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Kamran Akmal scored a quickfire 69 off 49 balls to guide Pakistan to an easy six-wicket win in their second practice match against Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) President’s XI in Jaipur.Chasing 199, Akmal opened the innings with Mohammad Hafeez and the pair put on 86, scoring at a quick clip. An occasional opener, Akmal scored 58 of his runs in boundaries, including three sixes. All the Pakistan batsmen had a good hit in the middle, including Shahid Afridi, who also tonked three sixes in his 28. Faisal Iqbal and Shoaib Malik coasted past the target in the 33rd over.The Pakistan bowlers however failed to role over the opposition, as RCA XI chose to get bat out the 50 overs, losing only four wickets in the process. Choosing to bat first, the RCA openers, Mumbai’s Rohit Sharma, and S Vijay got off to a good start, adding 54 in just over ten overs till Umar Gul got the first breakthrough.Rahul Kanwat and Nikhil Doru both scored half centuries and looked at ease against the Pakistan attack. Doru remained unbeaten on 51 at the close, with captain Ajay Jadeja.

Division One

Points TableAlex Loudon claimed 6 for 66 to highlight the promise that England’s selectors have picked out, as Warwickshire finished the Championship season in style with a 181-run with over Gloucestershire. Matt Windows provided the only substantial resistance with a 176-ball 65 but Loudon ran through the tail and took his wicket tally for the summer to 34.Surrey managed a belated innings and 39-run win against Middlesex but it was a hollow success, with their relegation confirmed two days ago. Azhar Mahmood reached his maiden double century before the Middlesex batting folded – their intensity having slipped after securing the bonus they required on the second day. Saqlain Mushtaq and Ian Salisbury spun out six wickets between them as Jamie Dalrymple (75) produced the only meaningful batting.

Division Two

Points TableYorkshire succumbed to the twin-spin attack of Jason Brown and Monty Panesar as Northamptonshire completed an innings and 21-run win. Yorkshire’s defeat hands Lancashire the second division title and it was only a matter of time on the final day before the spinners did the job. Brown and Panesar claimed five each for the innings and 10 each for the match. Ian Harvey made a defiant 74 but Yorkshire were already safely promoted regardless of this result.Derbyshire secured their first Championship win since July 23 last season when the wrapped up an innings 18-run against Somerset. Derbyshire were made to work hard for their wickets, but Graeme Welch and Ant Botha ate away at the lower order. Ian Blackwell hit the fastest hundred of the season – off 67 balls – before he fell to Botha and Keith Parsons was left stranded, unbeaten on 93. Luke Sutton pouched the catch that finished the match, in his last Championship appearance for Derbyshire.Graeme Hick overcame a poor run of form to smash 107 from 96 balls, but it wasn’t quite enough to take Worcestershire to victory against Essex. After Essex scored 201 for 1 against some part-time bowling, Worcestershire were set 352 in 60 overs. The top four batsmen all made significant contributions and while Hick and Ben Smith were adding 172 for the third wicket they were on course. However, Tim Phillips, who was brought on late by Ronnie Irani, snapped up three quick wickets – including Hick – and Steven Davies and Gareth Batty couldn’t hit Worcestershire across the line.

The Kenya Cricket Association is planning to initiate a women’s cricket league, and has said that it is currently training women in preparation for the league.Sharad Ghai, the board chairman, said that 40 women were undergoing intensive training at the Simba Union Club to have them match-ready. The progressive step is seen as an attempt to raise awareness and participation in the game in Kenya and is in line with the ICC’s stated goal of helping Kenya rise in the international cricketing hierarchy.

All young cricket fans are invited to the Somerset County Cricket Club Junior Sabres `Bash’ that will take place at the County Ground on the morning of Saturday June 21st starting at 10.00 am.This year’s event promises to be the biggest and best `Bash’ that the club has ever held, and entry for Junior Sabre members is absolutely free. The price for non-members is just £1.Some of the events that have already been booked for the morning include, bowling at a player, face painting and the Coca-Cola inflatable football game.There will also be free samples of vanilla cola, numerous competitions and free goodies and balloons for all of those who attend what promises to be another memorable occasion for the Junior Sabres.One extra special guest who will be appearing at the Bash is the Junior Sabres mascot `Stumpy’ who told me that he has been saving up all of his energy through the winter months so that he can be present on this very special occasion and have the chance to meet all of his friends.Following on from the `Bash’, Somerset will be playing Gloucestershire in a Twenty20 match that gets underway at 12.35pm, so June 21st is a day that all young fans will want to be at the County Ground.In order that the club know how many to expect to the Junior Sabres `Bash’ it would be a great help if those intending to be present could let Jo Arnold know in advance by returning the tear off slip at the bottom of the invitation that was sent out recently.Anyone who wants to find out more about the Junior Sabres Bash or any non members who want to attend the event should contact Jo Arnold on 01823 272946.

