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Streak not to continue as Bangladesh bowling coach

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Heath Streak has decided not to continue as Bangladesh’s bowling coach as his two-year contract terminates at the end of this month. The BCB was waiting on him and would have renewed the contract if he was willing to stay.”I have decided that I shall leave my role as National Bowling Coach when my contract expires at the end of the month,” Streak said in a statement. “I would like to thank the BCB for the opportunity afforded to me in 2014. It has been a thoroughly enjoyable experience and I will continue to follow Bangladesh’s progress closely. I feel now is the right time for me and my family to make this decision and I look forward to the future as I look to continue my coaching career.”The confirmation ended days of speculation about Streak’s future in this position after it was recently reported that he had applied to the BCCI’s National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. Streak is also currently bowling coach of Gujarat Lions in the IPL.The BCB had appointed Streak in May 2014. His contract stipulated him to work for 450 days across two years and also as consultant for the other representative teams under the board.Streak was part of Bangladesh’s rejigged coaching group in 2014. Under him, Bangladesh won a Test series and two ODI series against Zimbabwe, they qualified to the knockout stage of the 2015 World Cup, and won maiden ODI series against Pakistan, India and South Africa.

Tongue prevails in thriller to put Nottinghamshire on cusp of title

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Josh Tongue, bowling with great pace and huge stamina to take five for 100, bowled Nottinghamshire to a highly dramatic 20-run victory against Surrey at the Kia Oval – the win that could bring Notts their first championship title since 2010.Surrey, needing 315 in the fourth innings of a great contest, were bowled out for 294 after a final day of continually fluctuating fortunes and packed with incident, and it was Tongue who grabbed the last three wickets to haul his side over the line despite a defiant 33 at the end by Tom Lawes.Lawes, with just last man Dan Worrall for company, managed a few boundaries but then – attempting to beat a spread field again – holed out to Ben Slater on the deep extra cover rope to kick-start joyful Notts celebrations.Dan Lawrence made 50, and featured in a brave 51-run stand with Tom Curran that rocked Notts back on their heels as the runs needed came down to 75, but it was the visitors who held their nerve.Liam Patterson-White, the slow left-arrmer brought on for what became the game’s sole over of spin, had Curran stumped with his fourth ball for a 33-ball 33 and then Dillon Pennington removed Lawrence to leave the stage to Tongue.The big England Test fast bowler ended a bright eighth-wicket stand between Lawes and Gus Atkinson by having the latter caught at first slip for 11. And then, four balls later, sheer pace forced Matt Fisher to chop down into his own stumps to go for a duck. Even then, however, with 34 more runs required, Lawes and Worrall chipped away until Tongue delivered the coup de grace.It was compelling viewing, a great advert for Rothesay County Championship cricket. With their win, Notts moved 15 points ahead of Surrey at the top of Division One, although a subsequent one-point deduction for a slow over-rate by the match referee has increased their requirement in next week’s final round of matches.Dillon Pennington claimed the wicket of Dan Lawrence lbw•PA Photos/Getty Images

