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Cricket Kenya has named a 14-man squad for the Intercontinental Cup tie against Bermuda which starts this Sunday at the Nairobi Gymkhana.The main surprise is the recall of 33-year-old Lameck Onyango who has been sidelined by a knee injury. His international record hardly warrants another chance – in five ODIs he has made 30 runs and taken one wicket, and his last appearance was four years ago when he batted at No. 11 and was not asked to bowl.Morris Ouma and David Obuya are likely to open the innings in place of Kennedy Otieno, who is playing club cricket in Australia.There is a youthful look to the side, however. Tanmay Mishra, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Maurice Ouma and Hiren Varaiya will return from South Africa, where they have been attending a four-week Winter Training Camp in Durban, in time for the match.Nairobi has been hit by heavy storms and flooding all week, but the groundsman at the Gymkhana said the match was not in doubt. “It’s been very dry underground and that is why the outfield is still dry. I will only be worried if there is heavy rain for five days. As for the square, we have enough covers to protect it.”

It has been one of the poorer aspects of South African cricket that for sometime they have been getting nothing out of their legendary former fastbowler Allan Donald. All that is set to change, however, following his appointment on Sunday as a specialist coach for the high performance programme, alongsidethe record-breaking batsman and former team-mate, Gary Kirsten.Donald, who was South Africa’s highest wicket-taker with 330 in 72 Tests,has been auctioning his considerable expertise mostly in England with hisformer county, Warwickshire. But now he will be ploughing his considerableexperience back into South African cricket.”It’s not nice working in another country, especially with the talent wehave here,” Donald said during the first one-day international between SouthAfrica and New Zealand in Bloemfontein on Sunday.According to Vintcent van der Bijl, the former Natal, Transvaal andMiddlesex bowling hero who is now Cricket South Africa’s general manager ofprofessional cricket, Donald’s role will be “coaching our young aspirants toensure they are Test-ready”.”I’ll be placing an unbelievable emphasis on intensity,” Donald said. “The intensity needsto be lifted in our franchises by some notches. It’s not true that our conveyor belt of fast bowlers has stopped. We have a list of 15 potential guys who I will be working really hard with. Especially fringe guys like Dale Steyn and Monde Zondeki, they can come up a notch or two.””We now have a balance between a batting and bowling focus in the highperformance programme and it’s great to have people who have just come outof the game,” Van der Bijl said. “We are delighted that one of the trulygreat fast bowlers, with all his expertise and, most importantly, Testexperience, is joining Gary Kirsten, who has an equally impressiveinternational pedigree. Allan is a master at his trade.”

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The more things change, the more things stay the same so far as Pakistan are concerned. For all the talk of a brave new era under Bob Woolmer’s stewardship, their essential unpredictability is never far from the surface. And so it proved in the opening exchanges of the first one-day international against Zimbabwe at Harare, as Tinashe Panyangara and Doug Hondo obliterated Pakistan’s top-order inside the first 15 overs.The last time Panyangara took the new ball at the start of a series, against England at Edgbaston in the recent Champions Trophy, he very nearly failed to get his first over, which included seven wides. Today, on the other hand, he was right on the spot from the very first delivery, which Yasir Hameed edged straight through to Tatenda Taibu behind the stumps (0 for 1).Hondo didn’t make quite such an instant impact – he required all of four deliveries of his first over to make his first incision, as Shoaib Malik attempted to whip across the line and was adjudged lbw by an inducker for 1. And when Yousuf Youhana, who amassed 405 runs in five matches (average: 405) on Pakistan’s previous trip to Zimbabwe, feathered a good-length ball through to Taibu, Hondo had struck for the second time in two overs to reduce Pakistan to 6 for 3.At least Inzamam-ul-Haq, who had been a doubt because of a back injury, could not be blamed this time for choosing to bat first on winning the toss. But, together with the debutant, Bazid Khan (son of Majid) he faced a delicate rebuilding process. He nearly perished in the process as well, as Taibu dropped a leg-side chance while Inzamam was on 7, but Taibu made no such mistake when Panyangara sent down a wide one, for Bazid to chase and edge for 12.

