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Kent allrounder Azhar Mahmood posted his third half-century of the Championship season to help set up an intriguing final day against Middlesex in Canterbury. Kent went in at stumps on day three with a total of 292 for 6 with Mahmood unbeaten on 69 in tandem with James Tredwell (10 not out) – representing a lead of 231 going into the final day.Mahmood had gone to the wicket with Kent seemingly in trouble on 168 for 5 – barely a hundred ahead – yet he and Geraint Jones joined forces to add 93 useful runs for the sixth wicket and make sure the game went into a final day. Having finally dismissed the visitors for 303, to concede a first innings deficit of 61, Kent had wiped only 33 off the arrears when they lost opener Rob Key for 16.Pushing with firm hands and no discernable foot movement, the home captain edged behind off Corey Collymore then, two balls later, Sam Northeast departed for just one when he nicked a Steve Finn leg-cutter and was well held low down at third slip by Sam Robson. Joe Denly and Martin van Jaarsveld then teamed up to add 54 in level-headed fashion before Denly, three short of a deserved 50, was drawn into the drive by Steven Finn to be caught in the gully.Soon after the tea interval Van Jaarsveld – without a championship century this summer – had his middle and off stumps rearranged by Tim Murtagh having reached 66 from 129 balls. With their side seemingly in trouble, Mahmood and Jones (45) came together to ensure Middlesex would have a sizeable last-day run-chase.However, Finn returned late in the day to pluck out Jones’ off stump to ensure the result remained in the balance. At the start of the day, Kent required a little more than an hour to take the three remaining Middlesex wickets in the space of 14 overs.It took the second new ball and a double bowling change to finally break a doughty stand between Dawid Malan and Murtagh which added 58 for the eighth wicket. Murtagh, having been hit on the helmet by a Matt Coles bouncer when on 18, added only two more to his score before he fell to the fifth ball of the day from Darren Stevens. Attempting to pull, he skied to wicketkeeper Geraint Jones – who ran forward to claim the catch near the stumps at the striker’s end.Following his release from the England squad on duty against India at The Oval, Finn – who replaced nominated player Steve Crook – then saw Malan’s 144-ball stay come to an end for 68 when the left-hander aimed to cut the third delivery of the morning from Wahab Riaz, only to pick out James Tredwell at slip.Finn clipped four off his legs against Riaz to take Middlesex past 300 for a third batting bonus point, but he also perished when top-edging an attempted pull shot to mid-on and give Riaz figures of three wickets for 52 runs on his farewell appearance for the county.

One of the lesser-noticed concessions Pakistan emerged with from the ICC’s recently-concluded annual conference in Hong Kong was the board’s bid to host an ICC event in 2018. The ICC acknowledged the request but didn’t give any assurances and as it stands currently, there are no details about what that event might be, other than that there is scheduled to be one that year.For a board that hasn’t seen any top-grade international cricket in their country for over two years and is unlikely to for some time yet, just putting in a bid and having it acknowledged is a minor triumph.”When discussions began in Hong Kong, we saw an event in 2018 and saw it wasn’t allocated to anyone so we decided to bid for it,” Subhan Ahmed, the board’s chief operating officer, told ESPNcricinfo. “We need to be seen to be doing something about it and getting the ICC press release to acknowledge it sends a strong signal that we are trying to bring cricket back here.”Though the event isn’t specified, it could well be the World Twenty20, now a biennial ICC event and scheduled to be held in 2012 and 2014. The process of allocating events beyond 2015 – till when they are currently allocated – will begin later this year or early next year and is likely to be finalised by 2013 or 2014; for events between 2007 and 2015, for example, the allocations were finalised by April 2006. Only after the allocation process is over will it be clearer what ICC event falls in 2018.The prospect thus remains a distant one and dependent entirely on Pakistan’s security situation at the time. But the other motivation behind the bid was the fact that Pakistan is the Full Member country that hasn’t staged – or is scheduled to stage – an ICC event since 1996, when it co-hosted the World Cup with India and Sri Lanka. The idea for the bid was discussed with the ICC’s Pakistan Task Team (PTT) beforehand and this point registered with them as well.”This is the main point we made at the meeting, that being a Full Member and an established member of the ICC, Pakistan was the only country that hadn’t (hosted an ICC event) since 1996. England, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, West Indies, South Africa have all done so, Australia and New Zealand will do in 2015 (the 50-over World Cup) and we haven’t,” Ahmed said. “By the time 2018 comes around, we will have gone 22 years without hosting a major tournament which isn’t right.”The 2000s have been blighted for the PCB by security concerns. After 9/11 and the US war in neighbouring Afghanistan, teams refused to tour Pakistan; West Indies and Australia played their series in the UAE in the early parts of the decade. Teams started visiting again soon enough, but after growing security problems in 2007-08, touring became an issue again. The 2008 Champions Trophy was due to be held in Pakistan but was scrapped and held a year later in 2009 in South Africa after teams refused to travel. After the terror attacks on the Sri Lanka team in March 2009 in Lahore, teams stopped touring altogether and Pakistan lost its right to co-host the 2011 World Cup.In just under ten years – since September 2001 – Pakistan have played only 25 Tests at home, comfortably the lowest among the current Test-playing countries. And of all the Full Members, Pakistan has hosted the least number of ODIs in that time, even fewer than Zimbabwe.Security remains a concern for now and the forseeable future. “Initially members were reluctant because of the security aspect and even the ICC was,” Ahmed said. “But we said that just as it happened with the 2008 Champions Trophy – and happens with all ICC events – there is a thorough security assessment well before the event and if there is a problem it can be moved. But for us, it’s important to send a strong message out there and the members and the ICC understood this.”

