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Melbourne Stars batsman Kevin Pietersen has been fined AUD 5000 for criticising an umpiring decision on air while fielding during the BBL semi-final against Perth Scorchers

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Feb-2017Melbourne Stars batsman Kevin Pietersen has been fined AUD 5000 for criticising an umpiring decision on air while fielding during the BBL semi-final against Perth Scorchers on January 24.The incident occurred during the Scorchers’ chase, when opener Sam Whiteman was given not out when he appeared to bottom edge Scott Boland to the wicketkeeper. Pietersen was wearing a microphone on the field at the time to be part of the BBL’s commentary broadcast and he made a comment on the umpire’s decision.

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3.4 Boland to Whiteman, no run, looked to swing this over to Sydney! Whiteman stands his ground. Boland thought there was an under-edge that flew to the keeper, but the umpire was unmoved. There was some sound, looked like he hit it. Oh dear, hard on Melbourne Stars

“That was a shocker, an absolute shocker,” Pietersen said. “He says it could have been glove or pad, and I said, ‘well, he’s got big gloves and big pads to reach that’. Massive nick.”Cricket Australia said Pietersen “was reported for breaching CA’s Code of Conduct Article 2.2.3 –  public or media comment that is detrimental to the interests of cricket, irrespective of when or where such comment is made – a level 2 offence. As per the CA Code of Conduct procedure, the Match Referee, David Talalla, considered the umpires’ written report, and the proposed sanction was a $5000 fine.”On January 27, Pietersen decided to “dispute the sanction” and after a hearing, which included “additional submissions from Pietersen along with video footage and the umpires’ written report,” on February 2, Talalla upheld the AUD 5000 fine.Pietersen has 48 hours to appeal the match referee’s decision and take the issue to a CA Code of Conduct Commissioner.

Lahore Qalandars, who were thrashed by Quetta Gladiators in their tournament opener, made light work of a 159 target in Dubai

Danyal Rasool11-Feb-2017
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
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Watch – Highlights of Lahore Qalandars’ successful chase

Lahore Qalandars demonstrated that they had learned plenty of lessons from yesterday’s demoralising loss to Quetta, beating Islamabad United by six wickets. Chasing 159, slightly under par, Lahore received a trigger-boost courtesy Brendon McCullum and Jason Roy, who smashed 36 off the first two overs. Roy, often criticised for not turning style into substance, then established a 71-run partnership with Umar Akmal to set Lahore up for the finish, and stayed unbeaten on 60. A late cameo from Sunil Narine then snuffed Islamabad out of the contest.The defending champions started ominously, and had raced to 73 for 1 after nine overs. Grant Elliott dismissed openers Dwayne Smith and Sam Billings in his first over. He accounted for two more wickets and a catch to halt Islamabad’s progress. Misbah-ul-Haq, the captain, rose to the occasion in a crisis, scoring 61 not out off 36 balls as Islamabad posted 158 for 7. The surface, however, was a belter and Lahore’s batsmen were far too explosive for Misbah’s men to keep them at bay.Where the match was won

With Billings and Smith rocking along at 73 without loss, and Brad Haddin and Shane Watson to follow, Islamabad looked to be in the form of the kind that helped them chase down 190 two nights ago against Peshawar Zalmi. Enter Elliott and the game changed. The medium pacer accounted for all four foreign recruits; his nagging, middle-stump line didn’t allow Islamabad’s batsmen to free their arms, and setting up a total that would have been significantly more challenging for McCullum’s side.The men that won it

On Friday, Roy looked in sparkling touch for the 14 balls that fetched him 27. The platform was set, but he threw it away. Today, though, he hung around after McCullum fell, turning in a much more sedate, yet tenacious batting performance, not dissimilar to the way his England captain Eoin Morgan batted in Peshawar’s seven-wicket win last night. Umar Akmal was lively at the other end, timing the ball beautifully in a 26-ball 35 to set the stage for Narine’s fireworks at the finish.The 21-run overs

Islamabad’s 34-year old left-arm spinner Imran Khalid, who has never played at international level, was given a baptism of fire today when Misbah asked him to open the bowling in the Powerplay with Roy and McCullum at the crease. It was an odd choice, and poor Khalid was evidently nervous; he bowled two wides and both line and length were all over the place. McCullum took a particular liking to him, thumping him for 21 runs in the over. It set Qalandar’s up for the chase. There was symmetry to the Lahore assault, with Watson also going for 21 runs in the 17th over, which put the game beyond all doubt.The moment of the match

There was a shot played in this match you might have to wait a while to see again, even in this T20 age. As Lahore’s Bilawal Bhatti came in to bowl, Billings looked set to play a scoop over fine leg. Wisely enough, Bilawal went wide outside off stump. Billings followed, holding his bat straight out in front of his chest. It was miles away when he tried to play the long-awaited scoop. The ball instead hit his helmet, and went to third man for four leg-byes. Who would be a bowler, really?Where they stand

Islamabad and Lahore now both have one win and one loss from their games, and two points each. Four of the five sides now sit on that number, with Karachi yet to register a win.

