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Lawson: A sign of better things to come

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Jermaine Lawson widely acknowledges a couple of things about his sensational 15-ball burst of six wickets for no run that finished off Bangladesh in the first Test here Tuesday.One is that it gave him a headstart in his ambitious, if not far-fetched, stated quest to overhaul the record 519 Test wickets of one of his heroes and mentors, fellow Jamaican Courtney Walsh.It was not until his 33rd Test, when he was 27, that Walsh had his first return of six wickets in an innings – although he never had the benefit of bowling to opposition as inexperienced and weak as Bangladesh.Lawson is 20 and it was in his third Test.His second realisation is that his goal is a very long way off and that early success against a team hardly even first-class level doesn’t mean he has arrived. Quite the opposite."Now that I’ve taken six, I’ve got to lift my game every time I play," he says. "I want to carry on from here so that means I can’t relax or anything. I’ve got to keep my composure, keep my focus."Lawson states that he has always concentrated on his fitness. It’s evident in his sculptured, 6-feet-2-inch physique."I’d work out in the gym at least three times a week when I’m back home, along with the practice," he reveals. "I’ve got to be fit so that I can do well whenever I take the field.""You can’t go out there and bowl for two days if you’re not fit and certainly not if you want to be at the top level at all times," he adds.Potential spottedHis potential, first spotted when he was at Waterford High School in the southern parish of St Catherine, carried him into the Jamaica Under-19 team from where he graduated to the West Indies Under-19 team to the Youth World Cup in Sri Lanka in 1999.There was the advantage that Walsh and Michael Holding, two of the finest fast bowlers the game has known, were close by to offer encouragement and advice.Others like Jamaican coach Robert Haynes and Under-19 manager Linden Wright have also been solid supporters.Lawson was the leading wicket-taker in the regional youth tournament in Barbados in 1999 and attracted immediate attention at the World Cup in Sri Lanka later that year with a hat-trick against Zimbabwe.His speed, from a long, bounding run and loose-limbed delivery, marked him out as a definite prospect for a West Indies team needing to replenish the supply of fast bowlers that had worryingly dried up.He got his first senior call to the triangular series of One-Day Internationals in Sri Lanka last year.He had just a couple of matches but took the only two Sri Lankan wickets to fall in the second in Kandy, among them Sanath Jayasuriya, who was too late on a bouncer and lobbed a catch to mid-on.It was his 140 kph (90 mph) speed that secured his selection for the tour of India, traditionally not the most encouraging environment for fast bowlers, and Bangladesh.Chosen for the last two Tests in India, he managed only four expensive wickets (average 51.5). But they included Sachin Tendulkar twice and Rahul Dravid once and he got approving nods from thesit in judgement of their successors in the commentary box and in the Press.Such assessments were confirmed with his opening burst that accounted for Virender Sewag, V.V.S. Laxman, Dinesh Mongia and Dravid and virtually guaranteed a series-clinching victory in the decisive last One-Day International after the batsmen had amassed 315 for six.The yorker that flattened the left-handed Mongia’s off-stump and almost knocked him off his feet was a television image that excited every watching West Indian."Getting those four wickets in the final helped my confidence, no doubt," he says. "It made me work even harder on my game and I came to Bangladesh focused on doing well.""Doing well" is an understatement for his performance at the Bangabandhu Stadium that has placed him in the pages of Wisden.Record featNo other bowler has taken six wickets in a Test innings as cheaply as his three runs. Arthur Gilligan’s six for seven against South Africa in Birmingham in 1924 had been the previous mark.It was comparable, if only in statistical terms, with some of the bursts of the great Curtly Ambrose – his seven for one against Australia at Perth in 1993, his match-winning five for eight (final figures eight for 45) against England in Bridgetown in 1990, his six wickets as England tumbled towards their 46 all out in Port-of-Spain in 1994.Ambrose’s various bags included David Boon, Damien Martyn, Mark Waugh, Nasser Hussain, Mike Atherton, Alec Stewart, Graeme Thorpe and Robin Smith. Aminul Islam, Khaled Mashud, Alok Kapali and the other Bangladeshis don’t have quite the same ring about them.But Lawson already had big names in his book – Jayasuirya, Tendulkar, Dravid.The next challenges are imminent – the World Cup in South Africa in February and March, immediately followed by the series against the daunting Australians in the Caribbean in April and May."The World Cup is the biggest tournament in the game and the Australians the strongest team at present," he says. "That’s the kind of opportunity any cricketer looks forward to. I’m no different. I can’t wait."

