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Financial pressures may persuade clubs to resume action taken at start of season

George Dobell27-Sep-2020Staff at several first-class counties are expected to be put back on furlough at the end of this week.ESPNcricinfo understands that several of those counties not involved in the knock-out stages of the T20 Blast will put a proportion of their staff – including players – back on furlough in October. This could include the Essex and Somerset teams which have been contesting the Bob Willis Trophy final at Lord’s in recent days.The government’s furlough scheme was set up to counter the financial challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. It has seen the government take responsibility for paying employees, allowing businesses to survive without laying off staff. The scheme ends at the end of October.All but Lancashire and Surrey put their players on furlough at the start of the summer when it became apparent that the season would be delayed. While some counties topped up the government’s furlough amount – which was originally capped at around £2500 a month – others did not. Current legislation means the government will be expected to pay 70 percent of employees’ monthly salary up to a maximum of £2,187, with the employer required to top up another 10 percent.Other county employees, including groundstaff and administration teams, are also expected to be put back on furlough at several clubs.Teams involved in the knock-out stages of the T20 Blast will have to wait to make a claim. The quarter-finals are due to be played on October 1 with Finals Day on October 3.It is understood the players at counties due to be furloughed have not yet been notified of the intention.

Derbyshire stay on course for knock-out stages with five-wicket win

ECB Reporters Network30-Apr-2019An unbeaten 119 from Wayne Madsen steered Derbyshire to a five-wicket victory over Warwickshire to keep them on course for the knock-out stages of the Royal London One-Day Cup.Warwickshire had to win to have any chance of emerging from the North Group and half-centuries from Alex Thomson and Alex Mellor took them to a competitive 288 for 7 with Mark Watt taking 2 for 32.But Madsen was dominant and, although Thomson followed his unbeaten 68 with 3 for 57, Alex Hughes made 69 as Derbyshire won with 21 balls to spare to eliminate Warwickshire.Warwickshire had to win to stay in contention but they were struggling when they lost three wickets for 15 runs to slump to 113 for 5 in the 22nd over.Ed Pollock top-edged a return catch to Logan van Beek and Dominic Sibley edged the last ball of the first Powerplay before Luis Reece took the key wicket of Sam Hain.Hain had scored an unbeaten 161 in the previous game and looked set for another significant innings until he tried to cut Reece and was caught behind for 34 in the 17th over.With Watt’s accurate and disciplined spell accounting for Will Rhodes and Liam Banks, the innings stalled until Thomson struck the first boundary for 10 overs.He pulled Ravi Rampaul for a six and two fours in an over to give Warwickshire renewed momentum which increased when Mellor twice drove Critchley for six in an over which cost 19.Mellor top-edged a pull but Thomson and George Panayi added 58 before Henry Brookes drove van Beek for six in the last over to give Warwickshire a challenging total.Billy Godleman drove and cut Brookes for three consecutive fours but was bowled by Thomson for 40 and Reece was caught at slip when he cut the spinner onto the wicketkeeper’s thigh.Tom Lace miscued a pull at Jetan Patel’s first ball but Warwickshire’s bowling was too inconsistent to apply any sustained pressure and Madsen played with authority from the start.He drove Patel for two consecutive fours to reach 50 from 43 balls and, with Hughes, took the game away from Warwickshire.Hughes drove Thomson for six and repeated the shot in his next over before he drove Patel back over his head in the 33rd to take the target below a hundred.Patel was Warwickshire’s best hope but Madsen never allowed him to settle, driving him for six and the stand was worth 134 in 22 overs when Hughes was well caught at mid on off Thomson.Madsen completed his fifth List A 100 from 92 balls and sealed Derbyshire’s third victory with his fourth six in the 47th over.

