Andrew Flintoff may have turned down a central contract but has insisted that England remains top priority for him, ahead of several domestic Twenty20 deals

Cricinfo staff16-Dec-2009Andrew Flintoff may have turned down a central contract but insists that England remain his top priority, ahead of several domestic Twenty20 deals.Flintoff retired from Tests after the successful Ashes campaign and had rejected an ECB incremental contract soon after. There was speculation that he would become a Twenty20 freelancer, playing full-time in various domestic leagues around the world. He is already the IPL’s most expensive player – along with Kevin Pietersen – after signing an annual US$1.55m deal with the Chennai Super Kings earlier this year.Twenty20 may be more lucrative but England comes first, he told . “I would never turn down England,” he said. “I have shown more than enough passion over the years, and that’s not something you lose because I don’t have a contract.”If I didn’t think I was going to play for England again, I would not have had this latest operation, no way. It is all about playing for England. My intentions are to play every one-day and Twenty20 game for England. It is never going to be a case of picking and choosing.”A series of injuries were one of the reasons behind ending his Test career. He is currently recovering from a post-Ashes knee surgery, which forced him to be on crutches for nearly 12 weeks. Flintoff is still in doubt for England’s tour of Bangladesh in February, but was hopeful his best years in limited-overs cricket were still ahead of him.”I’m not sure I have even played my best yet, especially in one-day cricket – so now I am having this break I think I have got the chance to get better as a player. I am not going to just get by. I genuinely think I can now play my best ever cricket.”After turning down the England contract, Flintoff was linked with domestic Twenty20 deals in Australia and South Africa, sparking concerns that more players may decide to put cash before country. “I don’t think other players will follow what I’ve done,” he said. “There is a real misconception at the moment – people go on about the riches involved in Twenty20 cricket – but you earn your reputation playing Test cricket.”Everyone wants to play that, and then maybe later on in your career some players will have a choice – especially bowlers, who can’t play everything forever.”

For a moment, Paul Collingwood thought he’d made a fatal decision that would cost England the first Test at Centurion

Andrew McGlashan at Centurion20-Dec-2009For a moment, Paul Collingwood thought he’d made a fatal decision that would cost England the first Test at Centurion Park. Off the fourth ball of the penultimate over of the match, he called Graham Onions, the No. 11, through for a single then couldn’t regain the strike for the last over.It left Onions, who holds a first-class batting average of 12.32, to face the final over of the match from Makhaya Ntini and all Collingwood could do was offer advice from the non-striker’s end. Onions responded with excellent judgment and a straight bat, even managing to jab down on a typically scuttling delivery that had done for several more senior batsmen in the course of the match.Throughout the nail-biting final over, Collingwood had visions of a one-day international at Melbourne in 2002-03 where he left the tail on strike and the last two wickets were blown away by Brett Lee to secure a dramatic and traumatic victory.”As Straussy said, ‘all’s well that ends well’,” Collingwood said with relief. “I was hoping I was going to get a single off the last two balls. I was thinking I must face as many balls as I can. But I couldn’t get back to the other end.”When he was stuck down there I was saying: ‘Please, don’t get out, don’t get out – it will be my fault again’. But he was exceptional – very relaxed for a guy who probably hasn’t been in a situation like that. I thought he played that last over excellently.”Paul Collingwood and Graham Onions saw England through to the draw•PA Photos

Despite being county team-mates for Durham, Collingwood admitted he hadn’t seen much of Onions’ batting talents, so he probably didn’t know that his first-class batting average is almost four runs higher than that of Monty Panesar (8.58) who helped England save the opening Ashes Test at Cardiff.”He keeps bragging that he’s got the best bat in the dressing room,” Collingwood said. “So I kept shouting down ‘Remember you’ve got the best bat, just keep using it’. I was trying to keep him as relaxed as possible, and he was happy with that.”Sometimes you can over-complicate things and the nervousness can overtake you. There was one that scuttled along the floor, and he watched it really well and got the bat on it. Once he’d done that I thought he’s going to see through this over. It was a great effort.”Andrew Strauss, whose face grew glummer with every wicket that fell, didn’t sound quite so convinced about Onions’ batting pedigree. “I think hopeful would be the right word,” he said. “I know he’s got a reasonable technique. But in those circumstances, you don’t want the ball that scuttles along the ground or nips back at you.”You need a little bit of fortune on your side – and you need the player himself to stay composed, switched on and on the ball and aware of what the situation is calling for. I think he did that all exceptionally well.”Graeme Smith also expressed his surprise that Collingwood took a single so late in the penultimate over, but was left to rue not being able to dislodge Onions over the 12 deliveries he faced. “In those pressure moments batters choose to do things. He must have had his reasons,” he said. “It offered us six balls at Onions but he was dogged and stood his ground.”

