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Kent 535 v Surrey 125 and 169 for 7 at Canterbury (Day 2)
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Surrey’s title hopes took a massive dive as they spiralled to almost-certain defeat against Kent. Surrey were forced to follow on and then made a right mess second time round as well, ending up 241 runs behind with only three wickets left. Replying to Kent’s 535, Surrey crashed to 125 all out in 28.5 overs. Martin Saggers started the rot by ripping through the top order as Surrey lurched to 64 for 5. Saggers, who took 4 for 40, was on the mark right from the off. He bowled Ian Ward (2), Jonathan Batty (28) and Mark Ramprakash (4), then trapped Nadeem Shahid lbw for 4. Then Amjad Khan took over. He winkled out three further wickets, including the battling Rikki Clarke for 26, then Muttiah Muralitharan polished off the tail with Surrey still trailing by 410. Saggers then took another two, and Murali three, as only Ian Ward (53) and Ally Brown (40) provided much resistance in Surrey’s second innings.Essex 335 and 154 for 1 beat Nottinghamshire 284 and 204 by nine wickets at Chelmsford (Day 3)
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Alastair Cook and Andy Flower led Essex to their second Championship victory of the season, both of which came against Notts. While the win kept alive Essex’s slim hopes of surviving relegation, it confirmed Nottinghamshire’s drop to the second division. Chasing 154, Cook scored an assured 69 not out on his first-class debut then, after Will Jefferson departed for 38, Andy Flower cracked a brisk 45 from 35 to help Essex home. That target of 154 would have been even less if it hadn’t been for Jason Gallian, who rescued Notts with a fighting 79 from 245 balls. Andy Clarke (4 for 34) picked up three quick wickets in the morning as Notts stumbled 108 to 5. Bilal Shafayat then became James Foster’s fourth catch of the innings, but Gallian held firm. He got some help from Paul Franks, who made 23, but once he was out, Essex wrapped up the last three wickets for 31 to set up their nine-wicket win.Warwickshire 449 v Lancashire 781 at Edgbaston (Day 3)
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Lancashire passed 700 for the second time in a fortnight as Stuart Law and Carl Hooper added to their mountain of runs this season with a stand of 360 – a fifth-wicket record for Lancashire – against Warwickshire. Law and Hooper are becoming a very prosperous double act for Lancashire and they followed their stand of 282 against Middlesex last week with another batting masterclass. Law started play on 11 not out, and Hooper with only a single, but they both raced to their centuries as Lancashire ended the day on a massive 781, and a lead of 332. Law biffed his way to 168, including 23 fours, while Hooper smashed 16 fours and eight sixes in his 177 before he was caught shortly before tea. Glen Chapple then smacked a quick 60 from 85 balls to add to the Warwickshire attack’s dismal day. Melvyn Betts finished with 0 for 151, while Mark Wagh took seven wickets, but for the small matter of 222 runs.Sussex v Middlesex 392 at Hove (Day 1)
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With Surrey in all sorts of trouble at Canterbury, the Championship favourites Sussex failed to put Middlesex under the same kind of pressure, as Andy Strauss and Owais Shah added 219 in Middlesex’s healthy 392. Strauss continued his purple patch with 138 from 172 balls, while Shah creamed 140, featuring 25 fours and two sixes. Jason Lewry did strike twice early on to leave Middlesex teetering on 33 for 2, but then the Strauss-Shah duet held things up. However, when Shah was finally out to Mushtaq Ahmed, the last five wickers tumbled for 18 as Mushtaq cleaned up the tail and took his tally to 95 scalps this season.Frizzell County Championship Division Two
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Northamptonshire 538 for 7 dec beat Durham 190 and 263 by an innings and 85 runs at Wantage Road (Day 3)
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Jason Brown led Northants to an emphatic win against Durham which all but guarantees their return to Division One next season. Brown took his season’s tally to 55 with a matchwinning spell of 5 for 90 as Durham surrendered for 263 in their second innings. Martin Love top-scored with 84, and Phil Mustard (35) and Graeme Bridge (33 not out) put on 51, but once that partnership was broken, the end came quickly as Durham lost their last four wickets in seven balls to Brown and Graeme Swann (3 for 77). Yorkshire 410 and 132 for 1 beat Somerset 228 and 313 by nine wickets at Headingley (Day 3)
