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“Over the last year or so my ability to [bat against] spin has increased, and I can bat [against] pace already”

Vishal Dikshit05-May-20222:15

Did Delhi Capitals find the perfect time to send Rovman Powell in?

Given the kind of IPL season Rovman Powell was having, Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant went to his room after their previous game and asked him where he wanted to bat. Powell, who had scored just 135 runs in eight innings at 19.28, told his captain: “Just trust me and let me bat at No. 5.”Powell had started this IPL at No. 6, then batted twice at No. 5 in the middle, before being pushed down to No. 6 again, and was even held back to No. 8 against Rajasthan Royals, in a game in which they were chasing 223 and fell short. Bowling allrounders like Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur were sent in ahead of him, which hurt Powell.Related

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Sitting in his hotel room, Powell tried to convince his captain that he had the game to hit the spinners too and wanted to be back at No. 5.”Over the last year or so my ability to [bat against] spin has increased, I’m batting [against] spin a lot better and I can bat [against] pace already,” Powell told host broadcaster Star Sports after his unbeaten 67 off 35 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Capitals’ 21-run win. “I just told him [Pant] to trust me at No. 5, give me a chance to start, to bat the first 15-20 balls, that’s how I want to bat, and then [after] 20 balls I’ll try to maximise.”I came to the IPL knowing that I’m in good form, knowing that I’ve done a lot of work,” Powell said later at the post-match press conference. “At the start of the IPL, it was a little bit tough for me. I just keep believing in myself. I had a conversation with Rishabh, explaining to him that I was a little bit disappointed to bat at No. 8 in that game. But it is the nature of the game, whatever the situation you have been placed in, you have to do your best. Rishabh and the coach [Ricky Ponting], they came up with a conclusion and plan and let me bat a little bit earlier now.””I don’t mind having one or two conversations here and there,” Pant told Star Sports of his chat with Powell. “In the start, he was not getting enough runs but we knew what he can give us, so we backed him and now he’s coming out with flying colours.”On Thursday, when Capitals lost their third wicket on 85 in the ninth over, Powell walked out to give a well-set David Warner company. The platform had been laid and the stage was set for Powell. Following his ideal blueprint, he ambled along to 21 off 19 balls, even getting a life in between when Kane Williamson dropped him at mid-off on 18, and then took off. Powell had only hit one boundary until then – a six – but in the next 16 balls, he smashed three fours and five sixes.He pulled a Bhuvneshwar Kumar bouncer behind square, took back-to-back sixes off Sean Abbott down the ground, smoked a Kartik Tyagi length ball over long-on and then tore into Umran Malik in a final over that went for 19 runs, courtesy a six and three consecutive fours.Rovman Powell smoked 67* off 35 balls•PTI

“I was trying my best [to hit sixes] but I kind of got winded in the end, so that’s how it goes,” Powell said of how he had to resort to fours instead of sixes in the last over.Shane Watson, one of Capitals’ assistant coaches, told Star Sports at the end of the game that he believed it was all coming together perfectly for Powell.”I haven’t really seen him bat a lot in the last couple of years, but once I saw him in the nets for the first couple of training sessions I had with him, he hit the ball a long way,” Watson said. “And without having to really overhit the ball, the ball still travels. That’s the beauty of seeing him come together over the last three games in particular.”It took him just one innings, against KKR, to really find his groove and get his rhythm, his mindset and technique from ball one. From then on, he has been absolutely outstanding. He’s a world-class batsman in all types of conditions against quality fast bowling and some very fast bowling we saw tonight from Umran Malik.”

He played one Test as an opener on the tour of England in 1962

Umar Farooq14-Dec-2020Shahid Mahmood, the first Pakistan player to have taken all ten wickets in a first-class innings, has died in New Jersey on Sunday. Mahmood was 81, and had achieved the feat of taking all ten wickets in 1969 during a career that spanned from 1956 to 1970. He toured England with Pakistan in 1962, playing one Test as an opener, which remained his only international game.A left-hand opening batsman and medium-pace bowler, Mahmood was born in Lucknow in India in 1939, but moved to Pakistan after partition in 1947. He played most of his domestic cricket from the Karachi region. He earned a national call-up after averaging 44.21 in the domestic 1961-62 season, scoring 619 runs. On the tour of England, he played a total of 13 games, with 12 first-class fixtures in addition to his sole Test. He scored 369 runs across those games from 25 innings at an average of 16.04.He went on to play domestic cricket till 1970, making 3,117 runs in first-class cricket at an average of 31.80 with five hundreds and 15 fifties.ALSO READ: Full list 10-wickets in an innings hauls in first-class matchesHis ten-wicket haul in an innings came for Karachi Whites against Khairpur at the National Stadium, where he led his team to an innings-and-56-run win. He took 10 for 58 in 25 overs as Khairpur were bowled out for 146. No other bowler in the Karachi Whites side bowled more than nine overs. His feat remained unparalleled for 20 years until Imran Adil, a medium-pacer from Bahawalpur, took 10 for 92 against Faisalabad in 1989. Later on, Naeem Akhtar took 10 for 28 for Rawalpindi Blues against Peshawar in 1995, and then Zulfiqar Babar took 10 for 143 for Multan against Islamabad in 2009.Mahmood made 163 runs at 54.33 in his final season in 1969-70, and then moved out of Pakistan to settle in USA.