A decision on whether the Ashes will return to free-to-air television will be taken before the general election, the Government said on Tuesday

Cricinfo staff12-Jan-2010A decision on whether the Ashes will return to free-to-air television will be taken before the general election, the Government said on Tuesday.Ben Bradshaw, the culture secretary, provisionally accepted the findings of a review panel led by David Davies, the former chairman of the FA, in November last year, which called for the home Ashes to be added to the list of ‘crown jewel’ sporting events protected from pay-only television.The ECB, however, vehemently opposed the move then, arguing that it would bring a severe loss of revenue and harm grassroots funding for the game. The ECB’s current deal with BSkyB and Five, which is worth a combined £300 million, runs until 2013 and includes the next home Ashes series. Under the recommendations the first series that could possibly be back on terrestrial TV would be the 2016 contest.When the move was announced in November the ECB were frustrated that the review committee did not commission an independent report into the economic impact of the decision, after estimating that some £30 million per year, which amounts to more than a third of their annual turnover, could be slashed from their budget.Yet John Grogan, Labour MP for Selby and a long-standing campaigner for wider access to televised sport, said that if governing bodies receive public money they should expect their major events should be shown for free.”If the governing bodies believe in an entirely free market approach, why are they receiving public money? You can’t have it both ways. If hard-pressed taxpayers and lottery players are funding the sports, should they not be able to see some of the events on free-to-air TV?”Sion Simon, a junior minister, told MPs that the government had provisionally accepted the findings of the review and final decision will be made shortly after the period of consultation ends in March.The ECB, however, have not changed their stance, and are holding out hope that the Government will reconsider its provisional decision. “Our position is that we will put in comprehensive documentation and research to the Government,” an ECB spokesman told Cricinfo. “We expect them to take the appropriate amount of time to consider the full financial considerations of any potential decision.”There is, however, only a short window between the end of the consultation period and the moment that parliament goes into recess ahead of an anticipated May election. The move to terrestrial could be seen as an attempt to woo voters, while sticking the boot into Rupert Murdoch, the owner of BSkyB, after the Murdoch-owned Sun backed the Conservatives for the election.

HBL would have entertained hopes of batting the opposition out of the game, but failed to measure up to the left-arm pace of Samiullah Khan, who nipped out five wickets for just 16 to bowl them out for 105

Cricinfo staff03-Feb-2010
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What a difference an extra day makes. Had this been a four-day fixture, like the previous games in the competition, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited would have been justified in feeling deprived of a victory after sparking a remarkable turnaround. But the additional fifth day gives them an opportunity to take the title that they thoroughly deserve after battling to snatch the upper hand in a game where they had been the underdogs for the first three days.Habib Bank Limited rested in a comfortable position at the start of the third day at the National Stadium in Karachi, leading by 116 on the first innings with all wickets intact. They would have entertained hopes of batting the opposition out of the game, but failed to measure up to the left-arm pace of Samiullah Khan, who nipped out five wickets for just 16 to bowl them out for 105.The trouble began early for HBL, who lost their top order with just 15 on the board. The next stand yielded 31, but that remained the highest of the innings, as seven wickets fell for just 59. Samiullah was supported by opening bowler Asad Ali and fast bowler Imran Ali, who bagged two wickets each, to swing the game SNGPL’s way.HBL finished their innings with a lead of 221, setting a tricky target, but SNGPL’s batsmen were prepared for the challenge. Their openers, Mohammad Hafeez and Naeemuddin, added 87. Hafeez and SNGPL’s top scorer in the first innings, Raza Ali Dar, fell within a space of 12 runs but with Naeemuddin batting on 49 and the experienced Misbah-ul-Haq partnering him at the other end, they will back themselves to pull this one off.

