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The 235-page report concluded that Graeme Smith, Mark Boucher and AB de Villiers had all engaged in prejudicial conduct

Firdose Moonda15-Dec-2021Cricket South Africa unfairly discriminated against players on the basis of race, according to the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) commission’s final report. In the 235-page document, submitted to CSA, ombudsman Dumisa Ntsebeza concluded that the administration, as well as former captain and current director Graeme Smith, current head coach Mark Boucher and former captain AB de Villiers had all engaged in prejudicial conduct.The report recommends that a permanent ombudsman is appointed, funded and handed resources to deal with race and gender-based complaints and that CSA puts in place an anonymous grievance policy. It does not have any consideration for reparations for those found to have been unfairly discriminated against but recommends that a permanent office considers if any reparations should be paid.CSA confirmed that the SJN process, which was initially supposed to last four months but ended up lasting over six months, cost the organisation R7.5 million (US$500,000). However, they felt the process was both necessary and productive. CSA said the issues facing cricket “are a complex interaction of multiple factors stemming from the history of this country and consequent socio-economic factors that prevail today.” They will engage with the report further in 2022.No punitive action is being taken against anyone immediately, however.”The board is still considering the report. It is a hefty document and needs a holistic response,” Lawson Naidoo, the CSA board chairperson, told ESPNcricinfo.”No decisions have been taken on any issues raised in the report and it would be premature to speculate on any action that may be taken. The board has got to look at the report in its entirety and engage with it seriously. This will be a continuation of what we are already doing. Overall, the SJN was an important process and that’s why the board backed it all the way. It is now the responsibility of the board to engage with the report.”Three of the more eye-opening findings, however, revolve around the main pillars of South Africa’s golden years – Smith, Boucher and de Villiers – and in two of the cases, specifically around the non-selection of black players.Related

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Mark Boucher and Paul Adams Adams testified that he was nicknamed “b**** s***” by his national team-mates, including Boucher. In a responding affidavit, Boucher admitted that he was among those who sang a song which included the slur. Boucher apologised and explained that white players were unprepared for the realities of post-Apartheid team dynamics. The ombudsman found that Boucher’s response revealed a “lack of sensitivity and understanding of the racist undertones,” of his comments, that Boucher attempted to excuse racism because it was done in a team setting and that he does “not comprehend the South African apartheid/discriminatory and racist history.”The reports cite case law in which those who have uttered racial slurs have been found guilty of hate speech and suggests that Boucher has not “undergone diversity and transformation training,” and where he has, that he is “apathetic towards diversity and transformation.”Graeme Smith and Thami Tsolekile This concerns Tsolekile’s non-selection for the national side following the retirement of Boucher in 2012. At the time, Tsolekile was contracted to CSA, with a view to taking over from Boucher at the end of the series against England. However, Boucher’s career was cut short by an eye injury at the start of the England tour, and de Villiers took over wicketkeeping duties until 2014, when Quinton de Kock made his debut.”The decision of the panel was totally irrational and showed clear signs of systemic racism,” the report reads. “CSA, Mr Graeme Smith and some selectors at the time really failed Mr Tsolekile and many black players of this time in many ways,”AB de Villiers and Khaya ZondoKhaya Zondo was part of South Africa’s ODI squad that toured India in 2015 but was not selected in the team when JP Duminy was injured for the final match of the series. Instead, Dean Elgar, who was part of the Test squad was flown in early and played in that match. In testimony given to the SJN, Hussein Manack, the tour selector at the time, said he was pressured into selecting Elgar over Zondo by then-ODI captain AB de Villiers. Selection convenor Linda Zondi was not involved in the decision as he was not on the tour, and was also not consulted, after de Villiers discussed the matter with then-CEO Haroon Lorgat instead.The ombudsman found that de Villiers flouted the National Selection policy by talking to Lorgat ahead of Zondi and that he did so “just to ensure that a black player was not placed in a position which he deemed as requiring greater experience,” the report reads. “The only reasonable conclusion is that Mr de Villiers unfairly discriminated against Mr Zondo on racial grounds.”In response to the report, de Villiers told ESPNcricinfo that he had “wholly supported the aims of Cricket South Africa’s Social Justice and Nation Building process, to ensure equal opportunities in our game. However, throughout my career, I expressed honest cricketing opinions only ever based on what I believed was best for the team, never based on anyone’s race. That’s the fact.”The ombudsman found that AB de Villiers flouted the National Selection policy during the ODI series against India in 2015•Associated Press