Next week Notts will need a maximum of 11 points, but possibly less, to make sure of the title when they host Warwickshire at Trent Bridge. Surrey, still aiming for a fourth successive championship but now very much depending on Warwickshire to do them a favour, visit Hampshire.Notts had seemed favourites when Surrey resumed on 66 for no wicket, chasing a distant victory target in a match dominated by two high-class pace attacks.Ollie Pope, riding his luck early on, gave Surrey renewed hope with 41 after the early loss of both openers and there were only another 122 runs required when they lost their fifth wicket six overs after lunch.The Lawrence-Curran stand then made Surrey favourites themselves at 240 for five, but both falling in the space of six balls proved crucial.Surrey had scored 97 runs in the morning session, for the loss of four wickets, leaving the match still tantalisingly poised at lunch – although the dismissals of Ben Foakes and Pope in quick succession did seem to have tilted matters in Notts’ favour again.Rory Burns, on 41 overnight, fell in the fourth over for 45 as he attempted to whip a straight ball from Tongue – bowling from around the wicket – wide of mid-on and was palpably leg-before when he missed it.Dom Sibley began the day on 18 but added just seven runs before getting in a tangle against a ball from Brett Hutton that he clearly thought might nip back into him, and edged to second slip.Pope had by then already endured a fraught start to his innings. On two he threw his bat at a widish outswinger from Hutton and was lucky not to edge it, and then Tongue flashed a vicious delivery that bounced and left him past his defences.On four, Pope nicked Tongue through a vacant third slip for a streaky boundary but soon England’s vice-captain was also producing some quality strokes – including a beautiful on-driven four off Tongue and then an extra cover drive against Hutton which brought up Surrey’s 100.Pope then had to dive full-length into the crease at the bowler’s end to avoid being run out by Haseeb Hameed’s direct hit from mid on, before being beaten on 26 by a corker from James.Yet he and Foakes, with a series of sharp singles and the odd boundary, put on 42 in good time to give Surrey some forward momentum as the morning session moved into its second hour.Back came Notts, though, as Tongue had Foakes (18) well-held as he fell forward by Patterson-White at first slip and then, in the next over, James picked up Pope’s prized scalp thanks to a fine catch diving to his right by Freddie McCann at second slip.Ryan Patel, badly dropped by keeper Kyle Verreynne off Tongue on one, failed to cash in and miscued horribly to mid on to go for six when trying to pull James to wide midwicket.That left Surrey 193 for five but in strode Curran to help Lawrence launch their thrilling counter-attack. Tongue, striving for another breakthough, still beat the bat on occasions but also proved expensive.Pennington, too, felt the force of the Surrey sixth-wicket pair’s strokeplay with 17 being plundered from the 54th over of the innings as Curran hit two legside fours and Lawrence another before finishing the over with a flowing drive for three to extra cover.Their half-century partnership arrived in just eight overs but Curran’s sparkling cameo ended one run later when he yorked himself giving Patterson-White the charge and Verreynne completed the stumping.Lawrence then departed in the next over, leg-before to Pennington as he shuffled across his stumps, and at 246 for seven it was Notts again who looked as if they had the upper hand. They did, but only just.

Carter, Carson, Lenham sees Sussex lower order sting Kent

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Sussex 288 for 7 (Carter 68, Carson 50*, Cohen 4-65) beat Kent 287 for 9 (52 Evison, Hudson-Prentice 3-65) by 3 wickets A remarkable and unbroken eighth wicket stand of 88 in 11 overs between Jack Carson and Archie Lenham saw Sussex to an unlikely three-wicket win over Kent with ten balls to spare in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup at Arundel.Kent looked home and dry in their opening game when they had Sussex 200 for 7 in the 38th over. They had weathered a fifth wicket stand of 90 between Oli Carter (68) and John Simpson (50) and then dismissed the dangerous Danny Lamb for 16.But Carson struck his maiden List A fifty off 43 balls, with five fours and a six. And Lenham made 45 off 38 with six fours and a six. The match was still in doubt with 22 needed off the last three overs. And it was leg-spinner Lenham who settled the argument when he hit Michael Cohen for 14 off three balls, an on-drive for six, a square slash for four and an off-drive for another boundary.That left Sussex needing five from the last two overs and Carson hit the first two deliveries from Fred Klassen for four.Earlier, Cohen, a South African-born left-arm seamer who is qualified to play for France, looked set to be the hero of the day. He had made a memorable first appearance for Kent when he took three wickets in his opening spell before returning to dismiss danger man Carter.Cohen, whose debut had been delayed by injury, struck with his second ball when he had Danial Ibrahim lbw and broke through again with the first ball of his second over when he bowled one across the left-handed Tom Haines to have the batsman caught behind.Fynn Hudson-Prentice looked anxious to dispel local concerns that he was batting too high in the order at No 4 when he flicked Cohen for two leg-side fours before driving him for two more. But Sussex kept losing wickets. Tom Clark had his middle stump knocked back by Klaassen as he went for an extravagant off-side stroke to make it 50 for three and in the next over the dangerous Hudson-Prentice was caught at backward square-leg.Sussex, who had lost their opening game against Durham, decided to bowl first on a slow pitch and made a good start. Jaydn Denly, driving, was well caught by Henry Crocombe at backward point off the last delivery of the first over and opening partner Ben Compton was caught behind off Ari Karvelas to make it 27 for 2 in the sixth over.Kent rebuilt through Joey Evison and and Chris Benjamin, who added 81 in 14 overs before both were dismissed by exceptional pieces of fielding. Lamb came on to bowl the 20th over and off his first delivery he produced an outstanding one-handed catch, flinging himself to his left, to dismiss the bewildered Benjamin. And in the next over Carter held on to a stinging catch at short midwicket to end Evison’s innings, a 54-ball 52 which included ten fours.For the second time Kent, winners of the competition in 2022, regrouped again, first through captain Harry Finch – a former Sussex player – and the Orpington-born Ekansh Singh, a recent century maker for the England Under-19 side, who put on 89 in 17 overs, and then again through Jack Leaning and Mo Rizvi, making his debut in the competition. They put on 75 before the innings ended as it had started, with a flurry of wickets.

