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The Sunrisers opening batsman is likely to have been traded for Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Nadeem

Nagraj Gollapudi30-Oct-2018Eleven years since he made his IPL debut with Delhi Daredevils, Shikhar Dhawan is set to play for his home team again in 2019. ESPNcricinfo understands that the batsman is likely to have been traded by Sunrisers Hyderabad in exchange for three players – Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Nadeem.Sunrisers had chosen not to retain Dhawan ahead of last year’s auction, where the franchise paid INR 5.2 crore (approx USD 820,000) to buy him back. Since then, there have been murmurs about him being unhappy about his price tag, which eventually led to Sunrisers releasing him through the trade. Since Daredevils had bought the trio of Shankar (INR 3.2 cr), Nadeem (INR 3.2 cr) and Abhishek (INR 55 lakhs) for a total of INR 6.95 crore, Sunrisers would need to pay the balance amount in cash.Dhawan last played for Daredevils in the first season of the IPL in 2008. Then he moved to Mumbai for a couple of years and finally arrived in Hyderabad, initially playing for Deccan Chargers for a year before joining Sunrisers in 2013.Dhawan has been the leading run-scorer for Sunrisers with a tally of 2768 from 91 innings at an average of 35.03 and strike-rate of 125.13. In the 2018 IPL, he made 497 runs at 35.50. His smart strike-rate was 142.82, better than his normal strike-rate of 136.91.Although regular captain David Warner was the force behind Sunrisers’ IPL win in 2016, Dhawan also played a key role at the top of the order. In fact, the Warner-Dhawan combine (2357) is the third-most prolific pairing behind Chris Gayle-Virat Kohli (2787) and AB de Villiers-Kohli (2525)In case the deal does go through – both franchises have been tight-lipped, making no public comment – it remains to be seen whether Daredevils have gained much from it, having released three allrounders, all Indians, two of whom (Shankar and Nadeem) are frequent first-choice picks in the XI.The Dhawan deal is the second big trade ahead of the next IPL auction, scheduled for December 16. Royal Challengers Bangalore earlier released South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock to Mumbai Indians in a money-only trade, which involves a franchise selling the player in exchange for money, as opposed to swapping him for another player.The other trade in the first trading window was RCB releasing Mandeep Singh to Kings XI Punjab in exchange for Australian allrounder Marcus Stoinis.

Kemar Roach, who took 3 for 17 on the second day of West Indies’ three-day warm-up match against Essex, shed light on the efforts he has been taking towards a Test return ahead of the three-match series against England

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Aug-2017Kemar Roach took further steps towards playing his first Test since January 2016, carrying over his promising domestic form into West Indies’ first warm-up match, against Essex, ahead of the three-Test series against England. Following his 3 for 17 on the second day of the thee-day warm-up fixture, Roach shed light on the efforts he has been taking towards the Test return.”I’m looking to make the ball go both ways. I always had it in me, but I need to perfect it even more and I’ve been working hard on that,” he said after a rain-hit day in Chelmsford. “Today, it was perfect. The line and length was spot on. That’s where I wanted to be. I want to keep working and building on that.”Roach is the most experienced member of the 15-man squad, having played 37 Tests since his debut in 2009. He was dropped owing to poor form at the start of 2016, but has since made strides in the Professional Cricket League, West Indies’ first-class tournament, where he took 23 wickets at 16.17 for Barbados.”It’s pretty tough to go there after almost two years off, to catch up with things. Test cricket is the biggest form of cricket, and I’ve been working hard and I want things to be right back here. So I’m going to go there, help the young guys in the team and put some good performances.”Roach is no stranger to English conditions. He played in West Indies’ previous tour of England, in 2012, and took eight wickets – the most for his team – despite playing only two of the three Tests. That apart, he has also represented Worcestershire in the County Championship.”I’ve been here previously for Test tours. I know certain grounds and how the pitches play and the atmosphere. It’s about adapting quickly. It’s not home, it’s not Barbados. It is colder here. It’s about doing the business right.”Roach also spoke positively of the format for the first of the three Tests; the match will be played under lights at Edgbaston – England’s first day-night Test. “I’ve played a couple of games with the pink ball back home during the domestic season,” he said. “I think it’s good for cricket. It does a bit more for a bowler’s likes, so that’s good for me.”It’s always a different feel, a different switch up. The atmosphere is going to be different; everything is going to be different. We’re going to pull some more crowd. It’s about time we switch things up a little bit.”

