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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named 128 cricketers for thenationaland regional academies which will start simultaneously fromMay 14 at different cities.Announcingthe names of the cricketers, a PCB spokesman said onThursday that 22 and 24 players were selected for the national academyand Paksitan Juniors academyto be started at Lahore. Similarly, 21named for Rawalpindi, 28 for Karachi and 27 for Peshawar academies.Each players will get a stipend of Rs 5000 per month. For the nationalacademy board and lodging facility will be provided. For the regionalacademies only outstation players will get board and lodgingfacilities.The academies will be located at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, NationalStadium, Karachi, KRL ground, Rawalpindi and Qayyum Stadium, Peshawar.Former Test all-rounder Mudassar Nazar will be the chief coach. TheNational Academy panel of coaches will consist of Mohsin Kamal and AliZia, the Pakistan Juniors will have Haroon Rashid and Azhar Khan asthe coaches. Sikandar Bakht and Jalaluddin will be the panel ofcoaches at Karachi, Masood Anwar and Sabih Azhar will work atRawalpindi. Farrukh Zaman and Raj Hans are two coaches for Peshawar.The National Cricket Academy will be formally inaugurated at theGaddafi Stadium on May 14. The formal inauguration of Karachi,Rawalpindi and Peshawar Academies will be held on May 15, 16 and 18.The regional academy, Lahore will be inaugurated later, at Sheikhupuraon June 1.The syllabus at the National Academy covers social and communicationskills, besides hard core cricket matters. The present term of theseAcademies will last for three months and will be completed by August25, he said. All the selected players are asked to report on May 13 by4 pm at their respective station.

Dominic Cork has set his sights on the next World Cupfollowing his recall to the England one-day squad.Cork has not played a limited overs internationalsince New Zealand in 1997 but hopes his inclusion forthis summer’s triangular series is a sign of betterthings to come.”I am looking for a place in the World Cup in2003,” Cork said. “I played in the one in India,Pakistan and Sri Lanka and I would like to repeat thatexperience.”I am chuffed that I am getting another go. I amprobably a little bit fortunate with one or twoinjuries, notably to Craig White, that I’ve got in butI’d like to prove in England colours that I can playone day cricket.”Today’s call-up for the games against Australia andPakistan next month completes a successful Englandcomeback for Cork.He regained his place in the Test squad and wasawarded a central contract after proving he had made afull recovery from the back injury that cut short histour to Pakistan last winter.

James Brinkley seized his second chance of a first-class career by bringing a Gloucestershire charge to an abrupt halt at Chester-le-Street today.The Scotland-born, Australia-raised seamer took 5-9 in 22 balls to finish with 6-32 as the visitors slumped from 188 for four to 198 all out.Queenslander Martin Love then stroked his second half-century of the match, finishing on 63 not out, as Durham reached 104 for two in the second innings to lead by 148.Brinkley’s previous best was the 6-98 he took on his debut for Worcestershire seven years ago. Injury restricted him to 19 games in four seasons before he was released and he played for Herefordshire last season.Neil Killeen apart, Brinkley looked as ordinary as the rest of the Durham attack as Kim Barnett led Gloucestershire’s recovery from four for two. Ian Harvey thrashed 36 off 34 balls and 42 runs came off the first six overs after lunch, 15 coming off one over from Steve Harmison. But the rot set in when Barnett’s dashing innings of 82 off 106 balls ended when he flashed at a widish ball from Brinkley and sliced to gully.There was no such extravagance from Love, who again looked totally composed as he reached 50 off 100 balls. Following the early loss of skipper Jon Lewis, bowled by his namesake for one, Love put on 54 with Michael Gough and shared an unbroken stand of 46 with Jimmy Daley.

