Sussex 416 and 33 for 0 beat Surrey 205 and 243 by 10 wickets
Sussex needed just 33 minutes to wrap up a 10-wicket victory over Surrey on the final day of their Division Two match at Hove.
Surrey had not added to their overnight score of 243 for 9 when they lost Jade Dernbach to the tenth ball of the day, the number 11 edging to slip to give spinner Monty Panesar his second wicket.
That left Sussex with a token victory target of 33, and openers Mike Yardy and Chris Nash needed just 6.4 overs to knock off the runs. The pair hit two boundaries apiece as Yardy finished 17 not out, with Nash 12 not out from just 14 balls.
Surrey opened the bowling with off-spinner Gareth Batty to make sure they did not incur a points deduction for a slow over rate but that was little compensation after a crushing defeat.
To make matters worse for the visitors, who also lost their opening Championship game against Derbyshire, skipper Rory Hamilton-Brown left the ground on crutches. Hamilton-Brown suffered bad bruising to the top of his left foot when he was hit by Luke Wright's yorker on the third day, although he expects to be fit in time for Surrey's next Championship game against Worcestershire on Wednesday.
Sussex head to Bristol for their next game having won both of their opening matches as they bid to make an immediate return to Division One. But they will face Gloucestershire without skipper Yardy and Wright, who will be preparing with the England squad for the Twenty20 World Cup.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
glamorgan beats middlesex
Glamorgan 315 and 219 beat Middlesex 160 and 296 by 78 runs
Glamorgan secured their first Championship victory at Lord' s in 56 years after mopping up the last six Middlesex wickets in just over two hours to win by 78 runs and with 62 overs to spare.
It was former Middlesex all-rounder turned Glamorgan captain Jamie Dalrymple who proved they key figure in securing his county's first win of the Division Two campaign, leaving the hosts to contemplate their second defeat in as many starts. It was Dalrymple's off-spin that accounted for Middlesex top-scorer Dawid Malan for an excellent 115, a dismissal that ultimately exposed the Middlesex tail to the second new ball and made the result a foregone conclusion.
Glamorgan secured their first Championship victory at Lord' s in 56 years after mopping up the last six Middlesex wickets in just over two hours to win by 78 runs and with 62 overs to spare.
It was former Middlesex all-rounder turned Glamorgan captain Jamie Dalrymple who proved they key figure in securing his county's first win of the Division Two campaign, leaving the hosts to contemplate their second defeat in as many starts. It was Dalrymple's off-spin that accounted for Middlesex top-scorer Dawid Malan for an excellent 115, a dismissal that ultimately exposed the Middlesex tail to the second new ball and made the result a foregone conclusion.
durham, essex match drawn
Dual champions Durham needed plenty of backs-to-the-wall defiance, and some help from above, to eke out a draw against promoted Essex at the Riverside.
A record 212-run third-wicket stand between Michael Di Venuto (99) and Dale Benkenstein (98) and half-centuries from Ian Blackwell (52) and Phil Mustard (60no) shored Durham up at 352 for 7.
They had inched 66 runs in front by the time rain and bad light closed in for the second time to take out 34 overs and compromise Essex's bowling options on the final evening.
They therefore did not after all suffer a first home defeat since June 2008, in their opening Division One match of this summer. But four points were nonetheless the sum total of their efforts - hardly a portentous start in pursuit of a third successive title.
Tim Phillips' four wickets helped to keep Durham in trouble, after they had made much of the stuff for themselves by losing nine wickets and stumbling to 4 for 2 following on during a calamitous afternoon yesterday.
The slow left-armer dismissed Di Venuto and Benkenstein in the half hour before lunch today, and again struck in successive overs this afternoon. Di Venuto and Benkenstein had reprised their partnership for another 90 minutes until Phillips (4 for 102) struck for the first time.
Benkenstein, who edged Chris Wright just short of Alastair Cook at first slip on 63, managed only a single in the first eight overs. But he then crunched a pull off Wright for six into the members' stand. The former captain was also hit on the helmet when Graham Napier got a short ball to follow him. Like Di Venuto, though, Benkenstein kept chipping away the arrears - mostly through a packed and unorthodox leg-side field Napier had devised to snare him.
