There was no play possible on the second day of the match between South Africa A and Bangladesh A in Pietermaritzburg
ESPNcricinfo staff14-Apr-2011
ScorecardThere was no play possible on the second day of the match between South Africa A and Bangladesh A in Pietermaritzburg. South Africa A had worked themselves into a strong position at 233 for 2 on the first day, but will find it difficult to get a result out of the match now.
Jamie Clifford has been appointed as Kent’s new chief executive. He had been in an acting role since Paul Millman’s retirement last year
Cricinfo staff29-Mar-2010Jamie Clifford has been appointed as Kent’s new chief executive. He had been in an acting role since Paul Millman’s retirement last year.”Jamie has been a tremendous asset to the club over the last few years and his wealth of knowledge and experience will prove crucial as the redevelopment project starts to take shape,” said George Kennedy, Kent’s chairman. “Not only does he have a detailed understanding of our business but he possesses the necessary drive and determination to bring about further growth.”Clifford, 34, became director of cricket development at Kent in 2002 and later combined the role with that of director of business development. He will have tough job at running a county with severe financial problems, but has been a key figure in the club’s development plans.
Somerset implode despite flying start with the ball, to lose by 90 runs at Hove
ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay21-Aug-2025Somerset produced an unlikely victory over Sussex in the Metro Bank One Day Cup at Hove, winning by 90 runs after being bowled out for a modest 243. It was their fourth victory in six matches.On a slow pitch that offered some sharp seam movement on occasions, but was far from unplayable, both sides were guilty of rash strokeplay, especially the Sussex Sharks when they lost four wicket for no runs in the course of eight deliveries.The Sharks were clear favourites at the halfway point of the match. And they reinforced their position when they reached 60 for one at the end of the first 10-over powerplay, almost twice as many as Somerset had scored (33 for 3) at the same stage of their innings. But then Sussex collapsed in a way that made their recent implosion against Lancashire, when they lost six wickets for 27 runs before winning a thrilling contest, look commonplace.From the start of the 11th over Charlie Tear flayed a wide delivery straight to cover. Next ball, Fynn Hudson-Prentice missed a straight one and was lbw. And three balls later captain John Simpson got one that cut back off the pitch and was also lbw. Tom Lammonby, who had made a three-ball duck when he had opened the Somerset innings, had bowled a three-wicket maiden.It got worse. Tom Clark, who had batted impressively, lobbed the second delivery of the 12th over to mid-on and Sussex were 60 for five. Jack Carson, heroic in the recent wins over Kent and Lancashire, hinted at another rescue act with a vigorous 35 before pulling to midwicket, and when Oli Carter was caught in the same area, to make it 128 for eight, it was realistically all over. Lammonby took five wickets for the first time in any competition.The Somerset total had looked insufficient, and they were happy to get there after being 82 for five in the 20th over. Their innings was revived by half-centuries from Josh Thomas and Finley Hill after the Rew brothers James and Thomas had both failed to build on promising starts.Somerset, who continued their rotation policy by bringing in Kian Roberts, Kasey Aldridge and Hill, made a frantic start to their innings. Archie Vaughan was caught down the leg-side first ball and Sussex missed two more chances in the first two overs. But they weren’t made to pay for their profligacy. In the third over Lammonby was caught at slip off Sean Hunt, coming back into the side in place of Bertie Foreman, and it was 21 for three in the sixth over when Lewis Goldsworthy, surprised by the bounce achieved by Hudson-Prentice, could only fend the ball off to Henry Crocombe at square-leg.Once again Somerset were looking to the Rews to pull them round. But captain James, attempting to turn Crocombe to leg, got a leading edge back to the bowler for just 29 and the same bowler jagged one back to bowl his younger brother through the gate for 30.At that stage significant recovery looked beyond an inexperienced Somerset side. But they were transformed by a sixth wicket stand of 59 between Thomas and Hill. Thomas, mixing bludgeoning blows with some sweetly timed drives – on a pitch where timing was difficult – was particularly impressive, stroking Crocombe square on the off-side to raise the hundred in the 24th over. He reached his fifty from 54 balls when he pulled Hunt for six but was caught behind in the same over. A seventh wicket stand of 67 between Hill and Roberts maintained the Somerset recovery.
