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England boss Roy Hodgson has confirmed that he will be selecting Chelsea captain John Terry for his World Cup qualifiers next month, regardless of off the field issues.

Terry is set for an independent disciplinary hearing with the FA over last season’s incident with Anton Ferdinand, but that has not put any restrictions on Hodgson’s squad.

“As far as I know, I can select him at the moment, and I will be selecting him,” Hodgson told Sky Sports News.

“I don’t really have any comment about the rest of it.”

“Time will take its toll. I just know I can select him.”

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Terry, along with many big names was rested for England’s recent victory over Italy but will return to face Moldova and Ukraine at the beginning of September when England kick will off their quest for the World Cup in Brazil 2014.

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Essex saw their slim chances of promotion all but wiped out while Derbyshire took another step towards Division One

31-Aug-2012Derbyshire 266 (Masters 5-51) and 173 for 7 (Durston 60, Craddock 4-66) drew with Essex 245 (Wainwright 4-64) and 294 for 5 dec (Westley 82, Foster 58*, ten Doeschate 52, Pettini 50)
ScorecardEssex saw their slim chances of promotion all but wiped out while Derbyshire took another step towards Division One when they held out for a draw in a tense finale to the LV= County Championship match at Derby.The visitors set Derbyshire a target of 274 in a minimum of 58 overs but the home side’s chase faltered after leg spinner Tom Craddock struck twice in successive overs. Wes Durston, with 60, and Dan Redfern (46) put them back in the hunt with a stand of 107 in 23 overs but Craddock took two more wickets to leave the Division Two leaders to bat out the last hour.Nerves were jangling in the home camp at 163 for seven but former Essex bowler Tony Palladino joined Ross Whiteley and they dug in for 18 minutes to steer Derbyshire to 173 for seven before rain had the final say with six overs still to bowl.Essex had to give themselves the best part of two sessions to bowl Derbyshire out and although the home side set defensive fields, the runs flowed in the morning.Essex started the day with a lead of 64 and despite losing Owais Shah in the fourth over when his miscued drive gave Palladino his 50th Championship victim of the summer, Tom Westley and Mark Pettini soon had the scoreboard ticking over.Westley twice came down the track to drive seamer Tim Groenewald back over his head for four and had scored 82 off 95 balls when he was caught behind driving at a wide ball from Mark Turner.Pettini and Ryan ten Doeschate added 56 in 10 overs, with the former Essex skipper completing his fifty off 54 balls before he pulled Ross Whiteley to deep midwicket. Essex had scored 158 runs before lunch and Ten Doeschate and James Foster scored at six an over to add 72, with the Holland all-rounder scoring 52 before he edged a drive at Turner.Foster drove David Wainwright for six to bring up his half-century off only 40 balls and then declared on 294 for 5 setting Derbyshire a target which always looked at least 25 too many.Wayne Madsen responded to the challenge by scoring 31 out of 42 in less than nine overs before he was lbw to a full-length ball from David Masters and when Craddock struck, the home side had some rebuilding to do. Paul Borrington and Usman Khawaja were both stumped coming down the pitch but Durston and Redfern found the right mixture of caution and aggression to get Derbyshire back on course.They added 107 in 23 overs but the game swung back to Essex when Redfern got a leading edge to mid-on and Craddock bowled Durston and Wainwright in the space of four balls.When Masters had Tom Poynton caught behind with 11 overs remaining, Essex sniffed victory but Whiteley and Palladino clung on for 5.2 overs to steer Derbyshire to 173 for 7 before the rain became too heavy.

David Warner has admitted he is still a novice in ODI cricket and understands why he was passed over for the stand-in captaincy of the Australian team for Friday’s CB series match against Sri Lanka in Sydney