Watson ton drives easy Australia win

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Scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary
How they were out

Shane Watson made a century at better than a run a ball to set up a comfortable victory for Australia © Getty Images
 

Shane Watson made his first ODI century and Ricky Ponting bounced back to form as Australia completed yet another one-sided victory over West Indies to take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. Chasing 224 on a decent batting pitch, Australia ruthlessly took advantage of a lacklustre bowling effort from West Indies to cruise to one of their easiest wins in recent memory, reaching the target with seven wickets in hand and 57 balls to spare.Watson is competing with Shaun Marsh to become the permanent limited-overs opening partner for Matthew Hayden and his 126 will do his cause significant good. He fell late in the chase, paddle-sweeping to short fine-leg, but Andrew Symonds and Michael Clarke had no trouble getting Australia over the line. As well as Watson played, he will rarely enjoy an innings at international level where he is under less pressure.West Indies’ total was never likely to be enough but when Fidel Edwards removed Marsh in the first over there should have been some spark. Instead there was nothing. Just as their woeful batting display on Friday led to a couple of omissions for this match, their ordinary effort with the ball on this occasion must raise questions over the attack, while their fielding was also distinctly sub-par.Watson’s innings ticked over at around a run a ball but he hardly needed to take any risks, instead pouncing on short and wide offerings and clipping confidently through leg when the fast men strayed onto his pads. He cut an out-of-sorts Sulieman Benn for thee fours in one over when the spinner repeatedly pitched too short and wide and the third of the boundaries gave Watson his half-century from 48 deliveries.However, his innings should not be regarded lightly and there were moments of pure Watson perfection, as when he clubbed Dwayne Bravo back over his head for a huge six, and a couple of straight drives highlighted a sound batting technique. His century came up from 106 balls with a pulled four when Chris Gayle dropped short and a double-arm-raised cheer showed how important the milestone was after 68 matches and six on-and-off years in the team.Ponting was equally happy to make the most of the insipid bowling display. Early in his innings he dispatched four boundaries in three overs when Daren Powell and Edwards constantly overpitched – the ultimate gift for a man who started the series with a pair of failures – and he rarely looked threatened until slog-sweeping a catch to Xavier Marshall at long-on when he had 69.That ended the innings of “R Pointin”, according to the National Cricket Stadium’s scoreboard, which for most of the day didn’t even work and left the fans with no idea of the progress as there was no manual scoreboard as a backup. It hardly improved Grenada’s reputation after Friday’s unacceptable and repeated sightscreen glitches, but really the off-field embarrassments were trivial compared to West Indies’ regular malfunctions on the park over the past three days.The batting looked like it might finally gel when Gayle and Marshall put on an 86-run opening stand after being sent in by Ponting but another string of unfulfilled starts left the fans disappointed. Even allowing for the frailty of the West Indies middle order, it was impossible to believe they would fail to bat out their overs after the openers lasted until the 18th over.But it all fell apart for them again and Australia were all smiles as Brett Lee became the fastest man to reach 300 ODI wickets with a skied caught-and-bowled that removed Darren Sammy, and then soccered the ball onto the stumps in a comedic run-out as Powell dropped the ball at his feet, started, stopped, started again, slipped, and was caught short trying to crawl back to his crease. That dismissal told the story of West Indies’ day.It could have been so different but Marshall, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan were all caught after making solid starts and reaching the 30s. Sarwan and Chanderpaul guided them to 160 for 2 before Chanderpaul edged behind off Symonds and was snared by some sharp work from Luke Ronchi, who knocked the ball up on his first attempt and pouched it second grab. Four overs later, when Sarwan had 31, he impatiently drove Mitchell Johnson straight to Symonds at cover after being tied down for four consecutive dot balls.Wickets just kept falling. Andre Fletcher had 12 when he came out of his crease to Nathan Bracken, apparently forgetting that Ronchi was keeping up close, and was brilliantly stumped when he missed an attempted pull. It was the third outstanding piece of glovework from Ronchi, playing only his second ODI. He also sent Marshall back for 35 when he hurled himself to his right, toward where a first slip might have been, to grasp a thick edge.Marshall had taken a backseat to Gayle, who looked so ominous that shots he appeared to mistime even flew to the boundary. He hammered three sixes on his way to 53 from 54 balls and recorded his 100th six in one-day internationals when he picked up an outswinger on a driveable length off Bracken and slammed it back over the bowler’s head. But the only bright point of West Indies’ day was extinguished when Marshall’s straight drive clipped the bowler Johnson’s fingers and rebounded onto the stumps to have Gayle unluckily run out.It was all a downhill slide from there. After a Test series that, while won 2-0 by Australia, was fiercely competitive, the one-day portion of the tour has been awfully one-sided. And there are still two games to go.

