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Canada 224 for 9 (Bagai 68) beat USA 137 for 9 by 76 runs (D-L method)
ScorecardCanada pulled off a resounding victory against North American rivals United States at the picturesque St. David’s Cricket Club with a 76-run win. Although the result was officially determined by the Duckworth-Lewis method, by the end Canada were clear winners.Canada started the day badly, as they slumped to 47 for 4, after electing to bat. But Haninder Dhillon (33) and Ashish Bagai dug in to take the score to 106 before Dhillon was dismissed, but Don Maxwell (27) and Austin Codrington (25) both shared in crucial partnerships with Bagai, first 45 for the 7th wicket and then 41 for the 8th wicket, to take Canada to a respectable total of 224 for 9 in their 50 overs.All the while Bagai, later named Man of the Match, stood firm, and was undefeated on 68 from 90 balls. Charles Reid impressed with 2 for 18 from 10 overs, while Islam (3-39), Javed (2-47), and Howard Johnson (2-52) were also among the wickets.USA got off to a sound start. Rahul Kukreti (13) and Mark Johnson (33) batted with assurance to post 54. But in one devastating over, Ashish Patel struck, claiming three key wickets. USA were reduced to 55 for 3 and could not recover.From then on wickets fell at regular intervals, with only Richard Staple, the captain, offering any real resistance with a knock of 21, as the Canadian spin attack of John Davison, (2-15), Sunil Dhaniram, (2-20) and Zahid Hussain, (1-20), combined impressively to tear the rest of the USA batting line-up apart .Four wickets fell with the score on 99 as USA crashed from 99 for 5 to 99 for 9.A brief shower forced the players off the field, and with 9 overs lost, USA were left with a target of 214, but with the last pair at the wicket and only 4 overs remaining, the game was effectively over. Nasir Javed (26 not out) and Howard Johnson (10 not out) added a further 38 runs between them as USA finished on 137 for 9 in 41 overs.Bermuda 267 for 5 (White 78, Marshall 64) beat Bahamas 96 (Leverock 5-18) by 171 runs
ScorecardBermuda inflicted another crushing defeat on the luckless Bahamas, with an emphatic 171-run victory at the National Sports Centre. Sent in to bat, Bermuda got off to a hesitant start, and stuttered to 90 for 3. However, Wendell White and Charlie Marshall shared in a scintillating fourth wicket partnership of 131 runs, and Bermuda’s innings eventually closed on 267 for 5 from 50 overs.White (78 not out) batted impressively while Charlie Marshall (64) put together a fine 64. Along with 33 from Cann and 26 from Smith, Bermuda’s total was always going to be out of reach of the inexperienced Bahamians. Narendra Ekanayake (2-46) was the pick of the Bahamas bowling attack.In reply, the Bahamas got off to a bright enough start, with Whitcliff Atkinson and Dwight Weakley, both making 23, taking the score to 51 for 2. The introduction of Leverock rocked the Bahamas into submission, eventually all out for 96 in 35 overs. Leverock, later named Man of the Match, finished with 5 for 18 from his ten overs.Argentina 99 (Paterlini 49) lost to Cayman Islands 102 for 2 by 8 wickets
ScorecardThe Cayman Islands turned in an impressive performance at the Southampton Rangers ground to register an easy eight-wicket win over Argentina. Cayman Islands bowled out Argentina for only 99 in 40 overs, and then eased comfortably to the target for the loss of only two wickets, from 28 overs.For the Argentines, only opening bat Lucas Paterlini put up any real resistance, with a fine innings of 49 (4 fours). Alejandro Ferguson contributed an unbeaten 19 but the rest of the Argentina batting line-up failed dismally.When it was their turn to bat Cayman Islands faced no hurdles. After Chris Wight’s 21, Best (29 not out) and Lawrence Cunningham (23 not out) shared in an unbroken third-wicket stand of 45 to take the Caymans to a resounding win.This win keeps the Cayman Islands in the hunt for a top-three finish, and an automatic qualifying spot for Ireland.