No evidence of racial discrimination Roger Telemachus had alleged that he was overlooked for the position of Kwa-Zulu Natal Inland coach in favour of Michael Smith on the basis of race. This was disputed by CEO of the Dolphins, Heinrich Strydom, who detailed the appointment process. Smith’s appointment was made in line with employment policy guidelines and on “a balance of probability, Mr Telemachus failed to demonstrate that there was a differentiation on the listed ground of race.”Lonwabo Tsotsobe’s contention that he was made to carry bags of senior players while newly selected white members of the squad were not required to do the same, was contested by then-team manager Mohammed Moosajee. Tsotsobe’s evidence and the subsequent rebuttal meant that the ombudsman concluded there was “insufficient evidence to make out a prima facie case of unfair racial discrimination.”Several testimonies were made by players who accepted sanctions for conspiring to fix matches in the 2015-16 domestic T20 competitions and claimed that they were investigated by anti-corruption officials on the basis of race. While the SJN was not mandated to look into the match-fixing investigation, the ombudsman “could not find any evidence supporting the contention that black players were targeted during the investigation.”

Storm Francis abates to ease supporter pressure on head coach David Ripley

ECB Reporters Network25-Aug-2020Storm Francis cleared in time for Northamptonshire to complete a six-wicket victory over Glamorgan, their first win of the Bob Willis Trophy, and appease some of their supporters who had become disgruntled by their rotation policy – or more specifically, by losing.Their decision to rotate players and use the competition to develop a deeper squad has not been universally popular. And those voices grew louder after defeats to Somerset and Worcestershire and a late escape to draw at Edgbaston.So this win offers head coach David Ripley some respite. And some justification with a target of 189 realised by Emilio Gay who made an unbeaten 77 – his maiden first-class fifty – and Charlie Thurston, whose 64 followed a maiden century for Northamptonshire in the first innings. The pair shared 106 for the second wicket.Ben Curran also made 82 in the first innings and none of those three would have featured in a first-choice XI back in March. Neither would Jack White, Northamptonshire’s latest bolter from the Minor Counties and playing just his third first-class match at the age of 28, who took eight wickets in the match.The performances of those four was exactly what Ripley was looking for as he tries to build his squad for a return to Division One of the County Championship next season.Northamptonshire should have wrapped up victory inside three days but were denied by Marchant de Lange’s outrageous hitting and their latest instance of failing to deal with aggression from the lower order. It left them hostage to the weather on day four but fortunately for them the rain blew through in time to allow play to start at 2.40pm.It still remained extremely windy and after a short time the umpires removed the bails but it didn’t deter Thurston and Gay who quickly took their overnight 62 for 1 to 115 for 1 by tea.Gay made his maiden first-class fifty in his fourth match. He drove Michael Hogan smartly through mid-on and then played a better shot past extra-cover. He whipped Dan Douthwaite through midwicket to reach fifty in 104 balls.Thurston flicked Hogan between long leg and deep square for the day’s first boundary but was almost caught top-edging a cut to third man that Joe Cooke couldn’t take running in.He pulled Tim van der Gugten for six with the fielder at deep square tipping the ball over the boundary before flicking the same bowler very stylishly over long leg for a second six in the over – separated by a 14 minute delay for a brief shower.But having gone past a second half-century of the match in 55 balls, Thurston couldn’t take his side home as he tried to drive Douthwaite through mid-on, missed, and was lbw.It allowed Luke Procter to help take Northamptonshire almost to victory with a switch-hit for four off Kieran Bull. But he swung and edged to the wicketkeeper to finally give Hogan his 600th first-class wicket. Rob Keogh was then run out hesitating over a single.The result should make Ripley’s postbag a little lighter in the coming week as Northamptonshire prepare for their main target of this truncated summer, the T20 Blast that begins on Thursday.But who knows what correspondence will be coming the way of the Glamorgan hierarchy. They failed again with the bat and the difference between the sides was far greater than the margin of victory.Lower-order rescue acts saved them against Worcestershire and Gloucestershire but it needed two remarkable performances from the tail here just to make the scoreboard respectable having slipped to 135 for 9 in the first innings and 60 for 8 in the second. It proves just how reliant they were last season on the mountains of runs made by Australian Marnus Labuschagne.

