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Chris Lynn bludgeoned eight sixes and a four in a 43-ball display of power-hitting as he plundered 77 to lead Guyana Amazon Warriors to their second successive win of the season, against Trinbago Knight Riders

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Jul-2016
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsColin Munro became the first overseas player to score a century in the CPL•CPL/Sportsfile

Chris Lynn bludgeoned eight sixes and a four in a 43-ball display of power-hitting as he plundered 77 to lead Guyana Amazon Warriors to their second successive win of CPL 2016, against Trinbago Knight Riders at Queen’s Park Oval. Lynn’s blitz trumped Colin Munro’s century, the first by an overseas player in the CPL.Chasing 163, Dwayne Smith and Martin Guptill led Amazon Warriors’ reply with a brisk opening stand of 34 in 23 balls. Smith, who struck three fours and two sixes in his 26, was undone by a carrom ball from Sunil Narine in the fourth over. Guptill and Lynn then steadied the chase with a 45-run second-wicket stand before Guptill was bowled.Lynn then laid into the bowlers, smashing five sixes in the space of 13 balls including three off Kevon Cooper in the 16th over, to effectively seal the chase. Although Dwayne Bravo picked up two wickets in the penultimate over, Guyana cantered home with four balls to spare.After being inserted to bat, Knight Riders lost Brendon McCullum off the first ball of the match. When Hashim Amla fell, Knight Riders were struggling at 29 for 2 after five overs.However, Munro led the recovery, sharing a counter-attacking partnership with Darren Bravo. The pair added 74 off 45 balls, with Darren Bravo contributing 12 off 17. Munro struck seven fours and six sixes in his 65-ball 100, but the Guyana bowlers limited Knight Riders to 162.

England traveled prepared to play a second spinner in the first Investec Ashes Test in Cardiff but Adil Rashid’s chances of a Test debut look to be receding

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Jul-2015England traveled prepared to play a second spinner in the first Investec Ashes Test in Cardiff but Adil Rashid’s chances of a Test debut look to be receding. After the squad was selected during a brief heatwave, conditions have become markedly cooler and Glamorgan’s head groundsman has suggested that the chances of a spinning pitch were “very unlikely”.England rarely play two spinners in home Tests – the most recent occasion was the Oval Ashes Test in 2013 – and the new coach, Trevor Bayliss, has already indicated that Moeen Ali is currently first choice.The warm weather that helped Keith Exton and his team in preparing the surface appears to have passed, with showers interrupting an England team autograph session in Cardiff on Sunday. Further rain is forecast, though Exton is still confident that “a classic Test pitch” will be on show when England and Australia come out for the toss on Wednesday morning.”We’re happy because we’re in control of moisture levels and the density and profile of the soil,” Exton said. “Dry conditions take the guess work out so we’re very much in control which is all that a groundsman can wish for.”This track had two T20 games on it last year and the ball went through well. It will start off as a classic Test pitch but if we have a lot of dry heat then the characteristics could change as the game progresses. We would need to have extremely high temperatures for it to become a spinning pitch, which is very unlikely, but once the toss takes place, everything is out of our hands.”England got their first look at the surface when they trained at the ground on Sunday afternoon. This will be Cardiff’s second Ashes Test, after the series opener in 2009 that saw England hang on for a draw. Although Test pitches at the SWALEC Stadium have sometimes been on the slow side, Exton is hopeful that there will be something for batsmen and bowlers this time around.”We hope this one will have a little more pace but we hope that we see an equally good game of cricket,” he said. “It’s natural to be nervous and excited at the same time but watch me after three overs – I’ll either be beaming with delight or hiding. It’s the pinnacle of any groundsman’s career to produce a Test Match pitch and if the game is as finely balanced as the one we hosted here in 2009, I’ll be very happy.”

