For a moment after lunch, with the sun shining and wickets tumbling, there was great intrigue

Vithushan Ehantharajah at Chelmsford25-May-2013
ScorecardJames Foster used his experience to help guide Ben Foakes•Getty Images

For a moment after lunch, with the sun shining and wickets tumbling, there was great intrigue. But a day which started with deserved applause for a well compiled century from Kent’s Darren Stevens ended in handshakes and cheers for Ben Foakes and James Foster, who saved Essex’s blushes after a top order collapse pried open up the prospect of everything other than a draw.Unbeaten overnight in the nineties is one thing to contend with, but Stevens had to endure two before getting the chance to convert his first fifty of the season. When the formalities of Stevens’ fifth hundred against Essex – a fourth in five years at Chelmsford – and Kent’s innings were completed, the game was in a peculiar place, with 73 overs left in the day and the home side 84 runs behind. When they went into lunch unscathed with 18 on the board and both Mickleburgh and Westley looking comfortable, the feeling was that it would take something truly special – or embarrassing on Essex’s part – to elicit anything other than a draw. What happened in the afternoon session could be chalked up to both.Kent’s new ball duo of Mark Davies and Charlie Shreck hit their marks superbly as they both persisted on a good length and let their natural traits do the rest. Davies’ skid and seam movement drew some false strokes while Shreck’s spell of good pace and steepling bounce would have asked serious questions of some of the best players of the game. If anything, that was the only thing he did wrong – his was too good for the Essex batsmen and, one time, Geraint Jones, who was seemingly powerless to prevent four byes from a delivery that exploded off the pitch and burst through his gloves.While he bowled the unplayable deliveries, Davies dealt in the wicket-taking ones as he saw off Westley, Ravi Bopara (who bagged a pair in the match), Mark Pettini and Ryan ten Doeschate in 11 balls. When Shreck finally some reward with the wicket of Mickleburgh, Essex were reeling on 25 for 5.But Foster, together with Foakes, saw the side through to tea with 57 more runs and no further wickets. A lead was established in the first over of the evening session and from then on master and apprentice went about their business in what looked to be relative ease.There is much buzz about Foakes around these parts – evident in the coos that greeted every drive, push through midwicket and controlled pull. He sets himself early and plays the ball late and there was a hint of a swagger emerging as he skipped through the sixties and seventies. He admitted to having a few technical issues early on in the season which he believes, with the help of Matt Walker, are now a thing of the past.”It’s stupid to say when you’re five down for not very many, but you really do have to forget about the scoreboard completely,” he told ESPNcricinfo. “It also helps being at home, definitely – every run is clapped and you get a lot of support which gives you that extra little push you sometimes need.”The mood around the ground was certainly sprightly. A members’ forum after the second day’s play attended by Paul Grayson – who, to his credit, never misses them – went off without dissent and, with Owais Shah set to return in the next couple of weeks to reinforce the top order, Essex could maintain their position at the business end of the table. And when a 20-year old shows as much maturity as Foakes did today, you would be hard pressed to find something to complain about.Credit, too, for Foster – “the best guy you could ask for in those situations,” gleamed Foakes – whose quest for runs early in his innings helped release some of the pressure that the Kent had created. That afforded Foakes time and space, reeling himself in for 48 balls before scoring his first boundary. By the time he hit had his fifth – a lovely flowing off drive off Matt Coles to bring up his second fifty for Essex in the county championship – Foster had taken a back seat, quietly bringing up his fifty by the time Foakes had got to 77. Three overs later, he came together with James Tredwell and called the game to a close.In the end a draw seemed a fair result with both sides, ultimately, appreciative of the points (Essex’s seven to Kent’s eight) in their respective positions at either end of the table, after a third of the season gone.

