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Somerset have appointed Mike Ashwin from Midsomer Norton as their new pitch adviser.Mike, who has been working in groundsmanship for over ten years is currently the groundsman at Lansdown C.C. in Bath and Midsomer Norton Cricket Club, and recently completed a week long seminar at Cranfield University to receive the necessary training to enable him to undertake his new post.As a result of Mike Ashwin’s appointment, Somerset are now in the process of promoting their new pitch advisers scheme, and can arrange for him to visit schools and clubs in the county to offer advice and support.The Somerset Cricket Board are putting together a tariff of charges for the new pitch advisers services, which for a nominal fee will involve Mike in visiting the club or school and providing a pitch report, including an assessment of the square, ground cover and pests etc.The new pitch adviser will also take three core samples that will be visually assessed to identify the soil type and based on these findings will then make recommendations.Andrew Moulding the Somerset Cricket Development Officer told me: "This is a new service that will be greatly appreciated by all schools and clubs in the county, and will go a long way towards helping us to offer top quality playing surfaces for all cricket pitches in Somerset."He concluded: "This is an exciting development for everyone, and in the near future we hope that Mike will set up a Somerset Groundsman’s Association."Anyone wishing to make use of the new pitch advisers services should contact Andrew Moulding at the Centre of Excellence at the County Ground, telephone number 01823 352266.Meanwhile the Somerset County Cricket Club Appeal Year got underway with the Opening Lunch that was held in the Colin Atkinson Pavilion on Friday.One hundred and seventy four guests attended the occasion, during which a silver salver was presented to Richard Parsons in recognition of his fourteen year as chairman and a bouquet of flowers was presented to Sandra Parsons.After lunch, former Somerset player and first class umpire Roy Palmer entertained those present with his cricketing impersonations, including a superb `John Arlott’, and `Jethro’ stories which were very well received.Robert Appleyard who organised the event told me afterwards: "This was an excellent start to the Somerset Appeal Year, and I was delighted to see so many of the old committee presrnt."The next event on the fund raising calendar is `Roast with Robbo’ that takes place next Sunday, April 13th in the Colin Atkinson Pavilion. After Sunday Lunch guests will be entertained by Peter Robinson who will share some of his cricketing experiences, before ending with a question and answer session.Tickets for `Roast with Robbo’ are priced at £15 each and can be obtained from the main office at the County Ground, telephone number 01823 272946.

The Coromandel Cement Cup semifinal between KSCA XI and Chemplast XIis poised for an interesting finish. By stumps on the second day ofthe match at the RSI ground in Bangalore on Friday, KSCA XI had takena first innings lead of 16 runs and in their second innings, after twoovers, had not opened their account.With KSCA XI having made 365 for nine in the allotted 90 overs onThursday, the onus was on Chemplast to make a fitting reply in theirfirst innings. Openers Sujith Somasundar and Ganesh Kumar (43) gavethem a sound start putting on 86 runs off 20.4 overs. Ganesh Kumarthen left after having faced 66 balls and hitting three boundaries. SBadrinath joined Somasundar and the two shared a second wicketpartnership of 112 runs off 35.2 overs. Somasunder was heading towardsa hundred when he was out for 92. He faced 169 balls and hit 12 fours.Aditya Srikkanth then joined Badrinath and they increased the score by73 runs during a third wicket association that lasted 17 overs.At 271 for two in the 73rd over, Chemplast were in a strong position.At this stage, Aditya, son of former Indian captain K Srikkanth wasbowled by David Johnson for a bright 43. He faced 56 balls and hitfour fours and two sixes. Now KSCA XI came back into the match.Johnson and off spinner Vadeyaraj got among the wickets to effect amiddle order collapse as Chemplast slid to 288 for six. Badrinathhowever stood firm and he found an able ally in J Hariesh (31) withwhom he added 51 runs for the seventh wicket off 7.3 overs. Badrinathwho had come in the 21st over, was finally out in the 87th over afterscoring 102. He faced 187 balls hitting seven fours and two sixes.Sunil Joshi them came on to polish off the tail and Chemplast were allout for 349 in 89.3 overs. Vadeyaraj was the most successful bowlerwith four for 71 while Johnson had three for 94 off 16 overs. Joshifinished with two for 51. Play was halted due to bad light at 11.48and resumed after lunch. Play was again stopped due to rain at 2 pmand resumed after six minutes.Pistons-Roofit clash interestingly poisedDespite posting a healthy score of 295 in their first innings onThursday, India Pistons found themselves on the back foot at the endof the second day’s play in their semi-final clash against Roofit XIat MJWSC ground in Bangalore. The Mumbai side notched up 331 all outin 78.3 overs, earning a first innings lead of 36 runs.It was the quick batting of Baroda opening batsman Satyajit Parab thatset the ball rolling. Scoring an 82-ball 83 (15 boundaries), Parab wasinvolved in a second wicket partnership of 95 with Mumbai southpawJatin Paranjpe. Striking the ball well, the skipper of the Roofitside, Paranjpe, made 76 (118 balls, 13 fours). Hrishesh Kanitkar’ssedate 46 in the middle order helped the Roofit side get past theIndia Pistons total. In the 79th over of the innings, Roofit XI weredismissed for 331.In the India Pistons second innings, Reetinder Sodhi followed up hisfirst innings duck with another failure. The Punjab all-rounder madejust 4 before being sent back by Gujarat seamer Rakesh Patel. SMahesh, promoted up the order was unbeaten on 23 and Hemanth Kumar had32 to his name when the second day’s play ended. India Pistons were64/1 in 11 overs and now lead by 28 runs. The second innings isrestricted to 40 overs a side.