The second day of the first Test between Australia and Bangladesh was significant for the centuries by Steve Waugh and Darren Lehmann, and Bangladesh’s spirited display in the field and with the bat. Here’s what Waugh, Lehmann and Dav Whatmore, the Bangladesh coach, had to say after the day’s play. Steve Waugh
On becoming only the second batsman to score a hundred against all nine Test-playing nations “If you play long enough you are going to reach milestones and records are going to be passed and I’m sure someone down the track will beat those. But it is nice to achieve things and to score a hundred against every country is something I’m proud of. I’m not too concerned about records. I just want to go out there and play well and I’ve said if I don’t think I can improve then I shouldn’t be there.”On the difficult days last season when there were calls for him to retire “It is nice to overcome those tough times. Every cricketer has them in their career and it’s probably a bit harder as you get older – but I’m just happy with the way I’m playing. I’m enjoying the game and being positive.”Darren Lehmann
On conditions in the middle “It was hard work out there. They stuck to their guns pretty well, they put it in the right areas and made it tough to score runs. To be the first one to score 100 here – it was a good day.”Dav Whatmore
On his bowlers “The bowlers did a pretty good job. I felt that against other sides there was enough good balls and sustained effort to perhaps bowl another opposition out. But we are playing against Australia, the number-one ranked team, and we’ve seen what they are capable of today, even though they had to sustain some fairly good pressure in terms of the way our guys bowled at them.”On what the batsmen need to do on the third day “It’s only just the start, really. It’s a long day tomorrow and we’ll be tested greatly when we have to bat the day out. This really isn’t about winning or losing for us, this is all about being able to improve.”After yesterday’s performance we are really behind the eight-ball, youcan’t win a game in a session, but you can sure go a long way to losing it and that opening session when we were six for 60-odd, it’s very difficult to come back from that.”But we have a really good opportunity to work on one or two things asbatsmen and get out there and really compete. We’ve just started, it’s 15 overs and it’s nice to see the 70 runs, but there’s a lot of hard work ahead of us.”

HARARE, Oct 1: England cruised to a 138-run win over Zimbabwe ‘A’ intheir opening tour match at the Alexandra Sports Club Monday, thankslargely to an innings of 95 by Graham Thorpe.The Surrey left-hander, who only joined the tour as a late replacementfor the injured Craig White, was in excellent form. His runs came off120 balls and included eight boundaries and some quick running, whichshifted the momentum away from the hosts.England captain Nasser Hussain won the toss and elected to bat, adecision vindicated when his side scored 262 for eight in theirallotted 50 overs. Zimbabwe ‘A’ could only muster 124 runs in reply.While the result appeared convincing, England were reeling at 61 forfive after 16 overs in the morning. But a 158-run sixth-wicket standbetween Thorpe and Ben Hollioake enabled the tourists to compile atotal that was always going to be out of reach for the hosts.The two rotated the strike well, never allowing the Zimbabwean bowlersto drive their advantage home in a stand occupying 29 overs. Hollioakescored a valuable 61, which came off 77 balls and,uncharacteristically, only included two fours. His innings came to anend when he mistimed a pull off right-arm seamer Sean Ervine and wascaught at mid-wicket by Douglas Hondo.Thorpe perished at a time when he was increasing the pace of theEngland innings. He was caught in the deep by Stuey Matsikenyire offErvine, but by then he had done enough ensure his side were well setfor victory.Earlier, England lost opener Marcus Trescothick in the first over,bowled for four by right-arm medium Pommie Mbangwa.Nick Knight scored 22 and Hussain 16 in a 39-run second wicketpartnership. Their wickets were followed quickly by those of MarkRamprakash (2) and Andrew Flintoff (1).Later, debutant Jeremy Snape added a rapid unbeaten 27 from 19 balls,which included two fours and a six, as England scored 82 runs in thefinal 10 overs.Ervine was the best of the home side’s bowlers, taking three for 53 inhis 10 overs.Zimbabwe ‘A’ never maintained the required 5.26 run rate in theirchase, losing wickets at regular intervals.Only captain Gavin Rennie (28) and Barney Rogers (30) offered anyresistance, but even their contributions were meagre.Snape made an impressive debut with the ball as well, taking two ineight overs.England play Zimbabwe in the first of five One-day Internationals atthe Harare Sports Club Wednesday, going into the series on the back of11 consecutive defeats in One-day Internationals.

