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Gill loses temper as England run down the clock

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England accused Gill of hypocrisy after he took issue with their time-wasting tactics in a dramatic final over

Matt Roller12-Jul-2025

Shubman Gill and Zak Crawley were involved in a heated exchange•Getty Images

England accused India’s captain Shubman Gill of hypocrisy after he took issue with their time-wasting tactics in a dramatic final over on the third day at Lord’s.Gill, who spent several minutes lying down and receiving treatment during India’s fielding innings on the second day, appeared to tell Zak Crawley to “grow some f***ing balls” after he twice pulled out while Jasprit Bumrah was running into bowl the first over of England’s second innings, which started around six minutes before the close of play.Crawley called for treatment two balls later when he was struck on the glove, prompting several India fielders to walk towards him while clapping sarcastically. Both Gill and Crawley pointed fingers at one another in a heated exchange and Tim Southee, England’s bowling coach, suggested that Gill had no right to complain about time-wasting.

“It’s always exciting to see both sides animated towards the end,” Southee said. “I’m not sure what they were complaining about when Shubman Gill was lying down getting a massage in the middle of the day yesterday. It’s obviously part of the game [when] you’re near the end of the day. It’s an exciting way to finish the day.”England successfully wasted enough time to ensure that they faced a single over on the third evening, much to India’s frustration. “We wanted to bowl two overs,” KL Rahul said. “There were six minutes left. It is a no-brainer that any team will bowl two overs with six minutes to go, but it was a bit of theatrics at the end.”Related

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Rahul said that India were already “pumped up” even before Crawley’s time-wasting, sensing an opportunity for a late wicket. “We know how difficult it is for a batter to come to bat for two overs when you’ve been in the field all day,” he said. “A wicket at the end of the day’s play would’ve been perfect for us. Tomorrow, even without that, I think we would’ve been fired up anyway.”He also said that England’s time-wasting was understandable in the circumstances. “What happened at the end is just part of the game now,” Rahul said. “I understand from an opening batter’s point of view. I know exactly what was going on, and everyone knows exactly what was going on. But an opening batter will understand completely what happened in the last five minutes.”Southee dead-panned that Crawley would be “assessed overnight” after being hit and said that the final over showed the “energy” of the series. “Both sides have played some good cricket and in a good spirit, and tonight was just a bit of energy towards the end of the day,” he said. “It’s been a long three days, and it was good to see the energy still there from both sides.”He also defended the slow over-rate across the first three days, with 32 overs lost already. “It’s never ideal, I don’t think, but it’s obviously been hot so there’s been probably more drinks than usual,” Southee said. “There’s been a number of stoppages with the ball also, and DRS takes its time… But yeah, to lose that much, it’s probably at the extreme level.”

Finch prepares for rare emotion as T20 career comes to an end

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The former Australia captain has amassed more than 11,000 runs across the format

