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S Aravind and J Suchith picked up four apiece to give Karnataka first-innings points, despite S Badrinath’s vigil for Vidarbha

The Report by Arun Venugopal in Bangalore17-Oct-2015 by 133 runs
ScorecardFile photo – S Aravind displayed Karnataka’s fighting spirit•AFP

Karnataka have in the last two years as Ranji Trophy champions amply displayed the that has been the defining feature of Mumbai’s 40 title conquests. You could see that again in this game, in the fielders hurling themselves at the ball even when the going was tough, in the fast bowlers repeatedly flinging themselves at the crease despite little assistance from the surface.Take for example left-arm seamer S Aravind’s opening spell on the third morning. Accompanied by some hustling fielding, it was quite a demonstration of Karnataka’s version of cricket with flair and abundant mongrel. Aravind’s burst yielded figures of 5-4-1-3 which, despite Vidarbha captain S Badrinath’s (92 off 216 balls) stubborn resistance for five hours, set the tone for Karnataka’s 40-run first-innings advantage.Left-arm spinner J Suchith, in only his fourth first-class game, finished with a four-for, making two crucial strikes – including that of Badrinath – in an over to derail Vidarbha’s innings. Karnataka’s second innings seemed to serve as good batting practice for KL Rahul ahead of the South Africa series, as a drab draw appears inevitable save for a dramatic collapse.In the morning, Aravind took only two deliveries to dislodge a batsman Karnataka couldn’t remove for over five hours on Friday. Ganesh Satish, a member of the title-winning Karnataka side in 2013-14, poked at one that straightened after pitching. Four balls later, Aditya Shanware, who had made a century on debut two games ago, edged one behind where CM Gautam, who was taking blinders at practice before the start of play, dived low to his right and emerged with the ball.Six overs later, the Aravind-Gautam combine was in business again, after another delivery held its line and Gautam put in another dive to his right to send back Shalabh Shrivastava. This was looking way too easy; Aravind would just run in from round the stumps – his preferred angle of operation for the major part of the innings – and alternate between the one that cut back in sharply with the angle and the one that held its line.Badrinath, however, seemed to have worked out a way to quell Aravind’s threat. He decisively strode forward and across, away from the off stump, and stayed low to counter the movement either way. Runs were gathered from the other end, as neither Abhimanyu Mithun nor Vinay Kumar was as effective as Aravind. Badrinath also had good company from Jitesh Sharma, who, cast in the spunky wicketkeeper-batsman mould, attacked fearlessly. In fact, after the new ball was taken, Mithun was taken for 23 runs in his four overs.Their partnership had yielded 61 runs in quick time, and looked good for more when Jitesh’s back-foot punch off Suchith flew quickly to first slip, where Vinay took a fine reflex catch. Vinay was in action again just before lunch, as he made a one-handed grab to dismiss Shrikant Wagh after he edged legspinner Shreyas Gopal.Vidarbha, resuming after lunch still 82 runs in arrears, were still in the fight as Badrinath found another doughty ally in Akshay Wakhare. While Badrinath was bringing out some wristy drives and clever dabs, Wakhare managed to put the bad balls away, and a 40-run stand ensued. An hour after lunch, at 310 for 7 with Badrinath still there, Vidarbha looked threatening.However, Suchith had Badrinath caught behind, and four balls later trapped Swapnil Bandiwar in front before Aravind came back to induce an edge off Wakhare to give Gautam his fifth catch of the innings.

