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Eoin Morgan has revealed that first-hand experience of previous security scares is behind his uncertainty about whether to lead England’s one-day side in Bangladesh

Andrew McGlashan08-Sep-2016Eoin Morgan could be close to confirming his withdrawal from England’s tour of Bangladesh tomorrow, after revealing that first-hand experience of previous security scares have left him questioning whether he wants to lead England’s ODI team in the current climate.Morgan pinpointed two occasions – the 2010 bomb blasts during an IPL game in Bangalore and then political unrest during a stint playing domestic cricket in Bangladesh – that had left him determined not to put himself in such a situation again.He was part of Bangalore Royal Challengers’ squad in 2010 when two blasts struck outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium shortly before the match against Mumbai Indians was due to start. The game eventually went ahead, but later matches in the tournament were moved out of Bangalore.Then, in late 2013, Morgan was having a short spell playing for Gazi Tank Cricketers in the Dhaka Premier Division when pre-election violence was engulfing Bangladesh.”I have been to places before when things have become a distraction and once or twice when that has been security, and when it has been I told myself I would not put myself in that situation again,” Morgan said. “Playing international cricket – or any cricket – is not about worrying about different things, it should be the best time of your life, it should be something that you are looking forward to and wanting to do well in and are able to focus on.”Remembering the previous incidents, Morgan said: “We played an IPL game in Bangalore and a bomb went off in the ground, we immediately left and went straight to the airport. That was one instance, another was Bangladesh, playing domestic cricket, during political elections where things were incredibly violent.”Andrew Strauss, the team director, yesterday urged all England’s players to undertake the tour following the security advice of Reg Dickason. He said anyone who gave up their spot could not be guaranteed to come straight back in, and also made reference to the extra responsibility on the captain.However, recalling his experience of 2008 when he had to confront similar concerns about whether to tour India after the Mumbai terror attacks took place, he empathised with those who are struggling to reach a decision.”Having been through this myself, after the Mumbai bombings, intellectually coming to the decision – ‘if Reg says it’s safe to go somewhere, who am I to say otherwise’ – in hindsight, it looks like a very simple and obvious one.”But it still took me some time to get there at that point, and there’s no reason to expect a lot of these young guys who are going through this for the first time to make an on-the-spot decision.”Any players yet to make up their mind have effectively been given a deadline of Saturday to inform Strauss of their decision. All centrally and incrementally contracted players will have a two-day fitness and appraisal camp at Loughborough starting on Friday. The ODI and Tests squads are due to be named next Friday.

With England set for non-stop action over the next year and a half, managing the workload of players and coaching staff will be at the forefront of the team’s planning

Andrew McGlashan03-Jul-2016England face their longest and busiest home season next year, followed by an Ashes tour to Australia, and managing the workload of players and coaching staff will be at the forefront of the team’s planning.Trevor Bayliss, the England head coach, confirmed there have been discussions about him taking a break at some stage over the next six months while other members of the backroom staff will also be given the opportunity to rest. Australia’s head coach, Darren Lehmann, missed the recent tri-series in the West Indies and in 2014 Bayliss himself stood in for Lehmann during a T20 series against South Africa.”We have spoken about in the next six months different staff members having a series off here and there, including myself,” Bayliss said. “That hasn’t been finalised just yet but with the staff as well it’s day-in, day-out, a 24-hour job, it may not seem like it at times but you are always thinking about the cricket. There’s always someone on the phone to you. It’s important that the staff get a decent place as well.”Players are often reluctant to concede their place but particularly those who play all three formats face a gruelling schedule. After Pakistan’s tour, England are due to visit Bangladesh – although that tour is now in doubt after the terrorist attacks in Dhaka – and then there are five Tests in India before Christmas.They return to India in January for three ODIs and three T20Is, then have a short tour of the West Indies from late February for three more ODIs – that trip could be a potential opportunity for Bayliss’ break. After West Indies there is a brief pause before England’s home season starts on its earliest-ever date of May 5 with ODIs against Ireland.South Africa then arrive – their tour split by the Champions Trophy – before a full visit by West Indies concludes the 2017 summer which ends on September 29. Ashes tours normally begin around mid-to-late October.England have rested Joe Root, Alex Hales and Moeen Ali – three of the players to appear in the three formats – for the one-off T20I against Sri Lanka at the Ageas Bowl. When fit Ben Stokes is another who would feature in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. Jonny Bairstow and James Vince are now also part of the squad in all formats.Paul Farbrace, the assistant coach, has previously spoken about the depth England now have available without weakening the side – particularly in reference to the one-day side – and while Bayliss said in his mind he was fairly close to knowing his strongest group of players for the Champions Trophy next summer the bench strength would come in useful.”That will be on a case-by-case basis going forward, keeping a bit of an eye on the players,” Bayliss said. “If they are showing any signs of fatigue we will try to find some way of giving them a bit of break. It certainly is an issue these days in the international game. We have a group of players so it is a chance for some of those guys to get a game in the next 12 months and be waiting in the wings if we need them.”