Progress became serene for the two Durham lynchpins, and a century for each seemed close on inevitable until Benkenstein lifted a drive at Phillips to a short mid-off - and two overs later, Di Venuto pushed out at one that did not turn and edged to slip.
At least one more partnership of substance would therefore be needed to keep Essex at bay, and the first to try were Ben Stokes and Blackwell. The latter began with a crunching extra-cover drive for four first ball and another swept boundary in the same Phillips over. But Stokes pulled Ryan ten Doeschate tamely to midwicket to leave his team-mates with a fair bit of hard work still to do.
All went well again for the hosts, though, for most of the afternoon as Blackwell and Mustard's fifties threatened to make the game safe. The second new ball brought 36 runs and no wickets in 10 overs. Blackwell shared a stand of 82 with Mustard until, under increasingly gloomy skies, he found himself trooping off with much self-admonishment after somehow allowing a ball from Phillips to trickle down off his forward defensive bat to hit the bottom of leg-stump and dislodge one bail.
In Phillips' next over, umpire Richard Kettleborough decided Liam Plunkett had to go lbw for a duck - pushing a long way forward to a well-directed delivery. But Mustard was still up for the fight and completed his 79-ball half-century with his ninth boundary.
His strokeplay was a major asset in a situation where runs were as precious as overs ticked off. With forecast rain arriving, the umpires ordered the players off for what became an early tea.
A temporary improvement in the weather allowed Essex back on for just five overs - and they were robbed of their shot at a notable win to follow last week's success at home to Hampshire.
A record 212-run third-wicket stand between Michael Di Venuto (99) and Dale Benkenstein (98) and half-centuries from Ian Blackwell (52) and Phil Mustard (60no) shored Durham up at 352 for 7.
They had inched 66 runs in front by the time rain and bad light closed in for the second time to take out 34 overs and compromise Essex's bowling options on the final evening.
They therefore did not after all suffer a first home defeat since June 2008, in their opening Division One match of this summer. But four points were nonetheless the sum total of their efforts - hardly a portentous start in pursuit of a third successive title.
Tim Phillips' four wickets helped to keep Durham in trouble, after they had made much of the stuff for themselves by losing nine wickets and stumbling to 4 for 2 following on during a calamitous afternoon yesterday.
The slow left-armer dismissed Di Venuto and Benkenstein in the half hour before lunch today, and again struck in successive overs this afternoon. Di Venuto and Benkenstein had reprised their partnership for another 90 minutes until Phillips (4 for 102) struck for the first time.
Benkenstein, who edged Chris Wright just short of Alastair Cook at first slip on 63, managed only a single in the first eight overs. But he then crunched a pull off Wright for six into the members' stand. The former captain was also hit on the helmet when Graham Napier got a short ball to follow him. Like Di Venuto, though, Benkenstein kept chipping away the arrears - mostly through a packed and unorthodox leg-side field Napier had devised to snare him.
Progress became serene for the two Durham lynchpins, and a century for each seemed close on inevitable until Benkenstein lifted a drive at Phillips to a short mid-off - and two overs later, Di Venuto pushed out at one that did not turn and edged to slip.
At least one more partnership of substance would therefore be needed to keep Essex at bay, and the first to try were Ben Stokes and Blackwell. The latter began with a crunching extra-cover drive for four first ball and another swept boundary in the same Phillips over. But Stokes pulled Ryan ten Doeschate tamely to midwicket to leave his team-mates with a fair bit of hard work still to do.
All went well again for the hosts, though, for most of the afternoon as Blackwell and Mustard's fifties threatened to make the game safe. The second new ball brought 36 runs and no wickets in 10 overs. Blackwell shared a stand of 82 with Mustard until, under increasingly gloomy skies, he found himself trooping off with much self-admonishment after somehow allowing a ball from Phillips to trickle down off his forward defensive bat to hit the bottom of leg-stump and dislodge one bail.
In Phillips' next over, umpire Richard Kettleborough decided Liam Plunkett had to go lbw for a duck - pushing a long way forward to a well-directed delivery. But Mustard was still up for the fight and completed his 79-ball half-century with his ninth boundary.