Somerset gradually turned the screw on Surrey on the third day at Taunton,building a lead of 360 by the close, with five wickets still in hand.Richard Johnson swung the ball in the opening session to return 5-62 as thevisitors were bowled out for 278 – a deficit of 95 – having begun the day on224-6.Then Mike Burns (70), Jamie Cox (46) and Peter Bowler (34) batted soundly totake Somerset’s second innnings to 265-5, despite a good post-lunch spellfrom Martin Bicknell, who bowled with no luck and beat the outside edgeseveral times.As on the first two days, the humid conditions encouraged the ball to movearound in the air. Johnson capitalised in the morning by removing BenHollioake (56) and Bicknell (34), both to diving catches by wicketkeeper RobTurner, who equaled a Somerset record by catching six victims in theinnings.Steffan Jones wrapped up the Surrey innings by dismissing Ian Salisbury andSaqlain Mushtaq, taking his first class wicket tally for the season to 50 inthe process.Somerset began their second innings looking to bat Surrey out of the game.Matt Wood fell early, but Cox and Burns then put together a watchful standof 75 for the second wicket.Burns reached his half-century of 138 balls, with 5 fours, also receivinggood support from Bowler in a third-wicket partnership of 77.By the time Saqlain removed Burns and Bicknell sent back Bowler for anoverdue success Surrey were looking at the prospect of a formidable last-daytarget, something Mark Lathwell (27) and Ian Blackwell (36 not out) assured.

ScorecardFile photo – Left-arm spinner Rahil Shah, who didn’t bowl in the first innings, took 4-38 in the second•Sivaraman Kitta

Left-arm spinner Rahil Shah’s four-wicket haul triggered Railways’ collapse at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi, and set up an eight-wicket win for Tamil Nadu.Resuming on 200 for 4, Railways lost their last six wickets for 40 runs inside 19 overs. The hosts lost their first wicket of the day in the fifth over when captain Mahesh Rawat was trapped leg before by seamer J Kousik.It was then Rahil’s turn to get into the act, as he had V Cheluvaraj, the other overnight batsman who had scored two fifties in the match, caught behind three overs later to reduce Railways to 215 for 6. There was nary any resistance from the other batsmen, as Rahil, who didn’t bowl in the first innings, prised out three of the four remaining wickets.Set a target of 77, Tamil Nadu lost an opportunity to secure seven points, as captain Abhinav Mukund was bowled by Anureet Singh in the ninth over. But, the visitors had little trouble otherwise, as Dinesh Karthik’s 40-ball 43 helped them complete the chase.
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsMadhya Pradesh registered their first win of the season, beating Baroda by 87 runs despite conceding the first-innings lead. The win was set up by a hundred from debutant Rajat Patidar – to follow up on his first-innings half-century – and a fifties from Harpreet Singh and Rameez Khan. Rameez’s 50 came off 52 balls with six fours and a six, as the team looked to declare. They finally did on 288 for 6, setting the hosts 262 for the win.Seamer Puneet Datey then took over MP’s charge, knocking over four of Baroda’s top-order batsmen to leave them tottering at 31 for 5. Yusuf Pathan scored 86 to offer some resistance along with Swapnil Singh (47), but once Yusuf was claimed by the offspin of Jalaj Saxena, 21-year-old legspinner Mihir Hirwani – son of former India legspinner Narendra Hirwani – polished off the tail. Baroda were all out for 174 in under 50 overs, handing MP an 87-run victory.

New Zealand retained the out-of-form duo of Martin Guptill and Mark Craig as they pruned their Test squad from 16 to 12 for the two-match home series against Sri Lanka that begins on December 10. Opening the batting on their just-concluded tour of Australia, Guptill made a highest score of 23 in his six Test innings, while the offspinner Craig picked up eight wickets at an average of 64.12 while conceding more than five runs an over.Out of the squad that toured Australia, New Zealand left out fast bowlers Matt Henry and Mitchell McClenaghan, back-up wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi and back-up opener Hamish Rutherford. Allrounders Corey Anderson and James Neesham, who are both nursing back injuries, were not available for selection.”Mark and Martin didn’t perform to the level they would have liked over in Australia, but both have shown in the past what they’re capable of and we’re confident they’ll make valuable contributions in the upcoming series,” New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said.Left-arm seamer Neil Wagner and allrounder Mitchell Santner, who made his debut during the day-night Test in Adelaide, also kept their places in the squad. Wagner didn’t play any of the Tests in Australia, but picked-up a five-wicket haul in a tour game against a Western Australia XI.”The level of composure Mitchell showed on debut was very impressive and he certainly displayed how exciting a player he is with both the bat and ball,” Hesson said. “His ability to bat in the top six and bowl good overs gives us options and assists the team balance. We’re looking forward to watching Mitchell’s continued development. Neil impressed in Australia and not only showed that he’ll run in hard all day, but was swinging the ball again.”Wagner has also been included in the New Zealand Board President’s XI, which will take on the Sri Lankans in a three-day warm-up match that begins on December 3.Test squad Brendon McCullum (capt), Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Mark Craig, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling, Kane WilliamsonPresident’s XI: Ryan McCone (capt), James Baker, Joe Carter, Joel Harden, Shawn Hicks, Tim Johnston, Ken McClure, Matt McEwan, Glenn Phillips, Bharat Popli, Ben Smith, Blair Tickner, Neil Wagner

