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England ended the third day of the only Test at Delhi on 3 for 0, and require another 308 runs to win this match after India declared on 175 for 4. India will be looking towards the impressive Jhulan Goswami – who took 5 for 25 in the first innings – to deliver as they attempt their first Test win against England.Charlotte Edwards and Laura Newton began England’s run chase in cautious mode, facing four overs against the new ball. No doubt they are waiting for the final day to attempt any acceleration. Earlier in the day, Beth Morgan and Jane Smit saved the follow-on by putting on 50 for the ninth wicket, which was also the last after Katherine Brunt retired hurt with a broken hand.Richard Bates, England’s coach, told Cricinfo that England will look to capitalize on a good batting track and seize the initiative early on. “Our first plan will be to see off the new ball and then we will assess where we are at tea,” he said. England only need to score at three an over to secure victory, and after a shocker of a day yesterday, Bates was feeling happier. “I’m a little bit better. Today wasn’t about trying to get ten wickets, it was about trying to restrict them as much as possible and they gave us a very sporting declaration.”Though no batsman passed 50, vital contributions from Karu Jain (35), Anjum Chopra (31*) and Goswami (34*) saw India extend their lead. After Monica Sumra’s early departure, Jain was joined by Mithali Raj, and the intent of the Indian captain was plain for all to see – to score fast. She wasted little time in taking advantage of a defensive field, and her drives through the off side were elegant. Edwards was the most testing of the bowlers, impressing with her variation and extracting decent turn with her swift leg-cutters. At 52 for 2 she had Jain caught and bowled going for a drive – Edwards smartly rolling her fingers over a slower one – and diving forward to hold a good catch. She could have had more success too – in her next over, Raj cut hard at a shorter delivery but the sharp chance was spilled at gully.Raj (24) and Rumeli Dhar took the score to 94 for 2 at tea, but shortly thereafter England fought back to stymie India’s progress, spinner Rosalie Birch dismissing both batsmen. Towards the end of the day Chopra and Goswami opened up with some lofty hits to the fence, and a dropped chance by Edwards, off her own bowling, signalled a tough afternoon session for England.Earlier in the day England had resumed at 103 for 7, but immediately lost Birch, leg before, as Goswami snared her fifth victim of the innings. Thanks to Smit and Morgan’s battling partnership, however, England were able to stretch their total to 154 and avoid batting again.A couple of loud appeals apart, little pressure was applied on Smit and Morgan as the bowlers continuously dropped it short. It didn’t help that the day three pitch was as lifeless as a bone in a museum case but, given Goswami’s fine showing on day two, you would have expected the bowlers to come in with guns blazing.

England XI 220 for 3 (Solanki 82, Bell 51) beat Namibia 219 for 8 (Snyman 75, Karg 39, Anderson 3-36) by 7 wickets
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The England batting hero Vikram Solanki hits out during his 82© Getty Images

A spirited 82 from Vikram Solanki carried the England XI to a seven-wicket victory against Namibia at Windhoek in their last warm-up match before the one-day series against Zimbabwe starts on Friday (Nov 26). Namibia had recovered from an early wobble to post 219, but an England win was never in doubt after Solanki and Ian Bell put on 110 for the first wicket, before Geraint Jones and Kevin Pietersen steered them home with more than six overs to spare.Deon Kotze eventually broke the opening partnership as Bell, having just brought up his fifty, was caught by Morne Karg, but this proved a rare moment of cheer for him in a nine-over spell which cost 59. Sarel Burger claimed the only other wickets to fall for England, as Solanki was stumped and then Matt Prior (17) offered a catch to Namibia’s batting star, Gerrie Snyman (157 for 3).Snyman had earlier carved 75 to lift Namibia to the realms of respectability as he and Louis Burger shared a stand of 70 after Karg had stabilised the innings with a quickfire 39. But they had got off to a terrible start as James Anderson struck twice to reduce them to 6 for 2. Wickets tumbled steadily, and Namibia found themselves in trouble at 45 for 4 before a spirited fightback, but one which proved too little, too late as England eased past their total relatively untroubled.

John Bracewell, the Gloucestershire coach, has told the England management to stop blaming county cricket for the national side’s shortcomings. Bracewell, who leaves at the end of the season to coach New Zealand, accused England of having an excuse environment.After England’s 191-run defeat against South Africa at Headingley, Michael Vaughan claimed that county cricket was not tough enough to prepare players for Test cricket. But Bracewell said it’s time Vaughan and the management stepped out of their blame culture and stopped making excuses, and that they can start by looking at their rugby counterparts.He said, “They should sit down and talk to Clive Woodward and work out a similar environment to the England rugby side. There they have a no-excuse environment.” He continued, “If the England rugby team lose the World Cup it will be because of their players and not because of what’s been put around them. If we trip up at Gloucestershire we know it’s down to us. It’s our problem. Because we’ve been given the budget, the environment and the licence to do what we like.”But England haven’t bought into that. They’ve got the contracts they want, they take blokes out of games and they still blame the nursery of the game. It does annoy me. The England cricket team has an environment that offers them a lot. Not every cricket team in the world is gifted with the resources the England cricket team has.”Bracewell has led Gloucestershire to six one-day trophies in five years, including this year’s Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, in which they thumped Worcestershire by seven wickets in the final.

