Andre Adams, the bustling all-rounder, was probably the only Aucklander who could raise a smile as Northern Districts outplayed Auckland by 60 runs with a smart all-round performance in the State Shield one-day cricket match on Eden Park’s outer oval today.Adams’ place in the New Zealand World Cup squad became firmer as he survived a stiff test on his back injury. He bowled at about three-quarter vigour to take four for 37 from ten overs in leading the Auckland bowling effort as Northern Districts scored 218 for seven in their 50 overs.However, Adams scored only a seven-minute two as the Auckland batting struggled and finally expired at 158 in 44 overs.Ross Dykes, one of the New Zealand selectors who must deliver the 15-man World Cup squad by the middle of next week, said he was heartened by Adams’ vigorous bowling, and by the way he was able to come back for a strong second spell.”He will have to come through a similar test at Alexandra on Monday when Auckland play Otago,” said Dykes, “but Andre gave a very encouraging performance and that pleases me.”If a stranger without World Cup favourites in his head had watched the game he would have lavished more praise on the two Northern Districts men – Joseph Yovich, the 26-year-old all-rounder, and Matthew Hart, the former New Zealand left-arm spinner – who saved their team’s cause in the early afternoon.After choosing to bat first on a tired-looking pitch – a relic of the Auckland-Wellington State Championship match earlier this month – the Northern Districts first innings stuttered along. Adams and Richard Morgan reduced Northern to 26 for two and then three (the third being Scott Styris, another World Cup candidate, for a four-ball duck) and eventually Northern were on then ropes at 81 for five.Half Northern Districts’ overs had been used up, and 150 or 160 seemed an optimistic target as the old pitch was not the easiest of batting surfaces. By the time Yovich arrived at this critical point, Hart had dug in with his dogged left-handed batting.Yovich is usually a low-order struggler, but he started today at No 7 as if he regarded himself as the confident batting star of the team. Soon he was stroking fours about the smooth outfield. A couple of sixes rocketed over the long-on line. Heartened by this (pardon the pun) Hart increased his scoring rate.Very soon the Auckland bowling began to look a little thin, the fielding not as keen and sharp as it had been early in the innings. They scored 50 runs together in 37 minutes from 66 balls and kept up the momentum with a second 50 in 40 minutes from 56 balls.By the time Adams bowled Yovich, the tall young man had scored 70 from 90 balls, including two sixes and seven fours, and the 107 runs he added with Hart had carried Northern Districts to 198, considerably better than the early limp batting had suggested.Hart went at 204 for seven, 153 minutes for his 62 from 81 balls, and Northern Districts probably had a very comfortable lunch.Matt Horne might have upset them with four quick fours in the opening Auckland attack, but he hit himself out at 30, Llorne Howell did the same at 39 and when Mark Richardson was caught behind after an unwise slash outside the off-stump, Auckland were three for 52, and worse at 55 for four when Tama Canning was run out.Hart, aided by Styris, then stifled the Aucklanders with their pin-point accuracy (Styris’ first spell read 6-3-6-0), and Hart thoroughly deserved figures of 10-0-30-2, although why he should concede eight no-balls must remain a mystery.Brooke Walker, the Auckland captain, led a dogged rearguard action with 33 not out from 79 balls, but the smart Northern Districts fielding wrapped up the rest of the innings.James Marshall was the star in this department, with superb catches to remove Horne, Howell and Rob Nicol, and them a brilliant stop and dive-pass of the ball to run out Morgan.

