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Jason Dawes, the debutant seamer, with figures of 4 for 25, ripped through the Bangladesh Under-19s’ top order, as West Indies Under-19s claimed a 73-run win in the second ODI in Savar.Chasing 186 to win off 43 overs in a rain-curtailed match, Bangladesh lost opener Saikat Ali and Nadimuddin leg before in successive overs by Dawes. Nasir Hossain and Mithun Ali added 20 before Dawes struck twice again; Hossain was caught by Veerasammy Permaul, while two balls later, Rony Talukder fell for a duck. Bangladesh were in trouble at 36 for 4, and were never in the hunt from then on.Spin, which was introduced in the 12th over, reaped immediate rewards when Steven Jacobs bowled Ali for 17, and Suhrawadi Shuvo in consecutive overs. Mahmudul Hasan, the No. 6 batman, attempted a brief rearguard act with 30 off 48 balls, but he fell to the legspin of Sharmarh Brooks, who added two more wickets to his tally as Bangladesh were dismissed for a paltry 112.Earlier, West Indies rode on a patient 103-ball 66 from Horace Miller, the left-handed opening batsman. West Indies lost Adrian Barath and Kieron Powell to medium-pacer Dolar Mahmud for the addition of only seven runs, before Miller and Darren Bravo, the brother of West Indies allrounder Dwayne, added exactly 50 for the third wicket. After Bravo was run out for 55, Miller soon brought up his half-century during a 55-run fourth-wicket stand with Brooks.But West Indies lost the duo in quick succession; Brooks falling to offspinner Mohammad Shakil for 22, while Miller was run out by Talukder. West Indies, were in a spot of bother at 132 for 5, but their tail could not get going, with Mahmud finishing with figures of 4 for 26.

Ricky Ponting has given his struggling side a boost by expecting to be fully fit and pain-free when he arrives in the Caribbean next week. Ponting, who missed the 3-0 thumping at the hands of New Zealand with back trouble, had three cortisone injections to reduce inflammation caused by bone spurs in his spine, but said much of the pain had eased.”My back’s fine,” Ponting told a business luncheon in Sydney. “[The doctors] said on the day that I had the injections it would be three to four days of not doing much before the injection settles down.”It’s been about a week and the last few nights I’ve slept a lot better and felt a lot better in the morning. Hopefully, when I get to the West Indies I’ll be pain-free and ready to go.”He also said Australia may consider batting second at the World Cup after they conceded the four greatest run-chases in limited-overs history during the past 14 months. “We’re going to come up against some small grounds in the World Cup, so the consideration of batting second is something there to think about,” Ponting said. “That straight away eases a bit of the pressure on the bowlers.”Ponting said much of the aura surrounding Australian cricket had diminished following five consecutive losses. “I think it will have an affect on the other teams, they’ll say, ‘hang on England just beat Australia in the finals, New Zealand just beat Australia 3-0, why can’t we beat them’,” Ponting told the audience. “Other teams around the world will be thinking Australia are beatable now, where only a few weeks ago everybody was wondering how any other team in the world was going to compete with us.”Ponting later told reporters: “I don’t think the team’s in any dire straits at the moment. We’ve had a few injuries and lost a few guys, but I’m pretty confident that we’ll be ultra competitive in every game we play.”He said he felt good enough to play a round of golf last Friday, reportedly on the advice of back specialists, who claimed swinging a club would help maintain movement while not aggravating the inflamed area. There are five Australians struggling with injuries three weeks out from their World Cup defence, but Ponting and fellow batsman Michael Clarke (hip) are the two players giving least concern.The opener Matthew Hayden has been told to rest for up to three weeks to recover from the fractured big toe suffered while scoring an Australian-record 181 not out against New Zealand on Tuesday. Andrew Symonds remains in doubt, but he believes he is making good progress from shoulder surgery.Brett Lee is the biggest worry, with Cricket Australia sending him for scans on Friday and they will be reviewed over the weekend. The selectors will make a ruling on Lee’s fitness before Australia fly for the Caribbean next week. Lee said last week he had only a 50-50 chance of playing in the World Cup after damaging ankle ligaments during training.