India’s premier strike bowler picks up injury during Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2019 game against Delhi Capitals

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Mar-2019Indian cricket held its collective breath as Jasprit Bumrah seemed to hurt his left shoulder after falling over in his follow-through on the last ball of the Delhi Capitals innings in Mumbai Indians’ first match of the IPL 2019.The official word from the Mumbai camp at the end of the game was “Jasprit Bumrah has recovered well. We will be assessing him tomorrow as well.” But Bumrah didn’t come out to bat even as Mumbai’s innings ended on 176 in reply to Delhi’s 213 for 6 with four balls left.Despite the update from Mumbai, the Indian selectors and team management would likely have their fingers crossed on the fitness of Bumrah, their main strike bowler, with the World Cup just over two months away.The incident took place when Rishabh Pant dug out a perfect toe-crushing yorker speared in by Bumrah from around the wicket. Bumrah attempted to intercept the ball with his left hand, but could not pick it up cleanly. As the ball rolled to his left, Bumrah scrambled to stop it, but immediately lay flat on the ground grimacing in pain while holding his left shoulder.Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma, Pant and others were around him straightaway. Nitin Patel, the Mumbai physiotherapist, dashed into the middle to check on Bumrah. On his walk back to the dressing room, Bumrah did not move or raise his shoulder even once.Last July, Bumrah had picked up a freak finger injury while unsuccessfully trying to take a return catch in the first match of the T20 series in Ireland. That injury grew into a finger fracture, forcing Bumrah to sit out the limited-overs series in England as well as the first two Tests of the tour.

The West Indies allrounder injured his right hamstring during Islamabad United’s fixture against Karachi Kings on Sunday

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Mar-2018Andre Russell will miss the remainder of the PSL season with a hamstring injury. Russell, who plays for Islamabad United, pulled his right hamstring during the course of his side’s eight-wicket win that consigned Karachi Kings to their first loss of the season on Sunday. Russell didn’t bowl and wasn’t required to bat either.This is Russell’s first tournament after his return from a year-long ban for a doping violation that ended in January 2018. Russell had already played an important role in this year’s tournament, taking four wickets at 22.25. He was also responsible for his side’s victory against Lahore Qalandars in the game of the tournament so far, smashing a last-ball six in the Super Over to seal the win.His injury will also leave Kolkata Knight Riders, his IPL franchise who chose to retain him ahead of the 2018 season, anxious. Kolkata are also sweating over Chris Lynn’s fitness. The Australian batsman injured his shoulder during the T20 tri-series final in New Zealand.

James Anderson will miss the final Test of the series in Chennai with what has been described as “body soreness” by England captain, Alastair Cook

George Dobell in Chennai15-Dec-2016James Anderson will miss the final Test of the series in Chennai with what has been described as “body soreness” by England captain, Alastair Cook.Anderson, who missed England’s two Tests in Bangladesh and the first Test of this series due to a shoulder injury, was later said to have experienced “soreness” in his ankles and in the shoulder.While Cook said Anderson “could get through” the game and was disappointed to be missing out, he explained that the England camp wanted to take no chances with a bowler who they felt “can make a big contribution” to their Test fortunes over the next couple of years.”It’s not worth the risk,” Cook said. “When he has been in this situation over the last six months and we have played him, he has picked up injuries. It doesn’t seem the right time to play him.”He is sore from the previous game and we, as a management group, don’t think it’s worth taking a risk.”Could he get through? Yes, he possibly could. But over the last six months when we’ve played him, he has picked up an injury.”Anderson has now missed eight of England’s most recent 23 Tests, including five this year.Bearing in mind England’s schedule – they do not play another Test until July – it does seem an abundantly cautious decision and will lead some to conclude that he has been dropped. And it is true that his record in this series – four wickets at a cost of 53.50 apiece and no wickets in the two most recent Tests – is not wonderful.But this decision is more likely to be a manifestation of how highly valued Anderson remains in the eyes of the England management and how vital he is to their plans for the English summer of 2017, the Ashes and, perhaps, beyond. With England 3-0 down, it is a dead rubber.”I’m very confident he can make a big contribution to English cricket over the next couple of years,” Cook said. “But we’re going to have to manage him a bit more in Tests. He might miss a couple more Tests as a precaution. He might not. With a couple of months off now, his body might fly again. He’s a very athletic guy and he’s very light on his feet. He can still make a big difference to English cricket over the next couple of years.”Stuart Broad could come back into the side in place of Anderson, but a decision over his fitness will only be made after training on Thursday. Liam Dawson, the left-arm spinner, could also replace Anderson and provide the side with some of the balance it appeared to miss in Mumbai.

