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There are many ways to occupy 756 minutes. Rory Burns just batted at Kia Oval

Tim Wigmore at Kia Oval06-Jul-2017
ScorecardFly from London to Bogota. Watch 14 episodes of House of Cards. Listen to all of the Beatles albums. These are many ways to occupy 756 minutes of time. Or, if you are Rory Burns, you can just bat at The Oval.”You’ve gotta stay out there Rory,” bellowed a spectator in the crowd as Burns walked off 25 minutes before lunch on the final day. Burns had just made the small matter of 219 undefeated runs, an unbroken thread throughout Surrey’s first innings. And yet, because his teammates had all been dismissed with Surrey still 16 shy of averting the follow on, Burns was still compelled to return to the field ten minutes later, to make sure the match was saved.It was, even more than a cricketing challenge, a test of endurance. At the time, Burns had been on the field – either as captain or batsman – for every moment of four sweltering, stuffy days at The Oval. Burns needed every ounce of fitness to manage his physical fatigue. Yet, perhaps even greater was the risk of mental fatigue: the need to sustain his same processes, the same impeccable judgement of each individual delivery, and maintain the same equanimity after every ball.”I’m pretty tired. Four days on your feet would take it out of anyone,” he said. “But when you’re fighting to save a game it’s far more a mental task than a physical task. It was more what was going on between my ears, and trying to replicate and be consistent in the process of how I was going about my batting.”On and on, he did just that. From the second evening, when he had the burden of opening Surrey’s response to the fifth largest total in Hampshire’s history, through copious menacing spells from Kyle Abbott, with both new ball and a reverse-swinging old one, a wild third day burst from Fidel Edwards, a marathon bowl for Mason Crane and then Abbott’s final, futile spell at the start of Surrey’s second innings: Burns withstood them all.Far from seeming depleted in the second innings, Burns actually produced his most fluent batting of the match, driving exquisitely and flicking the ball sumptuously through midwicket. And then, suddenly and incongruously, it was all over. After 1375 minutes unbroken on the field in the match, Burns received a looping offspinner well outside leg stump. It ricocheted off his pad, and unknowingly deflected off the wicketkeeper’s pads onto his stumps. A dream died: that Burns would manage the staggering feat of being undefeated throughout this game, and being on the pitch throughout.Still, the umpires and opposition players were united in applause as Burns, laughing in bemusement at the absurdity of his dismissal, finally left the field, just 29 minutes shy of being a continuous presence in this County Championship game. All recognised an extraordinary feat. Burns had batted for 535 balls in the match, making 287 runs for once out. Most importantly, Surrey’s stand-in captain had, through sheer force of will, saved this match. In a month and a day their Championship summer recommences; Burns’ extraordinary feat will survive much longer.Rory Burns was indefatigable•PA Photos

“I think that is the best I’ve ever played,” he said. “I just simplified it. I just tried to stay in my box and watch the ball. It sounds stupid, but that’s basically what I was thinking because how the game was set up was that we had to bat seven sessions to try and get ourselves to safety.”I somehow managed to keep going. I managed to narrow my focus down and was thinking about balls rather than the context of the game.”
In so doing he had secured the maiden double century of his career, brought up when he glided Crane through midwicket just after noon – a shot, like so many he played, of wonderful timing and precise placement.The extent of Burns’ achievement was unbecoming of a farcical end, with Surrey briefly using the opportunity for some T20 practice ahead of the start of the Blast against an exhausted Hampshire. Both knew that, if Surrey went into the lead, it would mean they could declare – and the match could end 10 minutes earlier. And so, at ten to five, the players shook hands and finally relief came from this dour, spirit-sapping pitch, enough to send everyone – well, all except Burns – comatose.

