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Former Netherlands international Maurits van Nierop has been found dead in a street in Cape Town. He was 25.A police spokesman said they were alerted at 4.45am on Wednesday (September 24) by a security guard who found van Nierop at the base of a wall, adding it was believed he tried to jump off the wall and fell, striking his head. He died at the scene and foul play was not suspected, although the post mortem has yet to be carried out.Born in Cape Town, van Nierop was spotted as a promising talent at an early age, and that was underlined when he became the first player from the Netherlands to be taken onto the MCC groundstaff as one of their Young Cricketers in 2001.A top-order batsman, he played for various national age groups, captaining the Under-23s. He made his first-class debut for Netherlands in 2004, scoring 38 and 41 against Ireland in the Intercontinental Cup, going on to play in a further three games between then and 2006. He also made two ODI appearances in 2006-07.His selection was restricted because he had moved back to South Africa in 2006 where he had continued to play club cricket. He was only last week named in Netherlands’ winter training squad. “He was quite motivated to make his way back [into the Dutch team],” a friend said.

The ICC will trial the system to review umpire decisions in four more series before presenting a report to the cricket committee in May 2009. The system had been trialled during the three-Test series between Sri Lanka and India, and received mixed reactions. The ICC has not decided on the four series where the system will be tested.A three-day seminar was conduced in Dubai for the ICC’s elite panel of umpires and match referees, intended to improve teamwork and performance levels. The meeting was also attended by the ICC’s Associate and Affiliate international umpires’ panel and the five recently-appointed regional umpire performance managers and umpire managers from the ten Full Members.”I think it went very well,” Vince van der Bijl, the ICC’s umpires’ and referees’ manager, said. “I was impressed with the level of energy and commitment that was displayed by everyone, across all sections. They were long days but it was very encouraging to see everyone so involved and attentive.”There is a real desire among our umpires and referees to work as a team with a commonality of purpose. These guys are continually striving to get better and we now look forward to the next 12 months. There is always a lot of work to do but we are putting the right building blocks in place to make sure our officials’ performances continue to improve.”Steve Davis, an umpire on the elite panel, said they were open to the new review system. “For me, the most interesting thing was the detail surrounding the decision review system and the upcoming further trials,” he said. “There was very positive feedback from the first trial and now we want to continue those trials and make a really in-depth analysis of the system.”We need to be open-minded when considering the system and we are committed to being objective and giving it a real good try.” An important part of the conference was on preferred interpretations for Test and ODI playing conditions, with October 1 the implementation date for the new conditions.

The ICC board will have a telephone hook-up on Sunday, where a final decision on staging the Champions Trophy in Pakistan is expected. Top ICC officials, including president David Morgan, vice-president Sharad Pawar and chief executive Haroon Lorgat met in Dubai on Wednesday to discuss feedback from task force briefings with stakeholders from England, Australia and New Zealand, and decided to hold a teleconference of the task team on Friday, followed by the board meeting two days later. Sri Lanka, the official alternate venue, is on stand-by.The task team has already met with officials and players’ representatives in New Zealand, Australia and England in a bid to allay their security fears, but the feedback hasn’t been encouraging. Players’ associations from New Zealand and Australia have advised their members against visiting the tournament starting on September 12, and representatives in England are still engaged in meetings to assess the situation. The boards haven’t yet taken their stance, with Cricket Australia non-committal over its team’s participation, and they are expected to convey their final decision to the ICC on Sunday.Prior to the telephone hook-ups is the task team’s visit to South Africa, whose board have been supportive of Pakistan hosting the tournament. However, Lorgat, leading the delegation, might once again find it tough to convince the players.Tony Irish, the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) chief executive, told Cricinfo the South African team had their doubts over their safety after going through a number of security assessment reports, including that of ICC’s official security consultant. Irish said he would raise these concerns during the Friday meeting. “We remain concerned about the security situation in Pakistan,” he said. “Our board is meeting with the ICC on Friday, and I will be present at that meeting to convey our concerns.”Explaining the South African situation, Irish said the securityreport submitted by Reg Dickason, an independent security consultant would not be