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Leicestershire 178 for 7 beat Lancashire 156 for 8 by 22 runs at Leicester
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Leicestershire won their third Twenty20 Cup match out of three, beating Lancashire by 22 runs at Grace Road. Realistically it was all over when Lancs slumped to 97 for 8, although Glen Chapple (55*) and Peter Martin (10*) then added 59 without being separated to make the margin look closer. Virender Sehwag gave Leicester a quick start, with 26 out of the first 31, then the in-form Darren Maddy hit 46 to set up a winning total of 178 for 7.Northamptonshire 166 for 6 beat Somerset 151 by 15 runs at Northampton
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Another fine innings from Mike Hussey, who cracked 88, set up Northants for a winning total at Wantage Road. Keith Dutch, Somerset’s offspinner, applied the brakes with 2 for 14 in his three overs, but a score of 166 for 6 proved just beyond Somerset, for whom Carl Gazzard top-scored with a rapid 39. Jason Brown, another offspinner, took 5 for 27 as Somerset collapsed in the search for quick runs.Warwickshire 181 for 9 beat Glamorgan 113 by 68 runs at Edgbaston
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In front of a big crowd of more than 10,000, Warwickshire maintained their 100% record with their third win out of three – and consigned Glamorgan to their fourth straight defeat. Neil Carter (47) and Nick Knight (54) set Warwickshire rolling with an opening stand of 85. Then Collins Obuya, the Kenyan World Cup legspinner, had Glamorgan rolling with 5 for 24. Only Matthew Maynard, whose 50 included a six off the first ball of the innings, from Waqar Younis, held Warwickshire up for long.Yorkshire 198 for 4 beat Durham 143 for 8 by 55 runs at Headingley
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Yorkshire’s total of 198 for 4, of which Stephen Fleming clattered 58 and Michael Lumb 50, always looked too much for neighbours Durham – and so it proved. Durham managed only 143, with Martin Love top-scoring with 51. Yuvraj Singh, Yorkshire’s Indian import, returned to form with 22 and 3 for 20, identical figures to Ryan Sidebottom.Kent 120 for 7 beat Essex 116 by 3 wickets at Chelmsford
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Kent made heavy weather of overhauling Essex’s modest total of 116, but made it in the end with three wickets and 3.5 overs to spare. Andrew Symonds (32) and James Tredwell (31) put on 58 for Kent’s second wicket, and looked to be taking them home in style – but then Graham Napier nipped in with three wickets. Earlier Andy Flower top-scored for Essex with 33, but then Kent’s new South African-born medium-pacer Matthew Dennington collected 4 for 28 in his four overs.

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHYTo Calvin Clarke, General Secretary of the Canadian Cricket Association and of the ICC Trophy 2001 ’01 sub-Committee on the loss of his wife, Cynthia. Cynthia was a graceful , charming and loving wife, mother and grandmother. Even in the last days of her long illness and struggle, Cynthia was still more concerned about others. She was a wonderful and refreshing change from the everyday bustle and hustle. She will be sorely missed by her husband and Richard, Hyacinth, Rosalie and Ingrid as well as by her grandchildren, Omari, Maia, Bryre and Breanna.Visiting hours are on Tuesday September 4th from 2-4 and from 7-9 at Highland Funeral Home at 3280 Sheppard East in Toronto.Funeral services for Cynthia Clarke, wife of CCA Gen. Sect’y Calvin Clarke,will be held on Wednesday 5th September 2001 at 11:00h EST, at the Epiphanyof Our Lord Church, 3200 Pharmacy Avenue, Toronto and then interment followsat Holy Cross Cemetery, Thornhill,( Yonge and Highway 7).Cynthia will be missed. Quoting from her Obit: Beloved wife of Calvin, Lovingmother of Ingrid (Michael), Hyacinth, Richard (Theonna) and Rosalie. Dearlyloved grandmother of Omari, Kaia, Breanna, and Bryre. Dear sister ofCuthbert, (Sylvia) and the late Anthony, Leonard and Thelma. sister in lawof Jocelyn (Von), Murray, Joy, Lyris, Ann-Marie, Lystra(Stan) and Denise.Loving aunt of Leslie-Ann, Sheldon, and Vera, Cynthia will be lovinglyremembered by Pauline and many dear friends and family.Expressions of Sympathy to either (a) the CNIB’s Donation Donor Services canbe forwarded to 1929 Bayview Avenue or via phone at 1 800 563 2642, or (b) inaid of Cancer Research to the Sunnybrook Hospital Foundations Office at 2075Bayview Avenue at 416 480 – 4483.To Calvin and family we offer the following quote:I’M FREE
Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free.
I am following the path God laid for me.
I took His hand when I heard Him call,
I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day,
to laugh, to love, to work or play…
Tasks left undone must stay that way,
I found that peace at the close of the day.
If my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy.
a friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
Ah, these things I too will miss.
Be not burdened with time of sorrow.
I wish to you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life’s been full, I savored much,
Good friends, good times, a loved one touched.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief,
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share with me,
God wanted me now, He set me free!!!
Courtesy of the CCA.