Warner has been charged with a Level 2 offence, while de Kock has been booked under the Level 1 category

Firdose Moonda and Daniel Brettig06-Mar-2018Australia’s David Warner and South Africa’s Quinton de Kock have been charged by the ICC for their stairwell confrontation in Durban, with both players having until Wednesday to respond to the charge.Both players were charged under the catch-all ICC code of conduct clause on bringing “the game into disrepute” following the episode that marred the Kingsmead Test, but Warner faces a more serious level 2 charge while de Kock a less serious level 1 offence. The difference in levels means Warner could be banned for one Test, but the heaviest penalty de Kock faces is a fine.The matter was debated in a meeting at the hotel being shared by the two teams in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday night, with the Australian and South African team managers Gavin Dovey and Mohammed Moosajee speaking with the match referee Jeff Crowe.The incident took place as the players left the field for tea on the fourth day. CCTV footage from cameras trained on the staircase leading to the dressing rooms showed Warner being physically restrained by several team-mates as he launched a verbal attack at de Kock. South African captain Faf du Plessis emerged from the hosts’ dressing room to try and diffuse the situation. He was accompanied by Kagiso Rabada, who did not get involved. The players went into their own changerooms after a few minutes. The video was first made public by South African media outlet .South Africa’s management will meet with de Kock to discuss his options before deciding how to respond to the charge. They strongly maintain that the verbal fracas started while de Kock was batting and was led by Warner making personal affronts to de Kock. South Africa are understood to be disappointed that Warner did not receive a more serious charge; a Level 3 charge would have required an independent arbiter to hear the case.The on-field umpires – Kumar Dharmasena and S Ravi – are understood to be claiming not to have heard anything that could be considered a breach of the code. South Africa’s reaction to this is one of incredulity, and some sources told ESPNcricinfo that the view in the home camp is that the umpires are “intimidated” by Australia. After the Durban Test, du Plessis said he felt the umpires should have stepped in earlier to avoid the situation spilling over onto the stairwell, but he also admitted the chatter had got personal from both sides.The charges against Warner and de Kock were brought by the on-field umpires. “Australia vice-captain David Warner and South Africa’s Quinton de Kock have been reported for breaching the ICC code of conduct following their altercation on the fourth day of the Durban Test which was captured on CCTV,” an ICC spokesman said. “The umpires officiating in the Durban Test have reported Warner for a level 2 offence and de Kock for level 1 offence for ‘conduct that brings the game into disrepute’ following the incident in the stairwell near their dressing rooms. The teams have been given until tomorrow to respond to the charges.”The former Australia batsman Simon Katich, currently commentating in South Africa, said the ICC had the opportunity to draw a line under the sort of aggressive exchanges captured on the CCTV footage by imposing a ban. “The one thing the match referee has got the control to do is if they set a precedent, players will stop behaving like that,” Katich said on SEN radio.”At the moment it might take a one-Test ban for players to realise they can’t behave like that, and then it would put it to bed.”In the end, the team that gets affected by a player missing out on a Test match is going to be very disappointed with their fellow team-mate, and what will happen is the team-mates will start to police these issues, rather than let them happen over and over again. Let’s see what happens with the match referee and whether they’re going to be stern enough to stamp this behaviour out.”