considered as he was engaged only by the players’ associations of Australia, New Zealand and England. But Irish suggested the South African players, who are currently touring England, remain unconvinced after evaluating separate assessments by the ICC, FICA and the South African government.”We have taken note of various security assessment reports, including one from the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA), Nicholls-Steyn, the ICC consultants, and another by our own government,” he said. “I have also been in constant touch with our players (in England) over this and the mood among them is that the concerns remain.”Last week, the weekly newspaper had reported that DJ Mavimbela, the country’s high commissioner in Pakistan, had sent a letter to Cricket South Africa warning it of a risk to players’ safety in the country.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out

In a match dominated by not one but two spin wizards, Sri Lanka completely destroyed the Indian batting line-up twice over to script their best win at home. India started the fourth day needing 242 runs to avoid the follow-on but, with 77 minutes to go to stumps, they had slumped to their third-worst Test defeat ever with an abject collapse against Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis.Murali and Mendis, assisted by the ever-alert close-in cordon, did not loosen the vice-like grip they had had over the batsmen from the moment the ball was thrown to Mendis in the 10th over of India’s first innings. With Mendis keeping the batsmen on a leash – his only two bad deliveries were the full tosses in his first two overs – and leaving the batsmen mesmerised, it was Murali who smiled his way to two five-fors and his 21st ten-wicket haul, which was also his fourth at the SSC.There was no respite for the batsmen from either end as 19 wickets fell to the spin pair, who bowled 87.5 overs out of the 117.5 that India faced in the match. Murali was always likely to be a threat, but Mendis showed that his six-wicket haul against India in the Asia Cup final was not a one-off. His bowling action is almost as intriguing as the kind of deliveries he bowls: in his final stride, the index finger of his left hand points upwards, as if giving the batsman out. On the basis of this performance, that action is completely justified as one of the most anticipated debuts of recent times turned out to be the best for a Sri Lankan.The Indian batsmen had struggled in the first innings, but the second was a greater embarrassment as Murali and Mendis nailed the batsmen with similar deliveries to the ones that had done them in in the first innings. With India trailing by 377 in the first innings, the follow-on decision was a no-brainer. The new-ball bowlers were fresh: they bowled only 16 overs in the innings, with Murali and Mendis bowling 49 successive overs in tandem. In the second innings, the fast bowlers had even less work to do: Jayawardene summoned his spinners after five overs and the move worked immediately. Murali accounted for Sehwag in a controversial manner, with what was the last ball before lunch. Sehwag shouldered arms to one that pitched barely on leg stump and straightened. Umpire Mark Benson turned down the appeal, but changed his mind after what seemed like errors from the Virtual Eye and third umpire Rudi Koertzen.The next session sealed the game for Sri Lanka, as India lost five wickets. Perhaps hoping for a repeat of Kolkata 2001, India sent Laxman, the first-innings half-centurion, at No. 3. He hit three beautiful boundaries off the medium-pacers, before Mendis had his number. This time it was the quicker googly which baffled him. Laxman didn’t have a clue about which way it would spin, and was trapped plumb in front.Sachin Tendulkar was a tad unfortunate when he missed a sweep outside the leg stump, the ball catching the back of the bat and lobbing to leg slip. Tendulkar stood his ground, and it needed a review to send him on his way. Gambhir was drawn forward for the second time in two innings and beaten in flight before Prasanna Jayawardene completed an exceptional stumping.Just before tea, Murali and Mendis worked their magic again in successive overs. Sourav Ganguly hadn’t looked comfortable against Murali and edged to second slip. Mendis then made Rahul Dravid revisit the first-innings horror when a quick carrom-ball legbreak just missed off stump. The next ball, a googly, had Dravid playing in front of his pad. The inside edge lobbed to short leg and, though the appeal was turned down, the review came into play again, making Dravid the third Indian batsman to perish in that manner. The rest was just a formality, which Murali and Mendis finished in style, Mendis taking the last two in the same over.The first half of the day was slightly better only than what transpired later. Muralitharan completed his 64th five-for with Harbhajan Singh’s wicket, but it was Mendis who inflicted major damage. Even Laxman had trouble picking him, the carrom ball being his main tormentor. Laxman was let off in the second over of the day, as an outside edge off Mendis bisected the keeper and Mahela Jayawardene at slip. The other batsmen were even more clueless. Anil Kumble and Zaheer were trapped by Mendis’ top spinners. Harbhajan played for a Murali doosra, but got an offspinner, which resulted in an easy bat-pad catch.

