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Elite Championship Fifth RoundBengal 388 beat Hyderabad 252 and 135 by an innings and 1 run
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Hyderabad were shot out for 135, and Bengal tasted success for the first time this season with an innings victory at Kolkota. They were undone by the spin duo of Saurasish Lahiri (4-26) and Utpal Chatterjee (3-46). Chatterjee had stung them in the first innings too as he gobbled up eight batsmen and restricted Hyderabad to 252. Arindam Das (91) led the Bengal reply and got admirable support from the lower order, to give his side a 136-run lead. In the end it proved just enough to give them a bonus point with Andhra falling short of the mark by one run.Tamil Nadu 310 and 277 for 6 dec beat Assam 134 and 187 (Saravanan 62, Kumaran 5-57) by 269 runs
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It took just 10.2 overs for Tamil Nadu to clean up the Assam tail at Chennai, and to record their third victory of the season. Tamil Kumaran, the medium-pacer, finished with five wickets, including that of Vasanth Saravanan, whose 62 was the highest score by an Assam batsman in the match. Assam had fared even worse in the first innings as Ramakrishnan Ramkumar continued his great season with four wickets. Tamil Nadu had no such batting worries as five of their batsmen passed fifty in the match, with S Badrinath’s quickfire 115 being the twinkling diamond among the pearls.Delhi 510 for 7 dec drew with Baroda 223 and 286 for 3 (SS Parab 126, Martin 69*, Solanki 65)
Satyajit Parab’s fine hundred, coupled with half-centuries from Jacob Martin and Rakesh Solanki, enabled Baroda hang on for a draw against Delhi at Vadodara. Following on after a brittle batting display yesterday, Baroda began shakily as Connor Williams fell for just 5. But Parab’s 353-minute resistance, which included 12 fours and three sixes, was provided with good support, first from Solanki and then from Martin, as the Delhi bowlers were kept at bay. Martin had already scored 92 in the first innings as all fell around him, with Amit Bhandari (4-57) and Sarandeep Singh (3-45) sharing most of the spoils. All this came after a leather-hunt on the first two days, Ajay Jadeja (206*) starring in a run-riot, when Delhi built a huge total. But Delhi’s bowlers couldn’t force the issue, and they are still to taste victory this season.Railways 390 and 114 for 4 (Pagnis 51*) drew with Punjab 472 (Kakkar 124*, Yadav 5-82)
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Punjab’s Ankur Kakkar completed a fighting hundred in the morning of the final day at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi and helped by Navdeep Singh (35) he ensured a draw. Railways replied with 114 for 4, with Amit Pagnis cashing in with a half-century, but the match petered out to a draw with Punjab gaining first-innings honours. That was something they would have hardly imagined after the first day, when Tejinder Pal Singh clobbered 168. Gagandeep Singh got them back in contention, with an inspired spell on the second morning and Yuvraj Singh’s blitz (80 off 81 balls) strengthened their position. But it was Kakkar who helped Punjab nudge past the Railways total as Jai Prakash Yadav threatened to run through the middle order on the third evening.Uttar Pradesh 267 and 223 (Raina 79, Sahabuddin 5-72) drew with Andhra 237 and 129 for 6
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UP collected two points, by virtue of their first-innings lead, as they drew with Andhra at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. Reaching 253 in 30 overs was never on the cards, and Andhra lost six wickets before play was called off. Earlier, Suresh Raina hit 13 fours in his 79 and he was the only batsman to pass 30 in UP’s second innings. Raina (106) starred in the first innings too, and along with Gyanendra Pandey (97) proved to be the two stars in an otherwise sorry batting exhibition. Andhra too had their heroes, Gnaseswara Rao hitting 111 in the first innings and Syeb Sahabuddin finishing with a match haul of 10 for 139.Gujarat 196 (Mathur 6-52) and 176 for 4 (Niraj Patel 77*) beat Rajasthan 259 and 110 by 6 wickets
