The West Indies Cricket Board has re-scheduled the outstanding fixture between West Indies B and India A in the Carib Beer 2003 Cricket Series, as well as the semi-finals and final.The first round match between West Indies-B and India-A that had been postponed because of the visitors’ late arrival in the Caribbean will now be played at Kensington Oval, starting on Friday."The WICB did not feel it was fair for India-A to forfeit the points for missing the first round match and, now that they have a chance to make it in to the semi-finals for the Carib Beer International Challenge Trophy, we had to shift our dates around," remarked Michael Hall, the Chief Cricket Development Officer of the WICB.The staging of the West Indies B/India A fixture means that the semi-finals and final of the Carib Beer International Challenge will be delayed by one week. They semi-finals will now start on March 28 and the final on April 4.Meanwhile, the WICB has confirmed that Mervyn Jones and Dalton Holder will umpire the West Indies B/India A fixture with Halley Moore, the reserve umpire.

Shane Warne’s prizemoney allocation for Australia’s World Cup win has been defended amid claims the banned leg spinner did not deserve it.Warne is set to receive up to $15,000 from Australia’s victory despite not bowling a ball in the tournament and being banned from cricket for one year for failing a drug test.Warne was in South Africa for 11 days and will collect the cash through a pro-rata system adopted by the players for the 55-day tournament.His allocation – believed to be between $10,000 and $15,000 – has come under fire from Australian cricketing great Neil Harvey and is likely to anger large sections of the public.But Warne’s manager and brother Jason said the banned star deserved his share of Australia’s $3.36 million windfall.”From my own point of view it’s a tough one, but how far back do you go? He’s already being punished enough as it is, but do you go back and make it retrospective?” Jason Warne said.Jason Warne said his brother’s input into Australia’s victory could not be quantified.But he said it was a “bit harsh” to strip Warne of his stake given his involvement in team planning and training and World Cup promotions.”He is already missing out on income for the next 12 months and you’ve got to draw the line somewhere,” Jason Warne said.”The (anti-doping) committee drew the line in the sand when the suspension was started from February 10.”You can only go by what’s done and what the players decide.”How can you say he didn’t have any input into the games?”He was there to help Brad Hogg bowl in the nets and he was there for the structuring of the team plans which is an important part of it, so I suppose he has earned his stake in the money.””You can’t shift back his suspension and ping him both ways. That’s a bit harsh.”Australian Cricket Board public affairs general manager Peter Young said the Australian team wanted the payment system and adopted it specially for the World Cup.Young said each of the Australian players were paid the same “day rate” for every day they took part in the successful cup campaign.Warne is not the only member of the squad to benefit despite playing no games.His replacement Nathan Hauritz will also profit immensely, as will fast bowler Nathan Bracken, who replaced the injured Jason Gillespie.Gillespie played four matches.Young could not say how much each player would receive.But The Daily Telegraph newspaper said Hauritz would earn about $270,000, Bracken about $130,000 and Gillespie $180,000.

Somerset youngster Gareth Andrew made a dream debut for the Sabres in their opening match of the season at the County Ground in Taunton, but despite his impressive performances with both bat and ball his side still went down to Durham Dynamos by seven wickets.After Saturday’s victory over the same opposition in the county championship, this result will be a bitter disappointment to the Cidermen, who were without the strike force of Richard Johnson and Nixon McLean, who were both being rested in readiness for the game at Derbyshire on Wednesday, because of minor injuries.All rounder Keith Dutch was selected along with debutant Andrew, and Steffan Jones and Keith Parsons were both recalled to the team.With the weather threatening from the start it was no surprise that when Durham won the toss they elected to field first.The Sabres innings got off to a bad start when they lost Mike Burns with the score on 4 when he was bowled by South African Dewald Pretorius who was making his Durham debut.Marcus Trescothick and Jamie Cox took the Sabres onto 71 before Cox was out for 19 in the 13th over, followed shortly afterwards by James Bryant who failed to score.Parson received a warm welcome when he went out to the wicket and batted confidently for his 35 runs,before he was caught by Danny Law off Vince Wells.Trescothick was once again showing just what a talented player he is and delighting the crowd with an array of attacking shots, until he chanced his arm once too often and was caught by Michael Gough off Wells for 74.When Andrew went out to bat Somerset had slipped to 183 for 7 and looked in danger of being bowled out cheaply, but the young man had other ideas. He got off the mark with a leg glance to the boundary off Indian Test star Javagal Srinath, and from that moment he looked very much at home in the big arena.Along with Keith Dutch the young all rounder added 35 for the eighth wicket before he was caught by Gary Pratt at mid on from the bowling of Pretorious for 22.Dutch brought some late cheer to Sabres fans before he became another of Pretoroius for a hard hit 39, and by the end of the innings Somerset had moved onto 233 for 9.For the visitors Pretorious took 4 for 31 from his 9 over spell.The Durham reply seemed to be going along steadily enough until in the sixth over Andrew, who opened the bowling from the Old Pavilion End tempeted Gough to edge a catch to wicket keeper Turner, to claim his first wicket in the game at this level.Better was to follow when in the same over Vince Wells gave a hard chance to Trescothick at slip where the England man made no mistake. The youngster from Glastonbury had taken two wickets in one over and the ground was buzzing.More wickets could have so easily followed but it just wasn’t to be. A couple of chances went down, and by the time the players left the field because of the rain Durham had recovered to 112 for 2.When the player returned with a revised total of 215 to chase the visitors made no mistake, and thanks to a third wicket stand of 164 between Gary Pratt ( 101 not out) and Nicky Peng they reached their target for the loss of three wickets with 8 overs to spare.After the game Gareth Andrew told me: “I never dreamt that my debut would be as good as this. It just couldn’t have been better, it was just ideal. I felt nervous when I went out to bat and nothing can prepare you for that, but once I got off the mark a lot of positivity went through me. I felt even more nervous when I started my opening spell with the new ball, but once I got my first wicket I felt fine. Today was a dream debut for me.”