Despite having only the tailenders for company, Laxman didn’t farm the strike, twice allowing his partners to take a single off the last ball of the over. Harbhajan fell in the over that followed, while Zaheer survived. When Ishant Sharma joined him, Laxman finally took more of the strike and continued to do so until he was fairly confident in Ishant’s ability. Laxman had himself grown in confidence, reading Mendis better and employing the wristy flick. Despite the odd leading edge, he continued to attack. But Mendis, having bowled an unbroken 27-over spell, returned from Murali’s end to get his man. He first beat him with a 95kph legbreak, angling in and then breaking it away, before squaring him up with a googly, ending his 158-minute stay at the crease. Dravid and Laxman foxed in each innings of his first Test – as dream debuts go, there can’t be many better than this.Through the first two-and-a-half days of the match, the pitch seemed a shirtfront and a draw seemed the most likely result, especially given the inclement weather at the start. The magic of two outstanding spinners meant the game didn’t go into the fifth day. Sri Lanka last lost a Test at home in April 2006, against Pakistan in Kandy. With Murali and Mendis so frighteningly effective in tandem, it’s hard to imagine an overseas team defeating this double threat any time soon.

There could not have been a worse time – literally and figuratively – to play the ninth edition of the Asia Cup, a concept that is much abused, not always without merit. And when a much-abused concept features a much-abused form of the game, it better have everything going for it.First of all the timing of this year’s Asia Cup is a worry, because it’s scheduled in the months of June and July. International cricket has been played in Pakistan during this period and that sums up the predicament of 50-over cricket, perhaps more so tournaments that feature as many minnows as they do regular teams. So why June, you ask? Easy – there just isn’t any other time. As a result, all the really meaningful matches will be played in Karachi, which is expected to be the least oppressive in the summer – owing to sea breeze – and also to be least effected by the expected monsoon.The tournament comes on the heels of a successful IPL and one look at the teams involved blatantly suggests the possibility of more one-sided, one-dimensional games such as that the recent Kitply Cup, barring the final, threw up. Fifty-over cricket never needed a bigger fillip, and the Asia Cup needs to at least make sure it doesn’t go further down. For all the thrills Twenty20 has provided, 50-over cricket still offers considerably more opportunity for the classier side to prevail, the human character to unfold, the twists and turns to pan out, and that is what the tournament needs.For all the abuse heaped on the Asia Cup, it has something going for it; something that was the basis, 25 years ago, for the formation of the Asian Cricket Council that would in turn devise this tournament. Besides promoting the game in Asia, the major purpose behind the formation of the ACC was to promote a sense of friendship and goodwill between India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The kind that was seen when India and Pakistan sent a joint team to Sri Lanka after Australia and West Indies refused to travel following a bomb blast just before the start of the 1996 World Cup. The kind when South Africa moved out of a tri-series in Sri Lanka in 2005, again out of security concerns, and India decided to stay on and play a bilateral series.Now in the Asia Cup’s silver-jubilee year, when few teams wants to play cricket in Pakistan, and after they’ve suffered major losses following Australia’s pullout, and stand to lose more if the Champions Trophy is shifted elsewhere, it’s the Asian countries who are trying to prove that cricket can indeed be played in Pakistan.India, despite the blip in the final of the Kitply Cup, will go in as favourites. However, once the first three matches are out of the way they should be run close by Sri Lanka and Pakistan. For all three, there is something in the tournament and the upset win for Pakistan in Bangladesh has added the much-needed needle to the contest. India haven’t won the Asia Cup since 1995; 13 years sounds like a huge interval for what is essentially a three-nation tournament. They wouldn’t want to take it to 15.For all the increased frequency of India-Pakistan contests, Pakistan are somehow still one loss to India short