Despite resigning from his post of joint secretary and media committee chairman only three months ago, Reazuddin Al Mamun was reinstated by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) after a long executive meeting on Saturday.It was a grim-looking Mamun who arrived for the meeting half-an-hour after it started, but he was all smiles when he later emerged with Ali Asghar, the board president, beside him.”There was no seat reserved for me in the room but I was not surprised,” said Mamun. “I came here to say goodbye to everybody and explain my position on why I tendered my resignation. And all of my colleagues didn’t want me to quit. But I have decided to stay only when the president showed the letter that there was no further relation with Aston Moore.”The current crisis began in October when rumours circulated that Asghar had made a secret TV and sponsorship deal with Aston Moore, the BCB’s marketing company. That led to Mamun’s resignation. After Saturday’s meeting, the board insisted that there were no such media links with Aston Moore.Mahbubul Anam, the BCB’s general secretary, was apologetic over a number of issues that had not been addressed before now. Mahbubul, who like his president came under severe criticism for failing to convene a meeting within the stipulated time and the confusion over Mamun’s invitation, admitted that they failed to run the show properly in last few months that even led to the breach of constitution.”As per constitution we are bound to hold at least one meeting in every three months but unfortunately we failed to meet the deadline for the third meeting,” he told reporters. “We concede that it was our administrative failure. But thankfully the members have accepted our excuse and we promise that it would not happen in future.”

He also revealed that a five-member committee involving the president, general secretary, chairman of marketing committee, chairman of media committee and chairman of finance committee will now look into the future TV deal. Mahbubul also said that the meeting dissolved all the present standing committees in an effort to start afresh with more dynamic ones.”Since we wanted to start from the scratch we have dissolved the sub-committees and formed a seven-member body involving Aziz Al Kaiser Titoo, general secretary, two joint secretaries, Khondokar Jamiluddin, Shaheen Aftabur Reza and Asaduzzaman Kahinoor. The committees will submit the names within 48 hours for approval of the board. We have already short-listed the candidates from five to two and we are expecting to make a final decision within two days.”The meeting also approved the upcoming home matches against Kenya. The Africans will arrive here on March 10 to play three to four ODIs if Zimbabwe do not come for the triangular series.”

Clive Lloyd, the former West Indian captain and current match referee, has accused Michael Vaughan of being “rude and dismissive” during the disciplinary hearing that resulted in Vaughan being fined his entire match fee during the fourth Test at Johannesburg.Reuters quoted Lloyd as telling a South African newspaper, “I would have given him a lesser fine if it were not for that, but I stopped short of banning him for the last Test. I have respect for the England captain and I expected the same from him.”Vaughan had criticised the two on-field umpires, Aleem Dar and Steve Bucknor, for the “inconsistent” way they handled the issue of bad light during the Test. Vaughan was then fined his full match fee of approximately £5500 (US$10,350).”If he doesn’t respect me he should at least respect the position [of match referee],” said Lloyd. “But he made matters worse for himself with his dismissive and rude attitude.”There was an immediate response from the English Professional Cricketers’ Association, which called on the ICC to remove Lloyd from its list of referees for making the matter public. A PCA statement read: “Putting details into the media is unacceptable and should lead to an immediate review of Clive Lloyd’s position and future as a match referee.”

After weeks or will-they, won’t-they, a weakened New Zealand team finally arrived in Lahore for the start of their short tour of Pakistan.The trip, scheduled as compensation following the abandonment of New Zealand’s 2002 tour after a bomb blast in Karachi, gets underway with back-to-back day-night matches at Lahore on Saturday and Monday, with five games in all. Faisalabad hosts the third match on December 3 before the series ends at Rawaplindi on December 5 and 7.There were several high-profile absences in the squad, with four players – Ian Butler, Craig McMillan, Scot Styris and Lou Vincent – withdrawing after receiving anonymous e-mail threats a fortnight ago. Stephen Fleming pulled out after failing to recover from an abdominal injury.The arrival was low-key with the tour party quickly ushered through the airport and onto their hotel, all the time accompanied by a large number of police and army commandos.”We will provide the New Zealand team with full-fledged security,” insisted Adnan Bokhari, the sub-inspector of the Lahore police. “They are our distinguished guests and the security is just like that we usually give to any head of state.” Bokhari added that 2000 police and 150 commandos had been allocated to provide security for the New Zealanders.

