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Hussey continues English run spree
A round-up from the latest County Championship matches
Cricinfo staff
22-Aug-2006
Division One
Nottinghamshire ended the first day on top against Kent owing to hundreds from Stephen Fleming and David Hussey who took the hosts to 381 for 5 at Trent Bridge. Nottinghamshire were in a spot of trouble after Fleming, the captain, chose to bat as Kent reduced them to 61 for 3. Fleming and Hussey were resolute, however, staging a fighting fourth-wicket partnership of 164. It was Hussey's fourth hundred of the season, and he remains unbeaten on his highest score so far with 156.
Warwickshire were indebted to a blitzkrieg knock of 76 from Timothy Groenewald and a more sedate, watchful fifty from Moeen Ali on the first day against Durham at Chester-le-Street. The visitors, moving along nicely at 139 for 2, lost a flurry of wickets and were stumbling precariously at 188 for 6 before Groenewald's savage innings. In the space of 46 balls, he smashed 13 fours and cleared the boundary twice, as Warwickshire were eventually dismissed for 314. Buoyed by their late spurt of runs, their bowlers then nipped out three Durham wickets who went to stumps 261 runs behind.
Division Two
Groenewald opens his shoulders
A round-up from the latest County Championship matches
Cricinfo staff
22-Aug-2006
Division One
Warwickshire were indebted to a blitzkrieg knock of 76 from Timothy Groenewald and a more sedate, watchful fifty from Moeen Ali on the first day against Durham at Chester-le-Street. The visitors, moving along nicely at 139 for 2, lost a flurry of wickets and were stumbling precariously at 188 for 6 before Groenewald's savage innings. In the space of 46 balls, he smashed 13 fours and cleared the boundary twice, as Warwickshire were eventually dismissed for 314. Buoyed by their late spurt of runs, their bowlers then nipped out three Durham wickets who went to stumps 261 runs behind.
Nottinghamshire ended the first day on top against Kent owing to hundreds from Stephen Fleming and David Hussey who took the hosts to 381 for 5 at Trent Bridge. Nottinghamshire were in a spot of trouble after Fleming, the captain, chose to bat as Kent reduced them to 61 for 3. Fleming and Hussey were resolute, however, staging a fighting fourth-wicket partnership of 164. It was Hussey's fourth hundred of the season, and he remains unbeaten on his highest score thus far, 156.
Division Two
Romaine completes Canada's wretched campaign
Bermuda completed a 2-0 series win over Canada with an 11-run win at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, inflicting the fourth defeat in four ODI matches played by the Canadians in the last month
Cricinfo staff
22-Aug-2006
Bermuda 272 for 7 (Romaine 101, Codrington 3-31) beat Canada 261 (Billcliff 59, Davison 55, Durham 4-45, O'Brien 3-62) by 11 runs
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Irvine Romaine's 101 was the anchor of Bermuda's impressive 272 for 7, and although Canada batted much better than in other games, there were always slightly behind the clock and in the end the stiff target was just out of reach. Romaine, a powerful striker of the ball, slammed his hundred off 111 balls, hitting five sixes and 12 fours.
The controversial decision by the Canadian selectors to omit their regular opening bowling combination of Henry Osinde and Umar Bhatti from this match surely had a bearing on the outcome. Austin Codrington did take the first three wickets that fell, but there was not the same control and power in the opening bowling as usual.
Full postLancashire level at top of table
A round-up from the latest County Championship matches
Cricinfo staff
20-Aug-2006
Division One
4th day
Lancashire joined Sussex level on points at the top of Division One after gaining useful bonus points on the final day against Middlesex at Old Trafford. Rain had put paid to any chance of result and Middlesex batted on until reaching 350, while Gary Keedy ensured his team picked up a full hand of bowling points. Mal Loye led the Lancashire reply with his sixth century of the season and was well supported by Stuart Law, Nathan Astle and the tail. A flurry of boundaries from Dominic Cork pushed Lancashire over 350, while Chris Peploe and Johann Louw took three wickets each.
Division Two
Benham's ton consigns West Indies A to defeat
Chris Benham's riproaring century consigned West Indies A to a convincing defeat by 62 runs at the hands of Hampshire
Cricinfo staff
20-Aug-2006
Hampshire 292 for 8 (Benham 122, Brown 44) beat West Indies A 230 for 8 (Morton 102) by 62 runs
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Chris Benham's riproaring century consigned West Indies A to a convincing defeat by 62 runs at the hands of Hampshire. Benham wasted no time in making 122 from 145 balls to lift Hampshire to an unassailable 292 for 8 and ultimately heap further misery on the tourists.
He and Mike Brown put on 122 for the first wicket, a strong opening platform and the home side simply motored on from there. There was a mini-wobble after Brown fell for 44, with four wickets falling for 37, but some powerful lower-order hitting from Mitchell Stokes (36 off 18 balls) and Shaun Udal (32 not out from just 11 balls) boosted Hampshire late on.
West Indies' innings got off to a woeful start at 4 for 2 and, despite Runako Morton's 102, they couldn't recover. In fact, they were never in the hunt as they lost wickets steadily. James Bruce did the damage to the top order, grabbing 3 for 14 from seven overs, and there were three wickets too for Greg Lamb.