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Sussex Sharks’ hopes of extending their lead at the top of the South Group were dashed after the Friends Life t20 game against Kent Spitfires was abandoned at Hove. Persistent rain for much of the day made the decision for umpires Nigel Llong and Neil Bainton a formality and the game was called off at 7pm, both sides taking one point.The Sharks are still well placed to reach the quarter-finals, having won five of their seven games so far while Kent will be hoping to maintain the momentum that had brought them two successive wins when they play their next game against Middlesex at Uxbridge on June 24.

India’s forthcoming tour of England will take place without the use of the Decision Review System (DRS), after the Board for Control of Cricket in India officially informed the England & Wales Cricket Board that they would be unwilling to embrace the use of technology.The news comes as a blow to England, who – despite some teething problems on their tours of West Indies and South Africa in recent years – have become increasingly astute in their use of the review system. Graeme Swann has been a particular beneficiary of Hawk-Eye replays, with 29.71% of his 138 Test wickets coming via lbw decisions, the highest proportion for an offspinner in Test history.”The England team are comfortable with the use of DRS, but the BCCI have advised us that they won’t be willing to sanction its use during the Test and one-day series,” an ECB spokesman told ESPNcricinfo. “Both boards have to agree to the technology being in place for it to happen, so it doesn’t look as though it will be used this summer.”DRS technology has been used without incident during the current Test series between England and Sri Lanka, with the addition of Hot Spot replays helping to diffuse a potentially controversial caught-behind verdict against Kumar Sangakkara in Cardiff. Despite no visible deviation through to the keeper, a thin white mark on the edge of Sangakkara’s bat helped to confirm that he had touched the ball, and at the close of play, his captain Tillakaratne Dilshan conceded that the right decision had been reached.India, by contrast, have been reluctant participants, most notably during the recent World Cup, when Ian Bell was ruled not out during the tied match against India, because the batsman had advanced more than 2.5m down the wicket, at which point the parameters for Hawk-Eye’s tracking system are deemed unreliable. “The adulteration of technology with human thinking meant we didn’t get that wicket,” said India’s captain, MS Dhoni, at the conclusion of the match.Dhoni’s outspoken opposition to DRS is backed by other senior players within the Indian squad, including Sachin Tendulkar, and as a consequence the BCCI is willing to take a stand on the issue. “Our official position on DRS remains unchanged,” an Indian board official told ESPNcricinfo. “To implement UDRS you need the agreement between the two participating nations. Now with the BCCI not supporting DRS, the ECB cannot force it on us.”India’s stance leaves the future of DRS in doubt, given that the ICC’s cricket committee recommended in May that technology ought to be incorporated in all forms of the game. There had been moves to make DRS mandatory at the ICC’s annual board meeting in June, but the BCCI’s opposition will be hard to overcome.