Cricinfo’s preview of the fifth ODI between Australia and West Indies in Melbourne

The Preview by Brydon Coverdale18-Feb-2010

Match Facts

Kemar Roach is back to full fitness and will add venom to West Indies’ attack•Getty Images

Friday, February 19, MCG

Start time 1425 (0325 GMT)

The Big Picture

The series is decided so there is little but pride to play for in this match. Australia want to finish the summer undefeated across all three formats, so they won’t be easing up despite resting some players. West Indies would love to leave the country with some positives ahead of their home series against Zimbabwe, so they will be keen for a consolation victory after their best hope of the series, the Sydney match, was washed out.It has been a long, tough season for West Indies in Australia. Three months ago they embarked on a Test tour in which they were competitive but didn’t win a match and there hasn’t been any one-day success either. Gayle is the only member of the squad to have been in Australia for the full three months, having played in the Big bash in between series. He has this ODI and two Twenty20s in Hobart and Sydney before he can head home, and even then there is barely any time to rest.”It’s been a long summer to be honest with you,” Gayle said. “For me personally I’ve been here about three months and we have to leave here and go straight into another series against Zimbabwe. It’s tough, I try to set my mind to it and just try not to be too negative and try to get the job done out there.”It’s tough on the players and I’m sure it’s tough on individuals because at the end of the day no one wants to lose and to be losing it kind of gets frustrating. But at the same time it’s our priority to try to get the job done and keep pushing the intensity and try to get a victory under our belt.”

Form guide (most recent first)

Australia WNWWW

West Indies LNLLL

Watch out for…

In the allrounder stakes, Dwayne Smith has taken a backseat to Kieron Pollard for West Indies in this series. But Smith’s 59 from 63 balls in Sunday’s loss at the Gabba proved his batting value and he is the tourists’ equal leading wicket taker with seven at 24.85. In the injury absence of Roach he was even given the new ball. If Smith and Pollard fire, it goes a long way to reducing the reliance on Gayle.Steven Smith is a man with a big future ahead of him and having made his Twenty20 international debut, he is set to play his first one-day international at the age of 20. A legspinner and powerful hitter with two first-class hundreds to his name, Smith has a strong chance of making Australia’s ICC World Twenty20 squad this year.

Team news

Having won the series already, Australia have taken the opportunity to rest Michael Hussey and Nathan Hauritz, which will allow Smith to play as the main spinner. Shaun Marsh missed the previous two games with a back problem and although he trained lightly on Thursday, the selectors were expected to be cautious with him ahead of the Twenty20s and the tour of New Zealand. That could mean an opening role for Brad Haddin, who is back after a two-match rest.Australia (possible) 1 Shane Watson, 2 Brad Haddin (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Clarke, 5 Cameron White, 6 Adam Voges, 7 James Hopes, 8 Steven Smith, 9 Mitchell Johnson, 10 Ryan Harris, 11 Doug Bollinger.Kemar Roach missed the previous two games with a sore left ankle but is fit again and will add much-needed venom to the West Indies attack. It has been a disappointing series – and in fact a lean 12 months at international level – for Lendl Simmons, who has eaten up a lot of deliveries for few runs. West Indies might be tempted to go instead for Brendan Nash, who has not played so far in the limited-overs portion of the trip.West Indies (possible) 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Travis Dowlin, 3 Narsingh Deonarine, 4 Wavell Hinds, 5 Brendan Nash, 6 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 7 Kieron Pollard, 8 Dwayne Smith, 9 Nikita Miller, 10 Ravi Rampaul, 11 Kemar Roach.

Pitch and conditions

The MCG pitch when the teams met for the first ODI didn’t have the raw speed it produced two days earlier for the Pakistan Twenty20 match. It wasn’t an easy surface to bat on and Australia’s 256 was more than adequate for a big win. The forecast for Friday in Melbourne is sunny and 29C.

Stats and trivia

• The Allan Border Medal night feels like an end-of-season party and Australia have found it hard to get back on task in previous years. In each of the past four seasons, the Australians have lost the next game they played after the Allan Border Medal ceremony
• Not since 2000-01 have Australia gone through a home summer undefeated in ODIs; they have a chance to achieve that feat on Friday
• It has been a series of low individual scores – Ricky Ponting’s 106 and Cameron White’s 63 from Sunday’s game are the two highest innings of the series
  

  Quotes

  “They’re on a high, so we’re up against it. But at the same time we’re going to be positive and try to get a win out there.”
  
  Chris Gayle“It’s been pretty exciting for me to be called up to this side, the boys have been really accepting. I’m sure that we’re going to want to finish the summer on a high with another win.”
  