England warmed up for their three-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan later this week with a comfortable, if occasionally rusty, 80-run victory over a United Arab Emirates XI that ended up being an XVII

Andrew Miller23-Nov-2015England XI 174 for 6 (Roy 59, Hales 40) beat UAE XI 95 for 9 (Moeen 4-11) by 79 runs

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsJason Roy scored a 26-ball fifty to set up England’s win•Getty Images

England warmed up for their three-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan later this week with a comfortable, if occasionally rusty, 79-run victory over a United Arab Emirates XI that ended up being an XVII.The gulf between the sides was Persian in its magnitude, as a UAE squad featuring six uncapped players out of the 17 who took part at various stages of the game was restricted to 95 for 9 in reply to England’s 174 for 6. The margin might well have been wider had it not been for a determined 23 from 22 balls from Fahad Tariq, who rescued his side from 61 for 8 before becoming Moeen Ali’s fourth wicket of the innings in the final over of the match.Despite their dominance, it was a lopsided display from England, in particular with the bat, as a new-look middle-order struggled to match the hectic tempo set by Jason Roy and Alex Hales, two of England’s batting stars from last week’s ODI series win.The value of prior match experience in these conditions was amply demonstrated in the opening overs of the contest. With form and confidence to fall back on, Roy’s innings started out as a homage to Jos Buttler’s bruising exploits at Dubai on Friday, as he clobbered nine fours and two sixes to race to 59 from 29 balls, adding 92 for the first wicket with Hales inside the first seven overs.But then, after bringing up his fifty with the second of his two sixes over long-on, Roy charged down the wicket to the left-arm spin of Ahmed Raza and would have been stumped by half the length of the pitch had he not instead been bowled.His departure brought a shuddering halt to England’s momentum. One over later, a disconsolate James Vince was trooping back to the dressing-room. He had run himself out going for an unwise second run and must fear that his four-ball 2 will represent the sum total of his time at the crease on this trip.Hales was next to fall for 40, excellently caught at long-off off the legspin of Zaheer Maqsood, who had earlier had the same batsman dropped at deep midwicket on 12 and at 122 for 3 in the 13th over, England’s designs on a 200-plus score were starting to be reassessed.Moeen’s 20 from 16 balls, with one four and one six, was a typically serene performance with a familiarly unfulfilling ending, as he was beaten in flight by Imran Haider and bowled by a hint of turn, whereupon the urge to dominate from the outset started to overwhelm the rest of the batting line-up.Sam Billings was caught behind in Haider’s next over, which ended up as a wicket maiden as a frantic Chris Jordan aimed air-shot after air-shot in his first innings since Sussex’s County Championship relegation in September.At the other end, Eoin Morgan, deprived of the strike, kept England ticking with two fours before bunting a full-toss from Mohammad Ayaz to midwicket, as England mustered 174 for 6 in their 20 overs, a decent total when taken as a whole, but an innings of two distinct halves – 92 for 0 in 39 balls, and 82 for 6 in the remaining 81.It was never likely to be close, however. Jordan quickly made amends for his batting mishaps with two early breakthroughs, plucking out Syed Maqsood’s leg stump in his first over before having Mohammed Kaleem caught by Reece Topley at mid-on in his second.Topley himself bowled Abdul Shakoor for a duck and when Morgan removed Rameez Shahzad with a fine back-pedalling catch off Liam Plunkett, UAE were 31 for 4 and sinking fast.England’s spinners then took up the attack, not least Moeen, who finished with 4 for 11 off three overs. He had at one stage been on a hat-trick, but with the UAE captain Ahmed Raza in his sights, he diffused the tension with an easily negotiated full-toss. It was that sort of a game.

