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Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh allrounder, will miss the first match of the four-nation Twenty20 tournament against Kenya in Nairobi after he injured his finger at practice on Friday.”Shakib has an impact fracture on his right index finger,” Azmal Ahmed, the Bangladesh physio, told tigercricket.com. Whether Shakib will be fit to play in the rest of the matches of this tournament and the Twenty20 World Championship, starting September 11 in South Africa, will be clear over the next few days as Ahmed continues to monitor his situation.The tournament, which Bangladesh, Kenya and Pakistan are viewing as practice ahead of the Twenty20 World Championship, opens today with Kenya taking on Bangladesh and Pakistan playing Uganda.Mohammad Ashraful, the Bangladesh captain, felt the tournament would be ideal preparation for the World Championship as the conditions in Kenya were similar to those in South Africa. “Kenya will be especially tough at home while Pakistan are a world-class team,” he said.The tournament ends on September 4 after each side has played the other three once, following which Bangladesh, Kenya and Pakistan will head to Johannesburg for the big event.

Five Australians will make their debut against New Zealand on Wednesday in the first women’s Twenty20 international to be played in Australia. Sarah Andrews (NSW), Melissa Bulow (Qld), Michelle Goszko (NSW), Leah Poulton (NSW) and Jodie Purves (Qld) are in the Southern Stars’ starting line-up for their opening experiences of the short-form game at Allan Border Field.It is only Australia’s second Twenty20 after the seven-wicket win against England during the 2005 tour. Karen Rolton smashed an unbeaten 96 from only 53 balls as they reached the target with more than two overs to spare.The game on Wednesday is part of New Zealand’s tour of Australia, which includes a battle for the Rose Bowl over five ODIs. Rolton will lead the side during the series and the first one-day match begins on Friday.Australia Twenty20 side Karen Rolton (capt), Lisa Sthalekar, Sarah Andrews, Kate Blackwell, Melissa Bulow, Cathryn Fitzpatrick, Michelle Goszko, Julie Hayes, Kirsten Pike, Leah Poulton, Jodie Purves (wk).New Zealand squad Haidee Tiffen (capt), Nicola Browne, Maria Fahey, Louise Milliken, Helen Watson, Aimee Mason, Rebecca Rolls, Sarah Burke, Sara McGlashan, Ros Kember, Sophie Devine, Anna Dodd, Sarah Tsukigawa.Itinerary
October 18, Twenty20, Australia v New Zealand (all games at Allan Border Field, Brisbane)
October 20, 1st ODI, Australia v New Zealand
October 22, 2nd ODI, Australia v New Zealand
October 24, 3rd ODI, Australia v New Zealand
October 26, 4th ODI, Australia v New Zealand
October 28, 5th ODI, Australia v New Zealand

Despite their stated objections to the contents of the Sponsorship Negotiations Review Committee’s (SNRC) report on their sponsorship deal with Digicel, the directors of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have accepted the recommendations.According to a media release from the WICB yesterday, “while the board did not agree with certain conclusions in the report, the seven recommendations were accepted”.In a September 16 release in which it responded in detail to the findings of the SNRC, headed by Justice Anthony Lucky, the WICB disagreed outright or described as incorrect, nine different points raised. The report of the SNRC was tabled along with the response from the board and their former president, Teddy Griffith, at the WICB directors meeting in Barbados.The WICB also announced yesterday that the recently-established Win World Cup Committee had presented 24 recommendations to the directors. According to the release, the recommendations came out of a session held on September 15 by the committee, which is led by West Indies head coach Bennett King.In attendance at that meeting of the committee were Sir Garry Sobers, Courtney Walsh, Desmond Haynes, Michael Findlay, along with the chairman. Brian Lara was absent as he was out of the region at the time of the meeting playing in a benefit match for Jacques Kallis in South Africa.The committee’s brief is to produce a winning team for the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) World Cup to be played in the West Indies in 2007.The terms of reference of the committee are:1. to address the more comprehensive development of players2. to develop the physical and mental toughness which will deliver aconsistent standard of excellence on and off the field3. to deliver in conjunction with head coach Bennett King, a programme of preparation that will deliver the targeted results.Among the recommendations are for full-time coaches to be appointed to regional teams; that regional teams should have full access to trainers, physiotherapists and adequate gym facilities; and that former players be incorporated as mentors for players in their countries.Also, the WICB deferred consideration of their business plan and budgets for the coming financial year ending September 2006 and appointed a committee headed by Enoch Lewis, the Antigua-based director of the WICB, to develop recommendations for cost savings across the widest possible front.The other members of the committee are KHL “Tony” Marshall, Gregory Georges, Avondale Thomas, the CEO and CFO. This committee is to report by September 30, 2005. The directors also received the tour reports from the A team and the West Indies team which both visited Sri Lanka.Proposals with respect to the reconstitution of the board of directors of the wholly-owned subsidiary, ICC Cricket World Cup WI 2007 Inc, were also tabled and an announcement will be made shortly in that regard.