NZ cricket finds itself in the front line on industrial issues

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The spectre of industrial action loomed over the New Zealand sporting scene today when the country’s first-class cricketers, including internationals, told their national body they were not free to take part in an intensive programme of warm-up activities at the country’s High Performance Centre at Lincoln University.In the first hint of player power since the formation of a players’ association last year, the players, who came off their contracts to New Zealand Cricket (NZC) yesterday, have struck their blow for a better deal for first-class cricketers in New Zealand.While such action is common in more professionalised sporting countries, it is something new for New Zealand which really only embraced professionalism when the national sport, rugby, opened the doors to cash input in 1995.On that occasion there was an immediate foot race for the rights to the players with the threat of a breakaway body stealing the top players before they could be contracted to their more traditional administration, the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU).An eleventh-hour agreement secured the players for the NZRFU and the industrial scene has been relatively quiet since.Cricket, by its very origins, has had a much closer link with professionalism. There were none of the amateur regulations that surrounded many other sports in New Zealand. Players were free to make their own arrangements at all levels in the game and several players were full-time professionals in England, including Glenn Turner, Richard Hadlee, Geoff Howarth, John Wright and John Parker.More recently Chris Cairns, Stephen Fleming and Shane Bond have had a taste of the life of a professional in England.Given the advance of players’ rights in other sports, most notably in the home of professional sport in the United States, it was only a matter of time before issues started to surface in New Zealand.And when the players’ association swung into cricket, their presence was welcomed by NZC chief executive Martin Snedden.However, there were signs of growing stature for the players’ group in the days before the announcement of the team to tour the West Indies in June. The announcement of the side was delayed a day due to outstanding issues.The greater demands on players in terms of the 10-year Test programme, the introduction of the ICC Champions Trophy, the increased exposure to the risk of injury, have meant that a collision point was sure to emerge at some stage.Players obviously eyed the pool of money coming out of guaranteed television income from tours and tournaments, especially the upcoming World Cup, and felt they were due a better share of it.That is not a new, or surprising, argument by any stretch and was the historical precedent behind the breakaway World Series Circus set up by Australian television magnate Kerry Packer’s organisation in 1977.What makes the situation interesting in New Zealand is the commitment administrators have made to developing the grass roots of the game, and their own development programme.These are areas where investment has the potential to be reasonably intensive and therefore vulnerable to action.The whole process is intensely interesting as it represents a new level of negotiation for both the players and administration. In many aspects it is foreign territory for both of them and with the larger international issues looming overhead, especially the rights of individual players to negotiate their own agreements in terms of personal sponsorships.By no choice of their own, cricket’s administrators find themselves in the vanguard of an issue that is likely to apply to many other New Zealand sports.Just as the game was one of the first to undergo rigorous internal realignment of its administration in New Zealand, so now NZC finds itself at the forefront in what are nothing short of industrial matters.The steps it takes are important not only for cricket in New Zealand, but undoubtedly for many sports yet to face similar pressures.DISCLAIMER: The views expressed here are not necessarily those of New Zealand Cricket or of the New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association.

Steve Waugh hits back at critics

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SYDNEY, Nov 16 AAP – Steve Waugh hit back at his critics ahead of next week’s second Ashes Test with a spirited century for NSW but he still handed first innings points to South Australia in the Pura Cup cricket match at the SCG today.Waugh’s dismissal after a confident 135 prompted the Blues and Australian Test skipper to close the NSW first innings at 9(dec)-296, well short of the SA’s 397.Another strong performance from Brett Lee then helped skittle the Redbacks for 181 in their second innings.After an outstanding third day in which 18 wickets fell and 404 runs were scored, NSW went to stumps at 2-11 needing another 272 runs to win with Michael Slater four not out.When Waugh reached his ton, an announcement came over the loud speakers that the canteen was giving away 100 free Drumstick ice creams to celebrate, scattering a large portion of the 2,144-strong crowd.His highest score against SA came off 199 balls, including 13 fours and four sixes, and was a welcome return to form after disappointing scores of seven and 12 in the first Ashes Test.He put on a solid 85-run stand in an hour for the ninth wicket with Nathan Bracken before he sent a top edge off paceman Paul Rofe to David Fitzgerald who ran from first slip to third man to take the catch, leaving Bracken not out 27.”I’ve been reading that a few people think I’m past my best and I’m certainly not past my best,” Waugh said.”I think I can get better. People want to read into a lot of things.”When you’re not scoring well, all of a sudden you’ve lost and you can’t play well anymore. It would be good for some people to show a bit of faith.”John Davison rewarded the Redbacks for his recruitment from Victoria in the off season with a career-best 5-81 to help contain the home side.The Canadian-born spinner, who helped the country of his birth qualify for next year’s World Cup, added to his one wicket from one over yesterday when Mark Waugh (one) scooped him straight to Ben Higgins at short leg for the easiest of catches.Three overs later, Nathan Pilon swept Davison to Mark Harrity at deep backward square leg to be dismissed for six and, two balls after that, Davison bowled Lee for no score.When Don Nash (10) was caught by Higgins, again at short leg, Davison had his first bag of five wickets.Lee, who took 10 wickets in last week’s win over Tasmania, again unleashed his firepower, bettering the feat by adding four wickets to his seven from SA’s first innings.Lee shared the spoils with legspinner Stuart MacGill, who took 3-4 in eight balls, including two in his first over, before finishing with 3-51.Quick Bracken also chipped in with 3-45, including the important wicket of former NSW representative Mark Higgs, who looked dangerous with 70 before he was bowled.Paul Rofe trapped Matthew Phelps (four) lbw in the first over of the Blues’ second dig and Ryan Harris dismissed night watchman Bracken in the same fashion for three with the last ball of the day.

