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New Zealand captain Ross Taylor has said India’s unpredictable run so far in the tri-series made them a dangerous proposition ahead of the virtual semi-final between the two sides on Wednesday

Cricinfo staff24-Aug-2010New Zealand captain Ross Taylor has said India’s unpredictable run in the tri-series made them dangerous opponents ahead of the knock-out clash between the two sides on Wednesday. India’s convincing victory against Sri Lanka came in between two heavy defeats, and Taylor was wary of their ability to bounce back from reversals.”I think it almost makes them dangerous, they didn’t play that well against us in the first game, and then they came back and played well against Sri Lanka. Obviously they didn’t play as well as they would have liked to play against Sri Lanka in the last match, that makes them dangerous,” Taylor said.India’s batsmen have had a forgettable time so far in the tournament, crumbling to scores of 88 and 103 in their defeats, but Taylor refused to write them off. “They are a good batting unit. They have played a lot of cricket. I am sure with their experience they will come firmer and we just need to put pressure on them,” he said.”I think every top order has struggled, not just India. We struggled at the top and Sri Lanka had their troubles as well. It [the ball] has done lot of things. I guess their batting is under pressure but I would say even we were under a bit of pressure.”New Zealand’s seam attack ruthlessly exposed India’s frailties outside the off stump in the opening game. Taylor said his bowlers will decide on whether to bounce India’s batsmen, or pitch it up to them, depending on the state of the wicket. “I guess we would have to wait and see how the pitch is like, and see how the bounce is. I think it is a fresh wicket. And most of the wickets that we played on turned a lot more than we expected and then bounced a lot. But since our boys are tall they get a little extra bounce than most. So if it does bounce then we will have to wait and see. If it doesn’t bounce to knee-height then we should pitch it up.”More than the lack of experience in his side, Taylor was concerned that his batsmen had not had a hit for 12 days leading into the game. Their last completed fixture was the defeat to Sri Lanka on August 13, and New Zealand did not bat in the rained-out encounter against the hosts, their only match in the interim period.”Probably when we came in, we did not have a experienced side. That was part of the deal that we wanted to give other guys experience and also to come here, win and play well. Scott [Styris] and I scored runs. But we only scored runs once,” Taylor said. “It is going to be 12 days since we have actually had a bat. There is going to be a little more anxiety probably [because of] the fact that we have not had a bat for 12 days than the actual game itself.”New Zealand have a minor fitness concern leading into the game, with Kane Williamson suffering a bicep niggle. Martin Guptill, who missed the last match, has recovered. “[Martin] Guptill is fit and raring to go. Kane Williamson has got a bit of bicep injury and he will be under observation,” Taylor said. “He did not bowl or throw yesterday. We will have to wait and see how it goes. And if he gets through that, we will just have to wait and see on selection.”

Left-arm spinner was reported by umpires during one-off appearance at Taunton in September

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Nov-2024Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh allrounder, has been asked to undergo analysis of his bowling action by the England and Wales Cricket Board, after being reported by the umpires during his one-off appearance for Surrey in this season’s County Championship.Shakib, 37, claimed nine wickets for Surrey in a thrilling Championship clash with Somerset at Taunton in September, his first appearance in the competition since a brief stint with Worcestershire in 2010-11.As a left-arm spinner, he had agreed to a short-term deal to shore up Surrey’s resources for their title push, at a time when eight players were absent on England duty, including both of their frontline spinners, Will Jacks and Dan Lawrence.Related

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Despite his immediate impact, Shakib was not able to prevent Somerset from sealing a remarkable 111-run victory that briefly held up Surrey’s march towards their third Championship title in a row.He bowled more than 63 overs in the fixture, and though he was not no-balled at any stage for throwing, it has now emerged that the on-field umpires, Steve O’Shaughnessy and David Millns, subsequently deemed his bowling action to be suspect.He is not suspended from playing, but ESPNcricinfo understands that negotiations are ongoing for Shakib to undergo further tests in an approved location, with the expectation that this will occur within the next couple of weeks.It is thought to be the first time that Shakib’s bowling action has come under any scrutiny, in a career that has spanned two decades, and featured a total of 712 wickets across 447 international matches, including 246 in 71 Tests.Shakib’s international career is currently in limbo, following protests that accompanied his withdrawal, on security grounds, from Bangladesh’s Test squad to face South Africa at Mirpur last month. He had previously served as an MP for the longstanding Awami League-led government, which was toppled amid student protests in July.

