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Australia batter also sees 2024 T20 World Cup as his swansong from all international cricket

Osman Samiuddin03-Jun-2023David Warner wants to bid farewell to Test cricket on his homeground at the SCG next year, in the New Year’s Test against Pakistan. That will be one staging post towards a complete exit from the international game, with Warner hoping his final game in Australia colours is at the 2024 T20 World Cup.That Warner gets as far as that Sydney Test is not guaranteed given his recent Test form. And the glut of cricket between now and then, especially for an all-format opener, makes it even trickier. But it means, in effect, this Ashes could be the last time Warner plays a Test away from home.Warner is gearing up for what could be as many as six Tests in eight weeks, a World Test Championship (WTC) final against India next week, followed swiftly by the Ashes. His recent Test form has been poor, aggravated by an elbow fracture that ruled him out of the second half of Australia’s Test series in India.”I’ve always said the [2024 T20] World Cup will be my final game, but I think I probably owe it to myself and my family,” Warner said ahead of a training session in Beckenham in the lead up to the WTC final. “If I can score runs here, continue to play back in Australia, I can definitely say I won’t be playing that West Indies [Test] series. If I get through this and I can make the Pakistan series, I will definitely finish up then.”Warner played his 100th Test against South Africa at the MCG last summer, lighting up the Boxing Day Test a with a double-hundred. In March, Ricky Ponting said that the double-hundred was the ideal opportunity for Warner to say goodbye to red-ball cricket.That hundred was his first since January 2020. Since the start of 2022, the issue has become more acute: he’s averaging 26 since then with just two fifties and a hundred in his last 24 innings.”For me I’ve always played every game as if it’s my last,” Warner said. “That’s my style of cricket. I enjoy being around the guys, I love being part of the team, trying to be that ball of energy in the group. I want to just keep working as hard as I can to get there.”The amount of cricket Australia are scheduled to play to that point, however, will be a factor in deciding how far Warner does get. After the English summer, Australia have white-ball commitments in South Africa and India, before the 50-over World Cup. Right after the tournament, they stay on to play a T20I series against India.”Going back 12 months, [the schedule] looked very daunting,” Warner said. “Whether or not you’re going to play this Test before this series, given there is a World Cup as well, and we have South Africa as well. And then cricket on the back end of the World Cup in India. Leading into a home summer it’s going to be exhausting and I think the boys, rightfully so, the selectors have been speaking to them about the series that we are priding ourselves on. This [WTC] championship, the Ashes, then the World Cup, the big one.”For us, we have to be up and about. The senior players have to put our hands up, take wickets and score a lot of runs, for us to be on top. If we can manage that and do that, whatever the future throws at the team, we will be able to handle it.”If Warner does get to that Test farewell, it will leave him to prepare for the T20 World Cup, scheduled to be played in the West Indies and USA in middle of next year. That may involve him looking for various franchise deals from February onwards.”I want to play that 2024 World Cup, it’s something at the backend of my mind. We’ve got a lot of cricket before that. And then I think it stops from February. For me, then I have to play the IPL, some of the other franchise leagues and then get into the rhythm to play that, in June. Will be a bit of cricket around to play.”

Australia brace for spin challenge as they make adjustments to their plans following India vs Pakistan fixture

Annesha Ghosh07-Mar-2022Beth Mooney has admitted that Australia are wary of the challenge Pakistan’s spinners might pose for them on Tuesday on the used Bay Oval surface, where on Sunday, India collapsed after a strong start. To counter a potential spin-dominant ploy from Pakistan, Australia have had to tweak their plans “a little bit, slightly”, Mooney said.”We obviously had the opportunity to play over here last year in a similar time, and we had three one-dayers at the Bay Oval here [against New Zealand] and played on the same wicket all three times,” Mooney said on match eve in Mount Maunganui. “And when we got to the third game, it had slowed up quite a lot. So using that intel that we had from last year when we played will become really handy for us as a batting unit and a bowling unit.Related

