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Davison and Billcliff put Canada on top
John Davison and Ian Billcliff struck career-best centuries as Canada built a useful lead over Bermuda on the second day at King City
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14-Aug-2006
Canada 386 for 7 (Davison 165, Billcliff 126, Steede 4-75) lead Bermuda 334 (Tucker 71, Romaine 68, Mukuddem 56, Bhatti 4-91) by 52 runs
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John Davison and Ian Billcliff struck career-best centuries as Canada built a useful lead over Bermuda on the second day at King City. Davison hit a commanding 165 and was well supported by Ian Billcliff's 126 as the pair added 233 for the third wicket. Despite a fightback from Bermuda, Canada had reached a lead of 52 by the close.
Davison's century was his first in first-class cricket, which has included a career with South Australia, and ensured that Canada's early stutter to 53 for 2 didn't cause severe problems. He struck 23 fours and one six - a straight six of Dave Leverock - in his 175-ball innings, reminiscent of the thunderous strokeplay he brought to the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.
Full postGuyana crowned Stanford 20/20 champions
A massive six off the penultimate ball of the match by Narsingh Deonarine earned Guyana the inaugural Stanford 20/20 title, as they beat Trinidad and Tobago by five wickets in St John's on Sunday
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14-Aug-2006
Guyana 176 for 5 (Dowlin 80, Sarwan 49*) beat Trinidad and Tobago 175 for 6 (Ganga 47, Ramdin 38*) by 5 wickets
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A massive six off the penultimate ball of the match by Narsingh Deonarine earned Guyana the inaugural Stanford 20/20 title, as they beat Trinidad and Tobago by five wickets in St John's on Sunday. Chasing a target of 176, Guyana went into the last over requiring 14, but Ramnaresh Sarwan and Deonarine clubbed two sixes off Samuel Badree to seal a thrilling five-wicket win.
Sarwan remained unbeaten on 49, but the platform for the successful run-chase was laid by Travis Dowlin, the opener, who slammed 80 off 60 balls, with 11 fours and a six. His partnership of 110 in 14 overs with Sarwan put Guyana on course after they had lost two wickets with only 23 on the board. Dowlin eventually retired hurt with back spasms, but Sarwan then took over, and though Guyana lost three quick wickets towards the end, they had just enough firepower to take them past the finishing line.
Full postBermuda boosted by middle order
Strong performances from the middle order gave Bermuda a solid base on the opening day of their Intercontinental Cup meeting with Canada at King City
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13-Aug-2006
Bermuda 333 for 9 (Tucker 71, Romaine 68, Mukuddem 56, Bhatti 4-91) v Canada
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Strong performances from the middle order gave Bermuda a solid base on the opening day of their Intercontinental Cup meeting with Canada at King City. Janeiro Tucker top-scored with 71 and the captain Irvine Romaine made 68 after Umar Bhatti handed Canada early openings with the new ball.
Bermuda's openers didn't last long as Bhatti struck twice in his first spell but Romaine and Clay Smith added 99 for the third wicket. However Bhatti returned and had Smith caught behind then Romaine also fell with the total on 120. Bermuda were quickly 135 for 5 and back in difficultly, but Tucker and Saleem Mukuddem gave the innings its second stabilising partnership by adding 73 for the sixth wicket.
Bermuda's total was given a further boost by a handy lower-contribution from Lionel Cann, who struck 48 off just 40 balls. Mukuddem faced 179 balls before falling lbw to Bhatti, his fourth wicket after 28 overs of hard work. Canada will need to wrap the innings up swiftly on the second day before trying to match the effort in their first innings.
