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Billy Godleman has been appointed captain of Derbyshire’s County Championship side after Wayne Madsen stepped down

George Dobell24-Mar-2016Billy Godleman has been appointed captain of Derbyshire’s County Championship side after Wayne Madsen stepped down.Madsen had led Derbyshire in red ball cricket for four seasons, a spell that included winning promotion to Division One. While Derbyshire were relegated the following year, Madsen was named as Championship player of the year for his defiant batting.Godleman, 27, enjoyed a good season with the bat in 2015. In the course of passing 1,000 Championship runs in a season for the first time, he made centuries in three successive innings and impressed as stand-in captain in three games when Madsen suffered a broken finger.Godleman, who has also had spells at Middlesex and Essex, recently signed a new deal to keep him at Derbyshire until the end of 2017. Only William Storer, Levi Wright, Peter Kirsten and Kim Barnett had previously scored three centuries in succession for the club.32-year-old Madsen recently signed a contract extension that will keep him at the club until the end of 2019.”He’s been a great captain and he’s still got ambitions to play for England,” Graeme Welch, the club’s Elite Performance Director told the . “I still believe he is one of the best players in the country and I think he is good enough to play for England.”He is still a great ambassador for this club and still one of our main men but he just wants to move back into the ranks and help the younger lads that way. He just sees himself in a bit of a different role at this time.”Wes Durston will continue to lead Derbyshire in the NatWest T20 Blast and Royal London One-Day Cup.Derbyshire have also agreed a two-year contract extension with Welch, which secures his future until the end of the 2018 season.”Graeme has played a key part in the club’s progression over the past two-and-a-half years and his contract extension will ensure stability for everyone involved,” Chris Grant, the club’s chairman, said.”If we are to continue to be sustainable as a county, we need to be producing our own players and Graeme’s role in this has been clear to see. Our goal is for success on the field while developing England players and Graeme has already shown his ability to achieve this with England recognition for Mark Footitt, Tom Taylor and Matt Critchley.”The club have also announced that Kim Barnett, who set a host of records for Derbyshire during his playing career, is to be their new their president for the next two years.

Bangladesh batsman Mahmudullah has rued the five washed-out days during the series against South Africa, saying that playing against the No. 1 Test side would have been valuable experience

Mohammad Isam in Mirpur02-Aug-2015Bangladesh batsman Mahmudullah has rued the five washed-out days during the series against South Africa, saying that playing against the No. 1 Test side would have been valuable experience for a growing team. He said the players would now have to use the Bangladesh Cricket League, which is reportedly going to be held soon, to tune up for the two Tests against Australia in October.”It would have helped us immensely had there been ten days of cricket, whether we won, lost or drew the matches,” Mahmudullah said after a third successive day of the second Test in Mirpur was lost to rain. The last two days of the Chittagong Test had also been washed out. “We would have played ten days against the best team in the world, and tested our skills better against them. It will be good if there is BCL before the Australia series, gives us a chance to play matches before a big series.”There was sunshine at the Shere Bangla Stadium around 2.00 pm on Sunday, less than half an hour after the fourth day was abandoned. Both teams were at the venue, but the ground was not fit for play following a heavy afternoon downpour. This Test, and with it the two-match series, is certain to be drawn.On the first day, Mahmudullah had made 35 after batting for more than two hours, and he said it was a crime to get out after putting in the hard work to get a start. “I think everyone understands the need to take the opportunities,” he said. “It is always hard to score the first 20-30 runs. It is the major hurdle. Then one has to play normally. Three-four of us got out in the 30s and 40s. I think it is a big crime. We have to find out, by speaking in groups and individually, how we can get out of this.”Over the last three days, like the other players, Mahmudullah has also been frustrated by the weather. “I think it is quite a tough situation. It is quite frustrating when you prepare yourself mentally for a five-day game and three days on the trot get called off. But it is important that one doesn’t lose focus. It is also important to enjoy and relax when we are back at the hotel. When we head to the ground, we have to switch on since we have to get prepared for the match.””At breakfast today I was talking to Imrul about what would have happened had the match taken place properly. We sometimes talk about such things. We spend time in the hotel room but when we are together, we talk cricket. We share ideas. He [Nasir Hossain] was telling me in the morning that he isn’t feeling well. He has been not out for two days. We all want to play but we have to face the circumstances. Let’s see what happens tomorrow.”

