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Middlesex’s batsman Joe Denly, has flown out of Heathrow bound for Bangladesh as one of a rush of emergency replacements for Bangladesh’s T20 tournament. He will play for Barisal Burners.

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Jan-2013Middlesex’s batsman Joe Denly has flown out of Heathrow bound for Bangladesh as one of a rush of emergency replacements for Bangladesh’s T20 tournament. He will play for Barisal Burners.Denly joins the sprinkling of English county players who have ignored warnings from Angus Porter, the PCA’s chief executive, about potential payment problems and instead are gambling on making an impact in a televised domestic Twenty20 tournament.”I’m delighted to have received a call up from Barisal, and am looking forward to joining up with my new teammates,” Denly said at Heathrow Airport. “This is a great opportunity for me, and one that I am really looking forward to.”It’s been a little frantic since getting the call up, and having rushed to get my kit together, I am now thankfully sat relaxing in the departures lounge at Heathrow awaiting my flight out.
I’m grateful to Middlesex for allowing me to set off at such short notice.”Denly, who played for England in nine ODIs and five T20s without ever suggesting he would become a permanent fixture, finished third in Middlesex’s FLt20 averages last season, averaging 28.42 in eight matches with a strike rate of 101.The BPL has been thrown into chaos by the Pakistan Cricket Board’s refusal to issue No Objection certificates to 26 Pakistan players, so communicating their displeasure that Bangladesh had abandoned plans to tour Pakistan on security grounds.
While tit-for-tat reprisals go on, a few English county players are picking up last-minute deals and rushing to the airport. Mooen Ali, the Warwickshire allrounder, has joined Duronto Rajshahi.Middlesex’s managing director of cricket, Angus Fraser, said: “When Joe told us that he’d been asked to fly over to Bangladesh to join up with the Barisal franchise, and that he was keen to take advantage of this opportunity, we were more than happy to back his decision.”

Australia undid a dominant morning with a desperately poor afternoon as South Africa rumbled back into contention with a flurry of wickets

The Report by Daniel Brettig18-Nov-2011
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Shane Watson once again could not convert a half-century into a hundred•AFP

Championed by the indomitable Dale Steyn, South Africa rumbled back into contention with a flurry of wickets to ensure Australia undid a dominant morning with a desperately poor afternoon. Having blazed to 169 for 0 at lunch, Australia slid to 296 all out after tea, a lead of 30 counterbalanced by the fact that a deteriorating pitch will make the fourth innings difficult. Graeme Smith survived four balls before bad light ended play.South Africa, as strong sides tend to do, redoubled their efforts after a poor start to the day, and as in Cape Town, where they were razed for 47 in the second innings, Australia were unable to lift themselves accordingly. The hosts’ resurgence was epitomised by Dale Steyn, who compensated for a dip in pace by swerving the older ball deviously, and Imran Tahir, innocuous against Watson and Hughes but mightily effective against a supine lower order.Phillip Hughes and Shane Watson can be proud of a stand of 174, but at least one had to go on to a match-shaping score. Ricky Ponting’s exit, lbw again, will seriously threaten his place in the team, as will another inconsequential score for Brad Haddin.In the first session, which started early due to the bad light that truncated day one, Hughes and Watson confronted a handful of difficult early deliveries with the new ball, but there was no more movement off the pitch than might be expected on any Test match morning, and little through the air.Steyn appeared to be down on speed after his Cape Town exertions, and it was Philander and Morkel who posed greater questions. Hughes was into the 30s by the time the hosts manufactured a chance, the batsman flicking off his hip to short leg, where Hashim Amla spilled a difficult catch.

Smart stats

• The 174-run stand between Phillip Hughes and Shane Watson is the fifth century stand for an Australian opening pair against South Africa since South Africa’s readmission. Hughes has been involved in two of them.

• Watson’s half-century is his 16th in Tests. He has scored only two centuries and has been dismissed in the nineties on four occasions.

• Hughes scored his third half-century in Tests. He has now scored 1020 runs with three hundreds and three fifties at an average of 39.23.

• Dale Steyn’s four-wicket haul is his 32nd in Tests. Among South African bowlers, only Shaun Pollock and Makhaya Ntini have more four-wicket hauls than Steyn.

• Ricky Ponting’s horror run continued with his second consecutive duck. The last time he was dismissed in two consecutive innings for a duck was back in 2001 in India. He now averages 17.50 from his last 15 innings with just one half-century.

