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Ravi Bopara was bowling and seen running his fingers over the ball when the umpires stopped play to have the ball replaced

Mohammad Isam07-Feb-2022The umpires penalised Sylhet Sunrisers five runs for changing the condition of the ball during their BPL match against Khulna Tigers. It is the first time a side has been disciplined for such a matter in the BPL, whether during play or after.The incident took place in the ninth over, bowled by Ravi Bopara. The broadcasters showed a replay of the English allrounder running his fingers over the ball during the over, after which the on-field umpires Mahfuzur Rahman and Prageeth Rambukwella got hold of the ball.While looking at the condition of the seam, the umpires sent back wicketkeeper Anamul Haque who tried to speak to them. Bopara also approached the umpires and said something, but by then the umpires had ordered the fourth official to bring out the replacement balls.According to the playing conditions, clause 41.3.5, “if it is possible to identify the player(s) responsible for changing the condition of the ball, the umpires shall… change the ball forthwith. Additionally, the bowler’s end umpire shall award 5 Penalty runs to the opposing side.”The law also says that the umpires shall then report the matter to the match referee “who shall take such action as is considered appropriate against the player(s) concerned”.Bopara was named Sylhet captain from this match, replacing Mosaddek Hossain. It is the first time that Bopara is leading a BPL side, having played 65 previous matches in the tournament. He continued to bowl after the incident.

The defending champions had looked like taking a strong lead, but ended up in trouble themselves later in the day

AAP and ESPNcricinfo staff06-Oct-2025Peter Handscomb reminded Test selectors of his talents, scoring another Sheffield Shield century against South Australia.After the Victoria captain top scored with 103 on Monday at Adelaide Oval and declared seven runs behind the home side, a crucial sixth-wicket stand rescued the day for SA.Related

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Daniel Drew (42 not out) and Harry Nielsen (41 not out) took SA from a precarious 82 for 5 to 169 for 5 at stumps, a lead of 176 going into the last day.Resuming on 38 with the score 167 for 3, Handscomb anchored the Victorian innings on day three. In reply to SA’s 350, they were in trouble at 199 for 6 before Handscomb combined with Fergus O’Neill for a seventh-wicket stand of 125.Spinner Lloyd Pope had O’Neill caught-and-bowled for 64 and Pope dismissed Handscomb, caught by Jordan Buckingham in the deep for the eighth wicket.Handscomb, whose most recent Test was in March 2023, faced 180 balls and hit seven fours and two sixes. Half of his 18 Shield tons have been against SA.SA steadily lost early wickets in their second innings. After a duck on the opening day, No.3 and Test hopeful Nathan McSweeney was dismissed for 6 when he edged a pull against David Moody.Opener Henry Hunt and Jake Lehmann starred with centuries in SA’s first innings. But when impressive Victorian left-arm spinner Doug Warren dismissed them in successive overs – Hunt top-edging a sweep and Lehmann bowled through the gate on the drive – the home side was five down for not nearly enough.That brought together Drew and Nielsen, who grew in confidence as they batted through to stumps.

Netherlands also start the tournament having seen minimal action, with only 37.2 overs possible in their game against Australia

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Oct-2023India will head into the World Cup without having played a single ball of warm-ups, with their practice match against Netherlands washed out in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. Their first warm-up match, against England in Guwahati on September 30, was also called off without a ball bowled, though the weather did allow the toss to take place.Netherlands will also begin the World Cup proper having seen minimal warm-up action. Their game against Australia in Thiruvananthapuram was heavily rain-affected, with no result possible after Netherlands had bowled 23 overs and batted for 14.2 overs.Related

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India travelled the length and breadth of the country for their warm-ups. After finishing their three-match ODI series against Australia in Rajkot in Gujarat, India’s westermost state, they travelled to Guwahati in the northeast and then to Thiruvananthapuram near the southern tip of the peninsula. Having covered over 6000km over those two journeys, India will now undertake the short journey to Chennai where they face Australia in their tournament-opener on October 8.Netherlands will start their campaign in Hyderabad, where they meet Pakistan on October 6.Hosts India start the World Cup as favourites, going into the tournament with a squad that covers most bases – though a right-hander-heavy top order and the No. 8 position remain concerns. They made one late change to their original squad, replacing the injured Axar Patel with R Ashwin, giving themselves an offspin option in the process.Netherlands made the 10-team World Cup on the basis of a spectacular display at the Qualifier in Zimbabwe, where they finished in the top two after stunning West Indies via the Super Over in a high-scoring thriller, and then chasing down 278 inside 44 overs to pip Scotland on net run rate.