Daniel Brettig15-Feb-2012David Warner has admitted he is still a novice in ODI cricket and understands why he was passed over for the stand-in captaincy of the Australian team for Friday’s CB series match against Sri Lanka in Sydney.While Steve Waugh has expressed his surprise at former captain Ricky Ponting being preferred to lead the team in Michael Clarke’s enforced absence due to injury, Warner said he was happy to have been excused from the additional pressure of taking the captaincy after making a quiet start to the ODIs. He also acknowledged his own modest record in the format – 268 runs at 20.61 in 13 matches – as a valid reason not to thrust the top job upon him just yet.”It’s exactly what John [Inverarity] said, basically telling me what I already knew about being under Michael Clarke and getting some experience for future years and hopefully lead the country one day,” Warner said at the Sydney Children’s Hospital. “I’m thoroughly enjoying that role behind Michael there and obviously appointing Ricky as captain is due to his experience and an opportunity for me to be under him as well, he’s led the country for many years and I’m looking forward to being his vice [captain].”I’ve not had a great start to the one-day series and I’m looking to put numbers on the board. The selectors have noted they don’t want to put any extra pressure on myself, and I felt the same thing and agreed with what they had to say. I take that on board and I thoroughly respect the decision.”I’m still learning the one-day game as I’ve said to people about Test cricket. Test cricket was all about me trying to set a foundation for myself and a base for how to go about my game and I’ve established that at the moment. Now it’s back to one-day cricket, where I’ve got to focus on what works for me at the top of the order, how to approach my game, it’s not T20 cricket, I’ve got 50 overs and I’m still going about that how I am, I’m still talking to the experienced guys like Michael Hussey, Punter and Michael Clarke as well.”Communication has been raised as an issue for kicking around over the past few days, particularly relating to Brad Haddin’s uncertain public standing in relation to the national team. However the players appear comfortable with the messages being relayed to them from the selectors, as Warner, David Hussey and Shane Watson all stated when asked about their dealings with Inverarity’s panel.”I think the selectors in my case have always been thorough with me, they’ve said what I had to do to get back into the team,” Warner said. “That was two years ago with the one-day stuff as well, and looking to the future before I made my Test debut, they were always calling me, saying ‘you’re close, but some big runs on the board and you’re in line’. They have always been thorough with me and I’ve respected what they have done to date by me.”Hussey said he had perceived very little change between the panel as led by Andrew Hilditch and the current one helmed by Inverarity. “I haven’t noticed any changes at all,” Hussey said. “All I know is John’s called me to come back to the Australian ODI team and Twenty20 team so I am very happy with the communication thus far and hope it continues.”As for Watson, who expressed the view that Haddin had been left “in limbo”, the allrounder said his own dealings with the current selection panel had been clear and concise on his somewhat convoluted road back from injury.”I have [had communication], especially through the first couple of weeks and a month I had contact with the selectors,” he said. “But in the end the most important thing for me is to get fit because it doesn’t matter what you say when you’re not playing you need to be out there playing to be able to show what you can do.”

23-Aug-2011
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Heavy overnight rain and drizzle throughout the day ruined any chance of action
in the crucial County Championship clash at the Rose Bowl between bottom
clubs Hampshire and Worcestershire.Bad light was also a factor in the match being abandoned for the day at 5pm
without a ball bowled. Hampshire, bottom of the table and without a win in their first 10 fixtures,
renewed hopes of survival by surprise wins over Durham and Warwickshire.Second-from-bottom Worcestershire are still 21 points above Hampshire but
approached this fixture on the back of a heavy defeat by Lancashire. Hampshire captain Dominic Cork was named in the home side’s squad after a long absence through injury and bereavement, while experienced wicketkeeper Nic Pothas was also available after recovering from appendicitis.Left-arm spin prospect Danny Briggs was also named in a squad of 13 after
recovering from a shoulder injury.

England surged to a six-wicket win on the third afternoon of their tour match against Western Australia at Perth, captain Andrew Strauss’s unbeaten 120 guiding their fourth-innings pursuit of 243

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Nov-2010
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Andrew Strauss acknowledges applause after a match-winning century•Getty Images