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Matthew Wood and Anthony McGrath led Yorkshire to a comfortable win against Somerset, to give their side a sniff of promotion back to Division One. Wood (53 not out) and McGrath (67 not out) added 103 while chasing their target of 132. The Yorkshire attack, boasting four England internationals, shared the wickets between them, but Steve Kirby grabbed the two most important ones. He dismissed Neil Edwards for 90 and Jamie Cox for 59 as Somerset were bowled out for 313.Gloucestershire 401 and 209 for 8 v Derbyshire 321 at Bristol (Day 3)
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Jon Lewis and Craig Spearman put Gloucestershire in a strong position going into the final day against Derbyshire. Lewis took a season’s-best 7 for 117 in Derbyshire’s 321, in which Steve Stubbings scored a valuable 103 before the last four wickets added 87. Derbyshire still trailed by 80, and Spearman then rubbed in Gloucestershire’s advantage as he walloped a quickfire 87 from 85 balls. Graeme Welch and Paul Havell took three wickets apiece, but Gloucestershire were in charge with a 289-run lead at the close.Worcestershire 364 and 313 for 9 dec v Hampshire 265 and 91 for 2 at the Rose Bowl (Day 3)
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Worcestershire, whose promotion was confirmed when Durham lost to Northants, are likely to be celebrating again after they moved into a winning position against Hampshire. Resuming on 50 for no loss and with a lead of 149, Kadeer Ali scored 79 and Vikram Solanki hit 77, including 13 fours, as Worcestershire raced to 313 for 9 before declaring. That set Hampshire an unlikely 413 to win, and even though they made steady progress to 91 for 2, they still require another 321 tomorrow.

The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCSL) has organized three limited-overpractice games prior to the selection of the Sri Lankan squad to tour the West Indies. The matches will be played on May 25, 26 and 27. Sri Lanka are due toplay three one-day internationals and two Tests in the Caribbean, starting from June 7.Practice match squad: Avishka Gunawardene, Ian Daniel, T.M. Dilshan (wk), Russel Arnold, Upul Chandana, Kaushalya Weereratne, Anushka Polonowita, Chamila Gamage, Michael Vandort, Jehan Mubarak, Dharshana Gamage, Naveed Nawaz, Chamara Silva, Thilan Samaraweera, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Hasantha Fernando, Lanka de Silva, Ravindu Pushpakumara, Taranga Laksitha, Nuwan Zoysa, Ranga Dias, Sujeewa de Silva, Tilan Tushara Mirando, Mudalige Pushpakumara, Malintha Gajanayake, Sahan Wijeratne, Buddhika Fernando, Dinusha Fernando, GayanWeerakoon, Dilhara Fernando

The Kensington Stand has not risen to its feet often this season.Yesterday it did so emphatically at 2:11 p.m., and it was in recognition of something special.The 2,000 or so spectators in the stand rose to acknowledge Philo Wallace after he brought up a commanding century in grand style.The big, beefy Barbadian opening batsmen arrived at his second hundred of the season against Trinidad and Tobago, his ninth at the regional level and the 12th of his first-class career, by depositing promising off-spinner Rodney Sooklal over long-on for a towering six that cleared the Pickwick Pavilion.From the time the ball left his rampant bat, the 32-year-old former Barbados captain jubilantly removed his helmet and raised his bat to the delight of the hometown fans.This was a brutal hundred. It required just 131 balls and included five mighty sixes, four of which were reserved for Sooklal, and 11 meaty fours.Wallace dominated proceedings to the extent that his century was almost two-thirds of the 165 runs on the board at the time.Thereafter, he buckled down and his eventual 137 came off 211 balls in more than five hours’ batting.It was a critical innings, after four of his teammates had gifted their wickets to irresponsible strokes on the second day of the Carib Beer International Challenge semifinal in which first innings points could be decisive.By then, Wallace had been joined by captain Courtney Browne and their fifth-wicket century stand lifted the Cup champions to within three runs of the lead.Responding to Trinidad and