A flamboyant knock of 77 from 18-year-old Babar Azam and a stable 37 from Hussain Talat helped Zarai Taraqiati Bank chase 156 with two balls to spare against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited in Karachi

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ScorecardBabar Azam struck an unbeaten 77 to guide his side to victory•Pakistan Cricket Board

A flamboyant knock of 77 from 18-year-old Babar Azam and a stable 37 from Hussain Talat helped Zarai Taraqiati Bank chase 156 with two balls to spare against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited in Karachi. Azam and Talat put on 112 for the third wicket in just 13.3 overs after they lost their first two wickets for 44. They needed 94 off the last ten overs and 56 from the last five, and Azam’s six fours and three sixes, along with four boundaries from Talat made the chase possible.Earlier, SNGPL were put in to bat and all their top-order batsmen got starts but couldn’t convert them into big scores as they were 68 for 3 after 10 overs. However, a run-a-ball innings of 41 from Ali Waqas and quick contributions from Khurram Shehzad (20 off 16) and Imran Khalid (26 off 12) ensured they reached a competitive 155 for 6, which eventually did not prove enough.

Kieron Pollard led the Barbados Tridents to a 17-run victory over St Lucia Zouks with an all-round show in the first match of the inaugural Caribbean Premier League

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Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsShoaib Malik’s 51-ball 78 set the tone for Barbados’ innings•Getty Images

In the lead-up to the first match of the Caribbean Premier League, there were reports of protests in Barbados over the appointment of Kieron Pollard, a Trinidadian, as captain of the Barbados Tridents. But Pollard’s unbeaten half-century and three-wicket haul in the 17-run win against St Lucia Zouks on Tuesday is likely to have added to his growing legion of fans.After Barbados, having chosen to bat first, were reduced to 48 for 4, Pollard played the perfect foil to an aggressive Shoaib Malik, as the pair added 88 runs off 61 balls. Malik, who was named the Player of the Match, raced to his 50 off just 35 balls, and smashed a six and two fours off pacer Nelon Pascal in the 15th over. Once Malik perished for 78 in the 18th over, going for a slog off Tino Best, Pollard stepped up with the big shots, hitting 28 runs off the last two overs to take Barbados to 169 for 5.St Lucia, in reply, got off to a good start, as the openers Tamim Iqbal and Andre Fletcher had a 57-run stand. Having powered to 77 for 1 off seven overs, St Lucia were in a good position and the match was theirs to lose. They went on to do exactly that, as the wicket of Fletcher in the 12th over sparked a mini-collapse and the visitors went on to lose their remaining eight wickets for 57 runs.Struggling at 105 for 5, Darren Sammy briefly raised St Lucia’s hopes with a 16-ball 35, belting four fours and two sixes, but found himself running out of partners as the asking rate mounted. Pollard struck twice in the 18th over to dismiss Misbah-ul-Haq and Shane Shillingford, while Jason Holder dismissed Sammy and Tino Best off consecutive balls in the 19th over. Pollard sealed the win with a wicket in the final over, to end with match figures of 2.4- 0-15-3.

Hyderabad will not host any matches in the upcoming Champions League T20, due to security reasons

ESPNcricinfo staff02-Sep-2013Hyderabad will not host any matches in the upcoming Champions League T20, due to security reasons. The 12 qualifiers and group matches scheduled to be held in Hyderabad will be shared by Mohali, Ranchi and Ahmedabad.The qualifying matches on September 17, 18, 20 and a Group B double-header on September 24 will now be played in Mohali. Ranchi will host a double-header on September 28 while Ahmedabad will host a double-header on September 30.Last week, Andhra Pradesh state police said that they would not be able to provide adequate security for the matches as they clash with the Ganesh immersion festival. The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) had stated that the question mark over security was only restricted to the qualifiers and they were confident the police would provide adequate security for the group games.