Full postTest forfeited after ball tampering chaos
High drama surrounded the final Test as Pakistan refused to take the field after the interval, following the decision of the umpires to change the ball during the afternoon session
Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan
20-Aug-2006
England 173 (Gul 4-46, Asif 4-56) and 298 for 4 (Pietersen 96, Cook 83, Strauss 54) beat Pakistan 504 (Yousuf 128, Hafeez 95, Farhat 91, Iqbal 58*, Harmison 4-125) after Pakistan forfeited the match
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The controversial history of cricket between these two countries was given another chapter, during an extraordinary fourth day at The Oval, as the spectre of ball tampering reared its ugly head. It started with the umpires calling for a replacement ball midway through the afternoon and ended with the abandonment of the final day. What went on in between will go down in the darker side of cricket history.
The day began to unravel when the umpires called for a change of ball at the end of the 56th over, with England 230 for 3. It had started to reverse swing for Mohammad Asif and Umar Gul, but Darrell Hair spotted something he wasn't happy with and was seen pointing at the ball in conversation with Billy Doctrove. The fourth umpire, Trevor Jesty, then ran onto the field with a new box of balls which, under the Laws, the England batsmen were allowed to pick from. Play resumed until tea, but that was only the start of the drama.
Full postBermuda 'embarrass' Canada in opening game
In what will definitely rank as a big upset, and one which Andy Pick, the Canada coach termed was an 'embarrassment', Bermuda traipsed to a memorable six-wicket win in the opening one-dayer at Toronto
Eddie Norfolk
20-Aug-2006
Bermuda 150 for 4 (Mukkuddem 39) beat Canada 145 (Samad 28, Hurdle 3-24, O'Brien 3-50) by 6 wickets with 10 overs to spare
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In what will definitely rank as a big upset, and one which Andy Pick, the Canada coach termed an "embarrassment", Bermuda traipsed to a memorable six-wicket win in the opening one-dayer at Toronto. Having bowled out Canada for 145, Bermuda, thanks to a solid 39 from Saleem Mukkudem, knocked off the target in just 40 overs.
"Since we arrived this morning, everything has been substandard," said Pick in his assessment, "our warm-ups, our practice and our performance." Not for the first time this season, Canada failed to put enough runs on the board, a trend hard to explain considering their good win in the four-day game, against the same opposition, earlier in the week.
Full postNo play possible after more rains
No play was possible after wet conditions and more heavy rains ruined the second one-dayer in Colombo
Cricinfo staff
20-Aug-2006
Colombo woke up to another soggy morning and no play was possible in the second one-dayer between India and Sri Lanka.
Wet conditions, owing to heavy overnight rains, delayed the start before a bout of showers, close to 1pm, ruined the chances of play altogether. With large sections of the outfield still muddy, the umpires decided to conduct a final inspection at 3pm but the fresh rain meant they could call off the day's play much earlier.
The umpires called off play at 1:30pm and, with a similar forecast for tomorrow, the second game could end up being a washout as well. Only 3.4 overs of play was possible in the first game and even the reserve day was washed out. With South Africa already pulling out of the tournament and the weather gods refusing to relent, India's season couldn't have got off to a more inauspicious start.
Full postWarwickshire edge a thriller
A round-up from the latest County Championship matches
Cricinfo staff
19-Aug-2006
Division One
4th day
Warwickshire squeezed over the line by two wickets against Hampshire as they chased down 121 in 25 overs and won off the last ball The Rose Bowl. Dimitri Mascarenhas almost pulled off an amazing win for Hampshire with five wickets as Warwickshire collapsed from 77 for 1 to 101 for 8. However, Neil Carter hit a four and a six as the visitors nicked it. Earlier, Hampshire resisted manfully as Heath Streak took six wickets. Chris Benham hit a career-best 95, adding 159 with Dominic Thornely, but the Warwickshire attack then got to work. Shaun Udal clubbed some late runs and, despite seeming just a consolation, they almost proved to be match-winning. As it is, Hampshire slip further adrift in the Championship race.
There was just the one over of play at Headingley between Yorkshire and Kent leaving the game in a dull stalemate.
Full postEdwards and Gunn fire England to success
A captain's innings from Charlotte Edwards and four wickets from Isa Guha helped England to a last-gasp victory with just four balls remaining against India at Arundel and take a 2-0 lead in the series
Cricinfo staff
19-Aug-2006
England 188 for 5 (Edwards 47, Gunn 42*, Taylor 40) defeated India 185 for 6 (Raj 73) by 5 wickets
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A captain's innings from Charlotte Edwards and four wickets from Isa Guha helped England to a last-gasp victory with just four balls remaining against India at Arundel. England were making heavy going of chasing down 186, at a sticky 73 for 3, but Edwards rescued them with a 61-ball 47, and with Jenny Gunn (42 not out), propelled England to success.
Beth Morgan chipped in with a handy unbeaten 14 from 18 balls to ensure the win in which England managed to reverse the momentum after Jhulan Goswami and Amita Sharma had them in trouble early on.
India's own innings had got off to decent enough start, with Karu Jain and Rumeli Dhar adding 41 for the first wicket. But Dhar fell shortly after Jain, both subsiding to the medium pace of Guha, before Laura Newton accounted for the dangerous Anjum Chopra (93 for 3).
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