Defending a par score of 163, UP snatched control and never lost it in the middle overs as left-arm chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav and legspinner Piyush Chawla beguiled the opposition with variations

The Report by Nagraj Gollapudi in Mumbai20-Jan-2016Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsFile photo: Kuldeep Yadav and his variations were too much for Baroda•ICC

Uttar Pradesh brushed Baroda aside to win their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy by 38 runs. Defending a par score of 163, UP snatched control and never lost it in the middle overs as left-arm chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav and legspinner Piyush Chawla beguiled the opposition with variations.Having made the final in 2013-14, UP were hungry to put their name on the trophy. Baroda, two-time champions, elected to field and would have fancied a third title. They had been victors at the Wankhede stadium in two Super League matches and as they had done then, Baroda were chasing again. But UP proved smarter and emerged champions with a flawless record this season – nine matches, nine victories.Although Baroda had got off to a brisk start, scoring 20 runs off the first two overs, the key was to maintain that tempo. Kedar Devdhar, who had hit three boundaries in Amit Mishra’s first over could not resist a short, wide delivery outside the off stump and paid the price by cutting into the hands of Akshdeep Nath at point.In walked Hardik Pandya, one of the headline makers in the tournament. He began with two sweetly timed straight drives to bookend an over from Amit Mishra. Pandya had played possibly the innings of the tournament, an explosive 46-ball 86 against Vidarbha in Baroda’s first Super League match at the same ground. Today Baroda would have expected the same from the allrounder, but he was all at sea against Kuldeep.Facing the first ball from Kuldeep, Pandya failed to read the googly and was hit in the box. Next ball, a casual wristy push against a back-of-a-length delivery went straight into the hands of the bowler. The strong crowd, which took advantage of free entry in the eastern section of the Wankhede, heaved a loud sigh of disappointment as they were expecting fireworks from Pandya.Suresh Raina, the UP captain, operated Chawla and Kuldeep in tandem in the middle overs, which were fast-paced and left the Baroda batsmen stranded . Not just teammates at UP, both spinners also play for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. They knew their plan well. It was simply to keep the runs down; Chawla, one of the highest wicket-takers among Indian bowlers in Twenty20 cricket, said he had never seen a team score 60 runs off the last five overs.In the eight overs they bowled together Chawla (4-0-16-0) and Kuldeep (4-0-12-2) conceded only 28 runs while taking two wickets. Both bowlers mixed their deliveries well, disguised their googlies expertly and left the Baroda batsmen in a daze. Even the pair of hard hitting allrounders – Yusuf Pathan and Deepak Hooda – looked puzzled and totally inept at pushing the run rate.Hooda had scored a good half century in the previous must-win match against Mumbai, but had failed to finish the game as Baroda’s tail huffed and puffed to pull off a late victory. Today too, Hooda, playing from deep in the crease, tried to loft Kuldeep over long on, but only managed to get the ball as far as Prashant Gupta in the deep.But the biggest embarrassment was Yusuf. Once known to turn matches on its head with his big hits, Yusuf’s utter helplessness against the UP spinners exposed him completely.Once the bulwark of any team he played for, Yusuf was at sea against the spinners. He failed to move his feet, failed to clear the boundaries and in the end chewed up 27 deliveries while making only 14 runs without any boundaries, before he bottom-edged against Amit Mishra and was caught brilliantly behind the wicket by Eklavya Dwivedi, who dived to his wrong side.Although Irfan Pathan started off with a clipped four to the midwicket boundary the asking rate was beyond his reach and he too returned to the dugout quickly. The one-sided nature of the contest was evident from the last-over equation, which left Baroda needing an impossible 48 runs from six balls.Apart from Chawla and Kuldeep, UP’s other two heroes were Raina and opener Prashant Gupta. The left-right combination’s 60-run partnership for the second wicket set a strong base for UP. Raina proved the key batsman. Despite not being in dazzling form, he remained solid throughout and wrapped up the UP innings with a lapped six off Irfan.Aside from their batting, Baroda would also rue some sloppy cricket on the field. Gupta, UP’s highest runmaker (49), earned an early life when Munaf Patel forced an outside edge when he was on five. But Pinal Shah did not move to his right in time and spilled the catch. Then, when Gupta was in his 20s he spooned an easy catch to short midwicket, once again off Munaf. This time, the bowler had overstepped.Gupta rushed towards the 50 mark but one run short of the landmark he attempted a sweep against a full delivery fired in by left-arm spinner Bhargav Bhatt and was trapped leg before. Two balls later Dwivedi attempted a paddle against Bhatt and fell in the same fashion. It was now up to to Raina to hold fort and he did not disappoint.