Grant Elliott, the New Zealand allrounder who played a starring role in his country’s run to the World Cup final in 2015, is to announce his retirement from international cricket

George Dobell30-Mar-20170:49

A look at Grant Elliott’s exploits in New Zealand colours over the years

Grant Elliott, the New Zealand allrounder who played a starring role in his country’s run to the World Cup final in 2015, is to announce his retirement from international cricket.Elliott will sign for Birmingham Bears as a Kolpak registration, joining fellow New Zealanders Jeetan Patel and Colin de Grandhomme at Edgbaston, but will play in the NatWest Blast only.While Warwickshire’s director of sport, Ashley Giles, stated that Kolpak registrations were “not a favoured option for me” when he rejoined the club, he did also say “never say never”.Giles said: “Grant has proven himself as a match-winner on the biggest stage. He top scored in the final and semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2015 and he has a wealth of T20 experience, having played in several of the world’s leading competitions.”Securing Grant, and the earlier addition of Colin de Grandhomme, gives us the additional batting firepower that we wanted to complement a strong top order. He also gives us even more options with the ball and has good experience of English conditions.”As a teammate of Jeetan, we know that Grant has great character and he will play an important role in developing the younger members of the squad. He will be a proud Bear and we look forward to welcoming him to Edgbaston in July.”At the age of 38, Elliott’s decision is understandable. He has already retired from ODIs and has not played for New Zealand since their defeat by England in the World T20 semi-final exactly one year ago, but remains a sought-after T20 specialist.Most recently, he was playing for Lahore Qalanders in the Pakistan Super League, where his final-ball six against Islamabad United, and subsequent bat-drop, attracted global headlines.Born in Johannesburg, Elliott emigrated to New Zealand in search of new challenges in 2001, and played the first of his five Tests against England at Napier seven years later. He also featured in 16 T20Is, but it was in the 50-over format that he forged his international reputation.In all, he played 83 ODIs, starting with a central role in New Zealand’s 3-1 victory in England in 2008, but reaching its zenith on an unforgettable night at Auckland in the 2015 World Cup, when he struck the final-over six off Dale Steyn that propelled New Zealand into their first World Cup final.Though they finished the tournament as runners-up, beaten by Australia in the final at Melbourne, Elliott top-scored for his team with 83 from 82 balls, to cement his cult-hero status among New Zealand’s supporters.The boss: Grant Elliott smashed a six to win the 2015 World Cup semi-final against South Africa•Getty Images

Khalid Latif and Shahzaib Hasan could be facing more charges for breaches of the PCB’s anti-corruption code

Umar Farooq17-Apr-2017Khalid Latif and Shahzaib Hasan could be facing more charges for breaches of the PCB’s anti-corruption code.ESPNcricinfo understands the PCB might have found fresh leads in the ongoing investigation into the allegations of corruption surrounding the second season of the PSL. The board issued fresh notices against the players, who are already provisionally suspended, on Monday, asking them to appear for interviews before its Security and Vigilance Department. Latif was asked to appear on April 26, and Hasan on April 27.”In furtherance of its fight against corruption in the game of cricket the Pakistan Cricket Board’s Security and Vigilance Department has today issued fresh Notices of Demand to Cricketers Khalid Latif and Shahzaib Hassan,” PCB said in a statement. “These Notices of Demand have been issued under Article 4.3 of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code and require both Cricketers to appear before the PCB Security and Vigilance Department for interviews relating to investigations into possible further breaches of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code.”Article 4.3, as well as requiring the players to be interviewed, allows the PCB to seek any information it believes to be relevant to the case, including access to personal records such as bank statements and phone records.Latif has already been charged with six breaches of the PCB’s anti-corruption code during the PSL in February. He was provisionally suspended for alleged misdemeanours and was sent home from the tournament. He has already challenged those charges and is set to be heard before a three-man tribunal on May 5. He will now, however, appear in this separate investigation on April 26.Latif challenged the status of the tribunal in the Lahore High Court during his hearing last week but the writ petition was shot down by the court. His lawyer subsequently decided to appear before the tribunal under protest.Shahzaib was charged for allegedly failing to report a suspect approach in time and in full detail, and also for allegedly inducing players in corruption. He was charged with breaching three major clauses of the PCB’s anti-corruption code and is scheduled to appear before the tribunal on April 21. He will now have to appear again on April 27.