A round-up of the sixth round of Sunfoil Series matches on January 8, 2017

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Jan-2017Cape Cobras marched to a commanding six-wicket win in Outdshoorn against Lions after they chased down the target of 237 inside 44 overs on the final day with an aggressive and unbeaten century from Wayne Parnell. He struck the game’s only century as well as contributed with the ball to take Cobras to their first win in six matches.Once Lions were dismissed for 383 on the final day, Cobras had 46 overs to chase and did so by scoring at nearly 5.50 runs per over on the back of Parnell’s 103 off 131 balls that featured seven fours and two sixes. Once their first wicket fell at the score of 74, a 125-run second-wicket partnership between Parnell and Stiaan van Zyl (64 off 65) took them to 199, before van Zyl was dismissed by Aaron Phangiso. By then, Cobras were on top and they completed the win soon after Parnell reached only his second first-class ton, and he smashed the winning runs with a four.Lions were on the backfoot in the game’s first session when they crumbled to 44 for 6 in under 23 overs after being asked to bat. Dwaine Pretorius scored 35 at No. 6, but with his dismissal, Lions soon folded for 126. Parnell broke the opening stand and collected three of the last five wickets to finish with 4 for 26.Cobras overcame Lions’ score in reply, but not without their own collapse. Opener Omphile Ramela struck a patient 75 even as the rest of the top five batsmen scored 15 runs together. After Ramela steered them till the score of 159, Aviwe Mgijima scored 73 and an unbeaten 48 off 135 from Dane Piedt helped them put on 273. Pretorius and Willem Mulder took three wickets each.Trailing by 147, Lions put on a stronger batting performance second time around, but after another collapse, as Nicky van den Bergh’s 93 helped his team recover from 48 for 4. He shared 97 runs with Pretorius (62) for the fifth wicket to nearly wipe off the deficit but was removed by Piedt. A late surge from the tailenders led by Bjorn Fortuin (72) took Lions to 383, helped by Hardus Viljoen’s 46, but it was not enough to stop Cobras.Kingsmead saw a tame draw between Dolphins and Warriors after inclement weather resulted in a curtailed second day, and a third day that had to be called off without a ball being bowled. In the 180.4 overs the match saw, Dolphins’ Vaughn van Jaarsveld, Divan van Wyk and left-arm spinner Senuran Muthusamy delivered standout performances. Warriors batsman Colin Ackermann, who scored 81 in the first innings, was their only notable show.Asked to bat, Warriors’ innings consisted of a 102-run partnership between two batting collapses. After their openers put on 47 runs, Warriors soon saw themselves at 99 for 4. Ackermann stitched a century stand for the fifth wicket with Somila Seyibokwe (54) to take Warriors past 200, but with Seyibokwe’s dismissal, a second Warriors collapse saw them all out for 231. Muthusamy accounted for Ackermann and three other lower-order wickets as he returned figures of 4 for 49.Dolphins, who finished the first day on 39 for no loss, then batted through spells of poor weather to take a comfortable lead. Van Jaarsveld struck his 15th first-class century, scoring 154 while putting together consecutive century partnerships. He added 145 runs for the second wicket with van Wyk (95) and another 116 runs with Cody Chetty. By the time van Jaarsveld – whose century earned him the Player-of-the-Match award – was dismissed in the 86th over, the Dolphins lead had gone past 100 and the teams agreed on a draw after playing 40 overs on the last day. Dolphins earned 9.22 points while Warriors got only 3.62 points from the match.In Bloemfontein, a dangerous pitch after two days of rain saw the match between Knights and Titans being abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Azhar Ali has called Pakistan’s final ODI against England a “must-win game” as the pressure on his captaincy mounts after just six months in the job

Alan Gardner19-Nov-2015Azhar Ali has called Pakistan’s final ODI against England a “must-win game” as the pressure on his captaincy mounts after just six months in the job. Pakistan have twice been beaten heavily after going 1-0 up in the series and can now only manage a tie at best.In both Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, Pakistan struggled in particular with the bat. Azhar has only managed 66 runs in three innings at the top of the order and changes to the line-up – partly enforced by the sudden retirement of Younis Khan – have not helped. With Pakistan ranked a lowly No. 8 in ODIs, some commentators at home have turned their fire on the coach, Waqar Younis, despite the team’s recent success in Tests.”It’s a must-win game for us,” Azhar said of the fourth ODI in Dubai. “It won’t be easy because England played well in the last two games and won, but we all realise the importance of this game, we will do our hardest work to win the game and I am confident that if we play to our ability then we can definitely win this game and level the series.”Pakistan narrowly avoided missing out on a place at the 2017 Champions Trophy earlier this year, winning series against Zimbabwe (twice) and Sri Lanka to stay above West Indies in the rankings. But their indifferent form could jeopardise automatic qualification for the 2019 World Cup.”Pressure is always there in every series and different pressures – we had the pressure of qualifying for the Champions Trophy when we were playing against Sri Lanka but then the players responded very well,” Azhar said. “So there is pressure and since it’s a must-win game, you take that as positive and focus on cricket, if you use all your abilities then there is no doubt you can do it.”Following the World Cup and Misbah-ul-Haq’s retirement, Azhar was recalled to the ODI side after a two-year absence to take up the captaincy. His tenure began with a first-ever series defeat to Bangladesh but results had been improving until back-to-back losses against England.Asked about his future in the role was at stake, he said: “Things which are not in your control, you can’t control so I think the best thing is to focus on what you have in your hand. I don’t have any fear of losing anything. Do the job honestly and no one in the team has that fear and will accept whatever the outcome is.”A loss of form with the bat has also come at an unfortunate time for Azhar. Having marked his ODI return with two hundreds in his first five matches as captain, he has now gone eight innings without reaching 50, either side of a short lay-off caused by an infected toe.”I scored a lot of runs when I started as captain, but sometimes you don’t score runs. I am trying my best and was feeling well in the last game, middling the ball well so hopefully I will do that again in the next game and convert the good start. When I go in I don’t take any pressure when I am batting.”His innings of 36 in the Sharjah ODI was curtailed by a run-out, one of three in the match that undermined Pakistan’s hopes of setting a more testing target. Azhar has been run out five times in ODIs this year, as well as once in Tests – five of which involved Mohammad Hafeez – and he admitted it was something Pakistan needed to work on.”Obviously you don’t want run-outs but sometimes it happens,” he said, “it was one of those days the calling was not good, three main batsmen got run outs and that is an area of concern. But it’s not a big problem that we cannot solve, I think it’s about focus and putting your mind into it.”He added that the batsmen had discussed the collapse that saw Pakistan go from 132 for 2 to 161 for 8. “I think all of us were hurt, we were in a position to score big and on that the kind of pitch it wasn’t easy to chase. At that time 208 looked good and had we taken one or two more wickets then the match could have been in our favour.”When it happens like this we discuss everything, obviously it’s part of the game but we were hurt because it was in our hands, so we need to take full advantage and achieve the best. The message was that we should score the maximum runs.”There was some good news for Azhar to contemplate on the eve of the match, with the suggestion that Yasir Shah could be available again after a knee injury kept him out in Sharjah.”Yasir, we will see his fitness today, how it goes, hopefully he is fit,” he said. “He is feeling better, and we want to assess whether he can survive the 50 overs, you can’t survive in a 50-overs game half fit, so we have to assess him. We will look at the pitch and then decide what combination we play.”