Alex Malcolm12-Jan-20241:07

Finch on retirement: It’ll be sad but it’s time to move on

Aaron Finch believes he might get more emotional in his BBL and Melbourne Renegades farewell than he did when he retired from international cricket for Australia, as he prepares to play his last professional match in the Melbourne derby on Saturday night.Finch has announced his retirement from professional cricket despite having a year to run on his Renegades contract. He has only played four games for Renegades this season and none since he injured his back on December 23.He has been available to play after recovering from that injury but has not been selected. However, with Renegades out of the finals picture, he has been granted a farewell game against Melbourne Stars at Marvel Stadium on Saturday with a crowd of more than 30,000 expected to turn out to say goodbye to one of the iconic figures of the BBL.Finch will retire the competition’s second leading run-scorer behind Chris Lynn and Renegades’ games record-holder having played in each of the 13 seasons of the BBL for the one club. He also captained the side to their lone BBL title in 2018-19. He is also the seventh-highest run-scorer in all T20 cricket.Finch revealed he was not overly emotional in his last game of ODI cricket in 2022. He did not have a T20I farewell as he announced his retirement months after his final game, but he said his BBL farewell will feel different.”I haven’t got emotional around any of my retirements, which is quite strange,” Finch said on Friday. “But maybe tomorrow I will. This has been a huge part of mine and my family’s life for the last 13 years and have put as much time and effort into it as I can and, yeah, it’ll be sad, no doubt.”But it’s time to move on and the next generation of players coming through are seriously good. So it’s in good hands.”Finch said it had been difficult not being selected for most of the season despite being fit and available for the majority of it. He admitted that the transition from international cricket to franchise cricket only had been a challenge.”When you’re no longer captain, I guess that’s taken out of your hands a bit as well because you’re not in selection,” he said. “It’s been difficult no doubt. It’s been something that I’ve been lucky with throughout my career actually that it hasn’t happened a huge amount of times. But to finish up here at Marvel will be really special as well.”From a playing point of view, once you go from hitting balls day in day out, hundreds of balls, 1000s of balls a week to then it, not becomes your second priority, but you just don’t have the time or the resources to hit as many balls as you would want.”Then it takes a bit more catching up to do so. That’s probably been the most difficult part to keep playing in franchises, but to not be in a system where you have access to a lot of resources.”Finch cited the 2018-19 title as his greatest achievement in the BBL but he added that he had loved playing home games at Marvel Stadium under the roof, despite it not being the most popular venue amongst players within the BBL.”The title win was unbelievable,” Finch said. “Especially against the Stars in a game where they well and truly had one hand, almost two hands on the trophy, and to drag it back and win that game was really special.”I think just overall just getting to play here. It’s such an unusual venue for cricket and we’re the only team that does play cricket here. There’s no other games, no international games or anything that happens so it’s really cool.”Finch’s Renegades and Australia team-mate Adam Zampa said players should be grateful for Finch’s contribution to the competition.Aaron Finch picked out the 2018-19 BBL title as a career highlight•Getty Images

“He’s one of those inaugural players from the first year that kind of the competition was built around,” Zampa said. “I don’t think the BBL would have the position it does without players like Finchy. He’s been a mainstay of the Renegades for 13 years now and his contribution, we’ll always be grateful for players like him in particular. It’s exciting to kind of have this opportunity to say goodbye to him.”Stars allrounder Marcus Stoinis was also full of praise for Finch’s contribution to his own career having played almost all of his limited-overs cricket for Australia under Finch’s leadership, including the 2021 T20 World Cup triumph in the UAE.”He’s been great for the BBL, been great for the Renegades, Victorian cricket and Australian cricket,” Stoinis said. “For us, we’ve got a different lens in that he helped nurture us through our early stages of playing for Australia. He captained us pretty much the whole time. He was the one that, in those first games where we weren’t feeling comfortable within ourselves, he threw us the ball, kept us going, educated us.”As much as he’s in the opposition I’m glad that it’s working out that I get to play in the game that is his farewell because he deserves a farewell. I do hope we win. But he deserves to have a great night.”Finch is likely to step into the commentary box full-time after Saturday night’s farewell but he is excited about the future of the BBL after its resurgence this season.”I think the fact that it’s back to 10 games now is a really good thing,” Finch said. “That just puts an emphasis on every single game and with more Test players playing [next year], the amount of Australian cricketers playing, that are the best in the world, is better for the competition and I think in turn that will then attract more internationals, better internationals, because the whole standard of the competition goes up.”So that’s something to be really excited about. Over the last 13 years, the young players come in and have a bigger impact straightaway than probably what they used to.”It’s going to go from strength to strength again. I think it’s a really exciting time for BBL.”

Kerr and Knott secure Heat victory as thunderstorm strikes

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Phoebe Litchfield made a brisk half-century for Sydney Thunder