His strokeplay was a major asset in a situation where runs were as precious as overs ticked off. With forecast rain arriving, the umpires ordered the players off for what became an early tea.
A temporary improvement in the weather allowed Essex back on for just five overs - and they were robbed of their shot at a notable win to follow last week's success at home to Hampshire.
hampshire confirms talks with brett lee
Hampshire confirmed they are in talks with Australian paceman Brett Lee over a possible move to the Rose Bowl.
Lee, 33, has retired from Test cricket following persistent injury problems but still hopes to play a role in limited-overs cricket for Australia.
He is in Australia's squad for the World Twenty20 which begins April 30 but is currently recovering from a broken thumb he picked up playing for Kings XI Punjab in the IPL.
A statement from Hampshire read: "Hampshire Cricket can confirm that talks are ongoing with Brett Lee about playing for Hampshire this season. These talks are at an advanced stage, and we will hope to make a further announcement in due course."
Pakistan’s campaign for their World Twenty20 title defence was dealt a blow on Sunday when Umar Gul was withdrawn from the squad.
Gul, and all-rounder Yasir Arafat had been reeling from injuries for the last two weeks and were replaced by fast bowlers Mohammad Sami and Mohammad Irfan.
“Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat failed to recover from their injuries and have therefore been dropped from the squad,” Pakistan’s coach Waqar Younis was quoted as saying by DawnNews.
Younis said Sami and Irfan will be included in the 15-man squad before their departure for the Caribbean next week.
Gul, Pakistan's most successful bowler in the Twenty20 format and their leading wicket-taker at the last two World Cups, has a shoulder injury and Yasir a calf problem.
“They are very good at this form of the sport and proven performers but we have to manage with the players we have available,” coach Waqar Younis said.
Gul was hopeful of recovering in time but coach Younis and chief selector Mohsin Khan insisted that no player will be part of the squad unless he is fully fit.
“We have recommended the names of fast bowler Mohammad Sami and another young pace bowler Mohammad Irfan to the board Chairman for final approval as replacements,” chief selector Mohsin Khan told reporters on Sunday.
With 43 wickets and best bowling figures of 5/6 (against New Zealand in the 2009 World Twenty20), Gul is a world-record holding bowler in the shortest format of the game.
Gul, and all-rounder Yasir Arafat had been reeling from injuries for the last two weeks and were replaced by fast bowlers Mohammad Sami and Mohammad Irfan.
“Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat failed to recover from their injuries and have therefore been dropped from the squad,” Pakistan’s coach Waqar Younis was quoted as saying by DawnNews.
Younis said Sami and Irfan will be included in the 15-man squad before their departure for the Caribbean next week.
Gul, Pakistan's most successful bowler in the Twenty20 format and their leading wicket-taker at the last two World Cups, has a shoulder injury and Yasir a calf problem.
“They are very good at this form of the sport and proven performers but we have to manage with the players we have available,” coach Waqar Younis said.
Gul was hopeful of recovering in time but coach Younis and chief selector Mohsin Khan insisted that no player will be part of the squad unless he is fully fit.
“We have recommended the names of fast bowler Mohammad Sami and another young pace bowler Mohammad Irfan to the board Chairman for final approval as replacements,” chief selector Mohsin Khan told reporters on Sunday.
With 43 wickets and best bowling figures of 5/6 (against New Zealand in the 2009 World Twenty20), Gul is a world-record holding bowler in the shortest format of the game.
West Indian fast bowler Tino Best has signed for Yorkshire
West Indian fast bowler Tino Best has signed for Yorkshire until the end of May but his debut could be delayed due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland, the English county cricket club said on Saturday.
Best, who has taken 28 test and 13 one day international wickets, is set to play in the county championship match against Kent starting on Wednesday but is currently unable to fly to Britain.
The 28-year-old played for Yorkshire against Lancashire on the club's pre-season tour of Barbados and impressed with figures of 1-12 from 14 overs.
“I'm looking forward to seeing his bowling cause problems for our opponents and I'm sure he will be a real asset to the Yorkshire side,” director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon said on the club's website
asif and Veena become friends again
The scuffle between pace bowler Mohammad Asif and actress Veena Malik ended on Saturday when both the stars met during a press conference at Veena’s house.