Altered schedule

• September 17 – Faisalabad Wolves v Otago/ Kandurata Maroons v Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mohali

• September 18 – Kandurata Maroons v Otago/Faisalabad Wolves v Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mohali

• September 20 – Faisalabad Wolves v Kandurata Maroons/ Otago v Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mohali

• September 24 – Brisbane Heat v Titans/Trinidad & Tobago v Qualifier 2, Mohali

• September 28 – Titans v Qualifier 2/ Brisbane Heat v Chennai Super Kings, Ranchi

• September 30 – Titans v Trinidad & Tobago/ Brisbane Heat v Qualifier 2, Ahmedabad

However, the decision to shift all the games may have been taken due to the Hyderabad police being non-committal.”Police had said that they will not be able to provide security for the qualifiers due to Ganapati immersions. And for the league games, they would take a call based on the prevalent situation,” MV Sridhar, the HCA secretary, told ESPNcricinfo.”So it was up to the CLT20 governing council to take a call.”This isn’t the first time Hyderabad has been stripped of matches in recent years. In the 2010 IPL, all of Deccan Chargers’ home games were played at Nagpur, Cuttack and Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium due to political agitations in the state.

England will stick with Michael Carberry as opener for the remainder of the NatWest series despite his poor returns from his first three ODIs.

Alex Winter12-Sep-2013England will stick with Michael Carberry as opener for the remainder of the NatWest series despite poor returns from his first three ODIs.Carberry has scored only 15 runs in three innings in a disappointing start to his one-day international career, following a superb season for Hampshire. But, in the absence of regular openers, Alastair Cook and Ian Bell, he will have at least two more chances to stake his claim for a long-term spot at the top of the order.Having made 10 on debut against Ireland in Dublin, Carberry played a poor stroke to fall for just 4 against Australia at Old Trafford before being run out for 1 in the rain-ruined third ODI at Edgbaston.”He’s had a bit of a hard time of it to be honest.” England’s stand-in captain, Eoin Morgan, said. “But he’s experienced enough to know that it’s swings and roundabouts. We’ve 100 percent backing for ‘Carbs’ at the moment, because we’ve seen how hard he works and the success he’s had.”We’d like to see that over the next two games. But if not he’s always got his basics to fall back on – and go again.”If Carberry’s dismissal in Manchester was careless – slapping a well-timed cut stroke straight to Michael Clarke at backward point – there was an element of misfortune in his departure at Edgbaston, when he was run out in a mix-up with Kevin Pietersen.Morgan said it was the last thing Carberry needed. “I don’t think it’s anybody’s fault,” he said. “There’s always miscommunication in a run-out, and I think we can leave it up to those two to sort things out. They’re fine. They’ve known each for years and played at Hampshire together.”Carberry has returned to international cricket three years after his Test debut in Chittagong but has so far displayed none of the form that earned him a recall. Carberry enjoyed an outstanding domestic season in limited-overs cricket, with 502 Friends Life t20 runs at 55.77 and 471 at 47.10 in the Yorkshire Bank 40.”He’s fine,” Morgan said. “Obviously he’d have liked to get runs. He’s quite anxious to get stuck in, and prove the type of player he is. But you’re going to be disappointed with a couple of low scores.”Carberry is part of an experimental England squad selected with a view to developing younger players for the 2015 World Cup, as well as rest members of the Test set-up. The squad has come under criticism for short-changing supporters, criticism which gained credence after England were totally outplayed in an 88-run defeat in the second ODI – so far the only fixture to be completed. Nevertheless, Morgan insists winning the five-match series is England’s priority.”Obviously, it’s a good opportunity to blood young players, but we’re out to win,” he said. “For us, it’s now a semi-final and final – that’s the way we’re going to treat it. We need to come out and up our game and our intensity.”There’s not a lot of motivation the guys need. We haven’t played very much cricket, and the guys are keen to get on the park and do well. There is a lot of energy flowing around.”England appeared to be a bowler light in both Dublin, where they conceded 269, and Manchester, where Australia racked up 315 on what was considered a sluggish wicket. But given the lack of cricket so far in the NatWest series, England may well stick with their formula for the fourth ODI in Cardiff on Saturday.Morgan was satisfied with his side for Edgbaston, despite defeat three days before. “We felt it was our best XI. We picked it in the last game and we didn’t think there was anything drastic that needed changing. So we stuck with it. If we feel that a change needs to be made, either on conditions or performance, we’ll make it.”Of the changes England could make, only Luke Wright offers any experience. He could replace one of the batsmen but that appears unlikely, with England having completed only one innings so far in the series.A change to the bowling attack would see debuts for either Jamie Overton of Somerset or Sussex’s Chris Jordan.”Jamie is 19 years old, and has spent quite a lot of time around the group now over the last week or so. That’s hugely beneficial,” Morgan said. “I wish I’d had that opportunity when I was 19. He has bowled well in the nets. ‘Jords’ in particular – with his all-round skills – has surprised me massively. He’s a very athletic guy.”