A confident Sunrisers Hyderabad side will face off against Gujarat Lions in the second qualifier, a virtual semi-final

The Preview by Nikhil Kalro26-May-2016

Match facts

Friday, May 27, 2016
Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT)3:45

Nannes: Sunrisers the best bowling team in the IPL

Big Picture

Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Lions exchanged the top two positions on the points table for the majority of the league stage. Now, they face off in the second qualifier, a virtual semi-final. The loser will bid adieu to the tournament, ending two months of gruelling training and travelling. It will be Lions’ second crack at getting into Sunday’s final against Royal Challengers Bangalore.Sunrisers have had the better of Lions in the round-robin phase, winning both matches, and the feel-good factor is with them after they brushed aside Kolkata Knight Riders in the eliminator on Wednesday.In that match, played on a typically sluggish Feroz Shah Kotla pitch, Australia allrounders Moises Henriques and Ben Cutting bolstered Sunrisers’ defence by banging the ball mid-pitch, a strategy Lions might have to adopt on a conceivably similar surface. The eliminator also featured only the second instance this season when a batsman other than David Warner or Shikhar Dhawan top scored for Sunrisers; Yuvraj Singh brought his experience into play to lift their total up to 162.Lions, by contrast, must have felt deflated after AB de Villiers snatched away their final berth in the first qualifier with a sensational 79. Adjusting from the Chinnaswamy’s run-filled, fast-paced surface to Feroz Shah Kotla’s slowish pitches could be Lions’ biggest headache. But they have the personnel to do so. Left-arm spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Shadab Jakati – if he is not too scarred by Royal Challengers’ assault on him – along with the wily variations of Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni and Dwayne Bravo could be just what is needed.

Form Guide

Gujarat Lions LWWLW (last five completed matches, most recent first)
Sunrisers Hyderabad WLLWL

In the spotlight

In Lions’ previous two games, they returned to their opening combination from the first few games of the tournament. Brendon McCullum and Aaron Finch. A pair as devastating as any in the competition, but, together, they are yet to produce the spark that could leave the opposition helpless. A semi-final could be the stage they need.David Warner has scored 686 runs in 15 games this season, at an average of 52.76 and a strike rate of 147.84. Even by his lofty standards, those are excellent returns. With sluggish conditions expected, the Powerplay could be the easiest time to score. If he imitates his average and strike rate, Sunrisers will forge ahead in the knockout game.

Team news

Shadab Jakati was plundered for 45 runs in his three overs in the first qualifier. With three left-hand batsmen in Sunrisers’ top four, Lions could contemplate including Pravin Tambe or chinaman bowler Shivil Kaushik.Gujarat Lions (probable): 1 Aaron Finch, 2 Brendon McCullum, 3 Suresh Raina (capt), 4 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 5 Dwayne Smith, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Dwayne Bravo, 8 Eklavya Dwivedi, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Dhawal Kulkarni, 11 Shivil Kaushik/Pravin TambeBen Cutting, Kane Williamson’s replacement in the eliminator, registered a golden duck at No. 6 but impressed with the ball. The out-of-form Deepak Hooda struck a quickfire 21 and could hold on to his place. Sunrisers are unlikely to tinker with their wining combination, unless they decide to include legspinner Karn Sharma for left-arm spinner Bipul Sharma.Sunrisers Hyderabad (probable): 1 David Warner (capt), 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Moises Henriques, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Deepak Hooda, 6 Naman Ojha (wk), 7 Ben Cutting, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Barinder Sran, 10 Karn Sharma//Bipul Sharma, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

Pitch and conditions

Sunrisers defended 162 in the Eliminator against Knight Riders and Yuvraj Singh’s 44 was the top score of the game. The surface was characteristically sluggish with good and back-of-a-length deliveries holding up. With similar conditions expected, the captain winning the toss might opt to bat, going against the early-season trend of chasing.There is no rain forecast.

