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In pursuit of 223, RCB folded for 82 to lose by an embarrassing margin of 140 runs

The Retroreport by S Rajesh18-Apr-20209:28

Dada said 158* in IPL opener changed my life forever – McCullum

The opening ceremony was a spectacular affair, but what followed was even more breathtaking, as Brendon McCullum destroyed the home team in the inaugural match of the IPL. In what was a brutal one-man assault on Bangalore Royal Challengers, McCullum blasted an unbeaten 158 from a mere 73 deliveries, the highest score in a Twenty20 match, to propel Kolkata Knight Riders to an imposing 222 for 3. The punch-drunk Royal Challengers were in no condition to fight back after that battering, and collapsed limply to 82 to lose by an embarrassing margin of 140 runs, the fourth-largest defeat in this sort of match.Chris Gayle was expected to be the aggressive opener for Kolkata, but McCullum’s stunning knock ensured Gayle’s absence wasn’t felt at all. In an innings which was reminiscent of Gayle’s blistering knock in the World Twenty20 opener – he had scored 117 from 57 – McCullum gave the Royal Challengers attack no chance. Pace and spin were both treated with equal contempt, and the crowd was treated to an innings of rare explosiveness.The start, though, was deceptive. Six balls into his innings, McCullum didn’t have a single run as Praveen Kumar bowled an excellent first over. Four deliveries later, McCullum had blazed to 18, flicking and pulling Zaheer Khan for four, and then miscuing a flick which, quite incredibly, soared over third man for the first six.Zaheer was quickly pulled out of the attack, but his replacement, Ashley Noffke, fared even worse. His first ball was so wayward that neither McCullum nor Mark Boucher, the wicketkeeper, had a chance of getting to it. When the ball landed within McCullum’s reach, the result was even more devastating: a pulled six over square leg and another over extra cover. Twenty-three in the over, and Noffke out of the attack as well.McCullum allowed himself a breather after that, going 17 deliveries without a boundary, before the floodgates opened again. Sunil Joshi was slog-swept twice – with the bottom hand coming off the bat once – for sixes, before he turned his attention to Cameron White and Jacques Kallis. Line, length, and pace mattered not a jot, as balls disappeared over the ground with ridiculous frequency. When Zaheer returned for another spell, McCullum manufactured the stroke of the evening, going down on one knee and scooping the ball over fine leg for six.Praveen, who bowled superbly in his first three overs, had escaped the McCullum onslaught for most of the evening, but he too suffered in the last over of the innings, as the first two balls vanished over midwicket, before McCullum put the final seal on his innings, depositing the last ball of the innings over long-on. That brought his sixes’ tally to 13, the most in a Twenty20 innings.Shahrukh Khan, the owner of the franchise, had danced through the McCullum innings, and he had even more reason to celebrate as his bowlers then got into the act with equal gusto. Rahul Dravid, under immense pressure facing an asking-rate of more than 11, lasted three balls, losing his middle stump while attempting a heave. The loss of the captain started the slide, and it went downhill quickly thereafter.Kallis mounted the briefest of challenges, lofting Ajit Agarkar over extra cover for a huge six, but fell next ball, pulling tamely to mid-on. The pitch offered some pace and bounce, and Ishant Sharma, especially, exploited it, getting the ball to zip at a fair pace. Agarkar also prised out White, who had held the record for the highest Twenty20 score till a few minutes before. Royal Challengers’ only chance was if he produced a similar stunner, but by the time he nicked one off Agarkar the contest was already over. The end came soon after, when Joshi fell to a miscued pull with 29 deliveries still left in the innings.The match may have been over long before the last ball was bowled, but McCullum’s stunner has given the IPL, and Kolkata, a dream start. With Ganguly’s team playing their next match at the Eden Gardens, this result should ensure that Sunday’s clash against the Deccan Chargers draws a full house, and more. The IPL extravaganza has well and truly begun.