Batsman Shreyas Iyer and pace bowler Chama Milind return to India Under-19s limited-overs squad for the quadrangular series in Visakhapatnam later this month

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India U-19 squad for the quadrangular

Vijay Zol (capt), Akhil Herwadkar, Ricky Bhui, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Shubham Khajuria, Ankush Bains, Atul Singh, Chama Milind, Atit Seth, Abhimanyu Lamba, Kuldeep Yadav, Aamir Gani, Jagdish Jope

Batsman Shreyas Iyer and pace bowler Chama Milind return to India Under-19s’ limited-overs squad for the quadrangular series in Visakhapatnam later this month. Iyer, who also bowls part-time offspin, and new-ball bowler Milind had missed the one-day series against Sri Lanka in August – they had played the unofficial Tests though.Batsman Vijay Zol will continue to lead the side. Zol has been enjoying a fine season as captain and batsman – he led the team to victory in a tri-series in Australia in July, then a drawn Test series in Sri Lanka where India enjoyed several periods of dominance and a 2-0 win in the three-match ODI series that followed. His previous seven innings across formats include three centuries and two fifties, including a hundred on first-class debut, for India A against New Zealand A, last month. The only new face in the team is Zol’s fellow Maharashtrian Jagdish Jope.Australia, South Africa and Zimbabwe comprise the other teams in the quadrangular, which kicks off on September 23.

ESPNcricinfo previews the opening round games in the South Group of the NatWest Blast

ESPNcricinfo staff15-May-2015Kent v Sussex

Luke Wright will be captaining Sussex for the first time, with Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene one of those under his charge. He is likely to be without four seamers, including Tymal Mills and Ajmal Shahzad, for their opener against Kent, as well as Sunday’s home game against Gloucestershire. But he will be able to tap into the considerable expertise of Jayawardene, who will be making his county debut with Sussex for the first half of the campaign before being replaced by George Bailey. Sam Northeast will lead Kent for the first time in the Blast after Rob Key’s decision to drop down to the 2nd XI in order to find some form and confidence. The hosts will also hope to include former Hampshire firebrand David Griffiths for the first time this season after a triceps injury.Gloucestershire v Middlesex

Captain James Franklin believes Middlesex can replicate their four-day form in Twenty20 and improve on a dismal recent record in the format. In the six tournaments since they won the competition in 2008, Middlesex are the only county not to reach the knockout stage at least once. Gloucestershire include Australian Big Bash centurion Peter Handscomb and powerful New Zealand allrounder Kieran Noema-Barnett and, after a couple of group games, will also be boosted by the return of Michael Klinger, the only other batsman apart from Handscomb to make a hundred in the 2014-15 BBL. Spinners Jack Taylor and Tom Smith could both play a part against Middlesex. Ian Cockbain will be captain in the absence of Klinger.Surrey v Glamorgan

Surrey have signed Wahab Riaz, who made such an impression for Pakistan in the World Cup, for a whirlwind 36-hour stint in which he will play in their first two group matches. Riaz will play in the opener at the Kia Oval followed by Saturday’s short trip to Essex, with Moises Henriques, the Australian allrounder, still on IPL duty with Sunrisers Hyderabad. “Wahab’s a quality bowler and we all saw how well he bowled for Pakistan at the World Cup, especially in that spell against Australia,” says their captain Gareth Batty. “It’s great to have him on board as our second overseas player alongside Kumar Sangakkara for these two opening games.” Glamorgan’s new overseas signing Wayne Parnell may not be fit to make his debut.Hampshire v Essex