Stats and trivia

• Gujarat Lions have won eight out of 10 matches while chasing, but just one out of five matches when batting first
• Mustafizur Rahman has the best economy rate (7.28) in the end overs (overs 16-20), among all bowlers who have bowled at least six overs during this period

Chris Rogers, the Australia opener, has confirmed he is set to retire after the Ashes in England this summer

ESPNcricinfo staff18-May-2015Chris Rogers, the Australia opener, has confirmed he is set to retire after the Ashes in England this summer. Rogers said finishing his international career in the country where he had played a lot of county cricket would be a fitting end.”I’m very happy, I’ve been pretty fortunate to have this second go at it and have loved every moment of it, but time calls on everyone and I think it’s nearly up for me,” he told Fox Sports. “I think to go out in the Ashes and in England where I’ve played a lot of cricket is pretty fitting.”Rogers, 37, had indicated in November, when he was selected for the home series against India, that the Ashes would be his finishing line. Before the Ashes, however, Rogers will travel with the Australian squad to the Caribbean for two Tests against West Indies in June.He has played 20 Tests for Australia in a career than began in 2008, scoring 1535 runs with four hundreds at an average of 39. He’s played 289 first-class matches for various state sides in Australia and counties in England, making 23,796 at an average of 50.

A wrap of the fourth day of the first round of Ranji Trophy matches in Group A

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Nov-2012
ScorecardBrothers in arms: Siddarth Kaul took five wickets and Uday took five catches to take Punjab to an innings win over Hyderabad•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Harbhajan Singh celebrated his return to Test squad with three wickets in an innings win over Hyderabad to secure full seven points for Punjab. Siddarth Kaul, who took three wickets on the third evening, added two more to end up with his second five-for in his fourth first-class match.Punjab began the day needing seven wickets for an innings win, and it was always going to come down to VVS Laxman. In opener Akshath Reddy’s company, Laxman thwarted Punjab for close to two hours, but once Reddy got out to Harbhajan, the floodgates opened.Siddarth Kaul accounted for Laxman, and the rest folded easily. It was another good day for the Kauls: Siddarth’s brother, Uday, took five catches.
ScorecardJalaj Saxena, who has been the offspinner on two India A tours now, might not have been picked for the Tests but pulled out an excellent rearguard with the bat to give Madhya Pradesh one point in what looked like a certain defeat. When Saxena came in to bat, MP were 179 for 6 despite Naman Ojha’s 64, and needed to bat 33.2 overs to save the match.Saxena drew support from Amit Sharma and Anand Rajan. The latter had also taken seven wickets in Gujarat’s first innings. With Amit, Saxena saw through close to 10 overs, but the partnership of the day came with Rajan. The two played out 24.3 overs to frustrate Gujarat, who couldn’t find a wicket-taker other than Rakesh Dhurv and Mehul Patel, who bowled 51 overs between them for seven wickets.While Saxena got a much-deserved half-century, Rajan stayed unbeaten on nine off 64 balls.
ScorecardWriddhiman Saha and Laxmi Shukla roughed it out through the testing period in the morning session to see Bengal through to safety and three points. Bengal made a declaration before lunch, but in a match punctuated by bad light there was never going to be enough time to force a result.Bengal began the day at 109 for 5, still needing a solid partnership to consolidate their 97-run first-innings lead, and they found it through Shukla and Saha. They added 55 for the sixth wicket, and Saha went on to score his second fifty of the match before Manoj Tiwary set Rajasthan a target of 330.Ashok Dinda provided Bengal with a good start with Ankit Lamba’s wicket, but the experience of Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Rashmi Parida was enough to see defending champions Rajasthan through to one point.
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Railways began the day needing 41 runs to avoid the follow-on with two wickets in hand, and only an enforced follow-on could have kept the rest of the day interesting. As it turned out, Zaheer Khan, who had cramped up on day three according to captain Ajit Agarkar, didn’t even take the field, and Railways’ ninth-wicket stand of Krishnakant Upadhyay and Anureet Singh made sure they wouldn’t have to bat again.After that Kaustubh Pawar and Ajinkya Rahane scored 80s in glorified batting practice.

