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BCB president Nazmul Hassan has confirmed that a Bangladesh player was questioned by the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) officers last week

Mohammad Isam31-May-2013BCB president Nazmul Hassan has confirmed that a Bangladesh player was questioned by the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) officers last week. There will be a meeting between the BCB and the ACSU on Monday, which will be the first meeting between the two to discuss suspected match-fixing and spot-fixing allegations in this year’s Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).According to reports, the ACSU have been investigating a number of BPL matches involving Dhaka Gladiators, in particular three games which they lost. The Gladiators went on to win the 2013 tournament.Hassan said he had talked to the Bangladesh batsman Mohammed Ashraful. “He (Ashraful) told me that the ACSU talked to him and he told them everything,” Hassan said. “Whatever he knew, whatever’s the truth, he can’t disclose these things because of the ACSU’S bindings. I think what Ashraful has said is not the bigger matter. The bigger deal is the ACSU’s report and what kind of decision we take [in light of the investigation].”On Monday, we will have our first sitting with them [ACSU] after the investigation. I will come to know then what’s going on. Regarding the BPL, spot-fixing or match-fixing, everything depends on their investigation. Because we haven’t done any investigation of our own we gave the responsibility to them. Saying anything before that is difficult.”Hassan also stressed on punishing the parties that are found guilty of corruption, but he doubted one clause in the ICC’s anti-corruption policy which he said states that a team that loses a game for strategic reasons can escape punishment.”We have to know what grade of offence this is. The ICC has its grading. I heard that if a team throws the match for strategic reasons that won’t be a fault. So after listening to this I was shocked. In my opinion that’s match-fixing, but the ACSU doesn’t consider it. I need to know the laws properly. We will consult our legal advisors after finding out what the report is. We will give a stern decision.”If franchises are responsible obviously they will get punished. If I run a team then the team is mine, I take my players, I train them so I have a big influence on the team. Whether the players agree or not [with the franchise’s decision], they might have to agree. So what happened and who is responsible, we need to figure that out. So did I do the wrongdoing out of no hope or was it out of my own wish? We need to find this out. But obviously everybody will get punished.”Hassan, however, said he did not believe the BPL would “close down because of this incident.” He said if the BCB could “handle this situation this time and punish the ones who deserve to be punished then I am sure that BPL won’t face this problem in the future.”

A remarkable last-minute court order obtained by disgraced former board chief executive Tom Tikolo prevented Sunday’s already delayed Cricket Kenya elections being held

Martin Williamson27-May-2012A remarkable last-minute court order obtained by disgraced former board chief executive Tom Tikolo prevented Sunday’s already delayed Cricket Kenya elections being held.Tikolo’s action prevented most of the the country’s largest body, the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association (NCPA), from participating in the elections. The NPCA has yet again been mired in in-house bickering over the past few months.”It’s very disappointing that the whole process keeps being frustrated by people who don’t want to see elections being held,” said outgoing chairman Samir Inamdar. “We didn’t want to go against the court ruling. But we will keep an eye on Nairobi and we plan to take legal action against the branch for delaying the election process.”It is unclear who Tikolo was representing by his action. His own club has already distanced itself from the move.That Tikolo threw the spanner in the works raised more than a few eyebrows as he was considered a peripheral figure following his dismissal for stealing funds from the board at the end of 2010. He withheld a payment of around $10,000 due to Cricket Kenya in respect of a tournament in the West Indies, an act that was only discovered when his email was hacked into and details revealed to the press.