Opener Nick Knight continued his run spree to inspire England to 7-279 from its 50 overs against Sri Lanka in the series-shaping one-day match here today.Knight struck a stylish 88 and veteran Alec Stewart a half century as England compiled its competitive total in sweltering heat at Adelaide Oval.As temperatures hovered around 39 degrees Celsius, Knight was the star England performer in an encounter which will play a crucial role in deciding Australia’s opponent in the tri series finals.England entered the day-night encounter just one point ahead of Sri Lanka on the competition table, with both nations having two minor round matches remaining.After his captain Nasser Hussain won the toss and batted on a true Adelaide pitch, Knight demonstrated why he was the tri series’ leading runscorer by consistently finding gaps in the Lankan field.The lefthander, who entered today’s fixture with 352 runs at the imposing average of 70.40, struck just two fours and one six in his 112-ball stay today.Knight was sedate early as his opening partner Marcus Trescothick blasted 39 from 42 deliveries at the top of the innings.Trescothick was dismissed attempting a crude cross bat slog from Chamila Gamage’s bowling, bringing Michael Vaughan to the crease for his first one-day appearance this series.Showing no signs of a knee injury which flared after the Ashes series against Australia, Vaughan breezily struck 28 from 34 balls before mistiming a pull shot to be caught by Chaminda Vaas at wide mid-on from Dilhara Fernando’s bowling.Hussain made 18 before Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya snuck a delivery through bat and pad which clipped off stump.Knight fell soon after when caught behind from Vaas’ bowling and the next ball Ian Blackwell was adjudged lbw for a golden duck.Vaas was denied his hat-trick by Paul Collingwood, who combined with evergreen Stewart for a handy 54 run stand from 46 deliveries as the Englishmen lifted the tempo in the latter overs.Stewart finished with 51 from 59 balls and Collingwood 18, including a six.

Catches, they often say, win matches.And after an uninspiring display with a series of misses in the first phase of the day, Barbados atoned in the evening session with four sharp catches that have made them firm favourites to secure first innings honours over Jamaica in their third-round Carib Beer Series match.Another big crowd at the lovely North Stars ground in St Lucy would have been giving the hosts a tongue-lashing when they spilled four chances of varying difficulty.However, they would have been singing their praises after tea when Floyd Reifer, Sherwin Campbell and Ian Bradshaw hauled in fine catches that decisively swung the battle for first innings points.The evening session, in which Jamaica slipped from 186 for three an hour after tea to 224 for nine at the close, also produced further drama when fast bowler Tino Best was pulled out of the attack after sending down two waist-high full-tosses in successive overs.Best was into a lively spell in which he removed Jamaica captain Robert Samuels compliments of Reifer’s wonderful catch at first slip when he was required to dive low to his right.The dismissal of Samuels started the slide in which Jamaica lost six wickets for 38 to knock down the platform that was built in successive partnerships of 73 and 64 that involved solid contributions from Brenton Parchment, Dave Bernard Jr and the lucky Keith Hibbert.Let off on 12, 29 and 35, the Jamaican wicket-keeper fell in the middle of the collapse for a dogged 41 that stretched more than three hours.After he departed, two excellent catches followed to transform the sad faces around the ground to happy ones.Campbell did well to haul in a deflection off wicket-keeper Courtney Browne’s pads to account for Gareth Breese, while Ian Bradshaw tumbled low on his follow-through to catch Mario Ventura, who failed to score in 37 minutes.The drama wasn’t over yet.After Franklyn Rose swung Ryan Hurley over square-leg for six in fading light, he edged Ryan Hinds low to slip where Campbell took a low chance on the second attempt.Rose, however, stood his ground showing his obvious disappointment at the verdict against him.The umpires then offered Jamaica the option to go off at 5:51 p.m. because of the light, but Barbados seem certain to achieve first innings points early this morning with Jamaica still needing another 102 to overhaul Barbados’ 325.Jamaica were probably fancying their chances after half-centuries from Parchment and Bernard, both of whom played at this ground as members of the Jamaica youth team in 1999.After the start was delayed by 50 minutes because of a brief shower at 9:15 a.m., Jamaica suffered an immediate setback when they lost Leon Garrick to the day’s second ball.The little opening batsman seemed dumbfounded when a ball from Sulieman Benn came off his inside edge and onto the stumps.It was the only success of the morning session for the hosts, who should have claimed another wicket on the stroke on lunch, but Browne missed a relatively straightforward chance offered by Parchment off Hinds’ second ball.By then Parchment was growing in confidence and played some authentic strokes on the way to a solid half-century. Among them were sixes in successive overs off Hurley and Benn in the direction of mid-wicket and long-off.The former West Indies youth captain also counted eight fours, including successive boundaries off Bradshaw, but gifted his wicket 15 minutes after lunch by flashing at a short ball from Best.It didn’t deserve a wicket, but Parchment edged it to the ‘keeper after batting impressively for 59 in two-and-a-half hours.After his dismissal, Browne sprang a series of bowling changes in the first 45 minutes after lunch when there were at least five switches.One of those changes should have produced a wicket.When Hurley was switched to the southern end, he induced Hibbert into skying an offering to mid-wicket. Both Best and substitute Randy Thomas were converging on the ball and Best, never settled, spilled the chance.There was a much more difficult opportunity to remove Hibbert after tea, but no one could blame Philo Wallace for not holding on to a sharp chance at gully, and it was a similar situation when Browne missed a leg-side chance off the same batsman.All the while, Bernard, who has been enjoying a good all-round season, moved on to his second half-century of the tournament before Hurley claimed him lbw for 53 that occupied four hours.The fine catches then followed.SCOREBOARDBARBADOS 1st Innings 325JAMAICA 1st Innings (overnight 31-0)L. Garrick b Benn 19B. Parchment c wk Browne b Best 59D. Bernard lbw b Hinds 53+K. Hibbert lbw b Hurley 41*R. Samuels c Reifer b Best 8M. Ventura c and b Bradshaw 0G. Breese c Campbell b Hurley 8N. Perry c and b Bradshaw 5F. Rose c Campbell b Hinds 15D. Powell not out 0R. Cunningham not out 0Extras (b4, lb3, w1, nb8) 16TOTAL (9 wkts – 105.1 overs) 224Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Garrick), 2-102 (Parchment), 3-161 (Bernard), 4-186 (Samuels), 5-189 (Hibbert), 6-202 (Breese), 7-202 (Ventura), 8-211 (Perry), 9-224 (Rose).Bowling: Best 10-3-23-2 (nb2), Bradshaw 26-9-61-2 (w1, nb4), Hurley 26-4-68-2 (nb1), Benn 28-16-41-1, Hinds 6.1-3-5-2, Smith 9-4-19-0 (nb1).Position: Jamaica need another 102 runs for first innings lead with one wicket in hand ahead of today’s final dayUmpires: Clive Duncan (Guyana), Vincent Bullen (Barbados). Stand-by: Mervyn Jones (Barbados)Match referee: Carl Brome