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Niraj Patel helped Gujarat knock off the 79 runs that they required for victory at Jaipur, and register their second win of the season. He shared an unbeaten 66-run stand with Mukund Parmar (41*) as Rajasthan stumbled to their third defeat in as many matches. This reverse must surely be attributed to their batting collapse on the third day, when they fell for a paltry 110 in the face of disciplined bowling from Lalit Patel (3-25) and Siddharth Trivedi (3-33). S Mathur had helped them garner a crucial first-innings lead of 63 with a six-wicket haul. Rajasthan also batted responsibly first time round, with Vineet Saxena and Rahul Kanwat helping them to reach 259.
Mumbai 350 (Kambli 102, Chandran 7-71) beatKerala 165 and 94 by an innings and 91 runsScorecard
Kerala suffered an ignominious defeat at the Wankhede Stadium, and this historic first encounter with Mumbai turned out to be a forgettable experience. Mumbai added 50 in the morning, with Vinod Kambli completing a fine century. Kambli added 114 with Amol Mazumdar on the second day as Mumbai gained a 185-run lead. Prasanth Chandran’s 7 for 71 was the only highlight of the match for Kerala. Then came the 50 overs when Munaf Patel (3-34) and Ramesh Powar – with exceptional figures of 4 for 16 in six overs – spat forth some venom and gained Mumbai a bonus point for their innings win.Plate Championship Third RoundTripura 235 and 266 for 8 dec (Mahesh 65, Kapoor 59, Jagtar 5-71) drew with Jammu and Kashmir 210 and 96 for 4
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Tripura collected first-innings points as their match against J&K meandered to a tame draw at Jammu. J&K were set a near-impossible 292 runs in 41 overs and lost four wickets before play was called off. Tripura declared shortly after the fall of Ashish Kapoor, who hit eight fours and a six in his rapid 59. Sadagoppan Mahesh, formerly from Tamil Nadu, also contributed with a steady 65. Jagtar Singh was the pick of the J&K bowlers with five wickets.Maharashtra 500 for 2 and 4 for 0 beat Goa 326 and 175 (Phadke 56, Khadkikar 5-51) by 10 wickets
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Kashinath Khadkikar’s five-wicket burst helped Maharashtra romp home to an emphatic 10-wicket win over Goa at Pune. After Maharashtra declared at their overnight total, Goa found themselves reduced to 80 for 6, before Mandar Phadke added an ounce of respectability. Khadkikar then got stuck into the lower order, and Maharashtra were left to score only two runs to wrap up the match. The hard work was done on the second day when Kaushik Aphale (215) and Hrishikesh Kanitkar (123) bludgeoned the Goa bowlers all around the park. Dheeraj Jadhav – who had made a double-century in the previous match – fell 11 short of another century and Maharashtra finished on a round 500.Services 216 and 107 for 4 drew with Saurashtra 214 and 201 for 9 dec 216 (Dhruv 51)
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Services came away with two points as their match against Saurashtra at Delhi finished in a draw. Set a target of 200 in 46 overs, the Services batsmen were content to settle for first-innings honours and batted out 46 overs for the loss of four wickets. Saurashtra had earlier declared their innings after the fall of nine wickets with Rakesh Dhruv top-scoring with 51. Prakash Bhatt’s 91 on the first day was the other notable performance of the match.
Bihar 337 (Rajiv Kumar 124) and 55 for 3 beat Vidharbha 244 and 146 by 7 wickets
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Shankar Rao finished with ten wickets in the match as Vidharbha plummeted to 146 in their second innings at Nagpur. Only Alind Naidu and AV Deshpande passed 20 in the second innings, and Vidharbha will take a few lessons from the Bihar batting display which was propped up by Rajiv Kumar’s fine 124 and Mahendra Dhoni’s 68. Chasing only 54 for victory Chandrashekar Atram threatened a minor miracle when he reduced Bihar to 15 for 3, before the two Kumars, Rajiv and Ratan, knocked off the 55 needed for victory with a day to spare.

Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was the highest wicket-taker and the most prolific spinner ever in a calendar year during 2001.Muralitharan took 80 wickets in 12 games, which equaled Alan Donald’s 1998 haul and has only been bettered by Dennis Lillie, who took 85 wickets in 13 Tests during 1981.It was the second successive year that Muralitharan, just 29, who is racing towards the 400 mark in record time with 382 Test wickets already in the bag, had been the world’s most prodigious wicket-taker. In 2000 he had 75 victims in just ten games, which was a record for a spinner.During the year the rubber wrested spin assassin snared seven five-wicket hauls and four consecutive ten-fors against India, Bangladesh and West Indies.No other international bowled came close. Glen McGrath was the nearest with 68 wickets and he had the advantage of playing two more games.His spinning rivals, Shane Warne (58 in 13 games) and Harbajan Singh (60 in 12 games), were also high up the annual wicket taking honours list.Chaminda Vaas had his best ever year with 58 scalps, which secured him a fourth equal position with Warne.Mahela Jayawardene was the sixth highest run scorer in the year (1053 at 55.42), whilst Thilan Samaraweera (Av. 144.66) and Hashan Tillakaratne (Av. 136.40) boasted the best averages in the world.

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Ashley Giles’ all-round excellence could not have come at a better for jogging the England selectors’ minds. He followed his innings of 98 for Warwickshire in their championship match against Sussex at Edgbaston by taking 6-38. It has been quite a week for the left-arm spinner.The Sussex batsmen just fell away in losing their last six wickets for only 23runs, and at 158 gave Warwickshire a 94 runs lead. From Warwickshire’s point of view they had mixed feelings as they lost a total of 42 overs in the day following two interruptions due to rain. This time Sussex seemed to be intent on a battle of attrition as they tried to retrieve the fashionable position they had let slip when Warwickshire had once been 39-6 on the previous day and prevent the West Midlanders from building on their lead at the head of Division Two.This explained the caution applied by skipper Chris Adams in his fifth-wicketpartnership with Tony Cottey. By then Sussex had struggled to 82-4, most ofwhich was scored by opener Toby Peirce (41). By then Giles had taken three wickets already.Ominously it was Giles who took three of the wickets before Adams and Cotteyjoined forces. Rain prevented an early resumption after lunch (98-4) andwashed out any chance there might have been of batsman going fore their shots. Adams and Cottey scored only thirty runs in the thirteen overs they had before tea. After the interval Adams came back to something like his normal batting as he struck Giles for six, but the bowler had his revenge aide by Keith Piper’s stumping of Cottey (36).The wicketkeeper then caught Robin Martin-Jenkins from a skied pull. Captain Neil Smith ended his opposite number’s vigil with a caught-and-bowled – Adams had made 36 (149-7). Warwickshire reached 25-1 in their second innings by the close.

Allan Saint-Maximin has now dropped a hint on whether he will play for Newcastle United at home to Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League today.

The Lowdown: A doubt

Saint-Maximin has been touted as a doubt for the game as he continues his recovery from injury.

He has not been in training all week as of Friday morning, but Eddie Howe did say he would make a late call, and the player himself has now hinted whether he will be involved this afternoon or not.

The Latest: Hint

Taking to Twitter, Saint-Maximin has now posted a video compilation of some of his best dribbling skills in the 1-0 win at home to Aston Villa in the top flight last month, the last time that he featured in the North East.

He captioned it with just one word – the hashtag ‘#NEWBRI’ – referencing today’s match, along with the suggestive eyes emoji, hinting that he may be fit enough to play.

The Verdict: Huge boost

It would certainly be a huge boost if Saint-Maximin is able to play a part against the Seagulls, especially given the fact that he has not trained, which would have caused an initial worry.

He is so important to the team, given that he is their second-top scorer in the Premier League so far this season with five goals, while his three assists are more than any of his teammates have managed (WhoScored).

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Derbyshire continue to bolster their squad with the signing of Chris Rogers, the Western Australia batsman. He has plenty of county experience including a previous stint at Derbyshire and spells at Leicestershire and Northamptonshire and will provide back-up for Mahela Jayawardene in two blocks.Rogers will start the season as Jayawardene is involved with the Indian Premier League and the Sri Lankan captain is then away again on international duty for Sri Lanka from mid-July.Derbyshire’s head of cricket John Morris said: “It is great news to have another player of the quality of Chris Rogers joining our playing staff for the coming season. It was important that we again identified and got the right type of character and player in our dressing room.”As the counties are only allowed one overseas player from next year, Rogers is only able to be a fill-in, but with a weight of domestic runs under his belt, he is a tidy back-up. He is also still pushing for a Test opener spot, but an untimely appendix problem ruled him out of contention for Australia’s Tests against Sri Lanka, when Phil Jaques weighed in with a century, sealing his place there for now.Morris added: “Mahela will leave us around July 10 to play in Sri Lanka’s series against India and Chris will again take over at this point. After that date Mahela’s international commitments are yet to be confirmed but whenever he is not here, Chris will be and that is great position to be in.”At this point it seems as if Rogers could be playing more than the overseas player he is scheduled to fill in for, with Jayawardene’s commitments possibly ruling him out for more than half of the county season.