The embrace he shared with batting partner Samit Patel after lofting a ball from Jeetan Patel over the infield for his 19th boundary told something of the relief being felt at that moment by Nottinghamshire’s Michael Lumb

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ScorecardMichael Lumb sweeps•Getty Images

The embrace he shared with batting partner Samit Patel after lofting a ball from Jeetan Patel over the infield for his 19th boundary told something of the relief being felt at that moment by Nottinghamshire’s Michael Lumb.It completed his 20th first-class hundred, the most pertinent fact attached to which is the time elapsed since the 19th, some two years and eight months, the toughest of times for the former England batsman, who turned 36 in February this year.It encompassed a long lay-off following surgery on a torn forearm tendon, keeping him out of action for the best part of six months until June last year, and then a broken thumb, after which the form that had seen him make almost 2000 runs across all formats in 2013, and then score a century on his ODI debut for England in February 2014, seemed to belong to another player.”It has been a strange couple of years,” he said. “I had problems with the arm for a while, lots of trouble and little niggles, and all the time I was playing through the pain I was doing more damage until it came to the point that the tendon just tore away from the bone.”The surgeons did a great job but it was a long time to be sidelined and when you come back from a long-term injury you find yourself chasing the game, trying to get back into form. It is just a matter of time but there are always little demons in your ahead when things are not going your way.”So there was a lot of relief today. When you do all your rehab and the hard work in the nets, when you do finally get over a line after a long period without scoring runs, and against a good attack who are bowling well, it feels good.”Lumb’s form began to return in Australia, during his fifth Big Bash stint with the Sydney Sixers. There would be no final this time, after finishing runners-up in 2014-15, but Lumb was the pick of their batsmen, scoring 253 runs at an average of 31.62.He found fluency from the outset here, following on from his 78 against Middlesex at Lord’s last week, even if he did have a slice of luck at the start, before he was off the mark, edging a ball from Keith Barker which Tim Ambrose, diving across first slip for a low chance, could not hold.That moment apart, he looked in exceptionally good touch, completing his first half-century from just 48 balls and advancing to 75 from 73, despite the loss of a partner who had also looked in good rhythm when Steven Mullaney was strangled down the leg side by Chris Woakes for 56.Mullaney’s departure changed things somewhat. Warwickshire’s bowling began to find some consistency, with Rikki Clarke delivering an exceptional spell, backed up by Chris Wright and then Jeetan Patel. Brendan Taylor and Riki Wessels, neither of whom has found his best form so far, found the going much harder and the scoring rate slowed almost to a halt.It took Lumb another 81 deliveries to reach 100, with suddenly very few easy runs on offer. It took some discipline to be so circumspect, given how much he wanted to make the most of his form, but ultimately the graft paid off. His last first-class century, against Derbyshire, had been on September 24, 2013.Samit Patel will feel he wasted his chance, making a reasonable start but then misjudging a pull against Clarke and giving first slip Varun Chopra an easy catch, but Chris Read and Brett Hutton added a potentially valuable 49 for the seventh wicket before Read followed a ball from Woakes to be caught behind.Clarke and Barker finished the day with identical figures, Clarke playing a role too in the dismissal of Lumb to Patel, who induced a catch to first slip off bat and pad.

Durham christened their new floodlights with an exciting six-run win over previously unbeaten Yorkshire in the NatWest T20 Blast.