Wellington and Northern Districts ended the first day of the Shell Trophy match evenly poised today – which would not have pleased Wellington, who took the opportunity to bowl on a lively green-tinged pitch only to see Northern survive early trials and middle-order droughts to reach 283 with just six overs left in the day’s play.If that was not bad enough for the championship leaders, they lost their star wicket-keeper in the third over after lunch. Chris Nevin left the field with a damaged thumb after a spectacular if unsuccessful dive for a catch down the leg side from Hamish Marshall.Wellington coach Vaughn Johnson advised that x-rays had established the thumb was not broken but a further assessment of the injury would not be available until tomorrow.On the field it was a case of runs coming in spurts. After the Wellington pace men Mark Gillespie and Iain O’Brien had enjoyed the conditions – and James Marshall hadn’t – Michael Parlane (60) and Mark Bailey (47) began to find the pace of the pitch to their liking, rattling on 109 together before they were out in quick succession before lunch, which Northern reached at 122 for three.Parlane, through a mixture of solid work and the occasional injudicious waft, posted the team’s top score, his 60 coming off 97 balls.However, if the pre-lunch session offered a run feast, matters quietened considerably after the break as Grant Bradburn (25) and Matthew Hart (31) set about building a solid partnership. Just when it appeared they might be settling in for the long haul, they came to grief, the pair’s combined contribution coming to an end at 57.The only other partnership of note was a lively late-in-the-day affair that saw Simon Doull provide a typically swashbuckling innings of 46 in a partnership with Robbie Hart of 56.The regular comings and goings from the batting crease reflected the interest that the Wellington bowlers maintained. After Gillespie and O’Brien during their first spells gained early pace, lift and movement from the pitch but little tangible reward, Matthew Bell rang the changes regularly. It worked, particularly with his medium pacer Mayu Pasupati gaining each of his three wickets at the beginning of spells.On a hot day, O’Brien earned just reward for his 30 overs of work, taking four for 64. Pasupati, three for 51 after a rocky start, and Gillespie, three for 87, were the supporting cast, along with their catchers, Richard Jones in particular taking a beaut. The spinners, Mark Jefferson and Jeetan Patel, can expect to have their day later in the match.Wellington resume tomorrow with Bell and Jones at the wicket, the score on 17 and their immediate target the 284 necessary for first innings points. And they can expect the best batting conditions of the match.But the biggest concern overnight is likely to be the condition of Nevin’s thumb.

Northamptonshire regained control of the Vitality County Championship Division Two match at Derby after a Ross Whiteley counter-attack revived Derbyshire.Whiteley scored 54 in his first Championship match for nearly three years and dominated a last wicket stand of 58 with Daryn Dupavillon to carry his team to 362 after Ben Sanderson took 5 for 76.Wayne Madsen and Matt Lamb also scored half centuries for the home side but positive batting after tea strengthened Northants position with Emilio Gay’s unbeaten 89 taking the visitors to 195 for 2, a lead of 255.Warm sunshine and a cloudless sky made it a good day for batting but Derbyshire lost a wicket to the fourth ball of the third morning.Brooke Guest had to play at a delivery that Sanderson moved away enough to take the outside edge and was caught behind without adding to his overnight score.Derbyshire almost gifted Northants another wicket in the next over when Lamb took on Luke Proctor’s arm at mid on and was very fortunate not to be run out by a direct hit.Lamb made the most of that escape by sharing a stand of 82 with Madsen who swung Rob Keogh for six on his way to a 118 ball 50 that contained only two fours.Lamb dished out the same treatment to Liam Patterson-White before completing his 50 from 90 balls but the second new ball sent the innings into decline.Sanderson got one to straighten to bowl Lamb before Siddharth Kaul tempted Aneurin Donald into playing at one he could have left and then found some late movement to have Anuj Dal caught at first slip.Madsen was bowled trying to swing Kaul over mid-on and when Sanderson had Zak Chappell and Blair Tickner taken at second slip, Derbyshire looked like conceding a substantial first-innings lead.But Whiteley played impressively, mixing watchful defence with controlled aggression, and with solid support from Dupavillon, kept his side in the game.Whiteley, who pulled Kaul for six and drove Patterson-White over the long-on boundary, farmed the strike astutely while Dupavillon displayed a sound defence to frustrate the visitors.By the time Proctor ducked one in to trap Whiteley lbw, the deficit had been cut to 60 and Derbyshire had momentum going into the evening session.That would have increased if Ricardo Vasconcelos had not been dropped at second slip off Tickner in the second over but by the time he was bowled charging wildly at David Lloyd’s off spin, the lead was 150.Patterson-White took on the short ball until he was caught behind pulling at Chappell but Gay and Karun Nair maintained the tempo against pace and spin in the closing overs.The pair added 76 from 77 balls to set a platform from where Northants can press on in the morning to give themselves enough time to try and bowl Derbyshire out on what is still a good pitch.

Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein and right-arm pace bowler Ravi Rampaul combined to wreak havoc with the new ball, reducing Jamaica Tallawahs to 15 for 5 after the Powerplay as Trinbago Knight Riders used the momentum from that early sequence to record a seven-wicket victory at Warner Park.Imad Wasim and Carlos Brathwaite did their best to bring back respectability to Tallawahs’ innings with an 83-run partnership, but a target of 145 looked increasingly tepid during Lendl Simmons’ fiery 70 off 45 balls to help cement Knight Riders’ chase with 17 balls to spare.Kieron Pollard’s decision to bowl first was immediately vindicated by Hosein, who began play with a wicket-maiden that included a gift of a wicket from Kennar Lewis, who laced a half-tracker to Colin Munro at backward point. While Lewis’ dismissal was a matter of placement, the next four to go were the product of poor shot selection after dot ball pressure resulted in an overambitious release shot that failed.Haiden Ali tried to heave a good length ball on the stumps and skied a top edge to Simmons at short third man. Kirk McKenzie made it two in three balls for Rampaul as an indecisive dab targeting third man resulted in a simple edge behind to Denesh Ramdin. Jason Mohammed chased after a ball that wasn’t full enough to drive and edged Hosein to Simmons at slip before Simmons ended the Powerplay with his third catch, pouching a sharp take again at slip as Rovman Powell edged a quicker ball from Sunil Narine to walk off with an eight-ball duck.From being in danger of producing a record low total, Imad and Brathwaite dug in and showed the top order that the pitch demons were a figment of their imagination. Brathwaite eventually brought up his second career CPL fifty, but both perished in the last four overs as a consequence of trying to up the run rate.The only thing that looked like it would ruin Knight Riders’ victory charge was the weather as a dark storm system encroached during the innings break. Only two overs were bowled before play was halted just moments after Narine was given lbw to Imad after missing a reverse sweep. The delay lasted for 49 minutes but once the super sopper did its job, there was no further threat to play being interrupted.Instead, Simmons was the one creating danger in the stands with each subsequent thunderous strike. His innings could have been curtailed on 17 when Migael Pretorius laid a short-ball trap off the final ball of the Powerplay at deep square leg, but Chris Green shelled a straightforward chance.Simmons continued to bombard the boundary thereafter, pummeling back-to-back sixes off Edwards in the 13th to bring up a 37-ball half-century as part of a 102-run stand with Munro. Both fell shortly before the target as Pollard and Darren Bravo took Knight Riders safely across the line.

Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah believes healthy competition within the side, which has led to players being more confident, gives a fairer assessment of the team rather than the one based on rankings.Head coach Russell Domingo earlier said that the veteran Mushfiqur Rahim and Nurul Hasan – who impressed in the recent series against Zimbabwe and Australia – will share wicketkeeping duties in the first four matches during the home T20I series against New Zealand. Bangladesh also have four options for the opening slot in Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Naim, Liton Das and Mahedi Hasan.Related

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“Liton is an outstanding opener while Soumya has been in good form this year,” Mahmudullah said. ” Naim has been one of the top-ranked batter in our side. Mahedi is also an opening option. They are all in good rhythm. We have to make sure those who get the opportunity can contribute for the team. The positive competition within the team is a good sign.”There is some competition in their pace attack, too. Mustafizur Rahman and Shoriful Islam seem to be the preferred pair but Mohammad Saifuddin has grabbed the limited opportunities well in recent times, with Taskin Ahmed and Rubel Hossain lurking around. Bangladesh also have Kamrul Islam Rabbi and Shahidul Islam in the extended squad.”Shoriful bowled well in four matches (against Australia),” Mahmudullah said. “Mustafiz has been outstanding. Taskin has been bowling well but not getting enough opportunities. We have Rubel. Saifuddin made most of the opportunity. There’s good competition going on in every department.”I think the fielding has improved a lot. These are good signs to become a better team. Rankings and a team’s shape doesn’t necessarily show the real picture of a team. Playing well continuously usually takes the team forward.”But Mahmudullah was careful not to call Bangladesh “favourites” even against the under-strength touring New Zealand team.”You can consider yourself favourites in T20s, but if it becomes overconfidence, it can be negative for you. The team that reads the conditions well and has the hunger to do well on the day usually comes out on top in T20s.”Having said that, they are a very disciplined side in their homework and execution level. We must remain focused and hungry, as we did against Australia. I would love to see the continuity.”But he was also quick to point out that the expectation from the home side is justified, especially after their 4-1 T20I series win against Australia earlier this month.”It is a very good opportunity for our team. We are eager to prove that we are good at home. I am hopeful that the boys will be up for it.”There will always be expectations especially when it has built up in our home conditions. We are very competitive and confidence at home. We use our condition well. Every opportunity for the team and individual must be valued. Rest will take care of itself.”

