cut while Rob Keogh had Ross Whiteley bowled second ball and Ed Barnard caught at short-fine leg.Josh Tongue finally proved another competent partner for Rutherford and the pair added 59 for the ninth wicket – a record for the county against Northamptonshire – to nudge Worcestershire to a challenging total.In reply, Richard Levi and Ben Curran both lifted Charlie Morris tamely to mid-off in the Powerplay but Cobb and Alex Wakely guided Northants’ progress in a stand of 75 in 20 overs. Neither played a shot in anger but just made patient progress. But both were ground down by D’Oliveira and Mitchell and the pressure eventually told.Cobb ran past D’Oliveira and lost his leg stump for 44, while Wakely chipped Mitchell back to the bowler for 46. Adam Rossington then swept at Mitchell’s final ball and was lbw for only 7 and suddenly Northants were struggling with 111 to win in 16 overs.Keogh and Procter brought the equation to 82 needed from the final 10 before Procter pulled Tongue for a flat six backward of square. But Keogh miscued a pull to midwicket and Holland edged a very wide ball to be caught behind. it left too much for Procter to do and the tail didn’t give him the chance.

The Test vice-captain becomes first India player to represent Hampshire, will replace Aiden Markram ahead of World Cup

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Apr-2019India Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane will join Hampshire for the County Championship season from next month.Division One club Hampshire confirmed Rahane’s signing as an overseas player on Thursday, as reported by ESPNcricinfo last week.The 30-year-old Rahane is the first India player to represent Hampshire and will replace Aiden Markram, who will finish his stint with Hampshire at the end of the Royal London One-Day Cup group stage in early May to join South Africa’s World Cup squad. Markram was a late signing after Dimuth Karunaratne entered the running to lead Sri Lanka at the World Cup and was subsequently confirmed as captain.Having been overlooked for the World Cup, Rahane will make his County Championship debut and feature in eight matches through May, June and the start of July, subject to visa clearance. Rahane has played 56 Tests and 90 ODIs. He has scored 3,488 Test runs at an average of 40.55 with nine centuries and 17 fifties, while averaging above 50 with the bat in 125 first-class matches, including 29 hundreds.”I am excited to be the first Indian to play for Hampshire, a county which has a glowing reputation,” Rahane said. “I hope to score runs and win as a team and would like to thank BCCI for allowing me to play.”Giles White, the Hampshire Director of Cricket, said he was pleased to have a player of Rahane’s stature at the club.”We’re delighted to attract a player of Ajinkya’s class and with both Aiden and Dimuth selected for the World Cup, we were obviously in the market for a top-order batsman,” White said. “Ajinkya showed an interest early on and the way things have played out it’s a great opportunity to get him over – we’re really excited to have him with us.”

West Indies restricted to below-par total before their bowlers are taken to the cleaners, the 322-run chase pulled off with 51 balls in hand