Afghanistan sealed another historic first with a 2-0 Twenty20 series victory over Zimbabwe in the second match at Queens Sports Club

The Report by Liam Brickhill28-Oct-2015
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsFile photo – Usman Ghani struck three sixes in his 45-ball 65•AFP

Afghanistan sealed another historic first with a 2-0 Twenty20 series victory over Zimbabwe in the second match at Queens Sports Club. Opener Usman Ghani and allrounder Gulbadin Naib led Afghanistan’s charge as they hunted down Zimbabwe’s 190 for 7 with one ball to spare. Ghani weathered a fierce short-ball assault from Zimbabwe’s quicks to rush to his first T20 fifty, and after he departed, Naib picked up where he left off, marshaling the second half of the chase and registering a maiden fifty of his own. Their efforts meant that Sean Williams’ quickfire 54, which equalled the Zimbabwean record for the fastest T20 fifty, went in vain.Afghanistan needed a good start to their chase, and it seemed that Mohammad Shahzad would lead it when he rushed out at the very first delivery to slash it over cover point for four. Yet it was the 18-year-old Ghani who did most of the scoring as they rushed to 56 at the end of the Powerplay. All three of Zimbabwe’s seamers targeted him repeatedly with the short ball, and though Ghani was made to look uncomfortable he also frequently managed to find the boundary.He collected three boundaries in Neville Madziva’s first over, all of them off the back foot and one thanks to a top-edged hook that flew high over wicketkeeper Richmond Mutumbami’s head. Another top-edged bouncer in Madziva’s next over brought four more, and Chris Mpofu’s change of ends was greeted with a straight six down the ground before the bowler responded with a barrage of bouncers, one of which almost knocked the young batsman off his feet.Ghani rushed into the 40s with another six down the ground, this time off left-arm spinner Wellington Masakadza, and when he brought up his fifty – from 32 balls in the eighth over – Shahzad had only just reached 20. Ghani added a third six, off Chamu Chibhabha, but the medium-pacer then nipped out two wickets in two balls to bring Zimbabwe back into the game. It took a tumbling catch at long-off by Madziva to remove Ghani and, with the batsmen having crossed, Chibhabha then deceived Shahzad with a slower ball to trap him lbw for a relatively sedate 24.That reduced Afghanistan to 95 for 2 at the end of the 11th over, with the required rate already above ten, and Zimbabwe increased their advantage further when Mpofu’s bullet throw from the deep had Mohammad Nabi run-out for 15. With 58 needed from 30 deliveries, Naib, who had been offered a promotion to No. 3, came to the fore.His strokeplay had more to do with skill and timing than brute force, and he moved into the 30s with a front-foot pull and a delightful paddle-scoop off Madziva, both of which brought fours. Naib added three more of those in one over from Mpofu, again using the scoop shot to great effect, to take the equation down to 23 from the last two overs. Muzarabani’s quick reactions had Karim Sadiq run-out off the final delivery of the penultimate over and Afghanistan needed nine from the last six deliveries, to be bowled by Mpofu.Shafiqullah struck the decisive blow on his third delivery, sweeping past short fine leg, before he handed the strike over to Naib, who duly chipped the winning runs down the ground with one ball to spare.Their efforts put Williams’ innings in the shade, though the knock will be remembered for equalling the record set by Elton Chigumbura in the 2014 World T20. Williams faced the third delivery of Zimbabwe’s innings after Chibhabha was cleaned bowled by Dawlat Zadran, and after playing out a wicket maiden he launched an eye-catching counterattack.Williams was particularly unforgiving on Afghanistan’s spinners, taking 19 runs off Rashid Khan’s first over in an assault that included two reverse sweeps and a slog sweep that put the ball into the trees beyond deep midwicket. Karim Sadiq’s offspin was treated with equal disdain, Williams clobbering two fours and a six in his first over, and Williams reached his fifty from 21 deliveries in the seventh over.Mutumbami kept Zimbabwe cruising with a succession of slog sweeps, even as Chigumbura’s innings started modestly from the other end. But there was no definitive finish from Zimbabwe, with Afghanistan picking up regular wickets at the death, and yet again Zimbabwe’s runs were not enough to defend.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has appointed a two-man committee to investigate allegations of widespread corruption within the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA)

