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Colts Cricket Club started the Super League stage of the Premier League witha crushing innings victory over Colombo Cricket Club.Colts were the only side to secure an outright win in the Super League afterCCC collapsed meekly in the second innings to be bowled out for just 58.Dulip Liyanage picking up 5 for 22.But it was veteran batsman Aravinda de Silva who dominated the weekendheadlines. The 36-year-old, scorer of 19 Test hundreds, smashed 154 from 241balls in his first serious match since being recalled to the nationaltraining squad.De Silva, who then compiled a breezy 37 not out from 38 balls in the secondinnings, guided his club, Nondescripts CC, to a first innings win againstTamil Union.Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club also registered a first innings winwhen Burgher Recreation Club failed to overhaul their modest 274 firstinnings total.TM Dilshan scored half centuries in both innings for Bloomfield and he waswell supported by S. Jayanatha (75) in the first innings and Sanjaya Rodrigo(100) in the second.BRC were bowled out for 219 despite a fifty from DN. Hunukumbura (60). S.Dissanayake grabbed five for 37.Sinhalese Sports Club secured an easy first innings win against Panadura SC.Missing all their international stars, forced to rest by coach Dav Whatmore,SSC scored 364 in reply to Panadura’s 266 first innings.

Fifteen wickets fell on the third day of the North Zone Ranji Trophyclash between Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh at the Maulana AzadStadium in Jammu, with the visitors emerging with the better of theexchanges. Resuming their first innings at 289/8, Himachal declarednine overs into the day at 316/9. J&K were then shot out for 176,marginally avoiding the follow-on by just ten runs. But they struckback swiftly, knocking over four Himachal wickets for 55 before thedraw of stumps.After Himachal skipper Rajiv Nayyar’s declaration, J&K never reallygot going, losing their first five wickets for 69. Needing 167 tostave off the follow-on, the lower order manfully attempted to redressthe balance and succeeded to the extent of lifting the score to 176 in58.4 overs. Vijay Sharma topscored with 33 while for Himachal,Rajinder Thakur snapped up 3/65.In the 86 minutes batting available, Himachal limped to 55/4. Firstinnings centurion Nischal Gaur was removed by Qayoom for a tenth ballduck. Rahul Panta followed up his 46 not out in the first essay withanother unbeaten effort of 31 as the visitors closed the day 195 runsin front with six wickets in hand.

Allrounder Mitchell Santner has been ruled out of New Zealand’s tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa after fracturing his thumb at training. Santner will be replaced by the uncapped Central Districts allrounder George Worker, who topped the run tally in the Ford Trophy last summer with 538 runs at 48.90, including a remarkable 194 in a win over Cantebury in January.Santner was preparing for the tour at New Zealand Cricket’s High Performance Centre in Christchurch when he was struck on the thumb fielding a ball off his own bowling on Monday. Coach Mike Hesson said it was unfortunate timing for Santner, who had impressed during his first tour with the national side to England this year.”We feel for Mitch because he was really excited about this tour and we were looking forward to seeing him continue his development in international cricket,” Hesson said. “It is unfortunate but at the same time it presents George with his first opportunity in the Black Caps environment and we are confident that he’ll fit in well.”Worker, 25, offers similar skills to Santner, as a left-hand top-order batsman and left-arm orthodox spinner. He was the second-leading run scorer in the Georgie Pie Super Smash in 2014-15, with 318 runs at 45.42, and in addition to his outstanding run tally in the shorter formats he also collected nine Ford Trophy wickets at 20.11.Anton Devcich was unavailable for consideration as he continues to recover from a shoulder operation. New Zealand will be led on the tour by Kane Williamson, who will captain the side with Brendon McCullum being rested. The tour includes three ODIs and one T20 against Zimbabwe in Harare, followed by two T20s and three ODIs in South Africa.

India’s fragile fast bowlers are the selectors’ chief concern as they meet in Bangalore on Wednesday to whittle down the list of 24 probables for India’s forthcoming tour of Australia. The focus is on Munaf Patel, whose fitness will be assessed before any decision is made.The selectors are likely to meet soon after the fifth day’s play of the final Test against Pakistan, and may name a 16-man squad for the four-Test series. At the moment it seems likely that India’s bowling attack will be led by three left-arm bowlers in Zaheer Khan, RP Singh and Irfan Pathan. Ishant Sharma’s five-wicket haul in Pakistan’s first innings has made him a shoo-in for the fourth fast bowling spot.It is for the final spot that there is some doubt. Should Munaf be cleared to play, he is likely to complete the set. If he is not fit, then VRV Singh, who was in the squad for the final Pakistan Test is the front-runner to take a place. The names of Pankaj Singh and Pradeep Sangwan are also doing the rounds, but the selectors are likely to go with VRV, who is more experienced than the other two, albeit not by much.The selectors also showed their hand when they called Gautam Gambhir into the squad in the final Test and he is likely to get one of the opening slots. With Wasim Jaffer having the time of his life with the bat, only one more opener’s slot is left to be filled. Dinesh Karthik has had a poor run in the series against Pakistan, but his performances in South Africa and England could ensure that he gets another chance to prove himself. The strongest contender for this spot is Parthiv Patel, who has been scoring heavily and consistently in domestic cricket. However, it is likely that the selectors will leave this borderline decision to Anil Kumble, the captain. So far Kumble has backed Karthik to the hilt, despite scores of 8, 9, 1, 1 and 28 in his last five innings.