Australia’s players made a point of training vocally and boisterously at Trent Bridge on Monday. The fielding-oriented session was characterised by plenty of laughter and competitive drills, as banter between team-mates filled the air that on Thursday will reverberate with the noise of an English crowd expecting its team to seal the Ashes series.Brad Haddin was as involved and vocal as anyone at training, and there was a sense that after a heavy loss in Birmingham, and the conjecture surrounding his demotion behind Peter Nevill, the team wished to give the appearance of unity. There can be little doubt that the players are united, and remain confident of their Ashes chances despite the weight of history against them.But there is a difference between players demonstrating harmony and none raising questions about a decision made by their coach Darren Lehmann and selection chairman Rod Marsh. This is a group mature enough to appreciate that personal opinions on Haddin’s fate cannot be allowed to derail the tour, yet there is undoubted angst about the sequence in which events took place.For that reason, Lehmann was well within his rights to state, as he did in an interview with the Adelaide radio station 5AA, that talk the team was divided over the Haddin decision was “rubbish” and “crap”. But careful questioning of whether everyone agreed with the way the matter was resolved will doubtless result in different answers, as it has been through the words of Chris Rogers and Mitchell Johnson.Rogers conveyed a sense of unease with his terse non-answer in response to a question about the Haddin decision during the Edgbaston Test, and Johnson added his perspective to it with similarly careful steps that nonetheless indicated there is more under the surface.”It’s a difficult one and it’s a hard one to really answer,” Johnson said. “Yeah look, he’s a senior player of the team and it’s good to have those senior players around in an Ashes tour. He hasn’t gone home or anything like that, so it’s good to have him around the team still and being himself. To lose someone like Hadds and I guess in the situation it was, it’s very difficult for everyone. More so for him. I’ll probably just leave it at that.”In an exercise where all players took aim at a single stump in the middle of the field, Nevill enjoyed plenty of direct hits, in keeping with his strong displays in the two Tests for which he has so far replaced Haddin. There is no ill will among players towards Nevill, who in his very modesty and grace has endeared himself to team-mates used to the occasional moment’s grandstanding by one another.Nonetheless, it is a rather different thing to walk onto a Test ground with Nevill than it was to be accompanied by Haddin, who personified the brio and boldness of Australian cricket at its best even when his own batting form had started to trail off. His battles to regain his place in the team and then keep it, while spending time at the side of his ill daughter Mia, only added to the team’s admiration.For his part, Haddin is at peace with the decision, and committed to ensuring Australia have the best chance of keeping possession of the urn over the next two Tests. He has not spoken publicly about it, and will be at long odds to do so until at least the outcome of the series is decided. Even then, he is more likely to keep his counsel than speak out. He is the gloveman as team-builder, even when held in reserve.”The keeper is someone who drives the chatter and the vibe out in the middle, the energy out there,” Johnson said. “That’s what I’ve always found in a keeper, playing Shield cricket or even club cricket – back that far. The keeper is generally the chirpiest. He gives the energy to the team.”Nev has done a great job for us and he is just finding himself. It just happens to be on an Ashes tour. I guess in a difficult circumstance with how it all happened. But he’s making the most of it and everyone is supporting him 100% and backing him all the way.”Supporting one another is something the Australians were doing as they trained at Trent Bridge. That is not to say they simply exchanged empty homilies. Plenty of rowdy and amusing words were exchanged, the rat-a-tat-tat of call and response giving the impression of 17 scallywags on a summer jaunt rather than a squad of cricketers confronting arguably the most important three weeks of their careers. Johnson summed up the mood.”There’s been times in my career when I’ve felt that sort of, I guess that pressure a lot more and the guys haven’t been as happy at times,” he said. “But this group have been outstanding. We’ve had a couple of losses along the way in the last 12-18 months, but we’ve played good cricket.”Everyone’s really happy and get along really well. All the guys want to learn, they want to get better. Have a look at the way we train, we always train really well and always look to better ourselves. Even after a loss like that, the guys are still upbeat.”This Ashes series is bigger than Brad Haddin, and Australia’s team success is bigger than individual selection issues. It follows naturally that the matter of his demotion is a question that is being put to one side for now by a team still eager to win. But it has not been forgotten, either.