Thunder bundled out for 165 to set up dominant win for home side
ECB Reporters Network20-Apr-2024Northern Diamonds cruised their way to an opening-day nine-wicket victory over Thunder at Chester-le-Street thanks to commanding performances from three of their most experienced players.Veteran legspinner Katie Levick claimed 4 for 38 as the visitors were bowled out for 165 off 43.1 overs before England internationals Lauren Winfield-Hill and Hollie Armitage both hit unbeaten half-centuries as the hosts reached the modest target from 34.3 overs.Only opening batter Seren Smale showed any real opposition with the bat for Thunder with a knock of 32 at the top of the order on a disappointing day for Ellie Threlkeld’s side who were a distant second best in all areas of the game.Thunder never really recovered from the early blow of losing Emma Lamb, bowled by Jessica Woolston without scoring, with her fellow opener Smale subsequently struggling to find any partners of substance.Australian debutant Katie Mack threatened to do the job with a breezy 19 before she was trapped in front by Abi Glenn who then bowled Fi Morris first ball to leave Thunder 40 for 3.It was a busy day for the umpires with both Threlkeld and then Smale departing leg-before with the latter’s 32 the top score of the innings only matched by the same number of extras.Threlkeld was Levick’s first victim as the legspinner turned the screw effectively with the runs drying up for Thunder despite some defiance from Namoi Dattani, Danielle Collins and Tara Norris as the visitors squeezed their way above 150.It was Levick’s day though and last season’s leading wicket-taker for Diamonds took the last three wickets to fall to close with typically strong figures of 4 for 38 from 9.1 overs as Thunder were bowled out for a below-par 165.Winfield-Hill and Sterre Kalis attacked from the start of the Diamonds innings and although both Phoebe Graham and Mahika Gaur bowled tightly they were unable to make a crucial early breakthrough for Thunder.It was not until the 14th over when Diamonds had reached 59 and seen off the opening bowlers that the wicket finally came and when it did it was something of gimme: Kalis somehow scooping a full toss from slow-left armer Hannah Jones into the hands of Dattini at midwicket for 28.Despite Threlkeld shuffling her pack, a second wicket failed to materialise with Armitage joining Winfield-Hill at the crease and the pair attacking Norris and Morris, in particular, with some powerful hitting.Winfield-Hill eased past her half-century as the second-wicket partnership turned into a match-winning one with the only real drama concerning if Armitage would join her in reaching the landmark, which she did in the 34th over.The century partnership came up shortly before the winning runs were hit leaving Winfield-Hill and Armitage both not out at the close of a very satisfying day for Northern Diamonds who claimed the bonus-point victory.
Former allrounder wishes to concentrate on T20 franchise roles instead
Firdose Moonda09-Jan-2023Lance Klusener has withdrawn his application to become South Africa’s next white-ball coach. ESPNcricinfo has confirmed that Klusener was among the six candidates interviewed by Cricket South Africa three weeks ago but has chosen to pull out of the process and concentrate on T20 franchise roles instead. Klusener is currently the coach of the Durban Super Giants in the SA20 tournament, which starts on Tuesday.That leaves CSA with a choice between current interim coach Malibongwe Maketa, former national assistant coach Adrian Birrell, experienced franchise and under-19 coach Shukri Conrad, former Titans coach Rob Walter and former West Indies director of cricket Richard Pybus for the job.South Africa’s head coach role will be split in two, with one person taking over the Test team and keeping involved in the country’s first-class cricket and the other heading up the ODI and T20I sides. Klusener, who played 49 Tests and 179 ODIs, had applied for the latter post. The 51-year old former allrounder was an important member of the South Africa squad between 1996 and 2004, hitting great heights during the 1999 World Cup when he nearly took the team all the way to the final in one of the greatest games ever played. Klusener retired with a reputation for being one of the fiercest hitters of the ball, a talent that fetched him 3576 runs in ODIs at an average of 41.10 and a strike rate of 89.91.Related
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CSA is expected to make an announcement by the middle of January with the new white-ball coach set to take charge for the three ODIs against England later this month. Klusener was understood to be the frontrunner for the position, having previously worked with the Dolphins in domestic cricket and with Zimbabwe and Afghanistan in international cricket. Conrad was tipped to take over the Test side.Klusener’s withdrawal potentially opens the door for Maketa, who was temporarily put in charge of the Test side for South Africa’s tour to Australia that ended on Sunday, to continue in the national job. Maketa has put his name forward for both positions, but indicated a preference for the red-ball job. CSA is also looking to fill the position of High Performance Manager, with long-standing coach Vincent Barnes set to retire later this year.
