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Sri Lankan to stand in second World Cup final alongside Marais Erasmus

ESPNcricinfo staff12-Jul-2019Kumar Dharmasena will umpire Sunday’s World Cup final between England and New Zealand, despite his incorrect decision to give Jason Roy out in yesterday’s semi-final.Dharmasena gave Roy out caught behind on 85 off Pat Cummins, despite replays showing that he had made no contact with the ball.The umpire appeared to suggest Roy should refer the decision if he didn’t think he was out, apparently failing to realise that Jonny Bairstow had already used up England’s review after he was trapped in front by Mitchell Starc.Roy’s remonstrations on the field – he was picked up calling the decision “f**king embarrassing” by stump microphones – earned him two demerit points and a fine worth 30 per cent of his match fee, which he accepted at a post-match hearing.Roy escaped a ban for the final, falling one short of the four-point threshold, but will face a one-Test or two-ODI suspension if he receives another demerit point within the next two years.Dharmasena has won the ICC’s Umpire of the Year award twice – in 2012 and 2018 – but also holds an unwanted record involving England. In 2016, during a Test in Chittagong, eight of his on-field calls were overturned, notably including a streak in which he gave Moeen Ali out three times in six balls, only for the batsman to successfully review each decision.He will be standing in his second consecutive World Cup final, and also umpired the 2016 World T20 final.Dharmasena will be joined in the middle by Marais Erasmus, who stood alongside him in Thursday’s semi-final.Rod Tucker will be the sole Australian representative at Lord’s in his capacity as third umpire, while Aleem Dar, of Pakistan, will be fourth official. Sri Lankan Ranjan Madugalle will be the match referee.

Foster, who briefly contemplated retirement last year, added 103 with Simon Harmer to take the game away from Lancashire

Alan Gardner at Chelmsford21-Apr-20182:11

Mixed fortunes for India duo

ScorecardBatting at this time of year in England is often a frisky business, as can be ascertained by a quick glance at scorecards from around the country (with the honourable exception of Grace Road). Eighteen wickets fell on the first day at Chelmsford, and another two followed in short order, but thereafter Essex showed some grit worthy of their status as Division One champions to leave the visitors looking at a hefty fourth-innings chase.Essex managed to pass 200, somewhat fretfully, and then 300 with increasing panache as James Foster became the first batsman in the match to record a half-century. A few days on from his 38th birthday – and six months after briefly contemplating retirement following Essex’s surprise title win – he was fox-like and tenacious as ever with the bat in hand, even if (whisper it) a couple of sharp stumpings had passed him by on the first day.Foster appeared set to be emulated by Simon Harmer, the Kolpak cult hero who was awarded his county cap at lunch after completing his first five-for of the season in the morning. The eighth-wicket partnership between Foster and Harmer, worth 103 in 25 overs, came late in the day and left Lancashire flagging. Harmer brought up 300 with a thump for four of Graham Onions, was promptly dropped at second slip from the next ball, before becoming the second Essex batsman to be out on 49.Although the pitch seemed to have eased a little, Essex will likely feel confident they have enough in the bank; Lancashire, having been dismissed for scores of 158, 73 and 144 so far this season, have a sizeable task on their hands if they are not to head back north with two defeats from two.For two-and-a-half hours during the afternoon, there was a growing sense that Tom Westley might be about to make a mark – both on the game and in a slim field of England candidates looking to impress the new national selector, Ed Smith. But Westley chipped wastefully to extra cover for 49 off the bowling of leggie Matt Parkinson – who might claim some credit for deception having served up a few full tosses – and rapped his pads in frustration before walking off.While the glorious weather again suggested a good batting day, the surface has been receptive throughout. What Essex would have given to be able to deploy Alastair Cook for a couple of sessions of barnacle immovability and steady accumulation. “He needs the practice,” opined one of the locals, down by the River End before play got started; but Cook has been rested by England for the first two rounds, and few in the game now seem to possess his reserves of patience.Foster remains invigorated by the challenge of first-class cricket, however, chivvying and hustling valuable extra runs. When Ryan ten Doeschate was pinned lbw by Onions, the ball keeping a touch low, Essex’s lead was 180 but that swelled quickly during the evening session.Until Foster took charge, the most fluent passage of the day came when Westley and Ravi Bopara were adding 57 for the fourth wicket – although the fact they ran two off an overthrow as Lancashire were unsuccessfully appealing for lbw against Bopara tells you something about the nature of play. A slow outfield continued to hamper run-scoring, but Westley did unfurl one trademark whip through the leg side for four, like the first ice cream of the summer – good enough to stick a flake in.It was a case of “sun’s out, guns out” in the morning, and Lancashire were soon all out, too, Jamie Porter and Harmer wrapping up five-wicket hauls apiece in the first nine balls of the day. That gave Essex a slender first-innings lead, which had seemed unlikely when they were 113 for 9 on Friday.With batting bonus points out of the equation, Essex went in search of bonus runs. Varun Chopra, who also received his county cap some 12 years after making his Essex debut, cracked 28 of his 32 in boundaries during an opening stand of 48 – the second-highest in Division One to date – before comprehensively losing his off stump to Onions. Nick Browne and Dan Lawrence were both then sent on their way after disputed low catches but there was little argument about who was on top by the close.