A half-century from Travis Birt and some crisp hitting from Owais Shah helped Hobart Hurricanes to a comfortable two-wicket win over Brisbane Heat at the Gabba

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Dec-2012
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsA rapid half-century from Travis Birt helped Hobart Hurricanes comfortably chase down their target•Getty Images

A half-century from Travis Birt and some crisp hitting from Owais Shah helped Hobart Hurricanes to a comfortable two-wicket win over Brisbane Heat at the Gabba. Birt and Shah combined for a 95-run partnership in less than nine overs, as the hosts’ total of 6 for 172 was overhauled with an over to spare.Tim Paine upped the tempo early on for the Hurricanes after Shane Watson’s first over cost just one run. Wicketkeeper Paine cracked Watson for six in his next over and had helped put on a 50-run opening stand when he fell to James Hopes for 29 off 19 balls. Nathan Hauritz and Ben Cutting helped slow the run rate, the latter removing Jonathan Wells with the score on 80, but the third-wicket partnership was to prove decisive.Shah hit Cutting for two sixes in the 13th over and Birt scored 21 off the next, which also included a wide from Hopes, to make the Hurricanes task a straightforward one.Having won the toss, Brisbane were hampered in their attempts to set a more imposing total by the loss of regular wickets. Michael Hogan struck twice to remove the openers with 39 on the board before a 49-run partnership between Joe Burns and Dan Christian. Debutant Evan Gulbis removed Burns on the way to fine figures of 3 for 29 and Thisara Perara’s late innings of 22 from eight balls was not enough to give Heat a winning platform.

Michael Clarke insists he will not let his fledgling Australian captaincy be derailed by worry over the myriad personnel and procedure issues swirling around the national team

Daniel Brettig07-Oct-2011Michael Clarke insists he will not let his fledgling Australian captaincy, nor his rejuvenated batting, be compromised by worry over the myriad personnel and procedure issues swirling around the national team ahead of the tour to South Africa.While Clarke made the ideal start to his time as Test captain by leading the team to a 1-0 series victory in Sri Lanka, something he secured with a rousing century on the final day of the third Test, he is facing further complications on his second tour with a back-room staff every bit as transitional as the team itself.He takes a squad featuring an interim coach in Troy Cooley plus two possible contenders for the fulltime job in Steve Rixon and Justin Langer. The national selectors are also in a state of flux following the changes wrought by the Argus review, though it is understood that members of the current panel, none of whom will remain once their replacements are named, have agreed to spend time on the ground in South Africa.Clarke’s leadership on the field in Sri Lanka was exemplary, but success in South Africa will not simply be a matter of planning effectively for the Proteas. He will need to find enough space between his on-field duties and those of team organisation even as the ways and means of that organisation are changing.”While you’re winning you’ll say it [the balance is right]. I don’t think you ever know,” Clarke said at the Australian Sports Commission Captains Forum in Sydney. “It is important for me that my preparation comes first – if I’m not scoring runs I’m not in the team so I can’t be captain.”So as long as I’m doing that, giving myself every chance to perform individually, and then putting my main focus on the team, how I can help them have success, then the stuff off the field I’ve got time for that, but I certainly won’t be compromising the team or my individual preparation for anything off the field. It’s been fine so far and I’m confident that will continue.”There’s going to be challenges along the way no doubt, as I’ve probably already experienced through the review, and with Troy coming in as our coach for South Africa there’s a few things off the field happening, but as long as I’ve got time to do my own preparation and make sure I’m ready to walk out onto the field and perform individually and also help my team, I think it’ll be fine.”Considered among the most hands-on of leaders, Clarke must at times be able to place his trust in other members of the tour party, so as not to be overburdened. Another key to this balance is Gavin Dovey, the team manager who replaced his long-serving predecessor Steve Bernard after a handover in Bangladesh in April.”That’s the important thing about having good people around you,” Clarke said. “Shane Watson being my vice-captain, the support staff and now Troy as our stand-in coach, they all have roles to play and it’s important I utilise their help, advice and a bit of their guidance as well to give me a hand because I certainly can’t be doing everything.”Troy’s taken over the coaching role, there’s been a lot of communication in the last week or so in preparation for South Africa. We’ve got really good people around with our support staff, Craig McDermott, Steve Rixon and Justin Langer, so they’re going to play a big part in South Africa as well.”Australia’s T20 squad depart for South Africa across the next 24 hours, with Clarke and other ODI squad members to join them from October 14. Clarke said the team’s meticulous preparations for Sri Lanka needed to be replicated in order for the tourists to stand a chance against the South Africans.”Our key to our success in Sri Lanka was our preparation,” Clarke said. “The boys worked really hard and put a lot of time and effort into their training, so I’m sure South Africa will be exactly the same.”All the boys are very keen to get to South Africa. We’ve got the T20s and the one dayers first and hopefully we can continue to build a bit of momentum from Sri Lanka and have some more success in South Africa and bring that back for the Australian summer.”