Steven Finn’s performance in the Lions match at Derby has been the story of his season – feeling like he’s bowling well without getting the rewards to show for it

Andrew McGlashan21-May-2011Steven Finn’s performance in the Lions match at Derby has been the story of his season – feeling like he’s bowling well without getting the rewards to show for it. He went wicketless in the first innings, but claimed two important scalps in the second to help the Lions begin the process of chipping away at the Sri Lankans after an opening stand of 200.With Tim Bresnan suffering a torn calf there is a pace-bowling vacancy in the England squad which will be announced on Monday, although the chosen player is unlikely to play in Cardiff ahead of James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Chris Tremlett.Finn has fallen down the pecking order since being dropped after the third Ashes Test and Ajmal Shahzad, who has taken three wickets in the Lions match, is at the head of the queue. Finn, though, believes he has made significant strides since Australia and is far more comfortable with his own game.”The figures don’t suggest that I bowled particularly well, but this is probably the best I’ve felt this season,” he said. “This season I’ve felt a lot better than before, and a marked improvement on where I was in Australia.””I’ve been steady and consistent but haven’t quite had the eye-catching performances. But I feel far better about my cricket, and in far better place than I did when I was in Australia.”However, Finn understands that there is now huge competition for England’s fast-bowling places. He is ready to deal with the disappointment of not being in the line-up at the start of the season, but has set his sights on proving his worth.”There are guys who performed very well in Australia and people who’ve done very well in domestic cricket this season and have been taking wickets,” he said. “I’m open to criticism, and I didn’t bowl as well as I should or could have done in Australia. To come back on to home soil and have a chance to put that right has been great. I’ve always got something to prove to people that I’m good enough to get into any given Test squad.”Finn’s two wickets of Tillakaratne Dilshan, who made a 110-ball 117, and Kumar Sangakkara meant the Lions were able to regain their grip on the match during the afternoon session. Overall, though, it was a much-improved display from the visitors and with Thilan Samarweera still at the crease they’ll hope to extend the lead beyond 200 on the final day.”We applied ourselves a lot better today,” Stuart Law, Sri Lanka’s coach, said. “I think we learnt from the first innings. These are very different conditions from where the boys have come from. The ball has swung, there has been a bit of pace and bounce in the pitch and the England guys have bowled very well.”While Dilshan played the most entertaining innings, the role of Tharanga Paranavitana was equally important and Law believes he can play a vital role in the Test series. “He’s only played a few games of Test cricket but he’s really impressed,” he said. “He got a hundred against India last year and can certainly play. He’s the perfect foil for Dilshan who just plays his game while he digs in and did that beautifully today.”

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) have named three debutants in the squad to tour Bermuda in July

Cricinfo staff08-Jun-2010The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has named three debutants in the squad to tour Bermuda in July. Swapnil Patil, Saqib Shah and Tahir Butt join the team that will play a four-day Intercontinental Shield match, two 50-over games and a T20.Khurram Khan will lead the side that also includes Mohamed Tauqir, who has recovered from the broken finger he suffered against Uganda in January. The UAE is currently third in the Intercontinental Shield table, behind Uganda and Namibia, and needs to beat Bermuda to have a chance of qualifying for the final. Bermuda, having lost both its matches, is in last place.Squad: Khurram Khan (capt), Mohamed Tauqir, Abdul Rehman, Arshad Ali, Ahmed Raza, Saqib Ali, Shadeep Silva, Qassim Zubair, Amjad Javed, Saqib Shah, Swapnil Patil, Tahir Butt, Moiz Shahid, Naeemuddin Aslam.

Mitch McClenaghan agrees with Moody, but Varun Aaron feels the right decision had been made

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The Dhruv Jurel run-out – out or not out?

After the contentious lbw call that went in Dinesh Karthik’s favour in the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) innings, there was another dismissal in the IPL 2024 Eliminator that divided opinion, when Cameron Green broke the stumps to run out Dhruv Jurel in the Rajasthan Royals (RR) chase.Green, the bowler, collected Virat Kohli’s throw from the deep, but may or may not have had the ball in his grasp while breaking the stumps. The TV umpire, Anil Chaudhary, however, concluded that Green was in control of the ball and gave Jurel out.Law 29.2.1.5 – dealing with “breaking the wicket fairly” – considers it a valid dismissal provided “that the ball is held in the hand or hands so used, or in the hand of the arm so used” to break the stumps. Since the pictures did not conclusively show Green in control over the ball, there was debate.Related

