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The Melbourne Stars have poached two key players from their cross-town rivals the Melbourne Renegades, with Brad Hodge and Glenn Maxwell both signing multi-year deals with the Stars

ESPNcricinfo staff12-Jul-2012Melbourne Stars have poached two key players from their cross-town rivals Melbourne Renegades, signing multi-year deals with Brad Hodge and Glenn Maxwell. The defections are a major blow for the Renegades, who finished second last on the Big Bash League table last summer and could yet lose their captain Andrew McDonald, who is believed to be considering a change of teams.Thursday was a day of big moves in the contract window, as Perth Scorchers confirmed they had signed Pat Cummins, who last year was contracted by Sydney Sixers. The Cummins move had been revealed earlier in the week by the Sixers general manager Stuart Clark, and the Scorchers made the deal official on Thursday, also adding Mitchell Marsh to their group.”There is going to be nothing subtle about our game plan. It will be based around pure aggression, and Pat and Mitch embody everything about that,” Lachlan Stevens, the Scorchers coach, said. “Pat is the most exciting talent in Australian cricket. We want batsmen who play with intent and pacemen who bowl fast, and Pat certainly ticks the second box.”In Melbourne, the major move of the day was the Stars attracting Hodge and Maxwell from the Renegades, Hodge for two years and Maxwell for four. The Stars were a stronger performing side than the Renegades last summer, when they finished fourth and narrowly missed a place in the final.Their stocks will be boosted by the addition of Hodge, 37, who no longer plays first-class or one-day cricket and is second only to David Hussey on the all-time run tally in Twenty20s. Maxwell, 23, is a powerful striker of the ball and has scored 178 runs at 59.33 and a strike rate of 178 for Hampshire in the county Twenty20 competition this year.Hodge said the chance to finish his career at the MCG, where the Stars are based, instead of at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne’s Docklands, was a key factor in his decision.”For me it just felt right to return to the MCG and probably finish off my career here,” Hodge told reporters in Melbourne. “A lot of my fans are from the MCG, I am a Melbourne Cricket Club member, I am a Melbourne footy club supporter, so for me everything in my sporting life happens here. It is where I have played and it has been my second home for 17 years.”Ian Chappell, the Stars chairman of selectors, said: “Brad has been a very successful and popular player for Victoria throughout his career and we’re looking forward to him being a stable influence on the Stars batting line-up. Glenn is a dynamic player, capable of influencing matches in a number of different ways. He’s the type of player who can energise a team and our fans.”In other signings on Thursday, the England batsman Owais Shah confirmed he would again play for Hobart Hurricanes, after he was the fourth-leading run scorer in the tournament last season. Shah, 33, who has not played for his country in nearly three years, signed a two-year deal with the Hurricanes, who have also gained Ben Dunk from Sydney Thunder and re-signed fast bowler Michael Hogan.”It was disappointing to fall in the semi-finals but I can’t question the professionalism of the squad and coaching staff at the Hobart Hurricanes,” Shah said. “I loved living in Hobart with my family and when the time came to decide I really had no hesitation in committing to the Hurricanes again.”I think there’s a strong feeling of unfinished business within the squad and I’m looking forward to getting back among the boys and preparing as best we can for the next campaign.”In other signings, the allrounder Daniel Christian agreed to a three-year deal with Brisbane Heat, his team from last summer, while the fast bowlers Kane Richardson and Gary Putland committed to the Adelaide Strikers.