Nagraj Gollapudi12-Nov-2015Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has appointed a two-man committee to investigate allegations of widespread corruption within the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA). The committee, comprising the secretaries in the sports and urban development departments, has been given 48 hours to report back their findings.The probe assumes significance as the BCCI at its AGM on Monday had given the DDCA time till November 17 to get all necessary clearances from the government and the Delhi civic body for it to host the fourth Test between India and South Africa. Should Delhi fail to meet the deadline, Pune will host its maiden Test, scheduled between December 3 to 7.
It is understood that on November 10 prominent former Delhi cricketers, led by former Indian captain Bishan Singh Bedi, met Kejriwal. “On Diwali eve they met the chief minister and submitted a memorandum alleging largescale corruption and financial irregularities in the DDCA,” a government source, present at the meeting, told ESPNcricinfo.Incidentally, current Delhi captain and senior India batsman, Gautam Gambhir also met Kejriwal on Thursday morning to express his frustration about leading a team without any support from the DDCA. In his interviews with the media this week, Gambhir brought out in the open his rift with the DDCA. “[If Delhi were to win the Ranji Trophy this year] that will be a massive, massive slap in the face for a lot of people who haven’t done anything for cricket and yet have been on top posts in the DDCA,” Gambhir told the .The issue of corruption and financial mismanagement has plagued the DDCA for a many years, but the inability of the factions to resolve their differences has now come to bite them back. Both the Delhi government, which is headed by Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party, and the Delhi civic body have slapped numerous notices on the DDCA to clear long-standing dues and seek clearances in order to host the South Africa Test match. The BCCI, too, has for the past two years stopped the funds to DDCA because the association has not filed its accounts for the said period.The biggest impediment for the DDCA is the massive sum of Rs 24.46 crore it owes to the Delhi government as entertainment tax. DDCA apparently believes it was exempted from entertainment tax from 2008 to 2012, but the new commission has asked them for arrears for those years plus interest. So DDCA claims they owe no more than 5 crore, but the government has asked for 24 crore.None of the DDCA officials responded to calls, but in their interactions with the media earlier this week some senior officials had expressed confidence that Kejriwal would listen to their case and waive off a part of the entertainment tax.The government official pointed out, however, that the probe panel was not concerned about the BCCI deadline. “Those are two different matters,” the official said. “The DDCA has not paid the entertainment tax to Delhi government since a long time. So the department would be concerned only about the tax. The deadline to DDCA by the BCCI is their own internal matter”.The official said Kejriwal had two options with regards to the memorandum submitted by Bedi and co. Either the government disposes of the memorandum, but that would not be done considering it was supported by eminent names like Bedi. The second option was to conduct a swift and thorough inquiry.()

A superbly stubborn Darren Bravo and an uncharacteristically generous Australia allowed West Indies to force Australia to bat again on day three of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG

The Report by Daniel Brettig at the MCG28-Dec-2015 3 for 551 declared and 3 for 179 (Smith 70*, Khawaja 56) lead West Indies 271 (Bravo 81, Brathwaite 59, Lyon 4-66, Pattinson 4-72) by 459 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details5:59

