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He made his first Shield century since February 2021 while Jack Clayton made 96 and Michael Neser was promoted to No. 5

AAP and ESPNcricinfo staff26-Oct-2023A classy Joe Burns century put Queensland in the box seat against Tasmania on the opening day of the Sheffield Shield match in Hobart.The 34-year-old was unbeaten on 127 at stumps with allrounder Michael Neser also in ominous form, as the Bulls reached 293 for 3 after the hosts elected to field at Blundstone Arena.It was the first Sheffield Shield century in 980 days for former Test batter Burns. His previous ton was at the same venue against the same opposition on February 18, 2021, with Burns making 171 in the first innings of a match Queensland won by three wickets.Related

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Batting at No. 3 on Thursday, Burns unfurled the full array of strokes from his repertoire against the Tasmanians and brought up his 20th first-class century from 213 deliveries.He had previously failed to reach 50 in all of his 11 first-class innings for Queensland in 2023.Burns and left-hander Jack Clayton added 187 for the third wicket after openers Bryce Street and Matt Renshaw both fell cheaply as the Bulls slumped to 10 for 2.Burns drove through the covers and behind point off the seamers with grace and control. A late cut from the bowling of offspinner Jarrod Freeman took him into the 90s and was a shot full of class. Burns was equally strong on the leg side and looked every bit the former Test batter who boasts four centuries at the highest level.Queensland were without Test opener Usman Khawaja for the second time in as many Shield games after he was again rested by Cricket Australia to manage his workload.Clayton had made 109 against Victoria in his last Shield innings and was looking good for consecutive centuries. But a short ball by Brad Hope hurried on to the 24-year-old and he spliced his pull shot straight to mid-on. Clayton made 96 off 175 balls in an innings that featured 10 boundaries.In-form allrounder Neser was promoted to No. 5 for the first time in his first-class career and was given a life on 5 when Jordan Silk uncharacteristically dropped a sitter at slip off Freeman.Neser rode his luck but played with aggression. In the closing overs, Tasmania had nine fielders on the fence, but Neser continued to try to clobber just about each delivery he faced.

Rob Keogh all-round efforts in vain on the Isle of Wight

ECB Reporters Network09-Aug-2022Jack Campbell pulled Hampshire to an unlikely comeback victory as the fast bowler routed Northamptonshire Steelback’s lower order on the Isle of Wight.The Steelbacks needed only 24 runs in their pursuit of 200 with five wickets in hand but collapsed in a heap to lose by 11 runs.Left-arm quick Campbell, who was released by Durham in June, took three for 17, including two in two balls, before John Turner bundled out the last wicket to dismiss Northamptonshire for 188 to continue Hampshire’s perfect start to the Royal London Cup.Rob Keogh had run the game in front of 2,000 strong crowd at Newclose with a career-best three for 32 coupled with an authoritative 74, before Hampshire’s late show.Northamptonshire had the chase in complete control as Hampshire returned to the Isle of Wight for the first time since 2019.Ricardo Vasconcelos’ poor form continued when he was lbw to a Keith Barker awayswinger second ball. Will Young soon followed as Scott Currie extracted some bounce to second slip.But Emilio Gay and Keogh settled the innings with style, adding 52 runs. Keogh was imperious throughout. He cracked three fours in succession off Currie, beginning with a crunching slapped cut shot to get his innings moving. Everything seemed simple for Keogh as he reached his fifty in 57 balls.Every time Northamptonshire appeared to be cantering to victory, a wicket would add a sense of jitters. Gus Miller had been carefree for 31 but smashed to cover, while Ben Curran stuttered before another ball stopped in the pitch as he offered a simple caught and bowled for Currie.With 23 runs still needed, Keogh was another victim of the two-paced pitch and was caught at mid-off before the previously economical Campbell snared Nathan Buck and Ben Sanderson in successive deliveries to alter the momentum completely.James Sales was yorked by Campbell before a short-pitched Turner delivery was skied to point to complete Hampshire’s fightback.
Earlier, Nick Gubbins made no hesitation when he chose to bat on a brilliantly hot day and on a pitch which gave the impression of being perfect for batting. It quickly proved otherwise.Instead of speeding through, the ball stuck in the wicket to make it hard to time the ball. Aneurin Donald was the first to find this out when he guided the 12th ball of the match to point before Gubbins edged to second slip in the following over.Ben Brown was leg before to a low bouncing Nathan Buck delivery having put on 45 with Tom Prest before Fletcha Middleton aided the recovery with a speedy 51-run partnership.Prest, on the back of a superb 181 against Kent Spitfires, peppered the offside as he played the ball as late as he dared. His timing was proved with a straight drive early on and continued with late cuts.His pièce de résistance was a skip and elegant drive over extra cover to bring up his half-century in 54 balls but fell to the following delivery when Alex Russell beguiled him in the flight and the ball ended up in extra cover’s hands.Middleton had accumulated 35 before Keogh started to turn the screw. The off-spinner pinned down a concrete-footed Middleton and then had Felix Organ caught and bowled off a full toss four balls later.Keogh added a third when he bowled the top of Toby Albert’s off stump as Hampshire’s middle order fumbled without finding meaningful partnerships.Barker, on his white-ball debut for Hampshire, provided some late innings runs with 38 but the Steelbacks refused to let the game get away from them as Jack White had Barker top edging to deep square and Campbell edging behind. When Currie was undone by a Buck short ball, Hampshire were bowled out for 199 with 57 balls left unused.