Anil Kumble, Faf du Plessis and Andy Flower are in favour of changing the rule

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Oct-20223:30

Should teams be allowed to change XIs after the toss if it rains?

Teams should be allowed to make changes to their XI if rain curtails play after the toss but before a ball has been bowled, according to ESPNcricinfo’s T20 Time Out experts Faf du Plessis, Anil Kumble and Andy Flower.Kumble and Flower, who have extensive coaching experience in T20 leagues, and Du Plessis, the former South Africa captain, said the tweak in the rules would allow teams to field their best XI for a rain-hit contest.The discussion happened while South Africa and Zimbabwe were made to wait after the toss for the start of their Super 12 match because of rain in Hobart. The game was eventually reduced to nine overs a side after Zimbabwe had chosen to bat.”That’s something I’m sure will get discussed in the next committee meeting, especially in this format,” Kumble said, when asked whether changes should be allowed to the playing XIs after the toss in such situations. “In a game like this, where the toss has happened, the teams have been announced, it could eventually be a five-over game, so yes.”Kumble said, however, that both teams knew there was rain around before the toss, so they would have taken that into account.Flower, who coached Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2022, said the best combination for a five or six-over match would be different to a 20-over match.”What the fans want to see is the best contest between the best two elevens, and if the best two elevens need to be altered slightly given that the match changes to a five or a six-over game, then the fans would like to see the best elevens take each other on,” Flower said. “I don’t see why sticking with the status quo makes particular sense. I’d like someone to explain that to me if possible at some stage.”Du Plessis, who captains RCB in the IPL, said that the potential rule change will be good for the fans. “From a captaincy perspective, it’s quite a decision-making process when there’s rain around,” he said. “From a captain’s point of view, you try and push the umpires to say let’s wait for the toss, because you do want to pick the right team if it gets affected by the rain.”In terms of the rule change, I think it will be nice, especially for the fans, to see team changes and stuff after the toss.”

Stokes scores unbeaten 135, Jack Leach holds his nerve as England post their highest successful run chase in Tests

The Report by Valkerie Baynes25-Aug-2019Ben Stokes. Nerveless, gifted, superstar Stokes.A day that began full of possibility flipped and flopped and flipped again on the balance of probablility and ended with an air of impossibility as England kept the Ashes alive, thanks to Stokes’ match-winning century. His unbeaten 135 handed England the most unlikely of victories, by one wicket, in the third Test at Headingley, allowing them to level the series at 1-1.In one of the most thrilling finishes imaginable – well, since England’s World Cup triumph last month with, you guessed it, Stokes, front and centre – he and Jack Leach stood up against the odds and steered their side to their highest successful run chase in Tests, two days after they had been humbled for 67 in their first innings and were then set 359 to win.Numerous times Australia threatened to take the final wicket they needed for a victory that had seemed inevitable, only to fluff their lines repeatedly.Stokes was dropped on 116 when he sent a top edge off Pat Cummins towards third man, where Marcus Harris got his hands to it but couldn’t hold on. Australia then wasted a review – which would come back to haunt them – when Cummins rapped Leach on the pad and the DRS confirmed the ball had pitched well outside leg.When Stokes cleared the man on the rope for a six off Nathan Lyon, the crowd went wild and England needed just two more to win. Two balls later, Leach should have been run out after going for a non-existent single, but Lyon fumbled as he tried to gather the throw from backward point. Stokes should have been out lbw attempting to slog-sweep the very next ball, which was pitching on middle and leg and shown by Hawk-Eye to be hitting the stumps, but with no reviews left, Australia could do nothing.Ben Stokes lets out a roar after sealing England’s win•Getty Images