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“So we expect that Pakistan’s bowlers… their spinners especially bowl quite differently to ours in terms of pace through the air. So we had a session today, specifically on that as a top six, and hopefully we can use that to our advantage tomorrow.”Australia haven’t played Pakistan in ODIs since October 2018, and have only ever played 12 50-over games against them, winning each fixture. Mooney believes the lack of game time against Pakistan over the years could be a “blessing in disguise”, and said that watching the India vs Pakistan match, where spinners picked up five India wicket in the space of 12.1 overs, has helped Australia make adjustments to their plans.”We watched a little bit of the game yesterday just to see what they were doing in terms of the bowlers. Our bowling unit watched a little bit of their batting as well,” said Mooney. “So I think it’s almost a blessing in disguise at times when we come up against an unknown opponent of sorts and obviously we played them a few years ago now. So that’s very different about that group.”I thought they were outstanding with the ball yesterday and outstanding with the bat against India. So, yeah, it’s a different kind of challenge. But I think what we probably have focused on a little bit more in the last few months is worrying about what we can control and how we want to go about our game. So hopefully we can do that again tomorrow and adjust where we have to and adapt where we can.”Save for opener Alyssa Healy’s early dismissal, Australia, frontrunners for the title, showed no weaknesses with the bat in their high-scoring opening game against defending champions England. Rachael Haynes and Meg Lanning’s record 196-run second-wicket stand meant Australia’s middle-order got time to bat only after the 42nd over. Even then, No. 4 Mooney, who made 27 not out, and No. 5 Ellyse Perry dug in as Australia powered to 310 for 3.Mooney felt that despite the Pakistani spinners’ impressive performance against India, Australia would be able to replicate their batting dominance at Bay Oval, where the match will be played on the same strip that was used for the West Indies vs New Zealand and the India vs Pakistan games.”Something that we pride ourselves on as a batting group is making sure we’re always moving the game forward and accessing different areas of the ground obviously to get the fields that we want,” Mooney said. “So just seeing a little bit of that in the game yesterday will be really important for us heading into tomorrow.”In terms of team news, Ashleigh Gardner is serving a ten-day isolation in Christchurch after testing positive for Covid-19, and Heather Graham, who has played a solitary ODI, has been drafted in as a temporary replacement for Gardner. A Covid-19 replacement at the 2022 ODI World Cup can be temporary, in that once the player has recovered, she would be eligible to return to the squad in position of the travelling reserve that replaced her.

The wicketkeeper-batsman fills the post vacated by Peter Fulton

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Nov-2020Luke Ronchi has been appointed New Zealand batting coach for the upcoming season to fill the vacancy created by Peter Fulton’s departure.He has been a regular around the squad in the last couple of seasons as Gary Stead has used various specialist coaches.”I’m absolutely pumped,” he said. “I’ve really enjoyed being back with the team in recent seasons and it’s exciting to be given the opportunity full-time this summer.”Getting the chance to continue working with our batsmen is a great honour and I’m looking forward to seeing how I can help improve their games and best prepare them to perform at the highest level.”It’ll be great to sit down with Gary and the other coaches to begin planning for what will be a busy summer with four touring teams who will all bring different challenges.”Bryan Stronach, NZC’s general manager of high performance, said that Ronchi had received good feedback when he had previously worked with the players and there was the added advantage of his wicketkeeping knowledge.”Luke’s got a very good cricket brain and is especially strong tactically,” he said. “He has a positive mindset and is good at building relationships but he’s also not afraid to challenge people which is a really important aspect of coaching.”The feedback we got from the players and team support staff at last year’s World Cup in particular was very positive and I know he’s looking forward to continuing his work with the team this summer. There’s no doubt that, alongside the batsmen, our wicketkeepers will also benefit from having Luke around.”New Zealand’s home season will start with T20Is against West Indies at the end of November followed by two Tests. Pakistan then visit for T20Is and Test matches with Australia and Bangladesh slated to tour next year although those series are still awaiting government approval.

