Yorkshire have now won six of their 10 games and sit inside the top four of a hugely competitive North Group table on 12 points

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ScorecardYorkshire tightened their grip on a quarter-final place in the Vitality Blast with a routine six-wicket victory over winless Northamptonshire at Headingley.The Vikings cruised past the Steelbacks, who were hesitant in posting 129 for 7 before failing to defend it, despite Richard Gleeson getting Adam Lyth caught behind after two balls.Yorkshire have now won six of their 10 games and sit inside the top four of a hugely competitive North Group table on 12 points.While they still have work to do to qualify, they are definitely on course ahead of Thursday’s sold out Roses clash here against Lancashire.Debutant Charlie Thurston top-scored with 41 for a Northants side who have now lost eight of nine matches. The other was tied.The Vikings fell to 22 for 2 inside five overs of the chase, but Kane Williamson steered the ship with an unbeaten 52 not out off 44 balls, including two sixes. They won with eight balls remaining.After electing to bat, Northants were tied down as Yorkshire’s quartet of seamers – David Willey, Jack Brooks, Steve Patterson and Jordan Thompson – all bowled tidily to restrict the score to 35 for 2 after seven overs, when spin was introduced.Brooks had a hand in the two wickets to fall, quite literally, as the score slipped to 16 for two in the fourth. He had Richard Levi caught behind and deflected a Ben Duckett straight drive onto the stumps at the non-striker’s end to run out Josh Cobb.Thompson then claimed the important scalp of Duckett in the ninth over as the left-hander miscued to mid-off, leaving the score at 48 for 3.It was soon 62 for 4 when Steven Crook fell in similar fashion to Duckett, this time off Patterson’s bowling in the eleventh.Thurston pulled his third ball for six off Patterson, but it was brief respite for the Steelbacks as captain Alex Wakely holed out to long-off as Azeem Rafiq struck.Willey and Patterson again struck late on, the latter getting Thurston caught at deep cover in the last over, as each member of Yorkshire’s five-man attack struck.Willey was the pick with 1 for 20 from four overs, while Patterson returned 2 for 26.The hosts caught well and fielded brilliantly, with a highlight of the Northants innings being when Yorkshire mascot Vinny the Viking played his part in tackling a pitch invader.After Gleeson had Lyth and Willey was run out going for two, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Williamson took the sting out of the situation against an accurate attack.The former then skied Seekkuge Prasanna’s leg-spin to long-off in the 10th before Williamson and Gary Ballance found the gaps and accumulated in a 51-stand before the latter fell to Gleeson late on.Williamson reached a second successive fifty off 42 balls with his second six in the 18th over and helped to finish the game in the next.Northants did increase the asking rate to seven runs per over for the last seven, but it never looked like being their night even though runs did not flow for either side.

As Anderson passed Glenn McGrath’s record, the retiring Cook called him “England’s greatest cricketer”

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‘What Jimmy has and can still achieve is astounding’ – Joe Root

An emotional James Anderson admitted that the achievement in overtaking Glenn McGrath to become the most prolific fast bowler in Test history was made all the more special because his team-mate and best friend Alastair Cook was still on the field to witness it.In turn, Cook lauded Anderson as “England’s greatest cricketer” with only spinners Muttiah Muralitharan (800 Test wickets), Shane Warne (708) and Anil Kumble (619) now ahead of him.In remarkable scenes at the end of a thrilling fifth day of the final Test at The Oval, Anderson reeled off a 14-over spell either side of tea to, first, slow India’s onslaught as KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant combined in a brilliant 204-run stand for the sixth wicket, and then to seal victory by bowling Mohammed Shami for the final wicket of the match.Shami’s wicket was Anderson’s 564th in Test cricket – taking him past Australia’s McGrath in his 143rd Test – and it sealed a 118-run win for England, and a 4-1 series scoreline.”I’m happy that Cookie was on the field to see that wicket, it’s been a tough week,” Anderson told Sky Sports, after he and Cook had left the field together for the 130th and final time in their combined Test careers.”I’m just happy to win the game to be honest,” he added. “I wasn’t even thinking about it [the record]. When they were building that partnership it was looking like they were going to get close. My job was just to try and hold an end and I didn’t think I’d end up bowling 14 overs from that end.”But got into a really good rhythm and thankfully Joe [Root] let me take the new ball eventually and give me half a chance to take that wicket.”Asked what it meant to play his final match with Cook, after a 12-year England partnership that began on the tour of India in March 2006, Anderson had to choke back tears as he said: “He’s my best mate. And he’s been brilliant just to be there for me, all the time.”Speaking shortly afterwards, Cook admitted that the thought of no longer sharing such experiences with the likes of Anderson and Stuart Broad, who made his own Test debut in Colombo in December 2007, would be tough to accept.”That was the hard bit,” Cook told Sky Sports. “Even though the decision [to retire] was quite easy, I know that I’ll never stand at first slip and take a catch off one of those two again.””We have lived in each other’s pockets for 12 years,” he said of Anderson. “There was a picture of us, and Swanny, lying on a bed in India fast asleep, all three of us in exactly the same position and it just shows how close we’ve become, and it’s been a privilege to play with, I think, England’s greatest cricketer.”No disrespect to any of the other guys, but his skill [is] to do it time and time again,” he added. “You almost take it for granted that he’ll hit a length from ball one, and when he doesn’t you think, what’s wrong? And it shouldn’t be like that”That spell today when it was a bit tight, I don’t think he missed his length once outside off, and it’s only fitting that he gets the wicket, knocks middle stump out, to win a Test for England.”