Central Districts run the risk of leaving Eden Park tomorrow without any State Championship points – and facing a $1000 bill for a slow over-rate.When the third day of their match against Auckland on the Eden Park Outer Oval finished 14 overs short because of bad light tonight Auckland, needing 210 to win from a minimum of 150 overs, were 109 for two wickets with 100 overs offered in a full day tomorrow.With Matt Horne leading the way with a solid unbeaten 50, Aaron Barnes 20 not out and the pitch losing much of its early life, Auckland must be favoured to score the remaining 101 runs for victory.At the same time, Central Districts must improve their bowling rate significantly. At the moment they are averaging 14.4 runs an over. The pass-rate is 15 overs an hour (Auckland are safely above that at 16.1) and a team scoring between 14 and 15 overs can be fined $1000. A mark between 13 and 14 would incur a further $1000 fine. In the past slow-over fines were worked out over a season. Now they are scored after every game, and appropriate penalties imposed.This will not be good news for Central Districts, especially as the game slipped steadily from their grip yesterday. They started at 142/3 wickets and David Kelly soon had his richly-deserved century, after 287 minutes of honest toil, and 17 boundaries marking his ability to drive the ball powerfully.But Kelly was gone for 114, the total 167/4, and the CD innings never really regained the momentum needed to reach a pass-mark of 300 which would have given Auckland a stiff winning target.The Central batsmen again fell for the Andre Adams trap, the bustling medium-fast bowler with the ability to get his sharper deliveries past the bat and into the pads.Adams had Kelly caught and then removed Jamie How, Campbell Furlong and Bevan Griggs, all lbw to balls whipping into the pads – and all decisions to umpire Tony Hill.Ewen Thompson batted bravely with his one good hand for 18 in a last-wicket stand with Michael Mason which was worth 26 runs, but it was too little and too late to get Central past a second innings of 267.This left Auckland 50 overs today and another 100 tomorrow to score 210 for victory. Horne and Tim McIntosh batted with reasonable comfort to 34 before McIntosh was out, and the youngster Nick Horsley scored eight as he helped Horne lift the total to 60.Thereafter, Horne gained new confidence as the new ball lost its shine, and he was cruising along nicely at 50 not out when the umpires surprisingly decided the light was too bad for further play – a decision which suited Auckland.Now Central face a difficult last day, knowing that seamers may well be their only chance of snatching eight Auckland wickets, yet realising that Furlong’s quick overs of off-spin might be needed to avoid a $1000 penalty.

ScorecardPunjab took only 39 overs to bowl out Railways on the final day•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Left-arm spinner Varun Khanna’s eight-wicket haul, his maiden five-for, helped Punjab complete an innings win against Railways in Mohali and move to the top of Group B.Defeat appeared imminent for Railways when they resumed the final day on 125 for 5, still 283 runs away from making Punjab bat again. Railways lost their first wicket in the 10th over of the day for the addition of 20 runs, when Khanna removed Karn Sharma. However, overnight batsman Arindam Ghosh put on 50 runs in the company of Arnab Nandi (33) before Khanna had Nandi caught and bowled.The other significant partnership for Railways came through Ghosh and Krishnakant Upadhyay who added 40 runs for the ninth wicket. But it wasn’t long before the last two wickets fell, and Ghosh was left stranded on 98. Railways’ innings lasted 39 overs on the fourth day.
Scorecard Seamer B Ayyappa’s 6 for 71 was instrumental in Andhra securing the first-innings against Mumbai in Vizianagaram, after the visitors fell seven runs short of Andhra’s 244.Resuming on 158 for 5, Mumbai inched forward through Siddhesh Lad and Abhishek Nayar, and closed in on the 200 mark when Nayar was run out in the 80th over. Mumbai lost two more wickets in the next 10 overs, for the addition of 36 runs: Ayyappa dismissed Dhawal Kulkarni and, more crucially, Lad for 86 and later cleaned up the tail to collect his maiden five-wicket haul.Andhra then batted solidly in their second innings to ensure they walked away with three points.
ScorecardUttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh shared a point each in Moradabad, following a strong batting display from Madhya Pradesh. In reply to UP’s 686 for 7, MP, who began the day at 234 for 3, were buoyed by a 150-run stand for the fourth wicket between Aditya Shrivastava and Devendra Bundela. Shrivastava, playing in only his fourth first-class match, made his way to 169 before being caught behind off Ankit Rajpoot. Rajpoot also accounted for Bundela, who scored 80, in his next over, but Harpreet Singh, the No.7 batsman, held firm at his end, striking an unbeaten 88 to lead his team to 531 for 7, and denied UP a first-innings lead. Rajpoot was UP’s best bowler, taking 4 for 87.

