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Ravi Shastri, the former India allrounder and team director, has been appointed head coach of the national side until the 2019 World Cup

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Jul-20172:11

Timeline – Ravi Shastri’s road to the coaching job

Ravi Shastri, the former India allrounder and team director, has been appointed head coach of the national side until the 2019 World Cup. Zaheer Khan has been named bowling consultant for the same tenure, while Rahul Dravid will be India’s batting consultant for overseas Test series.The confirmation came late on Tuesday night after the CoA impressed upon the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), comprising Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendullkar and VVS Laxman, the urgent need to end the uncertainty over the next India coach.The vacancy arose because Anil Kumble resigned after the Champions Trophy in June, stating that his partnership with India captain Virat Kohli had become “untenable”. India went to the West Indies to play a limited-overs series without a head coach.Shastri was one of five candidates the CAC interviewed for the role, along with Virender Sehwag, Tom Moody, Richard Pybus and Lalchand Rajput. He had not applied when the BCCI invited applications for the first time, but did so after Kumble was no longer in the fray.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Shastri had applied for the role in 2016 as well, and was disappointed to lose out to Kumble, because India had done well during his tenure as director.He had been appointed team director in August 2014 and under him, India made it to semi-finals of successive global events – the 2015 World Cup and the 2016 World T20 – and also climbed to No. 1 on the Test rankings for a period of eight weeks until February 2016. During that time, India also won their first limited-overs bilateral series in Australia, whitewashing the hosts 3-0 in a T20I series. While he worked alongside Duncan Fletcher in the early part of his tenure, Shastri had sole responsibility of the team after the 2015 World Cup.Zaheer, a former India fast bowler, has no formal coaching experience but he has been part of the Delhi Daredevils thinktank in recent IPL seasons. He was offered the role of bowling consultant last year by the BCCI, but both parties could not come to an agreement over remuneration.Dravid recently gave up his position as the Daredevils mentor, after accepting a two-year contract to coach the India A and Under-19 teams.The appointments bring to an end a period of uncertainty over the India coaching job that began at the end of May, when Kohli told BCCI officials that some players were uncomfortable with Kumble’s approach to man management. Following Kohli’s feedback, the BCCI advertised for the position and Kumble was one of several candidates to apply. While Kohli maintained in public that there were no problems with Kumble, the issue came to a head soon after the Champions Trophy when, with no new coach in place, Kumble was offered an extension to cover the tour of the West Indies but decided to step down instead.Shastri’s first assignment as head coach is the Test series in Sri Lanka, which begins on July 26.

Ravi Bopara scrambled some white-ball form as Essex defied Matt Coles’ fightback for Kent by chasing down 286 with five balls to spare

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ScorecardMatt Coles’ spirited fightback was to no avail•Getty Images