Stevens, 43, joined Kent from Leicestershire in 2005 and has enjoyed an outstanding career with bat and ball

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Jul-2019Darren Stevens will leave Kent at the end of the current season after 15 years with the club but has no intention of retiring from the professional game.Stevens, 43, joined Kent from Leicestershire in 2005 and has enjoyed an outstanding career with bat and ball, scoring 11,718 first-class runs and claiming 487 wickets for his second county.He is currently on loan to Derbyshire for the T20 Blast, but had continued to be impressive with the ball in the County Championship with 28 wickets at 24.21 in eight matches although runs had been harder to come by with an average of 20.36.”It’s been an amazing 15 years,” Stevens said. “So many wonderful memories both on and off the pitch and many strong friendships made along the way. This is not retirement for me as I think I still have a lot to offer on the pitch, both as a player and a coach and am excited by the next stage in my career.”I believe I can still do it at the top level, as my recent form shows, and I am looking forward to the remainder of the T20 season with Derbyshire and finishing the season successfully with Kent. I will look back at my time with Kent with nothing but happiness and pride but must now look forward to the next challenge.”Kent have an eye on the future and want to invest in their younger players while also hoping to bring in an overseas fast bowler next season.”When you look at his record, it is a travesty that Darren Stevens did not receive the international call-up he so richly deserved whilst in his prime,” Paul Downton, Kent’s director of cricket, said. “It’s now time for a new chapter at Kent with a number of young bowlers, and hopefully an overseas fast bowler next year, all demanding the new ball as the club seeks to keep raising standards and compete for the Division One Championship title.”

Western Australia club cricket regulations state that any player suspended from playing for the state side is also barred from club cricket, but the clubs turned this around with a vote

Daniel Brettig14-May-2018A constitutional anomaly that may have blocked the banned Australian opener Cameron Bancroft from playing club cricket in his hometown in Perth, has been waived by the clubs. This means he can turn out for his club Willeton before he is again eligible to represent his state and country.Alongside David Warner and Steven Smith, Bancroft was banned by Cricket Australia for his part in the Newlands ball-tampering fiasco, handed a playing suspension of nine months while his senior team-mates were sanctioned for 12. The CA charge sheet stipulated that all players were banned from playing for Australia or their states, but remained able to play club cricket.However Western Australia club cricket regulations state that any player suspended from playing for the state side the Warriors is also barred from playing in Perth Premier Cricket. A vote of the competition’s 16 clubs was required to turn this around, with a simple majority enough to allow Bancroft to play. On Monday night, 14 clubs voted in favour of letting him play, with two against.Christina Matthews, the WACA chief executive, said the meeting was required due to a “lack of understanding” at CA about the rules regarding club cricket in Western Australia. Bancroft, Warner and Smith were interviewed and charged under the Board’s code of conduct within a matter of days of the end of the Newlands Test, as CA pushed to contain the issue amid television-rights negotiations.”They were put in an awkward position by the sanctions in the first place and a lack of understanding of the rules that applied across premier cricket in Australia, but this is good news for Cameron,” Matthews said of the clubs. “Cameron more than anything wants to play cricket here.”Like anybody he has his ups and downs but, overall, I think he is in a pretty good space. He’s not far off starting his community service, we have some things lined up for him there and we’ll hopefully finalise those this week. He’s really committed to doing that in a genuine and authentic way, and not just a box-ticking way.”Matthews said that the debate over whether or not to waive the regulation, which took about half an hour, related largely to whether an exception should be made when other players had been forced to miss club games when suspended from WA duty. “It was the fact that there’s been other players who have had to serve out sanctions when sanctioned by Cricket Australia in other competitions,” Matthews said. “So it’s just reasonable debate and discussion about why it wouldn’t apply in this circumstance and how the circumstances were different.”Bancroft is reportedly in talks to take part in the out-of-season Twenty20 club tournament to be played in Darwin in July.

