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Jhulan Goswami will lead the India Women’s team in quadrangular ODI and Twenty20 tournaments in England this summer

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Jun-2011Jhulan Goswami will lead the India Women’s team in quadrangular ODI and Twenty20 tournaments in England this summer. Amita Sharma has been named vice-captain of the 15-player squad.The squad includes three new faces in Veda Krishnamurthy, Ekta Bisht and Shilpa Gupta. Kirshnamurthy and Bisht were part of the Board President’s Women XI that played West Indies Women in Mumbai in January, as well as the 2010-11 Women’s Champions Trophy, in which Gupta featured too.The biggest name missing from the squad is that of allrounder Rumeli Dhar, a veteran of 76 ODIs (apart from four Tests and 15 T20 internationals). Dhar was in poor form against West Indies in January, picking up two wickets and getting a top score of 38 in a five-ODI series which India won 3-2. Soniya Dabir and Reema Malhotra, who were part of that squad, also missed out.The T20 tournament, which also features England, Australia and New Zealand, begins on June 23 with India taking on Australia at Billericay. The ODI series, featuring the same teams, begins on June 30.Squad: Jhulan Goswami (capt), Amita Sharma (vc), Mithali Raj, Snehal Pradhan, Poonam Raut, Neha Tanwar, Harmanpreet Kaur, Samantha Lobatto (wk), Anagha Deshpande, Gouher Sultana, Priyanka Roy, Diana David, Veda Krishnamurthy, Ekta Bisht, Shilpa Gupta.

Ashish Nehra has begun bowling in the nets after successful surgery on his injured finger, but will not be fit in time to take part in IPL 2011

ESPNcricinfo staff02-May-2011Ashish Nehra has begun bowling in the nets after successful surgery on his injured finger, but will not be fully fit in time to take part in IPL 2011. Nehra had fractured the middle finger on his right hand while attempting a catch during India’s semi-final win over Pakistan in the World Cup. The injury forced him to miss out on the World Cup final.”I have just come back from Australia last week,” Nehra told . “My finger surgery went off well. My recovery has been pretty good. I was at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) doing my rehabilitation work. I have also started bowling in the nets and haven’t faced any problems.”While he has had no trouble bowling, Nehra said batting and fielding is still a problem and therefore “playing in the IPL is out of the question”. Instead, he will be going back to the NCA for a two-week rehabilitation program as he wants to be completely fit before making himself available for selection for India.”The physios and the doctor will monitor my progress,” he said. “If I get a positive response from them, I will submit my fit-certificate and make myself available for selection for the West Indies tour.”Pune Warriors India, one of the two new franchises, bought Nehra for $850,000 in the January player auction, and the bowler expressed his disappointment at not being able to play a single game for them this season.”I feel bad that I haven’t been able to serve the team. But injuries are something you can’t really predict. It was painful to sit in the dressing room watching India win the World Cup. But then I was happy for my team also. I tried thinking about Praveen Kumar. He was a certainty in the squad but missed out due to injury.”

Only 17.1 overs were possible on a frustrating fifth day at the Division Two final, which has now been stretched to an extra day in order to ensure at least one completed first innings

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Jan-2011
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsOnly 17.1 overs were possible on a frustrating fifth day at the Division Two final, which has now been stretched to an extra day in order to ensure at least one completed first innings. There will be no play tomorrow, on account of the murder of the Punjab (Pakistan) governer Salman Taseer, and hence the extra day of play will be on Thursday, the seventh day since the start of the game. Khan Research Laboratories, who had remained on 12 for 1 through the rained-out fourth day, proceeded to 74 for 2 by stumps. Mohammad Rameez provided the one spark in the day’s play, producing a big inswinger to disturb Zulfiqar Jan’s middle stump. KRL still trail State Bank of Pakistan by 229 runs.