The move follows her relocation from Queensland to New South Wales for state cricket

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Aug-2020Sammy-Jo Johnson has signed for the Sydney Thunder in the Women’s Big Bash to complete a pair of off-season moves following her state switch from Queensland to New South Wales.Seam-bowling allrounder Johnson has been an integral part of the Brisbane Heat’s WBBL success with 38 wickets across their back-to-back titles of the last two seasons. She will join South Africa pace bowler Shabnim Ismail in the Thunder’s attack.”I was really drawn to Thunder’s values,” Johnson said. “I enjoy giving back to the community and having an impact on local clubs and schools, and that’s something I’m really keen to get involved in at Thunder.”There’s so many talented young players in the squad and I think it’s just a matter of guiding them in the right direction and ensuring they know that they can handle any situation that’s thrown at them. Even as a senior player, I’ve still got plenty to learn and I want to continue to evolve as a person and a player.”ALSO READ: Sammy-Jo Johnson: ‘Australia the hardest team in the world to get into at the moment’Johnson has reached the Australia A set-up but has yet to earn an international debut. There could be vacancies for the series against New Zealand, which is scheduled to start at the end of September, depending on the progress of Ellyse Perry and Tayla Vlaeminck from the injuries they suffered at the T20 World Cup.”I think [Australia] is the hardest team in the world to get into at the moment because they are so successful and everyone plays their role,” Johnson told ESPNcricinfo in June. “You don’t want people to get injured, but I feel like it’s your only foot in the door at the moment – which is good because you want that competition. If I can keep churning out consistent performances with the ball and bat I’m hoping going to give the selectors no reason not to pick me.”The WBBL is set to begin on October 17 and run until November 29 although there are expected to be changes to the schedule due to the impact of Covid-19 in some parts of Australia.

Kent left-arm spinner has his career cut short at the age of 27

ESPNcricinfo staff20-May-2021Imran Qayyum, the Kent left-arm spinner, has retired from all cricket because of a shoulder injury.Qayyum, 27, played 82 matches for Kent across all formats since joining the county in 2014 after playing for Middlesex youth teams and second XI stints with Northamptonshire and Sussex.Having made the first of his six first-class appearances against Northamptonshire in May 2016, Qayyum specialised in the white-ball formats, particularly T20s, in which he took 45 wickets at an average of 25.73 and with an economy rate of 8.07.He took a career-best 5 for 21 against Somerset in Kent’s first home match of the T20 Blast in 2019 and he took 4 for 45 against Pakistan’s one-day touring side at Beckenham in April of the same year.Related

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“It’s disappointing that my career has been cut short, but I can look back with pride on the contributions I’ve made as a Kent player,” Qayyum said in a statement. I’ll have nothing but good memories. I’m very grateful of the opportunity that Kent Cricket gave me to live my childhood dream.”Kent recently signed Qais Ahmad, the Afghanistan legspinner, for their entire 2021 Blast campaign and two County Championship fixtures. The club also signed Mohammad Amir for the second half of the upcoming Blast season.Kent were knocked out of last year’s Blast at the quarter-finals stage by Surrey.

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh among eight teams to play the first round to try and qualify for the Super 12s stage

Nagraj Gollapudi16-Jul-20210:31

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India and Pakistan will meet in the Super 12s stage of the 2021 men’s T20 World Cup, to be co-hosted by the UAE and Oman between October 17 and November 14. This will make it the first face-off between the two teams in more than two years, their last fixture having come in the 2019 50-over World Cup.On Friday, the ICC announced the make-up of the groups – both for the first round and for the Super 12s stage – for the big-ticket tournament, which will be the first multi-team, global event organised by the ICC since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic early last year. The final of the World Test Championship, featuring India and New Zealand, was hosted in Southampton last month.Related