Only six minutes of play possible after West Indies opt to bat
Himanshu Agrawal01-Aug-2021No result West Indies 15 for 0 (Fletcher 14*, Gayle 1*) vs PakistanRain allowed only six minutes of play in the third T20I between West Indies and Pakistan at the Providence Stadium in Guyana before the umpires decided to call off the match. Two out of four matches of the series have now been washed out, and only one game remains to be played.In the eight deliveries that were possible, Andre Fletcher found time to smack two sixes from the six balls he faced – one each of Mohammad Hafeez and Mohammad Wasim. Fletcher got stuck into Hafeez, walloping him over long-on, before swinging Wasim over the bowler’s head. That turned out to be the final delivery before the heavens opened up again.Rain stopped almost one-and-a-half hours later with the covers taken off soon after as prospects of a five or six-overs shootout brightened. But an inspection 17 minutes prior to the cut-off time put paid to any hopes of play, with one part of the ground still relatively wet.The originally-scheduled five-match T20I leg of the tour, which first had one match shaved off due to Covid-19, is now down to one more game at the same ground on Tuesday. Pakistan lead the series 1-0, having won the second T20I by seven runs on Saturday.
The 19-year-old dreams of representing Pakistan in all formats and scoring big hundreds like his idol
Danyal Rasool18-Jun-2020Pakistan may currently be coached by two of their most famous batsmen, but for inspiration, the newest member of their squad is looking slightly east. The Attock-born Haider Ali, who rose to national prominence after scoring a half-century for Pakistan in an otherwise painfully one-sided defeat to India in the Under-19 World Cup semi-final earlier this year, views India’s Rohit Sharma as his main inspiration.”As far as role models are concerned, mine is Rohit Sharma,” Haider said in a video press conference. “I really like him as a player, and want to give the side an aggressive start at the top, and hit the ball cleanly like him. He is a man for all three formats, and he can adapt his game to all three formats. And the thing I like best is when he crosses 50, he moves on to a 100, and then he’s thinking of 150, and even 200. That’s what I want to do: to think about getting big scores, and when I get there, aim for even bigger ones. He finishes the game off for his side, and is a real match-winner.”Haider emerged as one of Pakistan’s most promising young batsmen by excelling in all three formats over the past few months. Having only made his first-class debut in September last year, the 19-year-old had a splendid opening season which culminated in a second-innings 134 for the unfancied Northern side in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final. It was his second hundred of the season, in addition to three half-centuries as he finished with an average a shade below 50.Haider Ali’s balance and cover-driving reminds Ian Bishop of Babar Azam•Getty Images
At the Under-19 World Cup, his performances caught the eye of Ian Bishop, who said he reminded him of Babar Azam. Haider would soon earn a contract with Peshawar Zalmi at the Pakistan Super League, where his meteoric rise continued, his reputation enhanced by a string of steady scores at the blistering strike rate of nearly 160. Only five Pakistan batsmen scored more runs than his 239, and just two – Shadab Khan and Kamran Akmal – could boast a superior strike rate. Having shown form like this across formats, Haider wants to be a part of the Pakistan side in all three forms.”I started my cricket in Attock as a tape-ball player in 2015. In 2016, I began to play hard ball and play for the Under-16 side and then Under-19,” Haider said. “In my family, my cousin is the only one who played cricket, and no one else. Watching him, I began to get interested in the sport.”My aim was to represent Pakistan. My aim is to play all three formats, and my preparation for all three formats is great. Recently in the domestic first-class competition, I did well, and before that there was the U-19 World Cup. I then played the PSL, so I’ve had practice in all three formats. As soon as I get the chance, I’ll give my best.”I always wanted to play under the coaching of Younis Khan, and I’m glad I will get the opportunity this time. I want to learn as much as possible from this tour and ask lots of questions of both Younis and Misbah [-ul-Haq]. I want to learn how to play all three formats and what mindset to approach all three formats with. I’m very excited about how much I can grow over these next three months.”When I moved up from U-19 to the PSL, the coaches, Shoaib Malik, and Kamran Akmal gave me plenty of inspiration. They said it is essentially the same cricket, nothing too difficult. The coaches told me not to be scared, and to make the best use of my talents. And so I played my natural game and thankfully the performances followed. Even on the England tour, we have legends for coaches and I look forward to following their advice, and hopefully it works out for me.”Haider Ali has been called up to add meat to the middle order•ICC via Getty