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India stood on the brink of a series win in England – 2-0 was as a real possibility, 1-0 a virtual certainty – as they piled on a massive 664, with Anil Kumble scoring his maiden Test hundred on the back of impressive performances from several of his team-mates. India’s batting fired all through, with each of the 11 batsmen getting into double figures, and eight partnerships of 50 or more. England lost Andrew Strauss in the eight overs they had to negotiate, ending on 24 for 1 to cap a near-perfect day for India.With India “getting out of jail” in the first Test at Lord’s, saved by the rain, and decisively winning an exciting game at Trent Bridge, the two teams came into the final Test fairly well matched. By the end of the second day, though, India were far ahead, with England battling hard to stay in the hunt.Added to the pressure that the series scoreline put on the English batsmen was the pressure of the huge Indian total. The question Michael Vaughan will be asking himself is, “How can England win this game?” For if they can’t visualise a positive result, it might just become too difficult to bat three days and keep the negative one away.The day was well set up when it began, with India narrowly ahead on points at 316 for 4. Sachin Tendulkar quickly got to his half-century, Matt Prior dropped VVS Laxman, Mahendra Singh Dhoni carted the ball around for a lusty 92, and all seemed to be going according to the Indian script. Then came the event of the day, something that was 36 years and 297 days and 118 Tests in the making. Kumble got to his half-century, off 109 balls, playing second fiddle to Dhoni. Then slowly, as he crunched one unassuming cover drive after another, the maiden century became a real possibility, even with Dhoni gone.Zaheer Khan played with care and common sense for 52 balls to score 11 but he could take Kumble only as far as 67. RP Singh hung around 21 balls for his 11 and left Kumble on 76. With 24 still needed, Kumble was visibly nervous as Sreesanth strode out to bat. Miraculously, Sreesanth kept his cool – something he hasn’t always done with the ball in hand – and Kumble speared one from Kevin Pietersen through Matt Prior’s legs, off the inside edge, to reach three figures.Scrambling to regain his crease, Kumble saw that the ball had evaded the keeper and before Steve Bucknor, the umpire, could signal the boundary, he had his helmet off and waved his bat towards the Indian dressing-room. To a man the Indian team – already crowding the balcony – rose to their feet, celebrating Kumble’s moment. It was one of cricket’s romantic moments, a popular hero achieving a milestone that appeared to be evading him in a 17-year-old career.For those less inclined to the game’s romance, there was still enough to savour on a day the statisticians had little respite. India’s innings was the first instance of eight partnerships crossing the 50-run mark. James Anderson conceded 182 runs, more than any Englishman has conceded against India in an innings. All eleven Indian batsmen got into double figures. Kumble took more Tests than any batsman in history to reach a maiden Test hundred, beating Chaminda Vaas (96), and, till he got there this was the highest score without a century.And if you had no interest in either romance or statistics, and wanted pure cricket, you couldn’t have asked for a refund on your ticket money at the end of the day. Laxman batted pleasingly for 51, barring the ball that got him and the one that should have when Prior shelled the chance. Tendulkar played more shots in the second half of his innings, including a near six – a hook off Anderson – and well-constructed punches through mid-on and cover. He was on target for a century when Anderson produced a delivery that swung late and, for the second time in the innings, got rid of a well-set top-order batsman.Anderson’s ball to dismiss Tendulkar, almost as good as the one that got Rahul Dravid on the first day, was no fluke. England’s bowlers tried hard, hampered as they were with the loss of Sidebottom after the 102nd over, and it wasn’t as though they bowled especially badly. It was just one of those days when almost everything India did went their way.

