Indian news round-up

ESPN to telecast ICC tourney live

Press Trust of India on Saturday reported that the international sports channel ESPN will be telecasting live the forthcoming International Cricket Council (ICC) knock-out cricket tournament to be held in Nairobi (Kenya) from October 3 to 15.

Former Test cricketers Sunil Gavaskar and Geoffrey Boycott would be providing exclusive match analysis and would also answer questions from viewers on live phone-ins regarding the game situations, players' performances and team strategies or forecasts.

The fortnight long tournament will feature eleven teams with hosts Kenya taking on India on October 3. ESPN is to telecast all the games with October 6, 12, 14 and 16 being the reserve days. The matches will be played at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi.

Kumble picks up crucial wickets as Somerset pile up 273/6

Anil Kumble's haul of two for 90 along with Phillip DeFreitas (2 for 54) and Scott Boswell (2 for 46) failed to restrict Somerset as the former managed to score 273 for 6 on the second day of the PPP Healthcare County Championship Division One match at Taunton on Saturday.

Resuming at 0 for 1 on the second day, Somerset proceeded to 123 before Kumble trapped Robert Turner (47) in front to claimed his first victim. Somerset kept losing wickets at regular intervals but managed to keep the scoring moving. Kumble came back later in the day to break the 54-run sixth wicket stand between Keith Parsons and Ian Blackwell by picking up the wicket of the former.