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*Talking about the above law, the MCC laws manager Fraser Stewart said: “The umpire must therefore determine whether the ball is ‘held in the hands’. In this instance, the umpire decided that there was just still pressure on both sides of the ball from both hands, albeit not the parts of the hand that would conventionally be used (palms & fingers). At the moment of impact with the wicket, parts of both hands are still touching the ball, applying just enough pressure to keep it in place. This was sufficient for the umpire to decide that the Law was satisfied and that the ball was being held.”ESPNcricinfo’s expoerts, however, did not entirely agree with that soon after the match finished.”I think there was contact when the wicket was broken, but it was with the wrist. And I don’t believe… we’ve always grown up without knowing the law, the actual wording of the law, we’ve always grown up understanding it’s [about] control. About controlling with the hand,” Mitchell McClenaghan said on ESPNcricinfo’s TimeOut show. “And you saw Cam Green’s reaction afterwards, he was on his knee and his head was down and there was no celebration. Even in his mind – and I could be wrong – I believe he thought he lost control.”Tom Moody also felt the visuals were inconclusive, and Jurel deserved the benefit of the doubt.”The key word is ‘held’,” he said, referring to the law. “And I think when the stump lit up, the ball was not held in the hand. He lost control of the ball. Yes, it was in contact with his wrist/thumb, but there was no control of the ball. It wasn’t being held.”So, for me, that’s a huge grey area. I just don’t think you can give it out. That would’ve caused a storm with that decision, but just looking at the actual wording of the law, it’s very hard to give it out.”Varun Aaron, however, felt that the right decision was made.”I thought it was out. I understand sometimes you don’t hold the ball exactly properly, but if it’s somewhere in the vicinity of your palms, and he’s hit the bails, it’s just a matter of seconds and obviously Cam Green didn’t have the time to play the rule in his head,” he said. “I thought it was out. The umpire gave it out. It is debatable, it is something where people will have different opinions, but I just thought in that moment it was out. He somewhat had control over it, I won’t say he had 100% control over it, but there was control.”The decision did not make a difference to the result. Jurel’s dismissal had RR at 112 for 4 in 13.1 overs, but useful knocks from Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell gave RR victory over RCB with one over to spare. RR next face Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday, May 24 in Chennai at the second qualifier.*1525 GMT, May 23: The story was updated with a quote from Fraser Stewart

Qalandars romp home to a 110-run win to move to the top of the table

Danyal Rasool27-Feb-2023This was a match between Lahore Qalandars bowlers and Islamabad United’s batters. But really, it was no match between Qalandars’ bowlers and United’s batters. In the clearest statement of intent, Qalandars wiped the floor with the two-time champions, taking apart their bowling line-up, posting 200. But they’d saved the best for the second innings as they dismembered the most famed batting line-up in PSL history, ripping through them and skittling them out for 90. It is the joint second-heaviest defeat in PSL.After a pulsating victory over Peshawar Zalmi the previous day, Qalandars continued the momentum at home. Until 24 hours prior, it was unclear whether this city would be able to host any more PSL matches this year, but now that it’s confirmed they will, the defending champions appear injected with much more ruthless sense of purpose. Fakhar Zaman and Tahir Baig got them off to a more productive start than yesterday, compiling 56 in the powerplay.United plugged away to try and rein the Qalandars in, in front of another packed house in Lahore. Shadab Khan struck in his first over before Tom Curran removed Fakhar in the next to send both openers back. But Qalandars continued to hammer away with the bat. Sam Billings form gaves the middle order another dimension, and amidst an explosive stand with Abdullah Shafique, the game truly ran away from United. Both batters combined to plunder four boundaries in Shadab’s third over to up the ante, and Shafique followed it up by smashing Zeeshan Zameer for 18 in his second. Billings and Shafique added 71 off 39 balls and it set Qalandars up for an explosive finish.Sikandar Raza, David Wiese and Rashid Khan provided it. Abrar Ahmed went for 21 to herald the start of the death overs before Raza and Rashid bludgeoned 40 in 20 balls in a priceless late partnership to swell Qalandars’ score.David Wiese dented United with three wickets•PCB