  Steven Smith

Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain, has said his team’s victory in the Chappell-Hadlee trophy, was a fitting response to the 3-0 defeat inflicted by New Zealand two years ago

Cricinfo staff11-Mar-2010Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain, has said his team’s victory in the Chappell-Hadlee trophy, was a fitting response to the 3-0 defeat inflicted by New Zealand two years ago. The hosts, then, had won the first game comfortably by ten wickets before going on to chase 300-plus targets in the next two.”It doesn’t matter how many series you play but you always remember the last series you played, especially if it’s a losing one,” Ponting, who didn’t play in that series, said. “That was just before the World Cup, and we were throroughly outplayed in that series and it led to people to write us off. We regrouped pretty well over there and obviously played well, and we’ve regrouped very well since we’ve been here.”Australia scaled down their revised target of 200 in 34 overs with almost three overs to spare, but the bulk of the hard work had been done by their bowlers, who hit back to bowl the hosts out for 238 after their openers had delivered a fiery start. Ponting, acknowledging the importance of change bowlers, lauded the performance of James Hopes and Nathan Hauritz, who shared five wickets to cripple the middle order and help consign New Zealand to a below-par score.”I think that’s pretty important out here,” Ponting said. “On this sort of ground, the new ball flies off the wicket and off the bat at a pretty good pace. And that’s what they [the New Zealand openers] did particularly well today, using the pace of our new ball bowlers really well, hit the boundaries and got the momentum going their way.”Then when Hauritz and Hopes came into the game, it was a lot harder to score. It was harder to hit those boundaries, we restricted them, took those boundaries away and created chances which we took. We got on a bit of a roll then, the momentum was in our favour.”Australia won their third consecutive game of the series to clinch the trophy, and Ponting, who led his team to its eighth successive ODI series win, said the turnaround, after the defeat in the first game, was a result of attacking cricket. The hosts have been bowled out in each of the last three games.”New Zealand got off to good starts in every game, it’s sometimes hard to reverse momentum in one-day games but we’ve been able to do that really well,” he said. “They got off to a fine start, we weren’t very good with the ball early on, so we just kept attacking and set attacking fields. We told the bowlers to keep hitting the areas and if they continued to play the big shots, we’ll take our chances and that’s how it worked out.”If you hit your spot and you challenge the batsmen to play big shots, or take risks to hit boundaries, then you have half a chance. The brand new ball didn’t do that today, we gave them too many soft balls to hit to the boundary and once we tightened things up a bit and challenged them, that’s when we were in the game a bit more.”Our fielding, too, has improved throughout the series and once you’ve put them under the kind of pressure that we did today, it becomes really hard to get back into the game. Our wicket-taking ability in the middle has been the difference in the game.”The Duckworth-Lewis system came into play again, and this time it was Australia who were left chasing a stiff target despite dominating with the ball. Ponting admitted the revised score had given New Zealand an opportunity to fight back, though his batsmen secured the target comfortably. “It was a bit stiff, I actually thought it might have been wrong,” Ponting said.”I thought that was about 30 runs too many. It just goes to show that none of those equations are going to be perfect. We probably needed to be rewarded more for having bowled them out in 44 overs. But when you’re chasing 200 in 34 overs on a ground like that – 200 in a T20 game is only a good score out here – we knew that if we didn’t buy ourselves out of the water early and lose too many wickets early, we should be able to manage the chase.”[Cameron] White played a very sensible and mature innings, and it was a good run-chase in the end.”Ponting hinted at changes for the final ODI in Wellington, and added the presence of experienced players in his side made his job easier despite the absence of Michael Clarke, who had to return to Australia for personal reasons. “It does present an opportunity to include some new names,” Ponting said. “A couple of guys are a little sore after the game tonight. We’ll see how they pull up in the morning. We’ll look at giving McKay a go. We need to look ahead at the Test matches.”I’m lucky to have people like Hussey and White, who have good cricket brains. . Although you’ve lost your vice-captain, there are plenty of experienced guys around. Little things like, I’d like to think, bring good teams closer.”