Whoever thought that Bangladesh would run away with the match after a brave showing with the bat saw them score 232 for 8 in 50 overs had to eat his words as England proved their superiority in the match by achieving the target with 6.1overs and eight wickets still intact.The man of the match, Alec Stewart, and the England skipper, Nasser Hussain, shared a 175 run partnership for the second wicket to steer their side to the quarter-final of the of the ICC KnockOut. Both batsmen played shots to all parts of the ground to make a mockery of the target set by their opponents.Alec Stewart, who did the most of the scoring after the departure of Marcus Trescothick at the total of 33, was all patience after completing his half-century. He was content in watching most of the proceedings from the non-striking end, as Hussain hit all the Bangladeshi bowlers with strength and vigor. Hussain was particularly harsh on spinners, especially the off-break Muhammad Rafiq, as he hit 5 sixes and 8 fours for his 95 scored in 120 balls. However, he was unlucky not to get his first ODI century as trying to steer the ball to the leg side, he top edged an easy catch back to the bowler, Muhammad Rafiq.After the departure of Hussain at the total of 208, it was an easy going for EnglandGraeme Hick making a quick-fire 23 off 19 balls to take his side to victory. Stewart remained not out on 87 off 112 balls.Earlier, a confident looking Bangladesh side cashed in on some below par bowling and sloppy fielding by England to post a respectable total on the board. The opening batsmen, Javed Omar, scored 63* and the skipper, Naeemur Rehman, contributed with 46 studded with two sixes after Bangladesh had been reduced to 96 for 4 in the 29th over. Javed, returning to the crease after a rising delivery from Gough had earlier forced him to retire hurt, grafted his inning sensibly to enable his side to a total past 200, which looked a bit difficult at one stage. It was mainly because of his efforts that the Bangladesh team could collect 83 in the last 10 overs of their innings.For England, Mark Ealham was the most successful bowler taking 3 for 48 in his ten overs. Andrew Caddick and Craig White took two wickets each, whereas one batsman was run out.England now play South Africa in the quarter-final which would be played on Tuesday.

Cricket South Africa’s anti-corruption and security unit (ACSU) has charged an “intermediary” under its anti-corruption code for “contriving to fix, or otherwise improperly influence aspects” of the recently completed domestic T20 tournament, the Ram Slam Challenge.CSA has provisionally suspended the unnamed individual under Article 4.7.1 of the Code. The ACSU has also charged them with “failing or refusing, without compelling justification, to cooperate with an investigation carried out by CSA’s Designated Anti-Corruption Official”, the board said in a release on Tuesday.The intermediary will now be required to respond to the charges via the ACSU.”The provisional suspension means that the intermediary may not be involved in any capacity in any match or any other kind of function, event or activity (other than authorised anti-corruption education or rehabilitation programmes) that is authorized, organised, sanctioned, recognised or supported in any way by CSA, the ICC, a National Cricket Federation or any member of a National Cricket Federation,” CSA said.Haroon Lorgat, CSA’s chief executive, added: “Our attitude to corruption will always be one of zero tolerance and we are confident that we have the necessary structures in place to effectively deal with any corrupt activity. We will relentlessly pursue under our code and the law of the land any persons we believe to be involved in corrupting the game and, with assistance from the police, we will also seek criminal prosecution.”The Ram Slam T20 Challenge 2015-16 was played between November 1 and December 12, with Titans winning the final against Dolphins on Saturday.

