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The BCB will wait till 10am (0400 GMT) on Wednesday for the PCB to give its No Objection Certificates (NOC) to Pakistan cricketers participating in this year’s Bangladesh Premier League. If they are not granted, the domestic Twenty20 tournament, will begin on Friday without any Pakistani players.”We will wait till 10am and if the PCB doesn’t reply, the tournament will go on as per schedule without the Pakistani players,” BPL chairman Afzalur Rahman Sinha said, after a long meeting at the BCB headquarters in Mirpur on Tuesday. “We won’t bow down to any demand and have decided to carry on. We have already informed that to the franchises and asked them to arrange similar-quality players to replace them.”The negotiations between the two boards have reached a tipping point after the PCB continued to seek a confirmation from the BCB regarding a tour to Pakistan. The BCB has played a waiting game after cancelling a trip for the second time on December 31. After BCB president Nazmul Hassan met his Pakistani counterpart Zaka Ashraf on January 6, the BCB decided to send a second security team but that too has not gone down well in Pakistan.The seven franchises have been told to seek replacements from among the players who were unsold in the auction, or else find players from outside the list. With two days left before the tournament begins, it is unlikely that the franchises will be able to find enough players to replace the Pakistan cricketers, so popular in Bangladesh. Khulna Royal Bengals is the franchise most hit, as they had bought the services of Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Awais Zia, Umar Amin, Ahmed Shehzad, Haris Sohail and Bilawal Bhatti.The BCB had voiced confidence until Tuesday afternoon about the Pakistan players finally being made available but as no confirmation from the PCB arrived, the franchises frantically began to look for players in Australia and South Africa as replacements.The second edition of the BPL has already become an organisational nightmare for the BCB ad-hoc committee members, who have spent most of the last four months trying to clear out payments to players and other parties. The ticket-selling situation has also hit a snag after banks have refused to sell tickets due to security fears.”I admit that we could not complete the preparation yet. It is because most of our time was consumed clearing the payments of the first edition,” BPL secretary, Ismail Haider Mallick, said. “The banks are not prepared to sell the tickets due to security reasons – four banks have backed out. We are hopeful that United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL) will sell the tickets from Wednesday.”Finding replacements for the withdrawn Pakistan players could take some time but the organisers have not mentioned the possibility of a delayed start. Such a question is likely to be raised by the franchises before the media or the fans, because it is the teams that have to be restocked before the tournament can take off.

Cheteshwar Pujara, who is part of India’s ODI squad, has completed a triple-century for Saurashtra in their ongoing Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Karnataka in Rajkot, on the eve of the first one-dayer against England which is also in the same town. MS Dhoni, however, said it was unlikely that Pujara would play the first ODI.”It looks very unlikely as of now because we have to see the whole batting line-up, the position he’s ideally suited for and all those things,” Dhoni said a day ahead of the first ODI. “As of now, it looks very unlikely. Let’s see what happens tomorrow. If somebody gets unfit, we’ll see.”As the rest of India’s one-day squad practised at the SCA Khandheri Stadium, Rajkot’s new international venue, Pujara resumed his innings on 261 at the Saurashtra University Ground and went on to reach his 300 off 356 deliveries on the fifth morning. His innings had helped Saurashtra secure their semi-final berth. He was eventually dismissed for 352 as Saurashtra closed made their second highest score in the Ranji Trophy.”My plan was to get some practice for the ODI. Once I was set, once I scored my hundred I was in a positive mood and our team was safe,” Pujara had said after the third day. “Even if I would have got out, we were still safe to qualify.”His inclusion in India’s squad for the first three matches against England was his maiden ODI call-up, and it had come at the expense of Virender Sehwag. Pujara was India’s best batsman in the Test series against England and was picked in the limited-overs team after India lost the ODI series to Pakistan.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsThilan Samaraweera dropped anchor and ensured Sri Lanka passed the follow-on mark•Associated Press