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The ICC did not unveil the schedule for the 16-team tournament, which is expected to be finalised shortly.The first-round matches will be split between two groups, with the games to be played in the UAE and Oman. Group A has Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands and Namibia, while Group B has Bangladesh, Scotland, Papua New Guinea and Oman. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super 12s, which will be played in the three UAE centres – Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah.Teams in the Super 12s have been pooled into two groups as well. India and Pakistan are in Group 2 alongside New Zealand, Afghanistan and two qualifiers – B1 and A2. Group 1 comprises defending champions West Indies along with England, Australia and South Africa and the other two qualifers – A1 and B2. The groups, the ICC confirmed, were selected on the basis of the team rankings as of March 20, 2021.In the 2020 edition of the tournament, which was originally scheduled for Australia and was later postponed by the ICC because of the Covid-19 pandemic, India and Pakistan were in different groups because they were No. 1 and No. 2 in the ICC T20I rankings at the time of the deadline. That would have been the first time the two teams would not have contested in the group stage of a global tournament since the 2011 50-over World Cup.This time, India are second behind England, and ahead of New Zealand, followed by Pakistan, Australia, South Africa, Afghanistan and West Indies.The last time India and Pakistan faced off was in Manchester in the 2019 50-over World Cup•PA Images via Getty Images

“There are some great match ups offered by the groups and it starts to bring the event to life for our fans as our first multi-team event since the onset of the global pandemic draws closer,” Geoff Allardice, the ICC’s acting chief executive, said in a statement on Friday. “Given the disruption caused by COVID-19, we selected the cutoff date as close as possible to the event to ensure we were able to include the maximum amount of cricket in the rankings which determine the groups.”There is no doubt we will witness some highly competitive cricket when the event gets underway in just three months.”The tournament was earlier scheduled to be played in India, but owing to the uncertainty caused by the pandemic in the country, the BCCI decided to move it overseas, even though the Indian board continues to be official hosts for the event.‘Good to get Oman in the frame of world cricket’ – Ganguly
The ICC had named the UAE as the back-up venue for the tournament in 2020 itself. Recently, it decided to add Oman as a venue keeping in mind the volume of cricket that the UAE – especially Abu Dhabi – has hosted since the pandemic began. The UAE will also host the remainder of the 2021 IPL from September 19 until mid-October.The ICC felt having Oman as an additional venue would help keep the main grounds in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah fresh for the Super 12s stage. An ICC team is in Oman this week to inspect the two ovals at the Oman Cricket Academy.”It is good to get Oman in the frame of world cricket with the hosting of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup,” Sourav Ganguly, the BCCI president, said. “It will help a lot of young players take an interest in the game. We know it will be a world class event in this part of the world.”Jay Shah, the BCCI secretary who is also the current president of the Asian Cricket Council, said Oman, who are one of the teams participating in Round 1, deserved to be on the global map: “Co-hosting the World Cup will put Oman Cricket on the global stage. They are also playing the Qualifiers and it will be an icing on the cake if they make it to the Super 12s.”

Tom Lace helped steer Derbyshire into a useful lead after Reece’s second consecutive five-for at the County Ground

ECB Reporters Network06-Apr-2019Luis Reece delivered another demonstration of his bowling skills as Derbyshire took control of the Division Two match against Durham at the County Ground. The opening batsmen signed off last season with a career best 7 for 20 at Derby and he began the new Championship campaign with a five-wicket haul that earned his side a slender first-innings lead.Reece swung the ball to take 5 for 47 and with Ravi Rampaul claiming 3 for 47, Durham were bowled out for 171, 26 behind Derbyshire who closed on 107 for 3 second time around, with Tom Lace unbeaten on 41.The morning session was always likely to be pivotal in the game and although Durham started well, Rampaul undermined them with two quick wickets in the space of three overs including the big one of Alex Lees. Nightwatchman Matt Salisbury had survived for nearly 50 minutes but he was undone by a short ball before Lees was caught on the crease for 32 after 143 minutes of watchful accumulation.Stuart Poynter played across the line at Tony Palladino and although Jack Burnham and Liam Trevaskis briefly raised Durham’s hopes of at least parity, three wickets in five overs tilted the game towards Derbyshire. Burnham flirted at a ball from Reece he should have left, and Trevaskis and James Weighell edged into the safe hands of Wayne Madsen at first slip.Only some muscular blows from Ben Raine, including a pulled six off Rampaul, denied Derbyshire a bigger advantage before he skied Reece to third man.The sun had been out for much of the day but the clouds rolled in to increase the demands on the batsmen and Derbyshire lost both openers before tea. Reece avoided a pair but played slightly across the line at Salisbury and was caught at second slip before skipper Billy Godleman edged a loose drive at Raine.Durham should have had another wicket in the first over after the interval when Madsen on 11 edged Chris Rushworth but Lees failed to hang on at first slip.It was a bad miss and although it was not costly in terms of runs, it was another 12 overs before Lees made amends. Madsen’s attempted cut at Salisbury was well taken by Lees and Durham’s claim for a slip catch when Alex Hughes had scored 7 was turned down after the umpires consulted.Durham will still fancy their chances if they take early wickets on day three but with Lace growing in confidence before bad light ended play 10 overs early, Derbyshire are well placed to build a sizeable lead.