The New Zealand batter was on 17 when he was caught backing up early by Hasan Mahmud, but he was quickly offered a second life

Mohammad Isam23-Sep-2023Bangladesh captain Litton Das recalled batter Ish Sodhi after fast bowler Hasan Mahmud had run out the New Zealand player when he left the crease early at the non-striker’s end.Senior Bangladesh batter Tamim Iqbal spoke about the incident at the post-match press conference and appeared to be against bringing batters back after dismissing them. Sodhi was on 17 off 26 balls when he was called back. After the reprieve, he scored 18 off 13 with the help of two sixes.The incident took place in the 46th over when Mahmud broke the wicket in his bowling stride as Sodhi backed up early. The bowler appealed to umpire Marais Erasmus who went straight to the TV umpire. Replays showed that Sodhi was out of his crease when Mahmud dislodged the bails.Sodhi walked off with a smile on his face but as he neared the boundary rope, Bangladesh’s captain Litton told the umpire that he wanted to call Sodhi back. Informed of the gesture, Sodhi ran back to the middle and gave Mahmud a hug.Litton’s decision could be seen as surprising considering the run-out at the non-striker’s end was destigmatised last year by the MCC. In March 2022, the MCC moved the wording of this dismissal from Law 41 (Unfair play) to Law 38 (Run out), to remove some of the stigma around such dismissals.”The bowler is always painted as the villain but it is a legitimate way to dismiss someone and it is the non-striker who is stealing the ground,” Fraser Stewart, MCC Laws Manager, told the , at the time. “It is legitimate, it is a run-out and therefore it should live in the run-out section of the laws.”New Zealand finished on 254 all out in 49.2 overs.

Seamer’s quad stiffness the latest injury setback for England after they lost Topley for the entire World Cup

Tristan Lavalette21-Oct-2022England seamer Chris Woakes is in doubt for the side’s T20 World Cup opener against Afghanistan as he battles quad stiffness. His injury might further stretch England’s options in the powerplay and the death.After England were rocked this week by the loss of in-form seamer Reece Topley for the entire tournament, Woakes was tipped to be a starter for the clash on Saturday at Perth’s pace-friendly Optus Stadium.But he faces a race against time to be fit and went through what appeared to be a fitness test on the ground on Friday afternoon. Under the watchful eyes of England’s medicos, Woakes had an intense workout, including several sharp sprints, while just metres away left-armer Tymal Mills – who replaced Topley in the squad having recovered from a toe injury that had sidelined him in recent months – marked his run-up, adding to the intrigue.”He [Woakes] is not someone you’d want to take a risk on. But I think he’s feeling good,” England captain Jos Buttler said. “He’ll take full part in training today and hopefully pulls up well.”He’s obviously a key player for us.”Related

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Woakes looms as an especially important cog of the attack during the powerplay. He issued a reminder during the third T20I against Australia in Canberra that he might be England’s best new-ball bowler with three wickets, including Aaron Finch and Mitchell Marsh with the first two deliveries of the innings.Woakes has endured an injury-riddled year, including surgery on his left knee, before returning in style recently in Pakistan. In the seventh T20I, he claimed 3 for 26, including Babar Azam in the first over, helping England to a big victory.In that match he also claimed Shan Masood in the penultimate over to further showcase his versatility at the death. He won’t be easy to replace if ruled out with Mills, David Willey and Chris Jordan fighting for a berth alongside speedster Mark Wood and Sam Curran, who starred against Australia with clutch death bowling marked by canny slower deliveries.While Woakes and Topley were originally earmarked to be England’s new-ball bowlers, Willey could now be a powerplay option along with Ben Stokes, who recently returned to T20Is after an 18-month absence.England have already been dealing with the headache of losing Topley on tournament eve, in what is a significant blow, given his flexibility and versatility to bowl at every phase.”We’re all so bitterly disappointed for him,” Buttler said of Topley, whose 17 T20I wickets is the most by an England bowler this year.”The amount of setbacks he has had already in his career…to come back and be in the position he’s in on the eve of a tournament, being in such great form, and to have that cruelly taken away from him is really tough.”Even though England have entered the tournament with bad injury luck, much like 12 months ago, there is an air of confidence in their camp that has been evident since they initially arrived in Perth earlier in the month.It manifested in an impressive series victory over Australia, which probably would have been a clean sweep if not for a washout in Canberra, but Buttler has managed expectations in his first major tournament in charge.”Far from it,” Buttler said when asked if he believed England were favourites, preferring to give the tag to Australia. “I think we’re a dangerous team who have players who can win games on their own and that’s a huge thing in T20 cricket.”We have plenty of options as to whichever way we want to go. I’m very confident in the team.”