Plays of the Day for the match between Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals in Nagpur

Cricinfo staff05-Apr-2010Yusuf deserts training
Not entirely. But when Rajasthan Royals started doing their warm-ups, Yusuf Pathan decided to skirt into the VIP stands to embrace the owner couple of Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra and exchange pleasantries. He spent a good few minutes. Not sure if Shane Warne was impressed.Never take a man’s word
Ryan Harris should’ve finished it neatly instead of fumbling, juggling and then going on to claim the return catch from Michael Lumb. The batsman asked Harris if it was a clean catch before walking towards the dugout and the Australian replied with a nod. To support his claims, he even raised both hands in the hand-cuffed fashion with the ball lodged in between. But an alert Simon Taufel meanwhile requested the third umpire Sanjay Hazare to verify. Instantly, one of the cameras found that Harris had actually grounded the ball. Harris apologised to Lumb but the Englishman may never again accept a gentleman’s word.Best ground of the IPL
With its long boundaries on all sides of the wicket, the VCA Stadium in Jamtha has offered the bowlers’ lot the much-needed succour. The figures support that idea: Rajasthan collected 66 of the 159 in boundaries and sixes while the corresponding figure for Hyderabad was 90.To hell with common sense

Four were needed off three balls, and Harmeet Singh was caught in a moment of panic. Rohit Sharma couldn’t time a full-toss from Siddarth Trivedi cleanly, but the square-leg fielder’s throw was wide at the bowler’s end, offering Rohit a chance to get back to strike. But even as Rohit rushed back for the second run, Harmeet remained rooted to his spot only to move a few steps at the very last second and cross Rohit just as Trivedi brushed off the bails. Clearly, Harmeet had forgotten to use his common sense.

Alan Butcher, the new Zimbabwe coach, is banking on his team to pull off an upset during the opening round of World Twenty20 matches in West Indies

Cricinfo staff16-Apr-2010Alan Butcher, the new Zimbabwe coach, is banking on his team to pull off an upset during the opening round of World Twenty20 matches in the West Indies. They have been grouped with New Zealand and Sri Lanka for the opening phase of the tournament and Butcher believes the nature of the format gives his side a chance.”We could have been in a worse group, I tell you,” Butcher said. “We have to try and match the standards of at least one of these two teams, if we do that we can make it. The nature of Twenty20 cricket, however, is that teams can be upset by a single heroic achievement. One catch, fifty or one good over can turn things around for any team; we have to take every half chance and catch we can get, that’s all there is to it.”In an aim to give themselves the best chance of success, Zimbabwe are arriving in the Caribbean ahead of many other teams for a warm-up schedule that includes a four-day and one-day matches against West Indies A, plus a one-dayer against West Indies before the official World Twenty20 practice matches.The squad has recent experience of conditions in the Caribbean – including Guyana where they will play their group matches – after the recent tour where they lost the one-day series 4-1 having started with victory in the Twenty20 international.Zimbabwe’s tactics throughout that series were based around their spinners, with the new ball given to Ray Price. Butcher joined that trip late after his appointment to the coaching role, but is set to continue with a similar style of play on what is likely to be a slow, low wicket at Providence in Guyana.”We had a game plan in the last West Indies tour that would have really worked if we had batted better,” he said. “I will work with a similar strategy. My overall strategy will unfold as we go through our four day match and two ODIs, and its details will become more refined after that.”We are working hard to make sure that there are enough good options and combinations to force people to get out there and bring the best out of themselves.”

Pacemen James Harris and Jim Allenby picked up nine wickets between them to help power Glamorgan to a nine-wicket win over Worcestershire in the County Championship match at New Road

28-Apr-2010
ScorecardJames Harris’s fourth first-class five-wicket haul hurried Worcestershire’s demise•Getty Images