Dhoni’s frightening assault was one such thing. He walked out to bat with India in a strong position at 354 for 5 but there was still a long way to go. India’s first task was to score enough runs to eliminate the risk of defeat and then press on to a score so big that England would have to fight to save the game. Dhoni ensured that this gap was bridged. He did that with a typically marauding 92, including four huge hits for six and nine fours, off only 81 balls. He’d helped save the Test at Lord’s with a doughty, uncharacteristic innings; here he’d set things up with an idiosyncratic, bustling knock.Amid all that, Kumble ended up unbeaten on 110, scoring the only Indian century of the series so far as India eventually closed on 664. Then, in the eight overs that remained a tired Strauss pulled Zaheer from well outside the off and only managed a catch to fine leg, leaving England at 12 for 1. Alastair Cook stayed largely away from the strike, and trouble, as England ended on 24 for 1, a staggering 640 behind with three days to play.And that’s the key, as the man of the day put it. “I always knew I could bat and I didn’t think it would be 17 years coming,” said Kumble. “I’m really satisfied, and we’ll celebrate, but there’s still a lot of work to be done in picking up the remaining 19 wickets.”Kumble couldn’t stop smiling when he gave that TV interview but it is over the next three days that he has to be in his element – making sure the English batsmen are not enjoying their time out in the middle. After all, a 2-0 series-win in England beckons. And that’s almost as much of a once-in-a-lifetime event as Kumble’s hundred.

Jermaine Lawson, once a great West Indian hope, and Andrew Richardson, currently thought to be the most promising of the young crop of fast bowlers in the islands, will train with Dennis Lillee at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai. The two fast bowlers have arrived in Chennai and were set to have their first net session under the watchful eye of the legendary Australian fast bowler on Wednesday.”It could be for corrective measures [to Lawson’s action],” TA Sekhar, head coach of the MRF Pace Foundation, told Cricinfo. “The Jamaican cricket board spoke to some of our boys when the Indian team toured West Indies recently. They saw Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth and Munaf Patel and were wondering how come India was producing many fast bowlers. Our boys spoke to them about the Pace Foundation.”Lawson began his Test career with a bang, taking six wickets in the space of just three runs against Bangladesh in only his third Test. Soon there was even better news as he recovered from chickenpox to take a hat-trick against Australia and lead West Indies to a memorable win with a career best 7 for 78. Then came the downfall as his action became decidedly ragged, and he was flagged more than once by the International Cricket Council. He then had to step back from the international scene to undergo remedial action.”Jackie Hendricks got in touch with me and said he wanted to send Lawson over,” said Sekhar. Hendricks, the former West Indian wicketkeeper, is currently the president of the Jamaica Cricket Association, the banner under which Lawson plays first-class cricket in the West Indies. “Lawson has the ability to bowl consistently over 140 kmh and if Lillee can fine-tune him and his action could be corrected West Indies will benefit. He’s played just 13 Tests and taken 51 wickets. That’s a good rate.”

If Lawson is in Chennai to correct faults, Andrew Richardson, the 24-year-old fast bowler is on the trip to pick up whatever experience he can, and learn more about the nuances of fast bowling from Lillee. “People speak highly of Andrew Richardson and he has already played matches for West Indies A,” says Sekhar.Richardson has been one of the most consistent fast bowlers in the West Indian domestic competition over the last few years, and has 84 wickets from 25 first-class matches. When India were last in the West Indies, and Brian Lara made frequent calls for bowlers with genuine pace to be included in the team for the Jamaica Test, Richardson’s name was one that came up.On Lillee’s current trip to India, though, it will just be the two West Indians training, apart from MRF’s own players. It was decided that the Indians would not attend as the domestic season is just around the corner, as are various Under-19 tournaments.Sekhar hoped that this could be the beginning of a longer and more permanent association with the West Indies cricket board. “The problem for West Indies is mainly funding. The plan is for them to send people over regularly, but that depends on the financial support they can get from the West Indies Cricket Board.”

Mashonaland 277 and 448 for 4 dec (Taylor 166, Rogers 97) beat Midlands 194 and 343 (Maregwede 107, Utseya 88, Cremer 6-147) by 188 runs
ScorecardMashonaland completed a convincing 188-run victory over Midlands at Kwekwe Sports Club at the start of the extra half-hour on the third day of four. They set Midlands a near impossible target of 532 and bowled them out for 343. The highlight of the day, though, was a brilliant century by the Midlands captain Alester Maregwede, the second of his career.Mashonaland batted on for an hour in the morning, before declaring at 448 for 4 with Tatenda Taibu on 76 and Elton Chigumbura dashing 64 off 46 balls. Maregwede came in at 32 for 2 and immediately set about the bowling, taking a particular liking to the legspinner Graeme Cremer, whom he identified as the most dangerous bowler on a pitch which was still good, but was taking some turn. Maregwede raced to his fifty off 35 balls and then his hundred off 88, before finally driving a catch to mid-on. His 107 contained 12 fours and four sixes, all of them powerful straight hits.Midlands continued to fight, with Craig Ervine hitting 67 and the allrounder Prosper Utseya 89, before he fell to a freakish catch at short leg. Cremer took the last wicket and finished with figures of 6 for 147.