New Zealand take women's tri-series final

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England’s women slipped to a comprehensive 63-run defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the final of the 2002 Tri-Series tournament at Chester-le-Street.After winning the toss and putting the tourists in, England started well with two quick wickets. Isa Guha induced an outside edge from Nicola Payne in the first over and Laura Harper held the catch at first slip. Emily Drumm was dismissed two balls later when she top-edged for wicketkeeper Mandie Godliman to take the catch.However a superb half-century from Katherine Pulford enabled New Zealand to recover to 161 before they were bowled out in the 49th over.England’s run-chase began slowly, and wickets fell steadily throughout their innings. Opener Claire Taylor top-scored with 32, but only two other Englandplayers reached double figures as they were bowled out for 98 in the 44th over.

Somerset Cricket Museum announce Charles Clive Ponsonby-Fane as new patron

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Somerset Cricket Museum continued it’s close association with the famous I Zingari Cricket Club when the curator Tony Stedall announced that Charles Clive Ponsonby-Fane had agreed to become the new patron.Mr Ponsonby-Fane, who resides at Little Brympton near Yeovil will be well known in cricketing circles because it was his great great grandfather Sir Spencer Ponsonby- Fane who back in 1845 was joint founder of I Zingari, which is probably the most well known of all wandering cricket teams.Those who have visited the Somerset Cricket Museum will know that one of the most impressive exhibits which has pride of place is a display of I Zingari memorabilia.The I Zingari items on show at the museum consist of a remarkable collection of material relating to the club and were originally assembled by the new patron of the Somerset Cricket Museum at Brympton before being kindly loaned to the museum.Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane played most of his first class cricket for Surrey, but had a long association with Somerset County Cricket Club and between 1891 until he died in 1915 at the age of 91 he held the post of President of the club.Speaking for the museum Mr Stedall told me: "We are absolutely delighted that Mr Ponsonby-Fane has agreed to become our new patron."

