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Hosts win with 61 balls to spare, thanks to half-centuries from Nick Gubbins, Tom Alsop

ECB Reporters Network04-Aug-2021A Kyle Abbott-inspired Hampshire cruised to a six-wicket Royal London Cup victory over high-flying Worcestershire in a one-sided contest at the Ageas Bowl.South African quick Abbott took 5 for 43 – his maiden List A five-wicket haul – as the hosts dismissed the Rapids for 176 in 39 overs before cruising to victory with 61 balls to spare thanks to 59 from Nick Gubbins to chalk up their second win of the season against the third-placed visitors.Worcestershire struggled with the bat following the dismissal of opener Brett D’Oliveira, who played well for his 40 before being bowled by Ian Holland, with skipper Joe Leach adding some respectability to the total with an unbeaten 34 after Abbott had taken two wickets in an over to reduce the visitors to 136 for 8.The Rapids’ total always looked well below par on a decent batting surface as they struggled to build any partnership of note with wickets falling at regular intervals.In-form opener Jack Haynes was out for just 15 with Tom Fell, Jake Libby and Gareth Roderick all departing cheaply before Ed Barnard fell to Abbott having looked in good touch for his 29.Young South African seamer John Turner continued his good form for Hampshire by mopping up the Worcestershire tail to finish with figures of 3 for 44.Tom Prest and Tom Alsop were given few early alarms from the Worcestershire attack with the pair putting on 43 for the first wicket before Adam Finch struck in the 12th over of the innings.Finch tempted Prest with a short-pitched delivery and the teenage opener took the bait only to mistime his hook shot and find the hands of D’Oliveira at mid-wicket to be dismissed for 12.But any hopes of a Hampshire collapse were allayed by the arrival at the crease of Gubbins who added 68 with Alsop before D’Oliveira had the opener caught by Leach at mid-off for 50 to reduce the Hawks to 111 for 2.Gubbins continued his good form since arriving on loan from Middlesex with his third half-century in four innings from just 51 balls but with his side 22 runs away from victory he handed D’Oliveira his second wicket when he edged behind to Roderick.Joe Weatherley departed for 33 when he was stumped by Roderick off Josh Baker with Lewis McManus smashing a six from the very next ball to seal an emphatic win.

Boris Johnson confirmed the UK government is “considering” banning sporting fixtures on Thursday

Matt Roller12-Mar-2020England’s Test series in Sri Lanka has been cancelled due to the growing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic and their home series against West Indies in June – as well as the T20 Blast – is under threat, with both events scheduled for a period that the UK government has identified as the likely peak of the virus in the country.Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed at a press conference on Thursday afternoon that sporting fixtures will not be banned with immediate effect, but said that such a move is under consideration, which could wreak havoc with the English cricketing summer.England confirmed the series in Sri Lanka had been postponed on Friday, walking off the field on the second day of their tour match against a Board President’s XI moments after the decision was announced.”Due to the Covid-19 pandemic worsening globally, and after discussions with Sri Lanka Cricket, we have today made the decision to return our players to the UK and postpone the forthcoming Test series between Sri Lanka and England,” a statement read.”At this time, the physical and mental wellbeing of our players and support teams is paramount. We will now look to bring them home to their families as soon as possible. These are completely unprecedented times, and decisions like this go beyond cricket.”We would like to thank our colleagues at Sri Lanka Cricket for their outstanding support and assistance throughout this situation. We look forward to returning to Sri Lanka in the very near future to fulfil this important Test series.”The global sporting calendar has already been thrown into chaos by the spread of the virus, with hundreds of events postponed, cancelled, or played behind closed doors. In England, four counties have cancelled their pre-season tours overseas, while at least two more are expected to return home early.ALSO READ: Newsfile – ICC Board to hold March meeting via conference callSir Patrick Vallance, the UK’s chief scientific adviser, said during the Prime Minister’s press conference that the peak is “10-14 weeks away, maybe slightly longer”, leaving the English cricket season in a nightmare situation which could result in a huge number of fixtures cancelled or played behind closed doors.England are scheduled to play three Tests against West Indies, with the series starting at The Oval on June 4. That date is currently 12 weeks away, in the middle of the expected peak period. The T20 Blast is scheduled to start on May 28, with the group stage running until July 12.”We are considering the question of banning major public events such as sporting fixtures,” Mr Johnson said, describing the virus as “the biggest public health crisis in a generation”.”The scientific advice, as we’ve said over the last couple of weeks, is that banning such events will have little effect on the spread,” he said.”But there is also the issue of the burden that such events can place on public services, so we’re discussing these issues with colleagues in all parts of the United Kingdom. We’ll have more to say shortly about further action in that respect. At all stages we have been guided by the science, and we will do the right thing at the right time.”The cancellation of a whole home Test series would be a significant financial blow for the ECB, while the T20 Blast generates a major proportion of most counties’ income. It is possible that the tournament could be pushed back further in the summer – possibly at the expense of the final rounds of County Championship fixtures – but there is precious little room in the schedule for change.More immediately, the County Championship is scheduled to start on April 12. While crowds are typically relatively low, they regularly exceed 2000 at certain grounds, and the main demographic of match-going fans is elderly, increasing their vulnerability to the virus.It is possible that games – almost all of which are streamed for free online – could be played behind closed doors, and the ECB is in close contact with government to discuss its options.Sir Patrick explained that the nature of the virus means that a blanket ban on sporting fixtures is unlikely to have a major impact on its spread. “On average one person infects two or three others,” he said. “You therefore have a very low probability of infecting a large number of people in a stadium, or a rather higher probability of infecting people very close to you.”And that means that most of the transmission tends to take place actually with friends and colleagues in close environments, not in the big environments. So, it is true, of course that any cancellation can have some effect.”But if you get a displacement activity where you end up with everyone congregating somewhere else, you may actually have perversely an increased risk, particularly in an indoors environment.”