Azhar Ali has said he and Mohammad Amir had “moved on” from the complications that beset Amir’s reintegration to the Pakistan team, in the approach to the New Zealand tour. He said he would focus on captaining Amir, and helping create an environment in which the bowler could thrive.The first ODI on Monday will be the first occasion in which the two will play together, since Amir’s return to international cricket. “He bowled well in the T20s I think,” Azhar said. “As the captain my job is to take the best out of him. Hopefully we will all be united and with Mohammad Amir, and we will allow him to bowl really well and get wickets for Pakistan.”

Elliott credits diligence for bowling contributions

New Zealand allrounder Grant Elliott said his recent effectiveness with the ball in T20s was thanks to “hard work”. Elliott took nine wickets on the four occasions he bowled in the recent T20 series, against Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
“As an allrounder sometimes your batting’s not going as well and you want to be able to get into the game,” Elliott said. “I always think about what I wouldn’t want to face, when I’m bowling. For me in T20s, it’s about taking pace off the ball. In the one-dayers it’s slightly different. I want to try and swing the ball and hit the back of the length.”
New Zealand are without Ross Taylor in the ODI series, after the batsman sustained a muscle injury in his side during the final T20. Brendon McCullum is also injured, but Elliott said the team had enough skill and experience to cope with the absences.
“It’s unfortunate what’s happened to Ross, but that always creates opportunity for guys to step up. We’ve got a lot of experience in this team. I think what we’ve seen in the past is that guys have come in during the recent tours of South Africa and Zimbabwe, filled gaps and done pretty well.”

Four weeks ago, Azhar had been among two players who sought to avoid a pre-tour conditioning camp, stating: “I will not attend the camp as long as Amir is there.” He had also attempted to resign the ODI captaincy over Amir’s inclusion, before the Pakistan Cricket Board intervened. He struck a more philosophical tone in Wellington.”Whatever my stance was, my job is to lead this side and keep harmony in the dressing room,” he said. “We are all united and keen for this challenge.He did not want to be drawn on what has allowed his position to change since December. “We should not discuss more about it. We’ve moved on.”In the event Azhar is the passive-aggressive type, the Basin Reserve does present him with a unique opportunity. Bowlers who have upset their captains sometimes find themselves bowling into the stiff wind that is a feature of the Wellington climate. A strong northerly breeze is forecast for the day.”We already discussed it and we’re practicing in this wind,” Azhar said. “So everyone is prepared for that.”In addition to Amir, Azhar has a legion of left-armers in the squad. Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Irfan and Rahat Ali are likely to play at some point in the series, and left-arm spinning allrounder Imad Wasim has also been effective with the ball since making his debut last year.”A lot of the good bowlers that are coming in – most of them are left-armers, in Pakistan,” Azhar said. “Sometimes it’s an advantage because not every team has left-armers. They bowl at good pace as well, so we’re lucky to have them.”With bounce and pace expected in the Basin Reserve surface, Azhar said he hoped Irfan could trouble opposition batsmen. New Zealand allrounder Grant Elliott said Irfan’s height and pace made him an “exciting” bowler to face.”I think I made the comment that playing Irfan was like batting on a trampoline,” Elliott said. “The height that he comes from is very different. It takes a little bit of getting used to – the first couple of balls. He’s another great player for the crowd to see bowl. He’s seven foot and bowls at 140 clicks.”