The England and Ireland cricket boards have announced that their sides will play an ODI in Dublin in August 2011

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Oct-2010The England and Ireland cricket boards have announced that their sides will play an ODI in Dublin in August 2011. The game will be held at Clontarf Cricket Club which hosted a one-dayer between Australia and the home team earlier this year.”We are pleased to have agreed this fixture with Cricket Ireland,” England Cricket Board CEO David Collier said. “Irish cricket continues to make excellent progress and I am sure that Ireland will provide tough opposition for our one-day squad ahead of The NatWest Series against India later in the summer.”Warren Deutrom, CEO of Cricket Ireland, echoed Collier’s views and was confident that his side would compete well with England. “Our matches against England are always special. We look forward to hosting household names including Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen, Graham Swann and not forgetting Eoin Morgan [who hails from Ireland]. We know that the progress we continue to make on the world stage means that we go into this game confident of taking the scalp of England to atone for the agonising three-run defeat from our last encounter.”

A round-up of the fourth day’s play from the fifth round of matches in the Ranji Trophy Plate League

Cricinfo staff11-Dec-2009
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Thick fog on all four days in Agartala curtailed the match to a draw, with Tripura edging ahead on the basis of a first-innings lead. Resuming on 150 for 4, Tripura progressed to 280 for 7 led by Tushar Saha’s unbeaten 53. He hit eight fours and a six in his brisk knock, which came off 59 balls and he shared a stand of 55 with Timir Chanda. Tripura will now meet Haryana at Rohtak in the semi-final.
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Assam nearly pulled off an innings victory as Vidarbha managed to hang on to a draw after being asked to follow on in Guwahati. Offspinner Arlen Konwar’s six-wicket haul restricted Vidarbha to 240 but Assam opted to push for a win after asking the opposition to bat again. Ranjit Paradkar was the topscorer for Vidarbha with 64. The Assam seamers struck early to leave the Vidarbha top order wobbling at 16 for 3. The middle order resisted before Sairaj Bahutule struck with three wickets. The visitors ended on 99 for 7 at the end of the game. Assam have set up a semi-final clash with Andhra in Guwahati.
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Vineet Saxena and Nikhil Doru completed their centuries to ensure a draw for Rajasthan in Dhanbad. Resuming on 197 for 2, Saxena and Doru went past three figures but after they were dismissed, the middle order stumbled. Rahul Shukla, the right-arm seamer, took five wickets as Rajasthan were bowled out for 375. Arjit Gupta helped himself to a half-century in the process. Set a target of 254, Jharkhand batted out 17 overs.