Hard-fought half-centuries from Ollie Pope and Steven Mullaney ended up in vain during a match that also witnessed an attack by bees

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Jan-2019
Rishabh Pant and Shardul Thakur were instrumental in India A securing a fourth successive victory over England Lions in their five-match unofficial ODI series in Thiruvananthapuram.Thakur picked up 4 for 49, his new-ball spell helping topple the visitors’ top order and leave them 55 for 4 in the 15th over. Half-centuries from Ollie Pope (65 off 103) and Steven Mullaney (58 off 54) helped resurrect the innings, but they still could only muster 221 for 8 at the end of 50 overs.Very few batsmen were able to show any kind of fluency in the game. Among those who faced at least 20 deliveries, only four men from either side were able to maintain a strike-rate above 65. One of them was Pant, who walloped 73 off 76 balls with six fours and three sixes. His unbeaten 120-run partnership with Deepak Hooda, who made a run-a-ball 47, took India to the target with 21 balls to spare.Pant and Hooda’s cool finish was much needed considering England Lions had removed opener Ruturaj Gaikwad for a duck and then posed enough menace through the middle overs that India A were 102 for 4 in the 28th over with KL Rahul falling for 42 off 77 balls. While the visitors may be pleased with their ability to fight back after losing early ground – Pope and Mullaney compensated for a top five that couldn’t get past 25 and later Mullaney and Will Jacks combined to pick up 3 for 61 runs in 20 overs – they struggled to deliver the finishing blow.And so the home crowd were able to enjoy another telling glimpse India’s next generation, their afternoon disrupted only when a swarm of bees decided to attack them.

In Vadodara, Subhranshu Senapati’s century sparked Odisha’s resistance against Baroda