New South Wales overcame a top-order scare to beat Mumbai Indians and keep control over their progress in the tournament

The Report by Siddarth Ravindran02-Oct-2011
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Patrick Cummins hit the 150kph mark while taking 1 for 13•Associated Press

No Australian domestic side has lost to an IPL team in three seasons of the Champions League T20, and that trend continued after New South Wales beat Mumbai Indians in a low-scoring encounter in Chennai. The win not only keeps NSW in the race for the semi-finals but also in control of their own destiny, while Mumbai Indians will have to watch other results to know whether they progress.On a hot and cloudless day, and on a track where the ball kept low and didn’t come on to the bat, each member of NSW’s attack played their part as Mumbai’s batting faltered for the third time in the tournament. Only James Franklin put in a decent effort. Faced with a target of 101, it seemed a straightforward chase, but fast bowler Abu Nechim reduced NSW to 28 for 5 before they got home through Steven Smith and Ben Rohrer’s unbroken 73-run stand.The NSW bowlers made a terrific start with Stuart Clark, four days after his 36th birthday and having reduced his playing responsibilities, showing he had lost none of his old accuracy. Handed the new ball, he didn’t strive for pace and stuck to disciplined bowling to knock over Aiden Blizzard and Ambati Rayudu in his first two overs.Patrick Cummins, who is half Clark’s age, then took over. Hitting 150kph on what was widely expected to be a sluggish track, he showed why he’s being called a superstar in the making, intelligently mixing in the slower ball to befuddle the batsmen. In his first over, he got the key wicket of Kieron Pollard, who looked to bludgeon a full ball over midwicket. In the four overs he and Clark bowled from the fifth to the eighth, only five runs were scored.Much then depended on Andrew Symonds. He has not looked his old effervescent self in this tournament, and he struggled today as well. A charge down the track to swipe Steve O’Keefe ended with the ball crashing into the top of off stump and Mumbai Indians were gasping at 51 or 5 after 12 overs.Franklin, subjected to some criticism before the game over his position at No. 4 in the line-up, cut out the Hollywood strokes his team-mates attempted, preferring to play straight, highlighted by a perfectly timed on-drive off Moises Henriques for four. Even as he lost partners regularly, he kept poking the ball around, ensuring Mumbai Indians at least avoided the ignominy of finishing their innings with a double-digit score.NSW weathered the first over of the chase from the chief threat, Lasith Malinga. It was Nechim, though, who made the big breakthroughs, removing both openers, Shane Watson and David Warner, in his first over. With Malinga then dismissing Simon Katich courtesy a trademark swinging yorker, Daniel Smith nicking Nechim behind after attempting a footwork-less slash, and Henriques picking up a duck on being given lbw to a spinning delivery from Yuzvendra Chahal that pitched outside leg, Mumbai were well and truly in the game.Steven Smith and Rohrer then stabilised the innings and slowly took the game away from Mumbai Indians. With the spinners operating, the batsmen used their feet well to punch the ball for singles. It wasn’t till the 13th over of the chase that the first six of the match was struck, Smith clouting Chahal over midwicket. A Franklin long hop was helped to fine leg for four, a wide Malinga yorker was chopped past point for four more before a bunch of boundaries from Smith settled the match in the 17th over.

Mark Turner will be leaving Somerset after signing a two year contract, starting in 2011, with Derbyshire

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Sep-2010Fast bowler Mark Turner will be leaving Somerset after signing a two-year contract with Derbyshire. Turner, 25, moved from Durham to Somerset in 2006 in search for more permanent opportunities but, as with many quicks, found Taunton a tough place to prosper and did not play any first-class cricket this season.He was offered a new deal by the Somerset but has revealed that a longing for more opportunities to play first-team cricket is behind his decision to sign for Derbyshire.”I have played quite a bit of one-day cricket with Somerset and I’ve done quite well,” Turner said. “But I haven’t managed to establish myself in the four-day game and that is what I’m trying to achieve.”Derbyshire showed an interest in me and after speaking to John Morris I knew the move was the right thing to do. The opportunity to play in all forms of cricket is something I can’t turn down at this stage of my career. I am looking forward to the challenge.”Turner won’t be a stranger at the County Ground having previously played alongside Steffan Jones and Wes Durston with Somerset.”The plan is to get to Derbyshire and work really hard to push for a place. My new club are getting somebody who can bowl with a bit of pace and somebody who runs in and tries his hardest with every ball he bowls.””Mark is a talented cricketer with his best years ahead of him and I am delighted to add him to our squad ahead of the 2011 season,” added John Morris, Derbyshire’s head of cricket. “That fact that he has been prepared to make this move in search of first team cricket demonstrates that Mark is an ambitious cricketer who is striving to better himself. That is just the kind of player we want to bring to Derbyshire.”