Australia seamer helps run through Warwickshire before Essex build on first-innings lead of 84

ECB Reporters Network14-Jul-2019Peter Siddle took his second five-wicket haul this season to help Essex put Somerset under serious pressure at the top of the Specsavers County Championship. The paceman recorded figures of 5 for 33 as Essex looked to reduce the 15-point deficit to the Championship leaders and take advantage of Somerset’s travails at the hands of Yorkshire at Headingley.Siddle took his season’s tally to 32 wickets in the Championship at a cost of 19.87 each. On a personal note, his latest exploits were a timely reminder to the Australian selectors as they prepare to name their squad ahead of what would be Siddle’s sixth Ashes series.In removing four of the last five batsmen, Siddle helped Essex dismiss Warwickshire for 161 and gain a first-innings lead of 84. It was the sixth time in six Championship matches at Chelmsford this season that Essex had outscored their visitors; they won all five of those previous games.Siddle was recalled to the attack in an act of desperation by Essex captain Ryan ten Doeschate after Tim Ambrose and Michael Burgess had compiled a big-hitting sixth-wicket stand of 64 in 19 overs that lifted Warwickshire from the depths of 62 for 5. The effect was immediate: Ambrose was out to the third ball of Siddle’s new spell, Burgess to the sixth.Henry Brookes and Olly Stone followed in quick succession before Aaron Beard wrapped up the innings by bowling Jeetan Patel.That left Essex with 29 overs in the evening to build on their lead, which had grown to 157 at the close with nine wickets still standing.After Nick Browne and Alastair Cook had recorded their fifth half-century opening stand of the season, Will Rhodes repeated his wicket-taking form of the first innings when he struck with his second legitimate ball of the second. Browne was adjudged lbw after hitting eight fours in a 71-ball 38.Essex sent in Matt Quinn as nightwatchman for the final three overs to accompany Cook through to the close. Cook had looked assured in reaching 34.Siddle had set Warwickshire on the slippery slope when he had Rhodes lbw to a straight one in his third over. Liam Banks followed in the next when he was bowled around his legs by Quinn.Adam Hose continued a sequence of low scores since his 111 against Nottinghamshire at the start of June. He faced 25 balls without scoring before falling to Beard’s second delivery, well held at first slip by Cook moving to his right.Debutant Dan Mousley, 18 just a week ago, gave himself room against Simon Harmer and was beaten by the extra bounce as he edged to Adam Wheater for 3. Rob Yates put on 29 for the fifth wicket with Ambrose during which Warwickshire’s first fifty was posted in the 28th over. But Yates had added just one run to his lunch-time 31 when he swept early at another Harmer delivery and was lbw.Ambrose decided the best means of defence against Harmer was to attack. When he late-cut Harmer for his sixth four, it brought up the fifty partnership in 16 overs. The run spree didn’t stop there: Burgess caned Quinn for three fours in an over. It was too much for ten Doeschate and Siddle was thrown the ball.Ambrose, having scored 38 from 93 balls, was unable to withdraw his bat in time and snicked to Tom Westley at third slip. Burgess had reached 35 from 55 balls when he picked out Westley at mid-off. Ten Doeschate caught Brookes at short leg and Wheater held on when Stone feathered behind and Siddle had four wickets in 23 balls for four runs.