The denizens of Lord’s are all set to let their hair down for the first time in history tonight, when the Twenty20 Cup takes place in front of a 21,000 full house. But for all the banners, flags and fancy-dress on show, the party will not be allowed to get too far out of hand. Westminster Council’s sound engineers will be on standby to ensure there is no breach of the peace in St John’s Wood.Musical interludes will accompany the key moments of tonight’s seminal clash between Middlesex and Surrey, but the volume will be kept to a reasonable limit, and once again there will be no musical instruments permitted in the ground. The match promises to be the most eagerly supported non-final county match at Lord’s for more than 50 years, when the two teams met in the Championship in 1953.On that occasion, however, the match petered away to a dull draw, and of the final day, Wisden wrote: "the cricket certainly did not provide the entertainment the large crowd deserved." It can only be assumed that this evening’s bash will be rather a more spectacular affair.Though the ECB has noticeably done away with the blazer-and-tie look for this competition, the usual dress codes will apply in the Lord’s pavilion, although not, presumably, at the Nursery end of the ground, where an amusement arcade has been set up in the indoor school. The previous record attendance for a Twenty20 match was 14,862 for last year’s Roses match at Old Trafford, although that record ought to be smashed this evening.John Emburey, Middlesex’s coach, and a man who experienced Lord’s crowds of all shapes and sizes in his playing career, has warned his players not to be overawed at the turn-out this evening, although, with Surrey on a roll and unbeaten in all ten of their matches since the competition’s inception, they have a tough task ahead of them.

A devastating spell of left-arm swing bowling by Dan Goldstraw sent Calmore Sports spinning to a humiliating 210-run defeat by BAT Sports in the Totton derby at Southern Gardens.BAT’s formidable 263-9 declared set up the biggest winning margin in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League.Calmore’s meagre 53 all out was the third lowest total recorded in Division 1 matches.Ironically, the Weston Park School geography teacher, who returned a career-best 8-29, was having his first bowl of the season!"With our first three matches being hit by rain, I didn’t get a chance to bowl in early May and then I took the family away for a half-term break, so this was the first time I’d had the ball in my hand," he explained.And how Goldstraw enjoyed bowling with the Dukes ball Premier League captains have decided to use in the all-day `time’ games this season."It’s well chronicled that the Dukes ball holds its shape better and swings more – and that’s certainly what it did against Calmore," he added. "The late swing I got was too much for most of their batsmen."The relatively inexperienced Calmore players reacted like startled rabbits trapped in a car headlamp as Goldstraw created 13 overs of left-arm mayhem from his favoured soccer pitch end at Southern Gardens.He clean bowled four batsmen, had two trapped leg before, another caught behind and James Hibberd picked up at slip.Ironically, Goldstraw’s second ball – a rank long-hop – was deposited for six on the adjoining railway track by Martin Bushell, who was making his Calmore debut following his recent release from the Hampshire Academy."It was probably the worst ball I’ve ever bowled at this level – and it got what it deserved," Goldstraw said.But that was simply the lull before the storm as far as Calmore were concerned as Goldstraw promptly removed Mark Archer and the unlucky Paul Cass in consecutive deliveries to have the visitors wobbling at 11-2.Chris Thomason trapped Bushell leg before to prompt the fall of four more wickets for ten runs and have Calmore 31-6 at tea.Only Hibberd (18) put up much of a fight as Goldstraw, who picked up 48 wickets last season, carved his way through the Calmore lower-order and tail.The second half of the match was a huge disappointment for Calmore, who held their own during the morning session to have BAT Sports 145-5 at the luncheon interval."I suppose the game was in the balance at that stage, but having got David Banks out immediately before the break, we allowed BAT to score 60 runs in ten overs immediately after the resumption and lost any hold we had," reflected Calmore skipper Tom Pegler.Calmore removed New Zealander Neil Parlane and Richard Kenway before snapping up the prize wicket of Damian Shirazi (25), who was in pristine form having twice scored centuries for the MCC Young Cricketers in the past ten days.But Banks (55), also looking in good nick, produced some fine shots – before playing a reckless loose shot right on lunch to give the toiling Hibberd (4-92) his third of four wickets.BAT came out firing after lunch, with Chris Thomason’s carefree batting style being rewarded with a first SPL half-century in two seasons.The pressure was off as Archie Norris (34) and Richard Dibden (24) guided BAT to an unassailable 263-9 declared off 57 overs.Goldstraw took centre-stage after that as ten Calmore batsmen to contemplate whether to put their gear alongside the suckling pig being roasted on a spit at their Loperwood Park "hog roast" a mile up the road.