Leigh Kasperek’s nine wickets in two games helps her get to No. 17 on the bowlers’ chart

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Apr-2021Leigh Kasperek’s career-best returns of 6 for 46, followed by 3 for 24, in the recently concluded ODI series against Australia has pushed her seven spots up to No. 17 among bowlers in the ICC rankings in the 50-over format, even as Meg Lanning’s contributions with the bat in Australia’s 3-0 wipeout of New Zealand in that series helped her move back into the top five among batters.Lanning scored a useful 51-ball 49 in the second ODI against New Zealand, in what was a 71-run win, and then hit 15 in the rain-curtailed third match, which also went Australia’s way, by 21 runs. That helped them stretch their winning streak to 24 matches – when they won the first match of the series to make it 22 wins in a row, Lanning’s team created a new world record by beating the mark of 21 set by Ricky Ponting’s Australia in 2003. Lanning had last been No. 1 in ODIs last October.Related

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England batter Tammy Beaumont remained in top spot, followed by South Africa’s Lizelle Lee, Australia’s Alyssa Healy, and West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor. Healy hit 44 and 46 in the second and third ODIs, to follow a 65 in the first, to move to 756 rating points, just two behind Lee and nine behind Beaumont. Somewhat below them, Beth Mooney’s 26 and 28 took her up two spots to No. 17.In the bowlers’ chart, Australia quick Megan Schutt remained in second place, behind compatriot Jess Jonassen, despite picking up seven wickets in the series – she was named the Player of the Series, though – while the big mover was Kasperek, the 29-year-old offspinner, who moved to within two spots of her career-best 15th position. Georgia Wareham, meanwhile, moved up two places to 22nd after returns of 2 for 39 and 2 for 25.Australia also earned two points to consolidate their position at the top of the team table, where New Zealand are fifth, with South Africa, England and India between them.

More ‘A’ tours of Australia needed for players to be in better position to counter the conditions, Pakistan captain says

