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Mumbai Indians have appointed former Australia captain Ricky Ponting as their captain for the sixth edition of IPL

Amol Karhadkar21-Feb-2013Mumbai Indians have appointed former Australia captain Ricky Ponting as their captain for the sixth edition of IPL, which starts from April 3.Ponting, who retired from international cricket at the end of 2012, was bought at the base price of $400,000 during the player auction earlier this month. Despite the buzz circulating around Sachin Tendulkar to be re-appointed as the captain ahead of the auction, the new Mumbai think-tank of mentor Anil Kumble and coach John Wright have zeroed-in on Ponting to lead the side.Mumbai explained the change of heart through a media statement. “Ricky has a lot of experience to lead a competitive and a high-profile side like Mumbai Indians in the IPL,” Kumble said. “Sachin readily agreed to my suggestion that Mumbai Indians is best served when he leads the batting unburdened by the rigours of captaincy. It was our idea (Sachin and mine) to bring in Ricky as the captain of the Mumbai Indians.”However, Mumbai’s tactics of creating a buzz around Tendulkar to be re-instated as the captain were termed as an “eyewash” ahead of the auction. “Mumbai Indians were not the only team who were interested in Ponting at the auction. So just to take the attention away from the former Australia captain, it seems they would have adopted the strategy of floating Tendulkar’s name as the captain [on the eve of the auction],” an official from another franchise said.Ponting, however, was looking forward to the new responsibility. “It’s a huge honour and I thank Mrs [Nita] Ambani and the Mumbai Indians management for the faith they have reposed in my abilities. Mumbai Indians has the potent combination of Indian and international cricketers and I look forward to leading the team to play to its full potential,” said Ponting, who made a brief appearance for Kolkata Knight Riders in the inaugural IPL edition in 2008.The owners of the Mumbai franchise, IndiaWin Sports Pvt Ltd – a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd – were delighted to have Tendulkar and Ponting as a potential opening partnership. “On behalf of the Mumbai Indians family, I welcome Ricky Ponting to the team as the leader of the side,” said Nita Ambani. “Today we have world’s two biggest cricketing greats in Sachin and Ricky, and I am sure the duo will be an inspiration for the youngsters in the team. Sachin will always be an integral and important part of Mumbai Indians’ leadership. Ricky will bring in fresh perspective in the team leadership and will have the support of the best cricketing minds like Sachin, Anil and John Wright.”

Campbell, Kalis share century stand to overhaul target after Diamonds dominate with the ball

ECB Reporters Network22-Sep-2021A dominant bowling display preceded a comfortable chase of 176 as the Northern Diamonds booked their place in Saturday’s Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final with a semi-final eliminator win over Central Sparks at Scarborough.The Diamonds will travel to Northampton to face defending champions Southern Vipers in a repeat of last season’s final.Beth Langston, Rachel Slater and Linsey Smith claimed two wickets before 42 apiece for Gwen Davies and Ria Fackrell recovered the Sparks from 68 for 5 to 175 for 7.The Diamonds fell from 33 without loss to 42 for 3 in reply before aggressive Ami Campbell and more reserved Dutch international Sterre Kalis shared 116 for the fourth wicket, posting 76 off 78 balls and 42 not out respectively.Campbell’s half-century was her first of the season as the six-wicket win was secured with 17.1 overs remaining.In-form Sparks captain Eve Jones elected to bat amidst morning dew and was one of three wickets to fall inside the opening 10 overs – 35 for 3 – after miscuing a cut at Slater’s left-arm seam to point, falling for only nine.Marie Kelly and Issy Wong were both trapped lbw for golden ducks, the latter as one of two wickets in three balls for left-arm spinner Smith in the 17th as the score fell to 68 for 5.Davies and Fackrell both played in reserved fashion in their attempt to turn the tide. And while they managed to gain respectability, with the help of Emily Arlott’s 29, it proved to be nowhere near enough against a Diamonds side whose only blemish in the first half of the game was a couple of late dropped catches.Langston and Smith returned 2 for 29 and 2 for 25 from their 10 overs, though they were unable to break an eighth-wicket partnership of 74 between Fackrell and Arlott inside the last 19 overs of the visiting innings.Captain Hollie Armitage, whose side has now reached all three finals in the regional era – they are still chasing a first trophy – then got the chase off to a flying start with five boundaries in her first nine balls. She made 25 off 16 before miscuing off-spinner Georgia Davis to mid-on, leaving the Diamonds at 33 for 1 in the sixth over.Arlott then removed Rachel Hopkins and Leah Dobson to open the door for the Sparks. But it was quickly shut by Campbell and classy Kalis. The pair shared four sixes in their near 22-over alliance, Campbell with three of them down the ground or pulled. She reached her fifty off 51 balls and almost doubled her previous tally of competition runs this season before falling with victory all but secured.Northern Diamonds’ Ami Campbell•MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images