The second Test of their tour of Sri Lanka will be Bangladesh’s 100th. Having begun their journey in November 2000, they will have taken little over 16 years to their century

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Feb-2017Bangladesh will play their 100th Test match, against Sri Lanka, on March 15 in Colombo. Having played their first Test in November 2000, Bangladesh will be the last of the Full Members to complete the century, having taken little over 16 years to the mark.The visitors will begin their tour with a two-day practice game in Moratuwa before the first Test in Galle on March 7 and their milestone match at P Sara Oval a week later.The limited-overs leg begins with a warm-up game on March 22, before Dambulla hosts the first and second ODIs on March 25 and 28. The series concludes in Colombo – unusually at the SSC, which has not hosted an ODI since 2011.Sri Lanka Cricket CEO Ashley de Silva said the decision to play this match – a day game – was made on the basis that Bangladesh were not a major drawcard. The SSC has a capacity of about 10,000.”The reason we don’t host one-day games at SSC when we play other teams, is because we feel we won’t be able to accommodate the crowds there – the capacity is very limited at SSC,” de Silva said. “But when we play against Bangladesh, though there will be crowds, it will not exceed the capacity which can be accommodated as SSC, I’m sure.”When you play at a smaller ground also, it would seem like there are crowds – even for a Bangladesh tour. We can market it better.”The two T20Is to finish the tour, however, will be played at Khettarama.The Bangladesh squad is expected to be announced by February 20, while training begins in Mirpur on February 24. This is Bangladesh’s first bilateral tour of Sri Lanka since 2013, when they drew the Galle Test and also secured a 1-1 result in the three-match ODI series.

A round-up of all the Nagico Super50 matches played on January 9, 2016

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Jan-2016Defending champions Trinidad & Tobago made it two from two to start the 2016 Nagico Super50 with a nine-wicket trouncing of Barbados at Port of Spain on Saturday. Kyle Hope and Kjorn Ottley each finished unbeaten with 70 and 80 respectively in a 162-run second-wicket stand to blow past a Barbados first innings total of 161 with 14.1 overs to spare.Barbados found themselves in trouble inside the power play after choosing to bat when openers Dwayne Smith and Kevin Stoute were dismissed for single figures. Roston Chase top-scored with 50 at No. 5 for Barbados but the next best contribution came from Justin Greaves who made 31 before being the ninth wicket to fall, the second to Rayad Emrit. Jon-Russ Jagessar wrapped up the innings in the final over by claiming Ashley Nurse for 21 and finished with figures of 3 for 24 to set up a brisk chase by Hope and Ottley.Jamaica registered their first win of the competition with a 184-run demolition of ICC Americas in St Augustine. Batting first, Jamaica were 27 for 2 in the eighth over before Andre McCarthy wrested momentum for Jamaica with 118 off 119 balls in their total of 260 for 8.McCarthy dominated a 105-run fourth-wicket stand with Tamar Lambert, who chipped in with 28. Jeremy Gordon took 3 for 32 and Ali Khan claimed 2 for 63 on List A debut but the spin combo of Danial Ahmed and Timil Patel went wicketless.In contrast, legspinner Damion Jacobs ran through the ICC Americas middle order to claim a career-best 5 for 22 as the Associate squad was bowled out for 76 in just 26.4 overs. Opener Steven Taylor made 12 and Nitish Kumar made 42 at No. 3 but no one else reached double digits in the chase.In Group B, Guyana notched a 72-run win over Leeward Islands in Basseterre. Shivnarine Chanderpaul was named Man of the Match for scoring 81 in a total of 219 for 9 after Guyana was sent in at the toss. Wickets fell at regular intervals throughout the innings though a 54-run fifth-wicket stand between Chanderpaul and wicketkeeper Anthony Bramble helped to set a platform before Veerasammy Permaul’s 30 off 14 at No. 10 took Guyana past 200.In reply, Leewards could only muster three double-figure scores from their batsmen with a best of 35 from Orlando Peters. Permaul followed up his damage with the bat by claiming 3 for 32 in nine overs of left-arm spin, including the key wicket of Peters, as Leewards were bowled out for 147.Combined Campuses and Colleges once again received two points after a second consecutive no result, this time against Windward Islands. CCC made 233 for 6 in 40 overs in a rain-affected first innings after electing to bat. Captain Chadwick Walton made an unbeaten 86 off 87 balls to anchor the innings, including a 73-run stand with Ryan Hinds (39) and a 63-run partnership with Rovman Powell (36).Windwards were set a Duckworth-Lewis adjusted target of 239 in 40 overs, but the chase was halted after just 7.4 overs with the score 40 for 3. Christopher Powell claimed both openers in his new-ball spell to finish with 2 for 18.