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s match against Scotland was abandoned due to rain

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Jan-2025India clinched a comfortable eight-wicket victory against Bangladesh in the Super Six stage of the Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. With the win, India along with Australia from Group 1 and South Africa from Group 2 are assured of semi-final spots. England and Nigeria, who are placed second and third respectively, in Group 2, will be fighting for the remaining spot after Sri Lanka‘s match against Scotland was abandoned due to the rain and both teams shared the points.For India, left-arm spinner Vaishanvi Sharma starred with 3 for 15 to restrict Bangladesh to just 64 for 8. India chased down the target in 7.1 overs.Bangladesh were asked to bat first after rain delayed the clash and they were put under pressure immediately as they lost the opener Mosammat Eva to the third ball of the innings. India kept a lid on Bangladesh throughout as they were left reeling at 23 for 5 by the end of tenth over. Bangladesh’s top score came from their captain Sumaiya Akter, who made a 29-ball 21 at No.7. Vaishnavi took two of her three wickets in the 17th over while G Trisha, Shabnam Shakil and VJ Joshitha accounted for a wicket each. With this performance, Vaishanvi is now the joint-leading wicket-taker in the tournament with nine scalps.In the chase, Trisha smashed a quickfire 40, laced with eight boundaries, before getting dismissed in the seventh over. Captain Niki Prasad and Sanika Chalke took India home with 77 balls remaining.

South Africa’s bowling coach hoping his oldest and youngest quick provide the fear factor for opposition in the absence of the speedy Anrich Nortje

Firdose Moonda05-Oct-20232:10

Can South Africa’s misfiring bowlers back up their sizzling batters?

South Africa will rely on the experience of Kagiso Rabada and the exuberance of Gerald Coetzee to fill the fear-factor gap left by Anrich Nortje’s unavailability. That was the message from bowling coach Eric Simons, who wants the opposition camps to be discussing how to handle his oldest and youngest quicks through the tournament.”I’ve sat in a lot of team meetings and the more the opposition talks about a certain batter or bowler, the more you are in their heads and the more you are ahead of them in the game. Someone like Anrich would have been someone they would have spoken about,” Simons said from South Africa’s hotel in Delhi, where they are preparing to play their first match of the competition against Sri Lanka. “Likewise, with Kagiso. He is one of our key members.”While steering away from naming Rabada as the leader of the attack – a title Simons said he does not understand the reasons for giving someone – he spoke to Rabada’s 92 ODI caps as being crucial to South Africa’s chances of intimidating opposition line-ups. “Kagiso is someone with a lot of experience and someone the opposition respects, so getting him up to speed and getting him bowling at his best is not just important for him but for us as a unit.”Related

