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Friday, June 28
Start time 0930 (1430 GMT, 2000 IST)The crowd will be behind Dwayne Bravo as he leads the team for the first time at home•WICB Media/Randy Brooks Photo

The Big Picture

Ideally, West Indies and Sri Lanka should have been playing a Test series at the moment, but economic forces have meant that not only have the Tests been scrapped, but a third participant – India – has joined to make it a tripartite ODI competition. It’s not all gloom though. A triangular competition can produce more twists and turns than a monotonous five-match series and a closely-contested first match between these two contrasting teams could be the caffeine kick the fans in the subcontinent need to follow a series being played halfway across the planet.For Sri Lanka, Tests or no Tests, it’s a big tour. It’s not often that they travel to the western edge of the cricketing world – this is only their sixth trip to the Caribbean, including the 2007 World Cup – and the last time they were here five years ago, they drew the Test series 1-1 but failed to win anything in the three-match ODI series. A team in transition, Sri Lanka have had mixed results this year under the new leadership of Angelo Mathews. The big positive came in Australia where they drew the five-match series, but they suffered a setback at home soon after, failing to win the ODI series against Bangladesh. They found their A-game during the Champions Trophy, making it to yet another semi-final of a big tournament, before bowing out to India.That run in England was largely based on their senior players repeatedly leading the team to safety. What was keenly awaited, but never came in England, was an innings, a spell, or a moment of brilliance from the new generation of Sri Lankan cricketers. Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Perera, Shamida Eranga – the list is full of promise that is yet to show its worth. In this series, on the slow-low pitches of the Caribbean, against two tough opponents and away from the peering eyes of the media, they have a glorious opportunity to make some progress.West Indies are a strong side in limited-overs, or so it seems because of the presence of a number of power-packed players. However, most of these players have earned their reputations playing in faraway lands for an assortment of teams. The truth is, West Indies, much like Sri Lanka’s younger generation, has teased with sporadic flashes of brilliance for far too long. Yes, they won the T20 World Cup, but soon after they lost an ODI series in Bangladesh, before Australia blanked them in a five-match series.They were at touching distance of a semi-final place in the Champions Trophy, but even there, they didn’t impose themselves with either bat or ball. One silver lining for them is that they have tasted some success in home conditions. However, given the strength of the other two teams, West Indies won’t mind considering themselves underdogs.

Form guide

(Most recent first, last five completed matches)
West Indies TLWWW
Sri Lanka LWWLL

In the spotlight

Upul Tharanga was a regular in the side after making his debut in 2005, but lean returns in 2011-12 and the rise in the reputation of Perera, saw the latter edge Tharanga out for the home series against Bangladesh. A sparkling debut by Perera meant Tharanga was left waiting for an opening in the side, which has now come due to Tillakaratne Dilshan’s injury. Tharanga can take encouragement from the fact that there are places in the batting order still up for grabs – Perera’s form has disappeared too – and that there are at least four matches to make his case.The appointment of Dwayne Bravo as the captain of the ODI side raised a few eyebrows around the world, but Bravo brushed doubts aside saying it was part of rotation policy. He promised proactive captaincy with ‘strange’ tactics before the start of the Champions Trophy, but the team missed out on a semi-final spot when Kieron Pollard lost his wicket off what proved to be the last ball of the innings. Bravo was at the non-striker’s end then and walked off dejected. However, having spent some time in England as a leader, Bravo has a chance to establish his style of leadership in home conditions.