The Report by Varun Shetty17-Jun-2019As it happenedShakib Al Hasan produced one of the great World Cup performances, stringing a domineering 124 not out to his two-wicket haul as he anchored Bangladesh’s highest chase in an ODI. In the process, he reached 6000 ODI runs, became Bangladesh’s highest run-scorer at a World Cup, the second after Mahmudullah to make two centuries for Bangladesh in the tournament, and added his name to yet another one of the six Bangladesh century stands in World Cups. That apart, he also took Bangladesh past West Indies’ 321 with 8.3 overs to spare in Liton Das’ company.Shakib came in, as he has done all tournament, at No. 3 despite Liton’s inclusion in Bangladesh’s XI. At 52 for 1, Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar had provided a start similar to the one during their win against South Africa; this held true both in terms of the scoring rate as well as the kind of new-ball bowling they had faced. Going in with five fast bowlers, West Indies were bowling decidedly short, with little to indicate a Plan B.This played into Bangladesh’s hands on a ground with short boundaries. Tamim led the initial attack, slashing and pulling boundaries, and occasionally jumping on top of the bounce to punch on the rise through the off side as West Indies counted on persistence rather than adaptability with their tactics. According to ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball data, 112 balls were short or short of a good length. Bangladesh made 177 runs against those deliveries and lost two wickets.It took a sharp piece of fielding from Sheldon Cottrell in his bowling follow through to provide West Indies a half-chance, one that he took as he tore down the stumps at the striker’s end even as Tamim fell short looking to dive back into his crease. It was about when rain made its first appearance, but not enough to force the players off. Shortly after, Bangladesh lost Mushfiqur Rahim caught down the leg side with an over left for the 20-over DLS cut-off. But as they navigated that situation, staying narrowly ahead of the DLS par score, the sun crept out. And with it came a step-up from Shakib.It was not, strictly speaking, a silken innings. But that was down to West Indies’ lengths. The pull was Shakib’s staple, but not the high-scoring option that it usually is. It mostly helped him get off strike, off the toe and off the under-edge most often. But in the middle of this arduous accumulation, Shakib played some powerful cuts, and produced several brilliant punches down the ground to find boundaries. In all, six of his 16 boundaries came between wide mid-off and mid-on. In essence, he blunted West Indies’ attack at his ribs, while staying prepared for scoring opportunities on the front foot. With the erratic spells Shannon Gabriel and Oshane Thomas bowled, the absence of a spinner, and a limping Andre Russell for fifth bowler, West Indies lost their grip through the middle overs.Feet off the ground as Shakib Al Hasan plays a square cut•Getty Images

That made it even easier for Shakib and Liton, whose freedom led to some risk-taking. But top-edges fell between converging fielders, edges flew either side of the keeper – apart from those that were helped past him – and by the time West Indies had begun processing what Shakib had done, Liton himself had raced to fifty on World Cup debut.The 189-run fourth-wicket stand was built largely on a blueprint of progressive attacking until the 38th over, which began with three sixes off Gabriel, all of them off the back foot from Liton. The first and third were bouncers, sent in deep square-leg’s direction, while the second was a slug over mid-off to a full ball. By the end of it, the two were doing whatever they wanted. Twenty-four came off that over, this World Cup’s most expensive one, and Bangladesh were 294 for 3. There were no hiccups from there on.The day had begun with a win at the toss, and a maiden over to Chris Gayle, who was threatened enough by Mohammad Saifuddin’s inswinger to stay inside the line and edge behind in the fourth over for an 11-ball duck. It was the perfect start. And then Saifuddin didn’t bowl for the next 25 overs.What they missed out on from Gayle, West Indies gained from their persistence with Evin Lewis. Having fallen for single-digit scores in both matches before this one, Lewis finally found some rhythm as the pressure was almost immediately released after Gayle’s dismissal. He was watchful to some extent, with hardly any swings through the line, and kept the rate up as Shai Hope dug into another laborious ODI innings. Like West Indies, Bangladesh also bowled predominantly short or short of a length – the spinners and the seamers – and this allowed Lewis and Hope to set their own pace in a 116-run stand. Just after getting to his fifty, Lewis decided to pick up his scoring; a couple of sixes ensued before slicing a full one to long-off off Shakib.An induced slice is how Shakib also dismissed Nicholas Pooran, who went too hard with his slog sweep, having just smacked Mehidy Hasan onto the roof of the straight boundary. In both cases, Shakib had exploited the dip and drift he got from bowling into the wind, a plan far removed from the other spinners on the day.Shimron Hetmyer attempted three sweeps off his first three balls, a signal that was received by Hope at the other end as he forced Mustafizur Rahman to bowl three short balls at the start of the 35th over – only two of which were legal – that cost 15 runs. Hetmyer soon connected a few slogs over the leg side against Saifuddin, and then neutralised Mehidy’s offbreaks as well on his way to a 25-ball fifty.But there was to be a comeback from Mustafizur; Tamim, diving, held on to a miscued slog from Hetmyer and two balls later, Mustafizur got Russell to edge an offcutter behind. This briefly halted West Indies’ charge, but Jason Holder used his reach to cart an 18-ball 33, six of which came with a 105-metre hit over midwicket. His innings, too, ended early though. Early enough for West Indies to stray towards caution in the 44th over; with Darren Bravo at No. 8, this would have seemed strange, but for all practical purposes, that’s where West Indies’ batting ended. And so, Hope, who barely struck at more than 80, had one more reason to try and bat longer. He didn’t manage it, falling to Mustafizur for 96 off 121 with three overs to spare. West Indies only managed 61 off their last eight overs – Holder said after the match that they were 40-50 short.