A round-up of the second day’s play in the third round of Division One Quaid-e-Azam Trophy matches in 2011-12

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Oct-2011The astonishing turnaround in the tone of action at the Jinnah Stadium seemed to imply an overnight pitch-swap. After a chaotic first day yielded 192 for 17, the second unveiled in an unrecognisably rambunctious fashion as 387 runs were scored for the loss of seven wickets. Three of those belonged to the Sialkot tail that subsided to Sohail Tanvir (6 for 19), to leave Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited with a 24-run lead despite the side having folded for 121. ZTBL’s second innings progressed along very different lines thanks to Sharjeel Khan, who smashed a mind-boggling 205 off 186 balls, studded with 33 fours and five sixes. Shahid Yousuf and the usually belligerent Imran Nazir were reduced to sideshows, but their half-centuries were equally important in driving ZTBL to an imposing lead of 385 with six wickets standing.Habib Bank Limited made a strong comeback to finish the second day 190 runs ahead of Rawalpindi‘s first-innings score at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. No. 3 batsman Bilal Shafayat was at the heart of HBL’s turnaround, after they were shot out by Sadaf Hussain’s nine-wicket haul on the opening day. Shafayat was unbeaten on 97 and, supported by Shan Masood’s 58 and Ahmed Shehzad’s 45, pushed HBL to a strong 237 for 2 by stumps. Sadaf struck both second-innings blows to account for 11 out of a possible 12 wickets so far in the game. Earlier, Fahad Masood and Sarmad Ansar shared nine wickets to bowl out Rawalpindi for 161, giving them a first-innings lead of only 47.Saad Altaf’s five-wicket haul helped State Bank of Pakistan bowl Islamabad out for 276, but the hosts were in control by stumps at the Diamond Club Ground, after reducing SBP to 166 for 7. Afaq Raheem, who was unbeaten on 89 overnight, duly completed his century before becoming Altaf’s fourth victim. Shehzad Azam contributed a doughty 25 to guide Islamabad past 250 before Altaf got rid of No. 11 Nasrullah Khan to complete his five-for. Azam and Nasrullah then dismantled SBP’s top order to reduce them to 49 for 4. Captain Kashif Siddiq scored a battling half-century to spark a fightback with the lower order, but SBP were still 110 runs behind at close of play.Faisalabad launched a confident reply at the Iqbal Stadium after Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)‘s middle order led them to an imposing 396 in the first innings. PIA lost their last four wickets for only 44 runs on the second morning, as new-ball bowler Abdur Rauf ran through the tail to finish with 5 for 93. An obdurate Farrukh Shehzad led Faisalabad’s response, moving to an unbeaten 76 off 195 balls by stumps. Shahid Siddiq, Asif Hussain and the unbeaten Zeeshan Butt all contributed scores in the 30s to push Faisalabad to 192 for 2.National Bank of Pakistan’s (NBP) and Abbottabad scrapped for the ascendancy through the second day at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, to leave the game delicately poised. Resuming at 37 for 1 after having dismissed Abbottabad for 222 on the opening day, NBP ran into an inspired Ahmed Jamal (6 for 55) to succumb for 187, despite Umar Amin’s 70. Abbottabad’s openers, led by a free-stroking 53 from Fawad Khan, extended the lead into three-figures with an 84-run stand before losing five wickets for the addition of just 27 runs to give SBP an opening.Karachi Blues were in a spot of bother against Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) at the National Stadium, finishing the second day 91 runs ahead in the second innings, but with only five wickets remaining. A series of starts from the WAPDA middle order meant they went past 200, despite only one batsman – Ali Azmat (51) – managing a half-century. Sohail Khan’s four-wicket haul kept them down to 219, giving them a 75-run first-innings lead. Shahzaib Hasan (71) led Karachi Blues’ reply, but frequent incisions at the other end meant WAPDA held the aces at the end of play.

Sussex returned to the top of Group A in the Clydesdale Bank 40 as Chris Nash’s maiden one-day century set up a 19-run victory over Kent at Canterbury