Suryavanshi's 31-ball 86 gives India 2-1 series lead

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India Under-19 274 for 6 (Suryavanshi 86, Malhotra 46, Chouhan 43, Wade 2-58) beat England Under-19 268 for 6 (Rew 76*, Dawkins 62, Chouhan 3-30) by four wicketsIndian breakout 14-year-old star Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit the third-fastest half-century in India Under-19s history off an astonishing 20 balls to set up victory over England in their third one-day match in Northampton and go 2-1 up in the five-match series.Suryavanshi showed the prowess which earned him worldwide headlines earlier this year when he made the second-fastest century in IPL history. Striking six fours and nine sixes in the run chase of 269, Suryavanshi was in total command as he made a scintillating 86 from just 31 deliveries, flaying England’s bowlers to all corners.Such was his rate of scoring that, by the time he was dismissed, India were already 111 for two after only eight overs and, with Vihaan Malhotra showing exquisite timing in a knock of 46 (34 balls), India looked on course for a quick victory. However, Malhotra’s wicket was the first of three to fall for 30 in six overs before an unbroken, positive partnership of 75 in 11.1 overs between Kanishk Chouhan (43) and RS Ambrish (31) took India home with 33 balls to spare.For England, Somerset keeper-batter Thomas Rew continued his sparkling form, cracking an unbeaten 76 off just 44 balls to help England post 268 for 6. Rew followed up his 131 on Monday, smiting nine fours and three sixes in a match reduced to 40-overs-a-side after morning rain.Kent’s Ben Dawkins made 62 off 61 balls (eight fours, one six), his highest score at this level, to give England a solid platform in an opening stand of 78 with Isaac Mohammed (41).But while Hampshire’s Ben Mayes made 31, England suffered a mini collapse, losing four for 35 runs in 6.3 overs before Rew and Ralphie Albert (21) staged a 60-run stand in 8.2 overs. Rew then wrapped up the innings, hitting 21 off the penultimate over.Kanishk Chouhan had a solid all-round game•Getty Images

Earlier, Dawkins started positively, twice driving Henil Patel through cover point, while Isaac was given an early reprieve when he was dropped at mid-off. He then uppercut two sixes as Deepesh Devendran’s third over went for 17 runs before bringing up England’s 50 off 38 balls.Chouhan (3 for 30) reined back the scoring, just six coming off his first three overs, while fellow offspinner Malhotra had Isaac caught behind.Dawkins powered Naman Pushpak over wide long-on before running a sharp two to bring up England’s 100 off 15.3 overs, while Mayes swung Ambrish through midwicket to celebrate the 50 partnership with Dawkins off 47 balls.Mayes was dropped in the deep on 20, but Pushpak broke through with the googly, bowling Dawkins as he went back to cut. Chouhan removed Mayes, also bowled going back, before Rocky Flintoff (16) top-edged Chouhan to wide long-on.Rew inside-edged his first ball but didn’t look back after, taking consecutive boundaries off Pushpak, sweeping and driving through extra cover.While Chouhan struck again, Joe Moores flicking to wide mid-on, Rew kept up the momentum, forging a partnership with Albert and deploying the sweep against Pushpak once more.Rew marked England’s 200 in style, moving outside off stump to swing Henil over fine leg for a massive six. He then collected three boundaries off the next four deliveries, bringing up the 50 partnership off 37 balls in the process.Thomas Rew had another good outing with the bat•Getty Images