Team news

Mathews had said the injury to Dilshan would be an opportunity for others to step up and the most likely player to lend solidity at the top could be Tharanga. Although the pitches in the Caribbean are not going to be markedly different from the ones laid out in England this season, Sri Lanka could include either Sachithra Senanayake or Ajantha Mendis or both in their squad.Sri Lanka (probable): 1 Kusal Perera, 2 Upul Tharanga, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Angelo Mathews (capt), 6 Dinesh Chandimal, 7 Lahiru Thirimanne, 8 Ajantha Mendis, 9 Sachithra Senanayake, 10 Nuwan Kulasekara, 11 Lasith MalingaWest Indies settled into a combination that worked for them in England after the suspension of Denesh Ramdin. Although Ramdin is available for selection, West Indies are unlikely to disturb that arrangement, which means that Darren Sammy is likely to remain in the team while Johnson Charles will keep wickets.West Indies (probable): 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Johnson Charles (wk), 3 Devon Smith, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Darren Bravo, 6 Dwayne Bravo (capt), 7 Kieron Pollard, 8 Darren Sammy, 9 Sunil Narine, 10 Tino Best/Kemar Roach, 11 Ravi Rampaul

Pitch and conditions

Wet weather is expected to further interfere with the cricket. However, the warmer temperatures and the subcontinent-like pitch conditions will suit Sri Lanka’s game.

Stats and trivia

• Upul Tharanga is 46 runs short of completing 5000 runs in ODIs. He has scored 12 centuries and his average is marginally better than Mahela Jayawardene’s.
• West Indies’ head-to-head record against Sri Lanka at home stands at 4-4
• Only two batsmen – Brian Lara and Sanath Jayasuriya – have scored hundreds in Sri Lanka-West Indies matches in the West Indies.

Quotes

“It’s to put those little mistakes that we made in England away. We felt we had a good opportunity to win that tournament and we want to win this one and prove ourselves right.”
“West Indies and India are two very good teams in the shorter format of the game and I think that we really need to play some good cricket to win against them.”

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O início animador de Bruno Henrique e Gabigol no Flamengo já deu à dupla a condição de titular da equipe de Abel Braga – ao menos até a próxima terça-feira, quando o clube estreia na Libertadores diante do San José, em Oruro. Os números dos atacantes impressionam – e até empolgam os rubro-negros. São sete gols e quatro assistências dos dois em oito jogos do Campeonato Carioca.

Os dois têm se entendido bem, mostrando que trouxeram o entrosamento de Santos, onde atuaram juntos em 2018 – confira o retrospecto da dupla abaixo. Dos três gols de Gabigol, um foi com assistência de Bruno Henrique. O camisa 9 retribuiu: são dois passes decisivos para o parceiro, que fez quatro em 2019.

Para a sequência da temporada, Gabigol quer manter os bons números.

-Feliz pelos gol e pela assistência para o Bruno Henrique. Fizemos um grande jogo, começamos e terminamos bem. Espero que continue assim – avaliou.

Para o setor ofensivo, Abel Braga tem a serviço vários atletas. Fernando Uribe é o principal concorrente de Gabigol pela vaga de centroavante, enquanto Vitinho atua na mesma faixa de campo de Bruno Henrique, aberto pelo lado esquerdo.

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— Gabriel Barbosa (@gabigol) 6 de fevereiro de 2019

PELO SANTOS, DUPLA NÃO FOI TÃO EFETIVA

Dois dos principais atacantes do Santos em 2018, Bruno Henrique e Gabigol atuaram juntos em 27 partidas do Campeonato Brasileiro e Libertadores. A dupla não foi tão efetiva como vem sendo neste início de trabalho na Gávea.

Nestes 27 jogos, Bruno Henrique serviu de “garçom” para Gabigol em três oportunidades: contra Atlético-MG, Corinthians e América-MG, no Brasileirão. Por outro lado, o camisa 9 não deu nenhuma assistência ao companheiro.

Nas partidas em que atuaram juntos, Bruno Henrique fez um gol (contra o Fluminense, no Brasileiro). Gabigol fez 11 gols e deu uma assistência. O aproveitamento do Santos nos jogos foi de 51,85% – 11 vitórias e nove empates.