AAP25-Oct-2022Brisbane Heat 5 for 120 (Tahuhu 3-31) beat Sydney Thunder 7 for 139 (Litchfield 50) by 3 runs (DLS method)A stunning sixth-wicket rescue mission partnership by Brisbane Heat allrounders Amelia Kerr and Charli Knott secured a three-run win over the Sydney Thunder in a rain-affected clash in the WBBL.The duo added 48 from 30 deliveries as a thunderstorm hit Brisbane’s Allan Border Field after 17.2 overs in the run chase and ended the match.Heat were 5 for 120 and three runs ahead of the luckless Thunder using the DLS method.Kerr (22 off 15 balls) and Knott (20 off 16) came together when the Heat were 5 for 72 as seemingly out of the game but played with great common sense.New Zealand international Kerr struck two boundaries from the 17th over to get her side ahead on run rate.She said she had “no idea” how close the Heat were to the required total as the rain tumbled down.”It was tough for us and tough for the bowling team,” she told AAP. “We had to guess what it was but we knew if we played good cricket shots and they weren’t calling (the teams off) our first goal was to chase down the total.”We started the [17th] over well with a boundary and wanted to finish it off well, and thankfully I got it over square leg. I thought Charli Knott played an incredible innings.”Earlier Thunder opener Phoebe Litchfield showed why she is one of the most promising young players in the competition with a quickfire knock that showcased an assortment of savage pulls and drives square of the wicket.The 19-year-old left-hander made an unbeaten half-century in the washed-out clash with the Melbourne Stars on Sunday and continued that form.Thunder captain Rachael Haynes held the second half of the innings together to ensure her side posted a competitive total. Kerr was also outstanding with the ball for the Heat and became the equal highest wicket taker in the WBBL competition with eight.

Hashan Tillakaratne named Sri Lanka Women's head coach

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SLC also confirmed that it is looking at arranging “one or two” tours for women in the next few months

Madushka Balasuriya02-Jun-2021Former Sri Lanka captain and batter Hashan Tillakaratne has been appointed the new head coach of the Sri Lanka women’s team, SLC confirmed on Wednesday.He took up the role officially on June 1 and will be contracted up to December 31, 2021. It is understood that an extension is a mere formality, with SLC set to renew several contracts at the end of the year. Tillakaratne will likely be in the position for a further two to three years.His first job will be in preparing the team for the 2022 ODI World Cup and Commonwealth Games qualifiers scheduled for early next year. SLC also confirmed that it is looking at arranging “one or two” tours in the next few months. The Sri Lanka women’s team hasn’t played any international cricket since the T20 World Cup last March, owing to the pandemic.”It’s an honour and a privilege to work with the girls,” Tillakaratne told ESPNcricinfo. “They’re very talented and skilful. I’m looking forward to the challenge.”Tillakaratne, a World Cup winner who was also in charge of the Sri Lanka Under-19 side from 2018 to 2020, is the most high-profile appointment for the post of women’s head coach. The move, he believes, is a sign that SLC is seriously looking at popularising the women’s game in the country.”What they want is to justify the money being put into women’s cricket by the ICC,” Tillakaratne said. “Everyone knows about Chamari Athapaththu, but there are other talented girls also. They just need to be handled properly.”While Tillakaratne hasn’t had a chance to link up with his players yet, in his capacity as coach in Sri Lanka’s high-performance set-up he had seen several of the national players first-hand. As such, he already has a few plans on where improvements can be made.”We need to analyse and identify what our strengths are. One key aspect I’m looking at is their fitness. Right now, the girls are doing their fitness workouts on their own, and they’re sending us over their video clips. So they’re quite keen and committed, that’s a plus point.”During his playing career, Tillakaratne was renowned for his dogged displays with the bat and his impressive close-in fielding. In 83 Tests, he racked up 4,545 runs at an average of 42.87, while his 200 ODIs brought him 3789 runs at 29.60. Having made his debut in 1986, he retired from international cricket in 2004 and all forms of cricket in 2006, before turning his eye towards coaching.

Hardik Pandya not picked with rehabilitation 'taking longer than expected'

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The allrounder did not feature in the 16-member India squad for the T20I series in New Zealand