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Brendan Drew led Tasmania’s destructive bowling effort as they opened the FR Cup with an 89-run thrashing of the reigning champions Queensland on the Duckworth/Lewis method. Tim Paine’s unbeaten 73 guided the Tigers to 7 for 226 and when heavy rain ended play in the 24th over of the chase the visitors had deflated the Bulls to 6 for 63.Queensland’s top order was expertly tied down by Brett Geeves and Adam Griffith, who restricted the Bulls to 2 for 33 after 15 overs. Clinton Perren had struggled to 16 from 47 balls when he succumbed to the mounting pressure, trying to cut a Drew delivery close to his body and edging to slip.The next ball the Bulls were 4 for 42 when Aaron Nye slashed Drew to third man and Tasmania’s debutant Mark Divin took a terrific catch sliding on his knees. Divin continued his impressive all-round entrance by enticing Craig Philipson to edge behind in his first over of medium pace shortly before the rain set in.Divin had already justified his selection with 41 from 39 balls – including three powerful sixes slogged over midwicket – as he and Paine resurrected Tasmania after a wobbly start. The pair scored the bulk of the 83 that the Tigers added in the final ten overs.They took advantage of a rule change this season that allows the batting side to nominate one of the two Powerplays; Tasmania started theirs in the 41st over and began the late push. The Bulls had opened their title defence well by sending Tasmania in and had them at 4 for 84 when Paine, normally a one-day opener, became a steadying influence at No. 6.Tasmania earned a double bonus point from the victory and Daniel Marsh, the captain, was thrilled. “We were a little bit disappointed with our score but we knew we had to attack to defend that and the bowlers were fantastic,” he said. “Six points at the start of the year is a real bonus.”

Darrell Hair offered to resign as a member of the ICC’s Elite Umpires Panel in return for a payment of $500,000, Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, told a press conference near Lord’s.Speed said Hair’s resignation offer was forwarded to Doug Cowie, the ICC’s umpire manager. A copy of that letter was also made available to the Pakistan Cricket Board.In the letter, Hair asked for “a one-off payment to compensate for the loss of future earnings and retainer payments over the next four years, which I believe would have been the best years I have to offer ICC and world umpiring.”Speed said that he was shocked and “thought it was a silly letter.” He continued: “This issue has been marked by a series of unfortunate and entirely avoidable overreactions,” adding that he believed that Hair did not have any malicious intent.”I am confident, as is David Richardson (the ICC’s general manager – cricket), who has been intimately involved in these matters, that Darrell had no dishonest, underhand or malicious intent. He was seeking to find a solution that was in the interests of the game.”Despite the revelations, Speed said that Hair had not been suspended and no action had so far been taken against him. But he did not rule out action.”I have said to him that he is not sacked, he is not suspended, and he has not been charged,” Speed said. “I also said to him that I didn’t guarantee that each of those three positions would be maintained indefinitely.”In a statement released later, Speed added: “We realise the disclosure of this correspondence makes Darrell’s situation extremely sensitive. We have made available to him a range of support services including security advice, counselling and media management to assist him at this time.”Speed admitted that he was surprised by Hair’s letter and consulted three lawyers independently before making the contents of the letter public. “When I received the letters I was extremely surprised by the content, as was David. I was concerned as to how I should deal with it and in part whether I was required to disclose the contents.”We received three separate and independent legal opinions. They offered the unanimous view that the ICC was required to disclose the correspondence as it was material or relevant to matters that might be raised in the Code of Conduct hearing of Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq.”Although we are certain they are not the product of dishonest, underhand or malicious intent and believe the contents played no part in Darrell’s decision-making during the fourth Test, they could be read as such and may well be interpreted that way if they had emerged in the future.Speed said he was distressed that the issue had created lot of speculation and misinformation in the media as well as allegations of racial bias. “This issue has created unprecedented media and public issue… There is a huge amount of misinformation, speculation and conjecture in different parts of the world. There have been accusations of racism.”It involves two separate issues. Did the Pakistan team change the ball in an illegal manner? Secondly, when Pakistan refused to take the field, did that bring the game into disrepute? They are cricket issues. The ICC Code of Conduct provides a mechanism to dispense justice on cricket issues and that’s the process we are trying to achieve here.”The letter, a copy of which was released to the media, quoted Hair as saying that he was willing to relinquish the umpire’s job from August 31. “I am prepared to retire/stand down/relinquish my position on the elite panel to take effect from August 31, 2006. This payment is to be the sum of $500,000, details of which must be kept confidential by both parties.”ICC may announce the retirement in anyway they wish but I would prefer a simple “lifestyle choice” as this was the very reason I moved from Australia to settle in the UK three years ago.”Percy Sonn, the ICC president, hoped the disclosure of the correspondence represented a point in time after which everyone could once again go forward and focus on playing matters rather than intrigue.”Ever since last Sunday this ongoing situation has been marked by a succession of unfortunate and entirely avoidable over-reactions,” he said.”What we need now is for everyone to try and switch their attention to on-field matters once more.The ICC executive board will meet in Dubai next week to discuss the situation and also to fix a date for the Code of Conduct hearing.