Hughes should have been out on 38, squeezing an inside edge onto his pad and through to Mark Boucher from the bowling of Jacques Kallis. But the South African appeal was unconvincing, and no referral was called for. When it was, for a Watson lbw appeal by Tahir, an equally thick inside edge was detected.Aside from this helping of luck, and Watson’s risky penchant for driving in the air through the offside, Australia’s batting demonstrated tremendous power, aggression and resolve. Watson was a little slower between the wickets than usual due to his hamstring injury but never lax in his foot movement, while Hughes began to look like the buccaneering opener who had plundered a century in each innings against South Africa in Durban in 2009.Both batsmen saved perhaps their best strokes for passing the half-century mark. Hughes rolled his wrists over a precise cut shot and Watson punched off the back foot through cover with the sort of impudence Steyn is not used to facing.By the interval Tahir had been warned for running on the pitch, and the hosts were doubly ruing their wasteful strokes on the first afternoon.South Africa returned more focused from the lunch break, and set about tying down Watson and Hughes. Results did not take too long: Hughes cut at a ball too close to him and presented a catch to the slips for the third time in as many innings this series.As he has often done on the outskirts of a century, Watson was becalmed, and ultimately chose the wrong ball to pull, swinging Kallis to deep midwicket where Tahir held a vital low catch. Usman Khawaja handled his first few deliveries with care and attention redolent of the man he has replaced in the side, the injured Shaun Marsh, but Ponting would not be joining him for long.Steyn’s first ball to Ponting was precise, seaming back enough to strike the pads in line with the stumps. Steyn was exultant, and a disconsolate Ponting did not even bother to refer the decision. It was his 27th innings without a Test century.Clarke was struck amidships early in his innings, drawing a combination of cheers and sympathetic groans when the replay was shown on the Wanderers’ big screen, and would still have been sore when he failed to ride Morkel’s bounce with a flashy forcing stroke and edged to first slip.Michael Hussey and Khawaja fought out the session, but they had not long returned when Steyn began curling the ball back into them. Khawaja was pinned in front of middle and wasted a DRS referral, then Hussey went back when he might have come forward and had his stumps splayed.Haddin made sure not to be out in the X-rated manner of the second innings at Newlands, but misjudged Tahir’s turn to be lbw for 16, and Peter Siddle might have been the first man ever to receive a googly, so badly did he misread it.Pat Cummins hung around long enough to take the tourists into the lead, but Steyn’s return brought more swing and an edge that was claimed neatly by Mark Boucher, diving in front of first slip. Johnson hit out ably for 38, but the fact he was the next highest score after the openers when Nathan Lyon was lbw to another Tahir googly said rather too much about Australia’s batting.

Tasmania survived an unexpected scare from the No.11 Nathan Rimmington to hold off a fast-finishing Queensland and win the inaugural split-innings fixture

Peter English06-Oct-2010Tasmania 9 for 252 (Cosgrove 69, Lockyear 64, Rimmington 4-60, Feldman 4-64) beat Queensland 247 (Broad 83, Drew 4-70) by 5 runs

ScorecardNathan Rimmington’s lusty hitting gave the Bulls a chance but Tasmania’s total remained out of reach•Warren Keir – SMP Images

Tasmania, the nominal defending champion, survived an unexpected scare from the No.11 Nathan Rimmington to hold off a fast-finishing Queensland and win the inaugural split-innings fixture. Half-centuries to Mark Cosgrove and Rhett Lockyear pushed the Tigers to 9 for 252 at the Gabba and the Bulls were in big trouble – even with Ryan Broad’s 83 – until Rimmington arrived.Rimmington blasted 42 off 24 balls and Chris Hartley chipped in with 27 in a breathtaking stand of 61 in 6.1 overs. The pair needed 17 from the last over and Rimmington cover-drove a four from Brendan Drew’s second ball before top-edging a boundary from the next delivery. He couldn’t pull off the miracle and was bowled from the final ball needing a six to win.The Tigers claimed the 50-over competition in February, but since then the format has undergone a significant renovation to become a 45-over contest decided through four innings. Once Cosgrove, an off-season recruit from South Australia, opened with a half-century the Tigers had the advantage and cruised to 3 for 105 after their first 20 overs.Even though the visitors struggled at the start of their second innings they were able to recover through a smart 64 off 57 from Lockyear and Brett Geeves’ 22 off eight balls to post 9 for 252. Rimmington varied his pace well – a clever slower one bowled Lockyear – to collect 4 for 60 off 12 overs while Luke Feldman’s 4 for 64 on debut would have been so much better if his final over hadn’t gone for 17.Queensland lost Lee Carseldine (6) and Jason Floros (6) chasing the point for a first-innings lead late in their opening innings and were 14 runs behind at the main interval. They also struggled early in their second bat when they needed 162 off their final 25 overs. The quick departures of Chris Lynn, who turned on a short ball and was caught at first slip, and James Hopes were big setbacks and ultimately left too much work to do.Broad was steady at the top until he swiped two sixes to long-on off Brett Geeves in the same over – and was also hit in the neck by a short ball. Broad was taken low down by Ed Cowan in the deep in the 39th over, leaving Hartley and Rimmington to ensure an exciting finish to match with a slow build-up.