The South Africa captain has defended his leadership skills, and admitted that a “very poor batting performance” cost them a spot in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy

Firdose Moonda at The Oval11-Jun-2017AB de Villiers “absolutely” wants to lead South Africa in the 2019 World Cup despite being part of another failed campaign in an ICC event because he thinks he can be the man to oversee a change in South Africa’s fortunes.”Because I’m a good captain. And I can take this team forward. I can take us to win a World Cup, I believe,” de Villiers said, after the defeat against India at The Oval. “I believed the same thing over here in this tournament and the last one here but that’s what I believe. I love doing it.”De Villiers has captained South Africa’s limited-overs’ sides since 2011 and while he gave up the T20 reins in 2013, he remains the ODI skipper. Overall, he has played in 13 ICC events, dating back to the Champions Trophy in 2006, and captained in five but his first-hand knowledge of South Africa’s litany of unsuccessful attempts to take home a trophy has not provided him with any answers to explain why they have yet to come out on top.”We’ve covered all the bases. There’s no doubt about that,” he said. “We’ve had camp after camp. And we’ve worked really, really hard on the nets, and we back each other, we trust each other, and for some reason, things like that just keep happening.”Although de Villiers admitted that it was a “very poor batting performance” that saw South Africa slip from 76 without loss to 191 all out against India, he denied that they panicked.”I felt the team was pretty composed today. I don’t think we lost it there with composure. A few errors of judgement, a few mistakes out there cost us badly today,” he said. “It’s not going to do with composure in my eyes. I felt pretty calm with the team all the time. We played some good shots and then just a couple of bad, errors of judgement out there cost us.”And he did not attribute those mistake to any mental bogey-men but mused that maybe the nature of multi-team tournaments demanded too much of South Africa. “It wasn’t a mental thing. We just didn’t play well,” he said. “Tournaments are a little bit different. You play different teams all the time on different venues, so it’s a big challenge. No one said it’s going to be easy. But we do come up short for some reason in tournaments like this, and it is pretty sad.”I can’t explain to you exactly what happens. I think you saw it out there today. It was just a very poor batting performance. It has nothing to do with the energy or the intensity or the belief in the team. We felt we had a great chance today. We came here to win the game of cricket. And then we just unraveled as a side out there.”The manner of that unraveling – the speed and the shot selection and the sheer stun-value of three run-outs by one of the most athletic teams on the international circuit — is what disappointed de Villiers most. “The way we lost was the most disappointing part of it. We were really in a good position there with the batting end early on, and through soft dismissals we lost our way and that was the part for me that hurt the most,” he said.Pain is something South Africa, and de Villiers, have experienced a lot of. At the moment it is preventing him from being able to form a clear picture of where things went wrong and how they can be done better next time, when he intends to lead again.”I’m not thinking about the next one now,” he said. “We just sort of want to go get through this hurt now, because it’s hurting quite bad. I’ve not thought about what we are going to think about our next tournament.De Villiers would not be drawn into discussing whether he thinks anything should change before the next competition, except his own insistence that he will remain captain. Pushed on whether he saw a need for “more radical shake-up” de Villiers said: “That’s a question that can only be answered by people who are in control of making radical decisions. That’s not my decision. We’ll have to wait and see what people out there want to decide or whoever is in control of making those kind of decisions. I don’t think we are a bad cricket team.”They’re not. South Africa came into this event ranked No.1 in the world. For that reason, perhaps, de Villiers does not think that they getting further away from eventually winning an event. “I must be very honest with you – not a lot of people believe me but I feel it’s pretty close. I don’t think it feels far away,” he said. “It’s very difficult to say that after a performance like this, but that’s what I believe in my heart. I believe we’re the very close unit. There’s more than enough talent, and we’ve just got to get it right when it matters most.”