Gloucestershire leapfrogged hosts Surrey to move into County Championship promotion contention after achieving a determined four-wicket win at The Oval

21-Jun-2011
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Gloucestershire leapfrogged hosts Surrey to move into County Championship promotion contention after achieving a determined four-wicket win at The Oval.Having taken Surrey’s five remaining second-innings wickets for 16 runs in the space of 41 balls during the opening session of day three, the West Country visitors recovered from a batting slump of their own to eventually land a 21-point victory with a day to spare.Gloucestershire’s undoubted heroes of the day were middle-order batsman Alex Gidman and muscular paceman Ian Saxelby, who bent his back to deserve career-best figures of 6 for 69 and a personal best match return of 11 for 142. Saxelby started the Surrey rout 16 overs into the day by removing Gareth Batty for 23. Dropped behind in the previous over after nicking a back-foot force, Batty went without addition when edging an airy drive to wicketkeeper Richard Coughtrie.After adding only 14 to his overnight score of 61 in just over an hour the vigil of Mark Ramprakash was brought to an abrupt end by a good delivery from Jonathan Lewis that jagged in off the seam and kept low to snare the right-hander leg before.Saxelby then helped run through the tail by having Yasir Arafat caught low down at slip and Tim Linley caught at the wicket, while last man Jade Dernbach holed out to long-on against Lewis to leave Gloucestershire a victory target of 160.The visitors looked comfortable in reaching 33 without loss soon after lunch, but the loss of five wickets for 21 runs in the space on nine overs left Gloucestershire with plenty to do. Hamish Marshall and Kane Williamson fell in consecutive deliveries from Yasir Arafat and although Chris Taylor survived the hat-trick ball he was soon walking back after edging a leg-side waft to the keeper against the same bowler.Gloucestershire appeared in trouble when Linley chipped in with the wickets of Chris Dent, superbly caught one-handed at third slip by Tom Maynard, and then Will Gidman caught behind after following an away-swinger, to make it 54 for 5. However, Alex Gidman found a willing ally in Coughtrie and together the sixth-wicket partners added 67 inside 18 overs to break the back of their run chase.Coughtrie finally had his off stump trimmed by Linley after scoring 10 in 72 minutes, but Gidman marched on to reach a 77-ball half-century and ultimately see the job through. An upright, well-organised right-hander who came into this game with an excellent championship average against Surrey of 64.23, Gidman maintained his form with an unbeaten 76. He watched from the other end as Ed Young clattered successive fours against Linley to clinch the win.Arafat, with season’s best figures of 3 for 49, was the pick of Surrey’s all-seam attack but why Brown Caps skipper Hamilton-Brown steadfastly refused to introduce experienced off-spinner Gareth Batty, even though the match situation seemingly demanded a change in tactics and pace, remained a mystery.

Peter Siddle’s recovery from a stress fracture of the back is progressing, with the fast bowler returning to bowling in the nets and targeting an international return

Cricinfo staff16-Jun-2010Peter Siddle’s recovery from a stress fracture of the back is progressing, with the fast bowler returning to bowling in the nets and targeting an international return before the Ashes in Australia at the end of the year.Siddle, who had stress fractures early in his career and has also been troubled by his shoulder, has spent much of the time since his latest injury in February working on his fitness, training with Justin Cordy, the fitness specialist at AFL club Carlton who has also worked with the Australian national cricket side.”Probably the body over the last few years wasn’t in the shape that I would have liked and which probably is required to play Test cricket,” said Siddle. “If you look at Mitchell Johnson and the shape he is in, he has performed well for three years straight. He has been the only one up until now injury free.”Credit to him and the way he got his body ready. That’s something that I have worked hard on over the last few months. Hopefully I have done enough right.”While focussing on his fitness, Siddle has also made some minor adjustments to his bowling action and plans to work on adding a few new deliveries to his repertoire, specifically for use in the shorter formats of the game, as he sweats his way back to bowling fitness.”There has been a little bit that I have had to change but the biggest thing was when I got tired bowling those 20 to 25 overs in a day, the action changed slightly,” he said. “It’s just a matter of maintaining the strength and condition more than anything in those latter periods of the day.”As a fast bowler, you are always trying to work on some new trick, or something that you can add to your game. For me, it’s a little bit of swing and a few different things for Twenty20 cricket. It will be something that I will work on once I get back into the bowling phase of things and start getting back out into the nets again and try and progress into something new so when I come back I have that added extra.”