Playing her 57th ODI, Meg Lanning surpassed Charlotte Edwards on the list of most centuries in women’s ODI and helped clinch the series against New Zealand 2-1

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Mar-2017
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File photo – Meg Lanning hit her tenth ODI century•Getty Images and Cricket Australia

Australia captain Meg Lanning struck a record tenth century, the most in women’s ODIs, to lead her side to a five-wicket win over New Zealand on Sunday, helping them claim the series 2-1 and maintain their 18-year hold on the Rose Bowl Trophy.Lanning, who surpassed Charlotte Edwards to top the list for most centuries in women’s ODIs in only her 57th match, struck an unbeaten 104 off 116 balls to help her side chase down 271 with four balls to spare.Lanning, who struck seven fours and a six, capitalised on a reprieve from New Zealand in the 22nd over after replays suggested that Rachel Priest had fumbled a stumping off the bowling of legspinner Amelia Kerr. Lanning went on to bring up her half-century off 62 deliveries and brought up her century off 111 balls in 48th over, with the win in sight.”It’s obviously nice [to get the record] but I’m more glad that we got the win, to be honest,” Lanning said after the match. “I had a pretty quiet series so I felt it was time to contribute and lead the side home. I was keen to finish it off well and we needed someone to bat long and deep and I put my hand up to do that. It was nice to be able to get there at the end but I thought Mooney helped the top there, Villani and Blackwell certainly made it a lot easy for me to display my natural game.”The Australia captain was well-supported by opener Beth Mooney, who scored a 73-ball 69 and shared a 93-run second-wicket partnership. Mooney, who had scores of 100 and 57 in the first two ODIs, was hardly deterred by the early loss of her opening partner, Nicole Bolton, as she played an aggressive innings, striking nine fours and racing to a half-century off 47 balls.Mooney’s run-out in the 20th over brought Ellyse Perry out to bat for her first innings since January 2017 – having returned to the side after a hamstring injury during the Women’s Big Bash League, Perry did not come out to bat in the second ODI after injuring her elbow. Perry, however, was dismissed for 1 by New Zealand medium-pacer Holly Huddleston, who also dismissed Bolton and Elyse Villani to finish with 3 for 44, the best returns for her side in the game.Once Villani fell for 37 off 42 balls, having helped Lanning bring the chase under control, Alex Blackwell (32) and Alyssa Healy (21) stepped up in supporting roles and helped seal the win.Earlier, having been put in to bat, New Zealand began with a 60-run opening partnership before Suzie Bates was dismissed by Amanda-Jade Wellington in the 11th over for 27. Rachel Priest and Katey Martin, who both struck 77, then strung a 97-run partnership for the third wicket, before Martin added another 60 for the fourth wicket with Katie Perkins to take New Zealand to 230. Martin’s 86-ball knock included ten fours but her dismissal triggered a slump in the end overs, which saw New Zealand lose six wickets for 38 runs.Spinners Jess Jonassen and Ashleigh Gardner took five of the six wickets to fall in this period as New Zealand finished their innings on 270 for 9. Gardner took 3 for 56, while Jonassen had returns of 3 for 47.Australia won the Rose Bowl for the 23rd time since the inception of the competition in February 1985. New Zealand have won it three times. Sunday’s game was the 100th between the two sides in the competition.

A round-up of the Group C matches of the Vijay Hazare Trophy played on December 14, 2015