Tobago’s 258, Barbados closed on 288 for seven.Browne started cautiously before reeling off some fine shots in a polished innings of 67.Once he settled, he played some sweet strokes, including two on-side boundaries in succession off Marlon Black, a lovely extra-cover drive off left-arm spinner Dave Mohammed and a slog-sweep off the same bowler. Those were among his nine fours from 137 balls.Wallace’s onslaught between lunch and tea was nothing short of terrific.There was one over from Sooklal in which he banged 17 runs, courtesy of a six over mid-wicket and fours through long-on and mid-wicket.Even when Daren Ganga opted to back the on-side field with the protection of as many as three fielders lining the fence, Wallace either found a space to get the ball through or carted it over the boundary, mainly with some powerful sweeps.The over in which he completed his century also included a swept six over square-leg and onto the Kensington Stand’s roof.The faster bowlers also came in for stick, and there was a memorable pull off Black that landed full onto the scoreboard.The innings wasn’t without blemish. When Wallace was ten, Black dropped a knee-high return catch from a firm drive, and when he was 107, Dave Mohammed became the centre of amusement by missing a seemingly straightforward chance at point.Both Black and Mervyn Dillon tested Wallace with some accurate stuff and Dillon had the satisfaction of rapping him on the helmet after he had passed his hundred.Eventually, the opener would gift his wicket to a very wide ball which he struck down the throat of extra-cover to provide Sooklal with one of his four wickets.Browne also fell victim to Sookal when he gave a return catch.Twenty-five minutes earlier the slim off-spinner bowled Ryan Hurley in an eventful over in which Hurley was mis-stumped and also played a lovely chipped drive over extra-cover to bring up the first innings lead just before 5 p.m.The partnership of 115 between Wallace and Browne was important after Dillon accounted for three Test players and Sooklal removed Dwayne Smith with the help of a well-judged catch by Dwayne Bravo on the deep mid-wicket boundary.Sherwin Campbell fell to a loose drive which he edged to the ‘keeper 20 minutes into Barbados’ response, which started after Corey Collymore picked up the last wicket to complete a five-wicket haul.After Campbell fell, there was a touch of deja vu about the next two dismissals.Ryan Hinds started solidly but duplicated Campbell’s dismissal and what appeared to be a significant innings in the making was reduced to 26.Floyd Reifer replaced Hinds and was immediately dropped when Bravo got his finger tips onto an offering at cover.It was not costly to the visitors because Reifer soon edged a catch behind.

New Zealand seem almost certain to complete their postponed tour of Pakistan between April 20 and May 18 now that Pakistan authorities have received a government assurance of safe passage for the New Zealanders out of Pakistan in the event of any problems.New Zealand Cricket chief executive Martin Snedden aborted the planned tour in September last year in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.At the time he said NZC would fulfil its obligations to complete the tour when the environment was safer.In discussion with the Pakistan Cricket Board recently, he sought an assurance of safe-keeping for the New Zealanders on the tour, a commitment that has been achieved with the assistance of the Pakistan Government.New Zealand will play three Tests and three One-Day Internationals at Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi.However, Snedden said arrangements had not yet been finalised. He has not yet received the Government assurance from the PCB and the tour has not been discussed by the board of New Zealand Cricket.But it will be on the agenda when the board meets in Christchurch on Wednesday of next week, before the first New Zealand-England ODI at Jade Stadium.Snedden said it would mean the New Zealand team faced a very tough schedule.The Test series with England ends on April 3. New Zealand then travel to Sharjah to play in the annual tournament there. From Sharjah they travel to Pakistan, and soon after returning they are due to travel to the West Indies although the tour itinerary has not yet been released.”I have talked to the players about it and they are not averse to touring Pakistan. They just want me to be satisfied about security issues,” he said.