Phew! Sri Lanka made it, booking their place in the semi-finals with aclinical performance against Zimbabwe. Yes, Sanath Jayasuriya’s men neededIndia’s assistance; and, perhaps, some might gripe that a place in the finalfour is undeserved but, sorry, who cares? They are through and now faceAustralia in a do or die clash on Tuesday.

In fact, Sri Lanka are more deserving than those now flying out of SouthernAfrica. Yes, Australia and India are streets ahead on current form,particularly in the bowling department, but Sri Lanka could justifiable layclaim to being the best of the rest…although the refreshingly exuberantKenyans might disagree.True, the performances against Australia and India in the Super Sixes wereatrocious, even unacceptable. But let’s cut the team some flak and provideperspective: two months ago everyone was predicting a first round exit.Moreover, this tournament is being played in the southern hemisphere notColombo, on quick and bouncy pitches not Premadasa dust pits. Sri Lankaoutplayed New Zealand, West Indies and South Africa in alien conditions.

Ever since the India rout, Sri Lankan mobile phone users have received astream of text messages bemoaning the team’s apparent failure. “Free andEasy” had taken over the team sponsorship according to one. MahelaJayawardene’s wretched form has also been the source of mirth: “Can I speakto Mahela” asks the caller. “He’s gone out to bat machang,” replies Dav.”Ok, I’ll hang on then,” is the dry response.One Daily Mirror columnist described Sri Lanka’s World Cup campaign as a”debacle”. The former captain turned TV pundit launched into tirades againstadministrators and insinuated that it wouldn’t have happened in his day.This writer suggested the performance against India to be “shameful.”

Well, the tournament has not finished yet. Final judgment cannot be passed.The players and management feel that they have been written off and unfairlycriticised. Now they have an opportunity to prove the pundits are talkingtripe. Let’s hope the players are able to put up two fingers and make us alleat humble pie.