ScorecardChris Jordan impressed in front of the England national selector James Whitaker•Getty Images

According to England’s cricketing professionals, there are few things more exhausting than a county cricket season – although the pursuit of perfection deserves to be in there somewhere. Approaching the end of a season which a PCA survey has condemned as excessive, it is a fortunate county who can point to a fast bowler awash with vigour.Perhaps Sussex are that county. Chris Jordan’s return from a prolonged absence with a side injury could not take them to Finals Day in the NatWest Blast – a century from David Willey saw to that – but it could work wonders in their attempts to sidestep relegation from Division One of the Championship.Jordan returned 5 for 57 in three spells, the last of them – Ben Cox shouldering arms to a delivery which came back to bowl him – greeted with a swivel and punch of the air in triumph. Steve Magoffin carried over a tray of drinks and handed him one. When Magoffin, who labours as long and hard as any seamer in the country, carries your drinks, you are having a good day.James Whitaker, the national selector, was in situ to watch it, although the dry, moribund pitches of the UAE do not make Jordan a natural pick for the forthcoming Test series against Pakistan: Chris Woakes, if he removes his own fitness concerns, is one fast-bowling allrounder who is probably ahead of him.That Sussex are concerned by relegation at all owes much to injuries that have bedevilled their pace attack all season, but the table insists they are. Hampshire, bottom, are stirring and have a game in hand over Worcestershire, who began four points behind Sussex and a further nine behind Somerset. This match could have a major bearing – and when Sussex’s captain Ed Joyce pulled out an hour before the start with a back injury it would have been easy to become distracted.Instead, Sussex pushed all that aside. “We are not looking at external factors, just how we can study the opposition and impose ourselves on the opposition,” Jordan said. “That was a focus from ball one. I thought we start the tone from the start.”It would not do for Sussex to be too optimistic just yet. They have to bat last on a New Road pitch which has been used twice before and was described by one player as resembling carpet tiles. Worcestershire batted on it in the belief that it can only get worse, although if we keep getting sudden downpours of the one that ended play soon after tea it might bind the surface together and ensure it remains a slow, low seamer.Jordan’s languid approach does not immediately communicate menace, but he was on the money from the start. Daryl Mitchell perished in the slips – a knock-up from Mike Yardy to Chris Nash. When Tom Fell bisected Yardy and Luke Wright at slip Jordan was aggravated enough to rasp his next delivery through Fell’s defences.Worcestershire’s only main resistance came in a third-wicket stand of 80 in 32 overs between Joe Clarke, already tipped by the former England captain Michael Vaughan as a future England player, and Brett D’Oliveira, installed as opener for the closing stages of the season in preference to Richard Oliver. Their departure – Clarke bowled by Jordan on the drive, D’Oliveira gloving a pull against Magoffin – began to a sequence of five wickets for 24 in 43 balls.Remove Jordan from the attack and it became a different game. Worcestershire recovered somewhat against the support bowlers, but lost Jack Shantry at slip and Saeed Ajmal to a lavish slog sweep to leave the majority of a decent crowd nervous about their team’s safety.