Kane Williamson managed just 1, while Ross Taylor and James Neesham scored half-centuries in their respective games on the opening day of the Plunket Shield

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Oct-2018Fast bowler Trent Boult smashed a 37-ball 61 for Northern Districts against Otago in Mount Maunganui on the opening day of Plunket Shield 2018-19. Coming in at 59 for 8, Boult smashed six fours and five sixes to register his highest first-class score – bettering his unbeaten 52 against Bangladesh in 2013 – on a day where 21 wickets fell.Boult looted 28 from one Mark Craig over, hitting the offspinner for three successive sixes over midwicket off the first three balls. He then steered the next ball past first slip for a boundary before finishing the over with yet another six, this time over long-off. But two overs later, Craig got his revenge when he dismissed Boult to end the innings on 136.Northern Districts had the services of New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, but he managed only 1, while BJ Watling and Colin de Grandhomme were dismissed for ducks.Earlier, Boult, Neil Wagner and de Grandhomme shared eight wickets to bowl Otago out for 108. However, in their second innings, Otago cruised to 88 for 1 to finish the day 60 ahead.Meanwhile, at Saxton Oval, Ross Taylor’s 75 helped Central Districts to 301 for 7 against Canterbury despite Matt Henry’s 4 for 87.At Basin Reserve, James Neesham and Michael Bracewell struck half-centuries, but Wellington could manage only 255 in their first innings. In response, Auckland were 64 for 2 at stumps, with Neesham chipping in with one wicket.

Role oversees the board’s billion-dollar revenues from rights deals, as well as the distribution of profits from global tournaments

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Nov-2018Colin Graves has been named as the new chairman of the ICC’s financial affairs committee.The role, which oversees the board’s billion-dollar revenues from rights deals as well as the distribution of profits from global tournaments, is one of the most influential within the game’s governing body.It also offers Graves a potential next step as an administrator for when his turbulent term as ECB chairman ends in May 2020.His popularity within English cricket has waned amid controversy about the impending launch of the board’s new Hundred competition, while two directors recently resigned from the ECB board citing their dissatisfaction with his style of leadership.It remains to be seen whether he will seek re-election at the ECB, and if not, then the ICC role could be a logical next step if he wishes to stay within the game.Manohar, the ICC’s first independent chairman, was re-elected last year for a second two-year term which ends in 2020.Giles Clarke, Graves’ predecessor as ECB chairman, also held the financial affairs role at the ICC, but failed to gain enough support to mount a bid to become ICC chairman.