The hosts had dared to dream when they resumed on a hot summer’s day at 156 for 3 with Joe Root unbeaten on 75 and Stokes locked and loaded having faced 50 balls for his 2 not out.Cue the possibility. These two batsmen at the crease – Root with a point to ram home after going some way to answering critics of his batting, captaincy and combination of both, and Stokes with a fifty and a Man-of-the-Match century to his name in the previous two Tests – were fully capable of bringing England within reach of the 203 runs still needed to clinch victory.Cue the probability. Australia’s attack, while frustrated on the third afternoon, had kept the pressure on and, with the second new ball due after eight overs on day four, England faced a big task just to navigate the morning, let alone chase down the target. That became even more unlikely when Root fell, having added just two runs, to a brilliant slips catch from David Warner – his sixth of the match – off the bowling of Lyon in the sixth over of the day.Stokes and Jonny Bairstow swung the probability back in England’s favour with a defiant, and threatening, 86-run partnership. Their union was broken when Bairstow, on 36, attempted to cut Josh Hazlewood but guided the ball to Marnus Labuschagne at second slip.Cue the impossibility. Stokes’ knock, which included 11 fours and eight sixes, also saw him farm the strike expertly, while England No. 11 Leach deserved huge plaudits for holding his nerve in a 76-run partnership with Stokes off 62 balls, to which Leach contributed 1 off 17. Only once in the history of Test cricket – actually only a few months ago, in Durban – has a last-wicket pair scored more to secure victory.Stokes had looked like running out of partners. Jos Buttler, initially called through and then sent back by Stokes, was run out to a direct his from Travis Head, Chris Woakes chipped Hazlewood straight to Matthew Wade at short extra cover, Jofra Archer holed out after a brief cameo and Stuart Broad was out lbw to a James Pattinson yorker.As Stokes neared his century, Hazlewood – who was one wicket away from claiming 10 for the match – returned to the attack. Stokes proceeded to take 19 off the over, bringing up his ton with a four hammered through wide long-on, and following up with consecutive sixes.Stokes admitted there were moments when he wasn’t part of the action that he couldn’t watch. Leach levelled the scores with a single off Cummins and when Stokes brought up the win on the next ball, flaying Cummins through the covers to the boundary, he let out an almighty roar, arms outstretched as Leach ran to embrace him like the saviour he was.It seemed like so long ago that Stokes had toiled with the ball for 24.2 overs to claim 3 for 56 in Australia’s second innings, when Labuschagne top-scored for the tourists for the third time in as many innings with 80. It made Stokes’ feats with the bat all the more remarkable.

The Australian batsman has been struggling in the field and unable to bowl since late last year and will have another operation in July

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Apr-2019Ashton Turner will undergo another shoulder operation following Australia A’s tour of the UK in a bid to further his chances of reclaiming a place in the Australia line-up, after he missed out on the World Cup.In a wide-ranging interview with ESPNcricinfo, Turner said that he has been severely restricted in the field over the past four months due to his shoulder problem that flared during the BBL. He has not been able to throw with much velocity and has not bowled his offspin in a match since December 22 last year.Turner was in the mix for a World Cup berth after his stunning performance for Australia in Mohali but his limitations in the field ultimately saw him miss out on the final 15 after he wasn’t selected for any games against Pakistan on Australia’s recent tour of the UAE.”Realistically, being a bit limited with my shoulder and what I can contribute outside of my batting probably cost me an opportunity to play in the UAE series,” Turner said. “I’m going to have surgery [on his troublesome right shoulder] in a couple of months. Missing out on the World Cup squad has only motivated me more to want to get back there, because being a part of that Australian side was such a great experience. That’s where I want to be.”Turner was selected in the Australia A squad for the five-match limited-overs leg of the tour of the UK that runs concurrently with the World Cup. After that he will have another operation when he returns home to Australia in July in the hope to be fit for the start of the Australian domestic summer.”I’ve had a couple of operations before but the results haven’t been as good as we’d hoped,” Turner said. “So I’m having a slightly different operation, which is probably a bit more sturdy than the one I’ve had before.”I’ll probably be out for three months after that and be ready for the Australian home summer. Lots of things were taken into consideration about the timing of the operation. I’ve known since Boxing Day last year, when I injured it, that I was going to have to get something done again. This is the best time for me to have it. And certainly the T20 World Cup [in 2020] and the home summer were high on the agenda of things I needed to be fit and available for selection for.”