“It just feels great to have come off the back of a fairly poor season for me and to do something good,” Campbell said. “To get us over the line and into the final is superb.”I felt very nervous when I went in. I knew I had to stay there and was quite defensive at the start. That’s not my usual game, but it’s something I’m getting better at and am working on.”We want to beat the Vipers, especially after losing to them the other day. That was really disappointing. But we have been playing some good cricket and have a lot of momentum going into the final.”

ScorecardKent maintained a firm grip at the end of the third day of their LV= County Championship Division Two match with Hampshire at West End after rapid innings from Geraint Jones and Darren Stevens.But only 34 overs were possible because of heavy showers during which Kent extended their first-innings lead to 146 with two wickets left and a day remaining. With 80 minutes at the start of play lost to the weather, Kent were in a hurry and Jones and Stevens provided the momentum.Kent, who started the match only five points behind Hampshire in second place, began the third day 291 for 5 in response to Hampshire’s first innings total of 292 all out. Nightwatchman Mark Davies and Stevens took the score to 324 before they were parted, Davies miscuing a pull off James Tomlinson to Dimitri Mascarenhas at mid-on after making 17.Jones and Stevens came together at this stage to compile a stand of 61 for the seventh wicket as the easy-paced batting strip showed no signs of offering help to the Hampshire bowlers. Sean Ervine made the breakthrough at 385 just as Hampshire began to despair, bowling Jones for 36 as the Kent batsman attempted to drive.But Stevens remained in place until 409 and a full complement of batting points assured before he drove Ervine to James Tomlinson who clutched the catch. This brought Kent captain James Tredwell and Matthew Coles together and before rain intruded a third time, their ninth wicket partnership had gleaned a further 29 runs.Kent ended the day at 438 for 8 with Tredwell 21 not out and Coles unbeaten with 19 which included two sixes in the same over from Danny Briggs. Ervine’s tenacity earned him close of play figures of 3 for 95 and Tomlinson has so far taken 4 for 79 with both sides needing to find a route to a positive result.

James Anderson has been named England Cricketer of the Year for 2011/12. Anderson, the 29-year-old swing bowler, has taken 46 wickets in 11 Tests from the start of the 2011 English season and has risen to No. 3 in the ICC Test bowling rankings.