Nicholas: Bravo showed true resilience

Australia are still highly likely to win this match, but they must now work much harder to do so than had once seemed likely. A muted third day at the MCG was defined by the dead bat of Darren Bravo, and the uncharacteristic generosity of several Australian cricketers who let standards slip in the face of an outmatched opponent.Helped in large part by the debutant Carlos Brathwaite, maker of a daring and dicey 59, Bravo was able to shepherd the West Indies tail from their overnight 6 for 91 to an unexpectedly sizeable 271 – in all they added 188, Bravo 81 of these in more than five hours of bloody-minded defiance. Importantly, he kept the hosts in the field for more than 100 overs, dissuading their captain Steven Smith from sending the visitors in again despite a big lead.A major factor in the West Indies’ prolonged first innings was a pair of no-balls by James Pattinson, which twice reprieved Brathwaite before lunch. Nathan Lyon and Pattinson shared eight wickets between them, but the Victorian fast man was undisciplined in landing his foot beyond the crease line, no-balled when he burst through Brathwaite on 13, and again when the allrounder hooked to fine leg to be caught on 50. Wordlessly, but unmistakably, Smith expressed his disapproval.There was to be a similar level of profligacy in the evening as David Warner and Usman Khawaja squandered starts with shots too clever by half after Joe Burns had perished to the new ball. Their dismissals did at least allow for the underemployed Mitchell Marsh to walk to the middle and accompany a typically efficient Smith to stumps.When the day began, Australia still had thoughts of a quick four wickets, a follow-on and a hat-trick of Test matches over inside three days after Adelaide Oval’s day-nighter and the mismatch at Bellerive. Pattinson commenced with a still reversing ball and was soon celebrating the exit of Brathwaite, who used his height to good effect when not aiming ambitious blows more at home in the BBL.However replays showed Pattinson had overstepped comfortably, and the good fortune allowed Brathwaite to carry on while Bravo stuck to the crease like a limpet. More expansive in Hobart when cracking a first innings hundred, Bravo had been coaxed to drag a drive onto his stumps in the second, and this time seemed determined simply to bat for as long as possible.He allowed himself a few more liberties as Brathwaite became increasingly secure, and another Pattinson no-ball prevented a look at the tail before the end of the session. It was only on the stroke of lunch that the hosts were able to strike, Lyon teasing out a return catch from Brathwaite while working around the wicket.Even so, the partnership served to keep the West Indian innings alive for long enough to leave Smith questioning the wisdom of enforcing the follow-on in search of a rapid innings victory. He was to discount the possibility entirely once Bravo kept the remainder of the tail in the field for all but a few minutes of the afternoon session, with Kemar Roach, Jerome Taylor and Jomel Warrican all contributing runs and time at the crease.Lyon and Pattinson bowled well throughout, the spinner rewarded for his flight, loop and spin while the paceman followed up well from his five wicket haul in the second innings of the Hobart Test. However he will curse the overstepping before lunch that has served primarily to see this match into a fourth day.Granted the chance to get back out into the field, the West Indians made a bright start. Holder shared the new ball with Taylor and moved it both ways off the seam and in the air. Burns was confounded by the one-two punch of a nip-backer that struck his back thigh and then a tantalising away swinger that he was drawn into edging to second slip.Warner, so eager to make a hundred in this match, was on the way to doing so before trying to glide a Brathwaite short ball that merited a little more respect. Holder claimed the catch, and then took a tumble as the debutant’s exuberantly awkward celebration did not quite calculate the angle and height of the catcher – cause for laughter all round.Khawaja was silkiness personified in cruising to another half-century, and looked for all the world like no one could contain him. Yet it was this very feeling of security that contributed to an overambitious paddle attempt that drew a touch behind to Denesh Ramdin. Like Khawaja, Australia still have some work to do.

Brian Lara has expressed his disappointment at Shivnarine Chanderpaul not getting a ‘proper send-off’

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Jan-20162:29

Bishop: I’m thankful I played with him

Former West Indies captain Brian Lara has expressed his disappointment at his long time team-mate Shivnarine Chanderpaul not getting a ‘proper send-off’ in international cricket. Lara called Chanderpaul, who announced his retirement on Saturday, one of the giants of West Indies cricket.”I was very disappointed that Shiv was not allowed a couple of more Test matches, not necessarily to break the record but to have a proper send-off. Something I think he is very disappointed [about] and unfortunately that did not happen,” Lara said.”That guy with the most Test matches for the West Indies, playing for over 20 years, I don’t think people in the West Indies understand exactly his contribution.”Chanderpaul is West Indies’ second-highest scorer with 11,867 runs in 164 Tests, 86 behind Lara who scored 11,953 in 131 Tests. At 41, Chanderpaul had not played for West Indies since May 2015; the selectors dropped him after a poor home series against England.”Shiv, who played since 1994, had a tremendous career. I started with Shiv in Guyana and remember his first Test match against England,” Lara said. “He has been a great servant for West Indies cricket and he has done some tremendous things throughout his career, and credit must be given to the man for how he has played.”When I do have the opportunity to give him a call and thank him, I will because for me he was one of the giants of West Indies cricket.”