England surged to a six-wicket win on the third afternoon of their tour match against Western Australia at Perth, captain Andrew Strauss’s unbeaten 120 guiding their fourth-innings pursuit of 243. Four wickets for Graeme Swann, with admirable back-up from Stuart Broad and Steven Finn, had brought England back into the game after Western Australia started the day well placed at 1 for 109. The last nine wickets tumbled for 93 runs to set up England’s second-innings chase, and though Alastair Cook again fell early Strauss ran to an aggressive hundred and a string of contributions from the middle order sealed the win in the 48th over.England looked set for a long day in the field while Wes Robinson and Michael Swart built on a strong opening stand of 77 with a 53-run partnership for the second wicket. But Swart’s removal, pinned in front of his stumps by Finn, sparked a collapse as Robinson was stumped off Swann shortly after passing fifty, captain Marcus North was run out by substitute fielder Eoin Morgan and Adam Voges was caught behind off Broad in the space of eight overs.From then on, England kept firm control of the match and wickets fell at regular intervals. No. 11 Michael Hogan bashed 21 from just 12 balls, including two fours and two sixes, to boost Western Australia’s innings past 200, but when he was run out England were left with the appetising task of chasing 243 in 52 overs.Hogan kept up the counter-attack with the ball in his hands, clean bowling Cook in the fifth over as England’s chase suffered an early setback. But Strauss anchored the innings with aplomb, adding a sedate 65 in 16.2 overs for the second wicket with Jonathan Trott and then shifting gears in a 66-run partnership with Kevin Pietersen that took half that time.Pietersen followed his first-innings 58 with a quickfire 35, striking three powerful straight drives in succession off Hogan and lofting left-arm spinner Michael Beer over midwicket before being given out leg before to the same bowler attempting an adventurous reverse sweep. The decision didn’t impress Pietersen, who stood at the crease for several seconds looking at his bat before walking off.Strauss then added a third half-century stand, with Paul Collingwood, and brought up his 36th first-class century with a crisp straight drive off Swart’s part-time spin. After Beer had Collingwood caught for 26 for his second wicket, he finished the job in partnership with Ian Bell. Bell hurried the conclusion with three fours and a six in his 22 as England sealed victory with more than four overs to spare.

Shane Watson’s chances of playing the second Test in Hamilton looked promising after he had a strong workout during a batting session in the Seddon Park nets

Brydon Coverdale in Hamilton25-Mar-2010Shane Watson’s chances of playing the second Test in Hamilton looked promising after he had a strong workout during a batting session in the Seddon Park nets on Thursday. Watson appeared unencumbered by the hip strain that kept him out of the win in Wellington, driving and pulling with full power against Clint McKay and a group of local bowlers.Should Watson prove his fitness it will mean the axe for Phillip Hughes, who blazed to an unbeaten 86 as Australia chased down 106 to win the first Test at the Basin Reserve. Michael Hussey said Hughes would not be fazed by making way for Watson and the Australians were confident that Hughes would become a full-time member of the Test side in the future.”He’s a great young guy,” Hussey said. “I think he just loves being around the group at the moment. He is so young, there’s so much time for him. All you can say is keep churning out the runs for New South Wales and when he gets his chance to play for Australia, keep showing everyone that he is good enough. I’m sure his opportunity is going to come up, where he’ll make that position his own at some stage.”Hughes took a shine to the New Zealand pace attack in the second innings in Wellington, where the home bowlers took only five wickets for the match. James Franklin has been added to the New Zealand squad to replace the injured Daryl Tuffey and with some rain around in Hamilton two days out from the Test, the hosts faced a tough call on whether to use Franklin or the second spinner Jeetan Patel.New Zealand lacked a spearhead in Wellington, where Chris Martin struggled for impact and his new-ball partner Tim Southee failed to take a wicket. The loss of Shane Bond and Iain O’Brien to Test retirement in the past few months has been a blow for New Zealand but Simon Katich, who saw plenty of the seamers in his innings of 79 and 18 not out, said there were still challenges for Australia’s top order.”There’s no doubt those two are big losses, Bond with his pace but also O’Brien, he has bowled well against us in the past and he was able to bowl at a lively pace and moved the ball,” Katich said. “Both those guys are big losses to their attack. But their guys posed problems for us the other day. We had the best of the conditions batting first, there was a bit of hard work to be done early.”New Zealand must also decide on what to do with their batting line-up, with Peter Ingram under pressure having failed in both innings at the Basin Reserve. The veteran Mathew Sinclair and the teenager Kane Williamson are in the mix to come in to the side, although the conditions closer to Saturday will help determine the balance of the team.