Full postMortaza and Rasel star in series win
Mashrafe Mortaza held his nerve to steer Bangladesh to a frenetic two-wicket win, and with it the series, in the second one-day international at Bangladesh
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13-Aug-2006
Bangladesh 185 for 8 (Mortaza 43*, Odoyo 4-36) beat Kenya 184 (Odoyo 84, Rasel 4-22) by two wickets
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Mashrafe Mortaza held his nerve to steer Bangladesh to a frenetic two-wicket win, and with it the series, in the second one-day international at Nairobi. Bangladesh looked down and out after Kenya's merry band of slow medium pacers, led by Thomas Odoyo , struck telling blows to leave them up the creek in pursuit of a meager total, but Mortaza's unbeaten 43 in a ninth-wicket stand of 51 sealed the deal in incredible style. Kenya, riding on Odoyo's career-best 84, had themselves done well to recover from Syed Rasel's four-wicket burst but ultimately a target of 185 proved too little for Bangladesh.
Joined by Abdur Razzak at the exit of Khaled Mashud in the 38th over, with Bangladesh on 134 for 8, Mortaza played an innings of tremendous courage under fire. He farmed the strike much like Odoyo did with the Kenyan tail, used the long handle to fine effect - he found the ropes off consecutive balls during the 44th over - and even gave Razzak an earful when one too many a needless shot was played. Collins Obuya began the 47th over with a tossed-up no ball, Mortaza smashed it with ease through the covers and the game ended in something of an anti-climax for the expectant Kenyan supporters. But for Bangladesh, Mortaza's personal best was paramount in them bouncing back from a series loss to Zimbabwe.
Full postMaddy leads Leicestershire to Twenty20 title
Darren Maddy and Jim Allenby inspired Leicestershire to their second Twenty20 title as they held their nerve to claim a last-over victory by four runs against Nottinghamshire
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12-Aug-2006
Leicestershire 177 for 2 (Maddy 86*, Allenby 64) beat Nottinghamshire 173 for 8 (Fleming 53) by four runs
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Maddy and Allenby shared a stand of 133 as Leicestershire made the highest total in a final, but Stephen Fleming, with a 34-ball fifty, and David Hussey were threatening to replicate that stand as they added 57 for the second wicket. But they fell in consecutive overs; Fleming to a fine running catch from Ryan Cummins from deep square-leg and Hussey to the continually impressive Stuart Broad.
When Hussey was caught at cover, Nottinghamshire needed 69 off 38 balls with two new batsmen at the crease but they never gave in. The task got harder when Chris Read top-edged a sweep to short fine-leg, but Mark Ealham - who earlier in the season took 30 of an over against Leicestershire to win a group match - helped dispatch Cummins for 19 off the 17th over.
Full postShoaib's return ends in draw
Shoaib Akhtar continued to ease his way back towards fitness with 11 promising overs against West Indies A at Shenley
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12-Aug-2006
West Indies A 214 for 4 (Simmons 108*, Dwayne Smith 55*, Khan 3-30) drew with Pakistanis 123 for 3 (Farhat 62*)
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A decision on Shoaib's fitness will be taken after he has bowled in tomorrow's second one-day match although he remains more likely to feature in the one-day series than the final Test at The Oval.
"It is less necessary to field such players after we have lost the Test series," Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach said, "but that doesn't mean we don't want to win the Oval Test. We want to win the last Test to prove our critics wrong. I don't think we have done badly, England played better."
Full postNottinghamshire set up Midlands final
Inspired by passionate hometown support, Nottinghamshire crushed the international all-stars of Surrey to book their place in the Twenty20 final against Leicestershire
The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan
12-Aug-2006
Nottinghamshire 176 for 6 (Hussey 42) beat Surrey 139 (Batty 58*, Shreck 3-33) by 38 runs
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Nottinghamshire had built a useful total on the back of a thunderous 42 from David Hussey and useful lower-order power-shows from Chris Read and Mark Ealham. However, with Surrey packing the collective weight of Ally Brown, Mark Ramprakash, Mark Butcher and Rikki Clarke no total is out of reach.
In the blink of an eye, though, the top order had been decimated as Shreck found bounce and movement from an awkward length to enhance a growing reputation. Surrey's chase started on a unconvincing note when James Benning, who dislocated his finger in the field, opted to open the innings but was in considerable pain. It was brave decision to bat, but Benning's hit-and-miss start set a poor tone for Surrey.