If successful, the league could serve as a core revenue driver to fund all other operations of the board

Peter Della Penna27-Nov-2018USA Cricket is planning to start its own T20 professional domestic competition by 2021. It could also possibly be sooner after the governing body announced a request for proposals (RFP) on Monday.”This is an exciting time for cricket in the United States with the formation of our new Board of Directors, USA Cricket’s pending recognition as an ICC approved National Federation and the performance of our athletes on the field of play,” USA Cricket chairman Paraag Marathe said. “This RFP continues on the positive momentum as we seek to build a successful and sustainable league domestically.”Newly released global research shows there are more than 20 million cricket fans in the United States. A well-run T20 professional league is the platform needed to engage existing fans and grow new ones to support the bullish vision this Board has for cricket in the US.”If USA Cricket is able to get a league off the ground, it could serve as a core revenue driver to fund all other operations of the governing body and reduce the reliance on the ICC funding support. One of the other key goals listed in the RFP is setting up a league that can help cricket “establish itself as a mainstream sport in the United States”.Another core objective mentioned is to “support the sustainable development of cricketing infrastructure across the United States”. Currently, the only ICC certified T20I/ODI stadium facility is the Central Broward Regional Park (CBRP) in Lauderhill, Florida.The Florida facility has hosted eight T20Is so far, beginning with a two-match series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in 2010. The series that drew the best attendance at the facility was a pair of T20Is between India and West Indies in August 2016, which included a first-day sellout of 15,000 people. But most other matches not involving India have struggled to draw in crowds.In terms of the domestic T20 circuit, the CBRP has hosted the Caribbean Premier League fixtures since 2016. Six matches were held at the facility in 2016, including a pair of sold-out weekend double-headers when capacity was set at 10,000 people. But attendance has continued to fall significantly each year culminating in an estimated 700 people attending a mid-week fixture between Jamaica Tallawahs and Barbados Tridents this past season, casting doubt on the viability of an expatriate-dominated USA fan base to support a full-fledged domestic franchise league.USA Cricket’s attempt to start their own pro T20 league follows several failed attempts at domestic professional leagues during the USA Cricket Association (USACA) era. The first was Pro Cricket, an eight-team T20 professional league started by New Jersey businessman Kal Patel that signed several international players as its marquee players including Robin Singh, Colin Miller, Ricardo Powell, Marlon Samuels, Franklyn Rose and Mervyn Dillon. It never received official sanctioning from USACA and lasted just one season in 2004 before it folded.USACA signed a licensing deal in December 2010 with New Zealand Cricket, Podar Enterprises and Neil Maxwell’s Insite Organisation for a franchise T20 league that was scheduled for a 2012 launch. As part of the deal, USACA was due to receive up to $9 million in advance payments on anticipated future revenue from the league but a failure to secure investors resulted in a breakdown in the licensing partnership, and the league was never formed.The most recent attempt at a T20 professional league was announced by USACA in September 2016 when they claimed that they had reached a 20-year, $70 million licensing deal with Global Sports Ventures (GSV) to start a new T20 league. USACA were under the ICC suspension at that point, prior to eventually being expelled in June 2017 and as such, the ICC guidelines stated that USACA had no sanctioning authority for such a league.Sources have told ESPNcricinfo that no money was ever exchanged between Global Sports Ventures and USACA. The head of GSV, Pennsylvania-based businessman Jay Pandya, eventually bought the St Lucia franchise in the Caribbean Premier League.

The offspinner stands suspended from bowling in international cricket, but, with the consent of SLC, he can still bowl in Sri Lanka’s domestic competitions

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Dec-2018Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya has been suspended from bowling in international cricket after failing an independent biomechanics assessment in Brisbane. He may, however, bowl in Sri Lanka’s domestic competitions, with SLC’s consent.The news is a major blow to Sri Lanka ahead of next year’s World Cup. Dananjaya had been the most consistent bowler in Sri Lanka’s ODI ranks over the past year, and had begun to have success in the Test format as well. Dananjaya is likely to undergo remedial work over the next few months, but it is as yet unclear when he may be able to undergo the biomechanics test again, with a view to being cleared for international cricket. As such, the Sri Lanka selectors and coach Chandika Hathurusingha may have to begin looking at other options for a lead spinner.Dananjaya had been reported for a suspect action following Sri Lanka’s first Test against England in Galle last month. Of the three main deliveries he bowls, it is understood to be his offbreak – the stock ball – that was found to be breaching the 15-degree limit for elbow flexion.Even if Dananjaya does undergo remedial work and gets himself cleared to bowl at the top level, there is no guarantee he will be as effective a bowler. Sri Lanka offspinner Sachithra Senanayake had returned to the international fold with a re-worked action late in 2014, after earlier failing a biomechanics test, and was unable to replicate the success of his early career. Tharindu Kaushal, another Sri Lanka offspinner, also had his doosra banned in 2015, and has since been unable to flourish in top flight cricket.Dananjaya has 28 ODI wickets at an average of 23 this year. In Tests, he has 27 wickets at 24.25.