Nagraj Gollapudi12-Jan-2020The intrigue surrounding Hardik Pandya’s return, following back surgery, has taken a new twist with the allrounder not featuring in India’s 16-member T20I squad for the tour of New Zealand. The five-member selection panel led by MSK Prasad picked the squad mid-afternoon on Sunday, but the BCCI only made it public close to midnight.The development came a day after Hardik failed to board the flight with the India A squad that left for New Zealand from New Delhi on Saturday. On December 23, Hardik was included by the selectors as part of the India A squad for two 50-over matches to played later this week. However, on Saturday, Vijay Shankar was named as his replacement.Commenting on Hardik’s fitness and inclusion in the India A squad in December, Prasad had said: “Hardik would be looked at in the third week of January.”However, today, the BCCI said Hardik would more need time to come back to full fitness. “Vijay Shankar has been included in the India A squad for New Zealand since Hardik Pandya’s rehabilitation process is taking longer than expected,” the BCCI release said.The news comes as a setback for Hardik, who had been optimistic about making his international return during the New Zealand tour. However, he first needed to get a clearance on his fitness.On Saturday, media reports emerged about Hardik having failed a fitness test. However, Hardik’s personal trainer S Rajnikanth, who has also worked with various India age-group teams and is part of the Delhi Capitals set-up, told that Hardik did not fail any test, but the issue was the workload he would come under if he played.”He is 100% fit,” Rajnikanth said. “There is no doubt about that. But I don’t want him to take the workload of back-to-back international matches. No fitness test has been conducted for Pandya yet, so there’s no question of him failing any test.”Generally, Indian players need to get a clearance from the medical staff at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. However after Hardik opted to work with Rajnikanth, the NCA, which is headed by former India captain Rahul Dravid, informed the BCCI that the player needed to get the fitness clearance from his personal medical staff.ESPNcricinfo understands Rajnikanth had been updating Hardik’s fitness schedule and relaying recovery information to the BCCI, which was what the selectors had relied upon when they picked him for the India A squad. It is understood Rajnikanth was clear that although Hardik was in the clear fitness-wise, he was yet to attain complete bowling fitness, which is reliant on workload management, which was what he had relayed in his latest update to the BCCI.Hardik Pandya is cock-a-hoop after picking up two wickets in two balls•Bipin Patel

‘From lifting 100 kgs I was not able to lift my legs’
Speaking recently about the back surgery, Hardik admitted he was that it could be career-threatening and hence he deliberated for long before going under the knife. He had begun to realise that although he had been “managing” his back for the last five years, it was beginning to affect his fitness and performance.”Hundred per cent,” Hardik told in an interview, about how he was scared to go into surgery. “This was my first thought when in Bangalore after the South Africa series. I stopped feeling my left leg, stopped as in almost 40% I was not feeling it properly. That was the symptom when we decided to go under the knife.”The injury itself, Hardik said, was five years old. “Injury happened five years back. No one knew. I have managed the injury for five years. This was the time when I started feeling I am not feeling myself, the way I was. The pain was taking over my efforts and all; instead of putting 100% effort I was only able to put only 50-60%. And then I just felt it was not right for myself and for the team.”It was India’s physiotherapist Nitin Patel who had eventually convinced Hardik. “And first thought when Nitin Patel, the Indian team physio, came and said ‘you know we might have to go under the knife’, my first reaction – ‘no chance’. I said no chance, I am going to manage it. Then he explained for five years we have been managing… he was the first person who saw me five years back. It took me one night to digest the fact that I might have to go for surgery. I didn’t completely tell myself that we are going for surgery.”People have scared me and how, saying that back surgery is this serious, back surgery will finish this, it is very difficult and all. Then I now [felt] this is a little scary. But then I was like I can’t go because someone else had a problem after surgery. I am a different individual, I have a different body type, I have a different work ethic. I know I am going to make a strong comeback and I am going to do the exact right thing which I am supposed to do to make sure my back does not get more hampered.”The recovery was equally difficult, and Hardik exchanged messages with his captain Virat Kohli, saying no one should undergo a similar experience. “I was emotionally challenging. From lifting 100 kgs I was not able to lift my legs,” Hardik said.”First 15 days were the most difficult part as I said no walking, I was not able to move. Nothing. I had two people to just look after me just to make sure even I move from the bed. Slowly, slowly I started training, started training with a pillow, just lying on the bed straight, which was my first exercise. From there slowly, slowly moving exactly one part, one part, bowling slowly once I started picking up the strength, started gaining weight.”After surgery I went to 69 [kg], which I have never been in my life! So the amount of muscle I lost was, it was just scary. I thought I would lose my power and all, but touch wood I am back to 74 [kg] right now.”