of a crisis. And with two matches almost assured against their archrivals, and a third one if they can repeat their Kitply Cup success, Pakistan have reason to not take this lightly.Sri Lanka, who have dipped consistently since reaching the final of the World Cup last year, are worryingly seeming to lose out on the power game – both with the bat and the ball, which is what most of limited-overs cricket in the subcontinent is about. Since making the World Cup final they have suffered one-day defeats against England at home, in the CB Series in Australia and in the West Indies. Out of their last 22 ODIs they have won eight – three of them against Bangladesh at home.Weakened by the absence of Farveez Maharoof and Lasith Malinga and bolstered by the comeback of Sanath Jayasuriya, Dilhara Fernando and Muttiah Muralitharan, they would want to start the process of setting the record right here.Add to this the proverbial maxim about Bangladesh, UAE and Hong Kong having to prove themselves at this level – Bangladesh under significantly more pressure than the other two – and we have a tournament that the teams should care enough about to make the viewers respond in kind.Right now, though, the most apt definition for this Asia Cup would be a dry run for the Champions Trophy, but over the next fortnight the teams would want to make it mean more.

The first thing Stuart MacGill did after telling his wife he was going to retire was speak to his state and national team-mate Beau Casson. MacGill, who is disappointed he has to depart so soon, wanted Casson, the left-arm wrist-spinner, to have a bit more time so he could organise flying his family to the Caribbean.Casson is the only other specialist slow bowler in the squad, although Andrew Symonds and Michael Clarke offer part-time options, and is in line to become the key benefactor in MacGill’s mid-series decision. “The most important thing for me was that Beau had an opportunity to get his family over,” MacGill said after play on the third day. The final Test begins in Barbados on June 12.While most of Australia worries about the state of the next rung of spin bowlers following the retirements of Shane Warne, Brad Hogg and MacGill over the past 18 months, MacGill is not concerned and rates Casson, who moved from Western Australia two seasons ago, at the top of the list. “The reason that New South Wales chased Beau so hard was because we think he can bowl and we think he can win games,” MacGill said. “He proved that this year.”Hopefully now that he’s coming into a great team, there are a lot of great players in that side who can help you along. The Caribbean is a good place to bowl spin and I’m sure he is going to do well.”Casson’s first reaction on hearing the news was to ask if MacGill wanted to change his mind. MacGill was a bit upset, so Casson gave him a hug. After 44 Tests, he doesn’t want to leave, but knows it is time.”I do have lots of goals in Test cricket and I do want to play, but if things aren’t working out my way I don’t want to be there,” he said. “I am thinking about every single component of my game at the moment way too much because I have to, just to stay in it. That means I’m not going to be performing at my peak.”He said he “couldn’t live with myself” if he let the team down and decided over the past week he had to step away. “I guess [I knew] since mid-way through the first Test and then unfortunately – the reason why I’ve done this mid-game – every single ball [on day two].” His control had gone and short deliveries were mixed with full ones on Saturday, but he recovered to remove Ramnaresh Sarwan with a fine legspinner on day three.”I like to make people proud,” he said. “I’m proud of myself, and I don’t want to take the shine off it. I’ve got a lot of good memories. I’d hate to chuck in another bad one.”MacGill’s time in Australian teams has rarely been quiet and he missed the team bus to the ground on Saturday. He arrived after play had started – Australia were batting after resuming at 259 for 3 – and walked in with Viv Richards, who told the Sydney Morning Herald the bowler looked “sheepish”. There was no suggestion he was hungover.”To be honest, it’s incredibly embarrassing for me, but it’s very, very simple,” MacGill said. “The alarm didn’t go off, I missed the bus, and I was late for work. It is significant, but that’s as simple as it was, and I do feel embarrassed, because I just don’t really need complications to be honest.”Caribbean tours are hard work. I love a night out, but very