Ecclestone’s 33 off 19 helped UPW tie the scores by smashing 41 runs off the last 17 balls before delivering a stunning Super Over

Shashank Kishore24-Feb-2025
Super Over An extraordinary night of drama delivered a thriller, with UP Warriorz sending a crowd in excess of 28,000 into stunned silence after RCB failed to knock off the nine runs they needed in the Super Over.In a game that seemed to be headed RCB’s way until the last two overs in regulation time, Sophie Ecclestone’s incredible final-over hitting against Renuka Singh, which went for 17, forced the game into a Super Over. But the showstopper for the night was a sensational final over Ecclestone delivered to deny Smriti Mandhana and Richa Ghosh as Warriorz sprung their campaign back to life with a second straight win.Related

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The high-octane end

Forty-two needed off 18, with two wickets in hand. Ecclestone had pottered to 3 off eight balls, and had no option but to go for broke, especially with Chinelle Henry, seemingly the last hope for Warriorz, gone.Ecclestone got stuck into Georgia Wareham by muscling two sixes in a 13-run over. But when Saima Thakor was run out a ball after swinging one out of the ground in the 19th over, it was all on Ecclestone to knock off much of the 18 runs they needed off the last six.She hit 17 in an extraordinary sequence of 6, 6, 4, 1, taking Renuka to the cleaners as she repeatedly missed her lengths. But Ecclestone’s single off the fifth ball that left Warriorz needing one off the last ball, brought rookie Kranti Goud on strike.When Goud missed and the batters ran, Richa Ghosh did an MS Dhoni, choosing to sprint to the stumps and knock the bails off rather than risk an underarm throw. And just like that, the WPL had its first Super Over.Sophie Ecclestone’s sixes took the game into a Super Over•BCCI

Ecclestone’s dream night continues

When Kim Garth bowled Henry, who had muscled an incredible eight sixes in her 23-ball 62 against Delhi Capitals, with a slower delivery with Warriorz needing 47 off 22, she wouldn’t have envisaged having to bowl the Super Over.Yet, when she did, and conceded just 8 while dismissing Henry again, she wouldn’t have imagined finishing on the wrong side of the result. But, five minutes later, she watched in agony as Mandhana and Ghosh failed to find their hitting range on the face of some nerveless bowling from Ecclestone.It was a performance straight out of fantasy for the world’s No. 1 T20I and ODI bowler, who had also quite extraordinarily just conceded six runs off the final over in RCB’s innings. Three of those deliveries were pinpoint yorkers that denied Ellyse Perry a final charge towards what would have been an extraordinary century.

Perry, Wyatt-Hodge set RCB up

Perry offset Mandhana’s early loss – against offspin for the 11th time in the WPL – by welcoming Ecclestone with back-to-back fours, her step-out to bisect cover and mid-off being the standout. Perry’s intent-laden approach brought her a first six when she launched Thakor down the ground. At 42 for 1 at the end of the powerplay, RCB had a base.All through her innings, Perry was bubbling with flair. She became the first player to hit the 200-run mark in each of the first three WPLs. She also overtook Meg Lanning to become the highest run-getter in the tournament’s short history, during the course of a 94-run second-wicket stand with Danni Wyatt-Hodge.The five-over period between seven and 11 brought RCB just 33, but the pair was able to flick the switch. Goud, who hustled Wyatt-Hodge with an excellent bumper early on, was picked away for three back-to-back fours in the 13th.In doing so, Wyatt-Hodge exhibited her range of shots – a cut when offered width, a swat back past the bowler when it was dug in short, and a pummel over extra cover when the bowler went full. Wyatt-Hodge brought up her maiden WPL half-century off 36 balls against the side that had traded her out. But her dismissal brought Warriorz two more wickets – of Ghosh and Kanika Ahuja.Ellyse Perry brought out her glorious drives from the start•BCCI

But Perry didn’t pass up an opportunity to go all out in the death overs. She took a liking for Deepti Sharma’s predictable lengths and bowling into the surface by picking her for a sequence of 4, 6, 4, 2 in the penultimate over – hitting the ball to different areas, from deep cover to long-on to deep midwicket.Perry’s use of angles to try and get inside the line and sweep the bowlers off their lengths was particularly noteworthy. She finished unbeaten on 90 off 56, with RCB hitting 105 off the last nine overs.