Bangladesh’s spinners did their job, setting up a modest chase, but no batter apart from Nigar Sultana came good

Srinidhi Ramanujam11-Jul-2023Bangladesh lost their last five wickets in the space of eight deliveries to fall eight short of India’s 95, giving India an unbeatable 2-0 series lead in the T20I series being played in Dhaka.Deepti Sharma and Minnu Mani spun a web around Bangladesh, with the two offspinners combining for five wickets, before Shafali Verma bowled an excellent last over with the game still in the balance.India escaped the blushes after posting only 95 for 8, their lowest total in T20Is against Bangladesh.In the chase, Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana threatened to take the game away from India, with a responsible 55-ball 38, but was dismissed in the penultimate over with the team needing ten off eight balls.Shafali then picked up three wickets in the final over – which also featured a run-out – to finish the game.Overall, there were 35 overs of spin bowled in the match – the joint-second-highest in a women’s T20I, and 16 wickets fell to spinners.Fahima Khatun was outstanding on the day, returning 2 for 16 from her four overs•Raton Gomes/BCB

India made to toil for runs

When Harmanpreet Kaur decided to bat first, she conceded that the team was looking to post 150 and defend it with spin, with the game being played on the same track as the first T20I. However, from having an opening stand of 33 in just 4.1 overs, India suffered a batting collapse and then huffed and puffed to 95 for 8.Varma started aggressively, hitting three fours in a row off pacer Marufa Akther – the only seamer used by Banglades. Then just when Smriti Mandhana seemed to get going, with a four each in the fourth and fifth overs, she fell to Nahida Akther’s slow left-arm spin, missing the length looking for a slog sweep. One down became three down in the final over of the powerplay when offspinner Sultana Khatun dismissed Shafali and Harmanpreet in two successive balls. She then picked up the wicket of Harleen Deol to end with 3 for 21. Fahima Khatun, meanwhile, returned 2 for 16.India toiled for runs throughout the game – there was not a single boundary from overs six to 13 – with Bangladesh spinners utilising their familiarity of conditions to tie the visitors down. Jemimah Rodrigues and Deol consumed 21 balls each to increase the tempo but couldn’t reach double digits. Amanjot Kaur, at No.8, notched up two boundaries in her 17-ball 14 to somewhat lift India.Bangladesh, on the other hand, were also excellent in the field, evident when Shorna Akther took a low running catch to remove Yastika Bhatia and then when Sobana Mostary back-pedaled to take a stunning catch to send Amanjot back.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Nigar’s resistance and India’s spin show

On a ‘spin to win’ surface, Harmanpreet used five spinners, including part-timers Rodrigues and Shafali to exert pressure. Overall, India bowled 19 overs of spin, with Pooja Vastrakar bowling just the solitary over. Minnu, playing her second international game, bowled four overs on the trot, including a maiden to finish with outstanding figures of 2 for 9. She removed opener Shamima Sultana in the second over of the chase, with a full delivery outside off stump, inducing a top edge to short fine leg. Ritu Moni became her second victim when she trapped her lbw, in the eighth.With the experienced Deepti operating too, India kept a lid on Bangladesh with regular wickets. Deepti scalped two and conceded just eight runs from her first three overs before taking the big wicket of Nigar in her final over.Barring Nigar, Bangladesh struggled to find runs easily. Nigar was calculative in her innings, to just rotate the strike and keep the scorecard ticking. Having lost four early wickets, she stitched a crucial 34-run partnership with Shorna and then put on 22 runs with Nahida for the fifth and sixth wicket, respectively. With 14 needed off 12 and five wickets in hand, Bangladesh were still in the game.But then came Deepti. After getting two lives – a catch was dropped, and a stumping chance was missed – Nigar was stumped by Yastika when she charged down the track and missed. When the equation came down to ten from six, Bangladesh fell like a pack of cards, losing four wickets in the 20th to hand India the series.