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches on February 6, 2015

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Feb-2016
ScorecardFile photo: Arup Das (second from left) returned match figures of 11 for 124•PTI

Assam needed just 20 balls on the fourth day to take the final two wickets to put them in the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy.Arup Das, who finished with figures of 8 for 83, took both the wickets in consecutive overs as Punjab could only manage 12 runs of the required 64 at the start of the day.Punjab were ultimately bowled out for 236, succumbing to a 51-run loss.
ScorecardIqbal Abdulla and Jay Bista took five-wickets hauls to bundle Jharkhand out for 94 and complete a massive 395-run win for Mumbai, booking the team’s place in the semi-finals. Jharkhand started the day at 28 for 1 in the chase of 490.Overnight batsmen Shiv Gautam (27) and Virat Singh (26) added 36 before Jharkhand suffered a stunning collapse, losing their last nine wickets for 30 runs. Offspinner Jay Bista took 6 for 16 in 6.4 overs, while Iqbad Abdulla claimed five wickets in 16 overs.
ScorecardMadhya Pradesh’s batsmen continued their plunder in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final. Harpreet Singh scored his second fifty-plus score and converted it into a hundred. He was part of a 149-run stand for the sixth wicket with Ankit Dane (69) and then a 65-run stand with left-arm spinner Ankit Sharma and was finally dismissed for 139 off 206, with 14 fours. MP set an improbable target of 788, Bengal went through the motions until stumps to finish on 113 for 3.

Trisha Chetty and Dane van Niekerk both stroked half-centuries, paving the way for South Africa Women’s 35-run win against West Indies Women in East London

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Feb-2016
ScorecardFile photo: Dane van Niekerk slammed 55 off 48 deliveries•Getty Images

Trisha Chetty and Dane van Niekerk both stroked half-centuries, paving the way for South Africa Women’s 35-run win against West Indies Women in East London. Victory was not of much significance, though, as West Indies had already sealed the three-match series having won the first two ODIs.South Africa, opting to bat, compiled a score of 235 for 6, built on the back of two big partnerships. First, Chetty (55) and Mignon du Preez (43) added 72 for the second wicket, before Marizanne Kapp (39) and van Niekerk provided the innings late impetus by stringing together a 64-run fifth-wicket stand. Van Niekerk slammed 55 off 48 balls before being run out.West Indies, in reply, lost their opener Hayley Matthews early in the chase, but Shaquana Quintyne and Kyshona Knight led a recovery with a 57-run partnership for the second wicket. However, just when they seemed steady, the visitors lost wickets in a cluster to soon fall to 118 for 5. Merissa Aguilleira and Shemaine Campbelle offered the team some hope by adding 52 for the sixth wicket, but Aguilleira’s wicket in the 43rd over left the lower order with too much to do, as West Indies could only muster 200 for 8 from their 50 overs.Masabata Klaas and Sune Luus snared two wickets apiece, while Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka and van Niekerk chipped in with one each.”It was definitely a much better performance today,” du Preez said after the game. “We’re still not at 100%, maybe 80 or 90% there in terms of the way that we executed our skills. Something that we’ve been talking about is the fact that the top order needs to score more runs and I think everyone that went in (to bat), chipped in somehow and Trisha (Chetty) and Dané’s (van Niekerk) half-centuries really set up a nice total for our bowlers to defend.”