That Haider made his preference for a top-order role evident may put some additional pressure on Fakhar Zaman, who currently occupies that slot in the Pakistan T20I side alongside Babar Azam. Zaman has struggled for consistency over the past two years and has held onto that opening slot for lack of an appropriate replacement more than anything else. Haider, however, insisted that he was happy to fill in wherever given the chance for now.”The fans and crowd can’t be there, so we have to cope with the conditions. Where I bat is up to our management. My role is to give my best where I am assigned to bat. Some players can play in the top order and struggle lower down. At club level, I can play both up or down the order. I’d like to bat higher up, but retain the flexibility to do a job where I’m required. I’m very excited. For England, my personal prep is complete. Whenever I get the chance, I’ll give my best and hopefully make a contribution to the team.”He also reflected on the third anniversary of Pakistan’s victory over India in the 2017 Champions Trophy final, saying it birthed in him a desire to be a part of the Pakistan side and enjoy its highs. “I wanted to represent Pakistan at that moment. It was an unbelievable feeling. When we play against India, it is very crucial, and the fact Pakistan won in such a one-sided match was a very unbelievable feeling.”Last year, after Pakistan limped to an 89-run defeat against India at the World Cup in England, Sharma, who had scored a century, was asked what tips he had for Pakistan’s batsmen. “If one day I become coach of Pakistan, I’ll tell them,” he had replied. “What shall I tell them right now?”Whatever he has to say, there’s at least one player in Pakistan’s side who’ll listen with rapt attention.
England batsman gives first in-depth interview since controversy in IPL opening fixture
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Buttler’s mankading overshadows Punjab’s win
Jos Buttler believes it was “probably the wrong decision” to give him out in Rajasthan Royals’ first game of the IPL season but feels the current wording of the Laws governing run-outs at the non-striker’s end is “wishy-washy” and requires further clarification.Buttler was run-out backing-up – or Mankaded, as it is often termed – by the Kings XI Punjab captain R Ashwin at a crucial moment of a match that Rajasthan went on to lose. And, while he accepts there has to be a place for such dismissals in the game, Buttler feels the dismissal set “a bad precedent at the start of the tournament”.In his first in-depth interview since the incident, Buttler also admitted the incident had proved “distracting” in subsequent days and played on his mind in his two next innings. But he insisted he was now “relaxed” about the episode and adamant that, having already been dismissed in that fashion in an ODI against Sri Lanka in 2014, he would “make sure it never happens again”.”Of course a Mankading has to be in the Laws of the game because a batsman can’t just run halfway down the pitch trying to get a headstart,” Buttler told ESPNcricinfo. “But I do think, the way the law is written, there is a bit of a grey area in that saying ‘when a bowler is expected to release the ball’. That is a bit of a wishy-washy statement.”The current wording of Law 41.16 states: “If the non-striker is out of his/her ground at any time from the moment the ball comes into play until the instant when the bowler would normally have been expected to release the ball, the non-striker is liable to be run out.”In the case of Buttler’s dismissal, that key phrase “expected release” was a major factor in his downfall. Ashwin, the bowler at the time, approached the crease in normal fashion, but at no stage raised his arm to deliver the ball and instead seemed to pause while Buttler backed-up out of the crease before dislodging the bails. An MCC official subsequently told ESPNcricinfo, they “felt the pause was just too long and therefore not within the spirit of cricket.”While Buttler is reluctant to argue his case on the basis of the spirit of cricket – “it’s different for everyone, isn’t it?” he says – he does suggest there is at least some ambiguity as regards the specific Law.”If you look at the footage, probably the wrong decision was made because at the time he was expected to release the ball I was in my crease,” Buttler said.Jos Buttler and R Ashwin have an exchange after the mankading incident•AFP