After Albert was caught at midwicket, Rew made the most of the 20 balls remaining, moving outside off to uppercut Ambrish over short third to reach his half-century.In a productive penultimate over, Rew smashed Devendran with the breeze over midwicket for six before edging through the vacant slip area, punching through cover and scooping for six.Suryavanshi began forcefully, powering Minto over long-off and picking up Morgan for consecutive sixes over backward square, the first flying out of the ground.Minto was fortunate to grab the first wicket, skipper Abhigyan Kundu punching a full toss to a diving Mayes at point, but Suryavanshi continued to attack, taking 17 off one Morgan over, including consecutive sixes over deep cover to bring up India’s 50 off only 4.4 overs. He duly reached his half-century with his fifth six before dispatching another over the changing rooms into the car park before rocking back and sending yet another over extra cover.Suryavanshi swung spinner Albert leg side to bring up the 50 partnership with Malhotra off just 16 balls, his partner contributing just five of them. But Suryavanshi’s remarkable innings ended when he pulled a Wade slower ball to Moores at backward square-leg. Maulyarajsinh Chavda then fell without scoring, cutting Wade straight to backward point where Moores took a good diving catch.Rahul Kumar (27) hooked Alex Green behind square for six, sharing a stand of 46 with Malhotra, who played his first ultra-aggressive shot when he climbed into a free hit from Wade. His downfall came with a chip back to Albert. Rahul departed when he backed out of a pull and edged to gully, while Harvansh Singh Pangalia (11) was caught on the crease and bowled by Green.Despite England pressing hard, Chouhan was dropped in the outfield on 20 and 30 and India’s seventh-wicket pair showed few nerves as they knocked off the remaining runs.

Ranjane, Ferreira hit quick 30s to lift Texas Super Kings to No. 2

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Five-overs-a-sideThe race for the top-two spots in MLC 2025 took another twist after Texas Super Kings comfortably beat Washington Freedom on Wednesday evening in a rain-curtailed, five-overs-a-side encounter in Lauderhill.The 43-run win for TSK saw them move up to No. 2 on the points table, while Freedom dropped to third after eight games apiece. They both have 12 points, alongside San Francisco Unicorns, who are first by virtue of a better net run-rate.It was Freedom who won the toss and opted to field, and when Marcus Stoinis (2) fell cheaply and Daryl Mitchell (6) retired out, it seemed like the right call.

But No. 3 Shubham Ranjane and No. 4 Donovan Ferreira bashed 53 runs in just 12 balls in an unbroken third-wicket partnership to lift TSK to 87 in five overs. Ranjane top-scored with 39 in 14 balls and Ferreira hit a nine-ball 37.The Freedom top order, stacked with big-hitting internationals, was wrecked by Nandre Burger early as he dismissed Rachin Ravindra (10) and Glenn Maxwell (0) off the last two balls of the first over.Akeal Hosein then picked off Mitchell Owen in the second over. Glenn Phillips did contribute with 18 in 11 balls and stayed unbeaten at the end, but Freedom could not find enough boundaries to make the chase a contest.Overall, Freedom hit three fours and three sixes in comparison to TSK’s four fours and eight sixes. All of TSK’s boundaries were struck by Ranjane and Ferreira.

Ashes 2025-26: CA schedules Brisbane day-night Test after Perth opener

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Cricket Australia has unveiled the dates for the 2025-26 Ashes series in Australia with the Gabba set to host the day-night second Test while Adelaide will host the third Test as a day game under a new agreement to have the pre-Christmas Test for the next seven years.CA confirmed that Perth will host the first Ashes Test next summer from November 21-25 before the second Test is played with a pink-ball under lights in Brisbane from December 4-8. The third Test will a day game in Adelaide from December 17-21 before the traditional Boxing Day Test begins on December 26 at the MCG. Sydney will host the fifth Test from January 4-8.A shake-up to the traditional Ashes rota had long been forecast after CA announced its fixturing contracts with the various state governments in August.Related

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Adelaide has been the main home of the day-night Test since the first one in 2015 and has hosted the two previous Ashes day-night Tests in 2017-18 and 2021-22 as the second Test in the rotation in those Ashes series following the traditional Gabba opener.But South Australia’s government, along with CA, were keen to give Adelaide a marquee holiday slot given the Test’s popularity from a tourism standpoint and it is now third in the rotation.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