Anil Kumble will be given an extension in case the cricket advisory committee, appointed to finalise his successor, does not arrive at a final choice before the tour

Nagraj Gollapudi12-Jun-2017The BCCI is likely to retain Anil Kumble as coach for India’s tour of the West Indies immediately after the ongoing Champions Trophy. Kumble will be given the contract extension if the cricket advisory committee (CAC) fails to pick India’s next coach before then.The decision was taken by the Committee of Administrators (CoA), after consulting BCCI secretary Amitabh Choudhary and chief executive officer Rahul Johri on Monday.”In case there is a delay in taking a decision (by the CAC) we will request Anil Kumble to cover the West Indies tour also,” Vinod Rai, the CoA chairman, told ESPNcricinfo. Rai said the BCCI would check whether Kumble was “happy” to continue until the West Indies tour, which starts on June 23. India are scheduled to travel to the Caribbean from London on June 22, for five ODIs and one T20 international.Kumble was appointed India coach in June last year and was given a one-year contract, which ends after the Champions Trophy. Last month, the BCCI decided to invite fresh applications for the position after being made aware of the players’ reported unhappiness with Kumble’s man-management skills.Kumble was on the shortlist of six candidates and remained the first choice of the CAC, which comprises Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman. Though the BCCI was in favour of appointing the new coach on a two-year contract until the 2019 World Cup, the CAC said that it did not want to take a hasty decision. The CAC’s first option, as previously reported, was to try and patch up differences between the India captain Virat Kohli and Kumble.

A grand show from bowlers Lea Tahuhu and Leigh Kasperek, followed by a blitz from Rachel Priest, saw New Zealand canter home against West Indies

The Report by Deivarayan Muthu06-Jul-2017
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsLea Tahuhu swung the new ball and removed West Indies’ openers•International Cricket Council

Offspinner Leigh Kasperek and seamer Lea Tahuhu skittled West Indies for 150 and set up New Zealand’s second win in four matches. Kasperek, playing her first ODI since February 2016, found drift, dip, and turn to befuddle the middle order, after Tahuhu had made light work of the openers. Rachel Priest led the pursuit with a ferocious 90 off 55 balls, of which 80 came in boundaries. The eight-wicket victory – achieved with 190 balls to spare – not only boosted New Zealand’s net-run rate and lifted them to fourth place but also suggested West Indies had not recovered from Sunday’s hangover, when they crashed to 48 all out against South Africa. They are now languishing at the bottom of the points table with four losses in four matches.Kasperek, who had been sidelined for the bulk of the last two seasons, with multiple fractures on her left hand, showed no signs of rust and set to work immediately with the new ball. She found exaggerated drift in the air and rapped the pads of Kycia Knight with her first two balls. Then she looped one past the outside edge to claim a maiden. She would claim five more maidens.The early damage, though, was done by Tahuhu. She struck in her second over when she slanted one across Kycia Knight and had her feathering behind. In her next over, she bounced out Hayley Matthews and tore to her right to snaffle a sharp return catch. Enter Kasperek, again. She removed Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin off successive balls, and was on the brink of a hat-trick in the 17th over. New Zealand deployed a Test-match field for the hat-trick ball – two slips, a silly point, a forward short leg, a short cover, and short midwicket – but Merissa Aguilleira, featuring in her 100th ODI, somehow kept it out. At the end of that maiden, Kasperek’s figures, believe it or not, read: 4-3-1-2, and West Indies were 53 for 4. Two balls later, Chedean Nation spooned 16-year-old Amelia Kerr to short midwicket.Aguilleira and Kyshona Knight then mounted some resistance with a 38-run stand for the sixth wicket. They were the only two batsmen to hit boundaries off Kasperek. Aguilleira struck the only six of the innings when she smote the offspinner over the midwicket boundary. But Kasperek held the next one back and drew Aguilleira out of her crease to have her stumped for 20 off 30 balls.Instead of going for the jugular by drafting Tahuhu back, Suzie Bates, the captain, persisted with her change bowlers. Amy Satterthwaite was smacked for back-to-back boundaries, while Sophie Devine was milked for ones and twos. Kyshona Knight was also adventurous against Kerr before Holly Huddleston cleaned her up in the 40th over. The innings lasted only a further three overs as Tahuhu returned and duly applied the finishing touches.Rachel Priest hammered a 29-ball fifty•ICC/Getty Images