“At the time I was really disappointed with it. I didn’t like the style of it. I just thought it was a bad precedent at the start of the tournament. For the tournament itself. It was a really disappointing way to start the tournament.”So, I didn’t like what happened and I didn’t agree with it, but what can you do? After a day or so I was pretty relaxed about it and I’ll make sure it never happens again. It won’t happen again.”The incident appeared to play on Buttler’s mind. He had made six half-centuries in his seven previous IPL innings at the time of his dismissal, but subsequently suffered two single-figure scores against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings. He returned to form with an innings of 59 from 43 balls on Tuesday, however, and feels he has now moved on from the episode.”What was more disappointing is that suddenly, over the next two games, I found myself being really conscious of it and it is quite distracting,” he said. “It is so rare that you’re not normally thinking about it. I must be the only person to get out twice in that way.”It distracted me for the next couple of games which is why it was nice to get some runs in the win and get back to thinking about batting and not worrying about how I back up at the non-striker’s end.”In fact, Buttler is not the only man to be dismissed twice in such a way. Vinoo Mankad, after whom the dismissal is colloquially known, dismissed the Australian Bill Brown twice in such fashion in 1947-48. But while Buttler claims to be one of a dwindling number of “walkers” in the game – batsmen who do not wait for the umpire’s decision if they have edged a ball to the keeper – he accepts the sport is full of grey areas that might, at times, be hard to define, and hopes that professional players remain mindful of their responsibility as “role models to young kids”.”I do generally walk,” he said. “That is something else where the spirit of cricket is involved. Is it in the spirit of cricket to not walk? Most people’s take is that the umpire’s there to make a decision and that is how it should be.”I’d hope, whether it was a written thing or not, that players – as custodians of the game, role models to young kids and professional people – would carry themselves in a certain way.”Buttler received another useful reminder about his impact on the next generation of spectators in recent days. An email from his sister to the BBC show Tailenders jogged memories of an incident, almost 20 years ago, when a request for an autograph was declined by a prominent England player of the time. At a stage when he finds himself handling almost endless demands for selfies, it was a reminder of the disappointment that declining such a request could cause.”It’s hard to satisfy all requests for selfies,” Buttler said. “But it is useful to remember that experience. To someone it could be a great moment. It can be quite meaningful. So I’ll try to remember that when I get a bit annoyed with it. And it doesn’t take two seconds, really.”
Aaron Finch pinpointed Australia’s middle-overs game as an area of improvement, as their tendency to lose wickets in clumps has often hurt their ability finish off innings strongly
Daniel Brettig10-Jan-2018If 4-0 was a clear statement about the gap between Australia and England during the Ashes, then another figure says plenty about the fact that Steven Smith’s team have a lot of work ahead of them to become genuine contenders for the 2019 World Cup. Last year, Australia won only five of 15 ODIs, endured a winless Champions Trophy, where two of their three games were washed out, and slid to No. 3 in the ICC rankings.Aaron Finch, a fixture in the team for most of the past five years, witnessed a pattern of batting collapses over that period, in New Zealand, England, and then in India. With the benefit of a few months’ worth of reflection, he reasoned that this was the key area Australia had to address in order to start building for the next global tournament.On the selection front, the replacement of Matthew Wade and Glenn Maxwell with Tim Paine and *insert name here* appears to be directed at addressing those mid-innings wobbles, something Finch said had prevented the team from building the sorts of high totals now considered non-negotiable, given the hyper-aggression shown by teams such as India and England.”Being still 18 months out, there’s quite a lot of cricket to come before that World Cup, so I’m sure there’ll be a little bit of experimentation with the key seven, eight or nine of the squad going forward,” Finch said. “Probably still going to be in and around the squad anyway. When you look at guys who are bankers in the side, Smith obviously, Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood, Davey (David) Warner, who no doubt will be there in the future, but I think there’s a chance to tinker with a few things and make sure we get our balance right.”In the Champions Trophy, we probably didn’t put enough partnerships together with the bat. A lot of back-to-back wickets, and we know how important that is in stalling run rates and creating momentum. So we were probably losing too many early wickets through that middle period of the game and not allowing us a real big platform to take into that last 10-15 overs to put a real assault on the opposition.”When we were playing in India, a similar thing happened, we’d lose clumps of wickets. And we know playing India in India is very tough, starting against spin on some wickets that had a bit of turn in them. That’s one part we can improve and probably through that middle part just bank it a little bit more and really load up for the back 15 overs.”The balance of the