Abdul Razzaq, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Taufeeq Umar and Faisal Iqbal have all been left out of the Pakistan squad for the short tour of England for three one-day internationals – but there is a place for the suspended Shoaib Akhtar.The out-of-form Taufeeq, who played in Sharjah and more recently in theBank Alfalah Cup in Sri Lanka, has made way for the more aggressiveopener Imran Nazir. Misbah-ul-Haq has replaced Faisal Iqbal, who alsofailed to impress in Sri Lanka, while Azhar Mahmood, currently playing for Surrey, has been recalled after being dropped following a modest World Cup. A new face, the uncapped Bilal Asad, replaces Abdul Razzaq.In the recent triangular tournament in Sri Lanka, a young Pakistan squad made it to the finals but lost to New Zealand. This performance has pleased Aamer Sohail, Pakistan’s chief selector, who said: “We won in Sharjah and were the losing finalist in Sri Lanka which means that we are on the right track. And keeping this in mind, we have tried to make minimum changes in the squad.”Aamer also had good words for Azhar Mahmood. “He has been included keeping in view his excellent form with the bat and the ball for Surrey. He is a utility player who, we strongly believe, will make a difference to the outlook of the team.”Aamer added that Imran Nazir came back after a recent trial where “helooked in good nick”, but the selectors still felt that Taufeeq “is an excellent prospect and a future asset, but he is getting out in a similar fashion which means that he has a flaw in his technique. I am sure he will sort out his problem.”Bilal Asad, who has come in for Abdul Razzaq, is a batting allrounder who performed well in Pakistan domestic cricket with an average of 63 and scored more than 1200 runs last season.Another notable omission was that of Inzamam-ul-Haq, who has been the bulwark of Pakistan’s batting in the past. Aamer offered him some consolation: “He has not played cricket recently, but we are aware of his talent, experience and potential, and it is just a matter of time before he will be back in the side.”Shoaib Akhtar is also included, but he will need to sit out the first of the three ODIs after incurring a two-match ban in Sri Lanka.The Pakistan selectors have stuck with the young players who they brought in after the dismal performances in the World Cup. The feeling is that a tour of England is always tough, and they hope to hone the skills of the younger players in an effort to carry on the rebuilding process.Pakistan are due to play warm-up games against Scotland and threecounty teams, followed by three ODIs against England. The tour kicks off with a game against Scotland on June 7.Pakistan squad Rashid Latif (capt and wk), Yousuf Youhana (vice-capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Nazir, Faisal Athar, Yasir Hameed, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Bilal Asad, Azhar Mahmood, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami, Shabbir Ahmad, Umar Gul, Danish Kaneria.
Coach: Javed Miandad
Manager: Haroon Rashid

The MRF Buchi Babu Tournament winners New Zealand ‘A’ are amongst thetwenty two teams that would participate in the Moin-ud-Dowla Gold CupCricket tournament here from September 2 to 16. Shivlal Yadav, theHon. Secretary, Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), revealed this tothe reporters in Hyderabad on Friday.The tournament, to be played on a league-cum-knock out basis, hasattracted Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) led by Test star AjitAgarkar, New Zealand ‘A’, besides newcomers Assam Cricket Association(ACA) and others, reports the Press Trust of India.The teams would be divided into four groups and two toppers from eachgroup would enter the quarter finals knock-out pace. The semi-finalswould be played on September 14, while the finals would be a day andnight affair on September 16.The winner would be richer by Rupees One Lakh besides the coveted GoldCup, while the runner-up would get Rupees 50,000. The event is beingsponsored by Coromandal King, Yadav added.Teams: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hyderabad Cricket Association(HCA) XI, Karnataka, Chemplast, All India Association of Bankers(AIAB), Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), India Cements, Railways,Canara Bank, District-XI, Goa, Hyderabad, Indian Overseas Bank (IOB),Indian Bank, Vidarbha and Indian Airlines (IA) are among the teams totake part in the tournament.