Tony de Zorzi has been named captain of the South Africa team that will look to defend its crown at the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in January-February 2016

ESPNcricinfo staff21-Dec-2015Tony de Zorzi has been named captain of the South Africa team that will look to defend its crown at the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in January-February 2016.The announcement was made during the gala dinner organised by Cricket South Africa in Port Elizabeth. “Well done to all the players selected into the U-19 World Cup squad. This is a formative start to what can turn out to be a memorable tournament as defending champions and ultimately a career as a professional cricketer.” Haroon Lorgat, CSA’s chief executive, said.”It is worth recalling that Kagiso Rabada was the bowling spearhead of our previous campaign and we all know the impressive strides he has made since then to represent the Proteas with distinction. The opportunity is there for you all to begin to live your dreams and to travel in the knowledge that you not only have the CSA Family right behind you but indeed the entire nation.”Lawrence Mahatlane, the former assistant coach of Lions who took over the coaching duties of the Under-19 national team from Ray Jennings last year, was confident that he had the right squad to defend their title.”It has been a very exciting process,” he said. “We have a lot of players that we have tried out and given a lot of international exposure to. I think the fact that majority of the team has been to Bangladesh already can only serve us in good stead. It’s been tough at times, there are a few young men who will be very disappointed that they will not be going to the World Cup, but I believe that we have picked a really good side, a very well-balanced side that will represent our country well.”The squad will assemble in Stellenbosch for a four-day preparatory tournament from January 4, before flying out to Bangladesh later in the month. South Africa are grouped alongside Bangladesh, Scotland and Namibia, and will open their campaign against the hosts in Chittagong on January 27.Squad: Tony de Zorzi (capt), Ziyaad Abrahams, Dean Foxcroft, Dayyaan Galiem, Willie Ludick, Wandile Makwethu, Conner McKerr, Rivaldo Moonsamy, Wiaan Mulder, Luke Philander, Farhaan Sayanvala, Lutho Sipamla, Liam Smith, Kyle Verreynne and Sean Whitehead.