Stokes’ hamstring injury picked up before the Test at Headingley means he will miss the Scotland ODI and at least the start of the Australia series

George Dobell03-Jun-2018Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the ODI against Scotland and the “first part” of the ODI series against Australia due to his hamstring tear.Stokes, who sustained the injury during fielding practice ahead of the second Test at Headingley, will be assessed again later this week before it is decided how many games in the five-match ODI series against Australia he will miss.Dawid Malan, who is yet to play an ODI, has been added to the England squad for the ODI in Edinburgh on June 10, while Sam Billings, who was already in the squad for the Scotland game in place of the rested Jos Buttler, has been added to the squad for the Australia series. That series begins at The Oval on June 13.Stokes was somewhat controversially rested for the T20I against West Indies in Durham – his home ground – at the end of 2017, but there is a chance he will be fit to return to the England side for the fourth ODI against Australia at the same ground on June 21.

Liam Norwell led a determined Gloucestershire bowling display in Canterbury where Kent were dismissed for 298 on the opening day of the Specsavers County Championship season

ECB Reporters Network07-Apr-2017
ScorecardCraig Miles got among the wickets when he removed Joe Weatherley•PA Photos

Liam Norwell led a determined Gloucestershire bowling display in Canterbury where Kent were dismissed for 298 on the opening day of the Specsavers County Championship season.The 25-year-old paceman bagged 3 for 46, while Chris Liddle, Craig Miles and Graeme van Buuren snaffled two apiece as Kent succumbed inside 89 overs on a green-tinted pitch that offered the visiting seamers some assistance throughout the day.Batting first after an uncontested toss, Kent had 25 on the board within half an hour before Daniel Bell-Drummond became their first casualty of the Division Two campaign. Prodding forward to a fine Norwell leg-cutter, the England Lions opener was caught low down at third slip by George Hankins to go for 11.At the other end, Joe Weatherley, who has joined Kent on a long-term loan from Hampshire, looked assured and confident on his club debut. Getting off the mark with a rasping square cut, the wiry right-hander then straight drove left-armer David Payne for another eye-catching boundary.Gloucestershire made a double bowling change before noon – introducing Liddle and Miles – but Kent trundled to 50 in the 18th over of the day and, by the 26th over, Weatherley and Joe Denly had posted their half-century stand.Weatherley’s stay ended soon after for 36 and to the second delivery of a new spell by Miles. In looking to shoulder arms to a good length leg-cutter, Weatherley inadvertently allowed the ball to brush the face of his bat to offer keeper Phil Mustard the simplest of chances.Gloucestershire’s bowlers strengthened their hand in mid-session, taking four more wickets for 129 runs as Kent’s batsmen failed to cash in on decent starts.Denly continued Kent’s profligate trend. Driving imperiously, he cantered to a 96-ball fifty with nine fours but, with 62 to his name he chased a wide one from Norwell to edge to slip and bring an end to a bright third-wicket stand with Sam Northeast that added 58 inside 13 overs.Without addition to the total, Northeast (22) pushed at one from Liddle that nibbled away off the seam and feathered the outside edge to present Chris Dent with a sharp chance at second slip that made it 134 for 4.Will Gidman raised Kent’s 150 with a square drive that rattled the boundary boards but, with his score on 10, the left-hander pushed firm-handed at another beauty to edge to slip and give Norwell a deserved third wicket.Darren Stevens lifted the run rate with a straight six off Jack Taylor that bisected the Cowdrey and Woolley stands as he posted a 51-ball fifty with seven fours to go with his maximum. But, in attempting to clip his next ball through midwicket, Stevens miscued to square leg to be caught by Cameron Bancroft off the bowling of Van Buuren and leave the hosts six wickets down.Soon after the resumption Adam Rouse (13) fenced at a lifting away-swinger from Miles to edge to Mustard, then, after a couple of lusty blows, Matt Coles (11) holed out to deep midwicket to gift Van Buuren a second scalp.James Tredwell and James Harris, the Middlesex seamer and Kent’s second debutant loanee of the day, took the home score beyond 250 until the second new ball accounted for Tredwell (26) who was caught behind off a full-length away-swinger from Payne.Harris and last man Mitch Claydon continued to go for their shots but Claydon spooned to mid-wicket to give Liddle a second wicket and leave Harris unbeaten on 33.In the five overs through to stumps, Gloucestershire’s Bancroft played inside a Stevens away-swinger to lose off stump as the visitors reached 9 for 1 to trail by 289 going into the second day.