The Gabba has hosted three day-night Tests previously including West Indies’ famous win earlier this year in January. But it will be the first time Brisbane has not hosted the Ashes opener since 1982-83 when Perth hosted the first Test and Brisbane had the second.The future of the Gabba has been left clouded amid uncertainty over the redevelopment plans for the stadium ahead of the 2032 Olympics. There is a chance the Ashes Test next year could be the last Gabba Test ever as there is no Test scheduled there for 2026-27 – and beyond – and the stadium in its current state will not be usable by 2030.There has been criticism of CA for not maintaining the Gabba as the opening Test of the summer for at least the next two seasons, with former Australia allrounder Shane Watson among a host of voices who would prefer the Gabba to be the opening Test. But it understood the Australian team is quite happy to play the opening Test of the summer at Optus Stadium in Perth, as has been the case in the last two summers, given Australia’s perfect record there.There may be less enthusiasm about using the pink ball at the Gabba as Australia’s bowlers have previously been vocal about the pink ball being better suited to the Adelaide Oval pitch than the Gabba. There have been periods in the Gabba pink-ball Tests where the ball has become very soft and the game has stagnated as a result.

Leach comes back stronger for England after feeling the love

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Jack Leach believes that being dropped by England during their home summer enabled him to fall back in love with cricket, aided by an unexpected phone call from Ben Stokes in the aftermath of a Test win.Leach is the leading wicket-taker in England’s series in Pakistan with 14, but had only played two Tests in the 18 months before the tour and failed to complete either due to back and knee injuries. He had returned to full fitness after knee surgery by the time England picked their first Test of the summer in June, but they selected his Somerset team-mate Shoaib Bashir instead.Bashir earned widespread praise after his match-winning five-wicket haul against West Indies at Trent Bridge, and was preferred throughout the rest of the summer. But when England returned to their Nottingham hotel after that win, Stokes called Leach to tell him that Bashir’s success did not mean he had been forgotten.”I felt really happy and proud,” Leach recalled on Monday, speaking at England’s hotel in Islamabad. “He just wanted to tell me how great I was, basically, in the way that he does, and just recognise how I’ve dealt with the situation. That gave me a chance to say some nice things back to him about what he’d given me, probably going back to 2019 at Headingley.Related

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“There’s just a mutual respect there, so it was a nice conversation to have for sure. It just reminded me that I was going about things in the right way, and gave me confidence I still had something to offer the team and I was a part of it, in a small way. That gave me good motivation for the remainder of the summer… a nice reminder that there was still a chance to play.”Leach admitted that he briefly feared that his England career would be over when he initially learned of his omission. “You always do,” he said. “After a long time out with injury, I maybe felt that might be it… I really understood the situation. If you’re not able to stay fit, then other people come in and do well, and Bash certainly did that.”But he was happy with the level of communication from England’s management throughout, and received a similar call from Brendon McCullum the day after speaking to Stokes in July. “I was really happy with that – and in a way, not surprised, because of what I’d experienced when I was there [in the squad],” he said. “I’m very thankful for that, and my relationship with those guys.”After a slow start to the season which saw him take nine wickets at 50.44 in his first four appearances for Somerset, Leach thrived at the end of the year with 36 at 15.86 in five matches. He said that the secret was as simple as “remembering what I’m about, and being happy with that” rather than worrying too much about making minor technical changes.”I just felt like I needed to rediscover that kid-like mentality of why you play the game,” Leach said. “You have that on the journey up to playing for England, that nothing-to-lose mentality. Then it’s like, ‘I’m here now, I want to keep that’. That’s tiring, it’s stressful, it’s not enjoyable… You forget what your main strengths are.”This summer actually provided a really good opportunity to go back to play for Somerset – which is what I always wanted to do as a young boy – and to just simplify everything; just do what I was good at, and build the confidence that actually, that was good enough… I’ve discovered that again: just being myself, and actually really enjoying that.”Leach has outbowled Bashir in England’s first two Tests in Pakistan, but said that reclaiming his status as first-choice spinner is “not important” to him. “That’s not really in my thoughts,” he said. “I just want to keep building on what I’ve done in the summer and what I’m doing out here… For me, it’s all about the team. Maybe I’m at an age where that’s all that really matters to me.”The pair have worked closely together in Pakistan. “He’s just done so well,” Leach said of Bashir. “He’ll just be learning so much, so quickly. He’s quality. We have a good relationship, good fun, and try to work together. I try to help where I can. I don’t want to overload him with stuff: I feel like he’s just learning through playing, and it’s all going to come quite naturally.”The series decider starts on Thursday in Rawalpindi, with another turning pitch in prospect after Pakistan’s 152-run win last week. Two years ago, it was the scene of a famous England win: they racked up 657 in 101 overs in their first innings, and Leach applied the finishing touches when trapping Naseem Shah lbw on the final evening to seal the victory.”That’s probably my favourite wicket: just the pictures of the appeal, and then just after of everyone celebrating,” Leach said. “It was just such a good game to be part of.” England will hope for something similar this week, in their bid for a 2-1 series win.