BOMBAY, India, March 6 AP – While India hoped to book passage to the cricket World Cup semi-final in its match against Kenya, bookies back home also were gearing up for the game – crouched inside cars and huddled in vacant buildings.Betting is banned in India, except at race courses in a few cities, but Indians are wild about cricket and many can’t help but wager despite a police crackdown. Some 35 bookmakers were arrested in Bombay and 24 in India’s capital New Delhi last week.News reports say some 40 billion rupees were bet on last week’s India-Pakistan match and the stakes may rise as the World Cup semi-finals approach.Punters were itching to bet on whether India’s star batsman Sachin Tendulkar would score a century against Kenya, how many Australians Sri Lanka’s ace spinner Muttiah Muralitharan would nail, or how the prolific Australian batsman Michael Bevan would fare in Super Six matches the same day.”There has been an unprecedented hike in betting since the World Cup began. People have lost fortunes or made fortunes in the same evening,” said Sridhar Vagal, Bombay’s joint police commissioner.Bombay bookies, who had earlier relegated India to fourth place, revised the odds after the exit of South Africa, Pakistan, the West Indies and England.Australia remained the favourite. The bookies were giving betters only 1 rupee for every 0.80 rupees they bet on the defending champions to win the World Cup.Police recovered 10 mobile phones and four laptop computers from one car during a raid last week. But the laptops had access codes police found hard to crack.The police don’t get any information, and the raids just disrupt business, said one bookie, who runs a real estate agency and spoke on condition of anonymity.And the punishment is light. Most bookies arrested in last week’s raids were out on bail after paying a fine of 1,000 rupees.Although match-fixing remains a concern, police have found no recent evidence.”Some of the big bookies in Bombay are linked to dons in Dubai and Karachi who fancy themselves as matchfixers,” said Vagal, “but of late we have not found anything.”Police believe self-exiled mob boss Dawood Ibrahim, who tops India’s most wanted list, is the biggest player in the Indian betting racket.The big bookies monitor competitors’ phone lines, foreign weather and become experts on the nature of the pitch, police say.”I bet on if rain will stop play, if Sachin (Tendulkar) will make 50 or 100. The high in India is on these roving odds,” said Ravi Tripathi, who also likes to put money down on horse racing.”The big punters just have an open line with the bookie that stays open right through the match. The odds keep fluctuating – they change with every ball,” said Tripathi, who refused to disclose his profession or the money he raked in during the World Cup.

A defiant captain with everything to win and a plucky debutant with nothing to lose gave New Zealand hope of an unlikely series triumph over Australia in the third cricket Test today.But the Australian attack then used the new ball to pierce the visitors’ ambitions and leave them reeling at 7-293 at stumps on day one at the WACA.The first day of the third and deciding Test ended in carnage as Australia claimed 5-75 in a fiery final hour.Debutant Lou Vincent made his maiden Test century and captain Stephen Fleming his first against Australia as New Zealand reached a commanding 2-217 after teaon the first day.Fleming, who laboured in the nineties for 43 minutes, notched his first ton in three and a half years, before eventually falling LBW to Brett Lee (2-89) for 105.But the day belonged to Vincent.The 26-year-old, who gained an Australian flavour to his cricket during a childhood stint in Adelaide, answered his selectors’ calls with a defiant century that drew appreciative applause from a WACA crowd.He was scratchy early against Australian paceman Glenn McGrath (1-25) before settling in to become just the third Kiwi opener to score a ton on debut.Vincent (104) was finally out, controversially caught by Mark Waugh at slip off Shane Warne (1-66).Television replays indicated the ball’s sharp change of direction was a product of Warne’s prodigious spinning ability, not the edge of Vincent’s probing blade.The pair came together with New Zealand in trouble at 2-19 after less than a quarter of an hour had passed.Almost four hours later, Vincent departed after joining his skipper in a 199 run stand.But then Australia’s quicks, led by Jason Gillespie (3-79) stole the momentum, claiming Fleming, Craig McMillan (4), Daniel Vettori (2) and Chris Cairns (8).