The rest of the team picks more or less picks itself with Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and Yuvraj Singh making up the middle order. Mahendra Singh Dhoni will keep wickets and Kumble will have one spinner for company in Harbhajan Singh.The tougher question, of course, will come when it’s time to pick the playing XI for the first Test in Melbourne. Yuvraj, with his incredible innings of 169 in Bangalore, has made it virtually impossible to leave him out of the side. This leaves Kumble in the unenviable situation of having to drop someone from the middle order, or sacrifice a bowler, neither of which seem feasible. The one option ahead of Kumble is to use Dravid as an opener, playing only Jaffer as a specialist opener, in order to accommodate the extra batsman. But there is some time yet for that decision to be made.India’s Test squad for Australia (probable)
Wasim Jaffer, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Anil Kumble (capt), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel.

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Mathew Harvie took 5 for 40 in Otago’s 61-run win over Northern Districts in their State Shield match at the University Oval in Dunedin. Opener Craig Cumming made 112 off 129 balls and helped Otago set Northern a target of 280. Northern were bowled out for 218.Before Cumming was run-out for the seventh wicket he added 53 with Aaron Redmond, 47 with Neil Broom, and 53 with Greg Todd.Harvie had Nick Horsley, the Northern opener, trapped leg before with his third ball of the day. He then dismissed the other opener, Alun Evans, and Peter McGlashan as Northern crawled to 51 in 14.4 overs. Mark Orchard and Joseph Yovich, who top-scored with 50, steadied the innings with a 61-run partnership for the sixth wicket which was ultimately broken by Turner, who ended with 3 for 32.Auckland’s match against Wellington at Eden Park and Central Districts match against Canterbury at Pukekura Park were abandoned without a ball being bowled.

James Anderson and Alex Loudon have been omitted from the Test squad to tour India, but they are the only changes from the party that lost 2-0 against Pakistan. However, the selectors have left one space free, which will be filled by a third spinner once the fitness of Ashley Giles has been assessed.Simon Jones returns after recovering from surgery to the bone spur on his right ankle. He is due to spend ten days at the MRF Pace Academy, in Chennai, to continue his rehabilitation. Liam Plunkett’s encouraging performances on his Test debut at Lahore, and in the following one-day series, have been enough to pip Anderson to the reserve pace bowling slot.Anderson retains his place in the one-day squad but the end of Darren Gough’s international career is a step closer with his omission. Vikram Solanki’s stop-start career has again been halted with Ian Bell preferred, lending further weight to the theory that England still don’t know their best one-day team.The chairman of selectors, David Graveney, said: “Although we lost the series [in Pakistan], there were some encouraging individual performances from players who are new to Test cricket and we are keen to continue their development.””With regard to injured players, Michael Vaughan and Ashley Giles both underwent operations before Christmas and their rehabilitation programmes are progressing according to plan. We do, however, intend to name an additional spinner in the Test squad once we have had an opportunity to further re-assess Ashley’s fitness nearer to the time of our departure for India.”Graveney explained that the one-day squad was selected with a view to the World Cup: “Plunkett has made a promising start to his international career and is an emerging player with great potential. Bell has also been named in both squads as we believe his ability to bat in the top order will give us another option as we continue to plan for the World Cup in 2007.”Solanki will be disappointed not to make the trip to India but he is still part of our plans for the future and is one of a number of players on the fringes of selection for the one-day squad.”Commenting on Gough’s omission, he said that the performance of the younger seamers had encouraged the selectors to stick with them for India. “Gough asked the selectors not to consider him for the tour of Pakistan for personal reasons and we respected his wishes.”With Plunkett and Anderson performing well in Pakistan, and Jones now available for selection again, the selectors feel the priority is for these players to gain as much experience of one-day cricket as possible, ahead of the World Cup, and as a result Gough misses out.”The news will not come as a surprise to Gough, who had earlier told that he was not expecting a recall. “I’m not a 20-year-old who’s out there demanding a place. I’m mature and I can understand they want to go with the young guys.”Of course I am disappointed because I still think I am one of the best bowlers at the end of a one-day match. You can’t buy one of them at a local superstore – it takes years and years.”England Test squad Michael Vaughan* (capt), Marcus Trescothick*, Andrew Strauss*, Ian Bell*, Kevin Pietersen*, Andrew Flintoff*, Paul Collingwood*, Geraint Jones*, Matt Prior, Ashley Giles*, Shaun Udal, Liam Plunkett, Matthew Hoggard*, Simon Jones*, Steve Harmison*. *denotes 12-month central contractOne-day squad Michael Vaughan (capt), Marcus Trescothick, Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood, Ian Bell, Geraint Jones, Matt Prior, Ashley Giles, Ian Blackwell, Kabir Ali, Liam Plunkett, Simon Jones, Steve Harmison, James Anderson.