Vale ressaltar que Bruno Henrique teve a temporada “atrapalhada” por lesões. A mais grave delas foi no olho direito, em janeiro, por conta de uma bolada. O atacante ficou sem jogar entre 17 de janeiro e 21 de abril e, depois, até 27 de maio. Foram 23 partidas como titular do Santos em 2018, com dois gols feitos.

New Zealand Under-19 pulled off a close last-ball, one-wicket win, their first of the series, against Australia Under-19 in the third Youth ODI between the two teams

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Apr-2013
ScorecardNew Zealand pulled off a close last-ball, one-wicket win, their first of the series, against Australia in the third Youth ODI between the two teams. The third ODI was a dead rubber as Australia had already taken a winning lead of 2-0 in the three-match series.Batting first, Australia began well as the openers put on 71 runs. Kelvin Smith scored his second half-century of the tour, hitting 52 off 76 balls. However, offspinner Dane Watson effected a breakthrough to dismiss Jaron Morgan for 36. Sean Willis and Jake Doran fell in quick succession to leave Australia at 126 for 4. The rest of the batsmen struggled to put together partnerships and it took a brisk knock of 39 from Cameron Valente to push their score to 220 for 8. Watson finished with figures of 4 for 31, while Kyle Jamieson and Arana Noema-Barnett took two wickets apiece.In reply, New Zealand were shaky at 19 for 2 before a 90-run partnership between opener Rakitha Weerasundara and Ken McClure revived the chase. Weerasundara then added 71 runs with Leo Carter to take New Zealand to 180 for 3 in the 41st over. Australia clawed back into the match as Ben Ashkenazi dismissed Weerasundara and Valente, then got wickets off two successive deliveries. Valente took another two wickets in his next over as New Zealand stumbled to 8 for 198. A run-out in the last over almost gave Australia a 3-0 scoreline, but Noema-Barnett hung on to ensure New Zealand scampered home off the final ball.

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O Corinthians empatou com o São Caetano por 1 a 1, no último domingo, na estreia do Campeonato Paulista, na Arena Corinthians.

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Mitchell Starc is out of the second ODI against Sri Lanka on Sunday after complaining of calf soreness following Australia’s opening win

Daniel Brettig12-Jan-2013Mitchell Starc is out of the second ODI against Sri Lanka on Sunday and may miss further matches beyond after complaining of calf soreness following Australia’s opening win at the MCG. The South Australian fast bowler Kane Richardson has been called into the squad as cover.As the most durable of Australia’s young fast bowlers over the past year, Starc has played successfully for the national side across three formats without injury since his Test debut against New Zealand in late 2011. However his spell of six overs in Melbourne, returning the figures of 1 for 25, resulted in the calf complaint.The injury marks an unfortunate point in the summer for Australia’s fast bowlers, meaning every paceman in the first Test squad of the season has suffered an injury of some kind.James Pattinson was first to break down with a side injury, Peter Siddle missed the Perth Test due to a hamstring problem, and Josh Hazlewood had foot stress hot spots uncovered while bowling in the WACA ground nets. Ben Hilfenhaus suffered side injury in Hobart, Shane Watson fell prey to a calf strain in Melbourne, and now Starc has suffered similarly.While the Australian team physio Alex Kountouris described the problem as minor, calf trouble is infamously stubborn, as Watson can attest after suffering a string of the injuries in recent times. “Mitchell Starc had some mild right calf soreness after the match at the MCG last night,” Kountouris said.”Whilst we are not majorly concerned about it, we have withdrawn him from the game on Sunday as a precaution. He will be reassessed over the next few days and is a possibility to play next weekend’s matches against Sri Lanka if his symptoms resolve.”If Starc’s withdrawal is another blow to Australia’s efforts to reduce the amount of injuries suffered by their fast bowlers, Richardson’s call-up is a reward for some of the more eye-catching performances in domestic limited overs matches this summer, including one haul of 6 for 48 at Adelaide Oval.”Kane has been called in as cover in the squad due to his impressive form in the limited overs formats this season,” the national selector John Inverarity said. “This provides another great opportunity for a young player as we look to build towards Cricket World Cup in 2015.”A part of Australia’s winning Under 19 World Cup team in 2010, 21-year-old Richardson has impressed many with his speed, aggression and the ability to fire in a mean yorker. He may now get the chance to debut for Australia on his home ground.Should Richardson be included he will, like the rest, benefit from the guidance provided by Brad Haddin’s presence in the dressing room. The captain George Bailey said Haddin’s influence had been notable in preparation for the opening match, helping a team of players getting used to the international game learn from a player with years of war stories to tell.”One of the challenges with the group is the lack of experience,” Bailey said. “Having someone as composed as Brad is, not only on the ground but off the ground in the way he sets up for the game, the way he prepares, it’s something that I take a lot out of. The debutants and the guys who have played even less than I have would certainly get a lot out of the way he is.”I thought he kept beautifully, and even the way he batted, I thought Sri Lanka bowled quite well at the back end of their innings, but he and David Hussey just found a way to keep that score ticking over and that was really important to get that score up around 300.”Bailey was also satisfied by the way his men had blunted the threats posed by Lasith Malinga and Ajantha Mendis. Both Malinga and Mendis were expected to be the major threats to Australia’s batting, but were to return the poorly combined figures of 2 for 123 from 20 overs, something Bailey attributed partly to the new ODI rule limiting the fielding side to four fielders outside the circle at any one time.”It’s certainly good for our confidence, that we stuck to our plans on how to play both of them,” Bailey said. “One of the advantages we will have for a brief little period is that we’ve played the four out rule for a season and a half domestically.”That’s something that we may have adjusted a little bit better to, whereas I’m not sure those guys have been exposed to that much. That does take a little bit of adjustment and a little bit of re-jigging of your plans. I certainly expect them to bounce back. For our confidence, to be able to pick off their best bowlers like that was really good.”