Australian cricket in the time of Michael Clarke has seen great success but also great upheaval. Stunning innings and achievements have alternated with unsavoury stories, with relationships strained behind the scenes then patched up time and again in public.This duality was never better illustrated than last year, when on the day Clarke and the selectors were in open conflict over his fitness, the blow that felled Phillip Hughes turned into a circuit-breaker that compelled the two parties to co-exist until day three of the Trent Bridge Test. It was always a tenuous balance.As the reality of a humiliating Ashes defeat sank in, a tabloid despatch from the British Isles spoke of divisions in the team, feuds among the players’ partners and of the retiring Clarke’s peripheral role in the squad’s social life. Whatever the merits of the story, results turned in at Cardiff, Birmingham and Nottingham spoke loudly enough – the team needs regeneration but also revitalisation and even reunification. It is a lot for a new leader to take on.Into this breach will step Steven Smith, he of 26 years and 32 Tests. A popular and respected team-mate, Smith will carry little of the baggage possessed by Clarke, but will instead have a different set of difficulties. He has already captained the Test team, but as a caretaker in an XI speckled with experience. When he officially takes over for the tour of Bangladesh in October, Smith will lead a side shorn not just of Clarke but also Ryan Harris, Brad Haddin, Shane Watson and Chris Rogers. The question of who becomes vice-captain – David Warner, anyone? – is a pointer to the team’s looming gaps.Smith will be a different leader from Clarke, more pragmatic than his predecessor, but he mimicked the older man in quickly asserting his distance from selection duties. Whoever is chosen for Bangladesh, Smith will have a challenge ahead of him to mould the group successfully without the sorts of strong characters who co-habited the dressing room with Clarke. Haddin, in particular, has been a major mentor to Smith.”Obviously it’s not my job to pick the team, but there is a possibility there could be some changes and some younger guys coming in,” Smith said. “I think Bangladesh is gong to be quite a tough tour, it’s another place that is quite foreign to us as Australian batters I guess. So we’re going to have to find ways to adapt to those conditions, like we haven’t done well here. Hopefully we can do that and have some success over there.”Nothing is confirmed yet either with anything, in regards to the captaincy. But if it works out that way and I am the next captain, then it’s a lot of responsibility. There’s obviously a few guys on this tour, the senior players that haven’t been taking part in the last couple of games. So it’s always tough when you lose those guys. But I think it’s exciting for Australian cricket, we’re going to have some younger guys coming through.”It remains to be seen how Smith will fare under the extra pressures of permanent captaincy. He has been a voracious user of one-on-one net sessions with the batting assistant Michael Di Venuto, but must now divest greater time for others. He has also shown increasing confidence as a spokesman for the team, but can still slip up at times, as he did in asserting that England would not get close to Australia this tour. Mainly he will need to lead as a batsman, something he did with hundreds in each of his three stand-in Tests against India last summer.Those games also saw Smith show a conservative streak in not allowing India back into the Melbourne or Sydney Tests with carrot-dangling declarations. It was the antithesis of how Clarke operated, as shown during the 2013 Oval Test when he angered the selector on duty (now chairman) Rod Marsh by offering England a relatively gettable target in a rain curtailed match. It took bad light to prevent the hosts securing a chancer’s victory.Smith has spent plenty of time alongside Clarke in the slips on this tour, and on day two in Nottingham he dived across and tipped a potential catch out of the reach of the captain. Such eagerness had been evident years ago at the 2011 World Cup when Smith collided with Ricky Ponting after both went for a high catch despite the captain’s loud call. Clearly Smith is eager to get stuck in as a leader, and demurred when asked whether he had served an “apprenticeship” under Clarke.”I wouldn’t say that,” Smith replied. “You can learn a lot from the way he captains [from] just being out there. Standing next to him at third slip, where I’ve been fielding, it’s nice to be able to talk to him and learn different ways as to how we’re trying to get the batters out and thinking ahead of the present. That’s pretty important as a captain and something that he’s done really well, and something I’ve been able to learn off on the job.”I was very surprised that it [Clarke’s retirement] happened, I didn’t see it coming. But I guess when you get to the end of your career you make the decision and Michael’s done that, so hopefully we can send him off on a high note at the Oval. He’s put so much hard work into playing cricket for Australia. He’s definitely been a great servant of Australian cricket. He was a great captain and a terrific player, so he’s going to be missed, that’s for sure. Hopefully we can send Michael off on a high note at the Oval.”The Oval was where Smith first signalled his arrival as a Test batsman of heft by making his first Test hundred in a dead match. Two years on and the farewell match for Clarke will give Smith time to think about how he wants to take the Australian team forward. Towards success he will expect. Towards unity he will hope.