Malcolm Gray, president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), has expressed concern at the increasingly aggressive on-field behaviour of the Australian players, and stated that the ICC would scrutinise the incidentsthat took place during Australia’s ongoing tour of the West Indies.Speaking to reporters in Melbourne, Gray indicated that the match officialsshould have taken stern action against the errant players. “From all of thereports we got it appeared…that the behaviour of the players was quiteover the odds. It’s something that we don’t want in the sport and that inthose circumstances, greater action and more sterner action should have beentaken.”Gray was especially worried that the Australians were building a reputationas poor sportsmen. “Australians are not liked around the world,” Gray said.”The messages we were getting was that the Australian public and theAustralian press felt it was way over the top…this time the Australianpeople believed the actions were beyond the pale.”Gray stressed that the onus was on both the ICC and the national cricketboards to ensure that player behaviour improved across all teams. “In termsof process it is an ICC matter, in other words the umpires, referees and soforth,” he said. “However, in terms of the longer-term problem, it really isup to the national bodies to develop within their teams a change inculture.”The four-Test series between Australia and West Indies were marred byon-field altercations, which reached a head when Glenn McGrath charged atRamnaresh Sarwan and exchanged heated words in the fourth Test in Antigua.Both players were reprieved by Mike Procter, the match referee, who decidednot to take any punitive action.

The post-match pitch invasion at Old Trafford at the end of the first NatWest Challenge game is likely to prompt the England & Wales Cricket Board to call on the government to pass special legislation to combat the problem.Several hundred spectators ran onto the ground at the end of the game waving flags and banners, with the stewards left as helpless bystanders.”We’ll be looking at the legal situation with the Home Office in the very near future,” confirmed David Clark, the Corporate Communications and Events Manager at the England and Wales Cricket Board. “Two years ago they told us to use the legislation which covered aggravated trespass, which they believed would do the job, but there is clearly confusion with every Police Authority we work with. There’s also confusion among the Crown Prosecution Service as to whether that legislation is appropriate. It’s clear from the experience we’ve had so far that it’s not appropriate.”The government has so far refused to introduce legislation designed to prevent invasions of this kind, leaving ground authorities and the police only able to invoke minor sanctions against offenders.Clark was, however, keen to stress that the invasion at the end of the game should not hide the progress that has been made with crowd control. “We’ve not had any problems for two years, we’ve successfully changed the culture and people have stayed in their seats and stayed off the outfield.” But he added: “This was a real test for cricket to see how far it had come in two years and it’s a huge disappointment that we haven’t been successful here in enabling the game to finish in an orderly way with the players and match officials leaving the field in a safe and secure manner.”Jim Cumbes, Lancashire’s chief executive, was disappointed at the scenes, especially as he had arranged extra security aimed at preventing any invasion. “If they have a will to get on, you just can’t stop them,” he admitted. “It was high spirits, but you always get concerned that there’s someone among them who acts with malice. We would have had to have had literally hundreds of stewards or the police to keep them off.”

