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“We appointed Ian to bring in a person with local knowledge to help the players with key insights on the conditions there,” SLC said in a statement

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Aug-2024Ian Bell, the former England batter, has been appointed Sri Lanka’s batting coach for their upcoming tour of England. Sri Lanka are set to play three Tests starting August 21, and Bell will begin his role on August 16, which will last till the end of the series.”We appointed Ian to bring in a person with local knowledge to help the players with key insights on the conditions there. Ian has a lot of experience playing in England, and we believe his inputs will help our team in this crucial tour,” SLC CEO Ashley De Silva said.Since his retirement in 2020, Bell has worked extensively as a coach. He has previously worked as the batting coach of the England men’s U-19 and England Lions teams, assistant coach at Hobart Hurricanes, consultant batting coach at Derbyshire and assistant coach of the New Zealand men’s side before the 2023 ODI World Cup. Most recently, he worked as an assistant coach at Melbourne Renegades in the BBL and has been assistant coach of the Birmingham Phoenix side in the Men’s Hundred.Related

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“He’s reminded me a few times that he’s going to be in the opposite camp in this series,” England batter Jamie Smith, who works with Bell at Phoenix, told Sky Sports ahead of Monday night’s game. Sri Lanka will hope Bell’s expertise helps them win their first Test series in England since 2014.Sri Lanka announced their squad for the England Tests last week, with Dhananjaya de Silva set to lead the team. The three Tests will be in Manchester (August 21-25), Lord’s (August 29-September 2), and the Oval (September 6-10).

Her 63 trumps Bryony Smith’s half-century in entertaining contest between two sides needing to win

ECB Reporters Network04-Jun-2023A brilliant all-round performance from England’s Emma Lamb ensured Thunder kept alive their hopes of qualifying for finals day in the Charlotte Edwards Cup following a thrilling 16-run victory over South East Stars.Electing to bat at Blackpool’s Stanley Park, Thunder posted 165 for 5 with Lamb’s 63 the highlight of an entertaining contest between two sides needing to win to have any chance of progressing.The game remained in the balance for much of the afternoon with Stars giving themselves a great chance after an opening stand of 87 before Thunder’s bowlers struck back in emphatic fashion to dismiss the visitors for 149.Lamb dominated the Thunder innings from the start, hitting the first ball for a boundary before tucking into the Stars’ bowling with a combination of power and finesse.Liberty Heap offered good support from the other end, hitting two fours of her own off Claudie Cooper’s first over as the opening pair reached an impressive 50 without loss off the first powerplay.It could have been much better for Stars however. Sloppy ground fielding became infectious and a truly bizarre sixth over saw Cooper put down consecutive caught and bowled chances offered by Heap before Lamb was also easily grounded in the deep.The first-wicket partnership was finally broken in the eighth over for 58 when Phoebe Franklin uprooted Heap’s middle stump with the opener departing for 19.Joined in the middle by Fi Morris, Lamb continued to attack with the England international bringing up her half-century with a delicate scoop shot off Ryana MacDonald-Gay before hitting the same bowler for two consecutive sixes.Lamb’s dismissal for 63 after skying a Franklin delivery to Kalea Moore triggered a mini collapse from the hosts as Deandra Dottin and skipper Ellie Threlkeld both departed cheaply to Danielle Gregory to leave Thunder 120 for 4 and in danger of wasting their good start.But Naomi Dattani proceeded to hit an excellent 30 off 18 balls to give the Thunder some priceless momentum as they closed on 165 for 5 with Morris the last batter out for 44 in the final over.Stars’ reply set off in thrilling style with Bryony Smith and Paige Schofield attacking Mahika Gaur and Kate Cross from the outset.By the end of the powerplay, Stars were 55 without loss and looking hungry for more with Smith bringing up her half-century off 31 balls with six fours and two sixes as the opening partnership shot to 87 off 58 balls.Then came the turning point of the innings with Olivia Bell bowling Smith for 51 before trapping Scholfield in front for 31 two balls later to leave the visitors 88 for two and Thunder with renewed hope.Hope turned to expectation when two wickets fell in consecutive Lamb balls with Aylish Cranstone brilliantly stumped by Threlkeld without scoring and MacDonald-Gay feathering her first ball behind as Stars were reduced to 95 for 4.Cross returned to remove Tash Farrant, caught and bowled for six with Franklin falling the same way off Tara Norris for 12 as Stars’ began evaporating in the Blackpool sunshine.Dattani completed an excellent all-round performance by picking up the wickets of Moore and Alexa Stonehouse with the visitor’s innings petering out to close on 149 all out.