For the first four overs, Qalandars were challenged by a characteristically slapdash start from Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Shaheen Shah Afridi began with a 14-run over – ten of those via wides – after which, Zaman Khan was walloped over cow corner for a huge six in the fourth over.Just as the chase appeared to be on track, Zaman dented United which led to a collapse. He dived to his left to dismiss Gurbaz in the last ball of the fourth over. Thereon, United imploded remarkably to lose their ten wickets for 49 with Qalandars overwhelming United with both the quality and quantity of their wicket-taking bowlers.Wiese broke the back of the line-up by taking three middle-order wickets – Colin Munro, Shadab and Azam Khan – to kill the contest. In the interim, Haris Rauf outfoxed Rassie van der Dussen with a lovely slower delivery.And they still had the small matter of Rashid to deal with. The Afghan was typically unplayable; his wily mix of topspinners, flippers and googlies were too much for United. Raza would add the icing on the cake with three wickets, including a run-out, in an over.With Lahore officially confirmed as the hosts for the playoffs and final, their grip on this trophy only appears to be tightening.

Stars and Heat have been severely impacted by Covid-19

AAP06-Jan-2022Big Bash League teams will move into a Melbourne hub while still playing home games interstate as part of a plan to combat the Covid-19 outbreaks that have hampered the competition’s schedule.Under Cricket Australia’s soon-to-be-announced model, all eight BBL teams will begin to take residence in a Melbourne hub over the final stage of the season.Some matches will be relocated to Victoria, while some teams will be able to host home games in a fly-in, fly-out plan to still play around the country.It’s understood chartered flights could be used for those matches outside Victoria in a bid to minimise contact with the public and the risk of further infection.Related

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It comes as CA on Thursday postponed a third match this season, with Friday night’s clash between the Melbourne Stars and Adelaide Strikers the affected fixture.Stars were hopeful of having several of their 13 infected players return for the game, however, forcing them to travel to Adelaide and play immediately upon exiting quarantine was not deemed fair amid concerns over the mental and physical readiness after isolation. Stars’ players will need to be cleared by the club doctor before returning to action.It is the second Stars game to be postponed, as well as one Brisbane Heat match after there were 12 positive cases in their camp this week.Having all teams based in one city will allow organisers to swap the order of games if required, as was done on the Gold Coast this week after positive virus cases at the Brisbane Heat.”It’s very complex. We are gradually moving the teams into Melbourne,” CA CEO Nick Hockley told SEN. “We saw the other night we had a critical mass of teams in south-east Queensland, and we were able to rejig fixtures to keep going.”The last 10 days of the group stage of the competition, we will be gradually moving teams into Melbourne. They will still fly in and fly out for games in home markets. But if a team is impacted it gives us much more opportunity to swap teams in.”Hockley said his belief the competition could continue was based on outbreaks being “predominantly” in only two teams.While Brisbane’s game against the Sydney Sixers was postponed twice this week, the Heat set to take on Melbourne Renegades on Thursday night despite 12 players being unavailable.Stars have also had to use local replacement players with up to 12 of their own players out in the past week, in between the two postponements.Sixers and Strikers remain the only teams unaffected, with the Sydney Thunder, Hobart Hurricanes, Renegades and Perth Scorchers having players unavailable at times this season.However, Hockley insisted the integrity of the competition had not been damaged, with 22 regular season matches to be played plus finals.”While it’s not ideal, it’s great the level of commitment everyone is showing to the competition continuing,” Hockley said. “In every step we have prioritised the health and wellbeing of those involved. We have a clear plan now for the final run in. We are very confident we will be able to complete the competition fully.”Speaking after last night’s game against Adelaide Strikers, Matthew Wade revealed off-field restrictions have further tightened on BBL players this week.”Restrictions are certainly tightening up within Cricket Australia,” he said. “They’ve hammered down on restrictions again over the last 24 hours.”There’s not going to be much to do outside the hotel again. The bigger issue at the moment is that we’ve got Covid within the teams and we’ve been playing each other.”It’s starting to get tricky, this tournament.. we’ll try to keep the train on the tracks, but if it can’t be done, it can’t be done.”