Injury draws curtains on Dwayne Bravo's CPL career

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Dwayne Bravo has played his last match in the CPL.Bravo, who will turn 41 next month, had originally planned to retire after the end of CPL 2024, but a groin injury sustained while fielding against St Lucia Kings in Tarouba on Tuesday has now ended his CPL career before the playoffs.Bravo hurt himself when he attempted to take the catch of Kings’ captain Faf du Plessis in the seventh over. He immediately left the field after pulling up and didn’t bowl a single over in what turned out to be his final CPL game. Bravo then returned to bat at No.11 in TKR’s failed chase of 219. He managed to face just one ball, which thudded into his thigh, and then retired hurt, struggling to fight off tears.”When he pulled up [injured], it looked pretty serious,” TKR captain Kieron Pollard said after the game. “Obviously him coming to bat [at No.11] is not just to win the game, but to know the extent of the injury. We’re not sure if this is going to be the end for him but overall from the team perspective we just want to tell him thank you very much for all that he has done for cricket, for Trinidad & Tobago for the wider world. He’s been a charismatic person and has been inspiring throughout and just want to tell him thank you. He’s not in a good space right now but obviously he’s given everything that he has to cricket and cricket has rewarded him as well.”Related

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TKR were also without Sunil Narine for the match against Kings, with the mystery spinner working his way back from a quad strain. It’s understood that Narine’s injury isn’t as serious as Bravo’s, and will return to action soon. As for Andre Russell, who had a hamstring complaint at the start of the tournament, his workload is being managed.Russell pitched in with two overs on Tuesday and with both Bravo and Narine unavailable, Pollard brought himself into the attack and bowled his full complement of overs for the first time in the CPL since 2022.”I had to take the mantle with DJ [Bravo] going down and Russell isn’t 100% fit,” Pollard said. “Narine is not playing because he’s not fit through injury. Obviously, I had to manage it and it’s good that you’re in a position where you have qualified [for the playoffs]. Yes, you wanna finish in the top two and you end up in the situation where you look around who can do the job for you going into the back end of the tournament. I haven’t been bowling much, but it was a good sort of shift for me today. But having said that from the bowling perspective looking at the last couple of games, we have some work to do.”Faf du Plessis worked closely with Dwayne Bravo at CSK in the IPL•BCCI

‘What a player, what a career, what a man!’ – Du Plessis pays tribute to Bravo

After Bravo retired hurt and hobbled off the field, du Plessis embraced him with a hug and later paid tribute to the CPL stalwart. Bravo is the most decorated player in the CPL, having won five titles in all, including three with TKR. He led TKR to back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018 before captaining St Kitts and Nevis Patriots to their first title in 2021.Du Plessis had captained Bravo at Texas Super Kings in the USA’s Major League Cricket (MLC) and had also played alongside Bravo at Chennai Super Kings in the IPL.”Sad to see DJ Bravo finishing in that way,” du Plessis said. “In my mind, he’s obviously someone that I’ve admired for a long time. Looks like it’s gonna be the end of his CPL. Just want to mention to him that what a player, what a career, what a man! The home people would be super proud with his cricket. He’s done so much for everyone around the Caribbean. I would have liked to give him a nice send-off walking off the field, clapping him off. But as I said I was just trying to stay alive [in the Tarouba heat] at the back end. But I feel he [Bravo] needs a special mention.”