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And that is the rub of it. Rabada had not had the opportunity to be at his best for South Africa in ODIs this year – he has only played five of their 12 ODIs this year – and has also not been at his best in big tournaments. Again, the sample size is small, but telling.Rabada has only played one 50-over World Cup and his performance mirrored South Africa’s: it was underwhelming. He played all nine of South Africa’s group games in 2019 and took 11 wickets at 36.09. In the context of the team’s performance it was not bad: Rabada had the same number of wickets as Imran Tahir and Andile Phehlukwayo, and only two fewer than their leading wicket-taker, Chris Morris, but against his international peers it was poor. Mitchell Starc was the tournament’s leading bowler with 27 wickets. Among the headline quicks around the circuit Lockie Ferguson, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Mark Wood, Mohammad Amir, Trent Boult, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Chris Woakes, Mohammed Shami, Matt Henry and Pat Cummins had better tournaments than Rabada.Similarly, Rabada has not shot the lights out at the T20 World Cups he has been involved in. At last year’s T20 World Cup, he took only two wickets in five games and at his first event, in India in 2016, he claimed five wickets in three matches and had an economy rate of 10.71. The only exception was the UAE in 2021 where Rabada took eight wickets in five matches at 19.37 on the back of finishing as the leading bowler in the IPL in the UAE in late 2020. Since then, Rabada’s IPL form has also dipped. In 2021, he took 15 wickets in 15 matches and averaged over 30, in 2022 he took 23 wickets in 13 matches and conceded at 8.45 runs to the over and this year, played only six matches, took seven wickets, averaged 33.14 and bled 10.08 runs an over.Kagiso Rabada’s bowling could be central to South Africa’s success•AFP/Getty Images

It’s fair to say big tournaments have not brought big results for Rabada but has it been bothering him? “We’ve not spoken specifically about World Cups,” Simons said. “He wants to be the best he can possibly be. We had a long conversation about tactics to be used at the death in India, for example. It’s a constant learning process and every day is about being little better than he was yesterday.”Sisanda Magala’s absence after being ruled out of the tournament with a knee niggle means that South Africa also need someone who can do a job at the end of innings. From Simons’ comments, it seems Rabada has taken on the task himself, adding to his duties as chief aggressor. That’s where Coetzee will come in, albeit with a word of warning. “He is someone who can bowl constantly at 140kph-plus, which is important in any conditions,” Simons said. “But someone is going to punch him in the nose at some point. I have no doubt about it. That’s what this game is about, particularly in India.”Fast pitches and small grounds may mean the ball leaves the bat as quickly as Coetzee can deliver it but Simons is hopeful he will learn quickly. “He faced a good test against Australia and an extremely aggressive batting line up. It was good to see him come through it and come up with ideas and plans,” Simons said. “He is a very intelligent young cricketer. He understands his game and he contributes a lot especially in bowling meetings. It’s going to be a steep learning curve for him but he is somebody with the material and resources to handle it.”And while Coetzee’s pace is the aspect of his game everyone is eager to see, Simons hinted there are other parts of his skill set that could be equally exciting. “One of the things that is going to be important in Indian conditions is pace-off deliveries and he has got a delivery that is quite effective. In the Australia series, he bowled Alex Carey with a legcutter and you could see it surprised everyone. Once you’ve got opposition talking about it, you’re winning a bit of a battle.”Build-ups to World Cup campaigns are often preoccupied with chatter about the players who have not made it the tournament – players like Nortje. As South Africa’s opener draws closer, the conversation could and should move to the bowlers who have made the trip and impact the likes of Rabada and Coetzee could have.

The KPL, as it was known then, will now be called the Maharaja Trophy T20 and feature six teams

Shashank Kishore16-Jul-2022The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) is relaunching its T20 tournament this August, three years after the competition was hit by a series of corruption allegations and, subsequently, the Covid-19 pandemic.The Karnataka Premier League (KPL), as it was known then, will now be called the Maharaja Trophy T20. The rebranding aside, the KSCA has made some structural changes in the way the six-team tournament will be run going forward.What is new?
The KSCA has disbanded the franchise model and will take complete control of all cricketing aspects – right from player draft to payments to appointments of coaches and staff. They have, however, brought on board sponsors for each of the six teams for the ninth edition, set to run from August 7 to 26 across Bengaluru and Mysore.Was corruption the reason for the change in structure?
Primarily, the KSCA has made the shift keeping in mind the country’s tax laws. “The association is liable to pay a higher percentage of its revenue in the form of taxes should they stick to the franchise system, since it’s seen under the tax lens as income earned” secretary Santosh Menon said. “The current format – with KSCA bearing all expenses – won’t attract the same percentage of tax.” That said, the KSCA has reiterated its stance of complying with all anti-corruption protocols as mandated by the BCCI.Who are the six teams?
Each of KSCA’s six zones are represented – Bengaluru, Mysuru, Hubballi, Shivamogga, Raichur and Mangaluru.How will teams be formed?
The KSCA’s cricket committee, headed by president and former India allrounder Roger Binny, has formed a core group of six selectors picked from across the six zones of the state who will take part in the draft process to ensure all squads are balanced. The selectors are Anand Katti, AR Mahesh, MV Prashanth, Santosh Vadeyaraj and Raghotham Navli.All top cricketers within the age bracket of 35 years will be eligible to play. The KSCA committee will also nominate the captains and vice-captains. There will be no involvement of team sponsors in selecting the playing XI, or in any other cricketing decision.Mangalore United celebrate after winning the Karnataka Premier League in 2010•Mantri KPL