few of us cope well with tours over here, so it was actually a pretty early night for me. I can’t guarantee you I slept particularly well – I’ve got a lot on my mind – but I can’t even use that as a reason. I was sleeping, missed the bus and was late for work. It would be cooler if I had a better story.”The tight schedule of three games in less than three weeks has also affected MacGill’s 37-year-old body, with his knee and wrist the major problems. “The rigours of this particular tour have proven a little bit too much for me,” he said. “Playing against West Indies in the Caribbean is hard work. You’ve got some very good players who respond well to playing in this region, it’s hot, the pitches are unforgiving, the grounds are quite often small, and you’ve really got to earn your dollars.”Disappointingly for MacGill, he expects his final Test day on Tuesday to be one of his worst memories of a career that currently contains 208 wickets. “A lowlight will be walking off the ground at the end of this game,” he said. “Probably the hardest thing is I thought I had already played my last Test in Hobart, so it means that two of my last three Tests I’ve felt pretty low. I really do because I don’t want to stop playing, this is what I’m good at.”His highlights include taking nine wickets in his second Test, against Pakistan in 1998, and the 2003 trip to the West Indies. “Playing here on the last tour in Barbados, Steve Waugh said we were the only team in the world that could bowl them out twice and we did,” he said. “That was great, nine wickets. Nine seems to be my lucky number. If I get nine in this Test it would be a nice way to finish.”Cricket Australia will decide over the next month what to do with his contract for 2008-09. Playing for New South Wales for a couple of seasons remains in MacGill’s plans and he also has the second series of his wine programme Uncorked to film. “Maybe I’ll finally get a real job.”

Ireland captain Heather Whelan will sit out the three-ODI series with West Indies this month as she is expecting a child. Isobel Joyce will lead the side for the first time for the series which begins on June 24 and also includes a Twenty20, with Nicki Coffey her vice captain. The former skipper Clare Shillington has also been named in the 12-player squad.West Indies had managed to hastily arrange a tour of Ireland, England and Netherlands this summer in order to keep their World Cup ambitions on track. Although they had qualified for next year’s tournament in Australia – the ultimate prize in women’s cricket – they were in danger of missing out through having not played enough games.The European nations have stepped in to help and the matches will be useful experience for Ireland, who have missed out on both the World Cup and the World Twenty20 in England. Only the teams who qualified for the World Cup got to play in Twenty20 competition, and Ireland failed in the qualifiers in South Africa earlier this year.Squad Emma Beamish, Jean Carroll (wk), Nicki Coffey, Marianne Herbert, Cecelia Joyce, Amy Kenealy, Joanne McKinley, Ciara Metcalfe, Cathy Murphy, Eimear Richardson, Melissa Scott-Hayward, Clare Shillington.

All 15 players of South Africa’s victorious women’s World Cup qualifiers squad have been included in the 18-member training squad announced ahead of the team’s tour of England and Ireland. Alexis le Brenton, Marizanne Kapp and Shabnin Ismail are the three in the squad who were not part of South Africa’s qualifiers campaign.A final 14 will be picked from the camp scheduled between May 23 and 25. At the end of July South Africa will travel to Ireland for a one-dayer, and then head to England in August for five ODIs and three Twenty20 matches.Kerri Laing, the president of the women’s cricket committee, said the tour would help South Africa improve their skills and ability to compete at a higher level.”It’s ideal preparation for us to play against one of the top four countries in the world to give us the necessary competition,” Laing said. “With the World Cup in mind, so much work still needs to be done and this tour will give us a hint of how far we still need to travel in achieving the required level of readiness.”Training squad:
Cri-Zelda Brits (capt), Claire Terblanche, Olivia Anderson, Susan Benade, Trisha Chetty (wk), Dinesha Devnarain, Mignon du Preez, Shandre Fritz, Shabnin Ismail, Marizanne Kapp, Ashlyn Kilowan, Alexis le Breton, Marcia Letsoalo, Sunette Loubser, Annelie Minnie, Alicia Smith, Daleen Terblanche, Charlize van der Westhuizen.