Nottingham-based team likely to appoint local coaching staff to assist former New Zealand captain

George Dobell01-Jul-2019Stephen Fleming, the former New Zealand captain and multiple IPL-winning coach, looks set to be named as head coach of the Nottingham-based The Hundred side, Trent Rockets.Fleming enjoyed a long association as a player with Nottinghamshire and has subsequently forged a successful career as a coach. As well as leading New Zealand to their only global tournament success at the 2000 Champions Trophy, he was captain of sides which won Test series against India, England, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and West Indies. As coach he was worked in the IPL, winning the competition with Chennai Super Kings three times, and BBL, and is understood to have recently confirmed that he has no interest in the England coaching position.Fleming’s likely appointment follows news that Andrew McDonald and Mahela Jayawardene are set to be named as head coaches of Birmingham Phoenix and Southern Brave respectively. Daniel Vettori and Shane Bond are set to be named as their deputies. Shane Warne has been linked with London Spirit – the team based at Lord’s – while the has reported that Ricky Ponting is favourite to coach the team based at The Oval. It is also understood that Vikram Solanki will be involved in that coaching set-up.While many teams in The Hundred look set to name overseas coaching duos, Trent Rockets are keen to ensure the remainder of the team is staffed by coaches already involved with the county clubs – Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire – behind the new identify.”Fleming has expressed an interest and we have spoken to him,” Mick Newell, director of cricket at Nottinghamshire, confirmed. “We want all the other coaches to come from this area. We think that’s the right model for this competition.”Although many of these deals are agreed in principle, contracts are not yet signed as the counties are still in the process of negotiation their agreements with the ECB.

India beat Bangladesh by six wickets with eight balls to spare in the final of the U-19 tri-nation series, Mahmudul Hasan Joy’s ton going in vain

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Aug-2019India cruised home in the final of the tri-nation Under-19s tournament in Hove, with eight balls to spare, a win set up by their top order comprising Yashasvi Jaiswal, Divyaansh Saxena, and Priyam Garg, who all struck fifties chasing 262.Openers Jaiswal and Saxena made 50 and 55 respectively, stitching together a 104-run stand in 22 overs that laid the platform for captain Garg to capitalise on with a 66-ball 73. After the opening pair fell within three overs of each other – both to left-arm spinner Rakibul Hasan – and No. 4 batsman Pragnesh Durgesh Kanpillewar departed for 2, Garg took charge of the chase, hitting four fours and two sixes en route to his second successive half-century.Garg top scored for his side and was ably assisted by wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel, who chipped in with a 73-ball 59 not-out, adding 109 runs for the fourth wicket with his captain. Garg departed with India U-19s only 27 shy of victory, leaving Jurel to shepherd their side to the target in the company of Tilak Varma, who sealed the chase with a four.Bangladesh Under-19s put up 261 after opting to bat, the bulk of the run-scoring done by first-drop batsman Mahmudul Hasan Joy and opener Parvez Hossain Emon. Emon was involved in two fifty stands to take his side past 120, before falling to left-arm pacer Sushant Mishra for a 64-ball 60 in the 23rd over. Mishra also took out Towhid Hridoy – for a duck – in the same over and not long after Bangladesh U-19s lost another pair in quick succession as Shahadat Hossain and captain Akbar Ali departed for single-digit scores in the 32nd and 33rd overs respectively.Much of the repair job thereafter was shouldered by Joy who made 109 off 134 balls – studded with nine fours and a six – before falling off the final delivery of the innings. Shamim Hossain’s 32 at No. 7 was the only other noteworthy contribution from the Bangladesh U-19s line-up, while Mishra and right-arm pacer Kartik Tyagi’s figures stood out among the India attack, both taking two wickets apiece.