New Zealand needs its bottom five or six batsmen to ice the cake, not bake it, captain Stephen Fleming said last night after the 33-run loss to England that squared the National Bank Series 2-2.That was a clear reference to another failure by the top order players to establish themselves and to dissect the bowling of Darren Gough, Matthew Hoggard and Andrew Flintoff for the second time in the series.Again the partnership building was done by England, especially Michael Vaughan and Graham Thorpe in their 89-run, 87 ball stand which placed them in such a strong position when it rained during their innings.Fleming had no problems with the desire of local officials to see the match cleaned up last night by use of the Duckworth/Lewis system instead of coming back tomorrow to play the game.”We’re in the entertainment business and we have a full house and there is a responsibility to provide entertainment. I would certainly prefer to play a limited overs match in front of 36,000 people than 10,000 tomorrow,” he said.The system had been discussed many times, but Fleming said the bottom line had been that New Zealand had been set a target and they didn’t chase it very well.”We saw the target and saw it was quite healthy so we had to create the strike rate. There was a level of risk that was increased and the result was that it bordered on recklessness at times.”The intent to create a strike rate was there, we faced some good bowling at the outset and we just played our shots at the wrong time,” Fleming said.The series was set up well for the finale in Dunedin and Fleming said the results had almost mirrored themselves.”We had our week last week, they had their week this week,” he said.The momentum was now with England.The New Zealand top order was only sparking on one cylinder instead of four or five and that was what was needed to win.”The series is something we desperately want and we tend to play our best cricket when we are desperate. Perhaps we are not used to being in the comfort zone when we are 2-0 up.”New Zealand would not be painting over the flaws in their approach and they would be making full use of the two days of practice they have in Dunedin to put everything into winning on Tuesday.

Delhi U-16 failed to capitalise on a fine 159 run opening stand to endthe second day at 206 for 4 in their quarterfinal match against MumbaiU-16 at the East Calcutta District Sports Council Ground in Kolkata onSunday in the Vijay Merchant Trophy.Replying to Mumbai’s 328, Delhi were given a solid start by openersPritpal Singh (77) and Shikar Dhawan (68) adding 159 runs in 48.2overs. Pritpal was the first to reach his half century in 103 balls.He was also the first to be dismissed, trapped leg before by G Yadav.During a 202 minute stay at the crease, Pritpal faced 120 balls andhit eleven fours. Then the new batsman H Khullar returned to thepavilion the very next ball bowled by G Yadav.With only fifteen more runs being added to the total, S Dhawan was runout. Dhawan in his 215 minute stay at the centre, faced 148 balls andfound the boundary ropes nine times. G Yadav then came back to dismissA Bali (5), stumped by PC Mayekar, to restrict Delhi to 170 for 4. Atstumps, H Mehta (19) and K Rawat (20) were at the crease.Earlier in the morning, resuming at the overnight score of 278 for 8,Mumbai were all out for 328. Yadav who remained unbeaten the previousevening was caught by A Nag off A Jain. The last basman V Yelligattiwas unable to open his account and after facing nine balls was bowledby Sumit Kapoor.

Bangladesh have announced their squad for the Under-19s World Cup in February, adding batsman Amit Majumder to the squad which completed a tour of South Africa this month.Bangladesh U-19s returned from South Africa where they drew the two-Test series 0-0. They qualified for the final for the tri-nation tournament that followed, including South Africa U-19s and India U-19s, but lost to India by 137 runs.Bangladesh U-19s will host Nepal U-19s, who arrive on January 22, for a week-long tour in the lead-up to the World Cup. All three one-day matches will be played in Khulna. The West Indies U-19s will visit after Nepal for four one-day matches, three of which will be held at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium (SCS) in Bogra and the other at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium.The World Cup begins on February 17 in Malaysia with the final on March 2 at the Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur.Squad: Suhrawadi Shuvo (captain), Dolar Mahmud, Marshall Ayub, Subashis Roy, Rubel Hossain, Golam Kibria, Rony Talukder, Mahmudul Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Mohammad Shakil, Nadimuddin, Mithun Ali, Saikat Ali, Amit Majumder, Ashiqul Islam