Dilhara Lokuhettige faces corruption charges relating to T10 League

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The ICC has charged the former Sri Lanka allrounder with three counts of breaching the Emirates Cricket Board’s anti-corruption code

Andrew Fidel Fernando13-Nov-2018Former allrounder Dilhara Lokuhettige has become the third ex-Sri Lanka player to be charged with corruption-related offences, this time for allegedly breaching the Emirates Cricket Board’s anti-corruption code. The charges, of which there are three, relate to the T10 Cricket League played in December last year.The charges are as follows:

  • Being party to an effort to fix or contrive or to otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct, or other aspect(s) of a domestic match.
  • Directly soliciting, inducing, enticing or encouraging a player to [improperly influence a match]
  • Failure to disclose to a designated anti-corruption officer (without unnecessary delay) full details of any approaches or invitations he received to engage in corrupt conduct under the code

Lokuhettige is understood to currently reside in Australia, but has links to the cricket system in Sri Lanka. He was recently seen allegedly talking about a fix in Al Jazeera’s “Cricket’s Match Fixers” documentary, which was aired in May.Lokuhettige, 38, was not part of any of the T10 squads, nor had he been an official member of the coaching staff in any of the six sides that took part in the competition.A “Team Sri Lanka” side comprising a mix of domestic and international players did take part in the competition, however. The team’s bowling coach was Nuwan Zoysa, who has been separately charged under the ICC’s anti-corruption code over the last fortnight. Although charged under different official codes, the charges for Zoysa and Lokuhettige bear similarities. Both are accused of being party to an effort to fix or otherwise influence a match, of soliciting inducing or encouraging another player, and of failing to disclose an approach.In addition to Lokuhettige and Zoysa, the other ex-player charged with corruption-related offences over the past few weeks is Sanath Jayasuriya. Unlike Lokuhettige, who has not held any official positions with SLC over the past two years, Zoysa and Jayasuriya had been part of the local system, the former as a bowling coach with the A team and several development squads, and the latter as chief selector.

Rabada reaches career-best No. 3 ranking

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The fast bowler has now moved above R Ashwin and Rangana Herath among Test bowlers, while Dimuth Karunaratne has entered the top 20 in the Test batting rankings for the first time

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Oct-2017Kagiso Rabada has climbed two spots in the ICC Test rankings for bowlers to reach a career-best third place. The South Africa fast bowler now has 876 ranking points, and sits behind James Anderson (896) and Ravindra Jadeja (884). R Ashwin (852) and Rangana Herath (833) have now dropped to fourth and fifth.Rabada took five wickets in each innings in the second Test against Bangladesh in Bloemfontein, picking up his third ten-wicket match haul in only his 22nd Test. In the process, he picked up his 100th Test wicket and became the fifth-youngest bowler to do so, behind Kapil Dev, Daniel Vettori, Waqar Younis and Harbhajan Singh.Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s 2-0 series win in the UAE has moved them to sixth in the Test team rankings, above Pakistan. Dimuth Karunaratne, who scored 196 in the first innings in Sri Lanka’s 68-run in Dubai, has moved up to 17th place in the batting rankings, entering the top 20 for the first time in his 44-Test career.Click here for the full rankings.

Dassanayake appointed USA national coach

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Former Sri Lanka and Canada wicketkeeper-batsman Pubudu Dassanayake has been appointed national coach of the USA cricket team by ICC Americas