Sri Lanka were still a long way off from matching New Zealand’s score at the end of the third day, but gained a psychological boost by edging past the follow-on target of 213, thanks to a dogged stand between Thilan Samaraweera and Suraj Randiv. New Zealand would have fancied their chances of bundling out the hosts before that target and possibly making them bat again, but were held up by the pair and the fading light in Colombo that forced an early finish with another 25 overs remaining.It was attritional cricket on the third day, because of the pressure created by the loss of wickets before lunch and shortly after. Like Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson had done on day two, Angelo Mathews and Tharanga Paranavitana kept the bowlers at bay for the majority of the morning session, but couldn’t hold their guard till the break. Tim Southee’s opening spell on the second evening gave New Zealand the initiative, and he proved to be just as incisive with the older ball, removing the set pair and making Sri Lanka’s march towards the follow-on target a little tougher.Samaraweera and Randiv came together at 128 for 6, after Prasanna Jayawardene top-edged a sweep to fine leg after lunch. The pair focused on wearing down the spinners, at a time when the seamers – Southee in particular – were given a rest. Randiv, who was shaky as a nightwatchman in Galle, appeared more at ease in his familiar position down the order and focused on supporting Samaraweera.Samaraweera, who had injured his finger while fielding on the first day, didn’t appear in discomfort against the ball that turned and bounced. All his boundaries in the second session came off Doug Bracewell, including a delicate dab wide of gully, a square cut and a flick past midwicket. Bracewell looked out of his depth, either bowling too short or too full. Bracewell likes to hit the deck hard but he often strayed too wide of the off stump. He failed to create chances, like Southee and Trent Boult had done. At one stage, he ran in from round the wicket with a slip, short leg, silly point and leg slip but Randiv was happy to evade the short balls.Patel got turn and bounce off the rough and Samaraweera wasn’t afraid to cut against the turn. The sluggish outfield and sweepers on either side of the wicket checked the scoring, but Sri Lanka eventually got past the follow-on mark, via an edged boundary past slip. New Zealand waited to take the new ball after tea, but couldn’t break the partnership, which had extended to 97 before the umpires took a call on the light.The majority of the morning session had been just as frustrating for New Zealand. It was a steady build by Mathews and Paranavitana, who gave the seamers some respect earlier in the morning with the movement on offer. Paranavitana needed a good innings to gain some more confidence ahead of a tough tour of Australia, and was strong square of the wicket, cutting Boult and Bracewell past point. Mathews offered the full face of the bat with his straighter drives. Mathews greeted Patel with a massive six over long-on but the bowler nearly had him leg before on 36 with one that pitched on middle and looked quite adjacent to the leg stump. Also, Ross Taylor fluffed a straightforward catch at first slip to give Paranavitana a life.Southee’s second spell changed the complexion of the morning. He ensured that dropped chance didn’t cost much as he drew Paranavitana forward and induced an edge to Kruger van Wyk. Southee managed to squeeze in one more wicket, in his following over, when he got Mathews driving and edging behind. What looked like a regulation fourth-slip catch was taken spectacularly by Martin Guptill at third slip, diving full length to his right.New Zealand picked up just one more wicket, shortly after lunch, and then failed to dislodge the seventh-wicket pair. They would have to make the new ball count on the fourth morning and secure a big enough lead before setting a target for the hosts to chase on the fifth day. They will also be fighting against time, given that all three days have been curtailed by the elements.

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Rituraj Singh took four wickets to give Rajasthan the advantage in Jaipur•K Sivaraman

The Singhs of Rajasthan, Pankaj and Rajasthan, took eight wickets between them to give the defending champions an ideal start to their third match after just two points from the first two. Devendra Bundela and Rameez Khan, though, made sure Rajasthan, who are missing Hrishikesh Kanitkar, will have to work for points in this match.Rituraj inflicted the early damage, taking three wickets inside the first hour. Aniket Choudhary’s strike made it 31 for 4. Wickets kept felling but Bundela remained firm. However, Pankaj returned to take the wickets of both the half-centurions, and also Anand Rajan, who scored 45. With the four wickets, Pankaj reached 14 wickets for the season, level with Manpreet Gony and behind behind only Shahbaz Nadeem and Arlen Konwar.
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Thanks to a strong pace attack of Gony, Sandeep Sharma and Siddarth Kaul, Punjab had picked up seven points in each of their first two games at home. Playing away, too, their quicks took two wickets each to leave Railways struggling at 193 for 7 in Bhubaneswar.Bad light allowed only 74 overs on the first day, but they were enough for Punjab to grab advantage. It began with Gony getting Amit Paunikar in the first over, and Sandeep soon made it 16 for 2. Nitin Bhille and Sanjay Bangar got a partnership going, but a further middle-order collapse left the hosts at 83 for 5.PM Madkaikar, Ashish Yadav, Murali Kartik and Krishnakant Upadhyay slowed down Punjab’s charge. Kartik and Upadhyay were unbeaten at stumps.