A Statistical Survey: Pakistan-New Zealand Tests

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Result summary of all series (16)Season Pakistan New Zealand Mt Pak NZ DCaptain Captain1955-56 (P) AH Kardar HB Cave 3 2 – 11964-65 (N) Hanif Mohammad JR Reid 3 – – 31964-65 (P) Hanif Mohammad JR Reid 3 2 – 11969-70 (P) Intikhab Alam GT Dowling 3 – 1 21972-73 (N) Intikhab Alam BE Congdon 3 1 – 21976-77 (P) Mushtaq Mohammad GM Turner (1) 3 2 – 11978-79 (N) Mushtaq Mohammad MG Burgess 3 1 – 21984-85 (P) Zaheer Abbas JV Coney 3 2 – 11984-85 (N) Javed Miandad GP Howarth 3 – 2 11988-89 (N)† Imran Khan JG Wright 2 – – 21990-91 (P) Javed Miandad MD Crowe 3 3 – -1992-93 (N) Javed Miandad KR Rutherford 1 1 – -1993-94 (N) Saleem Malik KR Rutherford 3 2 1 -1995-96 (N) Wasim Akram LK Germon 1 1 – -1996-97 (P) Saeed Anwar LK Germon 2 1 1 -2000-01 (N) Moin Khan (2) SP Fleming 3 1 1 1In Pakistan 20 12 2 6In New Zealand 22 7 4 11Totals 42 19 6 17(N) – played in New Zealand, (P) played in Pakistan.† The first Test at Dunedin was abandoned without a ballbeing bowled and is excluded.The following deputised for the official touring captain:(1) JM Parker (3rd Test), (2) Inzamam-ul-Haq (3rd Test).TEAM RECORDSHighest innings totalsPak in Pak 565-9 d Karachi 1976-77Pak in NZ 616-5 d Auckland 1988-89NZ in Pak 482-6 d Lahore 1964-65NZ in NZ 492 Wellington 1984-85Lowest innings totalsPak in Pak 102 Faisalabad 1990-91Pak in NZ 104 Hamilton 2000-01NZ in Pak 70 Dacca 1955-56NZ in NZ 93 Hamilton 1992-93Highest match aggregateIn Pakistan – 1585 for 31 wickets at Karachi in 1976-77In New Zealand – 1167 for 33 wickets at Auckland in 1972-73Lowest match aggregateIn Pakistan – 572 for 30 wickets at Rawalpindi in 1964-65In New Zealand – 708 for 35 wickets at Auckland in 1993-94BATTING RECORDSHighest individual inningsNZ in NZ 174 MD Crowe Wellington 1988-89NZ in Pak 152 WK Lees Karachi 1976-77Pak in NZ 271 Javed Miandad Auckland 1988-89Pak in Pak 209 Imtiaz Ahmed Lahore 1955-56Highest aggregate by a batsmen in a rubberPak in Pak 507 (@ 189.0) Shoaib Mohammad 1990-91Pak in NZ 389 (@ 194.5) Javed Miandad 1988-89NZ in Pak 296 (@ 59.20) JR Reid 1964-65NZ in NZ 333 (@ 83.25) JF Reid 1984-85Century in each innings of a matchFor Pakistan – 104 & 103* by Javed Miandad at Hyderabadin 1984-85For New Zealand – no instanceIndividual hundreds (59)Pakistan (35)Javed Miandad 271 Auckland 1988-89Imtiaz Ahmed 209 Lahore 1955-56Javed Miandad 206 Karachi 1976-77Hanif Mohammad 203* Lahore 1964-65Shoaib Mohammad 203* Karachi 1990-91Yousuf Youhana 203 Christchurch 2000-01Mushtaq Mohammad 201 Dunedin 1972-73Waqar Hasan 189 Lahore 1955-56Asif Iqbal 175 Dunedin 1972-73Saeed Ahmed 172 Karachi 1964-65Saeed Anwar 169 Wellington 1993-94Sadiq Mohammad 166 Wellington 1972-73Asif Iqbal 166 Lahore 1976-77Javed Miandad† 163 Lahore 1976-77Shoaib Mohammad 163 Wellington 1988-89Javed Miandad 160* Christchurch 1978-79Saeed Anwar 149 Rawalpindi 1996-97Younis Khan† 149 Auckland 2000-01Shoaib Mohammad 142 Faisalabad 1990-91Saleem Malik 140 Wellington 1993-94Inzamam-ul-Haq 135* Wellington 1993-94Zaheer Abbas 135 Auckland 1978-79Inzamam-ul-Haq 130 Christchurch 2000-01Mohammad Ilyas 126 Karachi 1964-65Ijaz Ahmed Sr. 125 Rawalpindi 1996-97Majid Khan 119* Napier 1978-79Saleem Malik 119* Karachi 1984-85Javed Miandad 118 Wellington 1988-89Shoaib Mohammad 112 Auckland 1988-89Majid Khan 112 Karachi 1976-77Majid Khan 110 Auckland 1972-73Mohammad Wasim† 109* Lahore 1996-97Mushtaq Mohammad 107 Karachi 1976-77Mudassar Nazar 106 Hyderabad 1984-85Shoaib Mohammad 105 Lahore 1990-91Asif Iqbal 104 Napier 1978-79Javed Miandad 104 Hyderabad 1984-85Sadiq Mohammad** 103* Hyderabad 1976-77Javed Miandad 103* Hyderabad 1984-85Hanif Mohammad 103 Dacca 1955-56Basit Ali 103 Christchurch 1993-94Ijaz Ahmed Sr. 103 Christchurch 1995-96Mushtaq Mohammad** 101 Hyderabad 1976-77Saqlain Mushtaq 101* Christchurch 2000-01Hanif Mohammad 100* Christchurch 1964-65** – Mushtaq and Sadiq Muhammad, at Hyderabad in 1976-77,provide the fourth instance in Test matches, after theChappells (thrice), of brothers each scoring hundreds inthe same innings.New Zealand (24)MS Sinclair 204* Christchurch 2000-01MD Crowe 174 Wellington 1988-89JF Reid 158* Auckland 1984-85WK