Peter Della Penna08-Sep-2016Former Sri Lanka and Canada wicketkeeper-batsman Pubudu Dassanayake has been appointed USA’s coach by ICC Americas. The ICC regional body also appointed Eric Parthen as the new Project Manager to oversee the strategic plan to grow cricket in the USA.”I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to coach USA, especially at what is an exciting time for USA cricket,” Dassanayake said. “I believe there is a great deal of talent here; it will just require hard work from everyone involved to get the best out of these players and hopefully see US cricket progress to higher honours.”Our initial focus is on preparing the senior team for the WCL Division 4 event in LA next month. That is the first step on what I hope will be a successful journey.”Dassanayake played 11 Tests and 16 ODIs for Sri Lanka in 1993 and 1994. He moved to Canada in 2001 and represented the Canada national team in 2005 and 2006, captaining them in the Intercontinental Cup. After retiring, he served as Canada’s national coach from 2007 to 2011, and Nepal’s national coach from 2011 to 2015. Along with captain Paras Khadka, Dassanayake has been credited with lifting Nepal’s fortunes in their rise from WCL Division Four to the top flight of Associate cricket in the WCL Championship.Nepal also qualified for their first major ICC tournament during Dassanayake’s tenure, reaching the 2014 World T20 in Bangladesh where they recorded wins over Hong Kong and Afghanistan. He stepped down from the Nepal role in October 2015, citing personal reasons. He moved back to his home base in Canada but briefly returned to Nepal in a consultancy coaching role for the team’s WCL Championship wins over Namibia in April and their tour of England in July ahead of WCL Championship fixtures in the Netherlands in August.Dassanayake was shortlisted as a finalist for the USA coaching job in July and confirmed his interest in the role to ESPNcricinfo during a USA 30-man national squad camp in Florida, where he attended in a guest coaching capacity during a series of training sessions as well as two 50-over intrasquad matches to familiarize himself even more with the team ahead of his anticipated appointment. “Nepal, they were from Division Four to Division One and played a World Cup and I want to do the same for USA,” he said.Dassanayake also traveled to St Vincent in August where he coached an ICC Americas combined U-19 squad in the WICB Regional U-19 tournament. He is expected to be in New York this weekend where a New York invitational XI, which includes ten USA national squad players, will be playing two 50-over matches against a Marylebone Cricket Club touring side on September 10-11. He will also be in place to lead USA’s five-day national team camp in Indianapolis from September 17-21, which includes two 50-over matches against the same MCC tourists as well as three days of intrasquad training and trial games.Parthen, who has previously served as Executive Director of USA Boxing and Chief Executive of USA Taekwondo, will be tasked with overseeing the implementation of plans to expand cricket in the USA. Since July 2013, Parthen served as the executive director of the El Pomar Youth Sports Park in Colorado Springs, where the ICC Americas office recently shifted from its prior location in Toronto.”I am thrilled to be joining ICC Americas at such a pivotal point in its history,” Parthen said. “My focus will be on working with the whole cricket family here in the US and creating a sustainable structure to allow cricket to flourish at all levels.”

Bukhari, Borren seal Netherlands' final berth

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A short-pitched barrage from an energised Netherlands bowling attack ran through Ireland’s struggling batting unit to dismiss them for 128, to set up a five-wicket win in Malahide

The Report by Peter Della Penna in Malahide25-Jul-2015
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details3:28