Two Christmases ago, Simon Jones was contemplating the prospect of never setting foot on a cricket pitch again, after that fearful knee injury at Brisbane which kept him out of all forms of cricket for 16 months. Today, however, his thrilling diving catch at fine leg, and his subsequent dismissals of Jacques Kallis and Shaun Pollock from consecutive deliveries, gave England the momentum they needed to push for an eighth Test win in a row.Jones was rather more subdued in front of the microphones than he had been on the pitch, however, where he greeted the wicket of Kallis by charging down to third man and leaping into the arms of Matthew Hoggard. “The boys have been giving me a good ribbing about that,” he admitted, after a bizarre celebration, which resulted – puzzingly enough – in Hoggard grabbing his ears and squeezing them as hard as he could.It was that earlier catch, however, that really set England on the road towards victory. “It gave us a bit of a buzz,” said Jones, who understandably enough has not been England’s most mobile fielder since his comeback. “It was one of those where you get into position and it just sticks. Fred [Flintoff] thought it was going to come straight to me, but in the end it was awkward and I had to stretch for it.”

Pollock himself came close to trumping Jones’s starring role, when – having just removed Marcus Trescothick with the first ball of the innings – he followed up with a perilously close shout for lbw against Mark Butcher. “I haven’t seen it yet, but it must have been close,” agreed Pollock. “But when you’re defending small totals you need those 50/50s to go your way.”He admitted: “It was a disappointing day for us. We’d talked about 270 being a tough target here, with the wicket going up and down, and we were conscious we needed a big partnership. The luck didn’t go our way, but cricket’s a strange game. We’ll be fighting to the end, and there’ll be some serious headlines if we pull off a win.”Pollock was at least pleased that his side had been wrapped up in a close duel for four days of the Test, and predicted an even contest for the rest of the series as well. “It’s been good Test cricket,” he said. “England were in the pound seats after Day Three, we showed some good character to fight back, and the people have enjoyed watching it. It’s been entertaining stuff.”One of the most entertaining moments was an explosive delivery from the young speedster Dale Steyn, which nipped away to detonate Michael Vaughan’s off stump. “I certainly enjoyed it!” enthused Pollock. “Dale’s an exciting talent – he’s got good gas, and a good wrist on him as well. It comes out nicely with a good seam. He’s a huge find, and I hope he kicks on and plays a big part in the series.”And Pollock warned: “We’ll come out fighting tomorrow,” before taking a sneak peak towards the heavens. “It would only be human to wake up and look out of the curtains to check the weather. England are favourites, but if we can put a run together, like Makhaya [Ntini] did in the first innings, then anything can happen.”

Matthew Hayden believed that for much of the first day of the Test against Zimbabwe in Perth he batted within himself. It was only after scoring his century that he felt compelled to start expanding his game.Speaking after stumps, at which time he was 183 not out, he said: “From a hundred on, I really started to feel good. The next fifty seemed to come up in a few minutes.”Geoff Marsh was disappointed with Zimbabwe’s day as he told the players at stumps that for all but the last hour they had played “really good Test cricket. We bowled good lines, played to our game plan.”We held Australia. But it just goes to show what a great side they are. In the half an hour after tea we just let the game drift. We bowled the two spinners for too long. We should have brought the quicks back on a bit earlier.”Marsh was surprised at the lack of swing with an easterly blowing all day, but he agreed the pitch was slow and it had been a very good batting strip.