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James Anderson has been named England Cricketer of the Year for 2011/12. Anderson, the 29-year-old swing bowler, has taken 46 wickets in 11 Tests from the start of the 2011 English season and has risen to No. 3 in the ICC Test bowling rankings. He also played a key role in England’s defeat of India – a result that confirmed England as the No. 1 rated Test side – and proved his worth in all conditions with excellent performances in the UAE and Sri Lanka.Anderson, who claimed his 250th Test wicket and rose to fifth on the list of England’s all-time Test wicket-takers during the period, beat off competition from fellow nominees Stuart Broad and Alastair Cook to win the award which is decided by votes from members of the cricket media. Charlotte Edwards was named England Women’s Cricketer of the Year, while Daniel Bell-Drummond won the England Development Programme Cricketer of the Year and Callum Rigby won the England Disability Cricketer of the Year award.”It’s an amazing achievement and I’m really proud of it,” Anderson said. “There have been so many successful individual performances over the last year so it’s nice to be recognised for performing well over the last 12 months.”The last two years I’ve shown what I can actually do at this level. It’s been a frustrating eight years before that – a bit up and down – but I’ve been really pleased with my performance in the last two years. The challenge is to try to keep improving and push on.”Anderson claimed two five-wicket hauls in Test cricket over the 12-month period: 5 for 65 against India at Lord’s and 5 for 72 against Sri Lanka in Galle. Perhaps more impressively, he showed he now has the skills to adapt to any conditions with a series of fine performances in the UAE and Sri Lanka. It is hard to recall a single poor spell from him on either tour.”Knowing my game has been the biggest thing,” Anderson said, explaining his consistency over the last couple of years. “Knowing that I can bowl a ball on a length for a period of time is what all bowlers strive for and is something that was missing from my game for the first part of my career. Being able to do it game after game is something I’ve been able to develop really well over the past couple of years.Leading Test wicket-takers for England

Ian Botham 383

Bob Willis 325

Fred Trueman 307

Derek Underwood 297

James Anderson 258

“I’ve always been able to swing the ball but I’ve added different skills throughout my career, and I think being able to bowl in all sorts of conditions has been a problem – not just for me, but for a lot of English bowlers over the years when we’ve gone away with unfamiliar conditions, we’ve struggled with that. But I think now all of the bowlers in this group have got good skills to take away from us, and that’s really exciting when we’ve got tours of India and places like that coming up.”Anderson insisted he had no thoughts about overtaking Ian Botham’s record as England’s leading wicket taker – Botham claimed 383 Test wickets – but said he hoped he could continue playing for many years to come.”If I maintain the same work ethic that I have done throughout my career, I don’t see why I can’t keep this form up for a good few years,” Anderson said. “I feel fit and strong and I think the fitness is probably going to play the biggest part in how long I keep playing for.”I keep getting reminded about the record. It’s nice to be up there, and having taken 250-plus Test wickets is an amazing achievement for me and I’m really proud of that. But I just want to stay on the field and play games for England. When I sit down at the end of my career, I can look back on 500-600 wickets hopefully.”Although the award is meant to recognise “outstanding performances in all formats of international cricket over the past year” it is safe to conclude that Anderson won for his Test form. He has not played international T20 cricket in the period and, though his ODI form improved steadily after a disappointing World Cup in early 2011, he is no longer an automatic selection in that format.”I’d love to be with England involved in all three formats,” he said. “It’s not been the case in the last couple of years but I was in the squad for the last World Cup and I’d love to get into the side. I’m in a position now where I’ve got to knock on the door of that team, so if I get the chance to play any T20 cricket for Lancashire this year I’ve got to use that to try to put pressure on the guys who are in the team already. I’ve just got to wait for a chance to arise.”Cook might consider himself unfortunate not to have won. Cook not only scored three ODI centuries (two against Pakistan and one against Sri Lanka) and averaged 54.29 over the period but he grew in stature as the ODI captain and led England to series victories over both World Cup finalists – India and Sri Lanka – as well as a rare victory in overseas conditions in Pakistan. His Test form was less consistent, but he still averaged 55.47 over the year, with a career-best 294 against India and two centuries against Sri Lanka the highlights.Broad, meanwhile, averaged 31.41 with the bat and 23.04 with the ball in Tests over the 12-month period. He is also the only one of the three shortlisted candidates currently playing in all three formats. But he did enjoy some consolation as he won the Fans’ Moment of the Year Award, voted for by members of ECB’s Twelfth Man fan community, for his hat-trick against India in last summer’s Trent Bridge Test.