Pacemen James Harris and Jim Allenby picked up nine wickets between them to help power Glamorgan to a nine-wicket win over Worcestershire in the County Championship match at New Road.Harris grabbed 5 for 56 and Allenby 4 for 23 to dismiss the hosts for 171 and leave their side to score just 39 to secure their second Division Two victory of the season. They wrapped up their resounding win inside two days to plunge woeful Worcestershire to their first defeat of the campaign after they lost their last six second innings wickets for just 11 runs in 10.1 overs.It was Glamorgan’s first Championship win at New Road since May 2002 which they achieved by reaching their easy target in only 7.4 overs for the loss of Mark Cosgrove. After trailing by 133 on first innings, Worcestershire’s hopes of a crucial solid start to their second knock suffered a blow when a poor stroke by Daryl Mitchell led to him being caught by wicketkeeper Mark Wallace off record-breaking teenager Harris.Following three successive Championship ducks, Phil Jaques was relieved to stick runs on the board and steadily moved to 25 before becoming Harris’ 100th first-class wicket for Glamorgan. By having the Australian caught at square leg by Ben Wright, he became the youngest bowler to reach the landmark for the Welsh county at the age of 19 years and 347 days.It beat the record of Robert Croft who achieved the feat when he was 22 years and 32 days old. Jaques’ departure paved the way for a half-century stand between Vikram Solanki and in-form Moeen Ali, who was Worcestershire’s first innings star when he made an unbeaten 85.The partnership was finally broken when Solanki played down the wrong line to Allenby and was bowled for 18 after putting on 58 in15 overs with Moeen, who reached his 50 with one six and eight fours off 55 balls.Along with Alexei Kervezee, Moeen helped Worcestershire wipe out their daunting first innings deficit in the 34th over. It was not long afterwards, however, before Moeen flicked David Harrison down the leg side and was caught by Wallace for 58 containing one six and nine fours off 65 balls. Kervezee, put down by Huw Waters while on 20, was then joined by Ben Smith to take Solanki’s strugglers to 154 for 4 at tea.Their uphill battle continued after the interval, however, when Kervezee failed to capitalise on his lucky let-off and was caught in the gulley by Dean Cosker off Harris. Much worse was to follow when Smith, Richard Jones and Alan Richardson all fell in quick succession to Allenby before Harris saw off Ben Scott and Jack Shantry.Glamorgan had started the day on 228 for 4 off 46 overs and were all out before lunch for 267 in 67.2 overs with paceman Richardson claiming 5 for 86. After having overnight figures of 1 for 81 the Worcestershire newcomer produced a far more impressive performance to add four more scalps in 8.2 overs.Included among them was Allenby who took his overnight 49 to 55 before being caught behind by Ben Scott after hitting nine fours off 81 balls. Glamorgan’s top scorer was Wright who resumed on 71 and added another eight runs before falling to Jones. He notched one six and 10 fours off 107 deliveries and put on 96 in 20 overs with Allenby.

Another impressive innings from Chesney Hughes raised Derbyshire’s hopes of
avoiding the follow-on before England all-rounder Luke Wright landed two late
blows at Derby

06-Jun-2010
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Another impressive innings from Chesney Hughes raised Derbyshire’s hopes of
avoiding the follow-on before England all-rounder Luke Wright landed two late
blows at Derby.The 19-year-old Anguillan passed 50 for the fourth time in only his fourth
County Championship Division Two match but was out for 62 to the first ball back
after a break for bad light and rain.Wright then bowled 20-year-old Dan Redfern for 44 and at the close, Derbyshire
were 244 for 6, trailing by 185, in reply to Sussex’s 429. Skipper Chris Rogers had continued his prolific form with 75 before he was one of two victims for England spinner Monty Panesar who had figures of 2 for 42 from 17 overs.Robin Martin-Jenkins followed his century by removing Garry Park but the Sussex
bowling was inconsistent on a day when conditions suggested it would be awkward
for batting. Cloud cover and moisture in the atmosphere should have favoured the seamers but
James Anyon struggled with his line and there were too many loose balls for the
batsmen to put away.Sussex had put themselves in a strong position with the last four wickets
adding 303 to leave Derbyshire needing 280 to avoid the prospect of being asked
to follow-on.Yasir Arafat and Anyon put on 64 for the ninth wicket before Anyon swept the
left arm spin of Robin Peterson into the hands of deep midwicket and a direct
hit from point ran out Panesar.Arafat was unbeaten on 34 and he gave his side the perfect start by striking
with the fifth ball of the Derbyshire innings when he trapped Wayne Madsen lbw
playing half forward. But the prize wicket of Rogers fell from the visitors’ grasp when the
Australian was dropped on 15 in Anyon’s second over by wicketkeeper Ben Brown.Rogers had already started to head for the pavilion after he saw Brown take
the edge diving to his left but the ball appeared to slip from his glove when he
hit the ground. The Derbyshire captain made the most of his escape and greeted Panesar by
driving his first two balls to the ropes as he and Park rebuilt the innings.They had added 96 when Park reached at a delivery from Martin-Jenkins which he
should have left alone and was well caught low down at a wide second slip by Ed
Joyce.Greg Smith made only two before he sent a return catch to Panesar trying to
work the ball through midwicket and when Rogers jabbed into the hands of short
leg, Derbyshire were 127 for 4. But Hughes again played with composure and with Redfern was steering Derbyshire towards their target before Wright dismissed them both in the space
of three overs.Hughes, who had pulled Wright for six, was lbw playing slightly across the
line to end a stand of 98 and Redfern was bowled playing back to leave
Derbyshire still 36 short of saving the follow-on.