‘Hitting the deck worked for us’ – Bukhari

A short-pitched barrage from an energised Netherlands bowling attack ran through Ireland’s struggling batting unit to dismiss them for 128, to set up a five-wicket win in Malahide. Mudassar Bukhari laid the foundation by removing the openers before coming back for two more wickets to finish with a career-best 4 for 28 which put Netherlands in the final, against Scotland, for the first time since 2008 when the tournament was also held in Ireland.The loss keeps Ireland out of the final for the first time in the tournament’s history. They split the 2008 title with Netherlands and were runners-up to Afghanistan in 2010 before back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013. Instead, Ireland now heads to the third-place match on Sunday against Hong Kong.Netherlands captain Peter Borren sent Ireland in and had them under pressure early. William Porterfield’s wicket was a harbinger of things to come as he skied an attempted pull off Bukhari for 4. Two overs later, Paul Stirling drove a full delivery from Bukhari straight to mid-on for 18, to make it 26 for 2 in the fifth over.Andy Balbirnie and Gary Wilson, promoted up to No. 4 ahead of Kevin O’Brien, added 44 for the third wicket, playing with relative freedom against the spin duo of Roelof van der Merwe and Pieter Seelaar. It took the intervention of Paul van Meekeren, recalled for his third game of the tournament in place of Michael Rippon, to break the stand and his 2 for 14 played a vital supporting role to Bukhari.Seeing Balbirnie walk down the pitch, van Meekeren dragged back the length and a pull was top-edged to wicketkeeper Wesley Barresi for a run-a-ball 31. Wilson was the only batsman to fall to spin on the day, going three overs later after walking through a flick against van der Merwe to have his stumps knocked back.Ireland still held reasonable hopes of getting past 140 with Kevin O’Brien at the crease. The allrounder smashed Seelaar out of the attack with back-to-back sixes in the 16th over, but six balls later he was hurried by van Meekeren trying to hook and was caught at long leg for 33. Netherlands made it two in two when John Mooney’s attempted glide off Timm van der Gugten went to short third man to start the 18th over on 112 for 6. It sparked a slide for the final six wickets for just 16 runs.Stuart Poynter fell in identical fashion to O’Brien, to give Bukhari his third wicket before Stuart Thompson smashed one to deep midwicket only three balls later.George Dockrell was dropped at the start of the last over bowled by van der Gugten as van der Merwe parried a chance for six at the midwicket boundary. But the short-ball strategy was successful later in the over as Dockrell skied a catch to Borren at mid-on. Alex Cusack was run out with one ball to go in the innings after a miscommunication with Craig Young, to round out the innings.Netherlands’ reply was shaky early on with Stephan Myburgh chopping Young onto his stumps in the second over before Barresi was dropped by Young at short fine leg, and then caught at mid-off on the following delivery to end the third over at 16 for 2. But Ben Cooper and Swart wrested back control for Netherlands with a 57-run stand in 8.1 overs.Ireland’s efforts to restrict Netherlands were hampered without Stirling, who aggravated a calf strain and was unable to field or bowl. Cooper and Swart milked singles in the middle overs where Stirling had been effective in tying down Namibia and Jersey during the group stage. Mooney’s Midas touch with the ball also went missing at a key time. The allrounder went wicketless for the first time in the tournament after entering the contest tied for the overall lead with 14 scalps.O’Brien continued his solid tournament with the ball by getting Swart to drive to long-on for 21 before Cooper lofted a full toss to Dockrell at the point boundary for 43, to make it 84 for 4 in the 14th over.Ireland may still have had hopes of an improbable turnaround at the start of the 17th over with the visitors needing 31 from 24, but Max O’Dowd and Borren stole 16 off Dockrell’s over. O’Dowd drove a six down the ground off the second ball before Borren finished the over with back-to-back sweeps over fine leg to bring the required rate under a run a ball.O’Brien got O’Dowd for his third wicket in the 18th over, caught for 17 with Dockrell running in from deep midwicket, but Netherlands’ victory was inevitable by that stage and Borren saw his team home clipping for his fourth four, through fine leg off Mooney to seal the win with 11 balls to spare.

Pakistan's visually impaired captain in mishap at team hotel

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The captain of the visually challenged Pakistan cricket team, Zeshan Abbasi, who is in Bangalore to play the T20 Blind Cricket World Cup, was hospitalised on Saturday after accidentally drinking phenyl at the team hotel

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Dec-2012The captain of Pakistan’s visually challenged cricket team, Zeshan Abbasi, who is in Bangalore to play the T20 Blind Cricket World Cup, was hospitalised on Saturday after accidentally drinking phenyl at the team hotel. He was discharged later in the day, and was ‘absolutely fine’ according to the doctors.Abbasi had sipped the contents of a plastic bottle left on the table during breakfast, mistaking it for mineral water. He was taken to hospital, where was treated and kept under observation before being discharged a few hours later.”Abbasi was discharged at 4.30pm. He is absolutely fine”, the president of the hospital, Dr Shetty, was quoted as saying by . He said Abbasi had had an endoscopy and all the results were normal.Pakistan team manager Sultan Shah said the hotel had apologised for the incident, but they wanted it probed further. “We want to know from the hotel management, who have orally apologised to us, how such an incident happened and who is responsible for such negligence,” Shah said. “It has to be ensured that such incidents do not recur. Otherwise, we are happy with the arrangements here.”SP Nagesh, the president of the All Indian Cricket Association, also called for an investigation: “[The hotel must] tell us how such a lapse occurred. We are awaiting their reply.”

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