Owais Shah will make his first appearance of the season for Hampshire against one of his former counties. Shah and Pakistan veteran Yasir Arafat provide a double boost after the Championship defeat by Yorkshire, where Fidel Edwards made his debut. Championship captain Jimmy Adams should be available after he missed the defeat by Yorkshire to attend the birth of his second child while former Essex wicketkeeper Adam Wheater, who was denied by injury from playing in the same match, is a doubt. Essex’s captain Ryan ten Doeschate is flying back from India to play in two games at the weekend, before returning to Kolkata, but they are missing Ravi Bopara, also at the IPL, as well as the injured Tom Westley. They have signed Shaun Tait as a second explosive overseas player alongside Jesse Ryder, and also have Reece Topley returning from injury.

Some of the best cricketers of their time have played at Trafalgar Road. Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd and Wasim Akram are merely three of them. Now Hashim Amla has joined an august company.

Paul Edwards at Southport24-May-2015
ScorecardBilly Godleman led Derbyshire’s strong start to the day before they were pegged back•Getty Images

Some of the best cricketers of their time have played at Trafalgar Road. Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd and Wasim Akram are merely three of them. Now Hashim Amla has joined an august company. Yet when South Africa’s Test captain comes to reflect on his career, it is unlikely that either an appearance on this ground or a three-hour innings of 69 will feature among his most treasured recollections.Folk round here will remember it, though. They still talk about famous matches and performances at outground venues; they know that such memories will keep them warm when various types of winter arrive.Amla’s innings may also have more material consequence for Derbyshire’s fortunes in this game. By the time a good length ball from Kyle Jarvis nipped back a shade and beat his attempted drive, the willowy right-hander had guided his team watchfully from 155 for 2 to 301 for 7. He had done this not with a fusillade of boundaries but with an understated watchfulness, as if determined to demonstrate that his two-match deal to play for Derbyshire was a wise piece of business.Of course, while Amla has nothing at all to prove to the cricket world at large, the good citizens of places like Sandiacre or Ilkeston may still need convincing that such a short-term arrangement is wise. He had, after all, made only 21 runs in two visits against Northamptonshire. Well Amla certainly earned his corn on Sunday and his efforts helped take Billy Godleman’s side to a rather prosperous 335 for 9 at close of play.Given that they had been 238 for 2 just before tea, this might not seem like unbounded riches but this Southport pitch is renowned as one that takes spin. Indeed, the ball was soon turning slowly for Lancashire offspinner Arron Lilley, who bowled 11 overs from the Grosvenor Road End before lunch. Both sides have selected a couple of slower bowlers and nothing has yet happened to suggest that was foolishness.But what was less commendable was the overall standard of Lancashire’s seam attack in the morning session. When Godleman marked his first match as Derbyshire skipper by winning the toss and opting to bat, he was probably thinking of the game’s fourth afternoon rather than the opportunity to gallop along at nearly four an over in the first morning.Yet that was exactly what he and Ben Slater achieved as they took advantage of Jarvis and Tom Bailey’s wayward length and direction to score 129 without loss on a chastening morning for both Steven Croft’s seamers and a crowd which grew rapidly as brightness replaced early rain.Both openers batted very well in what were still testing conditions. Slater, who had scored 296 championship runs before this match, added 69 more before he edged Bailey to Paul Horton at slip when trying to remove his bat from the ball. Three overs later Godleman’s polished innings of 79 ended when he steered Jarvis straight to Karl Brown in the gully.By now the bars and hospitality areas were filling up nicely and most of the spectators responded warmly to Lancashire’s improved fortunes. Although Amla and Chesney Hughes put on 83 for the third wicket to take their side to a more than promising position, batting was never as simple a matter as it had been made to seem when Godleman and Slater had been making hay.And once Hughes had nicked Bailey to Alex Davies when he had made 37, the initiative in the day shifted to Lancashire’s bowlers. In the fifth over after tea, Simon Kerrigan had Scott Elstone and Shiv Thakor leg before with successive deliveries. Neither batsman could have any complaints. Elstone was beaten on the back foot and Thakor was caught in headlights by a delivery of full length.Further riches followed with the new ball and by now the corporate guests were in fine, if rather incoherent, voice. Harvey Hosein spooned Jarvis to Jordan Clark at cover point and David Wainwright was beaten by Bailey’s pace. Then Amla made perhaps his second error in 126 balls and Jarvis knocked back his off stump. A day that had begun with Bailey and Jarvis being driven and cut for a lucky bag of boundaries ended with both bowlers collected three wickets.Clark accounted for Tom Taylor in the last over of the day and most of the spectators drifted loudly home. For their part, the worthy officials of Southport and Birkdale Cricket Club took a deep breath or two. They have been preparing for this match since December in these parts and they are determined to bust a gut to get things as right as they can. It isn’t always easy but batsmen like Amla make the labour worthwhile.