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ScorecardSussex returned to the top of Group A in the Clydesdale Bank 40 as Chris Nash’s maiden one-day century set up a 19-run victory over Kent at Canterbury.Nash hit an unbeaten 124 while Luke Wright scored 41 as Sussex set a total of 249 all out after being put in to bat. Rob Key top scored with 59 in reply but Kent were never able to keep up with the required rate as they suffered their third defeat in five games in the competition.Nash had made a first century of the season in the last round of County Championship matches against Somerset and carried on where he left off. He set the tone by crashing Azhar Mahmood for three boundaries in the first over and together with Ed Joyce put on 50 for the first wicket.Joyce was caught at mid off trying to hit James Tredwell’s first ball out of the ground but it did not halt Sussex’s momentum as Luke Wright came in to put on 77 with Nash for the second wicket.
Wright fell for 41 as he holed out trying to hit down the ground and it was left to Nash to hold together the Sussex innings.Nash brought up his 50 off 50 balls with seven fours and then hit Adam Ball for the only six of the match on his way to passing his previous best one-day score of 85.The 28-year-old completed his century with a single of James Tredwell but Sussex floundered in the last ten overs as they went from 180 for three to 249 all out, including losing four wickets for two runs in the final over.Kent’s reply was hindered when Joe Denly and Matt Coles fell in quick succession which left Key and Martin van Jaarsveld to rebuild their innings.They put on 48 together in cautious fashion before Nash pulled off a stunning catch to dismiss van Jaarsveld for 24 off the bowling of Monty Panesar. Rana Naved then dropped a simple chance at mid-off when Darren Stevens was just four and it looked like being costly as Stevens went on to hit 43 from just 37 balls.Rana made amend by trapping Stevens lbw and Kent’s hopes looked over when Key followed soon after for 59. Geraint Jones and Azhar Mahmood briefly threatened to set up a dramatic finish but both fell in successive balls to Yardy and Rana as Sussex ran out comfortable winners.

Australia will tour Bangladesh for the first time since 2006 in April 2011, straight after the on-going World Cup, for a three-match bilateral one-day series

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Feb-2011Australia will tour Bangladesh for the first time since 2006 in April 2011, straight after the on-going World Cup, for a three-match bilateral one-day series. They are scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on April 4, just two days after the World Cup final, and will play ODIs on April 9, April 11 and April 13, all at the Shere Bangla Stadium in Mirpur.In accordance with the ICC Future Tours Programme, Test playing nations must tour each other at least once every six years, and Australia have toured Bangladesh just once since they attained Test status. That tour was in April 2006 and Australia won both Tests and all three one-dayers. The FTP had Australia scheduled to play two Tests this time around as well, but the Bangladesh Cricket Board have announced Australia will leave immediately after the three ODIs.One repercussion of the tour will be that the players from both teams’ squads will miss the first week of the IPL, which begins on April 8. As many as 36 current Australia players were sold to IPL franchises during January’s auction, while Shakib Al Hasan is the only Bangladesh player who is part of the Twenty20 tournament.Australia have had a busy last five months, having played series against India, Sri Lanka and England in the lead-up to the World Cup. Bangladesh have enjoyed a slightly more spread-out schedule, with a couple of one-day home series the only cricket they played in the six months before the World Cup.Bangladesh have beaten Australia just once in 16 one-dayers against them, back in 2007 in Cardiff. Since they last played Australia in September 2008, they have won 25 of their 53 one-day games, and have been on a good run at home, where they recently won series against New Zealand and Zimbabwe.

Canada consolidated their dominant position against Afghanistan by piling on 566, and nipping out three wickets before the close of play on the second day

Cricinfo staff21-Feb-2010
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Canada consolidated their dominant position against Afghanistan by piling on 566, and nipping out three wickets before the close of play on the second day. Canada’s was a combined batting effort, led by Sunil Dhaniram’s 130, which included 17 fours and a six. His knock was backed up by important contributions; the last four wickets added 221 with each of the last four batsmen managing 20-plus scores. Ten batsmen in Canada’s innings reached double-digits, and the extras furthered their tally by 34 runs.Canada built on a strong performance on the first day by Ashish Bagai, who had helped steer his team to 350 for 6 and Dhaniram, together with the lower order, got them to a score greater than what they would have expected at the start of the second day.For Afghanistan, legspinner Samiullah Shenwari grabbed 4 for 118, but the bowlers were handled quite comfortably as Canada reached a virtually invincible position. In reply, Shabir Noori held one end together with an unbeaten 46 but lost three partners, including captain Nowroz Mangal, as his side finished on 110 for 3 at stumps.

England reached their highest batting total of the Women’s Cricket World Series in Christchurch, New Zealand today, but it was not enough to halt the progress of the host nation and current World Champions, who ran out seven-wicket winners.

