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The board, however, has not confirmed him for any engagements beyond that tour

Danyal Rasool17-Nov-2024The PCB has said there will be no change of Test match coach for one more series, with Jason Gillespie taking charge of the upcoming two Tests against South Africa. The board has not confirmed him for any engagements beyond that tour, though he does have a contract with the PCB that runs till 2026.Over the past few days, multiple local reports indicated that Gillespie’s time with Pakistan cricket was limited, with Aaqib Javed lined up as replacement. Earlier today, ESPNcricinfo also reported that Aaqib was likely to take over as all-format coach. The white-ball coaching role remains vacant after Gary Kirsten resigned last month, and Aaqib remains the frontrunner to be replace him, with Pakistan’s T20I and ODI tour of Zimbabwe starting next Sunday.The PCB, though, has denied that Gillespie’s job is under immediate threat. “As announced previously, Jason Gillespie will continue to coach the Pakistan side for the two red-ball matches against South Africa,” a statement from the PCB on X said.Related

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The PCB have not confirmed whether Gillespie will be the head coach for any series beyond those two Tests. Pakistan have a two-Test home series against West Indies immediately following the Tests in South Africa.ESPNcricinfo has reached out to the PCB to confirm if their statement locks Gillespie for any engagements beyond the two-Test series of South Africa, and await a response.Earlier this week, the PCB sounded Gillespie out on the prospect of taking over as white-ball coach until the conclusion of the Champions Trophy. However, the increased responsibility did not come with a commensurate increase in his financial compensation, which is understood to be the reason Gillespie turned them down. Consequently, the PCB turned their attention to replacing Kirsten with a local appointment.They initially considered the possibility of either elevating Azhar Mahmood, or appointing Saqlain Mushtaq, who served as coach in 2021-22. Neither, though, appeared to draw enough support from within the PCB’s advisory circle, which led to Aaqib being offered the position. It is understood he will be asked to take on the role until the end of the Champions Trophy, following which the PCB will reevaluate.Gillespie’s next immediate engagement is the third T20I against Australia, a series he took over as interim coach for. Pakistan’s Test series against South Africa, the only other engagement he has yet been formally confirmed by the PCB for, begins on December 26.While Gillespie appears to have kept his job in the immediate term, the relationship between the coach and the board has been anything but smooth. Three Tests into his tenure, Aaqib was hired by the PCB as part of a revamped selection committee, with Gillespie’s powers significantly reduced. He was removed from the selection committee, and no longer had a say in which players were selected for a match or series.He was left thoroughly unimpressed by the changes, admitting in a press conference during the home series against England that he was “just a matchday strategist”. In another interview with broadcaster Sky the following day, he said that it “was not what he signed up for.””For me, when I came on board with Pakistan cricket, I was told there was a long-term plan, and we need to make sure our communication’s spot on,” he said at the time. “I made that a real focus and so you can get frustrated if those things aren’t done how you would like. It wasn’t what I signed up for, I’ll be completely honest.”

Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland both strike twice in an over as Australia look to capitalise on 82-run lead

Valkerie Baynes27-Dec-2021Some vintage James Anderson bowling kept England in the contest on an eventful second day of the third Test at the MCG, only for the tourists’ brittle batting to falter in the face of a devastating blitz by Australia’s quicks which put the hosts on the verge of sealing the series.Debutant Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc claimed two wickets each to crush England during a scintillating final hour and undo the effect of Anderson’s four-wicket haul, which had fleetingly given the tourists hope.With their warm-up routine thrown into chaos by four positive Covid tests among team staff and their families which delayed their departure for the ground – and the start by half an hour – England showed the sort of bottle that was sorely missing as Australia romped to a 2-0 series lead to wrest back some control with the ball. Cleared to play after passing lateral flow Tests in the morning, the England players were scheduled to undergo PCR testing at the close of play, with the match allowed to proceed in the meantime.And it was the 39-year-old Anderson, who made his international debut at the same ground in an ODI in 2002, leading the way with two particularly miserly spells which yielded the important wickets of Steve Smith and Marcus Harris, who top-scored with 76, either side of lunch.Australia were bowled out for 267, a first-innings lead of 82 runs. But England’s top order had no answers as Starc claimed two wickets in as many balls to put them 2 for 7. As if the pressure on England captain Joe Root wasn’t cranked up enough, he barely survived Starc’s hat-trick ball, an unplayable delivery beating his outside edge.Related