Stuart Broad was a tired man after his return to first-class cricket but was feeling positive about how his body was holding up as he aims to regain his spot in the Test team for Dunedin

Andrew McGlashan in Queenstown28-Feb-2013Stuart Broad was a tired man after his return to first-class cricket but was feeling positive about how his body was holding up as he aims to regain his spot in the Test team for Dunedin.The second day against a New Zealand XI in Queenstown was Broad’s first outing in the longer format since the second Test against India, in Mumbai, after which he was dropped following two wicketless games in that series. The recurrence of a heel problem that had hampered him early on the tour then then forced him to return home.He has previously admitted he will need to manage the issue throughout his career but he is hoping to revive his Test career with the aid of new, specially designed boots, which aim to ease the pressure on the troublesome area, and this was the opportunity for a day of multiple spells to test his endurance.He was the pick of the England pace attack, taking 1 for 35 in 15 overs, and maintained good pace throughout on a slow pitch. His nearest rival for the third fast-bowling spot, Graham Onions, had a poor day as he failed to strike during 16 expensive overs. When Broad had Carl Cachopa caught at second slip after lunch, it was his first first-class wicket since dismissing Dale Steyn at Lord’s in August.”I’ll sleep well tonight. It always takes a bit of getting used to,” he said. “But I got through the spells pretty well; it’s an encouraging sign. The build-up throughout this tour has been really good for me, starting with Twenty20 cricket, going into the one-day format and now we have pretty much four back-to-back games.”So the workload is going to be tough. But you just need to manage that well, and I feel like I’m doing that at the moment.”Test match cricket is going to be the toughest test of Broad’s heel, where there is no opportunity to ease off and, although perhaps not in this series, long back-to-back days in the field are a possibility.”The heel injury is still around. It’s going to be around for quite a while,” he said. “I do need to manage that. It still gets a bit tender towards the back-end of spells. But that’s to be expected.”I didn’t feel it too much today, and I hope it will pull up pretty well tomorrow. My action feels really nice at the moment. I feel like I’m hitting the crease hard, and getting some good bounce.”Hamish Rutherford, who made 90, praised the work of Broad and was impressed with the England attack even in the absence of James Anderson and Steven Finn who were rested ahead of the Test series.”Stuart Broad bowled very well all day, he kept running at decent clip,” he said. “Woakes also bowled well and it was my first chance to have a look at Swann, so it was very pleasing to spend some time against him.”Although the innings virtually assures Rutherford of a Test debut next week, he refused to be drawn into such a discussion. “I was just trying to bat as I usually do and win each ball. I’ll be completely honest, I didn’t even think about it. At the end of the day, the longer I spend in the middle that sort of stuff takes care of itself.”

Half-centuries by Mathew Sinclair and Will Young and a combined bowling performance helped Central Districts claim their first win, by 43 runs, at Pukekura Park

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Dec-2012
ScorecardHalf-centuries by Mathew Sinclair and Will Young and a combined bowling performance helped Central Districts claim their first win, by 43 runs, at Pukekura Park. Northern Districts chose to field and they were made to regret their decision as Sinclair and Young added 111 for the second wicket in just under 11 overs. Sinclair smashed five fours and three consecutive sixes off Steven Croft before falling to the same bowler for 71. Young was out the next ball, off Anton Devich for 57 off 29 balls. Kieren Noema-Barnett and Carl Cachopa then added a quick 33 to take the score past 180.Chasing 187, Northern Districts got off to a poor start, losing their top three for 29. The only resistance came from Scott Styris, who smashed 77 off 47 balls with five sixes as wickets tumbled around him. Kyle Jarvis was the most effective bowler with 3 for 39 while the rest of the wickets were shared by the four remaining bowlers. Northern Districts are in second place with 16 points, behind Wellington who are ahead on net run rate.