The Ashes are quickly turning into a dark comedy, and one penned by a particularly cruel scriptwriter at that. Quite apart from being outclassed man-for-man, England are now facing an injury list of almost unfathomable length. Steve Waugh told the post-match press conference: “We can still lose the series.” Another joke, surely?So, if we are to believe that England will not win the Ashes, where do they go now? They will not be helped by, and will not heed, Merv Hughes’ ridiculous suggestion that Nasser Hussain should be sacked. Hussain, all things considered, had a fair Test as skipper, certainly one free from howlers. What England can do is play the rest of the series one session at a time, and try to compete.It looks as though changes will be made for Perth. Andy Caddick, who bowled so far below his potential at Adelaide that he was barely recognisable, is expected to miss out. This will give Matthew Hoggard another chance. Hoggard’s performances on tour have been disappointing. He is a fine bowler, who will quite possibly take hundreds of Test wickets, but without swing is unable to trouble hungry Australian batsmen.Caddick’s injury looks to leave a space open for either Chris Silverwood or Alex Tudor. Either would shore up England’s flimsy tail a little, but neither will give the likes of Hayden or Ponting nightmares. On balance, and despite the fact that he has not bowled a ball on tour, Silverwood is the better option. He is quick, and should at least hurry the batsmen at the WACA. If the tourists were to be brave, they could consider picking James Anderson. The young Lancastrian is genuinely quick and accurate, and has impressed at the Academy.What was ultimately frustrating was the way in which England subsided after dominating the first day. Michael Vaughan is beginning to look like a great batsman, and handled himself in typically phlegmatic fashion. He has a cover-drive straight from heaven, and is developing a hook that could be just as potent. He did not seem fazed by the verbals, and scores at a terrific rate without ever looking hurried.Vaughan’s dismissal marked the beginning of a catastrophe. There is no getting away from it: England have an awful tail. They will be exposed 95 per cent of the time by one of the best bowling attacks in the history of the game. They were rolled over with the utmost ease, and Craig White looks two places too high at seven. Without a quick fix to the problem, one solution might be to consider James Foster. He is a gutsy batsman, capable of occupying the crease. He could keep wicket, releasing a little pressure on Alec Stewart. England would be denied a bowler, but the benefit of Foster’s batting might just be worth it. Five bowlers have not been enough so far in the series, and the only way in which England can possibly put pressure on the Australians is by getting big runs on the board.Steve Harmison performed well at Adelaide, bowling accurately without sacrificing pace. He looked the most likely bowler, but will need to step up his game in Perth. England have essentially lost their entire first choice bowling attack. Rather than castigation, the squad desperately needs support. Remember that Australia have not lost a Test at home for four years, that they have whitewashed India, Pakistan, South Africa and West Indies in the recent past. It would be an achievement indeed if England were able to avoid joining that list. If they are able to do so considering their injuries, they should return home as heroes.