Rory Kleinveldt is banking on his performance in the second innings in Adelaide to win a place in the XI for the Perth Test

Firdose Moonda27-Nov-2012Rory Kleinveldt made his Test debut with two of his best friends at his side: Vernon Philander, with whom he has spent seasons bowling with at the Cobras, and JP Duminy, who had been a team-mate since childhood where they both played at Victoria Cricket Club. But, nothing else about the match was too memorable for him. He went wicketless in 21 overs and conceded 97 runs. Disappointingly, he overstepped 12 times to make him the worst no-ball offender of the match. At the end of the Test, Kleinveldt, and almost everyone else, thought it unlikely he would play again on the tour. He may even have considered what he would need to do at the first-class level to be selected again in the future.Kleinveldt accepted his fate with maturity. His lack of exaggeration suggested he would cherish a second chance but understood if he didn’t get one immediately.On the morning of the Adelaide Test – a match he was told he would be sitting out for – Kleinveldt found out Philander would not be able to play. Instead of soaking up his own good fortune, he immediately thought of his friend. “It just wasn’t nice to replace him,” he said. Half an hour later, he had to take the field and did not have any more time to think. It showed. Kleinveldt was more controlled from the get-go, even though Australia were on the attack. “I was very nervous before my debut but I was a lore more relaxed this time. I had nothing to lose.”In fact, there was much to gain. It was only in the 99th over of the match, by which time Australia had already scored 500 runs, that Kleinveldt took his first Test wicket. Peter Siddle edged one to slip and there was a lengthy check for the no-ball before the dismissal was confirmed. For someone who had problems with his front foot throughout, there was reason to be anxious again. “I was very relieved after I saw my foot landed just behind the line. To get the first one under the belt was pretty good,” he said.It’s his performance in the second innings that Kleinveldt will be banking to put him in contention for Perth. He dismissed the Australian top three in a spell during which his ability to use seam movement was on display. “There was a bit more pace in this wicket than in the Brisbane, and more carry. I enjoyed bowling on it,” he said.With talk growing that both sides will think of all-pace attacks for the third Test, Kleinveldt has reason to be hopeful that he will get the nod again, even though Philander is expected to recover in time. If he does, he will fulfill a boyhood goal. “It’s always been a dream of mine because what I’ve heard from past players is that the pitch is a quick one. It would be nice for me get on there and have a go.”Already Kleinveldt has turned some hopes into realities. His father and uncle were both cricketers and the latter an exceptional bowler who was denied any chance of playing for South Africa because of Apartheid. For both those men, Kleinveldt is doing what they were never allowed to and he is aware of the magnitude of his success. “They didn’t have these opportunities,” he said. “They’re very proud of my achievements and support me all the way. It’s nice for me just to go out there and represent them.” To see him play a part in a decider would be another massive moment for them.Kleinveldt thinks South Africa will go in with the upper hand after their resilience with the bat in Adelaide, both from a mental and physical point of view. While Australia will be beaten down by their inability to take 20 wickets, their attack is also physically drained, evident in Peter Siddle’s obvious exhaustion. “If it was our dressing room we’d be disappointed not to have won the Test,” Kleinveldt said, before adding some special words for his first Test victim. “It will be nice for Graeme Smith to win the toss and bat first. I’m not sure Peter Siddle will enjoy that too much.”