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Dec-2015Centuries from Ankit Bawne and Kedar Jadhav set Maharashtra up for their third win in three matches, a comfortable 47-run win over Andhra. Choosing to bat, Maharastra were in deep trouble against the bowling of D Siva Kumar and CV Stephen, losing lost four wickets in the space of seven balls to slip to 17 for 4. From there, Bawne and Jadhav rescued them with a 194-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Jadhav, the dominant partner, was out for a run-a-ball 101 (11×4) in the 46th over, while Bawne batted on till his dismissal in the final over for 100 off 143 balls, with 11 fours and a six.Chasing 242, Andhra got off to a good start courtesy opener KR Sreekanth, who scored an 85-ball 74 (7×4). Sreekanth added 51 with Srikar Bharat for the first wicket and 60 with AG Pradeep for the third, but wickets fell steadily thereafter, the last eight falling for 83 runs. Andhra were eventually bowled out with 7.1 overs still remaining, with offspinner Shamshuzama Kazi picking up four wickets.Delhi made light work of Tripura to register their third win in four matches and put themselves in a good position to qualify for the knockouts. Tripura, who were sent in to bat, were bowled out for 100, with Parvinder Singh’s 20 being the highest individual score. Pawan Suyal, the left-arm pacer, finished with 3 for 14 off his 10 overs, while Naveep Saini, Manan Sharma and Pawan Negi picked up two wickets apiece. Delhi lost the wickets of Dhruv Shorey and Unmukt Chand cheaply, but Nitish Rana’s unbeaten 67 helped them cruise home in just 16 overs as the match ended shortly after the lunch interval.
Aditya Waghmode’s maiden List A century led Baroda to their second win of the tournament, as they beat Odisha by 56 runs in Delhi. Batting first, Waghmode anchored Baroda’s innings with 111 that included ten fours, before he was dismissed in the last over of the innings. Apart from Waghmode, no other Baroda batsman crossed 30, as the side was dismissed for 225 in their 50 overs. Ankit Yadav was the pick of Odisha’s bowlers with returns of 4 for 44 in nine overs.In the chase, captain Natraj Behera struck his second successive fifty of the tournament with an unbeaten 67. Behera’s innings was in vain as he kept running out of partners, his side slumping from 54 for 1 to 72 for 5 in the space of eight overs. Odisha never quite recovered from that blow as they were eventually bowled out for 169. Left-arm spinner, Bhargav Bhatt was the pick of Baroda’s bowlers with figures of 2 for 16 in ten overs, while Munaf Patel and Hardik Pandya chipped in with two wickets apiece.

James Taylor missed the chance to further bolster his impressive England Lions record when he fell cheaply on a rain-ruined day

Andrew McGlashan at Grace Road11-May-2013
Live scorecardJames Taylor missed the chance to further bolster his impressive England Lions record when he fell cheaply on a rain-ruined day but Joe Root continued to add to his early season tally to start building a lead, while New Zealand picked up an injury worry over Tim Southee.Taylor, who came in after the nightwatchman Chris Wright had edged to slip, pushed at a delivery quite wide of off stump and feathered to the wicketkeeper to give Trent Boult his second scalp of the morning during the 22 overs of play that were possible before frequent heavy showers wiped out the rest of the dayBoult had problems with his front foot on the second day, sending down eight no-balls, but was in far better rhythm this morning after shaking off the early tour rust. He shaped the ball in nicely to the right handers, then it was the straighter deliveries that found the edges of both Wright and Taylor.His opening bowling partner, Southee, bowled five overs in the morning before being sent to see a specialist about a problem with his left foot and would not have bowled again had rain allowed further playRoot continued to look at ease, and even when he was almost beaten in the flight by a delivery from Bruce Martin he was confident enough to go through with his shot and found the deep midwicket boundary. Root now has 610 first-class runs this season at 203.33.Jonny Bairstow, who was earlier confirmed in England’s Test squad alongside Root, made a brisk start to his innings as he tried to follow his Yorkshire team-mate’s route (the pair’s careers have evolved together since they earned scholarships aged 13 and 14) and score some early points against the New Zealand bowlers before Lord’s.”I’ve got a few runs under my belt at Headingley and still not out in this game, which is pleasing,” he said. “There have been a lot of players scoring runs this season and I’m lucky enough to be picked. Hopefully I’ll do myself justice.”Martin bore the brunt of Bairstow’s attacking display but the suggestion remains that New Zealand favour a balanced attack for the Test rather than playing four quicks. Doug Bracewell has been steady here, and was denied Root’s wicket yesterday when he was dropped at slip, but has not completely convinced that he would be a better option to Neil Wagner – although if Southee’s problem is serious there could be room for both.