Australia’s white-ball captain is expected to take 8-10 weeks to recover

Andrew McGlashan13-Aug-2021Australia’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch has undergone knee surgery with the recovery expected to take eight to 10 weeks as he aims to be fit for the T20 World Cup.Finch missed the recent Bangladesh tour having suffered cartilage damage ahead of the series in West Indies. He managed to play the five T20Is in the Caribbean but aggravated the injury in the final game.Related

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Having completed his mandatory two-week quarantine upon returning to Melbourne, Finch had the operation on Thursday with a Cricket Australia statement saying it was successful.”His recovery is expected to take 8-10 weeks meaning he should be available for the opening games of the World Cup in mid-October,” the statement added.The longer end of that timescale will push things tight for Finch with Australia’s involvement in the tournament due to begin in the final week of October. It is expected that tentative plans for warm-up matches against Afghanistan and West Indies will be cancelled due to logistical challenges with some players returning from the IPL which will be also be staged in the UAE ahead of the World Cup.Finch was one of eight potential first-choice players Australia were missing in Bangladesh where they were beaten 4-1 (the same margin they suffered in West Indies) including being bowled out for their lowest T20I total of 62 in the last match. If fit, Finch will be expected to open alongside David Warner at the World Cup.In Finch’s absence, Matthew Wade captained the side in Bangladesh where, like many of the batters, he had a lean time. Pat Cummins, the official Australia vice-captain, will be part of the World Cup squad.Australia have lost their last five T20I series, against England, India, New Zealand, West Indies and Bangladesh, having previously climbed to No. 1 in the rankings.Their planning has been disrupted by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on player availability but the results have also raised questions about the depth available especially in the batting.They have never won the T20 World Cup with their best performance being a runners-up finish in 2010 when they lost the final against England in Barbados.

South Africa skipper will be in the spotlight at St George’s Park with series locked at 1-1