Abdur Razzak and Shamsur Rahman are the latest additions to the Bangladesh ODI squad that will take on Zimbabwe starting May 3

Mohammad Isam25-Apr-2013Abdur Razzak and Shamsur Rahman have been added to the Bangladesh ODI squad for the three-match series against Zimbabwe that begins on May 3. They will also be in the squad for the two Twenty20s which take place just after the ODI series.Shamsur is a right-handed top-order batsman who made his Twenty20 debut against Sri Lanka last month. He was adjudged leg-before, falling for a first-ball duck, though the decision looked dubious at the time. He scored heavily in this year’s Bangladesh Premier League, making 421 runs in 12 matches. He also had a decent first-class season, averaging a shade below 36 and scoring one century. He is yet to make an ODI debut.Razzak has been a regular in the limited-overs squad, recently completing 200 ODI wickets. In his last ODI appearance, he took a five-for against Sri Lanka.ESPNcricinfo has learned that a total of three players will be returning to Dhaka after the second Test. Shahriar Nafees and Enamul Haque jnr are so far the only two confirmed while the third player will be decided later.

Sri Lanka Women put up a strong performance on the field to win the fourth Twenty20 game against West Indies Women by 14 runs, their first in the five match series which West Indies now lead 3-1

ESPNcricinfo staff08-May-2012
ScorecardSri Lanka Women put up a strong performance on the field to win the fourth Twenty20 game against West Indies Women by 14 runs, their first in the five match series which West Indies lead 3-1.Chasing Sri Lanka’s total, West Indies opener Juliana Nero built a solid foundation with 32 runs and took West Indies past 50 for the loss of one wicket. However, Sri Lanka turned the tables with aggressive fielding which led to four run-outs and Maduri Samuddika, playing her first Twenty20 on this tour, bowled a stifling spell of 4-0-11-3. West Indies lost their last seven wickets for only 23 runs to fritter away a good start as no one apart from Nero was able to get to a double-digit score.Sri Lanka’s innings had followed a similar pattern as they were reduced from 51 for one to 62 for seven in three overs. However, an unbeaten 32-run partnership between Dilani Manodara and Sripali Weerakkody helped Sri Lanka reach 94, which in the end proved to be enough.The last match of the series will be played in Port of Spain on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka Cricket is organising a Twenty20 league in July and August 2011 featuring their top players as well as internationals from India, Australia, Pakistan, West Indies and South Africa