England allrounder Tim Bresnan will fly back to the UAE after on Sunday after passing a fitness tests in the UK. Bresnan will play the one-day warm-up match against England Lions in Abu Dhabi on February 10 as match practice ahead of the one-day series th

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Feb-2012

England allrounder Tim Bresnan will fly back to the UAE after on Sunday after passing a fitness tests in the UK. Bresnan will play the one-day warm-up match against England Lions in Abu Dhabi on February 10 as match practice ahead of the one-day series that begins three days later.Bresnan, 26, underwent surgery for an elbow injury in early December, but suffered discomfort when bowling in the nets at the start of England’s tour of the UAE. It was decided to send him home before the Test series against Pakistan began. He underwent a fitness test at Headingley on Thursday.The squad is scheduled to be named towards the end of the third Test between England and Pakistan currently taking place in Dubai. England are scheduled to play four ODIs and three T20Is in the UAE.Bresnan last played in England’s T20 win over India in Calcutta. He has been on the winning side in all 10 Tests he has played.

There was no decision on the appointment of a full-time Pakistan coach at the PCB’s first major meeting in five months. Some members also expressed concern that the ICC’s directive from its Hong Kong conference about the democratising of member boards was not being addressed.The board did approve the formation of a vigilance and security division in the PCB that will be responsible for managing issues related to corruption and security. The division will be headed by a senior retired police or army official.The meeting, chaired by the new PCB chief Zaka Ashraf, had as many as 14 items on its agenda, including a presentation on cricket infrastructure in Pakistan, the appointment of a new director for co-ordination – who will head the chairman’s secretariat – and approval of a benevolent funds policy for players, umpires and scorers among others.The ICC’s directive calling on member boards to democratise within a two-year deadline came up for discussion even though it was not on the agenda.A member of the board told ESPNcricinfo that the meeting’s participants were quite concerned about the lack of progress in this regard. “We have suggested putting all the 11 elected members from the regional cricket associations in the governing board and giving them the right of vote,” the member said.”The cricketers and the technocrats should keep their places to give their inputs but without the voting rights, and this is how we can make a democratic body. Unfortunately, nothing has been done so far about it. Though this item wasn’t on the agenda, we insisted this be included in the debate.”A PCB release said the views of the governing board members on democratisation had been noted.The PCB’s chief operating officer Subhan Ahmed, after the meeting at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore, said: “There was a lengthy list of agendas and each drew a long discussion. There were several matters discussed and members were asked for their views. The opinions were frank.”The meeting included a presentation on the infrastructure plan to establish more academies in the country, there were discussions regarding the renovation work at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium and the board was also updated about the new ground at Garhi Khuda Bux that was given a completion deadline of December 29. There were also concerns expressed about the delays in the building of the Multan and Karachi cricket academies. A committee comprising Javed Miandad, who has worked with players at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore, and Mir Haider Ali Talpur, the president of the Karachi Cricket Association, was formed to visit these projects and present their report.A new coordination division was also approved for better coordination with government departments and within the PCB, and to bring the grievances and inputs of regional cricket associations and other domestic cricketing bodies to the PCB.

West Indies allrounder Stafanie Taylor has been named the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year for 2011

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West Indies allrounder Stafanie Taylor has been named the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year for 2011, at the annual awards ceremony in London.Taylor, 20, played 10 ODIs during the voting period (August 11, 2010 – August 3, 2011), scoring 610 runs at an average of 76.25, and accounted for 15 victims with her offspin. She also picked up five wickets and made 49 runs in Twenty20 Internationals.Taylor staved off competition from the English duo of Charlotte Edwards and Lydia Greenway, and Australia’s Shelley Nitschke who was last year’s winner. The award rounds off a successful year for Taylor who was part of the West Indies side that won the ICC Women’s Twenty20 Cricket Challenge in South Africa.”It is a fantastic honour to be named the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year,” said Taylor, who was absent, having just finished a home series against Pakistan yesterday. “I said before the awards that my goal was to be the number one women’s cricketer in the world and I’m on my way there with the rankings and to be named the winner of this award makes me extremely happy.”I would like to thank my team-mates and coaches from the West Indies team, my domestic side Jamaica, and also my family for all the support they continue to give me and I hope I can continue to represent the West Indies with pride.”