Khulna Division crushed Barisal Division by 10 wickets at the BKSP-3 ground to bring up the first result in Tier-1 of the 2016-17 National Cricket League. After Tushar Imran hit a record 19th hundred, debutant seamer Ashiquzzaman skittled out Barisal with a match haul of nine wickets.Barisal were bowled out for 171 runs in 60.4 overs in the first innings, with pacers Ziaur Rahman and Ashiquzzaman taking three wickets each. Fazle Mahmud’s 95 represented more than half of Barisal’s total. In reply, Khulna took a lead of exactly 200 runs, courtesy Imran, who went past Alok Kapali and Mohammad Ashraful to possess the most first-class hundreds by a Bangladeshi.He made 108 with a dozen fours and a six, and shared a 117-run third wicket stand with Anamul Haque, who top-scored with 136, his 11th first-class ton. Anamul struck eleven fours and six sixes in his 202-ball knock. Left-arm spinner Monir Hossain took six wickets and later struck a 70-ball 72 as Barisal could only muster 211 runs in the second innings.Ashiquzzaman took 6 for 57 to finish with nine wickets on first-class debut. His player-of-the-match winning efforts left Khulna with just 12 runs to chase on the third afternoon, which they completed in 1.4 overs.Dhaka Division beat Dhaka Metropolis by five wickets in a low-scoring fixture in the other Tier-1 game in Fatullah. This was the first time in five years that no half-century was recorded in a first-class fixture in Bangladesh.Batting first, Dhaka Metro were bowled out for 166 runs with veteran paceman Mohammad Sharif taking four wickets. In reply, Dhaka could manage just a 21-run lead as Mohammad Ashraful starred with his part-time offspin to take three wickets alongside seamer Shahidul Islam.Dhaka Metro, handed a lifeline, had an opportunity to pull away with a better batting effort in the second dig. But that wasn’t to be as Sharif picked up three wickets; Dhaka metro hurtled to 125 all out in 55.5 overs.Dhaka nearly made heavy weather of their 105-run target. They slipped to 63 for 5, thereby raising possibility of an unlikely win for Metro. But Taibur and Zahiduzzaman put on an unbroken 43-run stand for the sixth wicket to complete a nervy win.

ScorecardFile photo – Jhulan Goswami took 2 for 28 in 10 overs to lead India’s bowling charge•Getty Images

A tight bowling effort from India women set up their five-wicket win over West Indies women in the second ODI in Mulapadu. With the win, India took a 2-0 lead and sealed the three-match series, thereby extending the visitors’ wait to secure a direct entry for the 2017 Women’s World Cup.West Indies, asked to make first use of the surface, struggled for momentum and crawled to 153 for 7 in 50 overs. India struggled slightly towards the latter parts of their chase, going from 111 for 2 to 150 for 5, but managed to cross the line in 38 overs with five wickets in hand.West Indies lost their openers Hayley Matthews and Shaquana Quintyne in consecutive overs to be reduced to 20 for 2. Stafanie Taylor, the captain, and Kycia Knight scored 30 runs between them off 98 balls.Deandra Dottin and Merissa Aguilleira got together to repair the damage with a 70-run fifth-wicket stand, and though they used up 110 balls, their stand marked one of the quicker periods of scoring in the West Indies innings. Dottin scored top-scored with 63 and was the last batsman dismissed, bowled by Jhulan Goswami off the last ball of the innings.Goswami and Ekta Bisht, the left-arm spinner, took identical figures of 10-2-28-2, Gayakwad took 1 for 31 in 10 overs, while Deepti Sharma gave away just 19 runs in her quota. Barring Harmanpreet Kaur, who gave away 20 runs in three overs, all of India’s bowlers were economical, with Rajeshwari Gayakwad, the left-arm spinner, recording the worst economy rate (3.10).Thirush Kamini was given out obstructing the field in the fourth over of India’s chase, before Smriti Mandhana and Deepti steadied them with a 63-run second-wicket stand. Mandhana took India to 111 for 2 with Mithali Raj, before she was caught off Matthews’ offspin on 44. Raj took India to the brink with a 51-ball 45, and though she fell with her team four runs away, it was late compensation for West Indies.The final ODI will take place at the same venue on Wednesday.

ScorecardAdam Voges was helped from the field after being struck by a bouncer•Getty Images

Western Australia captain Adam Voges suffered concussion after being struck on the helmet on the first day of the Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania at the WACA. Voges was not taken to hospital but was ruled out of the rest of the match after retiring hurt on 16 when he failed to evade a bouncer from fast bowler Cameron Stevenson and was hit on the helmet.Voges lay on the ground for some time after the blow, and was assisted from the ground by medical staff before being monitored in the change-rooms. Earlier this year, Voges suffered a freak head injury while playing county cricket for Middlesex, when he was fielding at slip and was hit on the back of the head by a ball being thrown back towards the wicketkeeper after a boundary.After his failures in the first two Tests against South Africa, Voges loomed as a likely candidate to be axed for the third Test in Adelaide, and was hoping for a big innings against Tasmania to press his case for retention. At the time when he was struck, Voges was trying to rebuild the Western Australia innings after a shaky start in which they slumped to 3 for 15.Opener Cameron Bancroft, who could have made a strong case for Test selection with a big innings, was caught behind off Simon Milenko for 2, and the prolific Michael Klinger edged Jackson Bird to slip on 5. The loss of Voges left Western Australia effectively at 5 for 59, but a 117-run stand between Ashton Turner and Sam Whiteman provided some respectability.Turner scored his maiden first-class century and finished with 110, and Whiteman managed 54, before the Warriors were bowled out for 262. Tasmania lost both their openers before stumps and finished the day on 2 for 60, with Alex Doolan on 18 and nightwatchman Bird on 6.