In a surprise move, Lancashire have announced the signing of former Yorkshire captain, David Byas. Byas made his debut for Yorkshire in 1986 and last season led the county to the first county championship success since 1968. It came as a shock when, no sooner had the title had been secured than the captain announced that he was retiring from first-class cricket.At the time he said: “I have had a wonderful career and playing cricket for Yorkshire has taken me around the world. I wanted to go while I am still at the top. It has been an unforgettable experience and it has been a great honour to captain the side and to lead the side to the first championship title for 33 years.”No-one can take that away from me and it will stay with me forever. I am leaving the team at the top and I sincerely hope it goes from strength to strength from here.”In his time with Yorkshire he scored 14,398 runs at an average of 35.37. He was several times spoken of as a potential Test player, without ever forcing his way into the side, meaning that the championship victory was the pinnacle of his career. That was understood, and Yorkshire even delayed the announcement of a new captain until after Byas had taken the side to Buckingham Palace in November for the traditional presentation of the trophy by HRH Prince Philip.Now his many Yorkshire admirers will find it hard to come to terms with the fact that, not only is he to return to first-class cricket, but he is to move over the Pennines to Yorkshire’s traditional rivals, Lancashire.Cricket manager at Old Trafford, Mike Watkinson, is naturally enough delighted with the move. He said: “Hopefully the signing of David will provide some experienced competition at the top of the batting order. The retirement of Michael Atherton along with Neil Fairbrother’s injury problems have left us looking a little thin in this area. Although we are firmly committed to developing the best young players within the county, the services of David will help provide some short term stability to the squad.”Byas himself explained his reasoning behind the decision. “I was happily retired after a very enjoyable career at Yorkshire culminating in championship success last season, but after a little persuading, I see the prospect as an exciting challenge. I’m looking forward to joining up with the squad and hopefully my experience will complement the promising younger players at the club.”Now 38, the statement from Lancashire specifically referred to the fact that Byas had been signed for the 2002 season. It comes at a time when they are they are in dispute with another experienced middle order batsman, former captain John Crawley who wants to terminate his contract. Byas will bring experience that can be of benefit to younger players and new captain, Warren Hegg.

Kenya 8 for 1 trail Canada 263 (Dhaniram 78, Bhatti 57, Kamande 4-56) by 255 runs
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Clichéd it might be, but the opening day of Kenya’s Intercontinental Cup tie against Canada at Nairobi Gymkhana was a see-saw affair. After a wretched middle-order collapse which left them 121 for 6, Canada recovered magnificently to close right back in the match.That Kenya were not in complete control was thanks to a seventh-wicket stand of 99 between Sunil Dhaniram and Umar Bhatti. Neither are slouches with the bat, but with Dhaniram attacking and Bhatti more cautious, they checked the Kenyans and then staged a solid recovery.On an overcast morning and with some dampness from overnight rain, Canada batted and made a good start, Abdul Jabbar breezily racing to 49 on his debut with some sumptuous drives in an opening stand of 68. Inexperience then got the better of him, and he perished trying to bring up his fifty by hitting offspinner Jimmy Kamnade over long-off.What followed was a complete collapse as Kamnade took 4 for 0 in ten balls. David Obuya held two catches close in front of the bat, while Mohammad Iqbal, who had been Jabbar’s subdued partner, drove tamely to mid-on. Kamande then ran out Ashif Mulla for good measure. This was all the more remarkable as Kamande was recovering from a head injury sustained when he was attacked by carjackers on Thursday night.At the other end, Hiren Varaiya was struggling, Qaiser Ali hitting him for three fours in eight balls, but Ali then opened up once too often and snicked high to point. to leave Canada on 121 for 6. Dhaniram had already started the counter-attack, picking Kamande off through the leg side. Bhatti had moments of luck, edging Thomas Odoyo perilously close to second slip and then top-edging Alfred Luseno over the keeper, but he also played some cracking square cuts.Kenya persevered with spin, strangling the partnership, and the pressure finally told when Dhaniram pulled Varaiya to mid-on. The slow men kept things tight – eight runs came from ten overs – but it was the return of the quicks that polished off the tail, the last three wickets falling in 14 balls.Kenya faced a tough 25 minutes and lost Maurice Ouma to the first ball. Ouma was criticised for his performances with the bat in South Africa, and his error of judgement here will hardly have mollified the selectors. But Canada’s pace attack missed a trick, opting to bombard nightwatchman Varaiya with bouncers rather than aim at his stumps. He ducked a few, took one in the ribs, and survived until the close.The last time they were here Canada struggled to acclimatise to the conditions and took several games to find their feet. Today, they found them inside two sessions.