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram is likely to beef up the starstudded PIA in the second round of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I CricketChampionship Thursday.Akram skipped the five-wicket victory against Allied Bank in Sialkotlast week after indicating that he would only play in matches atLahore and Sheikhupura.PIA, who surprisingly have won this tournament only twice – when itwas known as the BCCP Trophy – in 1970-71 and 1971-72, take on lastseason’s runners-up National Bank at Sheikhupura Stadium.If Akram plays in this four-day clash then he will be in directconfrontation with his old pace partner Waqar Younis. The Pakistancaptain, alongwith with his deputy Inzamam-ul-Haq, were given specialpermission by the Pakistan Cricket Board to play for National Bank.Inzamam, who was unable to play in the opening match because of somedomestic commitments, is also likely to get back in action againstprobably the most potent pace attack in the country. Besides Akram,PIA have Abdur Razzaq, Azhar Mahmood, Fazle Akbar and Mohammad ZahidSenior at their disposal.Reigning champions Pakistan Customs started the new season on aperfect note when they thrashed Wapda by innings and 111 runs. Buttheir young team will be severely put to test by a vastly experiencedHabib Bank side at Iqbal Stadium.The seven-time champions were rarely troubled by newcomers Pak PWD intheir first game, which they won by 227 runs.Second round schedule (Sept 27-30):PIA v National Bank at Sheikhupura Stadium (Umpires: Masroor Ali andZamir Haider). Match referee: Saadat Ali).Habib Bank v Habib Bank at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad (Umpires: AtharZaidi and Nadeem Ghauri. Match referee: Anwar Khan).Allied Bank v ADBP at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (Umpires: Saleem Badarand M. Akbar Khan. Match referee: Farrukh Zaman).KRL v Wapda at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi (Umpires: ShakeelKhan and Z.I. Pasha. Match referee: Azmat Rana).Pak PWD v Sui Gas at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot (Umpires: Riazuddin andRasheed Bhatti. Match referee: Fahimuddin Alvi).

Graeme Smith has confirmed that his role with the South Africa squad is on an ad-hoc basis although added that he was pondering further involvement having been asked to helpSmith spent New Year’s Day at South Africa’s net session ahead of the second Test against England where he worked with the batsmen and Hashim Amla, South Africa’s captain, said although he wasn’t aware of the details of the agreement, he understood Smith would be with them, “for the rest of the series.” But with commentary commitments to and host broadcaster , Smith clarified that there was no official agreements as yet.”There has been a request to join up with the guys and help a little bit. I am considering it, but I had made commitments before the start of this series that it’s important to stick to,” he said during commentary on the first morning. “Obviously my heart will always be with the Proteas and I want to see them as successful as possible, if I can add value. But it’s got to work itself out, it’s not a role that’s been committed to yet.”But Smith and Amla are on the same page about what’s ailing the South African line-up and they agree that it’s lack of confidence. Both the former captain and the current one have spoken about the need for an injection of self-belief to break the streak of seven Tests without a win.”Naturally they’re a bit uncertain I would guess,” Smith said. “The challenge when you’re short of runs and confidence is that you become a very internal person. You almost go into self-preservation mode, you can spend hours in your hotel room thinking about it.”Sometimes you can get out of it by helping your teammates and share the load. I had a few chats with the guys and you can feel there’s a real hunger to be successful.”Smith also spent time with Amla discussing the challenges of leading, both with the bat and on the field. “I had quite a nice chat with Hash about his gameplans with the captaincy, and how he is managing all the new information that’s coming into his head,” he said. “We spoke a lot in Durban of just managing that space, when you’re under pressure with things coming at you from all over the park. As a batter you have to clear your head out. He’s got to find his way, his routine to get that all out of his head so he can focus on scoring runs.”