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ScorecardGordon Muchall made a useful contribution with the bat•Getty Images

Durham christened their new floodlights with an exciting six-run win over previously unbeaten Yorkshire in the NatWest T20 Blast.The hosts made 182 for 4 batting first with four of their top six scoring in the 30s, and then limited Yorkshire to 176 for 8 in reply as Keaton Jennings starred with the ball.Jennings finished with figures of 4 for 37 with his occasional medium pace, including the key scalps of Jonny Bairstow and Glenn Maxwell.The victory leaves Durham at the top of the North Group with three wins from four matches, two points ahead of second-placed Yorkshire.

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Durham won the match in the final five overs of their innings in which they scored 76 for 1, taking 17, 13, 11, 14 and 21 off overs from Maxwell, Plunkett, Bresnan and Fisher. For the second consecutive day Gordon Muchall and John Hastings finished not out at the end of Durham’s innings. Having scored 31* (27) and 21* (13) respectively against Leicestershire, the pair managed 34* (24) and 37* (16) against Yorkshire. With this duo batting below Stoneman, Mustard, MacLeod and Collingwood, Durham have a formidable batting order.
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The attendance was 5,539 for the first match played under the new permanent floodlights at Chester-le-Street, with hopes of attracting the ground’s record crowd for a county match not helped by the weather and the Headingley Test.Rain delayed the 7pm start by 25 minutes, after which the sun shone throughout Durham’s innings after they were put in.Mark Stoneman and Phil Mustard got the hosts off to a flying start with a stand of 30 in 3.2 overs, and Paul Collingwood, Gordon Muchall and John Hastings made sure that was not wasted.Hastings provided the late momentum as he hit Tim Bresnan’s last four balls for three fours and a six as 21 came off the over.In a quirk of fate, Yorkshire also needed 21 runs off their final – bowled by Hastings – to snatch the victory.Bresnan had his chance of revenge with 12 needed off the last two to tie, but he missed the first before hitting the last high over the mid-wicket boundary. It left him unbeaten on 36, but scarcely atoned for his figures of none for 51 with the ball. While it was left to Hastings to finish things off, it was Jennings who did the damage earlier on.Jennings is Durham’s four-day opening batsman and had bowled only one over in the three previous T20 matches. But with skilful variations of pace he persuaded Bairstow and Maxwell to play across the line of straight balls, while he also sent back Jack Leaning and Rich Pyrah as Durham claimed the points.

Bangladesh scored 291 for the loss of just three wickets, one of them being Naeem Islam, who made an emotional maiden Test century, and one being Shakib Al Hasan, who threw away what would have been his third

The Report by Abhishek Purohit15-Nov-2012
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Naeem Islam made his maiden Test hundred•AFP

To think that five of the six Bangladesh batsmen to fall gave their wickets away, and the home side were still on course to go past their highest Test total of 488. It left you wondering what would have been had they not. It was still Bangladesh’s day in the end. They scored 291 runs for the loss of just three wickets, one of them being Naeem Islam, who made an emotional maiden Test century, and one being Shakib Al Hasan, who threw away what would have been his third. Naeem and Shakib batted through the first session and put on 167, which is the highest for the fourth wicket by a Bangladesh pair.Naeem batted the old-fashioned way – he gave the first hour of the day to the West Indies bowlers and by tea, he had constructed his hundred. Naeem’s effort, and his partnerships with Shakib and Mushfiqur Rahim carried Bangladesh comfortably past the follow-on mark of 328, and even raised hopes of taking a lead, which would certainly be a huge achievement for a side playing its first Test in a year. Mahmudullah and Nasir Hossain kept those hopes alive with a sensible unbroken 87-run partnership after West Indies had dismissed Naeem and Mushfiqur in quick succession after tea.Naeem’s knock stood out not only for its resolve but also for what Bangladesh have often missed – a solid foil to the genius of Tamim Iqbal and Shakib. On day two, Shahriar Nafees, instead of ‘doing a Naeem’, had tried to match Tamim stroke for outrageous stroke, and had perished soon. Today, as Shakib went about tackling the West Indies attack in his own way, Naeem ensured the pyrotechnics were limited to one end, as he defended and left with purpose.Naeem faced 50 deliveries for eight runs till the first drinks break, and took 27 off 47 in the next hour, and scored 40 off 71 in the second session. At the other end, Shakib prospered through a mixture of fortune and attack before ultimately perishing to an overdose of the latter eleven runs shy of a hundred.