Ranjan Madugalle first match referee to officiate 400 ODIs

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Ranjan Madugalle has become the first match referee to officiate 400 ODIs, with his taking charge of the third ODI between India and Sri Lanka at Khettarama.Madugalle has been a match referee since 1993 and in that time has also officiated more than 200 Tests, also a record. He had, in addition, served as the ICC’s chief match referee until that position was removed.Simon Taufel, former elite-panel umpire and the former umpires performance and training manager for the ICC, paid tribute to Madugalle.”Ranjan’s longevity is remarkable,” Taufel said. “He was there at the beginning of my international umpiring career and the end. He has served Sri Lanka, the ICC and game of cricket with distinction and integrity. This milestone highlights his commitment and dedication to the sport he loves.”Madugalle, in a statement put out by the ICC, said getting to this landmark was “dreamlike”. “It has been a great honour and privilege to have officiated in international cricket for so many years and it’s almost dreamlike to be reaching this milestone.”I was pleased when I got the opportunity to be associated with the game after my time as a cricketer but never thought that it would stretch to over three decades!”During this period, I have had the chance to officiate all over the world and in several World Cups, relishing every moment.”I would like to take this opportunity to thank the ICC, Sri Lanka Cricket and my colleagues with whom I have worked over the years for their support and friendship, as well as my family and friends, without whose support it would not have been possible to have come this far.”Before turning his attentions towards officiating games, Madugalle had played 21 Tests and 63 ODIs for Sri Lanka as a batter.

Sarah Bryce, Claridge and Graham six-for set up thumping Blaze victory

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The Blaze have beaten the South East Stars by 133 runs (DLS method) in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Beckenham.The visitors scored a mammoth 318 for 8, their highest List A score, even though the innings was reduced to 44 overs due to rain. Sarah Bryce top-scored with 81, Ella Claridge made a career-best 71 from 45 balls and Marie Kelly weighed in with 52.Heather Graham then claimed 6 for 39 as the Stars were bowled out for 185, despite a defiant 44 from Alice Davidson-Richards.Just eight days after Blaze eased to victory over Stars in the Charlotte Edwards Cup final they repeated the trick with an equally comfortable win at the New County Ground.Leaden skies may have persuaded Stars to bowl first, but after the early removal of Teresa Graves, who was run out by Phoebe Franklin for 9, the Bryce sisters put on a 94-run stand that was only curtailed when Tilly Corteen-Coleman bowled Kathryn for 30.A hefty rain delay saw the game reduced to 44 overs per side and Sarah Bryce fell soon after the resumption, pulling a short ball from Alexa Stonehouse to Franklin at mid-on.Graham made 28 before she was bowled by Kalea Moore and Kelly was the victim of a brilliant bit of fielding by Franklin, who in one motion, dived, scooped her up on the boundary and threw the ball in to allow Chloe Hill to complete the run out.Michaela Kirk played a supporting role to Claridge but hit out in the penultimate over and was caught off Franklin by Tash Farrant on the cow corner boundary for 18.Farrant took two wickets in the final over: Claridge was caught by Emma Jones in the deep and Josie Groves bottom-edged her to Cranstone, but the momentum was maintained by a two-ball cameo from Cassidy McCarthy, who finished on 8 not out.The target of 319 wasn’t adjusted despite the loss of six overs, but Stars made a rocky start, losing skipper Bryony Smith for 11, caught by Kirstie Gordon off Kathryn Bryce after a run of dot balls.Moore also went for 11, skying Graham almost vertically into Sarah Bryce’s gloves. Graham then had Farrant caught behind for 35 and Jones stumped for a second ball duck.Aylish Cranstone and Franklin put on 39 for the next wicket until the latter sliced Groves to McCarthy for 13. Groves then had Cranstone lbw for 33, attempting to sweep, Gordon had Hill stumped for 17 and Alexa Stonehouse was bowled by Graham for a third-ball duck.Davidson-Richards went down swinging, trying to hit Graham out of the ground but slicing her to Kathryn Bryce at backward point and the result was sealed when Graham had caught Danni Gregory by McCarthy at midwicket for 1.

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