Ferguson could be joined in the Blast by Jimmy Neesham, who is in talks with Essex

Matt Roller04-Mar-2021Yorkshire have announced the signing of Lockie Ferguson, the New Zealand fast bowler, as an overseas player for the T20 Blast.Ferguson’s stock has risen in T20 cricket over the last six months, after he briefly starred for Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2020 IPL, taking 3 for 15 and closing out a Super-Over win in his first appearance of the season against Sunrisers Hyderabad. He also impressed in New Zealand’s home series against West Indies, taking combined figures of 7 for 56 across nine overs, before an injury ruled him out of the ongoing series against Australia.There is an element of uncertainty involved in his availability, given New Zealand will be playing Test cricket in the UK – against England and in the World Test Championship final – during the group stages of the T20 Blast. But Ferguson has not featured in the format since his debut against Australia in December 2019, and a Yorkshire press release said he was “expected to be available to play in all of the Vikings’ North Group matches” despite his involvement in the IPL.Yorkshire will be Ferguson’s second county, after he played 13 T20s and five County Championship games for Derbyshire in 2018. He was particularly impressive in the Blast, taking 16 wickets and conceding just 6.64 runs per over.”When Yorkshire comes knocking it’s obviously pretty exciting times as a cricket lover – it’s such a big county,” Ferguson said on Thursday. “[I’m] pumped to go back to the Blast. I have very fond memories and in many ways it kick-started my career a little bit, playing for Derby. I actually probably had one of my better games against Yorkshire so would be nice to play a home game – it was a pretty spicy wicket.”I enjoy playing in the UK. The wickets have been very kind to me. To go and play a T20 comp off the back of the IPL will be great [as will] getting constant cricket in. The experience you get is second to none. Leading into a World Cup year, that seems like so far away but that’s in the back of my mind and I want to make sure I’m firing for that World Cup.”Related

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Andrew Gale, Yorkshire’s head coach said: “Lockie has got X-factor pace. Pace in T20 cricket is always a good thing, but also his death bowling in particular will be hugely beneficial.”We haven’t had somebody who is reliable and consistent at the death for a number of years. This is something that we have been working on with the lads in-house, but having someone who you can rely on at the death is a big plus.”We wanted a bowler with some experience because we felt with our young seamers, we want to keep them fit and protect them throughout the season. We had a number of injuries last year to our young seamers, so we want to look after them.”By bringing Lockie in, it means that the burden of workload for them should be a little bit smaller. It fits the bill and we are glad to get him on board. Having somebody available for the whole competition is also a big thing.”Ferguson is the club second confirmed overseas signing for 2021 after Duanne Olivier, the South African fast bowler. Olivier has moved to overseas status for the third year of the contract he signed in 2019, following two years as a Kolpak registration.Ferguson could be one of several New Zealand white-ball internationals to feature in the Blast this season, with Essex understood to be in talks with James Neesham despite the possibility of a slight overlap between the start of the Blast and the end of the IPL, where he is under contract with Mumbai Indians.The Blast is scheduled for a slightly earlier window in the summer to accommodate the inaugural season of the Hundred, and is due to clash with several international series. With the pandemic leading to complications and uncertainty regarding international travel, counties have found it tricky to find overseas players available throughout the competition, but a number of signings are still expected to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Normally the season-opener, the tournament has been deferred to the beginning of next season because of a cramped international calendar

Arun Venugopal25-Aug-2017The Duleep Trophy doesn’t find a place in the 2017-18 domestic calendar that kicks off with the Ranji Trophy on October 6. Normally the season-opener, the tournament has been deferred to the beginning of next season given the cramped international calendar that has India playing 20 limited-overs games from September to December.A BCCI official said the Duleep Trophy was conducted in a year-and-a-half cycle and not necessarily on an annual basis. The Duleep Trophy featured three teams – India Red, India Blue and India Green – last year and was played with the pink ball under lights. The official said the tournament, which would continue to be played with the pink ball, was better suited to be played at the beginning of the season than in the middle or the end.