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Nov-2017Centuries from N Jagadeesan (101 off 150) and Yo Mahesh, who produced his second rearguard performance of the season, helped Tamil Nadu finish on 326 and secure the first-innings lead against Madhya Pradesh in Indore. Madhya Pradesh, however, replied strongly in their second lead to end the day on 142 for 1 with Rajat Patidar (81*) and Shubham Sharma (41*) at the crease. Earlier, Tamil Nadu resumed on 191 for 6 and lost their overnight batsman Jagadeesan early on the day, who was bowled by Avesh Khan shortly after his second century. Yo Mahesh and M Mohammed, who scored 43 off 69 balls, then stitched together 92 runs for the eighth wicket. After Mohammed’s dismissal, Yo Mahesh had a handy partnership with R Sai Kishore and eventually finished unbeaten on 103, laced with seven fours and five sixes. Seamers Ishwar Pandey and Puneet Datey claimed three scalps each.Seamer Shardul Thakur’s five-wicket haul shot out Andhra for 215 and helped Mumbai secure a sizeable first-innings lead in Ongole. Mumbai’s batsmen, led by Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten 95-ball 75, responded strongly in the second innings to finish the day on 190 for 4 and stretch the lead to 307. Resuming on 74 for 2, Andhra’s cause was helped by captain Hanuma Vihari (70) and Ricky Bhui (69) who put on 134 runs. But, their dismissals in the space of 4.2 overs helped Mumbai get back into the game. Eventually, Andhra slumped from 156 for 2 to 215 all out. Dhawal Kulkarni provided Thakur able support with three wickets.Subhranshu Senapati’s unbeaten second century was the centrepiece of Odisha‘s resistance against Baroda as they went to stumps on 316 for 5 in their first innings in Vadodara. Odisha still have to wipe out a deficit of 187 runs, but with Senapati still at the crease, they might have reasons to remain optimistic. Resuming on 64 for 2, Odisha didn’t have the best of starts, though, as they lost Natraj Behera who was caught behind off Vishnu Solanki in the first over of the morning. Senapati, however, raised partnerships of 103 and 105 with Shantanu Mishra (46) and Biplab Samantray (55) before adding 44 runs in an unbroken sixth-wicket partnership with Rajesh Dhupar.

Australia allrounder Glenn Maxwell revealed he had been eyeing up the opening position for some time after he hit a 65-ball 145 not out from the top of the order

Andrew Fidel Fernando06-Sep-20161:01

Australia set new T20 record score

Australia allrounder Glenn Maxwell revealed he had been eyeing up the opening position for some time after he hit a 65-ball 145 not out from the top of the order to lead Australia to a record T20 score in their 80-run win over Sri Lanka.Maxwell had only opened twice before for Australia – once each in Tests and ODIs – and his elevation in this match in place of Aaron Finch was something of a surprise, given Usman Khawaja’s presence in the side. Captain David Warner suggested Maxwell had been asked to open because Australia wished to preserve the left-hand right-hand combination, but Maxwell said he had initially floated the idea himself.”I actually had a chat to [coach] Greg Blewett a couple of days ago after Finch hurt his finger,” Maxwell said. “I said: ‘Geez, I’d love to have a crack at the top of the order.’ Sure enough, a couple of days, Warner gave me a tap on the shoulder and told me I was going to be up the top with him. So I was excited about it and looking forward to the opportunity.”Maxwell said he had been envious of limited-overs openers, even having recently made lighthearted fun of Finch’s 18-ball fifty in the fourth ODI on social media. “Can’t be that hard to do it when you’ve got two [fielders] outside the circle,” he had tweeted at the time. Maxwell’s 145 is the second-highest T20I score, behind Finch’s 156 against England at the Ageas Bowl in 2013.”I really enjoy batting at the top of the order in T20 cricket,” Maxwell said. “I find it’s easier to get into the innings. When you’re in the middle order you have to be proactive the whole time. It seems like if you get out playing a big shot at that stage of the game, it all falls on your shoulders.”At the top of the order you’ve got a little bit more freedom to get yourself into the game and play pretty normal cricket shots without taking risks. You only have to beat two guys on the fence. The way Sri Lanka set fields at the start made it pretty obvious where they’re going to bowl. It made my job a lot easier in the first six.”Maxwell had reached his half-century off 27 balls, in the ninth over. He said IPL experiences – especially the 2014 IPL season when he made scores of 89, 90 and 95 twice, his previous T20 career-best – had helped him turn that start into a mammoth T20 score.”When I looked up and there was eight overs to go and I was 80 or 90, I got the sense it would be a big score. I didn’t really realise how long there was left. I think I’ve made that mistake a few times playing in the IPL. I kept swinging until I was out. I probably played periods a bit smarter tonight. I knew if I mistimed it, it’d go in the gap.”It has at times been a difficult year for Maxwell, who was dropped from the ODI squad completely, after a modest tri-series in the Caribbean. He had since also had poor outings with the Australia A team, for whom his high score was 46 not out in six innings across the month of August.”West Indies was pretty disappointing,” Maxwell said. “I felt like I was a bit out of luck there. I just couldn’t get a break through that. To not be on the Sri Lanka Test tour probably hurt more than anything. I understood why they dropped me. I had no issues with that. And my scores were quite pitiful, by my standards, for the Australia A team. I think I scored more in this innings than in all my A team innings put together.”Maxwell’s 145 is just the latest headline performance in Australia’s resurgence in Sri Lanka, after they were whitewashed in the Tests. There is an argument that Australia should pick limited-overs batsmen who have had success in Asia on forthcoming Asian Test tours, but Maxwell was skeptical of that line of thought.”To score runs in one-day cricket in the subcontinent is totally different to playing red-ball cricket, when you’ve got guys around the bat, five guys on the fence, and they’re able to just plug away all day,” Maxwell said. “It doesn’t matter how many reverse sweeps for four you hit, they’re still going to be around the bat. And when you try to defend, one will blow up off the wicket, take your gloves, and you’re out. I know how difficult it is. People say he’s made runs in the subcontinent in the white-ball form so surely he can make runs in the red-ball form. But it’s just not the same.”I’d like to think, on the back of my four-day form in Australia, I don’t think it should matter where my Tests are played. I wouldn’t want to be pigeonholed as a subcontinent specialist, because I know how difficult it is here. All my red-ball runs have been made in either England or Australia. On the back of that I’d like to be picked in Australia.”