ScorecardShahid Nazir took 5 for 61, and there were hundreds for Morne van Wyk and Arno Jacobs, as Pakistan’s warm-up match against a Rest of South Africa XI petered out into a draw at Kimberley although the major news of the day was the recall of Shoaib Akhtar.van Wyk brought up his hundred from 191 balls, guiding 13 fours, before falling to Mohammad Sami ending a fine 188-run partnership with Jacobs. But Jacobs found good support from Johan Botha, who stayed for over an hour to put on a useful seventh-wicket stand of 52.van Wyk was finally dismissed for 143, caught by Younis Khan off Nazir, and Danish Kaneria’s hard toil was eventually rewarded with the final, lone wicket of Garnett Kruger as the South Africans were dismissed for 383.In reply, Mohammad Hafeez continued his fine form with an unbeaten 48, adding to his 108 on the first day. The match was stripped of its first-class status as the Pakistanis took the opportunity to allow some other players – including Sami – valuable match time before the first Test.

Karen Rolton takes over as captain of the Australian women’s cricket team – which includes two uncapped players – with her first assignment being a series against India later this month.Creagh O’Connor, Cricket Australia’s chairman, announced Rolton as the best candidate for the captaincy. “We congratulate Karen on becoming Australia’s women’s cricket captain. It is a tremendous honour for Karen and recognition of her position in the game, as well as the respect and leadership she holds among her peers,” he said. “As we continue to try and attract more players to the game, Karen will play a key role in this alongside her male counterpart Ricky Ponting as our role models and leaders in cricket. We wish her every success and welcome her to one of the highest positions in Australian cricket.”Rolton, 31, has been Australian vice-captain since 1997. Making her debut in the 1994-95 season, she has become the third highest one-day international run-scorer in women’s cricket, with 3624 at 56.62. She has also taken 77 one-day wickets – seventh on the list of all-time wicket-takers – and with three one-day matches against India coming up, Rolton is on course to become one of a handful of players to take 100 one-day wickets. In Test cricket, Rolton is 50 runs shy of taking the mantle of Australia’s leading run-scorer, with a record highest score of 209.Rolton – tipped as a favourite for Women’s International Cricketer of the Year at tonight’s Allan Border Medal awards presentation – said she was humbled by the news. “This is something I have always dreamed of, and I am honoured to be given the chance to lead women’s cricket in Australia,” she said. “There are a number of people that I would like to thank, including my family, my friends, my team-mates and all who have played a role in my cricket career over the years. It’s a great challenge and I will do everything I can to help lift and drive the game in Australia.”Included in the 13-player side are two uncapped players – Sarah Andrews, the 24-year-old New South Wales fast bowler, and Jodie Purves, the 21-year-old Queensland wicketkeeper. Melissa Bulow, the Queensland captain, and Michelle Goszko, the NSW batter, make a return to the national side for the first time since 2003. Lisa Sthalekar, the NSW allrounder, was named vice-captain.Margaret Jennings, the former Australian captain now serving as national chairperson of selectors, said the incoming players deserved their chance at the national level. “Jodie Purves is one player who has come through the system,” she said. “She was the wicket-keeper for the Australian youth team and has worked hard in Queensland where she has taken over the `keeping duties. Michelle Goszko and Melissa Bulow come back into the side after good seasons at state level. With the retirements of Belinda Clark and Lisa Keightley, we need to replace the opening partnership and really develop our batting stocks, and these players have been included for that reason.”Australian Women’s Squad: Karen Rolton (capt), Lisa Sthalekar (vice-capt), Sarah Andrews, Alex Blackwell, Kate Blackwell, Melissa Bulow, Cathryn Fitzpatrick, Michelle Goszko, Julie Hayes, Shelley Nitschke, Kirsten Pike, Jodie Purves(w/k), Clea Smith.