Ranji Trophy groups

Group A: Karnataka, Delhi, Assam, Maharashtra, Hyderabad, Uttar Pradesh, Railways
Group B: Jharkhand, Gujarat, Kerala, Saurashtra, Haryana, Team Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir
Group C: Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Baroda, Tripura
Group D: Himachal Pradesh, Vidarbha, Punjab, Bengal, Services, Goa, Chhatisgarh

“If you remember, ahead of the World T20 year [in 2016], we didn’t have the Duleep Trophy because there was no relevance in holding it when we were looking at selecting a T20 side,” the official told ESPNcricinfo. “Last year, we had a 13-Test season, so starting the Duleep Trophy before the Tests had greater relevance and we had time to do it. The Duleep Trophy takes 24 days [to finish], and with such a long season and with all venues being occupied – obviously we can’t do it in June or July – we had only September.”And, this year we are starting the international season on September 17 which means the team would assemble on September 10 or 11. That’s the reason we decided to defer it to the beginning of next season, which is again a Test season with India playing West Indies and touring Australia and New Zealand. The Duleep [Trophy] will then form the basis for selection in the longer formats.”

New BCCI tournaments

• One-day tournament for the Under-23 age group

• Under-16 zonal women’s inter-state tournament

• Under-19 women’s inter-state and all-India T20 tournament

In line with the same principle, the Vinoo Mankad Under-19 50-overs tournament will precede the four-day Cooch Behar tournament, with the Under-19 World Cup being scheduled for January-February next year in New Zealand. Despite India playing a number of limited-overs games in the next few months, the Vijay Hazare 50-overs senior tournament hasn’t been advanced.”The thing is even if Vijay Hazare starts in October-November it will spill over into December,” the official said. “However, even the knockouts of Ranji Trophy will be over before India go to South Africa. That way everyone can participate in these games before the South Africa tour begins.”The quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy are scheduled to be held from December 7 to 11, while the semi-finals will take place from December 17 to 21. The final will be held from December 29 to January 2.In a letter to all the member units, BCCI’s general manager (cricket operations) MV Sridhar wrote that pitch-preparation would be overseen by a curator of the board’s grounds and pitches committee. Sridhar also wrote that the central curator’s decision in the overall preparation of the pitches would be final. “This decision is more to ensure that the wickets are standardised as per the directions of the technical committee.”The Ranji Trophy will also revert to the home-and-away format for league fixtures in accordance with the recommendations of the BCCI’s technical committee which decided to shelve the neutral-venue experiment after just one season. In another significant change to the structure of the tournament, the 28 teams in the competition have been split into four groups of seven each. They have been grouped based on their average points in the last three years.Karnataka and Delhi will headline the matches in Group A, which will also see an interesting tussle between Maharashtra and last year’s quarter-finalists Hyderabad. Group B’s marquee encounter will feature Gujarat and Jharkhand, who clashed in the last four in 2016-17, while Mumbai and Tamil Nadu will resume their rivalry in Group C. The game between Punjab and Bengal is expected to be the highlight of Group D.The new group format means that with a maximum of six games, each team will play at least two fewer matches in the league phase than in the previous years. While a few coaches expressed concerns over fewer opportunities for players, the official defended the decision and said that there was a bigger gap between games now. According to the BCCI’s schedule, a copy of which is with ESPNcricinfo, there is a minimum of four days between each round, with a week’s break during Diwali.”This is something we discussed in the captains’ and coaches’ enclave with everyone,” the official said. “There were in fact complaints that there was no gap between Ranji Trophy matches. There was only a gap of three days earlier and in that your travel takes up one day. Even in Vijay Hazare, the gap between one-day games was very less. At times, we were forced to play two or three matches in a row which is not correct. We could never give that gap because we had to complete our entire schedule in a span of six months.”These are healthy changes. The bowlers had to be given relief. In current-day cricket, with so many formats, spacing [out games] and managing bowlers’ workloads is important. For batsmen it is never a problem, but we are seeing a burnout of bowlers because playing three formats has a very big impact on your body.”With balls frequently going out of shape in the Ranji Trophy last year, the quality of the SG Test balls was a major cause for concern. The official said that a new variety of ball called the SG Test LE would be introduced in the domestic season and will be used for the home Tests against Sri Lanka.”This is imported leather being used on Indian cricket balls for the first time,” the official said. “There have been many trials over the last one year in smaller games and side games and even in Test conditions with the manufacturer. We saw the reports and obviously it looks like a much-improved product. Too many balls were losing shape and not surviving long enough, but we are confident that this ball will remain durable.”