Peter Borren, the Netherlands batsman, will replace Jeroen Smits as captain for his side’s Intercontinental Cup match against Scotland beginning on Thursday at Mannofield Park in Aberdeen. Smits, who replaced Luuk van Troost as captain after the 2007 World Cup, is missing the match because of work-related commitments.The Netherlands coach Paul-Jan Bakker, said that they could overcome Smits’ absence and draw confidence from their victory against Canada in June. Borren had scored 105, his maiden first-class hundred, in the second innings of Netherlands’ 45-run win against Canada.”I am sure that the boys will not be affected by this latest setback and will keep the momentum going,” Bakker said. “Peter [Borren] is an excellent batsman and has shown his talent on more than one occasion. But he can’t live on tales and will need to start all over again. While saying this, I am sure he is also looking forward to the new challenge [captaincy] and will try to make the most of it.”Bas Zuiderent and Ryan ten Doeschate both missed the game against Canada and remained unavailable for the match against Scotland. Netherlands were further depleted with medium-pacers Edgar Schiferli and Mark Jonkman and offspinner Adeel Raja pulling out due to injuries.”We can’t have a full-strength team all the time, which means there will always be opportunities for the youngsters,” Bakker said. “Now it is for them to take advantage of this and cement their places.””Scotland are a strong team and we respect them. But I understand that they will also be without some of their key players. I think we both are in a situation where we have to fill gaps and hope that the youngsters will raise their hands, take responsibility and fill those gaps.”Scotland’s Intercontinental Cup opener against United Arab Emirates in Ayr was washed out and the quadrangular series that followed, involving West Indies, Ireland and Netherlands, also affected by bad weather.Scotland captain Ryan Watson acknowledged the importance of the match against Netherlands. “We are keen to do well in this competition so it’s very important, after the UAE match was washed out, that we make the most of our remaining home games and take maximum points.””Obviously, as our preparations are already limited by player availability because of their work commitments, we have been somewhat handicapped of late. But the Dutch also fell foul of the weather [in the quadrangular series] and are in similar circumstances, while they also play a lot on matting.”Scotland recalled fast bowlers Richie Berrington, who has played just one first-class match, and Gordon Drummond, who has appeared in four first-class matches, for the game against Netherlands. Gavin Hamilton, Dewald Nel and Glenn Rogers will return to the squad for the third match against Ireland in Stormont from August 9.Despite their loss to Netherlands, Canada remained on top of the Intercontinental Cup table with 26 points from two games. Netherlands were second with 14 points from one game and, UAE and Scotland have three points from one game each. Bermuda, Ireland, Kenya and Namibia were yet to make an appearance.Netherlands: Peter Borren (capt), Mudassar Bukhari, Atse Buurman, Tom de Grooth, Alexei Kervezee, Geert Maarten Mol, Mongesh Panchal, Jelte Schoonheim, Pieter Seelaar, Nick Statham, Eric Szwarzcynski, Somesh Kohli.Scotland: Ryan Watson (capt), Richie Berrington, Fraser Watts, Craig Wright, John Blain, Gordon Drummond, Majid Haq, Omer Hussain, Paul Hoffmann, Ross Lyons, Qasim Sheikh, Neil McCallum, Simon Smith.