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Ian Bell was the outstanding performer on a gloomy Trent Bridge day•PA Photos

Such was the excellence of Alastair Cook over the winter, that Ian Bell’s contribution to England’s Ashes success was easily overlooked.But Bell came of age over the winter. Ending the series with an average of 66 and a maiden Ashes century to his name, Bell finally silenced all but the most dogmatic doubters. He had, at last, graduated from promise to substance.Now, however, aged 29 and the veteran of 62 Tests, the time is right for Bell to progress again. Established as a good Test player, he now has the opportunity to earn himself a reputation as one of the finest batsmen currently playing international cricket.His batting here bodes well. Against a high-quality attack and on a pitch offering some assistance, Bell combined solidity with flair in a most impressive innings. He looks a fine, fine player. And he looks hungry.Bell was not the only batsman to impress. Varun Chopra, William Porterfield and Jonathan Trott also played some sparkling strokes against an attack perhaps striving a little too hard to justify their captain’s decision to insert the opposition.But while Trott, Chopra and Porterfield flourished only briefly – all falling to edges – Bell scarcely played a false stroke and looked determined to provide something more substantial than a cameo.Warwickshire were grateful for Bell’s defiance. Their last three innings against this opposition have totalled only 373 runs for 30 wickets, culminating in them losing 20 wickets in a day last August. Bell was not present in either game, however, and provides a far stiffer spine to his team. He’ll be sorely missed when he departs on England duty.Perhaps Nottinghamshire can count themselves unfortunate. Andre Adams beat the bat frequently and might have dismissed Porterfield, in particularly, on a dozen occasions. Porterfield also survived two tough chances, both off Adams, who had good cause to curse some of the out-fielding that dented his figures and released pressure on the batsmen. Mark Wagh was, by some distance, the worst offender.Still, there were some encouraging signs from an England perspective. Stuart Broad, while not quite at his best just yet, looks to be coming to the boil nicely, though Graeme Swann was only given two overs on a green if sluggish first-day pitch that encouraged the seamers throughout.Warwickshire started well. With both opening bowlers over-pitching, Porterfield and Chopra launched into a series of sumptuous drives, posting 72 for the first wicket in just 16 overs, before Chopra was drawn into an extravagant drive at one that left him and edged to slip.The introduction of Adams made life more difficult for the batsmen. Though Porterfield, another man who will be absent on international duty (Ireland play Pakistan in two ODIs at the end of the month) next week, recorded his second half-century of the Championship campaign, a good portion of his runs came from edges through point or gully. His dismissal, inside edging one that may have nipped back a fraction, was no more than Adams deserved.Trott was soon into his stride, however. Timing the ball delightfully on both sides of the wicket, he looked in decent touch for a fellow who has spent the first few weeks of the season plying his trade on horrible surfaces. But, with a big score seemingly his for the taking, Trott fished at one he could have left and departed. He has now scored just 93 runs in five Championship innings.Through it all, however, Bell remained unbeaten. His driving through extra-cover was beautiful; his flicks off the hip masterful. But, most of all, he picked which balls to leave and defend better than any of his colleagues and retained his concentration despite several rain delays that eventually shortened the day by 37 overs.Mohammad Yousuf, back to his best after a century against Worcestershire, provided company during the last 45 minutes of the day but, in conditions that should be better for batting on the second day, the game remains just about in the balance.Meanwhile, it appears that Warwickshire will have to wait until next week before their appeal into the points penalty for a pitch deemed ‘poor’ in the game against Worcestershire is to be heard.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsSachin Tendulkar ended unbeaten for the second time in two innings•AFP