The Hero-Honda Challenger Trophy 2002 threw up a result that can only be described as good for Indian cricket at large when India `A’ beat the India Seniors team by two wickets with almost two overs to spare. The opening match of the tournament threw up some strong performances, none more so than the one from Yuvraj Singh, who notched up the only half-century of the match, playing a leading role in his team’s triumph.When Sourav Ganguly won the toss and elected to bat first, he would have been more than a little surprised at the pace and bounce that the wicket at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium afforded. Only recently, the same ground provided a more gentle wicket for the Test match against the touring England side. With the ball moving a bit in the air and cutting off the wicket, batsmen were made to feel uncomfortable every time the seamers bowled a good line and length.Trying to work his way out of a dreadful patch in the longer version of the game, Ganguly failed, making just 2 before falling to Daniel Manohar. Deep Dasgupta (10) and Virender Sehwag (4) followed their captain back to the pavilion and India seniors were in trouble at 64/4.Hemang Badani, fighting to make his way back into the national side, struggled early on. The southpaw did not move his feet nearly as fluently as he usually does and was lucky to survive a confident shout for lbw early on. However, Badani calmed his nerves and soon began to time the ball sweetly. In the company of Jacob Martin, Badani notched up 41 (36 balls, 4 fours, 1 six) and took India seniors on to 126/5 in the 28th over before falling to Sarandeep Singh.A flurry of wickets suggested that the seniors side might fold up without playing out the 50 overs available to them. A cameo from Sunil Joshi (25) and the wholesome thumping of Harbhajan Singh (36 runs, 42 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes) saw the team notch up 229, a total that looked at best unlikely till it was achieved.The selectors present at the venue had a good chance to look at the players strutting their stuff and would have been impressed by more than one performance. With the ball for India A, Ajit Agarkar was nippy, getting the ball to skid through nicely in the course of his haul of 2/32. Sarandeep Singh too reminded the selectors that he was hot on Harbhajan Singh’s heels with a return of 3/36.It was India A who came together well on the day, teaching the India seniors side a lesson or two. Chasing the target of 230, the India A side struggled, threatened to throw it away towards the end but held on for a valuable victory.Hyderabad’s Daniel Manohar beginning patchily, playing and missing more than once, scored 37 at the top of the order, to add to his three-wicket haul. Manohar truly had a memorable game. After the fall of skipper VVS Laxman’s wicket with the score on 83, two more quick wickets fell. Manohar was cleaned up by a Bangar in-dipper and Rohan Gavaskar (4) gloved a short ball from Ganguly to the hands of Deep Dasgupta behind the stumps.Then came the phase of the game that steadied the India A innings. Yuvraj Singh, judiciously mixing caution with aggression, restated his claim for higher honours with a sprightly innings of 55 (77 balls, 6 fours). In the past, there have been innumerable occasions where the strong left-hander had got good starts, appeared in command, only to throw his wicket away. That certainly wasn’t the case today. When the ball was there to be hit, Yuvraj gave it a fair whack, but did not make a serious error till the ball that dismissed him. Losing his concentration after reaching his half-century the Punjab lad flirted with a Tinu Yohannan delivery outside the off, managing only to edge the ball through to the wicket-keeper.Ajit Agarkar (11) fell to a rash stroke at an inopportune moment soon after Yuvraj Singh’s dismissal, but India A were close enough to the target by that stage for the tail-enders to complete the job, something they duly did.If nothing else, the game will serve as a good wake up call to the India seniors side in this tournament.

The KSCA Coca Cola Under 25 encounter between hosts Karnataka andAndhra at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore was evenly poised atstumps on the second day. Andhra were leading by 222 runs with onesecond innings wicket in hand as the match looks to be heading for anoutright result on the third and final day tomorrow.Earlier in the morning Karnataka collapsed to just 167 in their firstinnings after resuming at their overnight score of 97/1. The bulk ofthe damage was done by seamer Balasaraswathi Reddy who claimed 6/61 tohelp Andhra to a first innings lead of 53. Karnataka opener ShyamPonnappa failed to add to his overnight score of 58, giving BalajiKrishna his sole wicket of the innings.The other not out batsman AR Mahesh did manage to advance his scorefrom 23 to 38 before Reddy had him caught behind. Of the rest only SSudhindra showed some inclination to stay at the wicket, making 23 inone and a quarter hours stay at the crease. MN Vikram complementedReddy’s efforts with a three wicket bag of his own.In reply Andhra got off to a dreadful start losing their first fivewickets with just 19 runs on the board, opening bowlers NC Ayyappa andSunil Kumar scalping all five wickets between them. Middle order batArjun Kumar in association with the tail sparked a recovery thatlifted Andhra to 169/9 at stumps. Arjun was undefeated on a priceless56 (87 balls, 5 fours) while Ayyappa returned figures of 5/44 as thematch heads to an interesting climax.