Jasprit Bumrah made his IPL debut in front of a packed house, but the Gujarat youngster wasn’t fazed by the occasion

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Apr-2013Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah, a virtually unknown teenager from Gujarat, had a memorable IPL debut on Thursday, taking 3 for 32 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He didn’t have the best of starts, though, being taken for three fours in his first four deliveries by Virat Kohli.He then had Kohli lbw off his fifth ball, and celebrated exuberantly. “He had hit me for three boundaries in that over and so I was angry,” Bumrah told the IPL website. “I am always like this on the field.”Bumrah was picked for the match ahead of more experienced contenders like Dhawal Kulkarni and Abu Nechim, but wasn’t fazed by the occasion. “It was the first time that I played in front of such huge crowd but I wasn’t paying any attention to the crowd. The more you focus on the inside, the better it is.”Mumbai have a line-up including some of the biggest names in cricket, including Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, players any youngster would dream of meeting. “I did feel a little overawed by all the big players in the team initially. But they were so welcoming and friendly, they made me feel at ease.”He hit the headlines with a Man-of-the-Match performance in the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament, and he impressed Mumbai’s coach John Wright earlier in the tournament with his bowling in the league stage in Ahmedabad. “John Wright had come to watch one of our T20 matches and he watched me bowl in two games,” Bumrah said. “He didn’t talk to me or hint anything. After he went, I got a call asking if I was interested in signing a contract with the Mumbai Indians.”One of the things that make Bumrah difficult to deal with initially is his unusual action, with stiff hands and bowling well wide of the crease. It looks ungainly but his coach Kishore Trivedi, father of Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat medium-pacer Siddharth, doesn’t want him to alter the action. “There were many who felt that we should change his action but I was reluctant,” Trivedi told . ” He is a natural and there was no point in making drastic changes. It would’ve led him nowhere.”

Nottinghamshire were held up by rain and further defiance from Durham’s last pair before clinching their second win from two games in the County Championship by 114 runs

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ScorecardNottinghamshire were held up by rain and further defiance from Durham’s last pair before clinching their second win from two games in the County Championship by 114 runs.Needing to take one wicket on the final day they were driven back to the pavilion by rain after just two overs. And, following a 30-minute break, No. 11 batsman Mitch Claydon proceeded to his maiden half-century to keep Durham’s slim hopes of victory alive.The Australian’s previous best for Durham was 40 out of an all-out total of 114 against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 2008. Claydon was sent in below Graham Onions, who was dropped in the slips by Nottinghamshire after they claimed the extra half hour on the third evening.Resuming on 18, with the total on 203 for 9, Claydon took 10 off Andy Carter’s opening over today. The visitors persisted with Carter even though Claydon kept clattering him to the boundary.Andre Adams was also unable to grab the scalp he wanted to complete a five-wicket haul and eventually made way for the left-arm spin of Samit Patel. There were eight fours in Claydon’s 53-ball half-century, but after 50 runs had been added he was caught at long-on by Luke Fletcher off Patel for 55.

Gary Wilson, the wicketkeeper batsman currently with Ireland at the World Cup, has extended his deal at Surrey and is now contracted until 2012

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Mar-2011Gary Wilson, the wicketkeeper batsman currently with Ireland at the World Cup, has extended his deal at Surrey and is now contracted until 2012.Wilson, 25, had a productive 2010, scoring his maiden first-class and ODI centuries and averaging 43.62 in his six first-class games for Surrey.Although Steven Davies is Surrey’s first choice wicket keeper, Wilson was able to force his way into the side on the strength of his batting, justifying his selection with 125 against Leicestershire at Grace Road in late August last year.Wilson said he is looking forward to continuing his development with Surrey: “It is brilliant to be extending my deal,” he said. “I really enjoy playing for the club and feel I can make a big contribution as we continue to move the team in a positive direction. Following my performances last year, I am looking to continue scoring runs and push my case for selection at all times.”Surrey coach Chris Adams added: “Gary is a hugely popular member of the playing staff here both in the dressing room and around the club in general. I am very pleased he has extended his contract and look forward to him continuing to develop his game over the next two years.”