Sreesanth on the famous celebratory jig: ‘”It just happened. I myself wondered when I saw it [later on TV]” © Getty Images

Indian fast bowler Sreesanth revealed the story behind the famous impromptu dance after he had hit Andre Nel for a six during the first Test in Johannesburg. “It just happened. I myself wondered when I saw it (later on TV). My brother and friends had e-mailed me about it.” Recalling the incident, Sreesanth said: “As soon as I walked in to bat, Nel said ‘I can smell blood. You do not have the guts.’ Showing his emblem on the shirt, Nel said ‘I am playing for this. You are a scared fellow, rabbit. I will get you next ball’.”Before delivering the next ball, Nel had also asked Mark Boucher to stay back and had also moved the short leg fielder. I being a fast bowler myself, knew Nel was going to bowl a bouncer. I just took my chance and prayed to God. I stepped out to connect the ball which flew over the ropes.”Sreesanth said he was very lucky to get some valuable tips from great fast bowlers like Wasim Akram and Allan Donald during the South African tour. Sreesanth said he had a session with Akram, who had advised him on how to use the reverse swing. “Akram has told me some small points. It was really helpful. It was nice of him.” Sharing an interesting coincidence, Sreesanth said: “This year on January 1, I had a session with Akram while last year the same day I had a session with another Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis in Kochi.”Sreesanth said he wants to use his performance in South Africa as a stepping stone for achieving greater success in the forthcoming series. “I cannot sit back on laurels. I cannot sit back and relax. I have to work with the same intensity and even more. I am still learning,” Sreesanth said. While expressing satisfaction over his performance in South Africa, during which he scripted India’s first ever Test win in the country by claiming eight wickets in Johannesburg, Sreesanth revealed that he had set a bigger target for himself. “My dream was to capture 25 wickets in the series. I thank God that I could get 18 wickets and equal Anil Kumble and Srinath’s record [in South Africa]. They are the legends in Indian cricket and to hold the record along with them is a great feeling.”Looking back at the tour where India lost both the one-day and the Test series, he said, “It is not always easy to perform well outside the country and especially in South African conditions. We tried our best. It was a team effort. May be in some points we were not good enough.” He also said the presence of Sourav Ganguly in the team helped the players. “He performed exceptionally well especially in tough situations. He is a mature player and performed well. He played a big role.”On reports of players damaging the dressing room during celebrations after the Wanderers Test win, Sreesanth said: “I do not know. That day we had a good party. I do not want to comment on that.”

Matthew Hayden has turned down an offer to return to Hampshire as their second overseas player for 2006. He has decided that he needs a break from the game ahead of the Ashes series next winter.Hayden, who made almost 1500 runs for Hampshire in 1997, has returned to form in dramatic style during the Australian season with 949 at 73 in seven Tests – a resurgence that began at The Oval in September with his backs-to-the-wall century.However, despite Shane Warne begin Hampshire’s captain the club have been unable to come to an agreement with Hayden, but are hopeful he will return sometime in the future.Rod Bransgrove, the chairman, told BBC Radio Solent: “We couldn’t quite reach an agreement, but I’m sure he will return in the future. Matt will have played 16 months of consecutive cricket by the time our season starts. He was keen to come back and see the club from the inside after all the developments. He loved his time here in 1997.”

Max Ebrahim, Zimbabwe’s embattled convener of selectors, has dismissed calls for Zimbabwe’s Test status to be suspended following the side’s dismal showing in South Africa. “It took New Zealand 45 years before they had their first win,” he said. “Look at what’s happening to New Zealand now.”Ebrahim, who, so rumours suggest, is likely to be replaced as part of a deal reached with some rebel players, told the Cape Argus that there was no question of the ICC revoking Zimbabwe’s status.”In 2004, because of the contractual dispute with 15 of our players, we asked for an eight-month break from Test cricket. No team would be able to cope adequately if they lost 15 players at once,” he explained. “But now we are delighted to have players like Heath Streak and Andy Blignaut back in the side, and we expect more of the rebel players to return which will mean that we will have a bigger pool of players to draw from.”And Ebrahim looked to point out the positives from recent games, where some of Zimbabwe’s younger players got a chance to perform in the Test arena. “Some of them have really put their hands up and have shown us that there is plenty of talent available,” he said. “Graeme Cremer, for instance, has been a real find. To bowl 26 overs and take three wickets for just over 100 runs against South Africa was really exceptional. And he’s just a baby – he’s only 18 … he’s got a great future ahead of him.”So we have some very promising young players, and with some older and wiser heads back in the team, I believe Zimbabwe can really go places,” he said. “I think those people who say countries like Zimbabwe and Bangladesh shouldn’t play Test cricket are not really talking about cricket. If it’s just results that count, perhaps there should be only four countries with Test status,”Ebrahim added that it was planned to play four-day domestic cricket and also to bring in additional coaches from overseas to help speed up development.But pressure from other areas is growing and the ICC will be reviewing the situation when it meets later this week in Delhi. Crowds stayed away from the matches in South Africa and even television companies are now questioning the value of covering such one-sided games. Add into the equation increasing concerns that Test cricket is being devalued by matches of the kind seen in Cape Town, and Ebrahim’s comments appear more designed to talk up the state of Zimbabwe cricket ahead of that meeting.