Daniel Brettig in Adelaide02-Dec-2019Babar Azam’s graduation to the top rank of Test batsmen, via a superb century in Brisbane and an equally stirring 97 at Adelaide Oval, which earned him a standing ovation, was a rare ray of light for Pakistan through the murk of a 2-0 series thrashing at the hands of an opposition more battle-hardened than them.Pakistan’s captain Azhar Ali spoke happily of Babar’s displays, which began with a century against Australia A in the pink-ball warm-up match in Perth, as of the kind that would allow the 25-year-old to head home believing he was ready to be more consistently dominant at the Test level. Australia has, in the past, provided formative moments for the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Jacques Kallis, the anvil on which their games have been shaped and perfected before later feats elsewhere.”He’s been tremendous in white-ball cricket and in the recent past, he’s been gradually building up his Test stats as well,” Azhar said of Babar. “But this series definitely will be the breakthrough he wanted. We were all hopeful that he’ll do it. He’s a good enough player. We all know that. But sometimes if you score in tough conditions against tough bowling attacks, it gives you the extra boost and the belief that you can make even better strides in Test cricket.”That’s been a big positive now for us that Babar has stamped himself a Test player. He’s been fantastic throughout the year and he’s been lovely to watch and hopefully he can continue this form in the Tests that are coming.”Similarly, Mohammad Rizwan vindicated the decision to move to him as first-choice wicketkeeper by offering plenty with the bat, gloves and with his voice in the field, even if Pakistan’s bowlers and fielders were unable to maintain the pressure they needed to.”He’s been performing in first-class cricket for a few years now. And then he had a fantastic couple of ‘A’ tours in Dubai. And then he played against Australia in one-day cricket and scored centuries there as well,” Azhar pointed out. “He’s been waiting and obviously Sarfaraz [Ahmed] is another one who’d been performing really well for Pakistan. We have a very healthy competition.”Rizwan waited for his chance and then grabbed it with both hands. The way he batted at Gabba and the way he kept wickets in both games has been fantastic. His energy is always good for the team, whenever we were down in the field, he kept us up. That’s fantastic for any team. He’s a team man.”Babar Azam shows his frustration after falling in the second innings•AFP

Those efforts were, of course, overshadowed by a yawning gap between the teams, reflected in the results, something Azhar said was because of the weaknesses in his bowling attack and also the need to play more ‘A’ series in these parts of the world.”It has been a disappointing series. We didn’t live up the expectations that were based around this young team,” he said. “This was the best possible team we could have picked, especially with regards to the bowling options. But you also have to see that in Australia you need a certain kind of pace attack. And in our domestic cricket, we don’t have those kind of pacers. The moment you have to bowl with a Kookaburra, you need an extra element of pace.”But we felt that these guys were in the best shape to deal with the conditions here, and that’ll be the case in the future. We shouldn’t get too disappointed about this and keep in mind that young bowlers like these will only play more cricket and get better. We need to show some patience.”I think, most importantly, ‘A’ team tours and Under-19 tours are very important. Players who come here more often and play in these conditons will benefit from that. Last time and this time, we came here a couple of weeks before the Tests. It gives you a better idea and preparation. You have to consider that always. There won’t be any condition like this in Pakistan. The surfaces are different. It’s the same when Pakistan go to Dubai or Pakistan. They’ve played on hard surfaces and need to adapt to the slower wickets there.”But Australia has the best batting conditions in the world. There’s even bounce, the cracks don’t open too early in the game. If you get used to bounce and pace, you can see players from Pakistan can score runs. Last time we scored big runs, Asad [Shafiq] and I scored a lot. But to win Test matches we need to take 20 wickets and we need to work out how to do that. And also to score big in the first innings. Get ahead of the game here is very important.”

Picked by Quetta Gladiators, the spinner could play high-profile cricket in Pakistan for the first time since having left the country, fearing for his life