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By the close, England were in disarray after Starc struck in the fifth over of the innings when he found Zak Crawley’s outside edge, taken by keeper Alex Carey for 5, and then trapped Dawid Malan lbw for a first-ball duck.Pat Cummins maintained the pressure in an outstanding spell, while Boland came on for the penultimate over and had Haseeb Hameed caught behind with his third ball, then removed nightwatchman Jack Leach with a gem that clattered into the top of off stump two balls later as the match slipped back into a more familiar rhythm with England staring down a series defeat.Root was unbeaten on 12 at the end of the day and Ben Stokes on 2 but, as capable as the England duo are of hauling their side out of trouble, the mission looked beyond even those two.By the time Anderson took the second new ball in the final session, Australia were eight wickets down and led by 51. He then proceeded to fling himself into the air at mid-on to stop a ball struck firmly by Cummins that was surely headed to the boundary. And while his failure to cling on with his outstretched right hand constituted a drop, his effort enhanced an already impressive display of professionalism by England’s elder statesman.Anderson bowled 10 maidens en route to his haul of 4 for 33 from 23 overs. Having dismissed opener David Warner the previous evening, Anderson bowled Smith for just 16 after Ollie Robinson had removed nightwatchman Nathan Lyon in the fourth over of the second day. Smith fell in a superb Anderson spell of 6-5-1-1, the only run coming off the first ball, an inside edge when Smith was on 5 which Jos Buttler got glove tips to but could only parry the chance to fine leg.James Anderson claimed 4 for 33 to keep England fighting•Getty Images

Mark Wood, too, bowled well and he struck with his third ball of the day when the dangerous Marnus Labuschagne fell for just 1 as the first of Root’s three catches at slip.Under-pressure Harris went to lunch unbeaten on 48, having overtured an lbw decision to Ben Stokes when he was on 36 with replays showing that there was bat on ball.Australia helped themselves to six runs off the first over after lunch, bowled by Leach, and 10 off the second, from Wood, during which time Harris raised his third Test fifty. Both bowlers’ subsequent overs were tighter but, as if to ram home the fact that England were in danger of letting their good morning’s work come undone, Buttler then fluffed a stumping chance off Harris when he was on 63. The opener advanced at Leach, who saw him coming and fired the ball down the leg side, only for Buttler to thrust out his right glove in vain.Robinson broke through to dismiss Travis Head, caught by Root, and Anderson had Harris out in similar fashion three runs shy of equalling his best Test score during another outstanding four-over spell that yielded just two runs.Australia hit the front late in the middle session before Leach, back after a torrid time at the hands of Australia’s batters in the opening Test at the Gabba, trapped Cameron Green lbw in the second over after tea.Stokes removed Carey before Starc and Cummins added 34 runs for the ninth wicket, the third-highest partnership of Australia’s innings.
Anderson struck again in the fourth over with the new ball to dismiss Cummins, caught by Hameed at point, and Wood had debutant Boland taken in the slips to close out the innings, for what it was worth, given what was to come.

Hutton’s 3 for 48 leaves hosts seven down and 113 runs adrift, despite Westley’s patient half-century

ECB Reporters Network05-Jun-2021Brett Hutton returned to Nottinghamshire’s LV= Insurance County Championship side to claim three wickets and leave Essex in trouble at the Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford.Fast bowler Hutton had only played once previously this season but ripped up the Essex top order, leaving the hosts 15 for 3, and eventually returned 3 for 48.Tom Westley led the recovery with a patient 71 as Essex climbed to 180 for 7 in a match which is likely heading towards a draw.Related

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Earlier, Simon Harmer had taken the last four Notts wickets to end his barren run as the visitors were bowled out for 293.Notts, led by Joe Clarke’s 67 and Liam Patterson-White’s 31, kept Essex out in the field for an hour and a half as they garnered a second batting point before Harmer wrapped up the tail.Harmer, who has now taken 38 wickets this season, hadn’t taken a scalp for 441 balls, across four matches, but claimed 4 for 16 in 7.1 morning overs.Clarke hoicked across the line to wide mid-on, Patterson-White – having been dropped twice – was bowled, Luke Fletcher swung to deep midwicket and Hutton was lbw while sweeping. The last of which gave Harmer his 250th Championship wicket.Nick Browne and Alastair Cook were given half an hour to negotiate before lunch, a period which proved catastrophic for the hosts.Hutton and Fletcher found good nip with the new ball in the seven overs as Essex’s response imploded. Browne nervously prodded at a Hutton ball which threatened to seam back to give Tom Moores a straightforward catch. The bowler-wicketkeeper combo united again two overs later as Cook was drawn into a front-foot drive to an away swinger.Fletcher joined in the fun to have Michael Pepper caught brilliantly behind to leave Essex mulling over their food on 15 for 3.Tom Westley scored 71 in Essex’s first-innings reply•Getty Images