Manchester United are eyeing up a summer move for rumoured Liverpool transfer target Fabio Carvalho, according to a fresh transfer claim.

The Lowdown: Liverpool keen on Carvalho

The Reds and manager Jurgen Klopp brought in Luis Diaz during the January transfer window and they were also strongly linked with a move for Carvalho.

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The 19-year-old has been a star performer for Championship leaders Fulham this season, scoring seven goals and registering five assists.

Pundit Kevin Phillips has even branded Carvalho as ‘exciting’ whilst Fabrizio Romano says the teenage talent is someone ‘Klopp wants’ at Anfield personally.

While Liverpool are expected to return for him at the end of the campaign, a new update suggests acquiring his signature may not be easy.

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The Latest: Man United join the race

According to The Daily Star, United are also keen on signing the Englishman, having sent scouts to watch him against Manchester City in the FA Cup fourth round.

The Red Devils are ‘planning a hijack bid’ to sign Liverpool’s target this summer as they eye a ‘last-ditch attempt to stop him heading to Anfield’.

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The Verdict: Why join United over Reds?

While this is a worrying claim from a Liverpool perspective, the Reds would likely be the more appealing proposition at the moment, with their bitter rivals seemingly in turmoil on and off the pitch, by their past standards.

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Carvalho would surely jump at the chance to work under Jurgen Klopp and the fact that he is an advocate of youth means he would likely get a chance to shine, as has been the case with his former Fulham teammate Harvey Elliott.

There was a time when it was United who the young English players wanted to join but the current situation is now very different, which is a testament to the job Klopp has done.

In other news, a foreign source has made a Liverpool transfer claim. Read more here.

Sourav Ganguly to miss the action at Kochi © Getty Images

Sourav Ganguly, who pulled his right hamstring while fielding in the first one-dayer against Australia in Bangalore, has been rested for the second game in Kochi as a precautionary measure.The team management has informed that the injury is not serious, and that Ganguly should be available for the remainder of the series. Ganguly went off the field in the 27th over of the first ODI at Bangalore.”An MRI scan was performed on Sourav’s right hamstring this morning and it has determined no injury to the region,” Niranjan Shah, the secretary of the BCCI, said in a statement.”Based on the findings, a vigorous rehab approach will be commencing immediately. On the report of team physio John Gloster and other analysis, the team management feels that Sourav will progress quickly and hence it was decided to rest him for a game.”Ganguly was confident of regaining his fitness for the third game. “Thankfully, it’s a strain and not a tear… I should be available for the third match,” he told the Kolkata-based . The team’s cricket manager, Lalchand Rajput, also echoed his views: “It’s not a tear, but Sourav has to rest … one can’t take a chance.”Meanwhile offspinner Harbhajan Singh admitted to the same newspaper that he was recovering from a stiff neck. “I can now turn my head to the left… I’m much better and should be available for Tuesday’s match.”The second one-dayer gets underway on October 2 while the third, at Hyderabad, is scheduled for October 5.

‘We’re not interested in debates through the media or in litigating matters in the media’ © Getty Images