The Himachal Pradesh allrounder Rishi Dhawan is likely to accumulate a lot of frequent flyer points and bowl a lot in the nets, but the India cap looks as far as it did before he was selected for the Australia tour. On pitches where Australia are playing no specialist spinners, and where the India spinners have been moderately effective, captain MS Dhoni feels the only way Rishi can play is if a specialist batsman is dropped, and if that happens, Dhoni said, India will be playing with “six bowlers”.Despite going for 239 in 37 overs for three wickets to outfield catches, spinners R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are being considered better on hopelessly unhelpful tracks than Rishi on tracks with good bounce. This should come as a strong message to the selectors.Dhoni was asked if he had given a thought to going horses for courses as opposed to playing his best bowlers on paper. He responded: “If you see what is important is to see that we played the first game with our best bowling attack. In this game, too, Ishant [Sharma] was fit and we thought he will get good bounce. We feel it is important to play with a proper bowling set-up. And at the same time you cannot neglect the batting.”When it comes to whether we can play the extra seamer, if your frontline three seamers are going for runs, it is slightly difficult for somebody like a Rishi to come in. He may bowl well, but I am saying it will be slightly difficult for him to be successful with the fielding restrictions. He is not someone who bowls very quick. At the same time in the middle overs you need to bowl a lot of dot balls. That’s where you have to decide whether you are better off playing with the two spinners.”The only option you have is, you will have to sit out Ashwin because Jadeja gives you that cushion of batting. It is a difficult one. I still feel 3-2 (seamer-spinner) is the best combination. If somebody was there who could bowl a bit of seam-up, that obviously helps. As of now we don’t really have [one]. We can’t really look at Rishi because to play him we will have to get rid of a proper batsman. Then we will have to play six bowlers. Six bowlers is a bit of luxury to have in cricket nowadays.”Australia, on the other hand, have handed out debuts to two fast bowlers and have stuck with them. They have rotated two other quicks, but have been blessed with the presence of a proper allrounder in James Faulkner and a batsman who can bowl in Glenn Maxwell. The only “allrounder” in the Indian squad is not being considered much of a bowler. In the absence of any evidence against proper batsmen, Dhoni’s assessment of Rishi is the only considered one we have even though it goes against the view of the selectors.At any rate Dhoni seems to have stopped asking for better from his bowlers. After India lost defending 309 in Perth, there was a clear change in the way they batted in the middle over in Brisbane. They had now set themselves up for 340, but lost their way in the end, and the bowlers gave up the defence of 308 just as easily in Brisbane as they did in Perth. Now Dhoni says there are only two choices left: either score in excess of 330 or just choose to chase. And he said that while answering a question about the extras – 11 wides and a no-ball.”In both the games we have given a fair amount of extras,” Dhoni said. “That takes that number of runs off the total. On good wickets it does matter. As far as Ishant is concerned, I think the breeze was flowing in circular motions. I felt that made it slightly difficult for him. I feel even if we cut down the extras we will have to score more runs. There are two options: either put pressure on [our] batsmen and score 330 or chase down the score, give them the batting first. These are the only two options we have got. We will have a look and decide what suits us the best.”If India are to score those extra 30 runs a quick start from Shikhar Dhawan can go a long way, but he has thrown his wicket away twice. Even if Dhoni wanted to drop him, he wouldn’t be able to because the selectors have given him only five established specialist batsmen. The only way for that to happen would be for Ajinkya Rahane to open, the idea of which Dhoni likes; he is not entirely convinced with the idea of Rahane the middle-order batsman.”Jinx has improved a lot in his batting,” Dhoni said. “But also the wickets are good here. What is important is to see him when the wickets slow down and he is pushed to play the big shots. When ball comes on he loves it, and plays very good strokes. I feel he has improved a lot. We will wait and watch and see what the best position for him is. I have personally believed he is very good opener because he plays proper cricketing shots. He cuts and pulls, but he plays proper shots. He can accelerate whenever he wants to. Also once he starts with the new ball, he is quite good by the time the middle overs start. So far it is good he has done well in both the positions. We will see how it goes.”For now, though, Shikhar has the captain’s confidence. “Shikhar is someone who loves to play his shots,” Dhoni said. “If somebody plays shots from the very start, there will be periods when he won’t score runs. You can say it was a rash shot, but that’s the time you are supposed to back your stroke-players.”

ScorecardOffspinner Ollie Rayner took 5 for 68, his first five-wicket haul, to give Sussex hope of enforcing a win over Sri Lanka A, but the tourists eked out 191 for 8 as the match ended in a draw.Michael Yardy ploughed on from where he left off on the second day, bringing up a dogged hundred to guide Sussex to 372 for 9. And it was a lone effort, too, as his team-mates struggled against the legspin of Kaushal Lokuarachchi who picked up impressive figures of 5 for 48.Sussex then made inroads into Sri Lanka A’s fragile top-order, reducing them to 89 for 5 and giving them genuine hope of enforcing a thrilling victory. But Mahela Udawatte struck a combative 50 and, allied with useful contributions from Lokuarachchi (39) and Dilruwan Perera (23*), guided the tourists through to a draw.