The six Major League Cricket franchises named their retentions ahead of the draft on February 19

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Feb-2025Travis Head, Pat Cummins, Kagiso Rabada and David Miller were among the big names missing as Major League Cricket franchises named their retentions ahead of the draft for the next season on February 19.Defending champions Washington Freedom retained 15 players, the most across all teams, but let go of Head, who was their joint-highest scorer last year alongside captain Steven Smith. Akeal Hosein and Andrew Tye were the other overseas players released by Freedom.San Francisco Unicorns, runners-up in 2024, also kept a majority of their core intact, including their hard-hitting opening pair of Finn Allen and Jake Fraser-McGurk, but parted ways with Cummins, Matt Henry and Josh Inglis among others.Seattle Orcas, having retained just seven players – the fewest among the six teams, will go through the biggest squad revamp. They retained just two overseas players – the South African duo of Heinrich Klaasen and Ryan Rickelton, the latter has had a successful run in international cricket since the last MLC season. Among their seven overseas players released were Quinton de Kock, Michael Bracewell, Obed McCoy and Nandre Burger.LA Knight Riders will also face a similar challenge in the draft, having retained just three overseas players in Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Australian left-arm quick Spencer Johnson. Their releases included Miller, Jason Roy, Shakib Al Hasan and Adam Zampa.MI New York, who won the inaugural MLC title, have retained the services of Kieron Pollard – an MI veteran – along with Trent Boult, Nicholas Pooran and Rashid Khan. However, they let go of the South African pace duo of Rabada and Anrich Nortje, as well as Tim David and Dewald Brevis.Faf du Plessis and Devon Conway are expected to be back at the top of the order for Texas Super Kings in the new season. They have also retained allrounder Marcus Stoinis and Afghan left-arm wristspinner Noor Ahmad. Mitchell Santner, Matheesha Mathirana, Daryl Mitchell and Naveen-ul-Haq are among the releases.The notable domestic players who have not been retained include MI New York’s Steven Taylor, Seattle Orcas’ Shehan Jayasuriya and Washington Freedom’s Jasdeep Singh.

List of players retained for MLC 2025

LA Knight Riders: Ali Khan, Adithya Ganesh, Unmukt Chand, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry, Saif Badar, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Matthew Tromp, Spencer Johnson, Andre Russell, Sunil NarineMI New York: Ehsan Adil, Nosthush Kenjige, Monank Patel, Heath Richards, Rushil Ugarkar, Sunny Patel, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Rashid Khan, Trent BoultSan Francisco Unicorns: Corey Anderson, Hassan Khan, Liam Plunkett, Carmi Le Roux, Brody Couch, Karima Gore, Juanoy Drysdale, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Haris Rauf, Finn Allen, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matthew ShortSeattle Orcas: Harmeet Singh, Cameron Gannon, Ali Sheikh, Ayan Desai, Aaron Jones, Heinrich Klaasen, Ryan RickeltonTexas Super Kings: Joshua Tromp, Calvin Savage, Milind Kumar, Mohammad Mohsin, Zia-ul-Haq, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Faf du Plessis, Devon Conway, Noor Ahmad, Marcus StoinisWashington Freedom: Andries Gous, Mukhtar Ahmed, Obus Pienaar, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ian Holland, Amila Aponso, Justin Dill, Lahiru Milantha, Yasir Mohammad, Marco Jansen, Glenn Maxwell, Lockie Ferguson, Rachin Ravindra, Steven Smith, Jack Edwards

Will Rohit Sharma be tempted to tinker with his XI?

Sreshth Shah11-Nov-202325:23

Virat Kohli on the MCG Diwali miracle, part 1

Big picture: Will India give the fringe players game time?

They’ve been occasionally tested, but otherwise, India’s World Cup run has been nothing short of magical. Now on the day of the auspicious Indian festival of Diwali, they have a chance to gift their fans another dose of entertainment, and even though we know that anything can happen in sport, a defeat for the hosts is extremely unlikely.That’s because India have been absolutely dominant during their 8-0 run at this World Cup. Coming into their final league game, they face the least-fancied team of the tournament, Netherlands, even if they have performed better than expected. With a semi-final against New Zealand on Wednesday their next big game, Sunday also offers India a chance to rest key personnel should there be a need for it.According to India head coach Rahul Dravid’s press conference, India are not looking at “tactical” changes, but they may yet be tempted to give some game time to the likes of Prasidh Krishna, who is playing his first World Cup, or R Ashwin, who hasn’t played since the first game against Australia last month.Someone who is unlikely to be rested, though, is Virat Kohli, who is chasing a century that will put him where no man has ever gone before – 50 ODI tons. Both Kohli, and India, will hope that a hundred on Sunday brings a close to all the chatter about records being broken, and by the time the semi-final comes along, the collective focus of the Indian side is on that elusive knockout win and not on milestones that, on some occasions, have taken importance over the ruthlessness of victory in this tournament.Netherlands will have their own statement to make. They’ve been in India longer than any other visiting side this World Cup, and despite the highs of two terrific wins, they wouldn’t want to finish rock-bottom on the points table. They wanted to desperately play the warm-up game against India that got washed out, but here is another chance to shine in what will most likely be their team’s most-watched game of international cricket. It will be excruciatingly difficult though, as eight other teams have already learnt.Bas de Leede played a brilliant game against Pakistan but has not hit those same high notes since•AFP/Getty Images