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The Patels, Smit and Parthiv, scored fifties once again, but they couldn’t turn it into a big advantage as the hosts came back through medium-pacer Sourav Sarkar’s three wickets. Both teams were coming off bitter disappointments: Bengal lost their last match by an innings, and Gujarat conceded a lead after scoring 600 in theirs.Early honours belonged to Bengal as Gujarat lost their first two wickets for 21. The Patels brought them back with a brisk 95-run partnership in 22.3 overs. Parthiv’s wicket to left-arm spinner Iresh Saxena started a collapse of four wickets for 48 runs.However, Manprit Juneja, who scored a hundred in the last match, steadied them through an unbeaten 56-run stand with Rakesh Dhurv.
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Hyderabad, missing captain VVS Laxman due to a bad back, made a good start to their third Ranji game with debutant medium-pacer Ashish Reddy taking four wickets. Saurashtra, who overhauled 600 in their previous match, made a comeback through Sheldon Jackson’s 67 after they had been 145 for 6.Reddy got rid of both openers, and then Jaydev Shah and Shitanshu Kotak in the middle. Last match’s heroes Sagar Jogiyani and Ravindra Jadeja couldn’t add much either. Wicketkeeeper-batsman Jackson, though, proved stubborn and added 63 for the seventh wicket with Kamlesh Makvana, who was unbeaten at stumps.

The Nepal spinner Rahul Vishwakarma recorded the best bowling figures of the tournament when he finished with a remarkable 6 for 3 from 6.2 overs at the Peter Burge Oval in Brisbane. His efforts set up a comprehensive six-wicket win for Nepal over Papua New Guinea in their 13th place play-off, as Papua New Guinea were skittled for 89 having chosen to bat. Vishwakarma, who bowls left-arm orthodox, demolished the middle order and then capped off his performance by completing a run-out to end the innings in the 34th over, leaving Nepal with a simple chase on their hands.Three wickets from Albert Geita wasn’t enough for Papua New Guinea, who could do nothing to stop Nepal from cruising to their target with more than 30 overs to spare. Naresh Budayair top scored with 27 as Nepal finished on 90 for 4, and Vishwakarma ended the day as the tournament’s second leading wicket taker behind England’s Reece Topley.Zimbabwe proved too strong for Namibia in their 15th place play-off at the WEP Harris Oval in Brisbane, where half-centuries to Ryan Burl and Matthew Bentley set up a 70-run victory for Zimbabwe. Having chosen to bat, Zimbabwe were in trouble at 10 for 2 as Jason Davidson (3 for 26) removed both the openers, before Bentley and Kevin Kasuza (33) resurrected the innings. They put on 62 for the third wicket before Kasuza departed and Bentley, the Zimbabwe captain, combined with Burl for a 113-run fourth-wicket stand. Bentley made 67 and Burl scored 78, and while the contributions from the Zimbabwe lower order fell away significantly, they had done enough to reach 236 for 9.Namibia struggled to recover from a wobbly start to their chase as they stumbled to 49 for 4 in the 15th over. Gerhard Erasmus (32) did what he could to put the chase back on track but Luke Jongwe and Peacemore Zimwa picked up three wickets each as Namibia struggled for traction. Jongwe grabbed the final wicket in the 41st over, with Namibia on 166, still 71 runs short of their target.