Asif said that his friend Zahid Saif will deal all the issues with Veena. While answering a question in a press conference Veena said that they have some misunderstandings due to lack of communication
Asif said that his friend Zahid Saif will deal all the issues with Veena. While answering a question in a press conference Veena said that they have some misunderstandings due to lack of communication
T-20 Worlcup Warmup Matches Shedule
Pakistan, led by dashing all-rounder Shahid Afridi, will arrive in the Caribbeans next week, with their eyes firmly set on the T20 title.
However, they have not been able to manage tough warm-up games ahead of the World Cup and will end up playing a Windward XI comprising West Indian hopefuls and Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, England both games are in Barbados, on April 28 and 29 respectively, before they start their Group D campaign against hosts West Indies in Guyana on 3 May.
India are the only team to opt against playing any warm-up matches, while Sri Lanka will play just one. Their decisions may have been influenced by many of their players’ involvement in the Indian Premier League, which does not finish until April 25.
Captain Paul Collingwood is one of five England players who will feature in the IPL, along with Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara and Michael Lumb.
Australia are to prepare for the event by taking on Zimbabwe and the Windwards XI in St Lucia, which is also the venue for their opening Group A match against Pakistan on 3 May.
Unlike England, West Indies play their warm-up games - against Afghanistan and New Zealand - in the same location as their Group D fixtures, Guyana.
The upcoming tournament in the Windies was originally scheduled to be a 50-over Champions Trophy, but it was shortened to a World Twenty20 after the 2008 Champions Trophy was postponed by 12 months because of security concerns in Pakistan. It was eventually played in South Africa in September 2009.
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said at the time: “Although the World Twenty20 is to be held every second year, we decided to hold two on the trot to set the calendar right and ensure a better spread of tournaments.
However, they have not been able to manage tough warm-up games ahead of the World Cup and will end up playing a Windward XI comprising West Indian hopefuls and Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, England both games are in Barbados, on April 28 and 29 respectively, before they start their Group D campaign against hosts West Indies in Guyana on 3 May.
India are the only team to opt against playing any warm-up matches, while Sri Lanka will play just one. Their decisions may have been influenced by many of their players’ involvement in the Indian Premier League, which does not finish until April 25.
Captain Paul Collingwood is one of five England players who will feature in the IPL, along with Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara and Michael Lumb.
Australia are to prepare for the event by taking on Zimbabwe and the Windwards XI in St Lucia, which is also the venue for their opening Group A match against Pakistan on 3 May.
Unlike England, West Indies play their warm-up games - against Afghanistan and New Zealand - in the same location as their Group D fixtures, Guyana.
The upcoming tournament in the Windies was originally scheduled to be a 50-over Champions Trophy, but it was shortened to a World Twenty20 after the 2008 Champions Trophy was postponed by 12 months because of security concerns in Pakistan. It was eventually played in South Africa in September 2009.
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said at the time: “Although the World Twenty20 is to be held every second year, we decided to hold two on the trot to set the calendar right and ensure a better spread of tournaments.
Australia Monitoring security situation in India
New Zealand has no plans to cancel its cricket tour of India and the Australian team is still on track for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi despite a double bomb blast at an Indian Premier League stadium in Bangalore overnight.
Cricket Australia said it was closely monitoring the security situation in India after two small bombs exploded outside Chinnaswamy Stadium just before a match between Bangalore and Mumbai on Saturday, injuring 14 people and panicking fans.
Cricket Australia said it was closely monitoring the security situation in India after two small bombs exploded outside Chinnaswamy Stadium just before a match between Bangalore and Mumbai on Saturday, injuring 14 people and panicking fans.
latest Cricket News(IPL semi finals shifted to Mumbai from Banglore)
The semi-finals of the Indian Premier League were shifted from Bangalore on Sunday, after police defused three bombs outside a stadium.
The semi-final matches, scheduled to be played on April 21 and 22, will now be played in Mumbai’s D.Y. Patil stadium, Indian Premier League (IPL) organisers said.
Indian police defused three bombs in Bangalore and were examining possible terror links, officials said, a day after 14 people were wounded in two small blasts.
Bombs set by timer devices went off outside a packed Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore minutes before a match in the IPL which features many foreign players, was due to begin on Saturday.
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