The chances of lifting the trophy obviously remain slim. There is no doubtthat both India and Australia possess stronger all-round units. They bat andbowl far deeper. But the spin friendly surface at Port Elizabeth is thesource of comfort. It is the perfect place to play Ricky Ponting’s side andSri Lanka still have the ICC Champions Trophy fresh in their minds.Moreover, the pressure is now off. Already expectations have been exceeded.They have sneaked through and can now revel in the underdog tag. They havethe opportunity to play fearless cricket and that makes Sri Lanka a verydangerous proposition.They will need some luck along the way. And it will certainly help to winthe toss – this time Sri Lanka will bat first! But the most important battlewill be up front: Lee and McGrath versus Jayasuriya and Atapattu. The winnerof that contest will most probably win the game.

Fortunately, for Sri Lanka, there is also hope that middle order might alsocontribute: Avishka Gunawardene fully justified his inclusion againstZimbabwe and Kumar Sangakkara started to play with the freedom that makeshim such a dangerous player. Aravinda de Silva, of course, will be lurkingthere too, no doubt plotting a fitting finale to a glorious career.If Sri Lanka do bat first and post a reasonable score then the bowlingresponsibility will fall heavily on the shoulders of the spinners. Pulasthican bowl three overs and pick up his paycheck – expect de Silva to berolling over his arm before the tenth over. But Dilhara Fernando likesplaying the Aussies and he could also figure.Whatever happens, let’s hope for a proper contest: a real fight worthy of aWorld Cup semi-final. If Sri Lanka are to be defeated let it be with gunsblazing. The nation may be fickle but it wants to be proud of theircricketers: the ball is in the players’ court.

Frustration, and the ability to cope with it, has long been the lot of New Zealand cricket fans, but for once, in Durban today, the luck went New Zealand’s way.The horrendous state of affairs that saw South Africa tie their game with Sri Lanka under the Duckworth/Lewis system had to be even more freakish than South Africa’s exit in the semi-finals of the 1999 World Cup.But after suffering the dent that was the lowest score in Test history of 26, for waiting 26 years for their first Test victory, of being denied regular competition against the might of Australia, of losing Martin Crowe to a hamstring injury in the semi-finals of the 1992 World Cup, of having to do without key players at various times over the last three or four years and a host of other calamities that had to be taken in stride, New Zealanders could be entitled to feel that the tide might be momentarily swinging their way.For all those reasons there will be sympathy with South Africa and their failure to advance. However, the signs were there for them.They failed to beat any of the top three opponents they faced in pool play. The West Indies and New Zealand both beat them and then there was the tie with Sri Lanka.Had New Zealand missed out, their demise would have been the result of the first-game loss to Sri Lanka, far more than it might have been because of the forfeiture of the Kenyan game.New Zealand knew before the tournament started they would probably lose those four points to Kenya. They couldn’t do anything about that.However, the beating of Sri Lanka was in their own hands, and they exposed themselves to unnecessary anguish by succumbing to experimentation, and rampant recklessness at the start of their innings which almost undid them.Now the chance is there for New Zealand to advance.The side Stephen Fleming has built around him has shown increasing solidity, confidence and awareness that their time, after years of building up, is upon them.What happens over the next few weeks will define their careers.They are within a chance of establishing themselves as the equal, if not the superior, of the finest team of the 1980s.That is the reality facing a side who have risen to No 3 on the ICC Test Championship, who have won the first international competition by a New Zealand side at the 2000 ICC KnockOut in Kenya, who have proven the only side capable of giving Australia a nudge in Test cricket and who have started to produce world-class performances by individuals within their ranks.Yet, even they would admit that there is a need to step-up their level of performance as they head into the next phase of the tournament.The bowling must tighten up.The respective attacks of Australia, India and whoever of England, Pakistan or Zimbabwe will play them in the Super Six leg will be well-primed to take toll of the New Zealand faults if they exist.What is encouraging is the solidity of the batting that has emerged, after what was a horror season at home in difficult conditions.Yet, of the batsmen, only Fleming and Scott Styris with their centuries against South Africa and Sri Lanka respectively, have really taken attacks apart.Craig McMillan, Nathan Astle, Chris Cairns, Lou Vincent, Jacob Oram and Andre Adams all still have more to pull out of the fire, and they will need to if New Zealand is to realistically aim for a finals place.There is still plenty for all members of the side to offer, and now they have the perfect platform in which to strut their stuff.