Mohammad Shahzad believes his side would have come even closer to their first win of the Super 10s had Dale Steyn not been dropped for tactical reasons

Andrew Miller in Mumbai20-Mar-20160:26

‘I’m not happy Steyn didn’t play’ – Shahzad

Mohammad Shahzad, the opening batsman, whose belligerent 19-ball 44 briefly gave Afghanistan hope of a shock victory over South Africa in Mumbai, believes his side would have come even closer to their first win of the Super 10s had Dale Steyn not been dropped for tactical reasons. And Faf du Plessis does not disagree.Shahzad, whose tally of 142 runs from 102 balls in last week’s qualifiers was instrumental in his team’s progression to the main draw, cracked three fours and five sixes in a thrilling onslaught that was reminiscent of Jason Roy’s opening gambit against South Africa on Friday.His innings included 22 runs off Kyle Abbott’s first over of the night, and it wasn’t until Chris Morris entered the attack with a hostile back-of-a-length approach that South Africa were able to regroup. Morris, who gave Shahzad a send-off after having him bowled in his first over, was named Man of the Match after restoring order for South Africa with figures of 4 for 27 in four overs.”Morris bowled very well, with good line and length,” Shahzad said. “I was waiting for the full-length delivery, and I missed, he hit.”However, when asked if he would have liked to have tested his methods against Steyn, arguably the finest fast bowler of his generation, Shahzad was as dismissive of his merits as he had been of South Africa’s opening bowlers.”It doesn’t matter which bowler is playing because the wicket is very good, you see,” he said “I love playing Dale Steyn because Dale Steyn is not dangerous.”Morris is very dangerous because he has height and swings the ball. Dale Steyn [has] only pace, so this wicket is good to face a pacer, the ball is coming onto the bat. So no, I am not happy that Dale Steyn is not playing.”His answer was greeted with incredulity and a smattering of applause in the press room, where one journalist was so taken aback by his answer, he asked him to repeat the punchline.”I said Dale Steyn is not playing and I am not happy,” Shahzad responded. His confidence was especially telling, seeing as Steyn dismissed him for 2 in their only previous match-up at a world event, at Bridgetown during Afghanistan’s World T20 debut in 2010.”I play my own game because I am waiting for the loose delivery, when I find a loose delivery, whether it is the first ball or last ball of the match, a four-day game, Test match game, I don’t care. I just play my own game, like MS Dhoni, you know.””First of all, I’d like somebody’s confidence,” Faf du Plessis, the South Africa captain, said, when Shahzad’s comments were put to him. However, du Plessis did not try to deny that Steyn’s skiddy methods had been deemed unsuitable for the task of beating an Associate nation.”We played here the other night, and the thinking behind the wicket was that for seamers who skid on, especially in the first six overs, there is not much swing. And [Dale] goes down as quite a skiddy bowler. A wicket like this wouldn’t suit him as much.”It’s not the Mumbai wicket where there is a bit of pace and bounce, it just skids through. We wanted to bring in a guy like David Wiese that bowls a bit of variation. The wicket looked a bit brown as well, so we thought pace off the ball would help. Wiese also strengthens our batting unit more. So yeah, it was the right decision for us as a team.”The tactical switch raises questions about Steyn’s suitability to lead the line for the rest of South Africa’s campaign, albeit they next play West Indies and Sri Lanka in Nagpur where the conditions will be fundamentally different.Steyn has endured an injury-plagued six months, including a groin strain that curtailed his Test tour of India and a shoulder injury that limited him to a solitary appearance on England’s tour of South Africa. He returned to action in the recent T20 series against Australia, but was belted out of the attack by Roy on Friday night, conceding 23 runs in his first over as England chased down a tournament-record 230.”He bowled really well in the two games we have had against Australia,” du Plessis said. “In the warm-up games, he bowled well. For us, we are a team that will make selections on the pitches that we play on, so, obviously, we move now away from this and go play on the other wickets that the guys have been playing on.”The thinking will change again. You have to, as a team, be able to adapt to the conditions. Our next game is in Nagpur and that wicket has been turning quite a bit, so we will have to make those decisions after we get there.”There is, however, a general concern over the inability of South Africa’s seamers to stick to their plans in recent matches, and du Plessis expressed his frustration after Afghanistan had been allowed to post 172 in a spirited run-chase.‪”It’s an execution thing,” he said. “If the plan is to go yorker, land a yorker or miss it marginally. But we were missing by quite a big length. You have to get your execution a little bit closer to the mark. We have just missed a little bit on that.”Chris Morris bowled very aggressively, bowled with a great intensity and that’s what we need to take. We are going to a different ground now, where things will be completely different. Yes, we want to get better, but it’s going to be a completely mental and technical shift from our skill sets now, going into the rest of the tournament. So we’ll make those changes.”Shahzad, meanwhile, has turned his sights to Afghanistan’s next opponents – England, whom they face in Delhi on Wednesday.”It is a good wicket for batting, but, unfortunately, we threw the wickets away too much in the first seven overs, that’s why we lost. But we will try to play good cricket again, against England and West Indies. We know if we beat England, insh’allah, we can beat any team.”