squad intrigues, given the inclusion of both Mitchell Marsh, after his standout batting displays during the Ashes series, and Marcus Stoinis, following a series of stout performances in losing efforts in New Zealand and India last year. At the same time, the ambiguity over Maxwell’s future, given that the selectors are yet to decide on the replacement for Chris Lynn after his withdrawal with a calf injury, had Finch describing how he had seen his fellow Victorian prepare with the sort of diligence Smith has asked for.”He’s disappointed, he backs his ability and game to be very successful in international cricket,” Finch said of Maxwell. “He knows that averaging 22 over his last 20 games wasn’t what the side needed from him. But he’s gone back and he’s in great form, he’s peeled off runs and that’s all you can do. They say make runs and make a statement, and he certainly has done that.”He’s playing some really good cricket at the moment. The way he’s batting is as good as I’ve seen in terms of his tempo and stuff like that. He’s changed a little bit from being all guns blazing from the first ball to giving himself a little bit of time, and I suppose the Stars have been losing a few early wickets, so it’s allowed him to bat for that little bit longer before he has to take a risk. If the opportunity comes, he’ll take it with both hands.”In the lead-up to the Shield season, his training was fantastic. I think his results have reflected that over the last couple of months in terms of his pure output of runs in that format. Now he’s getting runs in the T20s as well, consistent runs, which has been one part he would’ve liked to address a bit earlier, and just make sure when he is in good form he’s backing that up. You can’t really argue with a couple of 60s, a 290 and then a 96 in three back-to-back games in the Shield.”England, meanwhile, went on their own journey of reinvention after failing to contend for the World Cup, won by Australia at home in 2015, settling on a more heavy-hitting style that Finch said had been a subject of plenty of interest among Smith’s men, not least when they were soundly beaten during the Champions Trophy. “They’ve played some great one-day cricket in the last couple of years, a different leader with Eoin Morgan leading their side,” Finch said.”I think the one-day and T20 formats really suit the way they play: ultra aggressive. Beating us in the Champions Trophy, there’s still a few scars there for the boys. But, overall, they’re a pretty good side, plenty of guys who can give it a smack with the bat, so I’d expect them to play hard. We’ve played them a few times over the last couple of years, and the structure of their side hasn’t changed a hell of a lot. They’ve got similar players, and anyone who’s come into the side has played a similar-type role to the ones that have gone out.”You have guys like Hales and Roy and Bairstow at the top of the order, who can give it a smack. They’ve got a side that takes risks their whole innings and looks to put the foot down for a long period of that 50 overs with the bat. With the ball, they’ve been very similar for a long time now. So we do have a lot of knowledge there, but there’s always a chance to continue learning and come up with some new plans for different players.”
South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi and Australia’s Matthew Wade have both been fined 25 percent of their match fees after a verbal exchange and subsequent physical altercation during the fourth ODI
ESPNcricinfo staff11-Oct-2016South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi and Australia’s Matthew Wade have both been fined 25 percent of their match fees after a verbal exchange and subsequent physical altercation during the fourth ODI at Port Elizabeth on Sunday.The incident occurred in the 17th over of Australia’s innings when Wade pushed a single to long-on off the South African spin bowler. The pair, who had a verbal exchange earlier in the over, made physical contact as Wade ran down the pitch for a single. After the run was completed, South Africa captain Faf du Plessis complained to the umpires after which on-field umpire Nigel Llong spoke with both Shamsi and Wade before play continued.Both the players were found to have breached Article 2.1.1 of the ICC code of conduct which relates to “conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game”. The charges were levelled by on-field umpires Adrian Holdstock and Nigel Llong, third umpire Joel Wilson and fourth umpire Shaun George.Wade admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by ICC match referee Chris Broad. However, Shamsi pleaded not guilty and, as such, a formal hearing took place in the team hotel in which video evidence was also used.In addition to the fine, one demerit point has been added to Shamsi and Wade’s disciplinary records. If either of the two are given four demerit points within the next two years then that will be converted into at least two suspension points which carry a ban from one Test or two ODIs or two T20 internationals, depending on the fixture schedule.