The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will collapse if its franchises cannot survive, the league’s governing council chairman Gazi Ashraf Hossain has warned. He also admitted that mistakes were made during the inaugural season and that the league may have been born out of emotional impulses, but promised to correct the errors in the next season.The BPL remains in the headlines six months after it began – for all the wrong reasons. The most talked-about of its troubles has been the unpaid players’ wages, with the franchises missing three deadlines between May and July despite reminders in private by the BCB and publicly by national captain Mushfiqur Rahim during the tournament and by FICA afterwards. The cricket board has now stepped in as guarantor and begun paying players over the past few months, as well as handling tax issues that have been raised regularly by the National Board of Revenue.Ashraf accepts the criticism, terming it a “costly mistake” by the league to rely so heavily for sponsorship on companies that are first-time participants in an event of this scale. The main problems seem to have been a lack of knowledge in selecting players and in drawing up a budget.”There was no time for second thought but the finality of the situation dawned on us when they [the franchises] started to brand their jerseys, and it occurred to us that there could be a problem,” Ashraf told ESPNcricinfo. “It was the first time and people learn from their mistakes, but it was a costly mistake.”We are now considering issues which we should have thought of before the tournament. I won’t deny that we made mistakes, and I think emotions ruled over our actual ability to stage the tournament. In the second edition, we’ll try to create a win-win situation for players and teams. If teams aren’t sustained, the tournament will collapse and along with it will go the cricket standards and players’ futures.”Despite being the guarantor, the BCB doesn’t have a formal contract with the franchises, which partly explains the board’s delay in paying players after the tournament. The first season was based firmly on the verbal assurances, but Ashraf says that is changing.”The agreements are ready, and as far as I know, many of the franchises are ready to sign it. They are our functioning partners so, taking the BCB’s role as guarantor in paying players into account, we will come into an agreement with those who have completed all financial formalities,” he said.The larger problem is the additional burden of the Dhaka Premier League, a very popular domestic one-day tournament in which 50-odd foreigners turn up for the different Dhaka clubs each season. “I have doubts over the ability to pull such a large amount of money for two tournaments in the same season from one market, given that the DPL is also an attractive competition for players,” Ashraf said.Part of BPL’s problem was the haste with which the tournament was put together. The window in the international calendar in February was incentive enough to go with it, but that meant there were major hitches. Game On Sports, the event management company that bought the rights to run the show for $44.3 million, had little time, human resources and experience to deal with the logistics. They depended heavily on the governing council which, according to Ashraf, wasn’t very well prepared to handle such an event.”It took some time to [settle] ourselves. We took a month or two to form committees, so time was short afterwards,” he said. “But one of the main reasons that drove us [to go ahead with the tournament] was the window we got. We wanted to take advantage of it as a lot of international players were available. We also had the 2012 World Twenty20 in mind for our players.”This time round, though, a window – February 2013 – in the Bangladesh domestic calendar has already been allocated to the the BPL, giving the tournament’s governing council more time to take control.

Danish Kaneria & Mervyn Westfield Sanctions Hearing1.An ECB Cricket Discipline Commission Panel comprising Gerard Elias QC (Chairman), David Gabbitass and Jamie Dalrymple convened at the offices of Sport Resolutions UK on Friday 22nd June 2012 to consider the appropriate sanction applicable to 2 charges found proved in relation to Danish Kaneria and one charge admitted by Mervyn Westfield.GENERAL1.Self evidently, corruption, specifically spot fixing, in cricket or any other sport for that matter, is a cancer that eats at the health and very existence of the game. For the general public, supporting the game and their team within it, there is no merit or motivation to expend time, money or effort to watch a match whose integrity may be in doubt. The consequences of the public’s disengagement from cricket would be catastrophic.2.Furthermore, the game of cricket simply cannot afford to have its reputation tarnished in the eyes of commercial partners. These partners could not and would not link their brand to a sport whose integrity had been so undermined.3.For players who have devoted their entire careers to the pursuit of hard fought and properly competitive sport, to have those genuine achievements called into question by the corrupt actions of a tiny minority, may tend to devalue their worth.4.Accordingly, we have no doubt that this is a cancer which must be rooted out of the game of cricket.5.As a result of this in relation to domestic cricket the ECB and the PCA have introduced programmes of training and education such that in 2012 there are in place for all county cricketers appropriate safeguards in the area of match fixing and corruption. These were not in place in 2009.6.In reaching our conclusions, we have had regard to the authorities placed before us in relation to sanctions imposed for corrupt activity in sport.Danish Kaneria7.We sentence for 2 offences. As we have found, they involve the deliberate corruption of a young and vulnerable player and, we are satisfied, various attempts to involve others in the net of corruption. As a senior international player of repute he plainly betrayed the trust reposed in him in his dealings with fellow team mates and we regard his persistent efforts to recruit spot fixers as being a seriously aggravating factor in his case.8.Significant sums of money doubtless flow from corrupt activities such as those which we have examined this week, and we have no doubt that those involved in making such corrupt financial gains spare no thought either for those they corrupt or for the integrity of the game.9.Kaneria has made no admission, has shown no remorse and sought to cast blame on other plainly innocent persons.10.In all these circumstances, we regard Danish Kaneria as a grave danger to the game of cricket and we must take every appropriate step to protect our game from his corrupt