Form guide

India: WWWWW (last five completed ODIs, most recent first)
Netherlands: LLWLL

In the spotlight: Shubman Gill and Bas de Leede

Before the World Cup, Shubman Gill was the unanimous choice among fans and experts as the one player most likely to succeed at the World Cup. But it hasn’t been so. A case of dengue made him lose muscle mass and weight, he wasn’t at full fitness at the start of the tournament, and a run of only two half-centuries in six innings has meant his overall performance has been below the lofty stands he has himself set. With Rohit Sharma and Kohli churning out the runs, Gill’s scores have gone under the radar, but India would want a big score from the opener ahead of the big semi-final in Mumbai.He has the most wickets for Netherlands at this World Cup (14) but he also has the worst economy (7.10) among his team’s quicks. For Bas de Leede, this competition promised a lot of highs but all that followed after his all-round effort against Pakistan has been disappointment. He’s leaked runs, he’s failed to score crucial runs from the lower-middle order, and the bottom line is that he has not lived up to his potential. Here’s one last chance for him to make a mark, and you never know… a strong performance against hosts India could be the perfect finish with an IPL auction also looming next month.

Team news: Bumrah to rest?

Dravid said the team will not “experiment” tactically, but the odd change cannot be ruled out.India (probable): 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 KL Rahul, 6 Suryakumar Yadav, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Kuldeep Yadav / R Ashwin, 9 Jasprit Bumrah / Prasidh Krishna, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Mohammed SirajShubman Gill was in good spirits during India’s training session•ICC via Getty Images

Netherlands should field the same side from the England defeat.Netherlands (probable): 1 Max O’Dowd / Vikramjit Singh, 2 Wesley Barresi, 3 Colin Ackermann, 4 Sybrand Engelbrecht, 5 Scott Edwards (capt), 6 Bas de Leede, 7 Teja Nidamanuru, 8 Logan van Beek, 9 Roelof van der Merwe, 10 Aryan Dutt, 11 Paul van Meekeren

Pitch and conditions: Big score galore

Runs, runs and more runs shall be the theme at the last World Cup game scheduled for the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. Australia scored 367 against Pakistan here while New Zealand thumped 401. If India bat first, their aim will be for a score in that region.

Stats and trivia: India chasing history

• India and Netherlands have played each other twice in World Cups previously (2003 and 2011). In 2003, Bas’ father Tim de Leede was the Player of the Match.
• Roelof van der Merwe is the only Netherlands bowler who has previously bowled to any of the Indian batters (Kohli and Rohit) in ODI cricket.
• India’s 8-0 streak at this World Cup is the third-best streak in this tournament, behind only the 11 consecutive wins achieved by Australia in 2003 and 2007.
• Fifteen years ago, Sybrand Engelbrecht played for South Africa against Kohli and Jadeja in an Under-19 World Cup final in Kuala Lumpur.
• No Dutch batter has reached a century at this World Cup.

Quotes

“We had a balance. We’ve structured the whole thing around certain things. But when that hasn’t happened, we’ve had the ability, the skill, and the mental fortitude to be able to bounce back, and to be able to still compete and do really well. So yeah, I think credit to the guys, credit to, like I said, I think even the NCA for all the work that they do.”

The fast bowler is set to become the sixth India player to feature in county cricket this season

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Aug-2022Mohammed Siraj is set to play for Warwickshire over the remainder of the 2022 County Championship season. He becomes the sixth India player to be signed by a county team this season, after Cheteshwar Pujara (Sussex), Washington Sundar (Lancashire), Krunal Pandya (Warwickshire for Royal London Cup), Umesh Yadav (Middlesex) and Navdeep Saini (Kent).Siraj is currently part of the India squad that is in Zimbabwe for a three-match ODI series, which began on Thursday in Harare. After the conclusion of the Zimbabwe tour on August 22, Siraj is expected to arrive in Birmingham ahead of Warwickshire’s home game against Somerset, which begins on September 12.