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Legspinner Fawad Ahmed could be in line for a cricketing homecoming of sorts, after he was picked up in the PSL 2019 draft by the Quetta Gladiators.Fawad is an Australian citizen but was born in Pakistan, and lived there until his late 20s. He had also played first-class and competitive cricket in the country, but was forced to leave for Australia in the face of threats from the Taliban. In Australia he sought asylum, which was initially rejected but eventually accepted, and he became an Australian citizen in 2013.He has since played three ODIs and two T20Is for Australia – all in 2013 – and though he drifted out of national contention, his story has never slipped away from the public imagination. And earlier this year he was back in the cricketing spolight, as the leading wicket-taker at the Caribbean Premier League, taking 22 wickets for Trinbago Knight Riders in their title-winning run. In last season’s Big Bash League he was among the top wicket-takers, with 12 for Sydney Thunder at an economy rate of just over 6.Next February, however, will be the first time he lines up in the PSL and as a Gold pick, he joins a strong Quetta squad of spinners which includes Sunil Narine, Mohammad Nawaz and Mohammad Asghar. This season the league is expected to stage eight matches in Pakistan, including the knockouts and final.Given that Quetta is one of the league’s stronger teams, having made the final two seasons out of three, there is a distinct possibility that they will play some games in Pakistan. In turn that means Fawad will have a choice to make on whether he returns to the country for what would be his first high-profile commitment there since he left fearing for his life eight years ago.Over the last two seasons the league has played games in Pakistan that have involved foreign players, but each time it has gone through a drawn-out process in trying to convince them to travel and play.

Fast bowlers Charlie Stobo and Henry Thornton are the new additions to the New South Wales contract list for 2017-18, while Ben Rohrer and Josh Lalor have not been offered deals and wicketkeeper-batsman Ryan Carters has retired

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Aug-2017Fast bowlers Charlie Stobo and Henry Thornton are the new additions to the New South Wales contract list for 2017-18, while Ben Rohrer and Josh Lalor have not been offered deals and wicketkeeper-batsman Ryan Carters has retired.Rohrer, a veteran batsman who has played 55 first-class games during a decade of service with the Blues, has taken up a position as Tasmania’s new state talent manager, though he is expected to play for the Sydney Thunder this summer.Stobo burst on to the state scene last season with seven wickets on his first-class debut against South Australia, but injuries prevented him from adding any further matches in the second half of the summer.”Charlie Stobo has been very impressive in grade cricket and we identified him quite early as someone of huge interest for us,” New South Wales coach Trent Johnston said. “His line and length bowling is very good. He’s a huge talent.”The state’s new rookies are legspinner Dan Fallins and batsmen Param Uppal and Jordan Gauci. Gone from last year’s rookie group are offspinner Chris Green, allrounder Jonte Pattison, and Thornton, who has been upgraded to a full contract.New South Wales squad Sean Abbott, Doug Bollinger, Harry Conway, Trent Copeland, Ed Cowan, Pat Cummins (Cricket Australia contract), Ben Dwarshuis, Ryan Gibson, Josh Hazlewood (CA), Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Nick Larkin, Jay Lenton, Nathan Lyon (CA), Nic Maddinson, Arjun Nair, Peter Nevill, Steve O’Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Gurinder Sandhu, Steven Smith (CA), Will Somerville, Mitchell Starc (CA), Charlie Stobo, Henry Thornton, David Warner (CA). Rookies Mickey Edwards, Dan Fallins, Jordan Gauci, Liam Hatcher, Jason Sangha, Param Uppal.

Amit Mishra’s figures of 4 for 67 and Shai Hope’s unbeaten 118 highlighted the second day of the Indians’ drawn warm-up match against West Indies Cricket Board President’s XI in Basseterre

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ScorecardAmit Mishra took 4 for 67 in 27 overs•AFP

Amit Mishra’s figures of 4 for 67 and Shai Hope’s unbeaten 118, an innings that featured 15 fours, highlighted the second day of the Indians’ drawn warm-up match against West Indies Cricket Board President’s XI in Basseterre.After India declared overnight on 258 for 6, Bhuvneshwar Kumar removed captain Leon Johnson for 2 in the seventh over of the day. However, Rajendra Chandrika and Hope got together to share a 122-run second-wicket stand to stabilise the Board President’s XI.Mishra sparked a middle-order collapse by having Chandrika stumped for 69 and Jermaine Blackwood was caught behind off the next ball. A score of 129 for 1 quickly turned to 177 for 7 as the Indians made regular breakthroughs in the last two sessions.Hope, though, found an able ally in left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican, who compiled a brisk half-century. Hope and Warrican combined for a 104-run partnership before the game was drawn.All of India’s seamers – Bhuvneshwar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma – bowled at least 13 overs each. The Indians next play a three-day warm-up game against the same opposition starting July 14 on the same ground.