JP Duminy, who might replace the injured David Miller, hopes the South Africans play Sri Lanka with freedom, and a smile on their faces

Andrew Fidel Fernando in Chester-le-Street27-Jun-20192:12

Hussey: SA should break shackles and express themselves

There is no real pressure. No way that they can choke. Far as South Africa are concerned, this could just be another match in a bilateral series. Will that free them up against a team they have routinely thumped over the last year? Of the last ten matches between these sides, South Africa have won eight. Even the two games that Sri Lanka have won were dead rubbers, after South Africa had already sewn the series up.Or will the disappointments of this campaign weigh South Africa down even more? When you’ve planned, and played with the World Cup as your focus for two years, only to underperform spectacularly at the actual event, there are likely to be emotional consequences.Will South Africa play like a team that has nothing to play for, or one that has nothing to lose?”When you have no pressure of qualifying, they can come and, without any pressure, play fearless cricket,” Sri Lanka coach Chandika Hathurusingha said of South Africa. “At the same time, they can turn up and just want to go home, so you never know.”JP Duminy, who may play his first match in over two weeks on Friday, on account of an injury to David Miller, believes in the “freedom” narrative. Or at least, he hopes the lack of pressure will transform South Africa. Having announced his ODI retirement before the tournament, it is one of Duminy’s final opportunities on this stage.”Is your foot on the plane or does that give you a sense of freedom? I 100% agree with the freedom – just go out and play your natural game, your naturally gifted game,” he said. “That’s not a cop-out. That is just an understanding that you have almost the license to just go out and play with the freedom that you were allowed to play with as a young kid, and play with a smile on your face. You play to enjoy the game and that’s the kind of mentality that I certainly want to end my international one-day career with.”I’ll be having fun with my friends on the field, understanding what a huge privilege it was to represent my country so many times. You should never take that for granted. And if any of us has one foot on the plane, that means you are taking it for granted.”Although South Africa are out, a win for them in Durham will substantially diminish Sri Lanka’s chances of qualifying for the semi-finals. The recent history between these two sides suggests South Africa should ease past this opposition, but as results from various matches over the past week have shown, recent history doesn’t always count for much in the bump and grind of a World Cup.”We played good cricket against Sri Lanka, both in Sri Lanka a few months ago, and recently in South Africa, so we know we can beat them,” Duminy said. “I wouldn’t say that’s a mission of ours to stop them from qualifying. I think the important mission for us is to play good cricket – the cricket we know and the brand we know we are capable of playing.”I think if we do that, particularly tomorrow, and in the game against Australia, we give ourselves the best chance of beating them.”

Bryce Street’s patient 41 not out puts the home side well in front by the end of the day

The Report by Alex Malcolm14-Feb-2020Michael Neser and the other Queensland seam bowlers thrived on a green Gabba pitch to roll Tasmania over for just 78 on the opening morning in Brisbane.Neser took 4 for 18 and Jack Wildermuth bagged 3 for 17 as Tasmania were bowled out inside 38 overs after being sent in to bat after losing the toss.The pitch was scarcely distinguishable from the rest of the square and the outfield, and batting was brutally difficult as the ball seamed and swung consistently. Neser removed both openers, trapping Jordan Silk in front and taking the outside edge of Alex Doolan’s bat. He later returned to nab Australia Test skipper Tim Paine with the worst ball of the day as Paine chipped a full toss to mid-on.Charlie Wakim was the only Tasmania batsman to reach double-figures. He and Jake Doran were also the only ones to bat for a significant stretch of time – Wakim faced 50 balls for his 11 and Doran 56 for his 7.Ben McDermott was unfortunate to be given out caught behind but the rest could not help but nick to a hungry cordon of catchers behind the wicket. Queensland’s spinner Mitch Swepson was not required to bowl.The Bulls were then able to blunt Tasmania’s attack late in the day despite the ball continuing to move prodigiously, with Bryce Street absorbing 154 deliveries to finish not out on 41.Joe Burns fell top-edging a pull off Jackson Bird for 23 before Marnus Labuschagne appeared to be caught behind first ball from what looked like a regulation and healthy outside edge. But the umpire was unmoved and the Tasmanians were mystified. Bird eventually got his man with Labuschagne edging to second slip for 26 attempting an ambitious drive on the up.Street was the immovable object continuing the form he displayed before the BBL break steering the Bulls to stumps just two down with a lead of 37, alongside skipper Usman Khawaja.