If the first step to recovery is the acceptance of a problem, then England might just have embarked on the road to rehabilitation.England arrived in the UAE as the No.1 ranked Test side and with a glowing reputation. Two Test defeats later, however, and England’s flaws have been revealed. England may remain, officially, the best ranked Test side, but the title has a hollow ring at present.It leaves England at a crossroads. Overcome their issues with Asian conditions and, in particular, high-quality spin bowling, and this period may yet come to be remembered as little more than a blip. Fail to overcome the spin threat and they will slide down the rankings. How they respond to that challenge may well define the legacy of this side.The impressive thing, from an England perspective, is the lack of denial. The team held a meeting before training on Tuesday – an echo of events of early 2009 when they were humbled in Jamaica – where they accepted that it was time to face facts: they have a significant challenge and their currents methods are not working.It was a point made eloquently by Ian Bell. In many ways, Bell’s problems in this series are a microcosm of the side’s issues. He arrived in the UAE with an excellent reputation, on the back of a wonderful year but has, to date, looked all at sea against Saeed Ajmal, in particular. Bell is averaging just nine and has been dismissed by Ajmal’s doosra three times in four innings.”There is no point saying we were great the last two years and nothing is wrong,” Bell said. “We all know we haven’t played good enough cricket here and we would be stupid just to carry on what we’re doing.”There’s no point in looking back and saying how great we were against Australia or how great we were against India. It is about now and the next challenges. We have a lot of cricket in the subcontinent and we have to get better; individually and as a unit. We can’t keep looking back and patting ourselves on the back – that’s all gone.”Bell was the man dropped after that humiliating reverse in Jamaica, but feels there are few parallels between that situation and England’s current problems. Instead he hopes that England’s success over the last couple of years should give them the confidence to face this new obstacle and insists that the side are relishing the challenge.”It was the right decision to drop me,” Bell said. “I hadn’t scored runs for a while. It’s a different scenario now. I’ve played consistently well now for two years and we’ve had two bad Test matches. So, I’m looking to put in a good performance in this next Test. I don’t think I’ve lost my confidence that’s for sure. I can look back on some good things over the last two years.”The final piece of this England team is to win in the subcontinent. There’s no doubt we’re not doing things quite right and that we’re going to have to get better. It’s exciting, as well. We’ve been given a real whack here and it’s nice to know in Test cricket that there are still challenges for us.”My preparation has been good. We knew what we were going to come up against. I knew I would be starting, in most innings, against spin,” he added. “I still feel I’m hitting the ball nicely. I just haven’t been able to get past that initial hard stage of batting – that first 20-ball period. That’s the danger time, you need to work hard to get to the period where it becomes a bit easier and you can begin to pick the different deliveries. In three of my innings, I’ve been knocked over quite early.”All credit to Pakistan. They have played very well. They have bowled particularly well at new batsmen. They’ve bowled at a good pace; it’s really quick spin. You have to work hard. Batting in the subcontinent you have to get through those first 20-25 deliveries, then things seem to come that little bit easier. So far I haven’t really got through that so I’ll be desperate to work hard to stay in there and survive, then go on to get some runs. I’d love to use my feet to the spinners, but I’ve not been in there long enough to do that.”Bell is realistic enough to know that there is little time for England’s batsmen to learn. The third Test begins on Friday and, barely a week after the conclusion of this tour, England will face similar challenges in Sri Lanka. He makes no promises of success, only assurances of hard work and good intent.”We all sat down and spoke about what we have done and the mistakes we’ve made,” Bell said. “And about how we want to get better. We are all desperate – as a group – in wanting to win Tests in the subcontinent. We can achieve that. It is the last thing that we need to do – we need to start scoring runs in the subcontinent. If we can do that we can start moving forward again.”We need to improve. That might not happen by the next Test but we have Sri Lanka coming up and India, so we have to talk about it now. We have to be honest. There is no point putting it off until Sri Lanka or India because we might make the same mistakes again.”