Firdose Moonda11-Jan-2020In the wave of change that has broken over South African cricket in the last month, one thing has stayed the same: the captaincy. But that does not mean Faf du Plessis’ leadership has escaped scrutiny.The skipper, who last scored a Test century more than a year ago and has not crossed 30 in his last seven innings, will be in the spotlight at St George’s Park where either South Africa or England could ensure they cannot lose the four-match series, currently locked at 1-1. The other will go to Johannesburg playing catch-up. If it’s South Africa in that position, expect questions over du Plessis’ future to multiply, much like they did with his counterpart Joe Root in New Zealand.It’s not entirely unexpected that South Africa have to start their succession planning. Du Plessis is 35, has played international cricket for nine years and has identified this year’s T20 World Cup as a potential swansong. While he has repeatedly called himself “driven” to continue as captain in all three formats, he has also indicated South Africa should look at other options, especially in ODIs, so the transition is smooth.ALSO READ: The race for Test selection: How SA’s fringe players are faringThe only Tests South Africa will play between the end of this home season and the start of next summer is a winter tour to West Indies. Given the schedule and the circumstances, its not unthinkable that this England series could be du Plessis’ last at home, or perhaps his last, full stop. And ultimately the decision may not be his to make.Form will have to come into the conversation at some stage. It already has by those who took offence to du Plessis saying Temba Bavuma had to force his way back into the Test XI by weight of runs when du Plessis’ own load has been fairly light. Du Plessis’ last seven innings have brought 79 runs with a top score of 29; Bavuma’s last seven have brought 102 runs with a top score of 38.But go back, even just to the beginning of 2019 and compare the numbers. In the first nine innings of the year, du Plessis scored a hundred and four fifties, Bavuma only had one half-century. Despite tailing off at the end of the year, du Plessis averaged 41.41 in 2019 (by way of comparison Bavuma averaged 19.84) which is nothing to scoff at, especially when considering everything else the captain had to deal with.In the build-up to this series, du Plessis spoke about the “burden,” of being the buffer between the players and the crumbling administration. He did not provide concrete examples of exactly what he had to do during the crisis but said he took on more responsibility than usual. After the coaching overhaul, he indicated he was looking forward to simply leading on the field, which is when he believes he is at his best.Though du Plessis has often claimed captaincy has improved him as a player, the numbers don’t emphatically agree. As captain, he averages 40.32 compared to 41.02 when being captained. Instead, we have to turn elsewhere for evidence of du Plessis’ ability to steer a ship, like the Mzansi Super League (MSL).While eyes were initially on Bavuma’s Jozi Stars and Quinton de Kock’s Cape Town Blitz, as both those men have been mentioned as future national captains, it was du Plessis’ Paarl Rocks who won the title. Despite losing two high-profile players, Aiden Markram and JP Duminy, to injury before the competition began and playing with a squad that had almost no recognisable names (had anyone outside of South Africa heard of Kerwin Mungroo or Ferisco Adams?), the Rocks were the best-organised and strategised team in the tournament, a testament to the coaching of Adrian Birrell and the captaincy of du Plessis.The same clear thinking has not always been on display in the Test series. While du Plessis followed his gut feel in keeping Keshav Maharaj on for an extended spell in the second innings at SuperSport Park – where Maharaj got the wicket of Ben Stokes – the captain did not use his spinner as effectively at Newlands.Maharaj often bowled to poorly set fields and leaked runs, causing Mark Boucher to call him a “work in progress”, which seems a strange thing to say about the second-most successful spinner since readmission. Similarly, Anrich Nortje, known for his bounce, operated without a short leg, Dwaine Pretorius was underused and du Plessis delayed in taking the second new ball in England’s second innings, when South Africa needed quick wickets.Those tactical errors have nothing on the shot du Plessis played on the final day, when South Africa needed him to be at his most defensive in an attempt to save the game. Minutes before lunch, with a second new ball due in under four overs, du Plessis swept hard at a Dom Bess delivery and sent it straight to square leg.Faf du Plessis sweeps and is caught at square leg•Getty Images

Du Plessis later said he made a “mental error,” and that he understood South Africa’s senior batsmen need to step up to support the younger players in the top six. The reality is that nobody needs to step up more than du Plessis and history suggests he knows how to do it.In 2015, the year South Africa hosted West Indies, toured Bangladesh in the monsoon and were heavily defeated in India, du Plessis averaged 16.75. Du Plessis was dropped early in 2016 for the final fixture of a four-match series against England but returned as captain seven months later and scored a century to win a series against New Zealand.Since then, leadership rather than runs, has been the standout feature of du Plessis’ career. In 2018, he averaged just 24.36 but led South Africa to two crucial series wins, over the No.1 ranked Indian side and to a first victory at home over Australia since readmission.That South Africa lost a rubber in Sri Lanka four months later and a home series to Sri Lanka seven months after that was incidental. With the 2019 World Cup looming, attention was elsewhere. Besides, du Plessis had already saved face with a century in the New Year’s Test against Pakistan to take some of the heat off himself, something he has been good at throughout his career.That’s the way he started, with a century in the block-a-thon to draw a game that was all but gone in Adelaide in 2012. That’s the way he embraced his promotion to the captaincy with a century to seal his first series in charge, against New Zealand at Centurion in 2016. That’s way he responded two months later, with a century in South Africa’s first pink-ball Test with the series won and the aftertaste of ‘Mint-Gate’ still fresh in the mouth. And that’s the way he signed off from the World Cup, with a century in South Africa’s last hurrah, victory over the much-fancied Australians.Du Plessis has scored big runs when it matters and the situation he is in now, with South Africa craving a fresh start and his career on the brink of the end, it matters most of all.