On the tenth anniversary of their famous win over Australia in Cardiff, Bangladesh thumped a full-strength Indian team in front of a raucous Mirpur crowd

The Report by Deivarayan Muthu18-Jun-2015
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsMustafizur Rahman took 5 for 50 on debut to smash India’s chances of chasing 307•Associated Press

On the 10th anniversary of their famous win over Australia in Cardiff, Bangladesh thumped a full-strength Indian team in front of a raucous Mirpur crowd. Nineteen-year-old Mustafizur Rahman keeled over India’s batsmen with an assortment of cutters to become the second Bangladesh bowler after Taskin Ahmed to claim a five-wicket haul on debut. His performance came after a rapid 102-run opening stand between Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar had formed the centrepiece of Bangladesh’s 307, their highest against India in ODIs.The 79-run victory, only their fourth against India, meant Bangladesh needed to win only one out of their next five ODIs to cement their spot in the 2017 Champions Trophy, which will be contested by the top-eight-ranked ODI sides as of September 30, 2015.This was Bangladesh’s ninth straight win at home, but for the first 15 overs of the second innings it seemed the streak would be broken. After an impressive start by Mustafizur and Taskin, Bangladesh looked like they were buckling under the experience and the class of the Indian batting. Rohit Sharma settled down and brought up his fifty off 53 balls, and Shikhar Dhawan was dropped twice by Mushfiqur Rahim.Taskin, whose debut five-for last year came in a defeat, began the turnaround when asked to come back for a second spell. After missing the first two, Mushfiqur made amends, pouching Dhawan and Virat Kohli, both batsmen undone by extra bounce from Taskin. The wickets were set up by tight and intense bowling. Tasking bounded in and kept bowling the in-between length away from the batsmen’s reach. The pressure contributed to the next two wickets, craftily snapped by Mustafizur.The pressure rose with every dot and diving save in the field until a period of 10 runs off 29 balls culminated in Rohit’s failing to read an offcutter from Mustafizur. Ajinkya Rahane was tied down similarly and succumbed to another offcutter, for nine off 27. That Rahane wicket reduced India to 115 for 4, and Bangladesh knew MS Dhoni’s wicket could be the game. Drama was to follow.Mustafizur had to leave the field for a while after colliding with Dhoni in the middle of the pitch, but arguably Bangladesh’s best player of all time, Shakib Al Hasan, took over the baton. Bangladesh celebrated angrily when Shakib drew an edge from Dhoni, which Mushfiqur took beautifully to redeem himself after the earlier drops. If there was indignation palpable at the man who knocked out their hero of the night, Bangladesh found a poetic end as Mustafizur returned to snuff out whatever remote chance India had by dismissing Suresh Raina and R Ashwin off successive balls. He could have become only the second bowler after Fidel Edwards to claim a six-for on ODI debut had he hung onto a return catch off his penultimate delivery. However, he had done enough and finished with outstanding figures of 9.2-1-50-5.The day had begun in similar vein for Bangladesh. In rare sunlight after some bleak weather, Tamim and Sarkar set to work immediately after Mashrafe Mortaza chose to bat, launching a relentless onslaught on the Indian bowlers. Bangladesh soared past 100 off only 79 balls, their fastest against a top-eight team. Tamim raced down the track to the fifth ball of the match, and though he inside-edged it towards fine leg, he had signalled Bangladesh’s intent. They weren’t going to hold back.Tamim found his groove quickly, hitting three fours and a six off Umesh Yadav in the sixth over. The first one was edged but did not carry to Dhawan at wide first slip, the second was lashed over point, the next pulled powerfully before the over ended with a belt over covers as Tamim brought back memories of assaulting Zaheer Khan in the 2007 World Cup.Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav erred on the pads, which was the theme of the early part of the innings and Dhoni was forced to bring his lead spinner – Ashwin – as early as the eighth over. The opening pair was separated in the 14th over by some indecision between the wickets, Raina’s accurate arm cutting short Sarkar’s promising innings at 54.Tamim reached a fifty too before a drizzle grew heavier, resulting in a delay of about an hour. It catalysed a shift in momentum with Ashwin striking thrice in four overs after the resumption. Ashwin had an able ally in Raina who settled into an asphyxiating rhythm in an uninterrupted spell, which read: 10-0-40-0.Sabbir Rahman, though, combined well with Shakib, assembling 83 runs in 14.2 overs before Ravindra Jadeja bowled Sabbir with a signature flat darter. Shakib could have also been dismissed on 38 had Jadeja held onto a tough return catch. Shakib would add 14 more before perishing to Umesh.Bhuvneshwar and Umesh tightened things up at the death, giving away only 35 while picking up four wickets in the last five overs. However, late cameos from Mashrafe and Nasir hauled Bangladesh to their second 300-plus score in four ODIs. Interviewed at the innings break, Shakib said that Bangladesh were 25 runs short. But as it turned out, they had ended with 79 more, capping off the night in a mood of revelry with Taskin and Mashrafe reprising their chest-bump from the World Cup.