Fourth county stint comes with Pujara looking to force his way back into India’s Test side

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Mar-2022India batter Cheteshwar Pujara is set to join Sussex for the English summer, and will play the County Championship and Royal London One-Day competition for the majority of this season. Pujara will replace Travis Head, who was released from his contract due to workload management along with the news that he is expecting his first child.The club said that Pujara is expected to arrive in time for the first county match of the season, on April 7, and remain until at least the end of the one-day competition.Sussex also announced the signing of Australia batter-keeper Josh Philippe, after learning that Mohammad Rizwan’s spell at the club will be cut short by international commitments. Afghanistan legspinner Rashid Khan will return for another season in the T20 Blast.The news comes after Pujara was dropped from the squad for the ongoing two-Test series against Sri Lanka at home and was demoted from Grade A+ to Grade B in the BCCI’s central contracts list for 2021-22. Pujara has been under the scanner for his lack of big scores in Tests for a while, with his last Test century coming on the 2018-19 tour of Australia.His recent Test scores, including ducks in consecutive Tests against New Zealand and South Africa, hasn’t helped his case much.Since that tour of Australia, Pujara has averaged 27.38, while scoring 1287 runs in 48 innings with his highest score being 91 against England. His career average, in this period, has fallen from nearly 47 to 44.25.However, Chetan Sharma, the chairman of India’s selection committee, had said they were not closing the door on him. Echoing the selectors, India captain Rohit Sharma had also said that if the batters keep scoring runs in the domestic circuit, they can get back in the national team.Playing the Ranji Trophy after a gap of two years, Pujara scored a total of 191 runs from five innings which included two fifties, for Saurashtra.This will be Pujara’s fourth county stint, following spells at Derbyshire (2014), Yorkshire (2015 and 2018), Nottinghamshire (2017). Though he signed a deal with Gloucestershire in 2020 to play the first six games of the County Championship season, he was unable to fulfil his deal after the first seven rounds were postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. His record in the County Championship, though, is middling – 988 runs at an average of 29.93 from 36 innings, including three hundreds and three half-centuries.”I am excited and honoured to be a part of the historic Sussex County Cricket Club for the upcoming season,” Pujara said. “I do look forward to joining up with the Sussex family soon and be a part of its rich cricketing history. Over the years I have always enjoyed my time in the UK playing county cricket, so eagerly looking forward to the new stint and hope to contribute to the club’s success.”Keith Greenfield, performance director of Sussex, said: “Considering the constantly changing schedules of overseas players and tours, the quality of international players we have secured to represent the club across all formats is very exciting for all involved.”

Earlier in the day, Nitish Rana dedicated his innings to his father-in-law, who died on Friday

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Oct-2020A day after losing his father, Mandeep Singh chose to step out in the Kings XI Punjab’s IPL 2020 match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Dubai. Singh’s father Hardev died on Friday evening, and he is understood to have told his franchise that he was up to playing the game. The Kings XI team wore a black armband as a mark of respect.On Saturday, Singh opened with his captain KL Rahul but could manage only 17 off 14 before being caught in the deep off Sandeep Sharma.As Singh walked out to bat, some of the Sunrisers’ players consoled him including their lead spinner Rashid Khan. A couple of years ago, Khan lost his father while playing for the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League. Khan, too, had opted to continue playing at the time. Earlier in the day, the Kolkata Knight Riders’ Nitish Rana dedicated his half-century against the Delhi Capitals to his father-in-law, who died of cancer on Friday. Opening the innings, Rana scored 81 off 53 and, along with Sunil Narine, added 115 in 56 balls for the fourth wicket to steer the side to 194 for 6. Varun Chakravarthy then picked up 5 for 20, the first five-wicket haul of IPL 2020, to help give the Knight Riders a 59-run win.The Knight Riders’ victory has made things difficult for the Kings XI. If the Kings XI beat the Sunrisers and also win their next two games, they can reach up to 16 points but even that may not be enough to qualify for the playoffs.