All Today’s Yesterdays – July 16 down the yearsJuly 15| July 171973
When he was captain, nobody in world cricket had as much on his plate as Shaun Pollock, who was born today. Captain, premier strike bowler, lower middle-order counter-attacker, and possessor of one of cricket’s more ginger tops, Pollock was the real deal from the moment he came in against England in 1995-96, and cracked 66 and took 4 for 34 on his one-day international debut, at Cape Town. He is the pivot of South Africa’s side, the definitive allrounder in a team of them. He averages over 30 with the bat, and thrashed a Bothamesque, 95-ball first Test hundred from No. 9 against Sri Lanka at Centurion in 2000-01, a match in which his bowlingaverage dipped below 20. A masterful wicket-to-wicket bowler, his average, when he passed the milestone, was the lowest of the 41 men to have taken 200 Test wickets. His father Peter and uncle Graeme were pretty good as well. All he has to donow is find a way to beat those pesky Australians.1910
A fearless Aussie is born. Stan McCabe loved mixing it with the fast bowlers,and in the first match of the 1932-33 Bodyline series he walloped 187 not out in the first innings. No other Aussie managed even a half-century. McCabe was a batsman of the highest class, a brilliant hooker in particular. At Trent Bridge in 1938 he saved the match with ablistering 232 so good that it had even Don Bradman drooling. When McCabe returned to thedressing-room, The Don said simply: “If I could play an innings like that, I’d be a proud man, Stan.”According to the Wisden 100, it is the greatest Test innings played at Trent Bridge. McCabe died in Syndey in 1968.1895
At Taunton, Archie MacLaren completed a mighty 424 for Lancashire against Somerset, the highest score in first-class history at the time. It remained the highest in first-class cricket in England for 99 years … until Brian Lara shattered that, and a few other recordsbesides, in 1994.1981
The first day of an immortal Test. There was nothing miraculous for Englandat the start, just 90 overs of solid frustration as Australia ground themdown on a typically bowler-friendly Headingley track. At the close the Aussies were 203 for 3, with John Dyson having made a fine 104. Wisden CricketMonthly said he batted “like a Woodfull”. England were under the coshalready.1927
An MCC president is born. John Warr would rather be remembered forthat than his Test bowling average – it was 281. And his strike rate was awicket every 584 balls – or 97 overs. Both were the worst in Test historyuntil West Indian legspinner Rawl Lewis kindly plumbed new depths. InWarr’s defence, he was still a Cambridge undergraduate when he was pickedfor those Tests, in Australia in 1950-51. Most students struggle toget up before midday to brush their teeth, let alone to bowl to Hassett,Harvey and Miller on an Adelaide shirtfront. Warr later captainedMiddlesex – cue the famous Brian Johnston joke that “Warr’s declared”,whereupon an old woman in the crowd wakes up and enquires, “Who against?”1983
Against New Zealand at The Oval, Graeme Fowler and Chris Tavare became the first England openers toscore a century in the same Test innings for 23 years. And – shock, horror -Tavare’s was the quicker: his 109 came off 255 balls, Fowler’s 105 off 303.Mind you, it was Fowler’s maiden Test hundred, so you can understand hiswatchfulness. Allan Lamb cracked 102 not out as well, as Englandeased home by 189 runs.Other birthdays
1920 Anwar Hussain (Pakistan)
1936 Venkataraman Subramanya (India)

Division OneYorkshire: 166-6 Nottinghamshire: 167-9 Notts won by 1 wicketKent: 215-3 Surrey: 170 Kent won by 40 runsBerkshire: 63 Sussex: 69-4 Sussex win by 6 wickets

Sussex have won three matches from three, beating Berkshire convincingly by 6 wickets at Fitzwilliam College today. England and Sussex Captain, Clare Connor, took 3 wickets for just one run, including fellow England international, Claire Taylor for 3. Caroline Atkins, who has been put on stand-by for the forthcoming international matches, took 4-19 to blight the Berkshire middle order.Atkins finished not out on 12, with England U19 player Alexia Walker hitting a six for the winning runs, also unbeaten on 22.Berkshire, who came second in last year’s competition, are now involved in a relegation battle with Surrey, whom they face at C.U Press tomorrow, whilst Nottinghamshire face Sussex in a title decider at Pembroke College.In a thrilling match, Nottinghamshire beat Yorkshire by one run, from the last ball, to retain their unbeaten record. Yorkshire had recovered from 15-3 to finish on 166-8 against the title chasers at C U Press. Having lost their Captain, Melissa Reynard, for 9 and Kathryn Leng for 3, it took the experienced pair of Sue Metcalfe and England’s most capped player, Clare Taylor, to restore some backbone to the Yorkshire batting. Miserly bowling from Nicky Myers (Notts) restricted the current Frizzell County Champions, returning exceptional figures of 2-2 from eight overs and frustrating the Leng in particular.Metcalfe played a hard-hitting innings reaching 65 from 80 balls before being caught by Jenny Gunn from the bowling of young MCC player, Nicky Shaw.Taylor hit an impressive 30 from 38 balls to ensure Nottinghamshire did not have an easy chase.But, with the last ball of the match, Nottinghamshire did reach the target with Nicky Shaw finishing unbeaten on 46 despite Clare Taylor’s three wickets.Another positive for England was Jane Smit’s smart keeping for Nottinghamshire, having been recalled to the England squad after a year’s absence.The stylish batters of Kent and England, Charlotte Edwards and Lydia Greenway, put on 46 for the second wicket against Surrey. Edwards finished on 83, including nine fours and Greenway on 48*. The pair put Kent in a strong position, and whilst Australian Melanie Jones was at the crease for Surrey, there was always a chance until she was stumped on 60. Laura Joyce, the England U19 wicket-keeper made 30, but Surrey finished forty runs short.