Chris Nash finally converted a half-century into three figures to put Sussex on course for victory over Somerset in their County Championship Division One clash at Hove

20-May-2011ScorecardChris Nash finally converted a half-century into three figures to put Sussex on course for victory over Somerset in their County Championship Division One clash at Hove. Nash enjoyed a belated present a day after his 28th birthday with an unbeaten 111, made off 165 balls with 15 fours, as Sussex ended the third day on 218 for 1 and needing just 54 runs to complete their third win of the season.Nash has passed 50 six times already this season but finally converted one into what was the 10th hundred of his career. Somerset’s seam attack, who had taken seven wickets for 38 in Sussex’s first innings on the second day, struggled to repeat that performance as Nash and
opening partner Ed Joyce put together a partnership of 201, their sixth century stand of the season.Their punishing partnership in 48 overs, 104 of which were scored in boundaries, looked as if it might pave the way for a three-day win for their side. But the in-form Joyce was leg before to Lewis Gregory for a stylish 84 shortly after Nash had reached his hundred with successive boundaries off Arul Suppiah.Neither looked troubled by a wayward attack apart from when Nash suffered a stinging blow to the thigh from a ball by Steve Kirby on 60. Earlier Somerset had collapsed for the second time in the match, losing their last seven wickets for 38 in 18 overs either side of lunch to be bowled out for 235.There was little hint of the drama to come as skipper Marcus Trescothick and Nick Compton batted positively at the start of the day before Trescothick, who had struck 12 fours and a six, was caught behind pushing forward to Naved-ul-Hasan for 79, the first of five wickets for the Pakistani quick bowler.Jos Buttler was dropped at slip off the next ball then James Anyon continued his superb start to the season by picking up three wickets in five overs during a fiery spell. Alex Barrow edged a good length ball behind and Anyon then switched ends to take two wickets with in three balls. Compton, who had played well for his 44, was surprised by Anyon’s extra pace and gloved a lifter to wicketkeeper Matt Prior and Peter Trego was beaten for pace and lost his middle stump.Rana then stepped up to finish things off after lunch with a spell of 4 for 12 in 32 balls. Buttler was bowled by an inswinging yorker and Gregory fell leg before to another delivery which was well pitched up.Rana also had a hand in the run out of Gemaal Hussain who hesitated in coming back for a second run and was beaten by Naved’s direct hit from the non-striker’s end. Naved finished things off in successive balls. Kirby was leg before to a yorker that struck him on the toe and Charl Willoughby was bowled for his second duck of the match.He finished with match figures of 10 for 161, the second time he has taken 10 wickets in a match during five years with Sussex.

Stuart Clark is set to make his comeback after a near three-month lay-off due to a back injury that kept him out of contention for most of Australia’s international matches this summer

Cricinfo staff01-Mar-2010Stuart Clark is set to make his comeback after a near three-month lay-off due to a back injury that kept him out of contention for most of Australia’s international matches this summer. Clark has been named to captain New South Wales in their second-last Sheffield Shield game of the season, against Tasmania in Hobart starting on Wednesday.Although Clark has conceded his international career is all but over he is keen to take on more captaincy duties with the Blues and has signed a county deal with Kent. He will take the reins for New South Wales, who have rested their regular leader Simon Katich due to his heavy workload.The Blues are also without Josh Hazlewood, who has a side strain, and Grant Lambert and Moises Henriques, who have been dropped. But their batting has been given a boost with the return of Usman Khawaja, who has averaged 60.62 this season but hasn’t played since early January due to a thumb injury.Steven Smith has also been named in the 12-man group, having finished his duties with the Australia Twenty20 team in New Zealand, while Tasmania chose an unchanged squad. New South Wales would need to win their remaining two games outright and have a host of other results fall their way to even have a chance of making the Sheffield Shield final, as they sit second-last on the table.New South Wales squad Phil Jaques, Phillip Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Peter Forrest, Ben Rohrer, Dominic Thornely, Steven Smith, Steve O’Keefe, Peter Nevill (wk), Stuart Clark (capt), Mitchell Starc, Trent Copeland.Tasmania squad Ed Cowan, Rhett Lockyear, Alex Doolan, George Bailey (capt), Daniel Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), James Faulkner, Xavier Doherty, Brendan Drew, Adam Griffith, Tim Macdonald, Adam Maher.