The Cricket Victoria Board of Directors today endorsed the state selector’s decision to appoint Cameron White captain of the Bushrangers Pura Cup team to play the Bulls at the GABBA starting Sunday.White replaces the injured Darren Berry who broke a finger in a practice match against South Australia on Tuesday.Victoria’s youngest ever captain was delivered the news at a team meeting this afternoon as the Bushrangers prepare for tomorrow’s day/night ING Cup match. "It is a huge challenge for the guys, Victoria has not beaten Queensland in the four-day game up here since 1983," he said.He added "we will miss Darren’s leadership however I am confident that we have the team to beat Queensland".

This was a day to remember for Chris Harris, Chris Martin, Shane Bond and Aaron Redmond. It was one to forget for Northern Districts who were 128 for eight at the close in reply to Canterbury’s 444.According to coach Michael Sharpe, Canterbury’s plan at the start of the day was extend their first innings to 450. This was almost achieved, but not in the way that was expected.Three wickets fell in the first hour, all as a result of aggressive shots by batsmen who were supposed to be supporting the main act, Harris.While this was happening Harris spent more time than he or his team would have wished at the non-striker’s end. The balance was redressed when he was joined by Martin, one of cricket’s true No 11 batsmen.Harris went to great lengths to protect his partner. He took an anorexic attitude to the diet of easy singles fed to him by ND. The field moved in for the fifth ball of most overs like a well-rehearsed formation dance team. It was not a great spectacle, but extended the Canterbury innings into the afternoon session, adding 75 precious runs.Martin will talk about his 25 for years to come. It is his highest first-class score (previously 13). He has now scored more runs in first-class cricket than he has taken wickets, for the time being, at least.But it is Chris Harris to whom the batting glory should go. The 52 runs he added today took almost as long as yesterday’s century. He lacked his previous fluency and touch, but today’s runs were arguably the more valuable.Sharpe was full of praise for Harris. “He’s a run machine at the moment. The longer New Zealand ignore him the more use we get out of him. He adds experience to the side and is able to bat with the top or the lower order.”Harris’ reputation as a one-day specialist means that his consistency with the bat in domestic cricket is often forgotten. On form, he should come into the Test team if any of the established middle order are injured.ND had to score 295 to avoid the follow-on. This should have been eminently achievable, but it soon became hard to believe that ND were batting on the surface enjoyed by Harris and Martin.The initial difference was the speed of Bond. Two wickets in two deliveries from Bond devastated the ND top order.James Marshall, who had been discomforted by Bond’s pace throughout, was bowled for one by the last ball of the seventh over of the innings. From the first ball of the ninth Mark Bailey was lbw, not very far forward.Bond struck again in his second spell, his extra pace and bounce finding Matthew Hart’s glove, sending a catch to Harris at fourth slip. Hart scored a dogged 23.Sharpe told CricInfo that agreement had been reached with Black Caps coach Denis Aberhart that Bond would be used in short spells. His figures of 13-5-35-3 serve the interests of both Canterbury and New Zealand, warming him up nicely for next week’s Test match.Sharpe says that Bond is a better bowler after his tour of Australia. “He has gained some yards in pace and he is even more confident than when he left. He’s a different player.”If Bond’s performance was expected, Redmond’s was not. The leg spinner finished the day with three for 22, dismissing Hamish Marshall, Grant Bradburn and Joseph Yovich.”It was the captain’s decision to bring him on,” explained Sharpe. “He has bowled reasonably well without luck so far this season. Today he turned a few early on and his confidence grew. It was his day.”Unless the weather intervenes, Canterbury should record a second victory to follow their first in 18 matches, last week.