Sachin Tendulkar, the controller, and Ambati Rayudu, the enforcer, made short work of the below-par target set by Bangalore to give Mumbai their second successive win of the tournament. However, it was with the bat that Bangalore lost the game tonight. It was a strange innings as Bangalore were in consolidation mode for most of the time after they slipped to 19 for 2 and then meandered away to 140.There was no such hesitation shown by Mumbai in the chase. Every time Bangalore tried a new bowler, Tendulkar and Rayudu lashed out. When Abhimanyu Mithun was introduced in the sixth over, Tendulkar showcased his gorgeous straight drive, and Rayudu swatted a bouncer before creaming him through wide mid-off. When Tillakaratne Dilshan came on in the tenth over, Tendulkar deployed the slog sweep and the conventional sweep to collect more boundaries. When Asad Pathan was brought in the 12th over, Rayudu crash-pulled the first delivery to midwicket and when Virat Kohli returned for a second spell, in the 13th over, Tendulkar smote him to the straight boundary.Mumbai’s batsmen reserved their best for Zaheer Khan, whose awful night mirrored Bangalore’s in many ways. Davy Jacobs flat-batted the fourth ball of the chase for a stunning six over long-on, and sandwiched fours through the covers and long-off with a lovely whipped six in Zaheer’s next over. When Zaheer returned for a second spell, Rayudu cut him to the point boundary, slammed a full toss to midwicket and lofted him through long-on.In comparison, Bangalore’s approach was completely lacking in intent. Tillakaratne Dilshan hit a half-century but it felt like an imposter was wearing his jersey. AB de Villiers made 38 but never looked like he would hurt the opposition. “It’s a difficult track to bat; there is spongy bounce and AB (de Villiers) and I thought 140 would be a good score,” Dilshan said at the end of the innings. He couldn’t have been more wrong, at least tonight.The ball didn’t appear to stop on the batsmen, there wasn’t any alarming turn but they struggled to get going. Mumbai’s night was set up by Lasith Malinga with a brute of a first ball. It was full, it was pacy and it curved away devilishly late, past a stunned Mayank Agarwal and knocked out off stump. Next, Malinga pinged Virat Kohli on the boot with another screaming yorker, but it was not given out. Kohli fell soon after, top-edging his trademark on-side heave to the keeper. It was the beginning of the crawl.Dilshan tried to punch his way out of trouble but rarely found the timing or the gaps. de Villiers also played within himself and the pair started concentrating on singles. de Villiers fell in the 17th over, top-edging a slog against Pollard and that paved the way for Saurabh Tiwary to free his arms. He flat-batted Malinga over extra cover and heaved Harbhajan Singh to cow corner. Dilshan woke up in the last over to slap Malinga for six over midwicket as Mumbai finished on a mini-high but the target proved grossly insufficient.

Younis Khan and Shoaib Akhtar were the biggest beneficiaries in the new list of central contracts given to 19 players by the Pakistan board. Neither player was given a contract last year, but they are now among the seven men in the top category of contracts given out for the six-month period starting January 2011. Kamran Akmal, too, was in the top bracket a day after his abysmal performance behind the stumps against New Zealand in the World Cup.Legspinner Danish Kaneria was the worst hit, not finding a place in the list after having been awarded a Category A contract last year. Imran Farhat, Faisal Iqbal and Fawad Alam were among the other players overlooked by the PCB. Kaneria was the subject of an inquiry by the PCB prior to the announcement of the World cup squad, along with Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik. While Kamran was picked in the fifteen, Kaneria and Malik were ignored and have now also found their names missing from the list of contracted players.Misbah-ul-haq has moved up a grade from a Category B contract to Category A, following a successful year in which he assumed captaincy of Pakistan’s Test side. Asad Shafiq and Ahmed Shehzad, both of who are in Pakistan’s World Cup squad have been given Category C contracts. The 19-year-old Shehzad recently scored his maiden ODI century, while Shafiq has scored two half-centuries in his three Tests.Also in Category C are Adnan Akmal, who replaced his brother in the Test side for the series against South Africa in Abu Dhabi, Tanvir Ahmed, who took a five-for on debut in the same series, and 21-year-old quick Junaid Khan, who is part of Pakistan’s World Cup squad.Sohail Tanvir also missed out on a contract after an injury-filled year.List of contracted players
Category A: Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar
Category B: Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Akmal, Abdul Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz
Category C: Taufiq Umar, Asad Shafiq, Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Adnan Akmal, Tanvir Ahmed, Junaid Khan