Division TwoHertfordshire: 57 Somerset: 58-1 Somerset won by 9 wicketsHampshire: 155-9 Staffordshire: 156-1 Staffs won by 9 wicketsLancashire: 138-9 Middlesex: 123 Lancashire won by 15 runs

Lancashire sustained their promotion challenge, beating Middlesex today by 15 runs at Emmanuel. They are now the only unbeaten team in Division Two. Laura Newton top-scored with 44, assisted by Arran Thompson who made 23. Lancashire could not consolidate their good start, tumbling from 81-4 to 121 all out, but the chase was too big for Middlesex. Lancashire’s Captain, Arran Thompson took 3-18 and Susanne White 4-18 to ensure the victory.Somerset Captain and England player, Hannah Lloyd, had few problems chasing Hertfordshire’s score of just 57 at Queen’s College, reaching the target in the seventeenth over. Lloyd remained unbeaten on 37, and also took 2-5 in a three over bowling spell. For Somerset, Jackie Hawker took 3-7 and Kathryn Wilkins 3-10 to demolish Hertfordshire.Helen Pugh took a Championship best 4-21 for Staffordshire against Hampshire, restricting Hampshire to 135-9. Kirsty White provided some solidity to the Hampshire batting and remained unbeaten on 36, but wickets fell regularly as Pugh and fellow Cricket Development Officer, Kelly Evenson, took seven wickets.In reply, Tracy Crump scored 81, including fifteen fours, in a first wicket stand of 134 with Sue Redfearn (38*) to secure the comprehensive victory with fifteen overs to spare.

Division ThreeCheshire: 180 Essex: 180 Match is a tieNorthamptonshire: 93 Derbyshire: 94-3 Derbys won by 7 wicketsDurham: 150-2 Warks: 148-5 Durham won by 8 wickets

Lynn Spooner took 3-14 as Derbyshire beat Northamptonshire by seven wickets at Churchill Ground. A fourth wicket unbeaten partnership between Sue Whittam (19*) and Nina Marshall (29*) secured the Derbyshire victory in the thirty-fourth over.Warwickshire scored 148-5 at St John’s with T Keir scoring 83, but Durham chased successfully finishing on 150-2 thanks to a first wicket stand of 112 between Hazell (43) and Anderson (54).Peformances of the day:

Caroline Atkins (Sussex) 4-19 Division OneClare Connor (Sussex) 3-1 Division OneHelen Pugh (Staffordshire) 4-21 Division TwoJackie Hawker (Somerset) 3-7 Division TwoLynn Spooner (Derbyshire) 3-14 Division ThreeCharlotte Edwards (Kent) 83 Division OneSue Metcalfe (Yorks) 65 Division OneTracy Crump (Staffs) 81 Division TwoT Keir (Warks) 83 Division Three

Teams compete in three divisions of six playing five 50 over matches between Saturday 26th and Wednesday 31st July, on a round robin basis.