ESPNcricinfo staff04-May-2011Sri Lanka Cricket is organising a Twenty20 league in July and August 2011 featuring their top players as well as internationals from India, Australia, Pakistan, West Indies and South Africa. The tournament, which will have five regional teams led by senior Sri Lankan cricketers, is the latest in a series of Twenty20 leagues, with some degree of international participation, that have been created over the past few years.The league will be run by the Singapore-based Somerset Entertainment, which won the organisational rights and is now looking at securing a TV deal. It is understood to have approached around 35 international players including Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Chris Gayle, Yusuf Pathan and Shahid Afridi, and most of Sri Lanka’s leading cricketers.Salaries in the league will be on the lower side; one estimate suggested three salary slabs with the highest at $30,000, which is what a mid-level player would get for each game of the IPL.The BCCI is understood to have given the league its blessing and the tournament’s timing – it will coincide with India’s Test series in England – will suit India’s limited-overs specialists. An Indian player, who was one of the first to be approached by the organisers, said he was made to understand that the tournament was being held with the approval of the Indian board.”I was made an offer during last season of Ranji Trophy,” the player told ESPNcricinfo. “I did not agree at the time but they [the organisers] said it is not as popular a league as the IPL so money won’t be that big. We left it by saying we can talk more as the time goes. Perhaps a new offer could come after the IPL.”While the league will be a lower-profile event compared to other Twenty20 tournaments, it is likely to benefit from the fact that many players will be free from international commitments at that time. It is also likely to draw in several players who are no longer active in international cricket. Shoaib Akhtar is one player who is understood to be a certainty for the tournament and Herschelle Gibbs is also believed to have been approached.The league will also be a boon for players from Pakistan, who currently are not part of the IPL and whose international exposure has been limited because of security issues.

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.

Next-highest score George Balderson’s 41 but Notts made to pay after opting to bowl

ECB Reporters Network30-Jun-2024A fourth century of the season by Keaton Jennings steered Lancashire into a strong position on 344 for 8 after the first day of this Vitality County Championship match against Nottinghamshire at Southport.It was a masterful, battling innings of 183 not out off 258 balls, with 26 fours and four sixes, by Red Rose captain Jennings that held the Lancashire innings together after the visitors had threatened to take charge after lunch.A sellout crowd had turned up hoping to see James Anderson in action for Lancashire one more time, evinced by the collective groan that rose around the Trafalgar Road ground when it was announced Haseeb Hameed had won the toss and opted to bowl. Those present had to settle for watching one of Anderson’s potential England successors instead.Dillon Pennington, selected for the first time alongside Anderson in the England squad to face West Indies, put in a strong shift that returned 2 for 70 from 23 overs across five separate spells on a slowish pitch.Pennington’s lively six-over opening spell conceded just three runs but went without reward and it was the first change bowler Dane Paterson who struck first, nipping one back to bowl Luke Wells for 7.Jennings and Bohannon steered Lancashire to 59 for 1 at lunch in a session shorn of 22 minutes due to rain but the visitors fought back strongly with three wickets in the afternoon.Wicketkeeper Joe Clarke, having taken over the gloves from Tom Moores, dropped an edge by Bohannon off Olly Stone but redeemed himself by holding onto a near identical edge by the Lancashire batter off the very next ball.Pennington snared his first wicket when George Bell edged to second slip for 8 after an uncomfortable 39-ball stay at the crease followed by Matty Hurst tamely chipping Lyndon James to Stone at midwicket for 2 to leave Lancashire 120 for 4 after the Notts attack had skilfully dried up the run scoring during the afternoon.It was Jennings who held the innings together with a mixture of calculated attack and strong defence that saw the left-hander deposit Paterson over square leg for six while his 16th four brought up a 179-ball hundred.Jennings found strong support from George Balderson, who made 41 and twice lofted consecutive Liam Patterson-White deliveries into the Harrod Drive gardens overlooking the ground, in an 88-run partnership that wrestled the initiative back for the hosts.In a lengthy 41-over final session that saw 194 runs scored, Chris Green and Tom Bailey were both lbw to James while Will Williams edged Pennington behind for a duck. But Jennings opened up as started to run out of partners, hammering a tiring attack and taking 47 balls to go from his hundred to 150 as he deposited Stone for six onto the adjacent railway line and ramped Paterson over long-on for six more.Notts cause was hardly helped by three chances of varying difficulty offered by Jennings being put down during the evening that ended with Lancashire having a strong total that they will look to bolster on Monday – and with, for those spectators attending, Anderson likely to both bat and bowl.