Full postYuvraj seals win after wobble
A fluent half-century from Yuvraj Singh led the Indians to a three-wicket victory over a strong Sri Lankan A side at the Colts Cricket Club Ground in Colombo.
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12-Aug-2006
Indians 203 for 7 (Yuvraj 61*, Dravid 47) beat Sri Lankans 202 for 9 (Tharanga 88, Sehwag 3-16) by three wickets
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Chasing 203 for victory, they slipped from the relative comfort of 128 for 3 to the crisis scoreline of 153 for 7, before Ajit Agarkar's resolute 32, and a doughty knock from Ramesh Powar saw them home with 33 balls to spare. After Nuwan Zoysa had triggered an early slump with the wickets of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, both caught clipping the ball to midwicket, the slow bowlers came to the fore, with Malinga Bandara's legspin and Mohamed Suraj's offbreaks causing hesitancy in the middle of the innings.
Yuvraj, though, carried on as he had for much of last season, stroking the ball sweetly off his pads and crunching some lovely drives through the covers in his 57-ball 61. His 65-run partnership with Rahul Dravid, who made 47 after opening with Tendulkar, set the game up for the Indians after Sehwag's penetrating spell of 3 for 16 restricted the Lankan A side to 202 for 9.
Full postSnape and Nixon take Leicestershire into final
An outstanding spell of bowling from Jeremy Snape, allied with a medley of reckless strokes from Essex's impatient batsmen, handed Leicestershire a place in the final on the climax of the Twenty20 season at Trent Bridge
Bulletin by Will Luke at Trent Bridge
12-Aug-2006
Leicestershire 173 for 4 (Ackerman 64, Nixon 57*) beat Essex 150 for 9 (Pettini 57, Snape 4-22) by 23 runs
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An outstanding spell of bowling from Jeremy Snape, allied with a medley of reckless strokes from Essex's impatient batsmen, handed Leicestershire a place in the final on the climax of the Twenty20 season at Trent Bridge.
The precedent to Leicestershire's successful defence of 173, which was compiled largely thanks to Paul Nixon's unbeaten 57, came from Stuart Broad. The 20-year-old, so highly thought of as a future England bowler, bowled a tight off-stump line and caused Essex's openers no end of difficulty. Gaining sharp bounce - more than any other bowler from either side - his four overs cost just 22.
Full postExplosive Ashraful takes Bangladesh to victory
An incisive spell from Mashrafe Mortaza, miserly acts from the spinners and Mohammad Ashraful's quick-fire half-century overwhelmed Kenya in the first one-day international at Nairobi
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12-Aug-2006
30.1 overs Bangladesh 170 for 4 (Ashraful 67*) beat Kenya 168 (Tikolo 47, Razzak 3-31, Mortaza 3-25) by 6 wickets
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An incisive spell from Mashrafe Mortaza, miserly acts from the spinners and Mohammad Ashraful's quick-fire half-century overwhelmed Kenya in the first one-day international at Nairobi. After restricting Kenya to 168, Bangladesh had little trouble in cantering to a six-wicket victory to go up 1-0 in the three-match series. Kenya, Steve Tikolo aside, were insipid in all departments. Their batting was inept and having set such a small target, their bowlers failed to prevent Bangladesh's batsmen from finding the fence with ease.
Ashraful, in particular, took advantage of the generous width on offer. His innings began when Bangladesh were at a precarious 58 for 3 and he swung the momentum their way with a flurry of boundaries. He carted two fours through the offside off the third and fourth balls he faced and never looked back. Fearlessly chancing his arm, Ashraful was unafraid to carve the ball in the air past point or cover. He peppered the offside boundary and was particularly harsh on Nehemiah Odhiambo whom he smacked for three fours in an over. He reached his fifty - off just 36 balls - with a slog-swept six off Hiren Varaiya, who conceded 33 off five overs. While Ashraful sparkled at one end, Farhad Reza was hardly overshadowed at the other. He contributed 34 to the 73-run stand for the fifth wicket that sealed Bangladesh's victory.
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