South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs and Nicky Boje have both made themselves available for selection to play in the Champions Trophy in India in October and November.Gibbs and Boje have avoided touring India since 2000, as they have failed to obtain any assurance from India that they will not be detained by the police with regards to questioning on the match-fixing scandal.Gerald Majola, the board’s chief executive, said: “Herschelle and Nicky have confirmed that they will go to India if selected and that they will co-operate fully with any interviews which the Indian Police may wish to hold with them.”Cricket South Africa will now put forward their names to the selection panel and support them in need, which we hope will assist in the investigation, in order to minimise any disruption to the team’s training and playing programme. Their lawyers will also be available to take appropriate steps to protect all of their rights.”Gibbs had earlier confirmed his desire to travel to India but had inflamed the situation with criticisms of the Indian authorities.In an interview with in South Africa, Gibbs told features editor Mark van Dijk: “Ja, I am going to go. But my lawyer’s coming with me. I’ve put forward a proposal to Cricket South Africa, which was discussed on Thursday. I’ve proposed that my lawyer and I will travel with the team, and once we get to the hotel, they can then do the questioning at the hotel.”I’ve got the 18 questions that they want to ask me. It’s basically exactly the same stuff that I answered at the King Commission. I’ll just be repeating myself.”Gibbs claimed that the delays were all at the Indian end: “They haven’t really played their part,” he shrugged. “You know, we’ve asked them many a time to come question me on neutral territory, and they refuse. So it’s not like I haven’t made the effort. It’s them being hard-arses. That’s it.”However, KK Paul, the Delhi Police commissioner, rebutted the claim. “I haven’t received any such communication,” he told Cricinfo. “If he has to say anything, let him communicate through the board. So far, I haven’t received any such offers from the board or from him.” Gibbs responded later on Thursday in a statement issued via Cricket South Africa in a placatory manner: “I recognise that the police have their processes to follow and I am sorry if it has appeared that I was critical of these. I think whatever I said may have been taken out of context. I’m now really looking forward to representing my country in India at the ICC Champions Trophy.”Tony Irish, the chief executive of the South African Cricketers Association, added: “Over the last five or six years there was uncertainty about a number of things. Legal advice obtained by Herschelle and Nicky has understandably been cautious. I think however, that the players’ great desire to play cricket in India again and to participate in this ICC Champions Trophy has overtaken everything else.”

Progress towards a revised schedule for international cricket took a step forward following the conclusion of the ICC Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) meeting at the new ICC offices in Dubai.A special scheduling summit was followed by a meeting of the CEC which enabled all of the ICC full member countries and associate member representatives to consider the implications of a move from a five-year programme to a six-year cycle of international cricket.Malcolm Speed, the ICC’s chief executive, said that the gathering of all those responsible for the scheduling of international cricket was critical to the effective completion of this complex task.”We have worked through initial drafts and all of the countries will now be given an opportunity to comment on a revised six-year plan. There is still plenty of work to be done but this was an important part of the process,” he said. “Once we have received comments from the countries the matter will be considered by the ICC board at its next meeting in Australia in October.”As well as consideration of scheduling issues, the CEC discussed a range of other issues during the meeting.Super Series
The on-field umpires will be able to ask the third umpire for help on a greater number of decisions during the Super Series one-day internationals and Test match. Run outs and stumpings will be referred in the normal way to the TV umpire with the TV umpire making the final decision. For all other decisions the on-field umpires will have the discretion to consult with the TV umpire before making the final decision. The CEC confirmed that the only exception to this would be clean catches where the current principle that the on-field umpires should only consult the TV umpire when both on-field umpires are unsighted should apply.The meeting also approved the playing conditions for the Super Series, confirming that the trial ODI innovations concerning replacement players and fielding restrictions would apply. It has been decided that the Super Series matches will be officiated by the top four members of the elite panel of ICC umpires. Officials from Australia will be permitted to undertake on-field duties in the matches but no two umpires from the same country will be able to stand together in the same match.ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup
The CEC approved the competition dates for the next Under-19 World Cup. Sixteen teams will contest the event in Sri Lanka from 5 to 19 February 2006.Twenty20 Cricket
Discussions on the role of Twenty20 cricket in the international arena led to an agreement that ICC management should conduct an investigation and evaluation of a range of scenarios in relation to this particular format. A report will be compiled for consideration by the ICC board.Commonwealth Games
The CEC reviewed a proposal from the organisers of the Commonwealth Games in India in 2010. The matter has been referred to the ICC board for further consideration at its meeting in October.Use of substitutes
The issue of the use of substitutes in international cricket was raised during the meeting. In seeking to clarify the role of the 12th man, the ICC has committed to raising this issue with all full member captains and elite panel umpires during forthcoming meetings with both groups scheduled for October.