Warwickshire and rain spoil homecoming, but not for a grateful crowd who lapped up the occasion

Paul Edwards at York18-Jun-2019
There are times when cricket is defined by tumbling stumps, frenzied tension and the arcs of Eoin Morgan’s sixes. And there are those days when maiden overs, skilful leaves and the patience of saints are more than enough. These three sessions at York were notable for the latter and they offered almost perfect satisfaction to the spectators sitting under the wonderful white poplars on the far side of the ground, even as most of them yearned for the fall of visiting wickets. They will not forget this day at Clifton Park and neither will Rob Yates, a 19-year-old Warwickshire batsman who fell one short of a maiden fifty after over three hours in which his every stroke proclaimed a determination not to yield.Yet just as the evening crowd were ready to applaud the first major achievement of Yates’ career, his moment was stolen by a cricketer 16 years his senior whose value to Yorkshire appears to increase with every match he plays. In the morning session Steve Patterson’s 60 had helped his side post 259, which most thought a competitive score on a pitch offering bounce and carry. Yet deep in the evening session it seemed that Yates and Dom Sibley’s 101-run stand for the second Warwickshire wicket would erode that advantage much as water wears down stone. But Patterson is also a patient man.Yorkshire’s captain brought himself back for his third spell of the day at the City End. In his fourth over he bowled Sibley off the inside edge for 60 when the opener played an ungainly defensive shot outside the off stump. Six overs later the left-handed Yates pushed at a ball slanted across him and was caught at slip by Tom Kohler-Cadmore. Adam Hose survived his first ball before immediately playing around an in-ducker and falling leg before. By the close Matt Lamb had perished in the slips off David Willey, thus completing the loss of four wickets for 27 runs in ten overs. The day ended with Warwickshire on 192 for 5, the new ball due early in the morning and both sides hoping tomorrow’s weather forecast is wide of the mark.Yet if our cricket ended with Yorkshire’s cricketers suddenly buoyed by the fall of wickets, its heart had been dominated by the stand between Sibley and Yates, two young batsmen in a top order suddenly devoid of seniority. Indeed, many familiar figures at Edgbaston – Jonathan Trott, Keith Barker, Boyd Rankin – are suddenly absent and a Bears top order lacking Ian Bell is like a plate of eggs royale without salmon. The old solidities, the old pedigree are missing and in this context the batting of Yates and Sibley assumes fresh significance.Their partnership blunted Yorkshire’s attack and it even quietened the 380 corporate hospitality guests, although almost nothing could silence the stentorian auctioneer during the intervals, when he boomed out like Brian Blessed addressing the partially hearing.Sibley’s innings was replete with the defiance Edgbaston supporters have come to expect. The opener’s nine championship innings before today had yielded 426 runs including two centuries and his powerful flourishes though the leg side were also par for his course. Yates’ effort, by contrast, turned fresh earth. The 19-year-old had managed only 90 runs in seven visits prior to this match and his innings today offered encouragement even as it ended in disappointment. Yet Yates still needed the luck that fortifies any young cricketer. Most notably this came in the form of the straightforward chance dropped by Adam Lyth off Patterson when he had only a single to his name.Thus reprieved he went on to cut Willey over the slips and cover-drive Jordan Thompson for fours, but the quality of Yates’ batting consisted more in the good balls he defended or simply let go. To watch his mid-afternoon duel with James Logan, Yorkshire’s 21-year-old left-arm spinner, was to see two young cricketers at important stages of their development. And you may be assured most of the crowd realised it.For if the cricket at Clifton Park might be dismissed as slow in this 17-sixes-a-pop era, it prompted no discontent among the thousands on the ground for whom such contests are custom-built delight. They had enjoyed the morning’s play, too, when for nearly 90 minutes Patterson and Logan had batted with the prudence of Yorkshiremen squirrelling a few quid away in their building society accounts. Regular accretion was preferable to risky punts.This was no boisterous, end-of-term thrash but a considered alliance between batsmen who trusted each other during their 48-run stand for the ninth wicket. Only three boundaries had been struck, none of them in front of the wicket before Patterson lost his off stump when trying to cut Oliver Hannon-Dalby. He had made 60, which was only his fourth first-class fifty, but he had batted like a skipper who knew the value of his runs and a bowler who would have to defend the total he was compiling. And deep in the evening Patterson was doing precisely that.