Daniel Vettori’s playing future is unclear after he decided not to take up a New Zealand Cricket contract this year due to uncertainty over his recovery from injury

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Jul-2013Daniel Vettori’s playing future is unclear after he decided not to take up a New Zealand Cricket contract this year due to uncertainty over his recovery from injury. Vettori said he intended to work hard to return to playing over the next six months, following surgery on his Achilles tendon, but the doubt about when he would regain full fitness led him to take himself out of the mix for either an NZC contract or a deal with Northern Districts.Vettori, 34, had surgery following the recent Champions Trophy, at which he made his comeback to one-day internationals for the first time in nearly two and a half years. He has not played Test cricket for nearly a year, since the series in the West Indies last July, and although he hopes to add to his 112 Test appearances and 360 wickets, his playing future will only be determined after his recovery from surgery is complete.”I am very focused on my recovery from my recent surgery and will be working hard to get back onto the playing field over the next six-month period,” Vettori said. “Given the time I’ll need to spend out of the game with my recovery, and the level of uncertainty about when I may play again, it doesn’t feel right that I take up a retainer contract this year. I will now focus on my rehabilitation in the coming months, with the overall goal of making a return to the cricket field during the summer months. Hopefully it goes well.”I’m really hopeful the surgery is the final effort to get it right, and speaking to the surgeon, he’s pretty confident he could get it right,” Vettori said. “He’s dealt with similar sorts of injury in the past and had guys come back to full sporting activity, so let’s just hope it works.
“I suppose it’s been a real grind the last 18 months with the injury and in a lot of ways it has probably diminished some of the appetite to do a lot of things but I think that’s purely down to the injury so … if I can get this injury right, who knows. This has been unlike anything else I’ve had to deal with in the past. I just want to get it right then the future will crystallise after that.”David White, the NZC chief executive, said: “In the ICC Champions Trophy Dan showed the immense value that he still brings to the Black Caps side. Unfortunately Dan has indicated he’s in a position where he feels uncomfortable taking a contract this season, as he builds towards making a return to the cricket field.”As always, Dan has made his decision in the best interests of New Zealand Cricket and we appreciate his honesty and up-front approach. There’s no doubting Dan’s hunger to continue competing, and we hope to see him back playing for the Black Caps again when the time is right.”

The fast bowler Mark Gillespie has missed out on a national contract despite being New Zealand’s leading wicket taker in their most recent Test series

Brydon Coverdale20-Jun-2012The fast bowler Mark Gillespie has missed out on a national contract despite being New Zealand’s leading wicket taker in their most recent Test series. New Zealand have named their 20 contracted players for 2012-13 and five new names have appeared on the list for the first time – Dean Brownlie, Doug Bracewell, Andrew Ellis, Tarun Nethula and Kruger van Wyk – while James Franklin has regained his deal after being cut last year.But the inclusions meant there was no room for Gillespie, 32, who made his return to international cricket in March having not played for New Zealand in more than three years. He proved the value of his recall by collecting 11 wickets in the Test series against South Africa, despite playing only two of the three Tests, and only South Africa’s Vernon Philander had a more productive series.New Zealand Cricket uses a set criteria to rank its players across all three forms of the game, with Test cricket given twice the weighting of ODIs and Twenty20 internationals. But that wasn’t enough to put Gillespie, who is currently battling an ankle injury, in the top 20.Kim Littlejohn, the national selection manager, said the contracted players were those likely to add the greatest value to the national side over the next year. Littlejohn and the NZC director of cricket John Buchanan were the men in charge of awarding contracts this year, with the outgoing coach John Wright not taking part in the process.As reported last month, Jesse Ryder did not have his contract renewed, and the other men who lost their existing deals were Hamish Bennett, who missed all of last season due to back surgery, Neil Broom, Andy McKay, Luke Woodcock and Reece Young. Michael Bates, Ronnie Hira, Graeme Aldridge, Brent Arnel, Colin de Grandhomme, Jeetan Patel and Tom Latham all played for New Zealand during the past year but did not win a contract.

New Zealand contracted players for 2012-13

Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Dean Brownlie, Andrew Ellis, Daniel Flynn, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Chris Martin, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Tarun Nethula, Rob Nicol, Jacob Oram, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Kruger van Wyk, Daniel Vettori, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson

“We have five new contracted players and their addition reflects the strong performances they have put in over the past 12 months and the value they are expected to bring to the Black Caps this coming year,” Littlejohn said. “It’s an exciting time for the Black Caps with a number of important series in the 2012-13 season including the ICC World Twenty20 tournament.”We believe the contracted players will be integral to the success of the team in what will be a demanding period against highly ranked opposition. There were some difficult decisions and it’s disappointing for the players who did not have their contracts renewed. We are confident they will continue to work hard and look to force their way into the team through performance.”The players who missed out on national deals will now have to wait for major association contracts, which will be announced on July 22.