Who appoints the coaches?
The KSCA has distributed top coaching talent – one head coach and one assistant – to each of the six teams. The head coaches are Stuart Binny, Nazeeruddin, Mansur Ali Khan, Nikhil Haldipur, Deepak Chougale and PV Shashikant. One physio, trainer and video analyst will also be appointed for each of the six teams.How will the draft process take place?
Players are divided into four grades – A, B, C and D. Those who have played for India and in the IPL will form Grade A. State players who’ve only featured in one of the senior tournaments (Ranji Trophy/Vijay Hazare Trophy/Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy) will be part of Grade B. Those who’ve featured in various age-group tournaments (Under-19s, Under-23s) will form Grade C, while Grade D will comprise emerging talent.How much do the players stand to earn?
Unlike earlier, where players were picked at an auction – Pavan Deshpande was 2019’s most expensive player at INR 7.3 lakh – payments will be uniform as per the grades they belong to. Those in A will get a flat fee of INR 5 lakh. Players in B, C and D will earn INR 2 lakh, 1 lakh and 50,000 respectively.Who are some of the top players to look forward to?
All top players of the state – except those on national duty – will take part. These include Mayank Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey, Karun Nair, Prasidh Krishna, Shreyas Gopal and K Gowtham among others.Will the matches be televised?
Yes. Star Sports are the broadcast partners.What is the format?
Each team will play the other five once, before the bottom two are filtered out. The top four will then go through the same process of qualification and elimination similar to the IPL playoffs system.

Tasmania bowled out for 237 after Stanlake picked up a career-best 4 for 24

Alex Malcolm22-Feb-2021A blistering Billy Stanlake spell and another Usman Khawaja masterclass guided Queensland to a four-wicket Marsh Cup win over Tasmania at Bellerive Oval in Hobart.Stanlake took a career-best 4 for 24 ripping through Tasmania’s top four with extreme pace and bounce while Khawaja controlled the chase superbly with a classy 93, following on from his fourth-innings century in the Sheffield Shield clash on Saturday.Stanlake set the game up after Queensland won the toss. He claimed all four wickets with short balls as Tim Paine, Caleb Jewell, and Mac Wright struggled to control hook and pull shots while Jake Doran gloved one through the keeper. When Marnus Labuschagne ran out Tom Andrews with a direct hit, the Tigers had slumped to 7 for 143 with 17.5 overs left in the innings.But Jordan Silk came to the rescue continuing the superb form he showed in the BBL. He made 77 from 88 balls to hold the innings together. He put on 53 with Nathan Ellis who contributed 21. Jackson Bird then clubbed 27 from 25 balls to lift the total up to 237. Matt Kuhnemann took 3 for 47 for the Bulls, including the key wicket of Silk.Khawaja then took charge in the chase. He put on a 53-run opening stand with Sam Heazlett and an 87-run stand with Joe Burns to break the back of the chase. Nathan Ellis returned for the Tigers to cause a few heart murmurs in the Queensland camp. He knocked over Burns and Khawaja in consecutive overs. But Jimmy Peirson steered the visitors home with 14 balls to spare.