West Indies only need to win one of the next two matches to seal a rare series win against top-eight opposition but Holder is refusing to be distracted

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Jan-2019Jason Holder, the West Indies captain, has urged his players to focus on the job at hand ahead of the pivotal second Test against England in Antigua. After his side’s demolition job in Barbados, West Indies only need to win one of the next two matches to seal a rare series win against top-eight opposition but Holder is refusing to be distracted.While West Indies have shown steady improvement over the last couple of years, their only series wins in recent times have come against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. Just twice in the last ten years have they beaten another Test team ranked in the top eight: a 2-0 win over New Zealand in 2012, and the hard-fought 1-0 victory against England in 2008-09.”It’s great to be 1-0 up, but that’s history,” Holder said. “We are happy to be leading in the series but we have our feet firmly on the ground. We are not focusing on what happened before in Barbados. We are looking forward to this match and what we have ahead of us.”It’s a matter for us to move on and understand what we need to do. We speak about consistency in the dressing room and I think we’ve got to be hitting all three departments well every time we step on the field.”Asked about the potential significance of a series win over England, he added: “It would mean a lot but again I don’t want to focus too much on the series at this point in time, I want to focus on the second match. We need to be consistent in all three departments.”The key feature of West Indies’ performance in Barbados was contributions coming from throughout the side. Holder led the way with his second-innings double-hundred, but there was a five-wicket haul for Kemar Roach, career-best figures for Roston Chase and important innings from Shane Dowrich and Shimron Hetmyer.Holder said that while his players had shown “glimpses” of what they were capable of in the past – such as their dramatic 2017 win at Headingley – he was pleased that the team was growing stronger as a collective.Jason Holder in a relaxed mood at West Indies’ training•Getty Images

“It’s a matter for us to continue to build the side,” he said. “What’s really encouraging is that we’ve seen glimpses that this team can perform, and beat top sides in the world. We’ve had personal success and it’s good to see us bringing it a little bit more together as a side, so hopefully we can continue in that vein and the guys continue to be hungry for success.”West Indies had a couple of fitness question marks over Dowrich, who did not keep on the fourth day due to a sore back, and Shannon Gabriel, but both are expected to be fit to play in Antigua. The sight of Gabriel giving Joe Root, England’s captain, the hurry up was a throwback to traditional West Indian strengths and Holder was looking forward to unleashing his pace spearhead once again.”It wasn’t a surprise, it’s something that Shannon’s done to many batsmen around the world. He carries pace and he was aggressive in that spell, which we asked of him. It was really good to see him come out after lunch – we were probably a little flat with England two down and over 100, we needed to break the partnership and Shannon really gave us that momentum. It was really good to see.”He’s generally quick and awkward [to face]. Just expect Shannon to run in – he had a bit of a toe injury in the last game but that seems to have healed up pretty nicely. So we expect Shannon to be running in tomorrow.”Should West Indies produce a similar performance, England might find it hard to live with them and Holder admitted the thought of sealing the series with a game to play had not escaped him – though he was keen to insist West Indies remained the underdogs.”It’s at the back of my mind. I just said to the guys, make sure we keep it out of our minds, make sure focus on what we need to do here – we need to get 20 wickets to win this game, we need to put up runs, and if we do that and hold our chances, we have a good chance. We’re still ranked No. 8, England are No. 2 or 3, so we’re definitely the underdogs.”

National selector felt allrounder was not England’s first-choice spinner, nor suitable to overseas conditions