The first day of Cricket Australia’s experiment with a seventh Matador Cup side ended with an Australian record victory for New South Wales, after Steven Smith and Nic Maddinson smashed centuries at Bankstown Oval

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Oct-2015
ScorecardSteven Smith was originally meant to be captaining Australia in Fatullah today; instead he made an unbeaten 143 at Bankstown Oval•Getty Images

The first day of Cricket Australia’s experiment with a seventh Matador Cup side ended with an Australian record victory for New South Wales, after Steven Smith and Nic Maddinson smashed centuries at Bankstown Oval. Set 339 for victory, the Cricket Australia XI failed to handle the class of Mitchell Starc, who picked up 6 for 25, and in their first official List A game they were skittled for 59, surviving less than half their allotted overs.The margin of 279 runs made this the biggest victory in Australia’s one-day domestic history, and the tenth biggest in all of List A cricket. The Cricket Australia XI, made up of the best young players who did not squeeze into the 14-man squads of the six states, were always going to find the step up significant against a New South Wales side that boasted 10 out of 11 players with international experience.Had Australia’s Test tour of Bangladesh gone ahead as scheduled, Smith would have been captaining Australia on the final day of their warm-up match in Fatullah today; instead he was leading New South Wales on a suburban ground in Sydney. Smith won the toss and chose to bat, and found himself at the crease at 1 for 56 after Ed Cowan fell for 21 to debutant James Bazley.Smith and Maddinson then combined for a 153-run partnership as they enjoyed the hit-out against an attack featuring four players on List A debut. Maddinson was strong driving through the off side and scored his maiden one-day century before on 108 he skied a return catch to Jack Wildermuth off a leading edge when he tried to work a ball through leg.Against what is effectively a youth side, Smith looked about as threatened as if he’d played against primary school kids, hitting to every part of the ground at will. The No.1 Test batsman in the world, Smith struck ten fours and five sixes on his way to an unbeaten 143 from 122 deliveries, and he had support in the late overs from Moises Henriques (48 off 42).If the Cricket Australia XI thought things might get easier when their chance to bat arrived, they were mistaken. Another of the world’s best – Starc is the highest-ranked fast bowler in the ICC’s ODI bowling rankings – caused them just as many problems as Smith had. Starc collected 6 for 25 from his 8.4 overs as New South Wales ran through the CA XI for 59.Alex Gregory was the only batsman who reached double figures; he finished unbeaten on 23 as the final wicket fell in the 25th over. The job was done so effectively by Starc, Sean Abbott, Gurinder Sandhu and Steve O’Keefe that Australia’s first-choice Test spinner, Nathan Lyon, was not even required to bowl.