Pakistan’s new-look side – with just four names in common with the team which played their last World Cup match – made an impressive start to their Sharjah Cup campaign, thrashing Zimbabwe by 68 runs. Riding on a dazzling, 53-ball 76 from Abdul Razzaq, Pakistan overcame a nervy start to post 278, and then allowed Zimbabwe just 210, ensuring that they took home the bonus point as well.There were plenty of plusses for Pakistan after their miserable run in South Africa. Younis Khan scored a measured 67, Umar Gul took two wickets in his first one-day international, Danish Kaneria and Mohammad Hafeez – another debutant – had impressive spells in the middle overs, and the entire team was sprightly in the field. But the star of the day – by some margin – was Razzaq.After Pakistan’s top order had made a meal of excellent batting conditions, Razzaq came in and treated the Zimbabwean attack with utter contempt, slamming seven sixes, six of which came in the last 12 balls. In fact, Heath Streak and his team had done an excellent job in the field after losing the toss – after 46 overs, Pakistan had managed just 209. Then, the sluice gates opened, as Zimbabwe’s bowlers kept serving up full-tosses, and Razzaq kept smashing them over long-on. Forty-seven came in the last two overs, by Douglas Hondo and Sean Ervine, and what had been a close contest went completely Pakistan’s way.However, Rashid Latif hardly got the start he would have hoped for after winning the toss. Hafeez, opening the innings with Taufeeq Umar, began with an exquisite back-foot cover-drive off Heath Streak, then nicked one from the same bowler for 12 (32 for 1).Then, three more wickets fell in a hurry – Naved Latif (3) was bowled through the gate, Taufeeq was bowled off an inside edge by Streak for a laborious 50-ball 16, and Yousuf Youhana was smartly snaffled by Tatenda Taibu (69 for 4).Not for the first time, it was left to Pakistan’s lower middle order to engineer the revival. Younis was the protagonist, with two partnerships which laid the plat form and allowed Razzaq to launch the blistering onslaught at the end.The 58-run stand with Latif came at a run a ball, and injected some much-needed momentum to the innings. Latif contributed 34, mixing swift running between wickets with splendid, innovative strokeplay. A fine piece of fielding by Travis Friend at fine ended that partnership, but Younis stitched together a useful 44-run stand with Razzaq, who was content to play second fiddle. By the time Younis left, Razzaq had a platform to tee off from.Zimbabwe’s run-chase never took off, despite Doug Marillier’s enterprising 59, laced with clever paddles and cheeky reverse-sweeps. Craig Wishart, who opened the innings with him, chased a wide one and gave Gul his first international wicket (21 for 1). Gul snared Friend too – playing in this match as a specialist batsman – having him edge one to slip (47 for 2).The early damage done, the spinners took over. Grant Flower, in his 200th one-day international, needed just 14 to reach 6000 ODI runs. He got 13 of those, then smashed a cover-drive off Kaneria which Mohammad Hafeez snaffled with a magnificent diving effort to his right (87 for 3). And when Marillier left, castled by a quicker one by Kaneria (104 for 4), the contest was all but over. Blignaut and Ervine livened up proceedings with entertaining cameos, which never threatened to alter the course of the match.This match gave Zimbabwe their first taste of life after Andy Flower, and it was hardly a pleasant experience.

Twenty20 Cup Launch – 13th June 2003

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South African Erasmus Hendrikse hit an unbeaten century as Trojans powered to the Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3 summit with a seven-wicket win at Paultons.The Stellenbosch University all-rounder hit two sixes and 11 fours in an undefeated 103, which carried Trojans past Paultons’ 172-9.John Robinson cracked 65 for Paultons, who were always on the back foot after struggling at 28-4.Australian Justin Larrescy blasted a quick-fire 115 as Rowledge easily overhauled South Wilts’ 172-9, Alton, the third club with an unblemished record, trimmd resurgent Hambledon (185), with Bruce Oliphant hitting a match winning 58 not out.West Indies B all-rounder Chaka Hodge hit 73 and Mark Fletcher (53) set the stage for Jeff Hose to score an unbeaten 40 in Ventnor’s five-wicket win over Hungerford. The Berkshire side included several MCC Young Cricketers in their side.Winchester KS leapt several places in the log with a handsome 60-run win over Havant II, while Flamingo’s dropped into the relegation zone after a thumping 132-run defeat at Hook & Newnham Basics.