Outgoing CEO will return to South Africa with daughters after ‘challenging time in England’

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Jul-2020Tony Irish, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), has stepped down from his role with immediate effect, and will return to South Africa for personal reasons.Irish, who is also executive chair of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA), started his role at the PCA at the beginning of the year, but has struggled to settle with his family in England.In his absence, Daryl Mitchell, the organisation’s unpaid chairman, has been left to shoulder a significant burden as the game attempts to navigate its way through the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.Irish did return to his role briefly in June, initially on a shortened working week, but has since informed the PCA Board that the new arrangement is untenable.”It’s an honour to have served as chief executive of the PCA but it’s also been a very challenging time for me and my daughters in England,” said Irish. “I have made a decision based on what’s best for us as a family.”Rob Lynch, the PCA’s commercial director, has been appointed interim CEO, having joined the organisation in February after a stint as chief operating officer at Middlesex.”I wish Tony and his daughters the very best on their return to South Africa,” said Mitchell. “Tony has had a big influence on the management team, especially in these very testing times.”Having worked in our Oval office during the winter and an increased day-to-day involvement over the past few months, I have full faith in our excellent and dedicated team, led by Rob Lynch to continue championing the ongoing interests of professional cricketers in England and Wales.”Irish’s predecessor as PCA chief executive, David Leatherdale, was also obliged to take several months away from work due to a stress-related illness in 2018. As a result, Mitchell was left at the helm as the PCA negotiated pivotal issues regarding the Hundred and the new County Partnership Agreement.Recognising the huge workload taken on by Mitchell, the PCA recently announced the appointment of two new vice-chairs, Heather Knight and James Harris.Julian Metherell, the PCA non-executive chairman, added: “It is a great disappointment Tony has had to leave the PCA and I want to thank him for all of his hard work during incredibly challenging times.”Tony led the PCA expertly through the initial stages of the Coronavirus crisis which has caused many unforeseen challenges. I am pleased he can now fully prioritise his family, he departs with our understanding and we all wish him well for the future.”

Mahmood follows six-wicket haul against Northants to become first Lancashire bowler to take five wickets in successive List A games