LOGAN CUP RECORDS (FIRST-CLASS): MASHONALAND v MIDLANDS

RESULTS OF MATCHES PLAYED1999/2000: At Harare Sports Club; 31 March, 1 April 2000.MASHONALAND 165 and 173/8 dec.MIDLANDS 31 (A J Mackay 6/16) and 56 (A J Mackay 5/19).Mashonaland won by 251 runs.2000/01: At Kwekwe Sports Club; 30, 31 March, 1 April 2001.MASHONALAND 357/7 dec.MIDLANDS 92 (B C Strang 5/13) and 222 (T J Friend 115; E A Brandes 5/19).Mashonaland won by an innings and 43 runs.2001/02: At Harare Sports Club; 22, 23, 24 March 2002.MASHONALAND 329 (C N Evans 163) and 263/8 dec (R W Price 5/68).MIDLANDS 211 and 133.Mashonaland won by 248 runs.Total: Played: 3Won by Mashonaland 3Won by Midlands 0Drawn: 0HIGHEST TOTALSBy Mashonaland: 357/7 dec Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01By Midlands: 222 Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01LOWEST TOTALSBy Mashonaland: 165 Harare Sports Club 1999/2000By Midlands: 31 ) Harare Sports Club 1999/200056 )92 Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01HIGHEST FOURTH-INNINGS TOTALSFor Mashonaland:To win: no instancesTo lose: no instancesTo draw: no instancesFor Midlands:To win: no instancesTo lose: 133 Harare Sports Club 2001/02To draw: no instancesHIGHEST MATCH AGGREGATES936 runs/37 wkts Mashonaland (329 and 263/8 dec) beat Midlands(211 and 133) by 248 runs, at Harare Sports Club 2001/02(Midlands batted one man short in the second innings)LOWEST COMPLETED MATCH AGGREGATES425 runs/38 wkts Mashonaland (165 and 173/8 dec) beat Midlands(31 and 56) by 251 runs, at Harare Sports Club 1999/2000LARGEST MARGINS OF VICTORYFor Mashonaland:innings and 43 runs Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01251 runs Harare Sports Club 1999/2000248 runs Harare Sports Club 2001/02For Midlands:no instancesBATTING RECORDSCENTURIES163 C N Evans (Mash) Harare Sports Club 2001/02115 T J Friend (Mid) Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01200 RUNS IN MATCHES BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMSCareer M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50C N Evans (Mash) 1999/00-2001/02 3 5 1 325 163 81.25 1 1Best by Midlands: 147 (av. 73.50), by T J Friend4 OR MORE SIXES IN AN INNINGS7 C N Evans (163) for Mashonaland, at Harare Sports Club 2001/024 G W Flower (83) for Mashonaland, at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/0115 OR MORE BOUNDARIES IN AN INNINGS26 (19×4, 7×6) C N Evans (163), for Mashonaland, at Harare SC 2001/0218 (17×4, 1×6) T J Friend (115), for Midlands, at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01BATSMEN SCORING 50% OR MORE OF A COMPLETED INNINGS TOTALFor Mashonaland:No instancesFor Midlands:51.87% J M Cornford (69* of 133), at Harare Sports Club 2001/0251.80% T J Friend (115 of 222), at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01HIGHEST SCORE IN BOTH INNINGS OF A MATCHFor Mashonaland:No instancesFor Midlands:T J Friend (32/92 and 115/222), at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS (including all century partnerships)For Mashonaland:1st: 88 G J Rennie (37) and H Masakadza (85), at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/012nd: 93 H Masakadza (85) and G W Flower (83), at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/013rd: 30 K J Davies (45) and D J Peacock (22), at Harare Sports Club 1999/20004th: 92 B G Rogers (56) and C N Evans (163), at Harare Sports Club 2001/025th: 31 C N Evans (36) and D J R Campbell (19), at Harare Sports Club 1999/20006th: 68 C N Evans (163) and N B Mahwire (22), at Harare Sports Club 2001/027th: 106 B G Rogers (80) and D J R Campbell (61), at Harare Sports Club 2001/028th: 59* C N Evans (73*) and E A Brandes (24*), at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/019th: 3 E Z Matambanadzo (0) and G du Plessis (3*), at Harare Sports Club 1999/200010th: 77 C N Evans (163) and B T Watambwa (14*), at Harare Sports Club 2001/02For Midlands:1st: 5 T Duffin (3) and L K Mutyambizi (3), at Harare Sports Club 2001/022nd: 16 M J Vaughan-Davies (7) and C A Grant (7), at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/013rd: 22 L S Malloch-Brown (20) and