There was late drama at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, as Naeem Islam defied all odds to steer Bangladesh to a narrow one-wicket win

Cricinfo staff05-Nov-2009
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
Naeem Islam’s heroics overshadowed what had been a virtuoso batting effort in the morning from Brendan Taylor•Associated Press

The dead rubber provided what this series has sorely lacked – a close finish. Naeem Islam was the hero for Bangladesh, conjuring a one-wicket victory with an unbeaten 73 in which he exploited the Powerplays perfectly. Naeem’s heroics overshadowed what had been a virtuoso batting effort in the morning from Brendan Taylor, whose unbeaten 118, with very little support form the rest, was the difference between a familiar Zimbabwean batting failure and a defendable total.Naeem had last man and uber-rabbit Nazmul Hossain for company, with Bangladesh still needing 35 for victory. The many singles that he turned down to remain on strike had the crowd getting restive, but Naeem had them chanting his name in joy with three consecutive sixes off Chamu Chibhabha in the 48th over to give the final twist to a topsy-turvy match. Those three deliveries turned Chibhabha from hero to zero, after he had put Zimbabwe in charge with a double-wicket maiden in the 43rd over.Bangladesh had lost wickets at key junctures of their chase. The openers failed (Tamim Iqbal retired hurt early with a hand injury, and only returned at No. 10) and Mohammad
Ashraful was run out by a brilliant bit of fielding from Stuart Matsikenyeri, who latched onto the ball quickly at short midwicket and threw down the stumps. Raqibul Hasan was extremely scratchy, and lucky to survive after plenty of swings and misses against Chris Mpofu, who was getting the ball to swing away from the right-hander. Matsikenyeri also did his bit with the ball, taking two key wickets – of Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim.The coach Jamie Siddons had talked about how the past few victorious months have taught Bangladesh how to win, and they showed that by refusing to give up in the face of several setbacks. One example of that was when their most dependable batsman, Shakib, was dismissed leaving Bangladesh stuttering at 105 for 5. The home team fought back though with a mature partnership between Naeem and Mahmudullah, the pair adding 69 patient runs with both batsmen abandoning the flashy shots that has cost Bangladesh dear on so many occasions.There would have been no need for the nail-biting and tensions had Taylor been dismissed cheaply in the morning. His maiden international century had bailed Zimbabwe’s fragile batting from yet another embarrassing display, but it all amounted to nothing. Bangladesh’s spinners proved too crafty for most of the visitors’ batsmen again, and Zimbabwe were reduced to 113 for 7 in the 29th over. However, Zimbabwe’s lower order showed more spine than most of their specialist batsmen, and supported Taylor well to lift the total beyond 200.Bangladesh again stuck to their policy of filling the side with spinners, and it again paid off as the slow bowlers took all nine wickets to fall. Abdur Razzak has regularly picked up wickets with the new ball, and today was no different as he left Zimbabwe at 18 for 2 in the eighth over.Elton Chigumbura dominated a stabilising 62-run stand with Taylor, smashing six fours in a run-a-ball 38 before being foxed by a quicker one from offspinner Mahmudullah. Things got worse for Zimbabwe two deliveries later when another quicker one fooled Malcolm Waller.
Taylor could only watch in frustration as three more wickets went down quickly. Later, Shakib bagged two wickets in three balls, of Forster Mutizwa and Chamu Chibhabha, in the 29th over.Taylor had quietly moved along to 65, with only 22 runs in boundaries, but steadily pushed Zimbabwe to 181 for 8 by the end of 45 overs with the help of Ray Price. He launched an assault in the final over, ransacking 19 runs to dent Mahmudullah’s figures.