ECB Reporters Network28-Apr-2019Saqib Mahmood became the first Lancashire bowler to take five wickets in successive List A games as his side overwhelmed Leicestershire by nine wickets in a one-sided Royal London One-Day Cup match at Emirates Old Trafford.Following his six-wicket return against Northamptonshire on Wednesday, Mahmood bagged 5 for 14 against a visiting team which contained five former Lancashire players. Leicestershire were bowled out for 80 in 37 overs, their lowest List A total against Lancashire, with only Harry Dearden and Ben Mike reaching double figures.Lancashire took only 19 overs to secure their facile victory, Haseeb Hameed making 29 not out and Steven Croft finishing unbeaten on 37 after the pair had put on an unbroken 73 for the second wicket. The only Lancashire batsman dismissed was Keaton Jennings who drilled a back-foot drive off Dieter Klein to the right of Mark Cosgrove at cover-point, only to see the Australian take a brilliant reflex catch.The conclusion of a game which had featured a dozen maidens but only one six was in sharp contrast to the beginning of the contest four-and-a-half hours earlier.Bowling straight and very quickly, Mahmood took his first wicket in the fourth over when he brought one back off the seam to have Cosgrove leg before wicket for a single. Next over he extracted enough bounce from the Old Trafford wicket to take the edge of Paul Horton’s bat and Jennings pouched the catch at first slip.Colin Ackermann was the next to go when he was bowled through the gate for two and Dearden followed for 20 in the twelfth over when he fished at a ball outside the off stump but only succeeded in giving a low catch to Jennings.Liam Hurt joined the party to reduce Leicestershire to 42 for 5, although Lewis Hill’s wild slash was not a shot he will recall with much fondness. Lancashire’s Dane Vilas was not complaining, though; he took the catch behind the stumps and decided to keep Mahmood bowling from the Statham End.Hurt then had Arron Lilley, another returning Lancastrian, caught down the leg side for a single, although the batsman’s disappointment at Paul Baldwin’s decision was evident. At that point Leicestershire were 46 for 6 and Mahmood was removed from the attack with figures of 7-2-12-4.Jimmy Anderson enjoyed his only success when Callum Parkinson edged him to Vilas but the England seamer clutched an outstanding one-handed diving catch at mid-on to give Mahmood his fifth wicket when Lewis Hill miscued a pull after batting 52 minutes for 18. That wicket fell three overs after the departure of Klein, who was caught at slip off Glenn Maxwell and the innings ended in the 37th over when Rob Jones bowled Gavin Griffiths for four to end his last-wicket partnership of 12 with Chris Wright.Mahmood, who took a career-best 6 for 37 against Northamptonshire, said he felt he needed to capitalise after Anderson had given him the choice of ends.”There was a bit in the wicket up top and I felt we put the ball in the right places,” Mahmood said. “I thought Jimmy would bowl from his own end but he gave me the choice, so I felt like I had to pull my finger out.”I’m just in that little bubble where games are coming thick and fast. Even when I was on four wickets, I wasn’t thinking about the fifth but when I got that I was thinking, ‘hang on, I could get another CB here,’ but that was the only time I looked forward. It was a good day all round.”The only gloomy note for the home side was struck when Matt Parkinson was forced to leave the field with an injured finger after stopping a fierce return drive from Mike. Parkinson damaged the webbing between the thumb and first finger on his left, non-bowling, hand and the injury was to be assessed over the next two days.The first innings of the match was watched from the balcony of the Hilton Garden Hotel by the Chelsea players, Eden Hazard, Gonzalo Higuain and Pedro Rodriguez, who had stayed overnight at Old Trafford before their game at Manchester United.

Gerhard Erasmus followed up his final-over heroics from a day earlier to partner Craig Williams for a 95-run sixth-wicket stand that set up Namibia’s 17-run win

The Report by Peter Della Penna13-Feb-2018ICC/Sportsfile

Batsman Gerhard Erasmus followed up his final-over heroics from 24 hours earlier with his second consecutive half-century, teaming with allrounder Craig Williams for a 95-run sixth-wicket stand as Namibia handed Canada their first loss of the tournament, by 17 runs at United Cricket Field.At a ground that has been a bowler’s paradise in the opening hour of play, Canada won the toss and unsurprisingly sent the hosts in. But they struggled to break through, as Stephan Baard and Lohan Louwrens survived the Powerplay with a 47-run opening stand. Navneet Dhaliwal, whose part-time medium pace ripped apart Kenya on Sunday, struck twice in the 12th over to bring Canada back.But Williams produced Namibia’s highest score of the tournament – 82 off 89 balls – before departing in the 48th over. Erasmus had been with him for much of the way, and once again took Namibia into the last over to forge a commanding total of 268.Ruvindu Gunasekera, the tournament’s top-scorer with 207 runs, continued his stellar run with another half-century. Dhanuka Pathirana and Dhaliwal steered the chase after Gunasekera’s departure, and with 87 to win with 10 overs to go and seven wickets in hand, Canada were favorites, given the United’s short boundaries.But left-arm medium pacers JJ Smit and Jan Frylinck bowled sensational spells to rip out Canada’s middle order. The pair bowled eight of the final ten overs and took four wickets. They were at their best in the final 12 balls. With 28 needed to win, Smit conceded six singles in the 49th. Frylinck began the final over conceding just two singles over the first three balls, effectively clinching victory.