Hosts picked up 65 for 5 to dismiss Australia for 416 after Smith 110 and are only 138 behind

Vithushan Ehantharajah29-Jun-2023You cannot win a Test match in an hour’s play on day two. Nor can you lose it. But as observers at Lord’s on Thursday can now attest to, you can certainly loosen your grip on proceedings much to the relief of your opponents, as England did.A collapse of 34 for 3 in 7.3 overs saw the hosts cede control of the first innings of this second Test. Having dismissed Australia outright for 416, taking the final five wickets for the addition of just 65 runs, England conspired amongst themselves to turn 188 for one into 222 for 4.This was far from terminal. Stumps arrived with no further losses, Harry Brook unbeaten on a flighty 45 and Ben Stokes playing the part of the adult in the room with a measured 17 not out off 57. Australia’s lead is now just 138.The unnecessary cascade was layered. Steven Smith had “only” made it to 110 for his 32nd Test hundred, four years after a bumper double on this very ground. Midway through the 37th over of England’s response, Nathan Lyon pulled up with a calf injury that will be assessed overnight but almost certainly rules him out of bowling in the rest of this match. And to have lost a dynamic trio of Ollie Pope, Ben Duckett and Joe Root – all to the hook shot – felt deeply unnecessary from England, especially with a tail elongated by the presence of Josh Tongue as the extra seamer.Related

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Tongue, though, has been far from an inconvenience. He justified selection as the best on show on Wednesday with the wickets of openers Usman Khawaja and David Warner, and then prised out Smith on Thursday morning. An attempt to drive the seamer on the up was caught superbly by Duckett at gully. It was the second time this summer the Worcestershire quick has seen off the 34-year-old following an lbw decision in his favour when Smith was moonlighting as Sussex’s overseas player in May.Stuart Broad was the first to strike, trapping Alex Carey leg before, only confirmed with a DRS review at his insistence. James Anderson then picked up his first wicket of the match as Mitchell Starc swiped to first slip, with Jonny Bairstow diving across to claim the catch.Tongue’s dismissal of Smith made it 393 for 8 – the same score on which England declared at the end of the first day at Edgbaston. And while Australia were never going to reciprocate a decision that felt like generosity as time wore on, Ollie Robinson’s double strike of No. 10 and 11 – Lyon caught in the deep; Josh Hazlewood scuffing to first slip – meant only 19 came from the final two stands.There was enough time for a four-over spell before lunch, but not one that proved particularly taxing for Zak Crawley and Duckett. And while Crawley did not join his partner in traipsing into the tea interval unbeaten, he could claim plenty of credit for the 132 added in the 26 overs of the middle session.A typically classy 48 in an opening stand of 91 took England into the 18th over before the Kent opener ran inside the line of a Lyon delivery that turned up the slope. Carey, unsighted, did superbly to take cleanly and affect the off-spinner’s fourth stumping already this series.With all the build-up centred around the robustness of the 35-year-old playing his 100th consecutive Test match, here was a cruel irony when he pulled up during the 37th over. He was haring in from the leg side fence attempting to intercept an uppish pull from Duckett played off a short ball from Cameron Green. Lyon grimaced at the end of his chase, and eventually limped off the field before being helped back to the away dressing room by Australia’s team physiotherapist.Given such a high-profile injury, both of a man just four away from 500 career dismissals and the only bowler travelling under three runs an over, the nature of the delivery was in danger of getting lost. The short ball was starting to provide a whiff of opportunity. Duckett looked a tad scratchy after shedding early nerves to reach an eighth fifty-plus score from 84 deliveries.At the time of Lyon’s injury, Duckett had moved to 87, and Pope was on 39. And as their stand eventually swelled to 97 a couple of overs later, the “smart” move was to milk the pace attack, particularly the expensive Starc who was going at close to eights. Evidently, this England team regarded it as too “old-fashioned”.Pope tried to hit Green over Old Father Time but found Smith a fair few feet under him. Duckett, having made it to 98, played his fourth and final uncontrolled hook off Hazlewood to David Warner around the corner. Root, having survived on 1 when a swipe off the same bowler caught behind was ruled out for a front-foot no ball, then completed a dismal three-peat by scuffing Starc to Smith around the corner at square leg. That catch was put under the microscope but was fine. The only thing unclean about it was the connection.England’s vice-captain, their banker of an opener on the cusp of his first Ashes century and their standout batting great, throwing away their wickets through commitment to the bit. And as Lord’s scoffed, they were thankful it was not so much worse. Brook, on 25, swiped Pat Cummins straight to square leg, only for Marnus Labuschagne to tip the ball over the bar.As much as England shot themselves in the foot, Australia deserve credit. They provided the shotgun, reloaded the bullets and played to the vanity of a punchy middle order by constantly telling them how cool they looked pulling the trigger. Short bowling is hard enough at the best of times, but it was a credit to an attack who stepped up and rallied through to the 6:30pm close. Tomorrow will ask a great deal more of them.How Brook and Stokes approach matters on Friday morning remains a mystery. They could take a page out of Smith’s book, who may have needed 169 deliveries to reach three figures, but still offered enough attacking threat, notably with a glorious drive to reach the milestone, followed by a flick through midwicket to celebrate.England, though, will no doubt approach day three with the same vim. Perhaps even more, knowing their main suppressor Lyon will not be there to stop them.