Matthew Maynard has been appointed cricket manager at Glamorgan, beginning his new role at the end of September.Maynard, the former Glamorgan and England batsman – who was replaced by Andy Flower as England’s assistant coach after the World Cup – will have the help of the two existing coaches Adrian Shaw and Steve Watkin. Though understandably excited at the role, he acknowledges how much work there is to be done.”This is a fantastic opportunity for me and it couldn’t have come at a better time,” Maynard said. “I’m aware that there is a lot of work required and that it will not be an overnight transformation. It will be up to me to get the best out of the players we have, augment them with additions where appropriate, and to work as hard as I can to get Glamorgan back to the level of performance we all – players and supporters – enjoyed in the 1990s and early 2000s. I’m really looking forward to the challenge.””Although I do not formally start in post until the end of the season, I will be spending whatever time it takes between now and the end of September consulting with them.”Maynard, 41, played nearly 750 matches for the club between 1985 and 2005, leading the side to the County Championship in 1997. In this new role he will be responsible for all elements of cricket and player development at Glamorgan, reporting to chief executive Mike Fatkin.”We’re delighted that Matthew has agreed to rejoin Glamorgan in this new role,” Fatkin said. “His commitment to the county and his record as a player stands comparison with the very best and having now had experience of coaching elite players we believe he is ready to take on this particular challenge.”

South Africa’s cricketers reacted angrily to suggestions that seniorplayers had bullied the younger ones into going along with the decision toreturn home from the tour of Sri Lanka. They were also fuming about thelocal media coverage of the withdrawal, with one prominent local dailycarrying the back-page headline ‘South African cricketers chicken out’.Another, the Daily Mirror published out of Colombo alleged thatMark Boucher, Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini, Andrew Hall, Andre Nel andMickey Arthur, the coach, were instrumental in the South Africans decidingto go home. The article also suggested that the decision had less todo with security, and more to do with their 2-0 loss in the Test series,and a fear of similar disappointments in the one-day games.”It was a decision taken by everyone,” said AB de Villiers, one of theyounger players that had a lot to gain by playing here. “It was anopportunity for the young guys to play a few games in subcontinentconditions [with the Champions Trophy just two months away], and it’sunfortunate that it won’t happen. I’m prepared to give everything whileplaying for South Africa, but not my life.”de Villiers also said that those who criticised the team weren’t aware ofthe facts of the matter. “It’s nonsense to judge someone without beinghere in their situation. We’re foreigners here, not knowing what’s goingon, and with bombs going off near us. The security guys are telling us togo home, and that’s good enough for me.”Boucher, who was expected to captain the side during the one-day series,was incensed by the coverage, not least because it was his face that wasprominently displayed beneath the chicken headline. “It’s disappointing,”he said, “and there’s not much that you can do once such stuff ispublished.”Loots Bosman, the 29-year-old opening bat who was expected to get hischance here in Graeme Smith’s absence, was probably the man with most togain had South Africa stayed on. But he insisted that there was going to be only one decision after the team’s security advisors told them the risk was untenable.”Obviously, the whole situation is about safety,” he told Cricinfo. “It’snot a junior-senior issue. On the cricketing front, it’s unfortunate, butI can’t do much about it or have any control over such situations. MaybeI’ll get an opportunity to represent South Africa again.”Having fielded calls all day regarding the alleged split within the ranks,Gordon Templeton, the team’s media manager, also didn’t mince words whenasked his opinion about the stories called by the and the . “Those with anything between their ears, and who understandcricket, would find such stories utterly laughable.”The team leaves Colombo on Friday morning, flying to Johannesburg via HongKong, but the ill-feeling that they leave behind may linger for some time.

With the national selectors still juggling to find the correct balance for the South African squad, four changes have been made to play against Bangladesh in the third Standard Bank One-Day International in Kimberley on Wednesday (D/N).Robin Peterson, completing a successful weekend in the SuperSport Series, returns to the squad after being left out of the first two internationals. He was a late inclusion in the recent tournament in Sri Lanka after an injury to Nicky Boje.Ashwell Prince, after a good series against Australia `A’ and Bangladesh, receives his first call-up to the one-day squad. Prince has played in three test matches.Steve Elworthy once again finds himself back in the squad. In and out of the squad since 1999 Elworthy has never been given the chance to establish himself in the team. His selection could have something to do with the exclusion of injured Mfuneko Ngam. Ngam’s chances of regaining fitness before the World Cup seem fairly remote.Surprise exclusion from the squad is Lance Klusener. Klusener, who has been having a lean period with the bat, joins his fellow KwaZulu-Natal teammates, Errol Stewart and Dale Benkenstein, on the trip back to Durban.Jonty Rhodes, after a rest, returns to the team.Martin van Jaarsveld who did not manage to get a chance to bat in his debut at Benoni on Sunday has been retained.The full squad is:Shaun Pollock KwaZulu-Natal (captain)
Mark Boucher Border (vice captain)
Boeta Dippenaar Free State
Allan Donald Free State
Steve Elworthy Northerns
Herschelle Gibbs Western Province
Jacques Kallis Western Province
Makhaya Ntini Border
Robin Peterson Eastern Province
Ashwell Prince Western Province
Jonty Rhodes KwaZulu-Natal
Graeme Smith Western Province
Martin van Jaarsveld Northerns