Lasith Malinga became the first man to take three one-day international hat-tricks as Sri Lanka secured a consolation victory in the final ODI in Colombo

The Report by Brydon Coverdale22-Aug-2011
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsLasith Malinga celebrates his hat-trick•Associated PressLasith Malinga became the first man to take three one-day international hat-tricks as Sri Lanka secured a consolation victory in the final ODI in Colombo. Australia might have won the series 3-2 but with the first Test just over a week away, it was important for Sri Lanka to finish on a high, and they did that through Malinga with the ball, and then Mahela Jayawardene and Chamara Silva with the bat.Chasing 212, the hosts lost three early wickets but from then on were in cruise control either side of a rain delay. Jayawardene all but saw them home with a patient 71, before departing with 17 runs still to get when he skied a catch off Xavier Doherty. Silva batted superbly in his 63, but the victory was all down to Sri Lanka’s bowling performance, and specifically Malinga’s hat-trick and the tail-end collapse that he instigated.It could be argued that Malinga has taken four ODI hat-tricks, after his double hat-trick – four wickets in four balls – against South Africa at the 2007 World Cup. He picked up three in three deliveries against Kenya at this year’s World Cup, and it would have been a brave person to tip against him adding to his tally when Doherty walked out to face the hat-trick ball this time.Malinga began the sequence with a fast yorker that got through Mitchell Johnson’s defences and bowled him for 1, and followed up with a low full toss that rapped John Hastings on the pad. Doherty took guard, and must have anticipated another accurate yorker, which was indeed delivered, but he still couldn’t get bat on ball.Doherty’s middle stump was rattled, and so were Australia, who in the previous over – the 45th of the innings – had been cruising towards a competitive total, at 210 for 5. Eleven balls later, they had lost their remaining five wickets for the addition of only one more run. It was a remarkable collapse, with Ajantha Mendis taking a wicket either side of Malinga’s hat-trick.The rot started when David Hussey (46), who had just launched Mendis over the long-on fence for six, played back to the next delivery and was bowled for 46. The innings ended with Brad Haddin, on 8, driving a catch to mid-off, and neither the Australians nor the fans in the crowd could quite believe the rapid turnaround.Smart stats

Lasith Malinga’s hat-trick is his third in ODIs. He now has the most hat-tricks in ODIs after going past Wasim Akram, Saqlain Musthaq and Chaminda Vaas, who had two hat-tricks each.

The 3-2 series defeat is Sri Lanka’s sixth series loss in bi-lateral contests at home since 2000 and their second home-series loss to Australia. Australia won 3-2 on their previous tour in 2004.

Chamara Silva’s 13th half-century ended his bad run in recent ODIs. In his previous five innings, he had scored just 29 runs.

The 111-run stand between Silva and Mahela Jayawardene is the fifth-highest fourth-wicket partnership for Sri Lanka in ODIs against Australia. It is also their sixth-highest partnership for Sri Lanka in home ODIs against Australia.

Michael Clarke’s aggregate of 242 runs in the series is the second-highest by an Australian batsman in a bi-lateral series in Sri Lanka after Ricky Ponting’s 257 runs in the 2004 series.

Shane Watson’s strike rate of 66.66 is his third-lowest for a fifty-plus knock in ODIs. The lowest is 60.71 during his 85 against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in 2010.

Australia lost their last five wickets for just one run collapsing from 210 for 5 to be bowled out for 211. The aggregate of one run for the last four wickets (seventh to tenth wicket) is the lowest in ODIs.