Westley repaired the slump by putting on 55 with Paul Walter, 38 with Ryan ten Doeschate and 35 with Adam Wheater, but substantial runs proved difficult to come by on a wearing pitch. The captain, the county’s top scorer this season with three centuries along with nine single-figure scores, used his grit to reach a 124-ball half-century.But other than Westley, Essex’s batters struggled to get in. Walter was bowled through the gate by Patterson-White, having stuck around for 84 balls, and ten Doeschate edged Hutton to a wide first slip.Westley finally departed after almost four hours when Patterson-White bowled him with a turning beauty, before Wheater pulled to deep fine leg next ball.Harmer and Shane Snater made sure there were no more incidents with an unbroken 37-run stand, with the follow-on target passed.

Rohit Sharma and Mohammed Shami have been rested for the Sri Lanka T20Is, while Deepak Chahar misses out due to injury

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Jasprit Bumrah is back in India’s limited-overs squads for their home series against Sri Lanka and Australia. The fast bowler had been out of action with a stress fracture of the back since the end of India’s tour of the West Indies in August. India will play three T20Is against Sri Lanka followed by three ODIs against Australia in January.Meanwhile, limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma and fast bowler Mohammed Shami have been rested for the Sri Lanka series. Shikhar Dhawan returns to both squads following a quick recovery from the ankle bruising he suffered during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in December. Dhawan’s selection also means Mayank Agarwal, who was the reserve opener for the West Indies ODIs, returns to the first-class circuit with Karnataka.

T20I squad for Sri Lanka series

Virat Kohli (cap), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar

Sanju Samson, who had replaced Dhawan in the T20I squad for the West Indies series, keeps his place in the T20I squad. Samson made a century in his most recent Ranji Trophy outing for Kerala against Bengal last week.ALSO READ: Hardik Pandya, Prithvi Shaw to tour New Zealand with India ABumrah was withdrawn from the Test squad for the series against South Africa at home in September-October after the stress fracture surfaced. His previous appearance for India was in the second Test against West Indies in Kingston, during which he became the third Indian after Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan to take a hat-trick in the format.Last week, Bumrah trained full tilt with the India team ahead of the second ODI against West Indies in Visakhapatnam. He is likely to play for Gujarat in the upcoming round of the Ranji Trophy starting December 25 to prove his match fitness.Deepak Chahar misses out from both squads due to a back injury that ruled him out of the third ODI against West Indies, with Navdeep Saini taking his place. The Delhi fast bowler picked up two wickets on ODI debut as India went on to clinch the ODI series 2-1 in Cuttack.Shikhar Dhawan’s return could cause the team management a headache in the opening department•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Bhuvneshwar Kumar doesn’t figure either, after being originally selected for the ODI series against West Indies. He was diagnosed with a groin injury that forced his withdrawal. Shardul Thakur, the Mumbai pacer, keeps his place as a result.Thakur played two of the three ODIs against West Indies. He picked up two wickets, and made a quickfire, unbeaten 17 in Ravindra Jadeja’s company to help seal a tense chase in Cuttack.Kedar Jadhav, meanwhile, kept his ODI spot for the Australia series.There was no place yet for Hardik Pandya, as he continues his recovery from a back injury. The allrounder, however, is part of the India A 50-overs squad that will tour New Zealand ahead of the senior team’s full tour of the country, which begins in late January. That squad will also include the Mumbai batsman Suryakumar Yadav, whose form in domestic cricket had led to speculation about a possible ODI call-up.

Sunday’s meeting, also attended by CoA’s Vinod Rai, was followed by Harmanpreet Kaur’s backing of sacked coach Ramesh Powar