Caribbean Premier League officials have announced that the league will stage six games in the United States in the 2016 season after receiving approval from the ICC

Peter Della Penna11-Feb-2016Caribbean Premier League officials have announced that the league will stage six games in the United States in the 2016 season after receiving approval from the ICC. Though no cities or venues were mentioned by the CPL, multiple sources have told ESPNcricinfo that the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida will be hosting some if not all of the games.A stadium official at the Central Broward Regional Park confirmed to ESPNcricinfo on Wednesday that the facility had been blocked off for use by the CPL from July 17-31. The CPL matches will be the first revenue-generating cricket matches at the $70 million facility since West Indies played host to two Twenty20 internationals against New Zealand in June 2012.”This project has been in discussion for many months and we are grateful to the ICC for supporting this move which enables us to step up our planning and open up opportunities for the cricket-hungry American public,” CPL chief executive Damien O’Donohoe said. O’Donohoe first told ESPNcricinfo at the conclusion of the 2014 season that he was keen to explore matches in the USA and Wednesday’s announcement made that a reality.”The CPL has already had a positive impact in the Caribbean and we are excited about bringing top quality cricket to the USA. We are committed to developing the next generation of cricketers and we believe that by exposing the best talent from across the Caribbean and the Americas region in the CPL, we can inspire a new generation of cricketers in the USA.”Though the ICC Americas Division One T20 championship was held at the newly-opened Indianapolis World Sports Park in 2015, Lauderhill’s CBRP remains USA’s only ICC ODI-certified venue. It is also the only purpose-built cricket venue with the requisite infrastructure in place – TV broadcast facilities, locker rooms, food concession stands and parking lots – to be able to host the matches.From a geographic and demographics standpoint, the CBRP is also far more appealing for the CPL than hosting games in Indianapolis or Los Angeles as south Florida boasts a West Indian expat population in excess of 200,000. Lauderhill Mayor Richard J Kaplan told ESPNcricinfo that he was thrilled at the announcement and hoped that it will pave the way for more high-level cricket to return to the facility, which opened in 2008.”The stadium will go back to being used in a way that we initially started using it for,” Kaplan said. “A variety of international games are important to us and I believe that’s what is going to happen. There has been an expression of interest by several international teams to play in the United States and we have the facility in which they can do that.””I think it’s what we’ve been all looking forward to and hoping for. We hope to make this not just a single one-year thing but to make it a long-term arrangement so that it will be an annual event. I think it will be very popular and they have a natural audience to come here and see the game.”Though Kaplan would not divulge which teams have expressed interest, Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland stated in November that playing limited-overs matches in the USA was an option he was pursuing for Australia. They are scheduled to tour the region in June for a limited-overs tri-series involving West Indies and South Africa, thus making the logistics for a Twenty20 series in Florida more feasible.Kaplan heaped praise on the ICC for taking the decision in June 2015 to suspend the USA Cricket Association and stripping them of sanctioning authority for matches in the country. Kaplan told ESPNcricinfo in 2014 that the city tried to sign an agreement to hold CPL matches in Lauderhill that summer, as well as Twenty20 matches between Pakistan and West Indies in 2013, but negotiations fell apart when approval from USACA was denied. That road block no longer exists.”This result is not surprising once people that are really and truly interested in developing cricket are allowed to do so,” Kaplan said. “It took an act of the ICC to suspend USACA [in order to allow] what should have been happening all along and it’s a very positive development. As long as we can continue having people that want this type of activity to go forward, and don’t put up impediments to it, I believe that we’re going to be able to have further development with more games.”You’ve got to give a lot of credit to the ICC for taking the position that it did because without it, this would not be happening. There should hopefully be some future announcements as well. Now it’s just a matter of sorting out the contracts and scheduling. We don’t have the prior problem of someone saying, ‘No, we’re not going to let you do it.’ Now it’s more, ‘We want to do it and let’s see how we’re going to get it done.’ People who are very into cricket are going to be very happy about it.”

Mosaddek Hossain produced a superb all-round display with a century followed by three wickets to help propel Bangladesh Under-19s to a 38-run win against England Under-19s

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Aug-2013
ScorecardMosaddek Hossain produced a superb all-round display with a century followed by three wickets to help propel Bangladesh Under-19s to a 38-run win against England Under-19s. The home side suffered their second successive defeat after their 46-run loss to Pakistan on Tuesday.The visitors amassed 286 for 4, propped up by Mosaddek’s unbeaten 110 off 113 balls as he struck nine fours and a couple of sixes. He also added 156 for the third wicket with opener Sadman Islam, who made 86 off 126 balls. Tom Barber was England’s most successful bowler on the day, picking up two wickets.The home side’s reply was going smoothly until Mosaddek’s offspin caught them napping. He collected three wickets, including that of captain Ben Duckett who made 56. Haseeb Hameed top scored with 67 off 96 balls while Will Rhodes smashed three sixes in his 32, but it was not enough. Seamer Rifat Pradhan also took three wickets, though he was slightly expensive.Bangladesh take on Pakistan in the next match of the tri-series on Friday, at Market Harborough.