Angelo Mathews starred with the ball before the fireworks from Kolkata Knight Riders openers eased them to two wins in two games

The Bulletin by Siddarth Ravindran14-Mar-2010
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How they were out
Angelo Mathews starred for Kolkata for the second successive time•Getty Images

It wasn’t as resounding a thrashing as that delivered by Brendon McCullum’s ruthless innings against the same opponents in the tournament opener two years ago but it was still a massive win for Kolkata Knight Riders in front of a heaving Eden Gardens crowd. Angelo Mathews followed up his fire-fighting with the bat on Friday by starring with the ball to pin down Royal Challengers Bangalore, before fireworks from Kolkata’s openers ensured their team began their campaign with victories over both of last year’s finalists.Kolkata were in control right from the start when Bangalore’s young batting talent failed, and the visitors were left to thank the experienced Jacques Kallis, who made a mad dash from South Africa after playing the Pro20 final on Friday evening, for holding the innings together. However, even his battling, an unbeaten 65 on a slowish track, couldn’t spare Bangalore the eventual hammering.Their troubles began when the surprise move to open with Sreevats Goswami didn’t work out. The pint-sized Goswami was hemmed in by a series of Charl Langeveldt bouncers, and his ploy of backing away to heave the ball to the leg side didn’t come off. Nor could Manish Pandey replicate the wonderful form of his domestic season, looking tentative in his short stay before his attempt to flat-bat Mathews down the ground ended in a bottom-edge on to the stumps.Next in Bangalore’s youth brigade was Virat Kolhi, talked up by coach Ray Jennings as a future Indian captain, who lasted four deliveries before striking a dipping delivery from Murali Kartik to deep midwicket. With two deliveries left in the Powerplay, Bangalore were down to 20 for 3.Kolkata’s new-ball bowlers had done their job, and they were backed up by some intelligent bowling from Mathews and Kartik to put Bangalore on the mat. Mathews sent down several slower bouncers which the batsmen struggled to pick, and Kartik varied his pace and effectively used the assistance provided by the track.It was Kartik who provided the fervent crowd their next chance to scream. Bangalore’s new signing, Eoin Morgan, had started his IPL career confidently with a sensationally-timed off-drive for six off the second delivery he faced, but he was bowled by a short, slow ball, through with his reverse-sweep before the ball arrived.All the while Kallis was starved of the strike, though he had shown glimpses of form, including a ferocious lofted cover drive. He set about rebuilding with the help of another veteran, Rahul Dravid, putting on 38 with some old-school textbook batting. Dravid was looking in fine touch before he contrived to drag a full, wide ball from Mathews on to the stumps.There was more sedate run-gathering with Robin Uthappa after that, and it wasn’t until the 15th over that Kallis opened up, clouting Rohan Gavaskar to the extra-cover boundary. Uthappa got his first boundary in the same region, before Mathews struck twice in four balls. Kallis then started to get innovative, walking across the stumps to paddle-sweep a ball for four to bring up his fifty, and repeating the stroke in the final over. There was a sweet, straight hit for six as well, and the 14 runs in the 20th over lifted Bangalore to 135.It was an underwhelming total on a benign track, but not as tiny a target as the Kolkata batsmen made it seem. Manoj Tiwary may not have much of a reputation as a Twenty20 player, but it was his early onslaught that made the match such a one-sided encounter.After three steady overs, Tiwary blasted Kallis for 14 in the space of four balls in the fourth, including a powerful swipe over midwicket for six. Much of Bangalore’s chances now depended on how effective their spearhead Dale Steyn was, but Tiwary crashed his second delivery over long-off for six more, before a couple of driven boundaries from Brad Hodge made it 17 off the over.The last major threat was Anil Kumble, who also failed to make an impact, with Tiwary picking him for two fours in his first three balls to take Kolkata 60 for 0 after 5.3 overs, effectively ending the contest.Things were less frenetic after that, and though both openers fell the delivery after they reached their half-centuries, Kolkata eased to a victory that will reinforce the belief in the side and among their fans after the abysmal shows of last season.