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An uncharacteristically dour hundred from Chris Gayle prevented another day of embarrassment for West Indies, but Bangladesh wasted a golden opportunity to press home the advantage built on the first two days as they spilt no fewer than nine catches. By the close of another damp day in St Lucia, West Indies were 262 for 5, with Gayle unbeaten on 110.The day began with Pedro Collins wrapping up Bangladesh’s innings early when Mohammad Rafique played on driving outside off for 111. Bangladesh’s total was their highest ever.Gayle, usually the flamboyant strokemaker, played a subdued innings with only rare sightings of his trademark drives and cuts. He was helped by Bangladesh’s generosity – he was dropped on 24, 28 and 47 – and his decision to adopt the anchor role was partially caused by his involvement in a farcical run-out at the top of the innings.In the second over, Gayle pushed Tareq Aziz to point and Smith called for a sharp, but feasible, single. But he was sent back by a late call from Gayle, and Faisal Hussain’s throw was well gathered by Aziz and Smith was left well short of safety (2 for 1).Ramnaresh Sarwan took up the challenge, and with Gayle took the score to 89 before he fell for a sucker punch. He hooked a bouncer from Tapash Baisya for six, and Habibul Bashar ostentatiously moved Rafique to deep square leg. Baisya sent down another bouncer, Sarwan top-edged the hook, and the ball went straight down Rafique’s throat. It showed a lack of intelligence bordering on the reckless and was the eighth time that Sarwan, who made 40, has perished hooking.Brian Lara gave every sign that he was going to entertain the small crowd, unleashing some crisp drives and cuts before he tried to run Mushfiqur Rahman to third man and edged behind to Khaled Mashud for 53 (162 for 3); when Shivnarine Chanderpaul fell to Rafique for 7, also caught by Mashud, West Indies were wobbling (183 for 4).But the catches kept being put down, and Dwayne Smith made a breezy 42 before undoing much of the good work by clubbing Rafique to Aziz in the deep as the gloom descended. The timing of his dismissal would not have pleased the coach even if his innings did.But Gayle remained, reaching his hundred near the end of the day, and in so doing ensuring that today wasn’t as wretched as it might have been.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Mar.2, WICB: The West Indies World Cup 2007 official delegation currently in South Africa will report on their visit to the Cricket World Cup 2003 at a news conference on March 6 with chief executive officer of the CWC 2003, Dr. Ali Bacher.Head of the WWC delegation, Chris Dehring, has described the visit so far as very useful to the 17 West Indies government and cricket officials, who are about to complete their first week of meetings with a wide variety of entities involved in the organisation of the CWC 2003.Among those giving the WWC delegation the benefit of their experience so far were the Gauteng Cricket Board, Western Province Cricket Association, Nigel Rushman of Rushmans, the company responsible for accreditation and media management; Andrew Wildblood, a legal consultant; Peter Lennox of the Cape Town Tourism Association, and several officials of the CWC 2003.

Michael Vaughan signalled his readiness for a return to the Test arena with a fine 82 on the first day of CricInfo Championship leaders Yorkshire’s clash with Leicestershire at Grace Road.Despite that they could only muster a disappointing 230 all out after winning the toss, but then struck back by claiming three Leicestershire wickets in five overs to swing the game back in their favour.Fast bowler Steve Kirby, who took 12 wickets in the match between the two sides at Headingley a few weeks ago, was again in inspired form against the club who released him after he had spent a couple of years on the Grace Road staff without playing a first team game.He had Trevor Ward caught at slip of an absolute beauty and then clean bowled Iain Sutcliffe with the last ball of the day. In between Paul Hutchison knocked back Ben Smith’s off stump to leave the home side in disarray at 23 for three.But it was the form of Vaughan which will have most pleased Yorkshire – and England. After a six-week absence following knee surgery, Vaughan produced an innings of real quality which should ensure his place in the England side for the final Test at The Oval against Australia.He batted for three hours and hit 12 fours before falling to a leg side catch by wicket-keeper Neil Burns off Phil DeFreitas.Vaughan and Matthew Wood shared a second wicket stand of 96 to set up Yorkshire for a big total. But Leicestershire’s bowlers pegged away on one of the hottest days of the summer and took wickets at regular intervals.Skipper Vince Wells had an impressive return of three for 37 off 18 overs, DeFreitas took two for six in a nine-over spell in mid-afternoon and Darren Maddy collected three wickets as well. And with no recognised spinner in the side because of injuries, fast bowler James Ormond proved his versatility with a lengthy spell of off-spin.