The BCCI has said it is getting closer to narrowing down its list of difficulties in implementing the Lodha Committee’s reforms to “three or four”

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Jul-2017The BCCI has said it is getting closer to narrowing down its list of difficulties in implementing the Lodha Committee’s reforms to “three or four”. The seven-member panel set up by the BCCI to study their implementation met on Saturday, and achieved a “huge amount of unanimity”, according to its convener, the BCCI’s acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary.The panel is set to meet again on July 7, when it will look to finalise a report that it will present before a Special General Meeting (SGM) that the BCCI will have to conduct before July 14, when the Supreme Court will next hear the case. Following the SGM, the BCCI will hand over its final list of difficulties to the Committee of Administrators, the court-appointed panel tasked with running the BCCI until fresh elections under the Lodha guidelines.”I can tell you that there was a huge amount of unanimity among all members including [Cricket Association of Bengal president] Sourav Ganguly, who was present through Skype,” Choudhary said on Saturday.He added that the members had agreed unanimously on “six or seven” points, but did not want to reveal what they were until they had been narrowed down to a final “three or four”. He indicated that the unanimously agreed-upon areas of difficulty were ones the BCCI had already spoken about in the past.The board is understood to be inclined to incorporate most of the Lodha committee’s recommendations, except for policies such as the age cap of 70 years for office bearers, the tenure cap of nine years with cooling-off periods in between, the one-state-one-vote policy, and the trimming down of the number of selectors from five to three.”I could well do that [reveal the six or seven areas of difficulty], but I think all of you know it,” Choudhary said. “We are trying to reduce the gamut of difficulties to three or four, and in that exercise we have succeeded very substantially today. The small bits which are left we will finish them [on July 7].”[By then,] instead of talking about 5-6-7 points, I’m certain that I will be talking about three or four only. The other three will unnecessarily get attention [otherwise].”Choudhary was confident the BCCI would be able to conduct a Special General Meeting (SGM) before July 14.”I’m sure you’ll have a copy of that one-page document which states clearly, delineates, that the honourable Supreme Court of India’s next date on the subject is the 14th of July,” Choudhary said. “It also says that we have to dispose this matter expeditiously, and it’s a matter of urgent nature. We exhausted the dictionary, so to say, and we are acting upon it.”On the question of Niranjan Shah’s presence in the BCCI’s committee, Choudhary clarified that the former Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) president was only part of it as a “special invitee” rather than one of the seven full members. Shah is at present disqualified from holding office either in the BCCI or any of its state associations since he is over the stipulated age limit of 70. Choudhary dismissed any confusion over Shah’s role in the panel as an issue of “semantics”.”He’s a special invitee,” Choudhary said. “You are getting into semantics. By trying to distinguish between the technical status of a person who’s attending the meeting… I have answered your question, whether he is a member or an invitee. I said he’s an invitee.”

Hashim Amla said South Africa are team in transition since several high-profile retirements, and that the Bangladesh tour has been the first time the world got to see the next generation

Mohammad Isam in Mirpur29-Jul-2015Hashim Amla said South Africa are team in transition and that the Bangladesh tour has been the first time the world got to see the next generation, who will face formidable challenges in the coming season in India and then at home against New Zealand and England.He is in charge of a Test team that lost Jacques Kallis to retirement in December 2013. A few months later, their inspirational captain Graeme Smith called time on his career and earlier this year, Alviro Petersen joined them.That means, collectively, 319 Test caps have now left the team and the Chittagong Test was the first new era, led by Amla. He had a happy start to his captaincy last year, winning 1-0 in Sri Lanka. It was only their second series win in the country since playing there for the first time in 1993.”I have inherited a very well-polished Test team that has been doing well,” Amla told ESPNcricinfo. “Last year we managed to put in some good performances, notably Sri Lanka which is a difficult place to play. But we did exceptionally well. I think we exceeded expectations especially after losing Smith and Kallis.”South Africa have four uncapped players In their current Test squad – Dane Vilas, Kagiso Rabada, Aaron Phangiso and Reeza Hendricks – while the likes of Quinton de Kock, Temba Bavuma, Dean Elgar, Stiaan van Zyl and Simon Harmer have played only of 31 matches between them. Amla believes that the goal is to ensure these newcomers are settled in the squad by the time he or any of the other experienced players are set to leave the scene.”I think on this tour you are seeing for the first time the real effects of having lost three big guys – Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis and Alviro Petersen. Now when you look at our Test team you see a lot of new faces,” Amla said”Many people around the world will probably put the TV on and say Simon Harmer, who is that? Dean Elger, he’s played a couple of games; Stiaan van Zyl, who’s that? Temba Bavuma, who’s that? It is a very, very new team and in Test cricket when you have new faces it is actually a big change. It is not as big a change in one-day cricket and T20s.”Since we had such a settled Test team over the last 8-9 years, we are now in a bit of a transition phase. The challenge for us is to try and maintain winning performances and nurture these guys so that when we leave, they can keep going.”Amla is among the top-five run-scorers in South African Test history, and he is among the best No. 3 batsmen in the world. But he said he still has a lot to give for his team: “If there’s any value I would like to add as a captain, I would like to add it. I certainly wouldn’t like to leave South Africa cricket with a feeling in my heart that I have not given all that I have to offer.”And I don’t know what I have to offer. As the years progress probably, it will become clearer to me and the team and hopefully we have a successful tenure from now on until I finish.”