White, who has been in the role since February 2012, said it “feels like the right time to step aside”

ESPNcricinfo staff10-May-2023New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White has announced his decision to step down from the role in August.White, who took over the position in February 2012, is just the fourth chief executive after Chris Doig, Martin Snedden and Justin Vaughan to lead NZC since the adoption of the Hood Report recommendations in 1995.”NZC is in a secure financial position with a solid balance sheet and long-term commercial agreements in place,” he said in a statement. “The BLACKCAPS are strong; women’s cricket is healthy, our high performance programme is producing excellence, and the community game is stable. It feels like the right time to step aside.”During White’s tenure, the New Zealand men’s team won the inaugural World Test Championship and reached the final of the World Cup three times (one T20 and two 50-over World Cups). Under him, New Zealand also took a big step towards pay equality, announcing that their women cricketers will earn the same match fees as the men under a new five-year deal in 2022.”David’s legacy has been immense,” Snedden, now serving as NZC board chair, said. “Our high performance systems have never been stronger, our cricket network has a level of financial security and stability never before experienced, and the future for women and girls has never been brighter.”David’s commercial acumen has driven revenue, enabling increased investment across the organisation. His administrative skills have unearthed unique, bespoke solutions for our high-performance programmes and infrastructure – no better illustrated than in the all-weather, turf-based training facilities now located throughout the country.”White, a former Test cricketer, had also served as chief executive of Auckland Rugby and, before that chief executive of Wellington Rugby before taking up the NZC role.”Under David, cricket in New Zealand has become far more inclusive, especially in regard to women and girls, our tangata whenua, and our Pasifika communities,” Snedden added.”When you think of how he navigated the Covid-19 pandemic, preserving the integrity of the community, domestic and international game, and his strong influence at ICC level, it makes you realise just how lucky we’ve been to have him at the helm.”

It came down to five needed from 2 balls when Maitlan Brown became the hero

AAP13-Oct-2022Ellyse Perry made an early statement in her bid to win back an Australian Twenty20 spot, starring with bat and ball in Sydney Sixers’ tournament-opening WBBL win over Brisbane.Chasing the Heat’s 8 for 141 for victory, Perry hit 55 from 48 balls to help Sixers claimed a thrilling victory with one ball and four wickets to spare in Mackay on Thursday night when Maitlan Brown struck her first delivery for six with five runs needed.It came after Perry had taken 2 for 27 from her four overs with the ball, appearing to bowl with more control than in previous summers on return from a back injury.Related

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Perry has not played a T20 international for Australia since last October, having missed out on selection in the shortest format during last summer’s Ashes and the Commonwealth Games.However the retirement of Rachael Haynes and Meg Lanning’s personal leave have opened the door for a possible return, with several players vying for the top-order spots. And Perry laid the first marker.With her scoring rate previously the issue in T20 cricket, Perry struck seven fours in her innings against the Heat and made a point to go after the ball just as she did in the recent Hundred competition.Perry at one point crunched a lovely cover drive for four off Courtney Sippel, before playing her signature cut shot the next ball to find the rope behind point. She brought up her 50 off 42 balls when she pulled Nicola Hancock for 4, before being caught trying to sweep Jess Jonassen.Perry shared a 93-run fourth-wicket stand with Erin Burns, who notched up 50 from 37 balls. Sixers stalled when the pair both fell, before Maitlan Brown saved the Sixers’ night with a first-ball six off Georgia Voll when Sydney required five off the final two balls.”I don’t know what I was thinking,” Brown said. “I was coming down the pitch before she even released it…and it paid off.”Earlier, fellow national team candidate Georgia Redmayne impressed at the top of the order for the Heat.The left-hander got off the mark with a glorious drive from Lauren Cheatle, and worked her way to 49 before hitting Cheatle straight to backward-square leg.Redmayne also backed it up with the gloves, taking a smart stumping standing up to the wickets to quick Jess Kerr to remove Ash Gardner when she overbalanced on 2.Teenage star Voll hit 32 for the Heat, before Brown dented Heat’s late charge with figures of 3 for 20 with the ball.