Lees 152 Karachi 1976-77JF Reid 148 Wellington 1984-85MJ Greatbatch 133 Hamilton 1992-93BW Sinclair 130 Lahore 1964-65BA Edgar† 129 Christchurch 1978-79JR Reid 128 Karachi 1964-65SA Thomson 120* Christchurch 1993-94BA Young 120 Christchurch 1993-94MG Burgess 119* Dacca 1969-70GP Howarth 114 Napier 1978-79JV Coney 111* Dunedin 1984-85SN McGregor 111 Lahore 1955-56MG Burgess 111 Lahore 1976-77GM Turner† 110 Dacca 1969-70BF Hastings 110 Auckland 1972-73MD Crowe 108* Lahore 1990-91RE Redmond† 107 Auckland 1972-73JG Wright 107 Karachi 1984-85JF Reid 106 Hyderabad 1984-85MH Richardson 106 Hamilton 2000-01MD Bell 105 Hamilton 2000-01† – signifies hundred on first appearance inNew Zealand-Pakistan Tests.PARTNERSHIP RECORDSHighest partnership for each wicketPakistanRuns Wkt Batsmen Venue Series172 1st Ramiz Raja & Shoaib Muhammad Karachi 1990-91262 2nd Saeed Anwar & Ijaz Ahmed Sr. Rawalpindi 1996-97248 3rd Shoaib Muhammad & Javed Miandad Auckland 1988-89350† 4th Mushtaq Muhammad & Asif Iqbal Dunedin 1972-73281† 5th Javed Miandad & Asif Iqbal Lahore 1976-77217† 6th Hanif Mohammad & Majid Khan Lahore 1964-65308† 7th Waqar Hasan & Imtiaz Ahmed Lahore 1955-5689 8th Anil Dalpat & Iqbal Qasim Karachi 1984-8552 9th Intikhab Alam & Arif Butt Auckland 1964-6565 10th Salah-ud-Din & Muhammad Farooq Rawalpindi 1964-65New ZealandRuns Wkt Batsmen Venue Series181 1st MD Bell & MH Richardson Hamilton 2000-01195 2nd JG Wright & GP Howarth Napier 1978-79178 3rd BW Sinclair & JR Reid Lahore 1964-65147 4th CD McMillan & SP Fleming Hamilton 2000-01183 5th MG Burgess & RW Anderson Lahore 1976-77145 6th JF Reid & RJ Hadlee Wellington 1984-85186† 7th WK Lees & RJ Hadlee Karachi 1976-77100 8th BW Yuile & DR Hadlee Karachi 1969-7096 9th MG Burgess & RS Cunis Dacca 1969-70151† 10th BF Hastings & RO Collinge Auckland 1972-73† best against all countries.BOWLING RECORDSBest innings bowling analysisPak in Pak 7-66 Mohammad Zahid Rawalpindi 1996-97Pak in NZ 7-52 Intikhab Alam Dunedin 1972-73NZ in Pak 7-52 C Pringle Faisalabad 1990-91NZ in NZ 6-51 RJ Hadlee Dunedin 1984-85Best match bowling analysisPak in Pak 12-130 Waqar Younis Faisalabad 1990-91Pak in NZ 11-130 Intikhab Alam Dunedin 1972-73NZ in Pak 11-152 C Pringle Faisalabad 1990-91NZ in NZ 9-70 FJ Cameron Auckland 1964-65Highest aggregate of wickets in a seriesPak in Pak 29 (@ 10.86) Waqar Younis 1990-91Pak in NZ 25 (@ 17.24) Wasim Akram 1993-94NZ in Pak 17 (@ 25.35) SL Boock 1984-85NZ in NZ 18 (@ 23.00) RJ Hadlee 1978-79Hat-tricks (1)For Pakistan – no instanceFor New Zealand – PJ Patherick on his Test debut at Lahorein 1976-77Five or more wickets in an innings (52)Pakistan (37) Haul Venue Test SeasonIntikhab Alam 7-52 Dunedin 2nd 1972-73Mushtaq Ahmed 7-56 Christchurch 1st 1995-96Mohammad Zahid 7-66† Rawalpindi 2nd 1996-97Pervez Sajjad 7-74 Lahore 2nd 1969-70Waqar Younis 7-76 Faisalabad 3rd 1990-91Waqar Younis 7-86 Lahore 2nd 1990-91Mohammad Nazir 7-99 Karachi 1st 1969-70Wasim Akram 7-119 Wellington 2nd 1993-94Khan Mohammad 6-21 Dhaka 3rd 1955-56Zulfiqar Ahmed 6-42 Karachi 1st 1955-56Wasim Akram 6-43 Auckland 1st 1993-94Waqar Younis 6-78 Christchurch 3rd 1993-94Mushtaq Ahmed 6-84 Lahore 1st 1996-97Mushtaq Ahmed 6-87 Rawalpindi 2nd 1996-97Intikhab Alam 6-127 Auckland 3rd 1972-73Abdul Qadir 6-160 Auckland 3rd 1988-89Waqar Younis 5-22 Hamilton 1st 1992-93Pervez Sajjad 5-33 Karachi 2nd 1969-70Mohammad Sami 5-36 Auckland 1st 2000-01Zulfiqar Ahmed 5-37 Karachi 1st 1955-56Saleem Jaffer 5-40 Wellington 2nd 1988-89Pervez Sajjad 5-42 Auckland 2nd 1964-65Wasim Akram 5-45 Hamilton 1st 1992-93Asif Iqbal 5-48 Wellington 1st 1964-65Mushtaq Mohammad 5-49 Dunedin 2nd 1972-73Asif Iqbal 5-52 Auckland 2nd 1964-65Wasim Akram 5-53 Christchurch 1st 1995-96Waqar Younis 5-54 Faisalabad 3rd 1990-91Wasim Akram 5-56 Dunedin 3rd 1984-85Mushtaq Mohammad 5-59 Christchurch 1st 1978-79Wasim Akram 5-72 Dunedin 3rd 1984-85Iqbal Qasim 5-78 Hyderabad 2nd 1984-85Intikhab Alam 5-91 Dhaka 3rd 1969-70Intikhab Alam 5-91 Dhaka 3rd 1969-70Imran Khan 5-106 Napier 2nd 1978-79Abdul Qadir 5-108 Hyderabad 2nd 1984-85Azeem Hafeez 5-127 Wellington 1st 1984-85New Zealand (15) Haul Venue Test SeasonC Pringle 7-52 Faisalabad 3rd 1990-91SL Boock 7-87 Hyderabad 2nd 1984-85RJ Hadlee 6-51 