Andrea Wiggins25-Dec-2009England reached their highest batting total of the Women’s Cricket World Series in Christchurch, New Zealand today, but it was not enough to halt the progress of the host nation and current World Champions, who ran out seven-wicket winners.England Captain Clare Connor won the toss and elected to bat, with England reaching 173 for nine in their 50 overs. The new opening partnership of Kathryn Leng (Yorkshire) and Sarah Collyer (Somerset) made a solid start, Leng especially looking in fine touch driving opening bowler Kate Pulford straight down the ground for four in the first over.The pair had reached 38 in the ninth over before Leng was caught by Haidee Tiffen off Mason for 16. She was replaced by Claire Taylor, who has been playing State cricket in Canterbury this season, and drove imperiously to open her account.Tiffen’s fielding is one of the reasons why New Zealand hold the cherished World Championship crown, and a direct hit ran out Taylor when she had made just eight.Collyer stayed at the crease to reach 39 in the 28th over, before being run out by more sharp fielding, and England were 83 for three. Steele then removed three England middle order wickets in quick succession as Connor was caught and bowled, Arran Thompson stumped by Rebecca Rolls, and Laura Newton dismissed lbw, which saw England at 106 for six in the 37th over.This time, England’s tail had some venom, and attacking batting from youngsters Laura Spragg and Nicki Shaw assisted Dawn Holden in taking England to 144 for eight, Holden reaching 26 before being adjudged lbw.Shaw, in particular, drove well, starting her innings with two fours and the Nottinghamshire pair kept the scoreboard ticking over with well-worked singles as England’s run rate reached 3.30 an over for the first time since the opening stand.Clare Taylor, who became the first Englishwoman to reach 100 caps for her country during the tournament, finished on 16 not out.New Zealand skipper Emily Drumm led the reply after England had taken two quick wickets in the opening spell to leave the match finely balanced with the home side on 53 for two.With New Zealand significantly trailing the required run rate Drumm began to assert some authority over the England bowling. She was dismissed on 92 in the 45th over of the match, when the scores were level, trying to make the winning runs. That honour fell to Tiffen.Despite England’s bowlers containing the New Zealanders, who didn’t reach the required run rate until the 41st over, they were unable to take key wickets and New Zealand have secured their place in the Final on Saturday. They face Australia in a repeat of the thrilling World Cup Final at the same venue in December 2000.England will play India in their last group game on Thursday 6th Feb and will face them again the following day in the play-off for third place.ENGLAND: Kathryn Leng (Yorkshire), Sarah Collyer (Somerset), Claire Taylor (Berkshire), Arran Thompson (Lancashire), Laura Newton (Cheshire), Clare Connor (Capt, Sussex), Dawn Holden (Nottinghamshire), Laura Spragg (Yorkshire), Nicki Shaw (Nottinghamshire), Clare Taylor (Yorkshire), Lucy Pearson (Staffordshire).

Bhuvneshwar and Rinku, meanwhile, teamed up with Vipraj Nigam to help UP blaze past Andhra into the final eight

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Dec-2024Bengal are through to the quarter-finals of the 2024-25 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) after prevailing by three runs in a thriller against Chandigarh at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday afternoon.The hero was seamer Sayan Ghosh, who picked up 4 for 30 to remove the cream of Chandigarh’s batting in their pursuit of 157. The target was set up largely by Karan Lal, who top scored with 33, and Writtick Chatterjee, who made a 12-ball 28.The unlikely batting hero, though, was Mohammed Shami, who walloped an unbeaten 17-ball 32 from No. 10, his highest score in T20s, to give them momentum going into the break.Related

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Chandigarh’s hot-and-cold chase was fuelled by Raj Bawa’s 32. It came down to them needing 20 off the last two overs with three wickets in hand.Shami, who had picked up a wicket with his second delivery in his first spell that finished with figures of 3-0-13-1, conceded 12 in his final over upon his return at the death and the equation was brought down to eight off the last six.Ghosh then bowled two dots and picked up a wicket in the first five deliveries of the over to all but seal the game. With seven needed of one ball, Nishunk Birla hit a boundary and Bengal won by three runs.Shami has now featured in each of Bengal’s eight matches, and has bowled his full quota of overs in every game, while picking up nine wickets at an economy of 7.49. As of Monday, it’s understood Shami will remain with the Bengal squad for the remainder of their campaign.While in Bengaluru, Shami has been working with the National Cricket Academy staff as he continues on his road back to top-flight cricket. He’s yet to get the all-clear, however.On Sunday in Adelaide, India captain Rohit Sharma reiterated the need for caution over not rushing Shami back for the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, though “the door remains open”. His comments stem from Shami having developed some swelling in his knees while bowling during SMAT.The Bengal team management has expressed satisfaction at the way Shami has responded to his bowling workload and his intensity all tournament. Shami has opted to rest instead of train on match-eve, a decision which is believed to have been his own with a view to keep him going for the duration of the competition.Bengal next play Baroda in the round of eight on Wednesday.Rinku Singh and Vipraj Nigam can’t hold their happiness after taking UP over the line•PTI