Adani’s foray into the league makes them the fifth franchise owner in the tournament

ESPNcricinfo staff09-May-2022Adani Group, an Ahmedabad-based Indian infrastructure biggie, has bagged the rights to one of the six franchises in the newly-launched UAE T20 League.Adani’s foray into the league, through their subsidiary Adani Sportsline, makes them the fifth franchise owner in the tournament. The other four firms that have already brought franchise rights comprise: Capri Global, a non-banking financial company based in India, Lancer Capital, the owners of Manchester United Football Club, Reliance Strategic Business Ventures Limited, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, the owners of Mumbai Indians and GMR Group, co-owners of Delhi Capitals.”We are excited to be part of the UAE T20 league,” Pranav Adani, the managing director of Adani Enterprises Limited, said. “The UAE is an amazing amalgamation of several cricket loving nations. It provides an excellent platform for enhancing the visibility of cricket as the sport goes increasingly global.”The Adani Group had last year put their hat in the ring to buy the Ahmedabad and Lucknow franchises in the IPL, bidding INR 5100 crores, though they were eventually outbid by corporate giants RP Sanjiv Goenka Group (RPSG) and CVC Capital Partners (Irelia Company Pte Ltd).”We are extremely pleased to have one of Asia’s leading corporates as our franchise team owner,” Mubashshir Usmani, the general secretary of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), said. “This is a resounding thumbs up to the unique opportunity that the UAE T20 league offers to experienced and established business owners. We are confident that this association will be mutually beneficial for both the Adani Group and the League. UAE’s T20 League will attract some of the biggest names in world cricket while also giving a platform and international exposure to local and upcoming players.”The six-team league, comprising 34 matches, was originally meant to be played in the February-March bracket, but the ECB remains confident it will host the inaugural edition of the league in 2022.ESPNcricinfo understands that one probable window would be in June, immediately after the IPL which is scheduled to end on May 29.

Abu Jayed and Taijul Islam picked up two wickets each for Bangladesh

Sreshth Shah11-Feb-2021Stumps The first day of the second Test in Dhaka would make neither side too happy. But neither would it make them too sad.West Indies had the opportunity to dominate after lunch, having made 84 for 1 in the morning session. Their early advantage dissipated when Bangladesh’s seam bowlers struck thrice in a post-lunch session that saw only 62 runs scored. But after tea, West Indies’ middle order displayed enough grit to absorb everything Bangladesh threw at them, restoring parity to the contest after 90 overs. At stumps, the visitors finished day one on 223 for 5, the least number of runs scored on the first day of any Test at the venue.There were three stars on the day. Nkrumah Bonner, unbeaten on 74, was West Indies’ rescuer-in-chief. Swing bowler Abu Jayed (2 for 46) – who replaced Mustafizur Rahman in the XI – was the stand-out quick. And left-arm orthodox spinner Taijul Islam (2 for 64) earned his rewards by exerting control and ensuring pressure was never released from one end.After West Indies opted to bat, openers Kraigg Brathwaite (47) and John Campbell (36) put on 66 for the first wicket, with the latter doing the bulk of the scoring in the partnership. With Brathwaite holding up one end, Campbell was more attacking, hitting five fours and a six before his dismissal in the 21st over.Related