The row between Clive Lloyd and Michael Holding over the reasons for Holding’s resignation from the West Indies board’s cricket committee shows no sign of letting up.On Wednesday, Lloyd, who is chairman of the committee, issued at statement in which he said he had no issues with his former team-mate and that he saw “nothing to be gained by continuing this matter”. He added: “I believe we should now focus on what each of us can do individually to take West Indies cricket forward.”Holding, however, told Cricinfo that his resignation had nothing to do with the cancellation of the Stanford Super Star match, as has been implied. “My resignation letter was dated August 26 and it’s on record that the match was cancelled some time after this date. All one has to do is go back and read my resignation letter and they will find the reason.””It’s unfortunate that Mr Lloyd can’t remember my reason. It seems he continues to have memory lapses, since the letter was written to him and he surely must still have a copy.”His statement says he wishes to move on,” Holding continued. “Well, that is easy for him to say, but since he contributed to Ken Gordon and the WICB’s first press release with his erroneous quote that he never resigned from the original cricket committee, as it was never accepted by the WICB directors, and only I resigned, he needs to correct his utterings first. If the committee members were never accepted by the WICB directors, why was it necessary for me to resign?”Those are your words Clive, not mine. Be man enough to admit you were wrong or mistaken or forgot the incident, whichever you choose, and then we can move on. Don’t be afraid to offend anyone with your admission. If anyone is offended by the truth, then we know where they stand.”

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Rawl Lewis played a captain’s innings to lead Windward Islands to a four-wicket victory against Jamaica in the second round of the KFC Cup at the North Stars Cultural & Social Club on Tuesday.Chasing a revised target of 230 runs from 43 overs, after rain interrupted play, Windwards coasted home with 17 balls to spare, when Lewis slashed a searing cut off the left-arm spinner, Nikita Miller, to bring up his tenth four.Lewis finished with an undefeated 65 from 47 balls. He also hit one six that helped him to earn the Man-of-the-Match award, after his side dipped to 176 for 6 and had looked in danger of giving up the ghost.The long-standing wicketkeeper/batsman Junior Murray helped to set up the victory with six fours in his 53 from 77 balls. He batted through the later stages of his innings with a runner, after suffering cramps. Murray shared 70 for the first wicket with the left-handed West Indies opener, Devon Smith, who struck nine fours in his 43 from 29 balls.The West Indies fast bowler Daren Powell was the most successful of Jamaica’s attack: he took four wickets for 64 runs from seven overs. But his costly last over, in which he conceded 15 runs, nearly gave the match away.The opener, Brenton Parchment, and West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels had hit half-centuries and added 97 for the second wicket to pave the way for Jamaica’s total of 254 for 8 off 50 overs. Parchment hit eight fours and one six in a top-score of 65 from 102 balls, and Samuels hit 54 from 77 balls which included three fours and one six.Darren Sammy, who played a couple of limited-overs internationals for West Indies last year, was the pick of the Windwards’ bowlers with four wickets for 49 runs from ten overs. Smith then played some exciting strokes to give Windwards an enterprising start with Murray before he was caught behind off Dave Bernard Jr, top-edging a cut in the ninth over.Craig Emmanuel joined Murray and batted circumspectly to add 48 for the second wicket before he was caught behind for 21 in the 22nd over to leave Windwards on 118 for 2.