Aushim Khetrapal, an Indian sports promoter, has denied that he offered New Zealand’s captain Fleming £200,000 (approx US$370,000) to join a match-fixing syndicate during the 1999 World Cup.Fleming claims in his new book, Balance of Power, that he was approached by Khetrapal in the bar of a hotel in Leicester, and offered the chance to earn “real money” as part of an international betting syndicate. Fleming claims he was offered £200,000 straight away, and a further £100,000 in a year’s time, but refused the offer instantly.But, speaking to the BBC, Khetrapal has denied the claims, adding that he is considering legal action. “My passport shows that I was in England from July 30 until August 3, 1999,” he said, “whereas the World Cup was held in June the same year.”Khetrapal is alleged to be an associate of Sanjeev Chawla, the Indian bookmaker whose taped phone-calls with Hansie Cronje blew the lid off the match-fixing scandal in 2000. He does concede that he did meet Fleming, but at a different time, and under very different circumstances.”I did meet Fleming in a hotel in Leicester where he was playing a county match,” Khetrapal, who runs a sports management company in Mumbai, told the BBC. “He said he wanted agents in India and he was offered US$250,000 [£135,000] for modelling assignments. A contract was also signed by him regarding this.”

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Canada, somewhat surprisingly, held the upper hand after the opening day of the Intercontinental Cup match against the USA. This was in no small part due to an outstanding allround performance from their captain John Davison. Davison opened the batting, making 84, despite being forced to retire hurt. He then proceeded to devastate the American innings, taking six of the eight wickets to fall. At the close the USA were on 110 for 8, 121 behind Canada’s first-innings total.Canada won the toss and chose to bat in perfect conditions. Canada omitted Manzoor Chaudry and Kevin Sandher from their squad of 13, and the USA included Leon Romero as a last-minute replacement for Rohan Alexander. Davison opened with Desmond Chumney, and appeared to have made a good decision as Canada advanced to 57 without loss. This promising start soon stumbled, however, as Davison was forced to retire hurt, and the Canadian wickets tumbled against the American spinners. Zamin Amin and Javed Nasir each took two wickets as Canada struggled to 107 for 5 at lunch.Davison returned after the interval and built a good partnership with Hani Dhillon. Davison eventually fell for 84, just two short of his first-class best, and Dhillon for an excellent 69 on an impressive debut. Dhillon faced 148 balls and hit 6 fours and two sixes.The brand-new turf wicket – possibly to be used in the next World Cup – was low in bounce and clearly favoured spin bowling. Javed Nasir, the legspinner, excelled with 5 for 78, and Canada were dismissed for 221.The American reply got off to a disastrous start when Johnson was dismissed first ball in the first over lbw to Patel. Richard Staple, the captain, who scored 30, and Romero stabilised the innings. With Clayton Lambert, the former West Indies Test batsman, to come, the Americans were in a strong position, but that was before Davison got in on the act again. America had no answer to his offspin as he recorded his best first-class figures of 6 for 42. He was well supported by Sunil Dhaniram who kept the pressure on with tight, accurate bowling, and was rewarded with the wicket of Reid. Davison took the prized scalp of Clayton Lambert, caught by Billcliff for just 2.