Former West Indies pace bowler Tino Best has joined Hampshire as they continue their efforts to address a crippling early-season injury crisis

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Apr-2016Former West Indies fast-bowler Tino Best has joined Hampshire on a short-term deal.Best, who has played 25 Tests and 26 ODIs for the West Indies, joins the club as a Kolpak player on a short-term contract. Best, 34, has a wealth of experience in all formats and he averages 28 with the ball in 115 first-class matches and Hampshire’s director of cricket Giles White challenged him to match the exploits of Fidel Edwards in straitened circumstances last summer.His latest headlines, though, have come not from fast bowling but from his impending autobiography and his claims of an immense sexual proclivity.White said: “Fidel joined us last year under similar circumstances, he never looked back and this is a chance for Tino to emulate him. He trained with us in Barbados during pre-season and looked good. It has come about at short notice, initially on a short term contract. He seems excited about the opportunity and very motivated to do well; we look forward to seeing how things develop.”Hampshire’s current injury crisis includes fast-bowler Fidel Edwards, who suffered a fractured ankle at Headingley last week whilst fellow seamers Reece Topley, Gareth Berg and Ryan Stevenson are all currently not available for selection due to injury.White continued: “Unfortunately Fidel has had a serious break and will have to undergo surgery on Tuesday. It’s a real shame for him, he has been unbelievable since he has been with us and has become an extremely popular member of the club. We will support him through his recovery and look forward to having him back in a Hampshire shirt as soon as possible. He is a class act and the team will miss him.”Hampshire signed Craig Young, the Ireland seamer, on a short-term deal last week.

A round-up of the Dhaka Premier League matches that ended on May 29, 2016

ESPNcricinfo staff29-May-2016Prime Bank Cricket Club thumped Kalabagan Cricket Academy by eight wickets at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. The win took them to fifth place with ten points while KCA remained rooted to the bottom of the table.In a rain-affected match that ended on the reserve day, KCA were bowled out for 89 in 21 overs. Pace bowler Mohammad Azim and left-arm spinner Monir Hossain took three wickets each while Mehedi Hasan Miraz top-scored with 19.Prime Bank had to finish the chase on the reserve day, and they took only 10.3 overs to do so, boosting their net run-rate for bigger battles ahead. Sabbir Rahman was unbeaten on 40 off 29 balls with five fours and a six.Cricket Coaching School produced another major shock, beating table toppers Mohammedan Sporting Club by 31 runs (D/L method) on the reserve day. Resuming on 13 for no loss in a chase of 149, Mohammedan sunk to 117 all out in 21 overs. Seamers Mehrab Hossain and Salman Hossain picked up four and three wickets respectively. Ezaz Ahmed scored 35 at No. 1 and Nazmul Hossain Milon at No. 7 made 32, but but the five batsmen between them only managed 5, 4, 2, 0 and 6.Milon and Habibur Rahman briefly revived the chase with a 32-run eighth-wicket stand before Salman finished the game with two late wickets. On the scheduled day, the 25-overs a side match began in Fatullah at 2 pm. CCS were bowled out for 149 in 24.5 overs with Salman making 58 off 52 balls with eight fours. Pacer Ariful Haque took three wickets.