Jesse Ryder met with New Zealand coach Mike Hesson following the first Test against Australia, but there appears to be no change in the status quo with regard to his possible return

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Mar-2016Batsman Jesse Ryder had met with New Zealand coach Mike Hesson following the first Test against Australia in Wellington, but there appears to be no change in the status quo with regard to his possible return to the national side.Ryder, 31, has not played for New Zealand since January 31, 2014, after he visited a bar along with allrounder Doug Bracewell on the eve of the Auckland Test against India. That incident was the last in a string of alcohol-related discipline issues Ryder had while he was part of the New Zealand set up. His career stands at 18 Tests, 48 ODIs and 22 T20Is at the moment.”Jesse had a coffee with a few of us while we were in Wellington. We had a good chat and he was able to tell us how things were going in his life and in his cricket,” Hesson said in a statement. “We often catch up with players around the country. I don’t want to go into any detail of what we talked about but we agreed to keep in touch. We’ll see how things go.”It was reported by stuff.co.nz that Ryder had initiated the meeting and that it also included New Zealand players Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, team manager Mike Sandle, and Aaron Klee, who was Ryder’s manager until February 2014 and is reported to be working with the batsman again.Ryder did not feature in the Island of Origin T20 that took place at Basin Reserve in Wellington on February 28. He was the second highest run-scorer in the recently concluded Ford Trophy, New Zealand’s domestic one-day competition, making 506 runs at an average of 56 for Central Districts. He scored 62 in the final, which Central Districts won against Canterbury by 156 runs.Central Districts team manager Lance Hamilton praised the influence Ryder had on the side. “We always knew he was going to score runs but the massive bonus was his contribution in the dressing room. He was awesome,” Hamilton said. “When he got 136 in the major semifinal and we were dead and buried, he got out then he was up in the dressing room within 30 seconds telling the boys ‘we’ve got this, come on boys’. It was unreal. Even his contributions in the team meetings, helping the younger guys, the boys all enjoyed having him around.”After the final the boys were partying in the dressing room for a couple of hours and he was drinking lemonade then he got up and shook everyone’s hand and gave them all a hug and jumped in his car and drove back to Wellington.”

Sohag Gazi, the Bangladesh offspinner, looks like he will have to lead the bowling attack in the Tests after he bowled 30 overs and picked up five wickets in the Matara heat

Mohammad Isam in Matara03-Mar-2013Sohag Gazi, the Bangladesh offspinner, looks like he will have to lead the bowling attack in the Tests after he bowled 30 overs and picked up five wickets in the Matara heat on a tough day for the bowlers. Other bowlers failed to make an impact on the first day of Bangladesh’s three-day tour match as Sri Lanka Development Emerging team’s batsmen put up 398 runs.Abul Hasan bowled just six overs before being struck down by dehydration and sun-stroke. Elias Sunny picked up two wickets but was easily dealt with, while Rubel Hossain bowled 17 overs for a wicket, but gave away 71 runs.Gazi, who impressed during his first two Tests against West Indies, is a bowler in form, and has been regularly playing first-class cricket during a busy international season. He played three Bangladesh Cricket League matches for South Zone, to stay in the habit of bowling long spells.”It was a bit disappointing to give away nearly 400 runs,” Gazi said. “The wicket was very good to bat on, so there was a lot of hard work. It was always going to be difficult to get any batsman out. Having said that, I am happy with the five wickets, but I really had to put in a lot.”Gazi came on as first change in the first hour, took the day’s first wicket, and continued to peg away throughout the first session. He took one more after lunch, but once he was out of the attack, the batsmen collected easy runs off others.He later broke the 159-run fifth-wicket stand between Kithuruwan Vithanage and Ashan Priyanjan in the third session, a wicket he thoroughly enjoyed.”The wickets didn’t come easy. I had to use a lot of variations. I tried
to entice them into false shots because if a batsman decides to defend 60
deliveries on this wicket, he can easily do so. It was tough work out
there, but I tried to vary my flight.””It was satisfying to get [Priyanjan’s] wicket. I had the batsman caught
at mid-on by Jahurul , but it was a matter of trying continuously,” he said.