Medium-pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji claimed five wickets to propel Tamil Nadu to a convincing 132-run win over hosts Delhi in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group semi-final that ended at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Tuesday. Tamil Nadu now take on Mumbai in the Ranji final to be played at Mumbai from May 4.It did not take long for the outcome of the match to be settled after play resumed on Tuesday. In Balaji’s third over, he castled Virender Sehwag (98 not out overnight) with an excellent off-cutter. Sehwag was stranded on 99.With their star batsman back in the pavilion, Delhi’s challenge quickly fizzled out. The remaining four batsmen lasted just 13 more overs as the hosts folded up after the addition of just 41 runs to their overnight total.Tamil Nadu captain S Suresh expressed his happiness with his team’s performance in his post-match interview with the Press Trust of India.”We played really well and everybody contributed in the win. It was indeed a fine show by the players as it is not easy to beat Delhi on their home soil, ” Suresh said.”Balaji again proved that he is a class bowler. He has bowled beautifully throughout the season and no doubt his performance in the semi-final played a significant role in our victory,” he added, while thanking his main strike bowler for his match-winning display.

England are aiming to look to the future rather than the past when the fourth test against Australia gets under way at Headingley tomorrow.With the country inundated by articles, features and television specials about the exploits of Ian Botham and Bob Willis on this ground 20 years ago, thepresent England team are aiming to stop Australia’s momentum and claim a consolation prize from this one-sided Ashes series.With the Ashes already gone beyond recall, the back-to-back Tests at Headingleyand The Oval are seen more as a chance to evaluate form and availability as the selectors look towards the tour of India later this year.That squad will be announced on August 28th, together with the one-day party tovisit Zimbabwe for five one-day internationals in September, if the politicalclimate there allows it.”We can’t afford to keep losing – we’ve got to put a performance in again andstart the ball rolling once again,” stressed the England captain Nasser Hussain, back after missing two Tests with a broken finger.”Everyone tends to look back to the glory days, but we have to be careful wedon’t do that. We are looking to the future and not backwards, which even goesfor this side – there’s no point going on about the last 18 months when we’vebeen successful if we rock up and keep losing.”English cricket has to carry on. We’ve competed against everyone else butnot this Australian side, but we have important tours coming up and we have tothink about the future.”Hussain and the Chairman of the England selectors, David Graveney, will have further discussions with England’s two senior players, Alec Stewart and Michael Atherton, before England finalise their tour parties.Hussain said: “They have two important weeks making up their own minds becausewith the tour selections coming up soon after the Oval we would hope both ofthem and anyone else would have made their minds up by then.”I have great respect for those two, they have both played over 120 Testmatches, both average around 40, Stewie does little wrong behind the stumps andAthers is still catching well and still gutsy – for me there is no doubt whatAlec Stewart and Michael Atherton have done for this country cricket wise.”If players wanted to miss part of the winter we would have to review it witheach individual. I’ve been in that situation before with Graham Thorpe knockingon my door asking for the winter off and I know the coach has strong opinions onthat.”Hussain faces a motivational task to lift a side already 3-0 down in the series and facing the prospect of a 5-0 whitewash.”We have to get better – it’s as simple as that,” he insisted. “We’ve shown signs of recovery and competed against every other side in the world but we just haven’t done it against Australia.”The road doesn’t just end because the Ashes are gone, we’ve got to carry onand try and continue to get better.”Hussain admits he is badly short of match practice. “I don’t feel I’ve had a summer yet. We’ve got 10 very important days coming up which are no more or lessimportant to me than what has just gone.”In an ideal world I’d have played a couple of championship games for Essexbefore I came back but they were not there and with Australia over here and backto back Test matches coming up, I as captain have to come back and get stuckin.”Hussain is undecided about selection, with spinner Robert Croft retained in the 13-man party. If they decide to choose an all-seam attack, the final place alongside Alex Tudor, Darren Gough and Andrew Caddick will presumably rest between Richard Johnson and Alan Mullally.