David Sewell’s season in Dutch cricket has come to an abrupt end following problems with his registration with the VRA club which is leading the competition.It is understood problems associated with his ability to play for the club were realised and dispensation was sought, however it was not granted and he is no longer eligible for the side. It is likely he will be returning home to Otago soon.Those New Zealanders remaining continue to have mixed fortunes. Andre Adams in his last four innings for HCC has had scores of 62 not out, nine, two and 25 while his bowling returns have been one for 49 off eight overs, one for 17 off eight, two for 41 off 10 and three for 29 off 10.Tama Canning, for VOC, scored 45 and took one for 43 from 10, then followed that with 50 and one for 47 off 10, 10 and two for 30 off 8.2 overs. David Kelly has had scores of 17, 20 and 30 for Rood en Wit.In his last three games for Hermes DVS Greg Todd, scored 23, 20 and 19, but also took three for 28 off 10 overs. Former Canterbury player Darron Reekers has been performing well for his Quick Haag club but he hasn’t been able to shift it from the bottom of the table. He scored 54 off 56 balls in one game, then 49 and 29 and, in his most recent match, yesterday he didn’t bat but took four for 20 off 10 overs.Former international Shane Thomson scored 56 not out for competition frontrunner VRA while in his last two innings for HCC, Alex O’Dowd has had scores of 52 and 64.In her last two matches for Rood en Wit Sarah Burke has taken two for 35 and three for 13, both off nine overs and in her last match she scored 40 not out.Craig Spearman has scored the 500th run of his first-class season with Gloucestershire after the latest round of games in which he hit 15 boundaries on the way to scoring 85 against Derbyshire. However, he scored a duck in his second innings. Chris Cairns has been showing some consistent batting form in recent matches with 19 and 58, off 42 balls, against Kent in a 287-run loss while in his last two one-day games he has scored 65 not out off 56 balls against Scotland and 57 not out off 58 balls in a five-wicket win over Hampshire.Stephen Fleming scored 13 and 42 not out for Yorkshire in their 10-wicket win over Derbyshire while he followed that with 90 off 107 balls in a seven-wicket loss to Surrey in the one-day competition.Left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori has been getting plenty of bowling, taking one for 104 off 14 overs against India A and four for 74 off 14.3 and one for 124 off 20 overs in the 287-run loss to Kent.Around the leagues, Rob Nicol has found something more like his run scoring touch with 64 and 52 on the last two Saturdays for Rishton in losses against Bacup and Enfield. Michael Parlane, in the East Anglia League with Swardeston, hit 79 in a two-wicket win while taking two for 76 off 16 overs but on the past weekend he was out for a duck and took two for 49 in a 54-run loss.In the Liverpool and District competition, Warren McSkimming is in 10th place on the premier league run scorers list. He has scored 301 runs for Lytham and is averaging 60.20. He scored 106 not out in a drawn match against Leigh.In the first division of the same league, Aaron Barnes heads the runs list with 753 runs in 14 games, at an average of 83.66. James Marshall is third with 624 at 48.00.Meanwhile, Chris Harris continues to make his mark with the Lashings XI. In a match against the Bunburys, Harris scored 52 not out in a total of 239 for four and in their next match against Waltham Forest he took four for 40. In their most recent match against Acton, a 21-run win to Lashings, Harris scored 110 in the total of 330 for seven.

The ECB have named the England under-19 squad for the first Test against South Africa, with Nottinghamshire allrounder Bilal Shafayat continuing as captain.The match takes place from August 1 to 4 at Headingley and is the first of three Vodafone Tests and three Vodafone one-day internationals against South Africa during the month.England under-19 squad:Bilal Shafayat (Capt)
Ravinder Bopara
Tim Bresnan
Neil Edwards
Adam Harrison
Andrew Hodd (wk)
Mark Lawson
Michael Parsons
Samit Patel
Liam Plunkett
Joseph Sayers
Luke Wright
Tim Boon (Coach)
Graham Saville (Manager)