Things had begun so solidly for Australia, who were sent in on a pitch expected to offer some assistance for the seamers in overcast conditions. As expected, the ball nipped around a little and in the second over, bowled by Shaminda Eranga, the openers were already in trouble, Shaun Marsh bowled by a lovely inswinger having four balls earlier been dropped at gully by Jayawardene.In the following over Shane Watson was caught behind off a Malinga no-ball, and it proved to be a somewhat costly miss for the hosts, as Watson went on to post a solid 56 before top-edging a slog-sweep off Mendis. Watson had support from Ricky Ponting in a 67-run stand, before Ponting (31) was caught at midwicket when he failed to pick a slower ball from Angelo Mathews.Michael Clarke compiled another handy yet inconsequential innings, his 47 ending when he tickled Eranga to the keeper. Not that his opposing captain was any more influential with the bat. Tillakaratne Dilshan was one of three early wickets to fall in Sri Lanka’s chase, bowled for 17 when he was beaten for pace by James Pattinson, who sent down an impressive opening spell.It was Pattinson’s first match of the tour as Australia rested Brett Lee and Doug Bollinger, and the other man brought in for this game, John Hastings, made a nervy start as he failed to control the swing of the ball. Hastings was the main culprit as the Australians sent down 15 wides in the first 18 overs of the innings.Not that anything should be taken away from the batting of Silva and Jaywardene. Silva’s 63 was a fine innings from a man who was lucky to hold his place in the side, having made 4, 3, 13, 9 and 0 in his past five ODI innings. He was especially strong when sweeping Doherty, clearing the boundary at square leg once and finding the boundary four more times off the left-arm spinner, including with a powerful reverse-sweep.Silva’s half-century came up off 51 deliveries, but in the end it was the sweep that brought him undoing when he found the man at deep square leg off Doherty. The rain came with Sri Lanka well ahead on Duckworth/Lewis, and when play resumed, Jayawardene steered the chase comfortably.In the end Sri Lanka got home with four wickets and three overs to spare, not that there was ever any doubt. Nor was there any doubt that Australia will enter the Test series happy to have seen the last of Malinga, who doesn’t play the longer format. He certainly made a dead rubber bounce into life.

The Bangladesh selectors’ contracts, which expire on April 30, will not be renewed the Bangladesh Cricket Board has said. The three-man committee is headed by Rafiqul Alam and includes former captain Akram Khan and Zahid Razzak.The decision comes as part of a revamp of the Bangladesh cricket setup, after a disappointing World Cup performance. Coach Jamie Siddons departed earlier this month, after Bangladesh succumbed 3-0 to Australia at home, while a host of support staff are either leaving or under review. While bowling coach Ian Pont has already parted ways with Bangladesh cricket, strength and conditioning coach Grant Trafford Luden will stay on for another year and the future of fielding coach Julien Fountain and physio Michael Henry is as yet unclear.The BCB has also decided to initiate legal proceedings against Nimbus Sports International, to recover outstanding dues in connection with television broadcast rights.

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José Fernando Fumagalli inicia a partir de hoje um novo capítulo em sua história no Guarani. Maior ídolo da história recente Bugre, o meia anunciou sua aposentadoria e foi nomeado- pelo presidente Palmeron Mendes Filho – como novo coordenador técnico de futebol em entrevista coletiva realizada no fim da tarde desta quarta-feira, na sala de imprensa, do Brinco de Ouro.

– Conversei com o Fumagalli no final do ano passado e ele me falou que já tinha jogado muito, que queria ir para voos novos. Mas ele acreditou no trabalho, acreditou nos profissionais que estavam aqui chegando. Ele tem muita competência e muita capacidade. Ele acreditou e concretizou o projeto de acesso e agora apresentamos nosso novo coordenador técnico de futebol”, declarou o presidente – declarou o presidente.

Fumagalli agradeceu a oportunidade e destacou a vontade de manter a mesma linha de trabalho com seriedade na nova função.

– Hoje estou me aposentando e a tendo a oportunidade de ter as portas abertas em um clube que tenho uma grande história. Hoje inicio uma nova função aqui dentro do clube e espero ser feliz como fui como jogador. Vou procurar sempre trabalhar da maneira verdadeira, séria e correta que trabalhei como jogador nessa nova função – disse o ex-jogador.

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