Former USA Under-19 captain Shiva Vashishat and batsman Alex Amsterdam are in line to make their senior team debuts after being named in a 15-man squad for the ICC World T20 Qualifier

Peter Della Penna17-Jun-2015Former USA Under-19 captain Shiva Vashishat and batsman Alex Amsterdam are in line to make their senior team debuts after being named in a 15-man squad for the ICC World T20 Qualifier next month in Ireland and Scotland.Left-arm medium pacer Naseer Jamali and allrounder Japen Patel were also added to the USA squad that finished runner-up to Canada at the ICC Americas Division One Twenty20 tournament last month in Indianapolis. Left-arm spinner Danial Ahmed and allrounders Nisarg Patel and Barrington Bartley were dropped.Amsterdam, 24, has been a heavy scorer in the local New York leagues since migrating from Guyana. At the most recent USACA T20 National Championship, he tallied 174 runs at an average of 43.50 to finish as the No. 3 run-scorer in the event behind USA wicketkeeper Steven Taylor and Nisarg Patel, who did not play in Indianapolis after he was ruled ineligible by the ICC. USACA could not provide proof of documentation that Nisarg fulfilled the four-year residency requirement for non-citizens.Vashishat, 25, led the USA junior team to the 2010 ICC U-19 World Cup in New Zealand. He has been selected despite not playing a match at the USACA T20 National Championship in April. Vashishat travelled with the North West Region squad but did not make it into the starting line-up for any of their five games in the tournament.Jamali last played for USA in the 2013 Auty Cup two-day match against Canada, taking 0 for 11 in five overs. He was controversially called up to replace leading fast bowler Usman Shuja at 2013 ICC WCL Division Three in Bermuda, but never played in the group stage of that tournament in which USA finished third behind Nepal and Uganda. In his only Twenty20 tournament for USA, he took two wickets at 34 apiece in five games during the 2013 ICC Americas Division One Twenty20 tournament in Florida.At the recent USACA T20 Nationals, Jamali played all five games for the North West Region and took six wickets, tied for ninth in the tournament, at an average of 26.83. He presents added value as one of only a handful of USA players with experience in English or Irish conditions, having spent the 2012 summer playing for Uxbridge CC in Middlesex, taking 35 wickets.Japen was initially selected in USA’s squad for the tournament in Indianapolis but had to withdraw due to work commitments. He is one of five USA players currently in Barbados training with the Barbados Tridents squad in an effort to get some turf wicket and fitness preparation prior to departing for Ireland. USA’s first game is against Nepal in Belfast on July 10.Squad: Muhammad Ghous (capt), Alex Amsterdam, Fahad Babar, Adil Bhatti, Akeem Dodson (wk), Karan Ganesh, Naseer Jamali, Japen Patel, Mrunal Patel, Timil Patel, Hammad Shahid, Jasdeep Singh, Nicholas Standford, Steven Taylor (wk), Shiva Vashishat