Jamie McIlroy stars with three wickets as Ingram, Root make key contributions

ECB Reporters Network18-Aug-2024Glamorgan 247 for 9 (Douthwaite 55, Ingram 47, Root 46, Barnard 4-34) beat Warwickshire 208 (Burgess 85, McIlroy 3-42) by 39 runsDan Douthwaite turned into a matchwinner with both bat and ball as he guided Glamorgan into the Metro Bank One-Day Cup final at Trent Bridge next month with a 39-run victory over Warwickshire at Sophia Gardens.It was his lusty batting that first caught the eye as he hauled the home side through to a 50-over total of 247 for 9 after they had earlier been floundering at 44 for 4 in the 15th over. He hit four sixes – one out of the ground and into the River Taff – in his sparkling 55, hitting 16 off the final over from Oliver Hannon-Dalby.Prior to that Colin Ingram (47) and Billy Root (46) had steadied the innings. Then Douthwaite got into his bowling rhythm and removed Chris Benjamin and Kai Smith to catches at the wicket by Will Samile as he reduced the visitors to 62 for 6 in reply in the 21st over. They were eventually all out for 208.Timm van der Gugten, who had earlier scored 26 with the bat, picked up the wickets of Rob Yates (4) and Will Rhodes (4), while fellow paceman Jamie McIlroy got rid of the dangerous Ed Barnard (14) and Hamza Shaikh (8).Tight bowling and energetic fielding by the home side turned the screw on Warwickshire as the run-rate climbed to more than seven per over in the 26th over. The 100 came up in the 32nd over as the rate rose to more than eight per over.Michael Burgess was the only batter to provide some solid resistance in the middle order and he reached his half-century with a six off the spin of Ingram. He obviously enjoyed the experience as he hit the next two over the boundary for maximums.His seventh wicket stand with Jake Lintott reaped 87 runs and his 85 contained four sixes and six fours. His departure, caught at mid off by Douthwaite off the bowling of the returning McIlroy, left Warwickshire at 149 for 7 – still 99 short of their target with 11 overs to go.When Lintott was caught off a reverse sweep of the bowling of Ben Kellaway for 26 the game was up. There were a few big hits in defiance at the death – Michael Booth hit three sixes – but Warwickshire ended 40 runs short of the victory target.Warwickshire captain Barnard had no hesitation in asking Glamorgan to bat when he won the toss. Playing on the same Sophia Gardens wicket as used for the home side’s win last week over Yorkshire that earned them a straight semi-final tie, Barnard had obviously taken note of the help the pitch had given the seam bowlers in that match.It proved to be a good choice for the seam attack that he led. Opening the bowling and running straight through his allotted 10 overs, the visiting skipper ripped through Glamorgan’s top order and ended with 4 for 34 in his top-class spell.Three of his victims were caught in the slips by Rob Yates – Asa Tribe (13), Kiran Carlson (2) and Will Smale (13) – and he trapped Sam Northeast (8) lbw. That reduced the home side to 4 for 44 in the 15th over and he could have had a fifth wicket had Yates not put down an easy chance Colin Ingram in the 17th over.At that stage the Ingram had only scored 18 and he went on to notch 47 before he was fifth out, trapped lbw by Michael Rae. Ingram steadied what looked like being a sinking ship in tandem with Billy Root as they put on 46 for the fifth wicket.Building on his midweek half-century in the win over Yorkshire Vikings, Root five fours in his 46, sharing in invaluable stands of 55 with Ben Kellaway and then 22 with Douthwaite before his departure in the 40th over made it 167 for 7.At that stage Warwickshire must have been hoping to mop up the tail quite quickly, but Douthwaite, van der Gugten and Andy Gorvin had other ideas. Between them they conjured up 92 runs as they plundered 79 off the last 10 overs to set the visitors a target of 248.Douthwaite ended on 55 and thumped four enormous sixes and four fours as he took 15 and then 17 off the final two overs. That meant the Welsh side at least had some sort of total to defend – which they managed to do with a few overs to spare.