Delhi Capitals have only seven overseas players in their squad, of which five weren’t available for their opening game

Nagraj Gollapudi28-Mar-2022An injury to Australia allrounder Mitchell Marsh in Pakistan has added to Delhi Capitals’ worries for the availability of their overseas players. Marsh was already going to miss Capitals’ first three games because of the ODIs and one-off T20I he was picked for, starting Tuesday in Lahore, but the timing of his injury has put a question mark over his availability for the IPL.If he is ruled out of the tournament, it will have a significant dent on Capitals’ resources, who started their campaign with a thrilling victory against Mumbai Indians on Sunday. Capitals have only seven overseas players in their squad and they fielded only two of those against Mumbai due to availability constraints and injuries to other key players. Marsh and David Warner were originally scheduled to join Capitals after April 6.Fast bowlers Lungi Ngidi and Mustafizur Rahman were part of the South Africa-Bangladesh ODI series recently and were in quarantine when Capitals played on Sunday, but their next game on April 2 gives the two bowlers enough time to join the squad.The bigger concern for Capitals is Anrich Nortje’s fitness. Even though he joined Capitals before the IPL started and was cleared of “serious injury,” he has to undergo rehab and is likely to sit out the first few matches.If he fails to recover from the injury in time, this will be the third straight season Marsh, who is 30, will miss out on playing in the IPL. In 2020, Marsh had hurt his ankle while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first match and was ruled out for the rest of the season. Last IPL, he pulled out before the tournament started citing bubble fatigue, and was replaced by Jason Roy.ESPNcricinfo has learnt the Capitals management is yet to get a formal update from Cricket Australia on Marsh’s injury. Capitals had bought Marsh, who had listed his base price at the maximum of INR 2 crore (USD 267,000 approx) for INR 6.5 crore (US$ 866,000 approx.).

Trio impressed in Taunton Test and could feature in three ODIs against South Africa

ESPNcricinfo staff02-Jul-2022Alice Davidson-Richards has won a recall to England’s ODI squad in the wake of her century on Test debut, while there are maiden call-ups for Issy Wong and Lauren Bell for the 14-woman group to take on South Africa.Davidson-Richards made her only previous ODI appearance more than four years ago, but impressed in the drawn Test at Taunton, where she scored 107 and took 1 for 43 – making her only the second England player, after WG Grace, with a hundred and a wicket on Test debut.Wong and Bell both won their first England caps in the Test, and could now make ODI debuts in the three-match series starting on July 11. England have suggested that they will manage the workload of Wong, 20, but the temptation to throw her in will be great after a display of pace and accuracy in Taunton, where she claimed 3 for 100.Katherine Brunt, who has retired from Test cricket, returns to the group, as does Danni Wyatt. Of the players who featured in England’s run to the World Cup final earlier this year, Anya Shrubsole has retired, Tash Farrant is injured and Freya Davies misses out – named instead among a 13-woman England A squad to play a T20 warm-up against South Africa on Monday.”Although these South Africa ODIs don’t form part of the ICC Women’s Championship, we are at the beginning of a new three-year cycle, which is so exciting,” England head coach, Lisa Keightley, said. “We have to keep looking forward and trying to improve as a team, and we were so delighted with the energy and skill that the four debutants brought in the LV= Insurance Test match.Related