The 18-year old offspinner isn’t worried about the need to develop variations just yet and is focussed on delivering in the Powerplays

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Apr-2018Washington Sundar doesn’t feel the need to stress too much on variations so early in his career, but understands the importance of not being too predictable either.Now set to play in his second IPL season, this time with Royal Challengers Bangalore, Washington can tap on the experience he has gained from the previous season, where he had the best economy for Rising Pune Supergiant, as well as his Man of the Series-winning performance in the recently concluded T20 tri-series in Sri Lanka.”Obviously, offspinners with mystery balls have an advantage,” he said. “But when you don’t have those mystery balls, you have to stick to your strengths and believe that you can perform in crunch situations with whatever you already have. I haven’t had to look at options (such as mystery balls) because I think it’s too early in my career to be looking at these things.”He, however, clarified that he wasn’t averse to learning new tricks. “I do want to try things and add new things to my bowling, but it’s also important to know exactly what works at this moment in my career. I believe that I can keep bowling this way for a long time,” he said. “It’s important to not be predictable.”When an offspinner is bowling, as a batsman you know that most of his deliveries are going to come at around 100 kmph. It’s important to bluff the batsman at times, and it’s important to ensure that ball lands in the right spot. Flighting the ball in this format is very difficult so when you’re trying it, you should be absolutely sure of being able to execute it. That’s what I try to do and that’s how I practice too.”Washington’s approach and thought process also left his senior colleague impressed. Yuzvendra Chahal, key to RCB’s spin plans since 2014, has for a while manned the powerplay overs to give Kohli breakthroughs. Last season, he went at close to 10 an over in the first six. Washington’s presence could mean he could be relieved of those duties for the time being, a prospect he didn’t seem too disappointed about.”We played in the Nidahas trophy. He [Washington] bowled in the powerplay, and I got to bowl in the middle overs. So I have more options now,” Chahal said. “In earlier seasons, I was bowling in powerplay and had just two overs left. So now at least someone is there who can bowl in powerplay and I can bowl in middle-overs. So we have more options.”

Sridharan Sriram, the former India left-arm spinning allrounder, will mentor Australia’s legion of slow bowlers on their upcoming Test tour of India

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Jan-2017Sridharan Sriram, the former India left-arm spinning allrounder, will mentor Australia’s legion of slow bowlers on their upcoming Test tour of India. Sriram has worked with Australia’s spinners on previous occasions, including on last year’s tour of Sri Lanka and in the World Twenty20 in India earlier in 2016, and he was also engaged for the tour of Bangladesh that was ultimately postponed.Sriram will travel with the squad to Dubai on January 29 for their training camp at the ICC Academy, and will then work with the side through the four-Test tour that follows. Australia have picked four specialist spinners for the series – Nathan Lyon, Steve O’Keefe, Ashton Agar and Mitchell Swepson – as well as spinning allrounder Glenn Maxwell.”Sri has worked with us on a number of occasions now all across our pathway system and he is currently in Dubai with our Under-16 team providing his expertise on sub-continental conditions,” Pat Howard, Cricket Australia’s executive general manager of team performance, said.”He knows our players very well and has a wealth of knowledge on the conditions that our players will face in India.”Sriram’s presence on the India tour has been preferred to that of spin consultant John Davison, who has a good working relationship with Lyon but travels only sporadically with the team.Australia have also called on England left-armer Monty Panesar to help them prepare for the India series. Panesar has been playing club cricket in Sydney this summer and is set to travel to the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane this week to offer spin advice.

A round-up of the WICB Regional 4 Day matches that ended on December 8, 2015

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Dec-2015
ScorecardFile photo: Sulieman Benn’s six-wicket haul in the second innings dismantled Windward Islands•Associated Press