K M Connelly (10), at Harare SC 1999/20004th: 36 S M Ervine (12) and D P Viljoen (78), at Harare Sports Club 2001/025th: 66 D P Viljoen (78) and J M Cornford (28), at Harare Sports Club 2001/026th: 108 T J Friend (115) and C Delport (44), at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/017th: 68 T J Friend (115) and B M Vaughan-Davies (21), at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/018th: 43 D P Viljoen (78) and C Macmillan (35), at Harare Sports Club 2001/029th: 43 J M Cornford (69*) and E C Rainsford (11), at Harare Sports Club 2001/0210th: 21 D T Hondo (29*) and C J Sanders (8), at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01BOWLING RECORDSFIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGSFor Mashonaland:6/16 A J Mackay (6.5-2-16-6) ) Harare Sports Club 1999/20005/19 A J Mackay (10-6-19-5) )5/13 B C Strang (9-1-13-5) Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/015/19 E A Brandes (14.4-9-19-5) Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01For Midlands:5/68 R W Price (27.4-6-68-5) Harare Sports Club 2001/02TEN WICKETS IN A MATCHFor Mashonaland:11/35 (6/16 & 5/19) A J Mackay Harare Sports Club 1999/2000For Midlands:No instances. Best: 6/147 (1/79 & 5/68), by R W Price, at Harare Sports Club, 2001/02MOST OVERS IN AN INNINGSFor Mashonaland:23 (23-7-56-3) B C Strang, at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01For Midlands:39 (39-10-110-2) R W Price, at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01MOST OVERS IN A MATCHFor Mashonaland:32 (32-8-69-8) B C Strang, at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01For Midlands:46.4 (46.4-9-147-6) R W Price, at Harare Sports Club 2001/02MOST RUNS CONCEDED IN AN INNINGSFor Mashonaland:57 (12-1-57-4) B T Watambwa, at Harare Sports Club 2001/02For Midlands:110 (39-10-110-2) R W Price, at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01MOST RUNS CONCEDED IN A MATCHFor Mashonaland:101 (29.2-3-101-6) B T Watambwa, at Harare Sports Club 2001/02For Midlands:147 (46.4-9-147-6) R W Price, at Harare Sports Club 2001/02MOST MAIDEN OVERS IN AN INNINGSFor Mashonaland:9 (14.4-9-19-5) E A Brandes, at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01For Midlands:10 (39-10-110-2) R W Price, at Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/0110 WICKETS IN MATCHES BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMSCareer M O Mdns R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMA J Mackay (Mash) 1999/00-2001/02 3 50.5 17 154 14 11.00 6/16 2 1R W Price (Mid) 1999/00-2001/02 3 98.4 23 277 13 21.30 5/68 1 -B T Watambwa (Mash) 1999/00-2001/02 2 38.2 6 122 10 12.20 4/15 – -ALL-ROUND RECORDS50 RUNS AND 5 WICKETS IN A MATCHNo instances.100 RUNS AND 10 WICKETS IN MATCHES BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMSNo instances.WICKET-KEEPING RECORDS4 OR MORE DISMISSALS IN AN INNINGSFor Mashonaland:4 (all ct) D J R Campbell, at Harare Sports Club 1999/2000For Midlands:No instances. Best 3 (all ct), by E R Marillier5 OR MORE DISMISSALS IN A MATCHFor Mashonaland:No instances. Best 4 (all ct), by D J R CampbellFor Midlands:No instances. Best 4 (all ct), by E R MarillierMOST DISMISSALS IN MATCHES BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMSFor Mashonaland: 8 (all ct), by D J R Campbell, in 3 matches, 1999/2000-2001/02For Midlands: 4 (ct), by E R Marillier, in 1 match, 1999/2000FIELDING RECORDS3 OR MORE CATCHES IN AN INNINGSFor Mashonaland:3 A Flower Kwekwe Sports Club 2000/01For Midlands:No instances of more than 24 OR MORE CATCHES IN A MATCHFor Mashonaland:No instances. Best 3, by A FlowerFor Midlands:No instances. Best 3, by J M CornfordMOST CATCHES IN MATCHES BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMSFor Mashonaland: 4, by C N Evans, in 3 matches, 1999/2000-2001/02For Midlands: 3, by J M Cornford, in 1 match, 2001/02MISCELLANEOUSMOST MATCHES BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMSFor Mashonaland: 3, by D J R Campbell, C N Evans and A J MackayFor Midlands: 3, by R W PriceMOST CAPTAINCIESFor Mashonaland: 2, by A J MackayFor Midlands: no instances of more than 1