activities. Accordingly, we are unanimously of the view that the only appropriate sanction in relation to both charges is one of suspension for life and that is the sanction we impose. This means from today Danish Kaneria is suspended from any involvement in the playing, organisation or administration of any cricket under the jurisdiction of the ECB.Mervyn Westfield11.For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to indicate that were Westfield to have committed the offence to which he pleaded guilty, in 2012 – when the education and training programmes were in place – on a fully contested basis, we would have imposed a suspension of 9 years. Let no one underestimate the seriousness of failing to perform – or agreeing so to do – on ones merits.12.We bear in mind the fact that his conduct occurred in 2009, that he was targeted and pressurised by a senior team mate. To the ECB’s charge he pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and is entitled to significant credit for that.13.His evidence to this Panel was the core evidence which has exposed and led to the conviction of Kaneria and we accept that this has taken some courage.14. We bear in mind also all the matters urged upon us by Mark Milliken-Smith QC with regard to his character and we note his stated willingness to assist PCA in any future anti corruption education programme.15.Accordingly, we conclude that the appropriate sanction is:Suspension from involvement in all cricket under the auspices of the ECB for 5 years but we shall, exceptionally, mitigate that penalty by permitting him to participate in club cricket on terms which will be set out in detail in our written ruling* for the last 2 years of that suspension period.This suspension in relation to Westfield is effective from 17th February 2012.*In relation to Mervyn Westfield, the Panel have imposed a suspension of 5 years. For the first 3 years, this suspension applies to any involvement in cricket under ECB jurisdiction at any level including playing, coaching and administration. For the final 2 years, the suspension applies only to cricket in any Team England and First-Class County cricket environment including First-Class County Second Xl, Unicorns or any other team participating in ECB First Xl or Second Xl competitions, Minor County cricket and any involvement in First-Class County Academy or age-group cricket.Gerard Elias QC
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Ali de Winter has said he will encourage Australia’s fast bowlers to continue following the Craig McDermott method when he takes over as stand-in bowling coach for the tour of England. The Australians fly out on Thursday and for the first time in more than a year, the bowling group will not have McDermott to advise them after his decision to step down last month.The Tasmania assistant coach de Winter, who narrowly missed out on the job last year when McDermott was appointed, has been asked to fill in for this trip. It will serve as a valuable audition for de Winter, who has applied to become McDermott’s full-time replacement, and he said he would be doing his best to keep the bowlers heading in the same direction they were steered by McDermott.”There’s no rocket science to what we do,” de Winter told ESPNcricinfo. “It’s about keeping things as simple as possible, mechanically as well as tactically. At that level it’s purely about executing the plans that we put in place. That’s what it boils down to. In the past at Test level they sometimes haven’t been able to maintain their plan for long enough periods of time, particularly against the better sides like England and South Africa.”I share similar views to Craig, certainly about attacking the top of off stump a lot more in Test cricket. One-day cricket will be a little different, but keeping it simple as Craig has in the past 12 months has paid dividends and I think we’d be mad to move too far away from that sort of philosophy.”Despite the short nature of the trip, which includes five ODIs against England and one against Ireland, there will be challenges for de Winter. The bowling group has nine names and includes a legspinner, Steven Smith, and a finger-spinner, Xavier Doherty, as well as seven fast and medium bowlers at varying stages of their careers.Pat Cummins, 19, will require some extra attention to ensure he is ready for international cricket having not played since his remarkable Test debut in Johannesburg in November, and it is a similar scenario for Mitchell Johnson. That South Africa tour was the last time Johnson played for Australia before a long lay-off due to a foot injury, although poor form meant he had a chance of being dropped in any case.While Johnson remains some way down the list of Australia’s preferred Test bowlers, he has found himself back in the one-day squad for this tour. England does not hold happy memories for Johnson, and de Winter knows it will be up to him to ensure that Johnson is ready to take to the field again whenever the selectors choose him.”I think it’s largely [confidence] with him,” de Winter said. “He’s got plenty of experience and he knows how to compete. I’ll be talking to him and finding out the work he’s done with Dennis Lillee, to make sure we stay on the same page. If that stuff has been working for him it’s a matter of picking up on what’s been done and not getting our wires crossed.”I think we’d be wise to keep it as simple as we can for Mitch. It’s about building confidence and making sure that when he gets his next opportunity, whenever that is, he’s got confidence and he knows he can trust his own game. That looked like something he may have lost when he was going through his rough patch.”Johnson won’t be the only one who must keep his mind on the job. de Winter knows that plenty of eyes will be on him as the tour unfolds, analysing the way he interacts with the bowlers, assessing his results and determining whether he would be a good fit for a full-time role within the squad.McDermott had 291 Test wickets to point to; de Winter must impress in other ways. And while he is keen to prove his worth, he is also aware that a clouded mind is as dangerous to coaches as it is to bowlers and batsmen.”I’ve thrown my hat into the ring,” he said. “I’ve expressed my interest and I believe I’m through to the next stage. It sounds like they will start doing formal interviews in the third week of July. I have no idea what the rest of the field is like apart from Waqar Younis, who people are talking about.”I’m looking at the trip at the moment as purely an opportunity to professionally develop rather than feel the pressure of being on trial. That’s the way I’m going about it. I’ve had a chat with Mickey Arthur about a few things, so I have a few things to work on prior to the tour. I’m just trying not to put too much pressure on myself.”