The war of words between the International Cricket Council and the Board of Control for Cricket in India has intensified further with Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, suggesting that India could not aspire to become a cricketing force without putting its own house in order.While refusing to be drawn into the specifics of the criticism leveled at ICC by Lalit Modi, the vocal vice-president of the BCCI, on several occasions, most recently in a comprehensive discussion on Cricinfo’s Round Table, Speed said money power alone could not make India a formidable force in world cricket.”I have an old-fashioned view,” said Speed when asked if the BCCI were usingtheir superior monetary position to flex their muscle. “I judge sportsorganisations on the basis of three things: 1. How the team performs. 2. Howthe board looks after its stake-holders in terms of facilities on thegrounds, and 3. How well they use resources like population toproduce great cricketers.”The population aspect had been highlighted by Modi in his Round Table discussion to explain how it both brought in huge revenues, in terms of a captive audience, and also spurred the Indian board to greater efforts. Speed, however, chose to focus on a different aspect of the same issue.”Let us look at New Zealand. They are in the semi-final of the ChampionsTrophy with a population of four million. They don’t have a lot of money,but they are consistent. India last won a [ICC] cricketing event in 1983.I am very sure in 2007 it will be great if India win. It would mean thatthe power that India has, the population and booming economy, is beingreflected in the performance of India. It helps to have money to do that,but it is not always necessary.”Both Speed’s and Modi’s comments were the latest in the BCCI’s long-running skirmish with the ICC on several issues revolving around marketing rights, including the Members Participation Agreement (MPA), which deals with advertising during ICC events. The BCCI has refused to sign the MPA, saying it impinged on the rights of the players and the board in its present form.Speed refused to react to Modi’s recent allegations against the ICC andclearly stated that their silence on the matter was a deliberate move.”The ICC has said very little,” he continued. “We see long articles, longletters to newspapers. We’re accused of being the East India Company andlots of suggestions of inappropriate behaviour. We’ve deliberately notsaid anything. We’re not interested in debates through the media or notinterested in litigating matters in the media.”He reiterated his thoughts on Modi, the same ones he’d outlined a few weeks back, asserting that hehadn’t been to a single ICC meeting and was just shooting off opinionsinstead of sticking to facts.Modi, however, had asserted that there was an underlying ‘attitude’ problem to the whole standoff. “I will tell you what the problem is,” he had said on Round Table. “The ICC wants a ‘Yes’ man. That is the actual problem. They want somebody that they can deal with and who is going to listen to them. In our case he has to deal with the whole committee – the decision-making process which was one person is not there anymore.”On his part, Percy Sonn, the president of the ICC, echoed his views but added that hewas optimistic about the future. “I’ve had discussions with Sharad Pawar,the BCCI president, and even had a half an hour discussion with the primeminister [Sonn met the prime minister two days back] of the country,” he stated. “Whatever has happened in the past, the future is rosy. We cannot respond to allegations in newspapers. We cannot stoop to the level to involve 96 other countries to get involved in comments of an official who doesn’t represent his country in ICC.”

Pakistan’s proposal to appoint neutral umpires and discuss the itinerary for the series against India early next year could not be discussed at the recent Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting in Kuala Lumpur because no representative from the Indian board was present.Saleem Altaf, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) director, who attended the meeting, told reporters that no official from the Indian board was present at the meeting. India are scheduled to tour Pakistan from January next year, although the itinerary is yet to be finalised. This, as well as a decision on neutral umpires for the ODI series, will now be taken after discussions on the phone between representatives of the two boards.Pakistan will be using two neutral umpires during the ODI series against England after they sought and received approval from the English board. Altaf also told reporters that an itinerary for the Asia Cup, to be held in Pakistan immediately after the series against India, will be finalised soon.

Damien Martyn acknowledges applause for his hundred© Getty Images

Damien Martyn
On his innings
Good to make a century, happy about it. I think we got good partnerships. We lost too many wickets by the end of the day but if we can make 450-plus we’ll be happy to take it.On the pitch
It’s still going to nip around, that’s the hope for our quicks, who should get a lot of assistance from it as the game goes by.On how this century compared with the last one
The two were very different centuries. The last one came when we had our backs to the wall. Today, we were just looking to be positive, play our shots and get a good score on the board in the first innings.On playing well on the subcontinent
It’s just that we have been playing a lot of cricket here in the last 12 months. It’s satisfying to get these runs in tough, spinning conditions against world-class bowlers. As a batsman you have to do well against the best and I am happy that I did.On Kartik’s bowling
I thought he bowled really well. He realised early on that there was not much spin on the wicket and varied his flight and pace beautifully. It was tough to score off him and there were patches when we struggled against him.On stepping up a gear after reaching 100
We always play positive cricket and with myself and Clarke in, we were looking to score well. But I had been playing my shots early on as well and not just after the 100. It’s disappointing that I got out and [that] a couple of other wickets fell before close of play. Murali Kartik
On playing Test cricket after a gap of nine months
The last tour was Pakistan, but the best thing is to play for your country. Every time you play for your country you try to give it your best shot. It’s not every day that you do brilliantly well, but as long as you gave it your best when you take a shower at the end of the day, it feels good.On when he knew he was going to play
I only got to know this morning that I was playing for sure. But I was kept on standby since Harbhajan [Singh] was not feeling well.On whether it has been painful to be out of the Indian team
I wouldn’t say it has been painful. But the way my career has shaped up, I’ve always been in the shadow of Anil [Kumble] and Harbhajan. Those two have done exceptionally well for the country and I’ll have to bide my time.On the suggestion that he is a much-improved bowler since Sydney
I wouldn’t put it that way. People are probably saying that because in the first innings in Sydney they took me on.On which wicket was the best of the day
Lehmann’s wicket came at a time when we weren’t getting breakthroughs. But Gilchrist’s wicket was also important – we all know how dangerous he can be. Gilchrist and Clarke took the game away from us in Bangalore.On the pitch
The pitch is on the slower side. It did seam for the fast bowlers in the morning and there’s a bit of bounce, but it is on the slower side.On his blond highlights
I like the salt-and-pepper look. By the time my hair naturally turns grey I may not have any left.