Suresh Saraiya, the Indian radio commentator, has died aged 76 after a heart attack

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Jul-2012Suresh Saraiya, the Indian radio commentator, has died aged 76 after a heart attack. Saraiya covered more than 100 Tests for All India Radio, for whom he worked for more than four decades.The first Test he covered was in 1969 at the Brabourne Stadium, when India faced off against Bill Lawry’s Australian team, and his last match was the Test against West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium last year, which was drawn with the scores level.Commentator Harsha Bhogle was among those who paid tribute to Saraiya. “I worked with so many commentators – few with his desire and preparation. He loved cricket, did our Suresh ,” he tweeted. “All India Radio was Suresh Saraiya’s heart and soul. Was like a child when we broadcast from South Africa. He had tears that morning in Durban [South Africa’s first home Test since 1970].”Sanjay Manjrekar, the former India batsman, remembered Saraiya’s hobby of collecting ties. “Shocking to hear about the passing away of Suresh Saraiya, cricket commentator… It’s a sad day today,” he tweeted. “Great passion for cricket commentary and an even greater passion to collect cricket ties… RIP Suresh .”He wrote cricket columns in several Gujarati newspapers for more than a quarter of a century. Saraiya had also worked as a public relations officer in the Central Bank of India for 37 years.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has approved a deficit budget for 2011-2012 as its finances continue to be hit by teams refusing to tour the country due to security concerns

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Jun-2011The Pakistan Cricket Board has approved a deficit budget for 2011-2012 as its finances continue to be hit by teams refusing to tour the country due to security concerns, a reality that has forced Pakistan to ‘host’ teams at neutral venues.Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, though insisted that not being able to host matches at home did not mean that the board was losing money each time Pakistan play a series abroad. “We have been forced to play away from home for the last two years but the impression that we suffer losses in every series played at a neutral venue is not correct,” Butt said after a meeting of the PCB governing board.Pakistan have played ‘home’ series against New Zealand in New Zealand, and against Australia and England in England. They then played a full one-day and Test series against South Africa in the UAE and have chosen that venue for their upcoming series against Sri Lanka in October this year and England in January next year.Butt also outlined a proposal to boost the standard of club cricket in Pakistan. “We have plans to lift club cricket so that our domestic cricket improves and for that we have planned around 5000 matches at club level in the country in the next season.” Former spinner Abdul Qadir has been appointed co-ordinator for club cricket.Pakistan is also hoping to host its own Twenty20 league, according to Butt, modelled on the lucrative Indian Premier League. “We want to stage our own Twenty20 league. Although we do not have the expertise, we are still trying.”In a decision that is a reflection of the numerous disputes the board has been involved in with players, a panel of 12 lawyers has been appointed to help the PCB with its legal issues.

Cricket Australia officials are still lobbying to gain enough support to install John Howard as the ICC’s vice-president in Singapore

Peter English28-Jun-2010Cricket Australia officials are still lobbying to gain enough support to install John Howard as the ICC’s vice-president in Singapore over the next two days. The appointment of Howard, the former Australia prime minister, is supposed to be a formality but it has become increasingly uncertain following complaints raised by Zimbabwe and South Africa.Howard’s vice-presidency will be a key issue at the ICC’s executive board meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, which occurs before the elevation of India’s Sharad Pawar to the top job. James Sutherland, Cricket Australia’s chief executive, and the chairman Jack Clarke are in Singapore for various talks this week and are attempting to secure the seven votes required for Howard to get the deputy’s role. “There are still discussions taking place,” a Cricket Australia spokesman said on Monday.In an effort to improve relations with Zimbabwe, Howard, who as prime minister was critical of Robert Mugabe’s regime, met with senior cricket officials there last week. A similar approach to speak with South African administrators was rejected while Howard was in the country for the football World Cup.Despite the claims of Zimbabwe Cricket’s managing director Ozias Bvute that reports of its influence were “maliciously incorrect”, its senior officials raised the initial protest through its South African counterparts outside ICC meetings in Dubai in April. The issue has continued to simmer and there are concerns India will side with the African countries in the executive meeting to block the appointment.David Morgan, the out-going ICC president, supports the Howard nomination, which was proposed by Australia and New Zealand following a drawn-out selection process. Under the ICC’s guidelines Howard should become president in 2012, replacing Pawar, the Indian politician.