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The dismissal, on its part, was a contentious one. Taijul, introduced as second change and in his first spell, got a full ball to angle in from around the stumps and hit Campbell’s front leg. Umpire Sharfuddoula then raised his finger but Campbell reviewed. TV umpire Gazi Sohel checked if the ball grazed the bottom edge of the bat during Campbell’s sweep but felt there was no bat involved despite the tiniest of spikes on UltraEdge. The spike, however, could also have been generated by other sounds picked up by the stump mic and he upheld the on-field decision. A few balls later, a seemingly dissatisfied West Indies coach Phil Simmons could be seen talking to the reserve umpire Masudur Rahman near the boundary line, perhaps wanting to know more about how the TV umpire reached his decision.That was the only moment of joy for Bangladesh in the first session where they otherwise struggled with the ball. Jayed, the lone frontline seamer, was wayward in his first spell. Although he got the ball to swing away from the right-hand batsmen, his inconsistent lines early on allowed Brathwaite and Campbell to begin positively.Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who shared the new ball, occasionally missed his lengths and was regularly put away behind square on either side too. Like Miraz, first-change Nayeem Hasan found turn but didn’t challenge either batsman’s edge. Full balls were defended by Brathwaite, but when the same was offered to Campbell, he attacked the ‘V’ down the ground.But Jayed redeemed himself in the second session when he went back to his most potent delivery – the full ball. His stock ball in the early 130kphs was not troubling West Indies in the morning, but in the afternoon, he looked to pitch the ball, now significantly older, up to the batsmen. That troubled No. 3 Shayne Moseley for enough time, such that when Jayed offered a full and wide ball from around the stumps in the 34th over, he was tempted to drive. But the loose, off-balanced shot from Moseley ended in an inside edge onto leg stump, out for 7.That brought in Mayers, the double-centurion from the first Test. He looked comfortable against spin, but Jayed’s persistence with the around-the-stumps angle earned him a second wicket. It was another full and wide ball, with a hint of swing, that brought out the drive from Mayers and resulted in an edge to Sarkar at wide first slip for 5.Sandwiched between the two Jayed wickets was Kraigg Brathwaite’s dismissal, who was out three short of a 21st Test fifty. Part-timer Soumya Sarkar – who replaced the injured Shadman Islam in the line-up – was rewarded when Brathwaite tried to cut a ball that was too close to his body, only to edge it to Najmul Hassan Shanto at first slip. Those three wickets meant West Indies slipped from 84 for 1 to 142 for 4.But West Indies fought back thereafter, courtesy a 62-run fifth-wicket stand between Bonner and Jermaine Blackwood (28). They ensured West Indies did not lose a fourth wicket in the post-lunch session by adding 30 before the break, and after tea nudged the spinners around to keep the run rate ticking. The longer they batted, the more comfortable they looked. But Blackwood then played Taijul with hard hands in the 72nd over, and the full ball popped off the bat in the air for the spinner to hold on to a return catch. It was a dismissal that came against the run of play, reducing West Indies to 178 for 5.That brought Bonner’s contribution to the fore even more. Early on, he played the spin bowlers with ease and was not in a hurry to look for boundaries. He patiently dead-batted balls that were not in his scoring zone, and when the bowlers erred, he put them away. That template, of selecting his shots on the merit of each delivery, took him to his second successive fifty.But there were still 18 overs to go when Blackwood was dismissed though, and in Da Silva, Bonner found a partner who had the temperament to see off the day without any more casualties. Together they looked to find the gaps, picking up singles and twos with minimal risk. Bonner was also incorrectly deemed lbw late in the 79th over, but he swiftly reviewed to have the decision overturned.Bonner and Da Silva seemed unperturbed against the second new ball too. Jayed’s late, short spell brought no wickets. That made Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque go back to spin from both ends. With extra bounce and significant turn from the rough, the batsmen reined in their attacking shots to see off the day with five wickets still in the bank. It was an attritional day of Test cricket, a classic of sorts. Both teams had to work hard for their rewards and will believe that whichever team dominates the first session of day two could get a stranglehold on this contest.