Dunedin 3rd 1984-85W Watson 6-78 Lahore 2nd 1990-91FJ Cameron 5-34 Auckland 2nd 1964-65DK Morrison 5-41 Hamilton 1st 1992-93SB Doull 5-46 Lahore 1st 1996-97RJ Hadlee 5-62 Christchurch 1st 1978-79SB Doull 5-66 Auckland 1st 1993-94ML Su’a 5-73 Hamilton 1st 1992-93HJ Howarth 5-80 Karachi 1st 1969-70RJ Hadlee 5-104 Auckland 3rd 1978-79SL Boock 5-117 Wellington 1st 1984-85RJ Hadlee 5-121 Lahore 1st 1976-77CL Cairns 5-137 Rawalpindi 2nd 1996-97Ten or more wickets in a match (11)Pakistan (10)Waqar Younis** 12-130 (7-76, 5-54) Faisalabad 1990-91Zulfiqar Ahmed 11-79 (5-37, 6-42)† Karachi 1955-56Intikhab Alam 11-130 (7-52, 4-78) Dunedin 1972-73Mohammad Zahid 11-130 (4-64, 7-66)† Rawalpindi 1996-97Wasim Akram 11-179 (4-60, 7-119) Wellington 1993-94Wasim Akram 10-128 (5-56, 5-72) Dunedin 1984-85Waqar Younis** 10-106 (3-20, 7-86) Lahore 1990-91Mushtaq Ahmed 10-143 (4-59, 6-84) Lahore 1996-97Mushtaq Ahmed 10-171 (3-115, 7-56) Christchurch 1995-96Intikhab Alam 10-182 (5-91, 5-91) Dacca 1969-70** – Waqar Younis’s performances were in successive matches.New Zealand (1)C Pringle 11-152 (7-52, 4-100) Faisalabad 1990-91† – on first appearance in New Zealand-Pakistan Tests.WICKETKEEPING RECORDSMost dismissals in an inningsPak in Pak 5 (all ct) Saleem Yousuf Faisalabad 1990-91Pak in NZ 7 (all ct) Wasim Bari Auckland 1978-79NZ in Pak 4 (2 ct, 2 st) WK Lees Karachi 1976-774 (all ct) IDS Smith Karachi 1984-85NZ in NZ 5 (all ct) KJ Wadsworth Auckland 1972-735 (all ct) AC Parore Auckland 2000-01Most dismissals in a matchPak in Pak 7 (all ct) Saleem Yousuf Faisalabad 1990-91Pak in NZ 9 (all ct) Rashid Latif Auckland 1993-94NZ in Pak 6 (4 ct, 2 st) WK Lees Karachi 1976-77NZ in NZ 6 (all ct) KJ Wadsworth Auckland 1972-73Most dismissals in a seriesPak in Pak 15 (all ct) Saleem Yousuf 1990-91Pak in NZ 13 (12 ct, 1 st) Wasim Bari 1978-7913 (all ct) Rashid Latif 1993-94NZ in Pak 9 (5 ct, 4 st) WK Lees 1976-77NZ in NZ 10 (all ct) KJ Wadsworth 1972-7310 (all ct) TE Blain 1993-94INDIVIDUAL RECORDSLeading run-makers in Pak-NZ Tests (= 500 runs)Batsmen Mt Inn No Runs Avg Hs 0s 50s 100sJaved Miandad (Pak) 18 29 5 1919 79.96 271 – 6 7Asif Iqbal (Pak) 17 28 2 1113 42.81 175 2 4 3MD Crowe (NZ) 11 20 3 973 57.24 174 1 6 2Saleem Malik (Pak) 18 29 5 946 39.42 140 4 5 2Majid Khan (Pak) 11 17 1 936 58.50 119 – 5 3Shoaib Mohd (Pak) 7 10 2 854 106.80 203 – – 5Mushtaq Mohd (Pak) 10 17 1 779 48.69 201 – 3 3MG Burgess (NZ) 12 23 3 753 37.65 119 1 3 2Sadiq Mohd (Pak) 9 16 1 740 49.33 166 – 3 2JR Reid (NZ) 9 17 – 658 38.71 128 1 5 1Hanif Mohd (Pak) 10 15 2 622 47.85 203 – – 3JF Reid (NZ) 7 12 1 584 53.09 158 2 1 3JG Wright (NZ) 11 19 – 576 30.32 107 – 3 1Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 9 15 2 573 44.08 135 2 2 2RJ Hadlee (NZ) 12 19 4 559 37.27 89 1 3 -JV Coney (NZ) 9 15 2 528 40.62 111 – 2 1Leading wicket-takers in Pak-NZ Tests (= 25 wickets)Bowlers Mt Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Best 5/10wWaqar Younis (P) 12 2895 122 1313 68 19.31 7-76 5/2Wasim Akram (P) 9 2526 106 1021 60 17.02 7-119 6/3Intikhab Alam (P)15 3484 143 1317 54 24.39 7-52 4/2RJ Hadlee (N) 12 2949 65 1449 51 28.41 6-51 4Pervez Sajjad (P)12 2824 155 902 45 20.04 7-74 3Mushtaq Ahmed (P) 6 1545 60 702 35 20.06 7-56 3/2Imran Khan (P) 7 2191 68 874 31 28.19 5-106 1DK Morrison (N) 8 1754 55 993 31 32.03 5-41 1SL Boock (N) 9 2404 93 1025 28 36.61 7-87 2RO Collinge (N) 9 1945 58 940 28 33.57 3-41 -HJ Howarth (N) 6 2053 86 763 26 29.35 5-80 1Abdul Qadir (P) 9 2056 83 940 26 36.15 6-160 2Sarfraz Nawaz (P) 9 1949 47 855 26 32.88 4-61 -Asif Iqbal (P) 17 1481 77 505 26 19.42 5-48 2Leading keepers in Pak-NZ Tests (= 10 dismissals)Keepers Mt Dis Ct StWasim Bari (Pak) 11 32 27 5IDS Smith (NZ) 11 23 22 1Rashid Latif (Pak) 5 23 21 2Saleem Yousuf (Pak) 5 22 22 -Anil Dalpat (Pak) 6 18 17 1AC Parore (NZ) 7 18 18 -WK Lees (NZ) 6 16 12 4KJ Wadsworth (NZ) 6 15 14 1AE Dick (NZ) 5 10 9 1Leading fielders in Pak-NZ Tests (= 10 catches)Fielders Mt CtJaved Miandad (Pak) 18 20Majid Khan (Pak) 11 19Mushtaq Mohd (Pak) 10 17MD Crowe (NZ) 11 16Saleem Malik (Pak) 18 15Asif Iqbal (Pak) 17 14BA Young (NZ) 6 13Hanif Mohd (Pak) 10 12SP Fleming (NZ) 6 11JJ Crowe (NZ) 8 11JV Coney (NZ) 9 10- All data updated to April 30, 2002.