Aaron Finch’s disastrous Twenty20 campaign for Yorkshire has been confirmed as over after scans revealed that he has broken his foot. Finch will return to Australia on Tuesday to see a specialist in Melbourne

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Jul-2015Aaron Finch ‘s disastrous Twenty20 campaign for Yorkshire has been confirmed as over after scans revealed that he has broken his foot.Finch has fractured his fifth metatarsal in his right foot. He will return to Australia on Tuesday to see a specialist in Melbourne.The Australia Twenty20 captain picked up the injury during Yorkshire’s NatWest T20 Blast victory over Durham Jets last Friday at Headingley.The injury continues a run of misfortune. He tore his hamstring playing in the Indian Premier League, which kept him sidelined for two months at the start of the summer and last month he bruised his lung when he was struck by a bouncer while playing for Yorkshire’s Second XI in an attempt to find his way out of a mediocre run of form”That’s the end of the season for Aaron, as far as Yorkshire is concerned,” said director of cricket Martyn Moxon. “It is a great disappointment for Aaron and the club and we wish him a speedy recovery.”Yorkshire will seek to extend Glenn Maxwell’s stay to cover for Finch. The Australian batsman plays his last match for the club this evening before a two week tour of India with Australia A.”The plan is for Glenn to return after the India A tour at the back end of July to play in the Royal London One-Day Cup competition and a couple of Championship matches,” Moxon said. “We are finalising arrangements with Cricket Australia, but expect that to be sorted out soon.”New Zealand’s Kane Williamson will join the Club for the final four games of the Championship campaign at the end of August.Finch made only 76 in six innings for Yorkshire and sat out their defeat on Sunday against the bottom club, Derbyshire, which saw their hopes of a stealing quarter-final place hanging by a thread. Any failure to beat Worcestershire at Headingley on Tuesday would see Yorkshire eliminated at the group stage.