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Greg Smith and Ned Eckersley both hit centuries as Leicestershire recovered from a nightmare start to put the brake on Middlesex’s promotion charge in their County Championship Division Two clash at Grace Road.Leicestershire lost three wickets in the first two overs of the game but Smith (108) and Eckersley (106) helped the home side recover to 319 all out by the close of the first day. Top-of-the-table Middlesex needed 12 points to clinch promotion when play began and they pocketed three of them with seamers Tim Murtagh, Corey Collymore and Gareth Berg claiming three wickets apiece.Wicketkeeper Eckersley, looking to earn himself a contract with Leicestershire, recorded his maiden first-class century while Smith posted the third championship ton of his career. The two of them shared a fifth-wicket partnership of 131 to keep the Middlesex attack at bay for 42 overs.All this came after Middlesex made a flying start after winning the toss and putting the home side in to bat in windy conditions on a pitch with tinges of green in it. It took the visitors just two overs to pick up their first bowling point as Leicestershire lost three wickets without adding to the four runs scored by Matt Boyce off the third ball of the morning from Murtagh.Boyce then edged Murtagh’s final delivery to second slip where Ollie Rayner took the catch. Will Jones, on his Championship debut, was trapped lbw by Collymore who followed that up by bowling James Taylor with the last ball of his over.It left Leicestershire staring at another batting debacle having been bowled out for 34 by Essex and 48 by Northants earlier in the season. But between them Smith, Eckersley and Jacques Du Toit showed real grit and determination to haul their side back from the brink.Smith and Du Toit, who have both been struggling for runs this summer, began the fightback with a fourth-wicket stand of 84 in 22 overs. They rode their luck at times but punished anything loose to the extent that 52 out of 75 runs came in boundaries.Du Toit’s brisk knock of 42 was ended when he chased a wide delivery from Berg and was caught by Andrew Strauss at slip. That brought in 22-year-old Eckersley to join Smith in the middle and the two of them showed great resolve and concentration to steer the home side towards respectability.Smith reached his 50 – only his second of the summer – off 96 balls with seven fours and the century stand came up in 34 overs. Eckersley’s 50, which included four boundaries, came from 118 deliveries and the next landmark was Smith’s 100 arriving off 186 balls with a glorious cover drive that brought him his 12th boundary.The two of them batted throughout the afternoon but in the second over after tea Smith flicked at a ball down leg side from Collymore and was caught behind.Eckersley continued to battle on even though wickets fell at the other end and he reached an excellent 100 that included 12 boundaries. He was finally ninth out at 308 bowled by Berg, who then had Nathan Buck caught behind off the final ball of the day leaving both sides with three bonus points.