Hampshire have bolstered their options for the Friends Life t20 by registering Australia allrounder Glenn Maxwell who has been playing club cricket for South Wilts and Hampshire Second XI.The signing of Maxwell, a 23-year-old right-handed batsman and offspinner, provides cover for Hampshire’s two overseas players already signed for the Flt20: Simon Katich – who is with Hampshire for the whole season and played in the first season of T20 in 2003 – and Shahid Afridi, who also played T20 for Hampshire last season, where Hampshire reached finals day and lost to Somerset in the semi-final on a super over.If Maxwell is required he will bring experience from both the IPL, where he played two games for Delhi Daredevils this season, and the Big Bash League with the Melbourne Renegades, for whom he scored 124 runs in six innings. He made his Hampshire Second XI debut against Essex in a Trophy match at the start of May, scoring 66 and taking 1 for 12 in six overs before two blistering T20 innings: 32 from 12 balls against Sussex and 115 against MCC Young Cricketers – his century coming from 31 balls with the last fifty from 11 balls.”I like to say I’m an entertaining cricketer in all facets of the game,” Maxwell said. “So I like to try to entertain the crowds and keep the game pretty interesting. I’ve seen a few of the crowds for the Twenty20s and they’ve been really good. So I’m looking forward to seeing West End packed out and hopefully getting a few runs in front of a big crowd.”We’ve got an amazing squad and a really gifted bunch of young players so I’d be very surprised if we weren’t up the top somewhere in the FLt20.”

ScorecardStephan Myburgh’s hard-hitting 77 laid the foundation for a thrilling one-run victory by Netherlands over Gloucestershire. The opener made his runs off just 72 balls, with 11 fours and two sixes, as the visitors ran up 239 for 6 after losing the toss.Cameron Borgas, Mudassar Bukhari and Wesley Barresi lent positive support, while Ed Young returned 2 for 31 from eight overs.After falling behind the run rate, Gloucestershire rallied with a brilliant 72 not out off 51 balls from Benny Howell, only to fall agonisingly short as Pieter Seelaar picked up 4 for 42. The home side required 13 off the last over, bowled by Bukhari. Jon Batty hit a boundary, but with three needed to win off the final delivery Howell could manage only a leg-bye.Gloucestershire were left to rue their early batting, which saw them make only 87 for one off their first 20 overs. Alex Gidman, who opened with brother Will, took 69 balls to make 41 and when he was caught in the deep 141 runs were needed off just 16 overs.Howell, signed on a trial basis after being released by Hampshire, did his hopes of a contract no harm by hitting four fours and two sixes but could not quite pull off victory.Earlier, Myburgh had signalled his intent from the start, dispatching the second ball of the match from Will Gidman over midwicket for six. The 28-year-old left-hander went on to dominate an opening stand of 84 with Michael Swart reaching his half-century off 42 balls.Left-arm spinner Young made the breakthrough in the 14th over, bowling Swart playing across the line. Chris Dent followed up by having Peter Borren caught at mid-wicket but Myburgh helped take the total to 152 before also falling to Dent’s offspin.After Borgas and Tom Cooper fell, Barresi and Bukhari added 58 in quick time to boost the total before Barresi was bowled by the first ball of the final over from Ian Saxelby.