Vidarbha dumped defending champions Tamil Nadu out of the tournament with a four-wicket win in Indore. Shrikant Wagh and Himanshu Joshi restricted TN to 230, taking five wickets between them, after M Vijay (38) and S Anirudha (28) had given TN a solid start, putting on 67. After both fell to Wagh, Joshi dismissed Abhinav Mukund and Dinesh Karthik cheaply. S Badrinath too didn’t hang around for long, and it was left to the lower order to take TN past 200, after they had slumped to 164 for 7.C Ganapathy brought TN back in to the game, sending back the Vidarbha openers with 38 on the board. But Ravi Jangid and Joshi steadied the chase in a 53-run stand, and captain Ranjit Paradkar anchored the innings with a patient half-century. But Ganapathy returned to remove Paradkar with Vidarbha still needing 34 from 25 deliveries. Amol Ubarhande, though, was there to take Vidarbha to the target with nine balls to spare, and remained unbeaten on 40.Gujarat stormed into the semi-finals with a 114-run demolition of Bengal at the Emerald High School Ground in Indore. Half-centuries from Parthiv Patel, Manprit Juneja and Sunny Patel set up Gujarat’s 263. The Bengal seamers took six wickets between them but none of them went for less than six runs an over. It was left to the spinners to exert some amount of control, and Gujarat did not help themselves with four run-outs.Bengal lost Anustup Majumdar to the second delivery of the chase, and Saurasish Lahiri soon after. Manoj Tiwary also could not capitalise on his start, and was caught behind for 27. Shreevats Goswami (39) and Wriddhiman Saha (30) took Bengal past 100, but the asking rate soon climbed above six. After the duo was dismissed, the lower order crumbled under the pressure, and Bengal lost seven wickets for 35 runs to be bowled out for 149. All the Gujarat bowlers were among the wickets, with Amit Singh finishing with 3 for 25.

Kenya coach Eldine Baptiste has said that Kenya need to go back to the basics after they suffered a huge 205-run defeat against Pakistan in their opening World Cup game in Hambantota on Monday.”We were not up to the mark in all three departments and in cricket whatever you do you have to stick to the basics, and when you play a team like Pakistan or any international side you don’t spurn your good starts.”It’s about being persistent and at the moment we are just not doing that.”Kenya started strongly after Pakistan chose to bat, picking up two wickets within the first seven overs but lost the initiative after that. Kamran Akmal and Younis Khan added 98 runs for the third wicket to steady Pakistan and Misbah-ul Haq and Umar Akmal put on 118 runs at almost nine runs an over to take the game away from Kenya. Kenya also conceded a whopping 46 extras, including 37 wides.”We did show some improvement from the last game against New Zealand as we started well bowling-wise in the first 25 overs, but again we slipped in the middle and were very poor in the end.”Faced with a daunting target of 318, Kenya’s batsmen wilted with only Collins Obuya offering some resistance with 47. None of the other batsmen made more than 20, and five batsmen failed to get off the mark as Kenya were bowled out for 112 in just over 33 overs. However, Baptiste, who took over as the coach in September 2009, was confident Kenya would be able to lift themselves up for their next game against co-hosts Sri Lanka.”On the big stage I know these boys can do that, and I have to drive the confidence in them for the remaining four matches. When I took the job I knew the enormity of it and I know that I have to go and get the 15 guys to revive their self-belief, because you cannot play cricket like that.”Baptiste said Kenya’s poor showing was not a justification of the ICC’s decision to trim the number of teams in the next World Cup in 2015 to 10 from the existing 14.”What is the reality? The reality is that we have played two bad games and that’s easy to say that, but you have to look at the way Holland played.”The Netherlands pushed England hard in their clash in the Nagpur after a hundred from Ryan ten Doeschate powered them to an impressive 292 for 6. England squeezed home by six wickets with just eight balls remaining.”So when we play bad games, it’s no credit, but when we play well they must give credit. Cricket is a funny game and we can stage a comeback, provided we stick to basics,” said Baptiste.Kenya play Sri Lanka in Colombo on March 1.