Rinku, Bhuvneshwar and Nigam star as UP beat Andhra

Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked 2 for 30, Rinku Singh scored an unbeaten 27 off 22 balls, and Vipraj Nigam (2 for 20 and 27* off eight) produced a stunning all-round show to help Uttar Pradesh qualify for the 2024-25 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy quarter-finals with a four-wicket win against Andhra.Andhra were stuck at 89 for 5 after 15 overs, and 113 for 6 after 16.2 but KV Sasikanth and SDNV Prasad breathed life into the innings with an unbeaten 43-run stand for the seventh wicket off 16 balls to take them to 156 for 6.In reply, UP were cruising with Karan Sharma and Aryan Juyal adding 70 runs in 49 balls. Then they lost four wickets in 24 balls for 18 runs. Two more fell in the 16th over with Rinku stranded at one end. But he found excellent support from Nigam, the duo adding 48 runs off 18 balls to take UP to a win with an over to spare.

An unbeaten tenth-wicket stand of 17 from MacMillan and Vidler helped Australia clinch thriller after Straker’s six-for

Sreshth Shah08-Feb-2024An unbeaten tenth-wicket stand of 17 between Raf MacMillan and Callum Vidler took Australia past Pakistan in a topsy-turvy second semi-final in Benoni to seal a date against India in Sunday’s final for the 2024 Men’s Under-19 World Cup title.Chasing only 180 after Tom Straker’s 6 for 24 wrecked Pakistan in the first innings, Australia nearly threw away their advantage with the bat after a few clumsy top-order dismissals brought some parity into the contest. Fifteen-year-old Ali Raza (4-34) struck thrice late in the day, but the young pair of MacMillan (19*) and Vidler (3*) staved off the challenge posed by the inspired Pakistan bowling attack in the death overs to just about take Australia over the line. The winning runs in the final over were scored off an inside edge that very nearly crashed into the stumps but instead trickled behind for four.Australia also had opener Harry Dixon and wicketkeeper-batter Oliver Peake to thank for their contributions with the bat that held their fragile innings together.Dixon, who models his game on David Warner, hit his third half-century of the tournament and perhaps the most important of his youth ODI career with 50 in 75 balls. He held one end up as Sam Konstas (14), Hugh Weibgen (4), Harjas Singh (run out for 5) and Ryan Hicks (0) fell in quick succession to leave Australia reeling at 59 for 4. Along with Peake, he added 43 for the sixth wicket, but a double-wicket burst from left-arm spinner Arafat Minhas brought Pakistan into the game.Tom Straker starred with six wickets•ICC/Getty Images

Pakistan then went ahead in the contest when Raza with his blistering pace picked off Peake – on 49 – and Straker in the 42nd and 46th overs respectively. He then bowled the No. 10 Mahli Beardman for a duck leaving Australia scrambling with only one wicket in hand. But the tenth and most important wicket remained elusive.Earlier in the day, Pakistan were inserted to bat by Australia captain Weibgen. On a surface with ample spin and enough lateral movement, four of Pakistan’s top six were out for single digits. Straker, with his height and pace, dismissed Shamyl Hussain (17) and Saad Baig (3) while fellow new-ball bowler Vidler got Shahzaib Khan (4). Offspinners MacMillan and Campbell also found enough purchase to keep the left-hand heavy Pakistan line-up guessing.Two batters who did look comfortable for Pakistan, though, were the No. 3 Azan Awais and the No. 7 Minhas. They both struck 52 of different styles, to ensure Pakistan could make 179. Awais was more reserved, playing according to the struggling situation Pakistan found themselves in, while Minhas was more attacking in the back end, with the team searching for a respectable total. Their 54-run fifth-wicket stand seemed to set Pakistan up for a score closer to 200, but their dismissals in the 41st and 45th overs gave Australia an opening to exploit.And that came in the form of Straker’s extreme pace. He picked up a fourth wicket when Ubaid Khan mistimed a shot to cover in the 47th over, and when he returned for the 49th, Straker rattled the stumps of both the No. 10 and No. 11 Pakistan batters. In a game of close margins, the seven balls Pakistan failed to face in the first innings turned out to be mighty expensive.The result now sets up a repeat of the 2018 Under-19 World Cup final and more recently, the 2023 ODI World Cup final contested between the India and Australia senior sides. That contest will be at the same venue in Benoni on Sunday, February 11.