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Rashid Latif has escaped punishment for his controversial open letter to the ICC last month, as the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed he would be retained as captain for the home series against Bangladesh in August.Latif, who led Pakistan during their 2-1 NatWest Challenge defeat against England last month, had invited trouble when he claimed that match-fixing was still an issue in international cricket. He claimed that the current laws, particularly in the first 15 overs of one-day matches, invited “fancy fixing”.”It provides a chance for the bookies to approach top-order batsmen to achieve unusual scores and affect the complexion of competitive matches,” wrote Latif, a statement that contradicted the ICC’s official line that match-fixing was a thing of the past. Latif was quick to apologise to the PCB for breaching their code of conduct and that seemed to have done the trick.”We have accepted Latif’s apology and the matter is closed,” said Tauqir Zia, the PCB chairman. “As long as Latif is doing fine he will remain captain and I must admit at an age when most of his colleagues are retired he is doing well.”Latif had planned to retire after the World Cup, but was persuaded to stay on to oversee Pakistan’s rebuilding process. It now seems he may be at the helm for some time yet. “We want to appoint a captain on a long-term basis,” added Zia, “and there are options before us. Anyone suitable can be appointed captain at a time when it is necessary.”Bangladesh play three Tests and five one-day internationals during their tour of Pakistan, which begins on 17 August.Click here for Latif’s letter to the ICC

Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist is set to make history today by becoming the first international cricketer to carry commercial sponsorship on his bat.In his appearances in VB Series matches in Melbourne over the next three days against New Zealand and South Africa respectively, Gilchrist is poised to take advantage of a recent change to International Cricket Council (ICC) regulations that now allows for advertising to be carried on a player’s bat.The back of the Australian vice-captain’s bat will feature a small logo advertising Travelex, a foreign currency exchange company. Travelex sponsored the Australian team on its recent Ashes tour of England and has elected to continue a commercial association with the side in a deal which will link its name with Gilchrist’s bat for the period up to and including next year’s World Cup tournament.”I’m delighted to be renewing my relationship with Travelex in such an exciting and innovative area of sponsorship,” said Gilchrist.The ICC’s Executive Board voted to amend rules governing bat sponsorship at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur in October. The new measures were then formally implemented last month as part of a series of changes to regulations that apply to the use of advertising on clothing and equipment.”Obviously, endorsement on bats represents a significant opportunity for cricketers throughout the world to help maximise their commercial value in the short time that they have available during their careers,” added Gilchrist.”The administrators are to be applauded for helping to provide players with this opportunity and to allow sponsors to benefit even further from their involvement with our great game.”Gilchrist is expected to open the Australian innings during the day-night encounter with New Zealand that today launches this season’s VB Series of one-day international matches.The 30-year-old has appeared in a total of 28 Tests and 119 one-day internationals for his country and is widely regarded as one of the world’s most exciting contemporary players.

Somerset Seconds lost their penultimate game of the season against Glamorgan by 4 wickets.After the first two days were lost to the weather the game was transferred to Usk and on Thursday Somerset scored 274 all out, of which James Knott made 74, Tom Webley 37, Joe Tucker 35 and sixteen year old Luke Stokes, who was making his debut, a creditable 22.By the close of play on the first day Glamorgan had made 47 for 1 and declared overnight.The following morning Somerset declared on 36 for 3 leaving Glamorgan needing 263 to win off 78 overs. In the event the Welshmen passed their target for the loss of 6 wickets with 4 overs to spare.Somerset Seconds play their final match of the season when they take on Leicestershire at Hinkley on Wednesday.