Hong Kong beat table-toppers Papua New Guinea by 93 runs at the Hong King Cricket Club to qualify for Friday’s final in the ICC World Cricket League Division Three, where they will play PNG again. Hong Kong’s win also mean they are guaranteed promotion to WCL Div. 2.PNG, who chose to field, had Hong Kong in trouble early on as Rarva Dikana and Hitolo Areni picked up three wickets to reduce Hong Kong to 39 for 3 in the 11th over. However, Hussain Butt, who top-scored with 68 was involved in two crucial 40-plus stands with Irfan Ahmed (25) and Nizakat Khan (36) to take Hong Kong past 100. Areni struck to dismiss Nizakat and Waqas Barkat in quick succession but Butt and captain Najeeb Amar put on 53 runs in just under 10 overs to get the Hong Kong innings back on track. Butt was dismissed with the score on 196 but Nadeem Ahmed hit some big shots to take Hong King to 221 before they were bowled out.Hong Kong’s bowlers then defended the total, bowling PNG out cheaply. Tony Ura and Kila Pala were the only two batsmen who managed to get past 20, as PNG failed to string together any substantial partnerships and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Nadeem picked up three wickets as PNG were bowled out for 128 in just under 48 overs.”We talked about how we could beat PNG today and knew if we batted first it would be important to make as many runs as possible before our bowlers could get to work on the PNG side,” said Hong Kong coach Charlie Burke.”The important thing for us was to remain focussed and we knew by putting PNG under pressure the side would become vulnerable which they did today. We beat them in a warm-up game without our full strength squad so we knew we had the ability today to beat them, and our ability and strength showed today.”There are plenty of quality sides in Division 2 but my focus since taking this role has been about securing promotion. We have the promotion but this league isn’t over and we want to win the entire tournament in front of our home crowd before we focus our attention to the new challenges and teams Division 2 will throw at us,” said Burke.”We’re obviously disappointed with our play and commitment in the loss to Hong Kong today,” added PNG captain Dikana. “Today was Hong Kong’s final as they battled for survival in the tournament and they were the better side on the day. Congratulations to a well prepared side that fought hard and showed strong spirit.”We have a rematch to see who will take home the title of Division Three champions and I know my team have the ability to take the trophy home to PNG as the best side in the tournament. Our complete focus is on tomorrow as we take one step at a time. Tomorrow is a new ball game.”

Two aggressive half-centuries from Hemin Desai and Vaibhav Wategaonkar carried Oman to a commanding four-wicket win over Denmark at the Kowloon Cricket Club, but it was not enough to allow Oman to qualify for the final.Denmark were sent in to bat and got off to a shaky start, losing their openers with just 38 runs on the board. Carsten Pedersen and Rizwan Mahmood steadied the innings with a 66-run partnership but once Mahmood was dismissed with the score on 104, Denmark suffered a collapse. Rajesh Kumar and Khalid Rashid picked up three wickets apiece as Denmark slumped from 104 for 3 to 181 all out in just under 48 overs.Oman needed to knock the runs off quickly if they were to keep their hopes of qualifying for the final alive. Desai and Zeeshan Siddiqui got them off to a rapid start, adding 34 runs in 2 overs before Siddiqui was dismissed. Desai and Wategaonkar then blasted 41 runs in 17 balls. Desai fell for 51 off just 17 balls with five fours and five sixes. Wategaonkar added another rapid 22 with Adnan Ilyas before Bashir Shah had Ilyas stumped. Oman seemed to lose momentum after his dismissal. Though they reached their target in just under 25 overs with Wategaonkar unbeaten on 54, Hong Kong went ahead of their run-rate by beating PNG to destroy Oman’s hopes of qualifying for the final.

USA’s hopes of qualifying for WCL Div. 2 were ended by Italy, who beat them by four wickets at the Mission Road Ground. Italy will now go on to play Oman in the third-place playoff while USA will play for fifth place against Denmark.Italy got off to a shaky start in their chase of 223, slumping to 52 for 4, but a 102-run partnership between Peter Petricola and wicketkeeper Hayden Patrizi got them back into the game. After Patrizi was out for 50, Michael Raso came in and smashed 38 off 29 deliveries, and Italy got home with 18 balls to spare. Petricola was unbeaten on 69.Petricola had also been Italy’s most successful bowler, taking four wickets as Italy restricted USA to 222 for 8. USA captain Steve Massiah scored 52 and opener Sushil Nadkarni scored 47, but USA didn’t get to a big enough total.”Along with the entire team, I am hugely disappointed to be relegated back to Division Four,” said Massiah. “We didn’t prepare for this tournament as well as we have done in other events and our performances here were nothing like what we know we are capable of when we play cricket.”Certain things didn’t go our way this tournament and we now need to go back to the USA and rethink our strategy and how we are going to bounce back from this and rebuild our team to climb back up the leagues.”