A second-innings half-century from the captain Paul Palmer helped Jamaica chase down 150 for a three-wicket win against Leeward Islands in Kingston. Jamaica made the early running in the game, as Leeward Islands, after opting to bat, were dismissed for 164 in 63 overs, thanks to a five-wicket haul from the seamer Sheldon Cottrell (5 for 38). The hosts fell to 68 for 6 in their reply and looked in danger of missing out on an innings lead, but Carlton Baugh (73) and Nikita Miller (51) counterattacked by putting up a 110-run stand. Rahkeem Cornwall picked up four wickets for Leeward Islands, but Jamaica managed to compile 243 to earn a lead of 79 runs.Leeward Islands showed more fight in their second dig, scoring 228 on the back of Shane Jeffers’ 61 and Orlando Peters’ 52. However, no other batsman was able to produce a score of note, as Miller collected 4 for 71 to run through the line-up. As was the case in their first innings, Jamaica found themselves on the back foot even in the second, precariously placed at 84 for 5. Cornwall was once again the pick of the bowlers, taking 5 for 39, but Palmer helped weather the storm, stroking six fours for his 127-ball 51, as Jamaica held on for victory.
ScorecardLeft-arm spinner Sulieman Benn’s second-innings six-for fired Barbados to a 181-run win against Windward Islands in Grenada. Barbados, opting to bat, were guided by handy knocks from their top-order batsmen as the team posted a total of 296; Kyle Corbin and Sharmarh Brooks chipped in with fifties. Fast bowler Kevin Stoute ensured Windward Islands remained on the defensive by collecting 4 for 30 to wreck the team’s line-up, as the hosts folded for 179, with no batsman managing a half-century.Brooks then compiled his second half-century of the game – a 183-ball 66 – and added 130 for the fourth wicket with Roston Chase (71), as Barbados eventually declared at 261 for 7, setting Windward Islands a target of 397. Despite starts from their top three batsmen – Tyrone Theophile, Miles Bascombe and Johnson Charles all made forties – the hosts did not get anywhere close to the target. Benn took 6 for 55 in 26.2 overs as Windward Islands were bowled out for 197.
ScorecardA century from Assad Fudadin, and an eight-wicket match haul from Veerasammy Permaul were the cornerstones behind Guyana’s innings and 49-run win against Trinidad & Tobago in Port of Spain.T&T, batting first, were wrecked by Chris Barnwell’s five-wicket haul, and only a fighting partnership of 108 for the ninth wicket between Marlon Richards (53) and Uthman Muhammad (53) got the team above 200. Guyana, though, remained unfazed and collected a massive first-innings lead, as Fudadin, Leon Johnson (92), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (82), Raymon Reifer (64) and Barnwell (79) all got in among the runs. Their efforts lifted Guyana to 475, with a lead of 265 runs.Kyle Hope (74) and Narsingh Deonarine (47) put up a 104-run partnership for the third wicket in T&T’s second innings, but once Permaul (5 for 62) got the breakthrough by dismissing Deonarine, the team subsequently folded. Gudakesh Motie provided support to the attack by taking 4 for 43, as T&T were dismissed for 216, falling to their second defeat of the season.

Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila have been remanded to two more days of police custody, while the third Ankeet Chavan has been moved to judicial custody

ESPNcricinfo staff26-May-2013Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan, two of the three Rajasthan Royals players arrested after allegations of spot-fixing, have applied for bail. A Delhi court will hear their case on May 28. Chavan had been moved to judicial custody till June 4 before he made his application. Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila, the other Royals player arrested this month, were remanded to two more days of police custody. While making his bail plea, Chavan informed the court that his wedding was scheduled for June 2.Royals had already suspended the contracts of all three players and also filed a police complaint against them. The players were allegedly promised money ranging from US$36,000 to 109,000 by bookies for each over of under-performance.Eleven bookies were also arrested along with the three players on May 16. One of the middlemen was identified as Jiju Janardhan, described by the police as Sreesanth’s close friend and team-mate at the Ernakulam club. Delhi Police had registered cases under the Indian Penal Code section 420 and 120B, which deal with fraud, cheating, and criminal conspiracy.

Tom Sears will join Ireland’s Connacht rugby club in July

Firdose Moonda03-May-2012Tom Sears has confirmed that he has resigned as Cricket Kenya CEO, effective end-June, to join the Irish rugby club Connacht. A replacement CEO will be discussed at Cricket Kenya’s board meeting this weekend.Sears, who was appointed CEO in May 2010, oversaw the setting up of a franchise-based tournament, which also featured two teams from Uganda. The national team hasn’t fared too well, though, failing to qualify for the World Twenty20 both in 2010 and in this year, and experiencing a miserable 2011 one-day World Cup.”We haven’t achieved everything we set out to do but we have provided more facilities and put structures in place,” Sears told ESPNcricinfo. “We have worked very hard to introduce the game at the grassroots level because we were trying to turn around years of decline at that level.”People have to have patience to see that pay off. If the structures we have put in place are nurtured, results will improve in the next two to three years.”