In all, West Indies scored 24 boundaries. New Zealand’s openers Priest and Bates alone hit 24 boundaries. Priest pounced on anything that was remotely short and wide, rattling three boundaries off debutant Akeria Peters’ first over. New Zealand raced past fifty in the eighth over when Priest firmly swept Taylor to the square leg boundary. Seven balls later, she raised her own fifty, off 29 balls, with a crunch down the ground. Such was the assault that the game seemed almost over by then. At the other end, Bates was happy to ride in Priest’s slipstream.After unfurling a variety of drives, Priest chipped offspinner Anisa Mohammed to extra cover with her side 31 runs away from victory. Two balls later, Devine exited, but Bates and Katey Martin completed the formalities.West Indies’ batting lacked direction, their bowling was wayward, and their poor fielding did not help their cause either. No fewer than two catches were dropped in just 18.2 overs. All of that puts them all but out of the tournament.”We haven’t really been playing much 50-over cricket,” Taylor said after the match. “A couple of New Zealand girls managed to get acclimatised. If you look at 50-over games, it’s been a while since we last played.”In the past few games, the openers set up a platform but the middle order could not capitalise. It’s all about mindset (about the next game against Sri Lanka). We just have to look to play some positive cricket. We just have to play for some pride.”

Sussex suffered an alarming collapse when all seemed in control before the No. 9 hit 41 off 37 balls, sealing a one-wicket win with six

Paul Edwards at Penrhyn Avenue30-Aug-2017
Ollie Robinson had plenty to celebrate•Getty Images

“So here’s to you, Ollie Robinson, Sussex loves you more than you will know.” Yes, they will write songs about games like this; they will write songs because one or two of the daft souls had cried when Robinson hit a winning six onto the embankment at Penrhyn Avenue.They will write songs because his innings of 41 not out in 37 balls had secured a one-wicket victory when it seemed all chance of any win had been tossed madly away into the Welsh air. Even in sedate Eastbourne they will sing until their throats are dry and their glasses need refilling. Despite the best efforts of a young Glamorgan team who had performed beyond almost everyone’s expectations, Sussex are still in the hunt for promotion. They may be dancing in the boulevards of Cuckfield tonight.Fallibility was once part of Sussex’s charm and being reminded of it irritated their coaches beyond human endurance. Then, in the era of Peter Moores, Chris Adams and Mushtaq Ahmed, endearing weakness was replaced by a hard-nosed desire for success. Three Championships followed and supporters thought the good old days of entertaining defeats were gone with the Langridges, the Coxes and cricket at much-mourned Hastings.Yet one only needed to be at Colwyn Bay on the final day of this game to be reassured that when Sussex cricketers glimpse their foot they can be trusted to take a bead on it. Such a summary gives not a sliver of deserved credit to Glamorgan’s players but it does convey something of the astonishment on the Penrhyn Avenue ground when Ben Brown’s team collapsed from 100 for 2 to 179 for 9, losing four wickets in as many overs just before tea.They had only needed 209 as well. When Chris Nash and Stiaan van Zyl had been at the wicket, the job seemed straightforward, even on a pitch of variable bounce. The new ball, nipping around darkly like a spiv in wartime, had claimed the wickets of Luke Wells and Angus Robson but it had been seen off. Sussex were 100 for 2 and broad sunlit downlands beckoned. Well, not quite, m’lud.Van Zyl was leg before on the front foot to Andrew Salter for 38. Enter Luke Wright, who rushed down the wicket to his first ball, attempted to smash it to Llanrwst and was stumped by Tom Cullen. Given Wright’s pedigree, his talent and the situation of the game, it was difficult to comprehend what notion might have flitted malevolently through his thought process. It was the most hogwhimperingly stupid piece of cricket one has seen since the old king died.Suddenly Glamorgan’s bowlers were in the game and they did not need the invitation to be repeated. Ben Brown and Nash put on 55 for the fifth wicket but the assurance of the post-lunch hour was gone. Brown, most unusually for him, played a poor shot, pulling Lukas Carey to deep square leg where substitute fielder Zak Ringrose, a New Zealand professional who is playing his cricket for Menai Bridge CC on Anglesey, took a good low catch. A few balls previously Brown had hooked Carey into one of the gardens on Gordon Avenue. Sussex had won that over. Did he need to win it again?Brown’s dismissal began a tumble of wickets. Two of them fell to Ruaidhri Smith, who produced the lifting delivery which Nash could only nick to Selman at slip, thus ending a fine innings of 68 which had been full of cover drives and clumps through midwicket. In between Smith’s successes, Ringrose took an even better catch at midwicket to get rid of David Wiese off Carey. Suddenly Welsh voices were raised and they echoed in the sunlit afternoon air. Tea was delayed for 15 minutes but no more wickets fell. Everyone paused, took a deep breath and agreed that they had never seen anything like it. The bars did well.The last session of this winter-warming game brought no immediate relief for Sussex. Jofra Archer was leg before to Michael Hogan – 179 for 9 and 30 more still needed. At which point, stoutly supported by Danny Briggs, Robinson launched his counter-attack. “Be a hero” he had been told at tea, so he levied 12 runs off a Smith over, including a monstrous six over midwicket. His tactics were as justified as Wright’s had been brainless.More solid blows followed and the knot of Sussex supporters risked hope. Some even watched the cricket. There were three fours before that final six which defeated Glamorgan. Hogan and his young team dragged themselves from the field. At least they had taken their chance to show what they could do.And yes, all this glorious stuff took place on an outground, the class of venue some deride but which most proper cricket people treasure. Outgrounds have always been fondly regarded by followers of Sussex cricket and the county’s relationships to the sea are even deeper. So perhaps it was fitting that Colwyn Bay’s sharp light and gently salted air provided the environment for one of the county’s tensest wins in modern times. Ben Brown’s players bought their stiff drinks on this bay-framed home of cricket and reflected that their challenge for promotion was still afloat. Ollie Robinson said he knew he was going to do it and a county turned its hopeful eyes to him.