George Dobell14-Feb-2019Moeen Ali says he was “hit hard” by comments from the national selector, Ed Smith, suggesting he was neither England’s first-choice spinner nor suitable to overseas conditions.Smith, appointed as England’s national selector last April, could not find space for Moeen in his first Test squad for the series against Pakistan, which started in May. Instead, Dom Bess was selected with Smith making it clear Jack Leach would have played had he been fit.”Moeen had a difficult winter,” Smith said at the time. “We know he can be a very productive player in English conditions. But the role of first-choice spinner might not be best suited to him. His best way might be as second spinner.”But while Moeen says those comments were “disappointing”, he also believes they “spurred” him to win a recall. That happened for the fourth Test of the series against India, when he won the man-of-the-match award after out-bowling Ravi Ashwin and picking up nine series-sealing wickets.And now, having finished both winter tours as England’s highest wicket-taker (he and Jack Leach both claimed 18 wickets in Sri Lanka, while Moeen claimed another 14 in the Caribbean) he has both responded eloquently to Smith’s challenge and re-established himself as the side’s No. 1 spinner.”It hit me hard,” Moeen said. “It was disappointing. I felt like they were looking for someone else.”But it spurred me on. I did need that break at the time. Maybe if I’d been picked versus Pakistan I wouldn’t have bowled well. But I came back against India fresh, scoring runs and taking wickets and I felt at the top of my game.”I still had the belief. So to get back in the side and prove I can do the job is… [pleasing].”Moeen had endured a grim 2017-18 Ashes. He failed to pass 40 with the bat and claimed only five wickets at a cost of 115 each with the ball. After another wicketless Test in Auckland, he was dropped for the final Test of England’s winter.There were mitigating factors. With England having picked only two spinners in their touring squad – one of which was 20-year-old legspinner Mason Crane – Moeen was obliged to go into the first Test carrying a finger injury that compromised his performance. England had been reluctant to throw Crane into the hostile environment of an Ashes Test in Brisbane on debut as the only spinner. While Moeen’s injury had healed by the back end of the series, his confidence had dipped and he was unable to compensate with his batting.That seems a long time ago now. This year, Moeen has continued to rise up the tally of England’s leading wicket-takers and is currently tied with Angus Fraser on 177. Only 17 men have claimed more Test wickets for England; only four (Derek Underwood, Graeme Swann, Jim Laker and Sydney Barnes, whose categorisation is not straightforward) are spinners.And while his average – 36.37 – is higher than all those above him, his strike-rate – 60.4 – compares well even with England’s two most prolific Test spinners: Underwood’s 297 wickets came at a strike-rate of 73.6, while Swann’s 255 came at 60.1. Over recent weeks, Moeen has surpassed the wicket totals of such respected spinners as Tony Lock, Monty Panesar, Fred Titmus and John Emburey. On every occasion, he has done having bowled far fewer – sometimes several thousand fewer – deliveries.”I’ve done better than I thought I ever would,” Moeen admits. “I must have done okay to get that many wickets. I remember reaching 50 and thinking that was a massive achievement. Someone said ‘maybe 100?’ and I thought no chance.”But when you go past some of the greats, you think ‘maybe I am a good spinner?'”I feel like I belong. People might think I don’t because they think I’m not a proper spinner. There will always be good days and bad days but I am improving. I think I can get into the side as a bowler now, even if I didn’t bat.”There have been times this winter when that has probably been just as well. While he top-scored in the Antigua Test, that innings of 60 was his only half-century of the winter. In 11 innings, he only reached 35 once. As a result, he admits he has work to do on his batting, though he now – for perhaps the first time – appears to see himself as a bowling all-rounder.”It needs working on,” he says. “But I feel set. I will stay at No. 8 and I know it. I have got my head around that and it feels natural now. Being a bowler: I’m very happy with that. Even if I do well people may say I should move up. But I’m happy.”Having experienced such ups and down, Moeen is well qualified to offer some hope to Adil Rashid who was dropped after the Barbados Test and could face an uphill journey to win a recall. But, at least as far as Moeen is concerned, Rashid requires a bit more understanding and “backing”.”Things can change quickly,” Moeen said. “We didn’t expect him to play Tests a year ago. He bowled better than me in the first innings in Barbados. Both of our beliefs is that people can plan or say things, but God’s plans are different.”He’s got so much skill maybe sometimes he confuses himself. His role is to take wickets. He will go for runs. As players, supporters, media, we have to realise that.”No one will be Shane Warne. But a mystery guy like Rash will pick up wickets given the right time, backing and mindset.”I hope it’s not the end. We know what he can do. If we can manage him right, we can get so much more out of him. I still feel he can be one of the best in the world at Test cricket.”