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• Bangladesh’s total of 455 is their second-highest in Tests and their second 400-plus total against West Indies. Their highest total is 488 against Zimbabwe in Chittagong in 2005.

• The 167-run stand between Shakib Al Hasan and Naeem Islam is the highest fourth-wicket partnership for Bangladesh surpassing the previous best of 120 against West Indies in Jamaica in 2004.

• Naeem’s century is his first in Tests and the 24th by a Bangladesh batsman. Five of these centuries have come against West Indies.

• There has been only one previous occasion when Bangladesh have managed more fifty-plus stands (6) in a single innings than the four in this game against West Indies.

• This is the third time that four centuries have been scored in the first two innings in a Test in Bangladesh. The last time this happened was against India in 2007.

• The 982 runs scored so far is the highest ever in the first two innings in a Test in Bangladesh. The previous best was 915 in the Mirpur Test against England in 2010.

Shakib rode his fortune in the morning to keep the runs flowing. He was caught behind off a no-ball and came close to getting dismissed a few times, all against Ravi Rampaul, but survived, and then thrived. Rampaul got consistent bounce from short of a good length, and had Shakib in trouble. He beat Shakib outside off stump, had him edging just short of gully and a half-hearted top-edged pull fell at vacant square leg. In between, Rampaul pushed Shakib back with sharp bouncers. Shakib tried to hit out, and edged a follow-up wide delivery to the wicketkeeper in the 43rd over, but replays showed Rampaul had overstepped. That was to be the closest West Indies came all morning to breaking through.Despite the close shaves, Shakib hardly held back. The accurate debutant Veerasammy Permaul was slog-swept for boundaries. The fast bowlers were driven through cover. Naeem changed character after the first hour. He swept the third ball after drinks from Permaul for four. Darren Sammy was squeezed behind point for consecutive fours. He responded by beating Naeem twice in his next over, but the batsman ended Bangladesh’s session on a high by steering Sammy to the third-man rope. Eighty-eight runs without a wicket in the first session – Bangladesh could have hardly hoped for a better start today.It was to get better indeed after lunch, for a while at least. Shakib calmly drove the first ball after the break, from Sunil Narine, through extra cover for four. Narine wasn’t able to create any impact, and was hit out of the attack next over by Shakib with consecutive boundaries. Rampaul now returned to finally get his due. With the attack at his mercy and a century beckoning, Shakib walked out and mis-hit Rampaul to extra cover to walk off with an angry swish of his bat.Rampaul now tested Naeem and Mushfiqur as he moved the old ball in at sharp pace, and Sammy created further problems by taking it away off the seam. It was the first time seamers were operating from either end today. Mushfiqur escaped with an edged boundary past the slip cordon, but recovered to clip Sammy off his pads through midwicket for four more.The new ball, taken in the 83rd over, did not do as much as the old one had, and Mushfiqur capitalised with a few punchy fours. Naeem, after playing out a maiden to Tino Best on 98, flicked the fast bowler to the fine leg rope and fell into his captain’s embrace. He eventually fell off his 255th delivery, a tired push to a wide Sammy delivery ending in the wicketkeeper’s gloves. Less than five overs later, Mushfiqur, who had batted with the crisp solidity that defines his batting, charged at Permaul to give a return catch on 43.Bangladesh were still 159 runs shy of West Indies’ total, but Mahmudullah and Nasir made the home side’s batting depth count. They targeted the spinners intermittently and battled against the fast bowlers, who tested them with short deliveries and yorkers. By stumps, Bangladesh were within sight of West Indies’ 527, and by now, the visitors must be wondering whether their declaration had come too early on day two, as the pitch remained largely placid on day three.