Sussex, increasingly seen as relegation candidates after a surfeit of bowling injuries, responded by piling up four hundreds and making 600-lus against title fancies Warwickshire

Jon Culley at Edgbaston29-Jun-2015
ScorecardAshar Zaidi was one of four Sussex century makers•Getty Images

The instruction to Warwickshire, according to director of cricket Dougie Brown, will be to ignore the scoreboard and bat as if it were the first innings of the match but that will be easier said than done when his fourth-wicket pair resume on day three still 390 runs away from simply avoiding the follow-on. Sussex’s inconsistent form this season probably required a leap of faith on a pitch designed for Jeetan Patel to exploit but once it became clear that it is actually a very good batting surface they had the mental strength to take full advantage.In one innings, Sussex doubled their tally of individual first-class hundreds for the season so far, with Luke Wright, Ben Brown and Ashar Zaidi joining Chris Nash in posting three-figure scores. It was only the third time in the county’s history that four players have scored centuries in the same Sussex innings. Brown and Nash were among the quartet who did it against Derbyshire at Horsham in 2010. The only other instance came way back in 1938, at Northampton, when John Langridge made a double hundred and the three others included Jim Parks’s father, James senior.Sussex waited until 600 was on the board, turning the psychological screw a little tighter, before declaring. It was their highest total against Warwickshire and their highest against anyone since they made 742 for 5 declared against Somerset at Taunton in 2009.Of the three hundreds on the second day here, Wright’s was probably the most impressive in that having been made to work hard by the young legspinner, Josh Poysden, and contend with Patel’s craft on the opening evening, he then had to face the first overs with the new ball before Sunday’s close and take on a refreshed attack at the beginning of day two. He is naturally an aggressive player but played with patience this time and the six he struck over midwicket off Chris Wright was a nicely timed pick-up.Warwickshire’s spinners shouldered most of the work and Patel was into his 35th over before he finally saw some success, Nash advancing down the pitch to be beaten in the flight and stumped, having added nine to his overnight score.When he also dismissed Wright before lunch, the batsman chopping on to his stumps as he tried to force the ball away off the back foot, Warwickshire will have hoped that their plan to spin out their opponents was at last about to bear fruit.It was misplaced optimism. Wright’s dismissal was the last wicket until after tea as Brown and Zaidi added 191 for the sixth wicket at four and a half runs per over. Zaidi, whose 11 previous centuries will have included many, you imagine, on surfaces similar to this in Pakistan, played handsomely in only his second match of the season to register his first hundred as a Sussex player. Brown, whose hundred was his second of the season, scored at a similar pace and finished unbeaten.Zaidi was stumped off a wide ball from Laurie Evans, who sent down four overs of off-spin as the eighth bowler used and in doing so claimed his maiden first-class wicket for Warwickshire, only his second overall.The declaration came just after tea, at which point it came as a considerable surprise – given what had gone before – that Steve Magoffin, the redoubtable Australian who once again has been so invaluable in Sussex’s injury-hit attack, found not inconsiderable swing with the new ball.Quickly, he had Warwickshire in trouble, as Varun Chopra was caught behind from a ball that moved away late and Ateeq Javid, chasing another that swung away, edged to third slip.In the circumstances, needing desperately to avoid further mishaps, the combination of Ian Westwood and Jonathan Trott at the crease at this stage was probably the ideal one and had they been together still at the close, Brown’s confidence in Warwickshire’s ability to bat long and big might have been reasonable enough.But Westwood, playing back to the leg spin of Luke Wells, was out leg before wicket just before the close and Trott will begin again with a nightwatchman at the other end. A couple more wickets for Magoffin while he is fresh will make the follow-on target of 452 seem huge, let alone any more.Moreover, the pitch may well dust up rapidly in the heat forecast for day three. Patel and Poysden, who has bowled with promise on his debut, will be eager to get back on it. It is quite possible, though, that they will not have the chance.