Changes are expected for the third Test against South Africa at Trent Bridge next Thursday, as England’s selectors attempt to rediscover the winning formula that has been disastrously mislaid over the past two weeks. England were comprehensively outplayed in a rain-affected first Test at Edgbaston, before being routed by an innings and 92 runs at Lord’s on Sunday.Michael Vaughan, who was thrust into the spotlight by Nasser Hussain’s resignation last week, has been told he will be given a say in the selection process, even though he is not officially on the panel. “I think the selectors have a meeting on Thursday,” said Vaughan. “Between now and then we will try and come up with a plan of how to beat South Africa.”I’m keen on having a team that I feel can beat South Africa,” added Vaughan. “Whether we look to the future I don’t know. First and foremost we have to try and put in a better performance at Trent Bridge and try and put South Africa under some pressure.”David Graveney, England’s chairman of selectors, acknowledged that Vaughan had been underprepared for his role at Lord’s, and he now has ten days in which to settle into the job. “Michael now has the chance to settle back and get a better understanding of the job that was presented to him,” said Graveney. “I hope he has a couple of days now away from the spotlight to decide what he wants because what he wants is going to have a major bearing in our selection meeting.”Several of England’s old guard will be under considerable pressure in the next few days. Darren Gough, whose spirit is willing but whose knees are weak, struggled his way to a solitary wicket in two Tests and has already announced his retirement from Test cricket. Alec Stewart was uncharacteristically scratchy behind the stumps at Lord’s, and picked up a second-ball duck in his final innings at the ground, while Nasser Hussain’s post-captaincy blues will be a source of some concern to the selectors.The younger generation are hardly more secure. Anthony McGrath has looked palpably out of his depth, despite his success against Zimbabwe earlier in the season, while Steve Harmison’s place will probably remain secure for the time being, if only for a lack of options. Ashley Giles has also felt the pressure in recent weeks, although his ability to make consistent runs from No. 8 will surely work in his favour. That, and his close friendship with his new captain – Vaughan will need all the support going in the next few days.Inevitably though, with a shake-up in the offing, there is one big name rearing his head again. Graham Thorpe is fit, in form and has put his personal problems aside, and the temptation for his inclusion will be hard to resist. “If he’s right in his mind and personal life then I am sure the selectors will talk about him,” said Vaughan. “He’s a fantastic player.”

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Daryl Tuffey will enjoy better days than that he experienced at Ahmedabad today, in fact he has enjoyed them, most notably against India in New Zealand last year. But the fine line between success and missed chances was never more apparent than on the first day of the series in India.It was always going to be toughest for the fast-medium brigade. That’s the way it has always been in India. Not having the shock value of Shane Bond compounded the situation. But Tuffey made his point. A player who in the past has been labelled a slow starter and less than effective in overseas conditions, he showed that with maturity has come consistency. He did his bit, and bowled to his plan in the first half of the day. But if he creates the chances, all he can do is hope that they go to hand.They didn’t today. Virender Sehwag dropped on the third man boundary by Craig McMillan with the ball going for six, Akash Chopra dropped by Robbie Hart. Fortunately for the offenders, neither lasted long enough to create problems and there was a catch-up when Sehwag was given out leg before wicket. But the man the Indians were keen to show could only perform on New Zealand wicket types like those of last summer, won his own battle to show that he was deserving of greater respect.Jacob Oram, too showed commendable adherence to the plan. The unity of purpose in the side’s attack was obvious. Stephen Fleming, the captain directing operations on the field, and having a fair say off, has become identifiable as one of those leaders who likes to work on his opponents – assessing, probing and executing. It can mean some field placements that test the descriptions provided in the MCC Coaching Manual, but it was only by mere fractions that New Zealand weren’t better placed by the end of the day.The last session was memorable for India as the New Zealand competitiveness waned in the heat and the patient batsmen had their reward. As it is so often when New Zealand meet India nowadays, it was Rahul Dravid who bridged the gap between the breakthrough, when Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar were dismissed, and safety and security in an ongoing partnership of 115 runs with VVS Laxman. Dravid has scored 801 runs in eight Tests against New Zealand, with an average of 64.57 in New Zealand as opposed to 58.16 in India, although at the start of today’s Test his home average was 39.83. The same elegance that has been his trademark throughout his career was obvious again, never more than when he was caressing the ball through the off side en route to his fourth century against New Zealand.And while both were subjected to part of “the plan” and some concentrated shorter bowling, Laxman especially, they withstood it and turned the attack back on the bowlers in crisp and authoritative style. Laxman’s pull shots showed that he had emerged from the coaching lesson Craig McMillan appeared to be delivering during his ‘short’, if you’ll pardon the double entendre, spell all the better for the experience. Certainly he revealed no effects from the constant whiplash effect of jerking his head out of the way of the ball as it passed by.In recent times the grooming of the New Zealanders in Asian countries has taken a hammering, most notably the Number One hair cuts in Sri Lanka earlier in the year, but Craig McMillan this time has opted for more hair on his face with a handlebar moustache that left him looking like an atomised Merv Hughes, and a Mohawk haircut that could only be described as Beckhamesque in effect if not delivery.With Sourav Ganguly still to come and some capable lower-order batsmen, India have left New Zealand needing to take quick wickets on the second morning or be left facing a daunting batting target when they finally get their turn.The Wisden Bulletin
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