ESPNcricinfo previews the IPL game between Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mohali

The Preview by Siddhartha Talya19-Apr-2012

Match facts

Friday , April 20, Mohali
Start time 2000 (1430 GMT)David Hussey hasn’t really got going for Kings XI this season•AFP

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The teams came have had contrasting fortunes in their respective previous games, and Royal Challengers Bangalore, among the most closely-followed teams this competition, have got the win they needed to revive their campaign.Not only did Chris Gayle deliver in typical Gayle fashion, smashing five consecutive sixes to give his team a strong chance in a big chase apart from a breaking a spectator’s nose in the process, Bangalore broke a run of three straight defeats to clinch a thrilling victory that included a six off the final ball. Saurabh Tiwary finally did something to justify his $1.6 million buy, hitting the winning runs while playing an important cameo and AB de Villiers was masterful, disdainfully reverse-sweeping and scooping fast bowlers for sixes.Kings XI Punjab’s previous experience was far less dramatic, in fact it was dispiriting, as they were beaten comprehensively by Kolkata Knight Riders. It broke the momentum set by two straight wins, leaving the team seeking a recovery again. They’ll be without their captain Adam Gilchrist for the game; he’s recovering from a slight hamstring tear.

Players to watch

It’ll be interesting to see if Muttiah Muralitharan is left out of the playing XI again, as he was against Pune Warriors. The man who replaced him was Tillakaratne Dilshan, who managed just 4. He is part of what is potentially the most destructive opening duo this IPL, and will be expected to play his role in this campaign even though he may not be a regular in the side throughout if the choice is between him and Murali.David Hussey has had a quiet IPL season so far, with scores of 13, 18, 32 and 10. He’s had starts in each of the four innings he’s played, only one of those has had a significant impact in the outcome. He’s expected to lead Kings XI without Gilchrist playing. Azhar Mahmood has had his visa issues resolved and is a good all-round option to consider for Kings XI in the absence of their regular captain.

2011 head-to-head

The teams played each other twice last season, and won a game each. Each victory was by a big margin. In Bangalore, the Royal Challengers, led by Gayle’s blistering ton, amassed 205 and defended it with ease. In Dharamsala, it was Adam Gilchrist’s turn to make a hundred and Kings XI won by 111 runs.

Stats and trivia

• Gayle overtook Gilchrist to become the batsman with the most sixes across the five IPL seasons. He now leads the tally with 85, one ahead of Gilchrist. Gayle’s done it in less than half the matches – 32 against 65.
• Royal Challengers have conceded 616 extras in the five seasons of the IPL, second only to Mumbai Indians’ 642. Kings XI are third on the list with 584. Among the teams to have played all five seasons, Rajasthan Royals have conceded the least – 503.
  

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  “I am sure we are learning from our frustrations and mistakes previously made and that’s all part of the journey of cricket.”

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, the former India captain, has moved the Bombay High Court, seeking the appointment of an arbitrator in relation to the termination of his contract with the BCCI

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Apr-2011Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, the former India captain, has moved the Bombay High Court, seeking the appointment of an arbitrator in relation to what he claimed was the BCCI’s failure to abide by its contract with him while he was a consultant with the board as well as a member of the IPL governing council. He has also claimed an amount of Rs.1.16 crore as fees for services rendered.According to the application filed by Pataudi in the High Court, his agreement with the BCCI came into effect in October 2007 and was to last for a period of five years, where he would be paid Rs 1 crore annually. In the event that one of the parties chose to terminate the contract, as stated in Pataudi’s application, they would have to invoke the agreement’s arbitration clause.In October last year, the BCCI made wholesale changes to the IPL governing council, slashing its membership term from five years to one year and taking a decision that no payment will be made to any member of the original council. These new terms were unacceptable to Pataudi, as well as Sunil Gavaskar, and both turned down posts in the new governing council.In January this year, Pataudi wrote to the BCCI seeking the appointment of an arbitrator since his ties with the governing council had ended. When there was no reply from the Indian board, Pataudi took the matter to court. The case will be heard next week.Pataudi was critical of the BCCI following his withdrawal, saying the board was in a “mess” over the controversies that plagued the IPL, it no longer enjoyed the goodwill it once did in the global cricket community and that the time had come for it to back its financial clout with moral leadership.