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“I’m looking forward to hopefully seeing something similar in the Royal London Series and throughout the rest of the summer, with new players putting their hands up to win games for England and selection becoming tougher and tougher as more players make a case to be included.”England Women ODI squad: Heather Knight (capt), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross, Alice Davidson-Richards, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Amy Jones, Emma Lamb, Nat Sciver, Issy Wong, Danni WyattEngland Women A Squad: Bryony Smith (capt), Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Kira Chathli, Freya Davies, Dani Gibson, Bess Heath, Marie Kelly, Freya Kemp, Linsey Smith, Mady Villiers. Travelling reserve: Grace Potts

“Our head coach [Russell Domingo] is a very knowledgeable coach, but he is not that aggressive,” says Jalal Yunus

Mohammad Isam08-Aug-2022Jalal Yunus, BCB’s cricket operations chairman, has said that Bangladesh’s coaches have to do more to “transform” their players to be more attacking in limited-overs cricket.Bangladesh are under fire for losing both the T20I and ODI series against Zimbabwe. Concerns over their performance in the 50-overs format isn’t grave – it is only their first loss in six series – but their 20-overs form has prompted some serious introspection.”The support staff is very dedicated but maybe their way of coaching is different,” Yunus said. “Some coaches are aggressive, some coaches aren’t aggressive. You talk about Chandika Hathurusingha [who coached Bangladesh from 2014 to 2017]. He has the aggressive style we need. Our head coach [Russell Domingo] is a very knowledgeable coach, but he is not that aggressive. We want that aggression.Related

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“We feel he can motivate players in the right way. Tell them have an aggressive attitude on the field. I think there lies the difference. We need someone who can transform us from playing slow cricket to playing attacking cricket, how it is played in T20s. Our coaches are professional and competent. But we have to discuss the aggression with them. We can’t just replace them on a whim. We have to know their plan.”So, the BCB has summoned the coaching staff to Dhaka to discuss just that. “They are supposed to land on August 19, so we are likely to sit the next day,” Yunus said. “We need to have a comprehensive plan until the England [white-ball] series [in March] next year. We have back-to-back tournaments coming up, so there are issues of player availability and injuries.”Bangladesh have the Asia Cup and a tri-series in New Zealand to try new things before the T20 World Cup but still there is very little expectation that they will perform well once the marquee event begins in Australia in October. Litton Das even admitted as much last month.Bangladesh have lost 15 of their last 19 T20Is•AFP/Getty Images

Under Domingo, Bangladesh have won four T20I series, including those against Australia and New Zealand. But since those two successes at home on raging turners, they have lost just 15 out of 19 matches. They were blanked in the Super 12 stage of the last World Cup and more recently they were done 2-1 by Zimbabwe and 2-0 by West Indies. Team director Khaled Mahmud last week called the players’ performance a disgrace.Bangladesh went through a number of changes in Zimbabwe. Mahmudullah was sacked as captain – only to be recalled as a player when his successor Nurul Hasan got injured. Many felt this was a backwards step. Their newcomers, Munim Shahriar and Parvez Hossain Emon, also struggled to make an impact and morale hit an all-time low when, having kept the series alive in the previous T20I, they failed to chase down a target of 157 in the decider.”We all saw what happened so you can evaluate what happened in the third T20I,” Yunus said. “We should have chased down that target. We admitted that we are not good in T20s, so we took a positive approach to making changes in the team.”We had a very precise plan, which we wanted to implement [in Zimbabwe]. Maybe those we selected didn’t perform up to the mark but we are not disappointed.”Yunus also said that Bangladesh will announce their squad for the Asia Cup this week after seeking extra time from the Asian Cricket Council. With Nurul still sidelined, there are question marks over who will captain the team as well. It has been reported that Shakib Al Hasan is the BCB’s No. 1 choice to step in and take charge.”We have a long injury list. Litton is injured. [Mohammad] Saifuddin is still working on his fitness. Yasir [Ali] is still not fit. Mustafizur [Rahman] has some pain. We want to submit a confirmed squad that is injury-free. We have the World Cup preparation after the Asia Cup, so want to have a similar set of players. This is why we are taking our time,” Yunus said.