Barbados go under to Guyana

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Despite the last-minute fight back of their lower order, Barbados succumbed to the combined efforts of Guyana and suffered their first defeat in the 2002 Regional Under-15 cricket tournament yesterday.After suffering a middle order collapse, Barbados, chasing a target of 211 to secure their second consecutive victory, were struggling on 126 for eight at the Gilbert Park ground in central Trinidad.But intelligent and careful batting by their Nos. 9 and 10, Javon Searles and Gary Belle, gave them a temporary glimmer of hope.The pair added a valuable 47 for the ninth-wicket, but the task was always going to be a tough one.When Searles was stumped by the big and vociferous Guyanese wicket-keeper Tyrell Tull for 42, it was virtually over for the spirited Barbados team.Searles’ innings included five fours and a six.Last man Steve Pinder kept company with Belle until the completion of the 50 overs.Three of Barbados’ four batsmen made it to the 20s without going on to get a major score.Three sixesCaptain Nicholas Squires made 21 with three sixes and a four, while left-hander Omar Phillips, who hit 84 in Barbados’ 144-run win against Jamaica on Saturday, was run out for 32 that included four boundaries.Jed Yearwod, batting at No. 4, also chipped in with 22.Earlier, Guyana, having won the toss, reached 210 for eight with the help of some sloppy fielding by Barbados.Six chances went abegging after Guyana lost two early wickets.Off-spinner Belle and fast bowler Andre Gill bowled economically, but left-arm spinner Steve Pinder was lashed for 59 runs from his 10 overs.In another match, two-time defending champions Trinidad and Tobago defeated Jamaica by seven wickets at Monroe Road.It was the second successive victory for the hosts.Windward Islands registered their first win by defeating Leeward Islands by 62 runs at Barataria Oval.The tournament continues tomorrow after today’s rest day.

Oxford v Hants abandoned for second year running.

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For the second successive year, Hampshire’s match at the Parks against the University (UCCE) has been abandoned due to inclement weather.In 2000, snow curtailed play on the first day, and heavy rain meant the players of both sides were sent home by lunch of the scheduled second day.On Wednesday it was hoped to make an after lunch start, with Hampshire captain Will Kendall returning to the fields where he learnt much of his cricket. However a torrential downpour put paid to that idea, and at 4pm, the captains and umpires had agreed that play was impossible.Sunshine greeted the players on Thursday morning, but not for long as a thunderstorm came across the ground, and the players went to the University gym for limbering up exercises.On the third and final day on Friday it was hoped to set up some sort of contest although parts of the outfield were muddy, both captains agreed that a start could be made. However umpires Vanburn Holder and Nigel Cowley intervened. There correct reasoning was that although both captains desperately needed outside practise, they felt that it would be too dangerous, and could not reasonably accept liability for any serious injury that could occur.After consultation, it was agreed between all parties that in hindsight there could be no play so the match, for the second successive year was abandoned at 10:00 am.

Somerset beaten in opening Benson and Hedges Cup game

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Somerset got off to a disappointing start in their quest to win the last-ever Benson and Hedges Cup, when they lost to Warwickshire at Edgbaston in a rain-affected match today.Somerset skipper Jamie Cox won the toss and invited the home side to bat first. In an innings reduced to 41 overs Warwickshire made 263 for 6 with Nick Knight making what turned out to be a match winning 126.Less than an over into the Cidermen’s innings the rain fell heavily and the players left the field yet again. When they returned the Somerset batsmen faced the daunting task of scoring 222 off 27 overs, a rate of just over 8 runs per over.From the start the home attack of Sean Pollock and Douggie Brown were quickly on top, and Warwickshire were aided by two fine catches, one by Trevor Penney to dismiss Peter Bowler, and the second by Nick Knight to dismiss Jamie Cox for 25.A further rain stoppage left Somerset chasing 173, and by the end of their 19 overs they had reached 77 for 5, with Keith Parsons unbeaten on 25, to leave Warwickshire the winners by 94 runs, by the Duckworth Lewis method.Somerset can justifiably feel that they fell foul of both the weather and the Duckworth Lewis method at Edgbaston today, and will already be looking forward to their next game in the competition that is against Glamorgan at Taunton on Tuesday.With four games left in the regional rounds of the Benson and Hedges Cup Somerset will be keen to put today’s disappointment behind them and get back to winning ways on Tuesday.