Thunder were left with too much to do after rain reduced the contest to a five-over shoot-out

The Report by Sreshth Shah06-Jan-2020Tom Banton struck the second-fastest Big Bash fifty of all time (16 balls) and Chris Lynn blazed to a 13-ball 31 against Sydney Thunder to set up Brisbane Heat’s win in a rain-hit game that had multiple interruptions.The eight-over-a-side game began nearly two hours after the scheduled start of play. Thereafter, another short break in the second innings broke the game’s momentum. Eventually, it was all too much for Thunder to do, as they suffered their third loss of the season. As for the Heat, they moved to fifth on the points table after winning their second game on the trot.Heat openers put on a showWith the game reduced to eight overs per side, Banton walked in with a new partner on the night. Lynn, who usually batted at No. 3 this season, took the non-striker’s end, and witnessed his young opening partner drill a six and two fours off the game’s first three deliveries. That set the tone for the Heat innings as they took 18 off the first over bowled by Golden Cap holder Daniel Sams.The second over from Chris Morris was much of the same, but this time it came from the Heat captain. Lynn cleared his front leg and and hammered three fours and a six – including two shots over the bowler’s head – to claim 21 off the second over.Chris Lynn launches one of his 11 sixes•Getty Images

Having collected 39 in the Powerplay for the loss of no wicket, the duo played out the third over from Chris Green before taking on the fourth over delivered by Arjun Nair. After playing out a dot off the over’s first ball, Banton lined Nair up for five sixes in a row to thump 30 off the over. The final six brought up Banton’s fifty in 16 deliveries. Nair’s horror over also tied the record for the most runs delivered in a BBL over.Both batsmen, however, fell over the next two overs. Chris Tremain’s wide yorker saw Banton hole out to long on while Lynn was caught at deep midwicket. It brought in new batsmen Max Bryant and Ben Cutting, with the former hitting a six in the sixth over to bring up the team hundred. However, the Heat could add only 16 more runs in the last two overs to finish on 4 for 119.Too much for Thunder to doUsman Khawaja and Alex Hales opened the batting for Thunder, needing 15 per over to win. Khawaja struck a six off the innings’ second delivery but couldn’t find any other boundary in the first over as Peter Lalor used his change-ups to force errors from the left-hander. Khawaja’s frustration came to the fore when he was bowled in the second over by left-arm wristspinner Zahir Khan. At the end of two overs, Thunder were 1 for 18.But the rain returned in the third over to send the players scampering back. At that stage Thunder needed 102 off 36 balls and looked the happier side leaving the ground, since it looked like the game may be called off.The rain stopped just in time for the Thunder chase to be adjusted into a five-over shootout, with the hosts needing 55 in 17 balls to win. But the Heat bowlers successfully bowled to their field – going full and wide to the batsmen – to strangle the run flow and seal a 16-run win.