Benny Howell hit back for Gloucestershire after Kiran Carlson fell nine runs short of a notable Glamorgan record

ECB Reporters Network20-Sep-2017Benny Howell, a limited-overs specialist, has not played any championship cricket this season. Opening the innings for Gloucestershire is just as rare, although he fulfilled the role in 2012 when he joined the county from Hampshire.But when play ended early the 29-year-old all-rounder was only four runs away from a second Championship century, the first made against Leicestershire two years ago. Gloucestershire will resume on 161 for 1, still trailing by 281, with Howell on 96 and James Bracey on 45.Howell said: “It was very pleasing to hit the ball well after a frustrating season where I have been out of the side because of various niggles and injuries. I began my career as an opener, and after today hopefully I can push on and refresh my career in that position. I still want to play in all forms of cricket, especially the one- day format, and I could possibly move up the order and bat higher.”Howell adapted well to his new role, and with Chris Dent in fluent form, the opening pair put on 53 in 15 overs, before Dent sparred at one from Ruaidhri Smith to give wicketkeeper Chris Cooke a straightforward catch.Howell was then joined by 20-year-old James Bracey, a local product from the Bristol area, and after playing himself in, the wicketkeeper batsman played some elegant shots through the offside.The second wicket pair have added 108 for the second wicket, and with the slow pitch not offering anything to pace or spin, and with further rain likely to cause interruptions over the final two days, a draw is the likely outcome to this end of season encounter.Earlier Kiran Carlson was dismissed nine runs short of becoming Glamorgan’s youngest double centurion, when he chipped Jack Taylor to mid-on. The 19-year-old from Cardiff scored 191, an innings that lasted 7 hours 23 minutes.After losing two wickets in the final 15 minutes at the end of the first day, Smith helped Carlson add 97 runs for the eighth wicket, before Jack Taylor took two wickets in three balls, Smith edged Taylor’s arm ball to slip and Marchant De Lange was trapped leg before without scoring.

A Caribbean Select XI will take on a Trinidad team on October 14 to help raise money for victims of the hurricanes that ravaged the Caribbean islands in September

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Oct-2017A Caribbean Select XI will take on a Trinidad side in Port of Spain on October 14 to raise funds for the victims of recent hurricanes in the Caribbean. The Trinidad side will be captained by Kieron Pollard, while St Lucia’s Darren Sammy will lead the Caribbean Select XI in the charity match themed ‘Rebuilding the Caribbean one over at a time’. Alongside the proceeds from ticket sales – a tickets cost $100 – containers will be placed around the ground to collect canned items and clothing.The move sustains fundraising efforts that took place during the ODI series between West Indies and England. Members of the West Indies team management, such as Joel Garner, could be seen during games taking collection buckets around the crowd. It is understood that all members of the playing squad have contributed.The Caribbean islands were ravaged by two Category 5 major hurricanes, Irma and Maria – the former being the most powerful recorded in the Atlantic since 2005 – among other hurricanes through August and September. Such was the level of devastation in some parts of the region, notably Dominica, Barbuda and St Martin, that communication with some communities is still difficult. Offspinner Shane Shillingfordwas only recently found, having gone missing for some time following the hurricanes. He is understood to be in good health.