George Dawkes, who was a stalwart of the Derbyshire side immediately after WW2, has died at the age of 86.A specialist wicketkeeper who grew in competence as a batsman, Dawkes made his first-class debut for Leicestershire in 1937 at the age of 17 and almost immediately established himself in a county side that was languishing at the foot of the Championship. He was an ever-present in 1938 and 1939 but his progress was then curtailed by the war.After being demobbed in 1947, Dawkes switched to Derbyshire and was a permanent member of the side until 1960. Although he never scored 1000 runs in a season, he regularly topped 700 and three times passed 900. His one first-class hundred came against Hampshire at Burton-on-Trent in 1954, when he came in at 72 for 6 and shared a seventh-wicket stand of 191 with John Kelly.He toured India with a Commonwealth XI in 1949-50 and twice represented the Players. In all, he made 1042 dismissals (894 catches and 148 stumpings) and scored 11,411 runs at 18.08.

For the second time in three finals, India waited in the pavilion as the rain pummelled down and washed out the game. In the Champions Trophy last year, India were favourites; today, they were staggering at 46 for 3 in 17.1 overs when the clouds opened up.India’s worst start of this tournament could not be blamed on either the pitch or the conditions. It was all due to bad shot selection by the Indian batsmen, and some hostile South African bowling.Makhaya Ntini began with a fast, fiery spell, and Virender Sehwag, who had been hit on the arm by an Ntini snorter in the last match, was expecially uncomfortable against him. Ntini was liberal with short stuff, and Sehwag had no answers to the questions he posed. A miscued pull looped up in the air and fell just short of Mark Boucher, and he also played and missed at regulation corridor deliveries on a good length.It was Shaun Pollock who snared Sehwag, though. Sehwag (8), deceived by Pollock’s lack of pace, attempted to smash him over long-on but could only hit him straight to Allan Dawson at mid-on (19 for 1).Gautam Gambhir had shown plenty of aggression in his short innings, but no placement. His 11 runs took him 33 balls to make, and it was no surprise when he flayed at Ntini in the 12th over and only managed to edge it to second slip, where Neil McKenzie took a good high catch (35 for 2).Play was held up for a while then, not by rain but by strong winds that brooked no defiance. Umpire hats slid with geometric grace across the field, and drinks was called early. The moment passed, and play began again.There was no reprieve for India though. Kaif (5), after wristily flicking Ntini for four through midwicket, miscued a pull shot. Jacques Rudolph at mid-on took a sitter, and India were 41 for 3. Kaif glanced at the skies as he walked; more, perhaps, in prayer than in admonition.The floodgates opened at the start of the 18th over, and though the rain stopped towards evening, the outfield remained soaked. Clive Lloyd, the match referee, decreed that the safety of the players would be compromised if play was resumed. India and South Africa were declared joint winners of the TVS Cup.And thus, a tournament that could only be described as a damp squib came to a fitting end.

Someone in the Zimbabwe Cricket Union must have broken quite a few mirrors in recent months, so wretched is its luck. First there was the dispute which robbed the side of 15 players, then Blessing Mahwire’s action was reported to the ICC, and now Dion Ebrahim, their vice-captain, has been banned for one Test for making disparaging comments about Muttiah Muralitharan’s bowling action.Ebrahim’s offending remark came on the first day of the second Test, when he was reported for saying in a telephone interview that Muralitharan’s legbreak was “the first legal delivery he bowled – that’s my personal opinion”.Sri Lankan officials wrote to Mike Procter, the match referee, saying they took “very serious offence” at the remark. A hearing was held at the end of play today and Ebrahim pleaded guilty. He explained that he had not realised the seriousness of his statement, and that he had said it more in jest.Procter said that while he was not going to fine Ebrahim, he took his statement in serious light and so decided on the one-match ban.

Glamorgan`s friendly limited overs match against Middlesex at Cardiff on Friday, 2nd Maywill be played according to National Cricket League rules, with the players wearing colouredclothing and each side batting for a maximum of 45 overs.The match will start at 11.00am and there will be an admission charge of £5 for non-memberadults.