The ICC’s chief executives’ committee has unanimously agreed to make a modified version of the Decision Review System (DRS) mandatory in all international matches

Sharda Ugra in Hong Kong27-Jun-2011The ICC chief executives’ committee (CEC) has unanimously agreed to make a modified version of the Decision Review System (DRS) mandatory in all Tests and one-day internationals. The mandatory terms and conditions for the DRS that have been recommended to the executive board for approval consist of infra-red cameras and audio-tracking devices. The ball-tracking technology has been removed from the ICC’s original compulsory list of DRS technologies.This means India will, for the first time since 2008, be agreeable to using the DRS in a bilateral series when it tours England in July.However, the DRS used in the England-India series will be without ball-tracking technology. For example, if the ball pitches outside leg stump and the batsman is given lbw, he can appeal against the verdict but the third umpire will not have the benefit of ball-tracking technology to ascertain where the ball pitched. On the other hand, if a batsman is given lbw and he thinks he hit the ball, the Hot Spot will resolve whether there was an edge or not.The pitch mat was brought up during the discussion as the one element of the ball-tracking technology that could be used in the DRS so that the lbw could be covered using two technologies. It was, however, rejected by the BCCI, which did not want any element of the ball-tracking technology to be part of the modified mandatory requirements for the DRS.While Hot Spot is the only infrared, thermal-imaging camera available in cricket, audio tracking referred to the high quality “clean and real time” replays from the stump microphones, and not the Snicko, an ICC official confirmed.The CEC, which also approved the cricket committee’s recommendation to reduce the number of unsuccessful reviews in ODIs from two to one, decided that the continued use of the ball-tracking technology as a decision-making aid will depend on the bilateral arrangement between the participating teams. Further independent and expert research will be carried out into the accuracy and reliability of ball-tracking technology.A decision on how the cost of the DRS would be divided will be taken later. Last week, BCCI vice-president Niranjan Shah had said that the cost of using the DRS was as high as $60,000 per match. According to the ICC, however, that figure is closer to $5000 per day, with a maximum of $25,000 being spent on DRS per Test.

West Indies captain Darren Sammy has said that his side’s inability to capitalise on the “key moments” led to their seven-wicket loss to Pakistan in the second ODI in St Lucia

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Apr-2011West Indies captain Darren Sammy has said that his side’s inability to capitalise on the key moments led to their seven-wicket loss against Pakistan in the second ODI in St Lucia.”We could have tried to squeeze their batsmen more and when we batted we got a good start, but did not capitalise on it,” Sammy said. “We weren’t rolled over today. We kept ourselves in the match right to the finish. There were moments when things could have gone either way, but we didn’t make it happen.”We have to find a way to win those tight situations. We have to win in Barbados to stay alive in the series, so we have to grab our chances.”Lendl Simmons was the only West Indies batsmen to score over 30, or manage a strike-rate in excess of 80. As a result, West Indies finished with a below-par score of 220 that was easily chased down. Even in the first ODI, West Indies’ made just 221, where only Darren Bravo who got past 30.Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi praised the “discipline” shown by his side and said Pakistan were reaping the benefits of sticking to the gameplan. “We made a plan at our team meeting and our guys stuck to it and that was good,” Afridi said.”I think our bowlers are doing a great job, and the fielding has improved because it is a very important area for us. Our batting has shown responsibility and we hope to maintain this discipline right throughout the series.”Pakistan opener Ahmed Shehzad, who was named the Man of the Match, anchored Pakistan’s chase with his second ODI century. “Shehzad is a very talented guy,” Afridi said, “and he showed that he is capable of performing. He took his time, but chasing a small total, he could afford to do that and we won the game.””We tried to keep wickets in hand,” Shehzad said, of the way he paced his innings. “It was not a huge total so I knew that I had to control my strokeplay and not get carried away.”The third ODI will be played on Thursday in Barbados. Pakistan lead the five-match series 2-0.