Nagraj Gollapudi04-Dec-2018Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur, the two cricketers at the centre of a raging selection controversy, met in Delhi on Sunday, less than a week after their public feud began. The meeting – in the presence of Vinod Rai, the head of the Committee of Administrators (CoA) – does not, however, appear to have ended the issue: a day after the meeting Harmanpreet sent an email to the CoA and the BCCI top brass, reiterating the rationale behind not playing Raj, India’s most experienced player, in the semi-finals of the WT20 and backing Ramesh Powar as coach.Diana Edulji, the other half of the CoA and a former India captain herself, was not present at that meeting but it is understood that Rai briefed her on it via email.ESPNcricinfo understands both players wanted to sit across the table and clarify their individual positions on a feud that many suspected had been simmering before it blew into the open a day after India’s exit from the WT20. That’s when Annisha Gupta, who handled Raj’s business affairs, put out several Twitter posts cricitising Harmanpreet. One of the tweets – they were all later deleted – called Harmanpreet a “manipulative, lying, cheat”.During their meeting, Raj is understood to have told Harmanpreet that Gupta was not her manager. On her part, Harmanpreet told Raj that the decision to exclude her from the World T20 semis was not a personal choice but a collective call.In the email she sent to the CoA and BCCI top brass on Monday, Harmanpreet had said that Powar was not “responsible” for leaving out Raj from the World T20 semi-final. She said the decision was taken collectively between herself, Powar, Smriti Mandhana (T20 vice-captain), Sudha Shah (national selector) and Trupti Bhattacharya (team manager).The issue of Powar was also touched upon during the meeting. It is understood Rai, in his email summary to Edulji, said that although there was a thaw between the players, Harmanpreet supported Powar while Raj felt he had wronged her. Rai is believed to have told the players that the CoA would not take sides and instead would go ahead with the recruitment of a new head coach. It is not yet clear whether Powar, who is eligible, will apply.Bitterly upset at her exclusion from the semis and the way she was treated during the WT20, Raj had last week fired salvos against Powar and Edjuli. In a report addressed to BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and Saba Karim (BCCI general manager cricket operations and women’s cricket head), which immediately got leaked, Raj said both Powar and Edulji were “destroying” her career. Soon afterwards Powar revealed in his own report to Johri and Karim (which, too, was quickly leaked) that Raj had threatened to walk out of the World T20 if she was not allowed to open.In her report, Raj had said she had “nothing against” Harmanpreet “except for the fact that her call to support the decision of the coach to leave me out of the eleven was baffling and hurtful,” Raj had said. She also said that being “senior players” any issues should be sorted by “two of us by sitting across the table.”

The New South Wales Supreme Court found insufficient evidence following allegations that the batsman had exposed himself to a massage therapist during the 2015 World Cup

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Oct-2017Chris Gayle prevailed in his defamation case against Fairfax Media, after a four-person jury in the New South Wales Supreme Court found that there was insufficient evidence to prove he exposed himself to a massage therapist in a Sydney dressing room during the 2015 World Cup.After deliberating for a little less than two hours, the jury concluded that Fairfax Media – which publishes , and the – had not justified its January 2016 report of the allegation on either the basis of truth or of qualified privilege, which weighs up the public interest value of published information and whether or not the media outlet acted reasonably.The massage therapist who made the allegation, Leanne Russell, testified in court last week that she cried uncontrollably after Gayle pulled down his towel to expose himself while saying “is this what you’re looking for?” during a training session at Drummoyne Oval. Both Gayle and his team-mate Dwayne Smith gave evidence denying that the episode took place.Russell had contacted the sports editor of the , Chloe Saltau, to tell her story after she saw the infamous interview of Gayle by the broadcaster Mel McLaughlin in January 2016. Russell also said that the incident with Gayle had followed another, when Smith had sent her a text message saying “sexy” while she had been giving him a massage.Speaking for Gayle, barrister Bruce McClintock said Russell had been “bitter” and “vengeful” in targeting Gayle. Russell, who now works as an executive assistant for the AFL, stated in her evidence that she had wanted to take a stand for women in sport. “I was sick of being treated that way,” Russell said in evidence. “I was someone who had forged my career in sport. I would never be as successful as I would be if I was a man.”Russell had made a verbal complaint at the time to the West Indies team manager Richie Richardson, who had then sent an email to the team requesting them to “please at all times, treat her in a respectable and professional way”. In his evidence, Gayle had insisted the incident “did not happen”.After the verdict was read out, Gayle spoke of his relief outside court. “I’m a good man,” he said. “I’m not guilty.”Following the verdict, Fairfax Media indicated concerns with the conduct of the case and that the company would be considering an appeal. “Fairfax Media is concerned with the conduct of the trial to the extent that on Friday it sought an order that the Jury be discharged and a new trial ordered,” a spokesperson said.”The Judge [Justice Lucy McCallum] accepted that the Jury had been misled in a way that prejudiced Fairfax, but declined to discharge the Jury. Fairfax believes that it did not get a fair trial. It is seriously considering its appeal rights.”