Navgire sparks life into chase

With Chamari Athapaththu again on the bench, Warriorz needed some firepower up top, and when Kiran Navgire smashed a 27-ball 51 four nights ago against Capitals, it seemed like they had found an answer.Navgire tantalised yet again, her uncomplicated stand-and-deliver mantra bringing her 24 off just 12 balls, as she swung at anything remotely in her zone before she was bowled attempting to hoick Renuka. Vrinda Dinesh’s run of low scores stretched into a fourth game as she picked out mid-off for 14 as Warriorz lost two early.

Warriorz rise after slide

An injury to Shreyanka Patil opened up a spot for Sneh Rana as a replacement, and she inflicted more agony for Warriorz when she struck twice in two overs. This put Warriorz in freefall mode, even though Shweta Sehrawat sparked life into the innings with a sprightly 31. But at 125 for 7 in 15, only a freak Henry innings would have silenced the crowd. But when she chopped on to Garth in the 17th, Warriorz needed a miracle, and Ecclestone scripted one.

Fast bowler made history with career-best 8 for 15 while bowling from that End in 2015 Ashes

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Sep-2023The Pavilion End at Trent Bridge is to be renamed The Stuart Broad End, in recognition of the former Nottinghamshire and England seamer who retired from professional cricket after this summer’s Ashes.Broad, 37, bowed out in style at The Oval this summer, claiming the 604th and final wicket of his 16-year Test career to square the Ashes 2-2 with a 49-run victory over Australia.And, having confirmed on the penultimate evening of the match that he would be retiring from all cricket, Nottinghamshire have chosen to commemorate Broad with the same honour that Lancashire chose for his longstanding England team-mate, James Anderson, when they renamed Old Trafford’s Pavilion End in his honour in 2017.Though Broad began his professional career at Leicestershire, his ties to Trent Bridge were strong long before he joined the county for the first of his 16 seasons in 2007, thanks to his father Chris, who opened the batting for Nottinghamshire from 1984 to 1992, and is currently the club president.Many of Broad’s finest hours in Test cricket also came while bowling from the End that will now bear his name. In 2011, he turned the course of that summer’s second Test against India with the first of his two Test hat-tricks (and still the only one to have been completed at the ground).And then, in 2015, he produced his career-best spell of 8 for 15 to bowl Australia out for 60 on the opening morning of the fourth Test, in so doing all but sealing England’s reclaiming of the Ashes.”When I first visited Trent Bridge, as a kid with dreams of pulling on the Nottinghamshire and England jerseys, I could never have imagined I’d be fortunate enough to enjoy so many memorable moments in the game,” Broad said.”It’s a bit surreal to think that part of the ground where I fell in love with cricket will now bear my name.
“Playing for Notts has meant so much to me, and I’ve been so grateful that, wherever my career has taken me, I’ve always been able to come home to Trent Bridge.”As someone who is Nottingham born and bred, this is an incredibly proud moment for myself and my family.”In the course of his career, Broad claimed 190 wickets in 43 appearances for county and country at Trent Bridge. He played roles in their 2010 County Championship victory, their Division Two title in 2022, and also featured in two one-day finals, helping to win the first of those, against Glamorgan in 2013, with figures of 3 for 29.Nottinghamshire Chairman Andy Hunt said: “Stuart’s achievements at the highest level are quite remarkable – it’s highly unlikely we’ll ever see another English bowler match his record over the past 15 years, let alone one from within our county’s borders.”Throughout that time, Stuart has been the perfect ambassador for Nottinghamshire – not just through his deeds with the ball, but also through his unstinting commitment to the cause for his county and his continued championing of Trent Bridge on the world stage.”It feels only fitting that the end of his home ground where he recorded some of his greatest achievements will now serve as a permanent honour to his cricketing career.”

Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinbago Knight Riders will contest the tournament hosted by St Kitts, which is set to begin on August 30

ESPNcricinfo staff16-Jun-2022The three teams for a Women’s Caribbean Premier League, set to run concurrently with the men’s CPL, have been drafted. Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinbago Knight Riders will be captained by Hayley Matthews, Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin respectively.The teams were drafted from a pool of players put together by Cricket West Indies, with 33 cricketers picked. The remaining three players in each 14-woman squad will be drafted in as overseas players. The tournament will begin on August 30, with St Kitts to host the entire tournament. The overseas players are to be announced in due course.The squads for the three Women’s Caribbean Premier League teams have been announced•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

“With Matthews and Taylor rated in the top 10 T20 allrounders in the world and Dottin one of the most destructive batters in the women’s game, all three players have shown their quality for the West Indies and in domestic competitions around the globe, a CPL press release said.Ricky Skerritt, Cricket West Indies President, said: “This inaugural Women’s version of the CPL represents a huge upward step for West Indies cricket. I am grateful to all those in CPL and CWI who made it happen, especially the three pioneering franchises who have so willingly got on board.”A WCPL had been in the works, with the league officially announced by Skerritt in March. England, Australia and New Zealand have all played host to women’s T20 leagues with the same number of teams as the men’s tournaments. India has hosted four editions of the Women’s T20 Challenge alongside the IPL, and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has assured that a full-fledged Women’s IPL will be launched soon.Pete Russell, Hero CPL’s CEO, said: “A Women’s CPL is the next logical step as we grow the brand, and we are very pleased that we have been able to make this a reality in 2022. We are grateful to the CWI, the Barbados Royals, the Guyana Amazon Warriors and the Trinbago Knight Riders for working with us on this ground breaking tournament and we look forward to showcasing the tremendous skills of all these talented players.”

“When we go abroad and get a seaming track, we don’t talk about excessive grass on the pitch”

Sidharth Monga15-Feb-20212:37

Is Axar Patel now ahead of Kuldeep Yadav in the pecking order?

Debutant left-arm spinner Axar Patel has asked the critics of the Chennai pitch to change their mindset towards spinning pitches, pointing out that India never complain about seaming tracks when they travel.Related

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The Chennai pitch has received criticism from former players such as Michael Vaughan, Mark Waugh, Damien Fleming and Sanjay Manjrekar.”It’s not as though someone has been hit in the helmet or the toes,” Patel said. “It is a normal wicket. We are playing on the same wicket and scoring runs. I feel no one should have an objection about this pitch. When we go out and get a seaming track, we don’t talk about excessive grass on the pitch. You have to change your mindset rather than think about the pitch.”The argument has been that a pitch with puffs of dust and mini-explosions on day one will only get worse for batting, turning it into lottery. But as Patel said, India have scored runs in both innings whereas the whole England side managed fewer runs in the first innings than Rohit Sharma’s 161. He was even asked if there was extra determination from R Ashwin and Virat Kohli to bat on and score as many as possible even though they had more than enough runs on the board.”We don’t think of outside and if we have to send a message,” Patel said. “We just batted normally. If it had been day four we would have thought of declaring.”Patel also said this wasn’t a pitch where you just turn up and release the ball and the surface will do the rest for you.”The way the wicket is behaving, you know there is spin, but the spin is there only if you put some strength behind the ball,” he said. “If you leave it like that or flight it too much, then there is not much turn from the pitch. The speed has to be high. Otherwise the batsman is going back and has time to adjust. Speed is very important for a spinner on this pitch.”Patel had all the strength to give after missing his debut a week ago with a niggle in the knee. He said that while it was frustrating to miss that match, had he risked it, he could have ended up losing out on giving his best in both the matches.”I was selected to play the first Test but I pulled out because of the injury,” he said. “I didn’t want to play with a niggle and take the risk of letting the team down halfway into the match. The physio told me if I gave it time I will be fine for the second Test. So the physio and I took that call. It was frustrating but the positive is that I could give my 100% here.”