The Knight Riders opener smashed 24 runs in the mystery spinner’s first over

Sreshth Shah at Eden Gardens27-Mar-2019It was, in case you were wondering, the worst debut over in IPL history.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

1.1 Varun to Lynn, 1 run, looped onto a full length, dabbed cautiously off the legs to midwicket
1.2 Varun to Narine, SIX runs, plonked into the dug-out! Plants the front foot, swings through the line, clean over long-off! Old Mystery 1 New Mystery 0
1.3 Varun to Narine, 2 runs, through Varun’s fingers! Smashed back down the track and he can’t cling on to his left!
1.4 Varun to Narine, FOUR runs, honked through midwicket! That’s another calculatedly aggressive mow. No need for finesse, just pummel it to the rope!
1.5 Varun to Narine, SIX runs, that’s gone many a mile! Right to the pitch of this one, a booming slog sweep, high over the leg side! Big pressure now!
1.6 Varun to Narine, SIX runs, sliding down the leg side, and launched over backward square! Yeegads, Narine’s at it again!
To his credit, after conceding 25 runs in his first over – Chris Lynn had scored one off the first ball – and nine in his second, he ended with 1 for 35, after sending back Nitish Rana in his third over.

No room for Cephas Zhuwao, Wellington Masakadza and Tarisai Musakanda in the group, which will be trimmed for the four-ODI series against the UAE

Liam Brickhill25-Mar-2019Zimbabwe have picked three uncapped players in a squad of 27 to train together in preparation for the home ODI series against the UAE, to be played next month. Star batsman Brendan Taylor, whose stint with Lahore Qalandars in the PSL was cut short by a calf injury, is also part of the squad, suggesting that he will have returned to full fitness ahead of the first ODI on April 10.Two of the uncapped players – left-arm spinner Ainsley Ndlovu and middle-order batsman Charles Kunje – play for Matabeleland Tuskers, while offspinner Tony Munyonga debuted for Rising Stars last season and has since moved to Eagles.

The 27-man training squad

Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor, Brian Chari, Solomon Mire, Tinashe Kamunhukamwe, Craig Ervine, Sean Williams, Peter Moor, Sikandar Raza, Timycen Maruma, Regis Chakabva, Kyle Jarvis, Tendai Chatara, Richard Ngarava, Chris Mpofu, Donald Tiripano, Brandon Mavuta, Ainsley Ndlovu, Richmond Mutumbami, Charles Kunje, Natsai M’shangwe, Ryan Burl, Elton Chigumbura, Tendai Chisoro, Roy Kaia, Carl Mumba, Tony Munyonga

Some familiar names from the fringes also returned to the mix: batsmen Roy Kaia and Timycen Maruma, wicketkeepers Richmond Mutumbami and Regis Chakabva, and legspinner Natsai M’shwangwe have all been recalled on the strength of their performances this season in franchise cricket.Kaia, Chakabva and Maruma all scored hundreds in the Pro50 tournament, while Maruma was also the leading runscorer in the Logan Cup, where he guided Mountaineers to the title with 409 runs at 81.80.Also returning to the national frame is fast bowler Carl Mumba. Mumba was on the sidelines for a year after seriously injuring his knee during Zimbabwe’s tour of Sri Lanka in 2017, but marked his return to professional cricket with 8 for 24 in a Logan Cup match at the beginning of the season, and could now force his way back into the national team.The experienced core of the national team is in place: captain Hamilton Masakadza, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams, Tendai Chatara, Kyle Jarvis, Elton Chigumbura and Craig Ervine, who will head into the training camp in red-hot limited overs form. Ervine stormed through the Pro50 and Domestic T20 competitions, averaging 211 at better than a run a ball as he topped the local fifty-over batting chart, and carried that form into the T20s, during which he was again leading run-scorer as he powered Tuskers to the title with 328 runs at a strike rate of 154.71.There were also a couple of notable absences from the squad, with hard-hitting opener Cephas Zhuwao overlooked and left-arm spinner Wellington Masakadza unable to force his way in despite decent domestic limited-overs returns. Batsman Tarisai Musakanda has also fallen out of favour after an unspectacular season, while seamer Daniel Jakiel has not been called upon despite topping the Pro50 bowling table with 13 wickets at 11.84.The ODIs against UAE are scheduled for April 10, 12, 14 and 16, all at Harare Sports Club. Before the series gets underway, UAE will face Zimbabwe A in a 50-over warm-up match at Old Hararians Sports Club on April 8, two days after their arrival in the country.