ESPNcricinfo understands that projected costs of temporary stadium seating and broadcast facilities at three venues in three countries were a key factor

Peter Della Penna14-Aug-2019The inaugural season of the Euro T20 Slam has been cancelled, just two weeks before the tournament had been scheduled to start.Speculation had been rampant of late that the tournament could be cancelled and that turned into reality on Wednesday evening as tournament organisers, led by Gurmeet Singh’s Bombay Sports Limited and Woods Entertainment, the same group in charge of the Global T20 Canada, had run into increasing financial difficulties in recent weeks.A player protest at the Global T20 Canada occurred on August 7 over unpaid wages, bringing the organisers under intense pressure. Sources have also stated that some player salaries and Player-of-the-Match award prize payments as well as vendors and event contractors from the 2018 edition of the tournament have still gone unpaid.On the back of the Global T20 Canada final on Sunday, financial and logistical issues continued to mount for the Euro T20 Slam leading to an emergency board meeting on August 13 between organisers and the sponsoring member boards of Cricket Ireland, Cricket Scotland and the KNCB of the Netherlands to address concerns held by the three host boards. Multiple sources confirmed to ESPNcricinfo on August 14 that the projected logistical-cost overruns of having to build temporary stadium seating and broadcast facilities at three venues in three countries were a key factor in the tournament being scrapped.The tournament’s organisers released a statement saying that “the board of the Euro T20 Slam, funding partners and franchise owners of this exciting new T20 tournament have reluctantly come to the decision that staging of the event will not be possible in 2019”, but did not expand upon the specifics behind the decision. The league tweeted a later statement citing “unforeseen circumstances”.Various marquee players had been drafted to play in the league, including Rashid Khan, Eoin Morgan, Dale Steyn, Babar Azam and Faf du Plessis. According to multiple sources, players from the three host nations were told as early as Tuesday that the tournament was likely to be cancelled, as well as event vendors including television production staff. But it is understood that most overseas players had been unaware of the tournament’s cancellation before the statement was issued.Hours earlier, both Peter Trego and Ben Cutting – who had been signed by the Rotterdam and Amsterdam franchises respectively – had tweeted about preparations for the tournament. The Euro T20 Slam’s official account tweeted only six hours before the cancellation was confirmed that Ross Taylor had signed as a replacement player.The dates for the Euro T20 Slam had been in direct competition with the Caribbean Premier League, with the latter due to start on September 4. Many marquee players who were CPL representatives in the past several years – including Rashid Khan, Shane Watson, Imran Tahir, Martin Guptill, Chris Lynn and Luke Ronchi – and who had submitted their names for both the CPL and Euro T20 Slam drafts this year, eventually opted to withdraw from CPL consideration to commit to the Euro T20 Slam.Warren Deutrom, the chief executive of Cricket Ireland, said the board was “deeply disappointed”.”However, we fully empathise with the rationale that has led to the tournament’s postponement,” Deutrom said. “The excitement and energy that the Euro T20 Slam had generated since it was announced has demonstrated a high level of interest amongst the Irish public in seeing world-class cricket hosted here in Ireland. We hope that the interest will carry on until 2020 when the Slam will finally get underway.”We will continue to engage with the event organisers to ensure all commitments are met to their fullest extent, including any receivables owing to Cricket Ireland itself. We will additionally be seeking increased comfort that the organisers will be able to avoid a repeat of this year’s challenges in future editions.”Malcolm Cannon, the chief executive of Cricket Scotland, said: “While this was a very difficult decision to make at this late stage, we believe that it is the right one and one which leaves us with a great opportunity to launch the Euro T20 Slam next year with its deserved noise level.”Betty Timmer, chair of the KNCB, said: “It is extremely disappointing that the Euro T20 Slam is not going ahead in 2019. With the scheduled opening games only two weeks away the KNCB was looking forward to this exciting new event that would have brought cricket much closer to the Dutch fans.”