Essex’s captain Ravi Bopara batted himself back into form in white-ball cricket with a 78-ball 74 to take Essex to the top of the southern group in the Royal London Cup.Essex reached their 286-run target with five balls to spare to remain unbeaten in this season’s 50-over competition.That Essex had a sufficiently challenging total to chase was largely down to Matt Coles and an eighth-wicket partnership of 140 in 14.2 overs with James Tredwell.Coles savaged the Essex attack, bludgeoning 91 off 52 balls with 10 fours and five sixes after Kent, put in, had looked in serious trouble at 135 for 7, but his efforts proved to be to no avail.Bopara had struggled with the bat, scoring just 49 runs in seven previous one-day innings this season.It was not a swashbuckling knock by any means, with just one four to his account when he reached his half-century, but he kept the Essex reply on track with quickly-run singles and twos in fifty-plus partnerships with Dan Lawrence and Ryan ten Doeschate.”I’d got out to run-outs a couple of times, so that’s two innings where I might have got a lot of runs, who knows?,” Bopara said. “Then you put yourself under pressure if you’re not scoring, so it’s nice to get a few today. It was good as well ahead of the T20 tomorrow where we’ve got to be positive and hit the ball hard.”We consider ourselves as a chasing side – our batting is a lot stronger than our bowling. When you’re chasing you’re always going to be under pressure, you’re looking at the scoreboard and it jumps up from seven to nine and a half an over, but the idea is never to panic. As long as you keep your wickets in hand you’ve always got a very, very good chance.”Coles was disappointed that his efforts did not secure victory. “I think we should have been able to defend that total,” he said. “We knew it was going to be tight. Cowdrey bowled very well for us, and so did Tredwell, and I thought we started very well. But we ended up giving away 23 extras and that’s not brilliant.”Kent had passed 50 without alarms but Essex’s bowling breakthroughs began when Matt Quinn switched to the Hayes Close End.Joe Denly was beaten by movement off the pitch and was bowled for 28. Daniel Bell-Drummond had been becalmed after an early onslaught and departed in the 18th over for 28 when he played on to Quinn. And Quinn had his third wicket in his next over when he nipped one back to send Sam Northeast’s middle-stump cartwheeling.Ashar Zaidi’s first ball of his second spell accounted for Fabian Cowdrey, who chased a wide ball down legside and was stumped after managing just four runs from 22 balls.Sam Billings had obviously not paid attention as four balls later he fell in similar fashion. Zaidi’s delivery was so wide of off-stump it barely pitched on the cut strip, Billings fell and lost his bat in trying to reach back into the crease. James Foster dived to remove the bails.When Zaidi did bowl straight, Darren Stevens twice sent the ball soaring over the Pearce Stand towards the River Can for sixes.Alex Blake was sixth man out when he looked for a quick single as he pushed Zaidi to Jesse Ryder at square leg, only to slip as he tried to get back. Stevens went next as he tried for a third six off Zaidi, but was well held on the midwicket boundary by Nick Browne. At 135 for 7, Kent were in deep trouble.But Coles and Tredwell turned the visitors’ innings around and added fifty in 7.1 overs, with Coles hitting both Ryan ten Doeschate and Ravi Bopara straight for six.Bopara was particularly savaged, going for 35 off two overs before Coles reached his own half-century off 40 balls when he drove Quinn through the covers for two.Coles brought up the century partnership in exactly 12 overs with an uppish sweep off Bopara for four and then hoisted his third straight six next ball.Ten Doeschate was hit for successive sixes – over mid-off and midwicket – followed by a four before Coles was bowled going for another heave to depart for 91.Tredwell had been the silent partner in the partnership and finished 47 not out off 42 balls with six fours.In reply, Essex lost Tom Westley in the fifth over when he got a leading edge to steer Stevens to Denly at mid-off before Browne and Ryder settled into a largely serene period.Browne punished Stevens with a lob over the infield for four followed immediately by a six to long leg. The fifty partnership came up in 9.2 overs with Ryder slamming a full-toss from Ivan Thomas through midwicket for four followed by another uppishly through the covers.Ryder reached his individual fifty from 61 balls with a single off Tredwell, but popped the next delivery he faced into Stevens’s hands at backward point. He had helped put on 82 in 17.2 overs for the second wicket. Browne went in Tredwell’s next over, victim of a smart stumping by Billings for 49 from 60 balls.Tredwell, though, was punished by 18-year-old Dan Lawrence, who hoisted two successive straight sixes as he and Bopara clocked up a fifty-run partnership in 9.3 overs. Lawrence eventually went on 35, caught at deep extra cover by a tumbling Thomas off Cowdrey to end a 64-run partnership.Bopara reached a painstaking 50 off 64 balls with a solitary, straight-driven off Cowdrey early on. There were ironic cheers when he hit his second boundary, driving Coles through midwicket to move from 52 to 56.The fifth-wicket had just put on a century in 12 overs when ten Doeschate, attempting to win the game with one hit, holed out to Cowdrey on the extra cover boundary for 45.

Daryl Mitchell and Ben Cox tightened Worcestershire’s grip on their LV=Championship match with bottom-placed Hampshire on a rain-truncated day at the Ageas Bowl

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ScorecardBen Cox played a lively hand to help set up a Worcestershire declaration and full batting points•Getty Images

Daryl Mitchell and Ben Cox tightened Worcestershire’s grip on their LV=Championship match with bottom-placed Hampshire on a rain-truncated day at the Ageas Bowl.No play was possible until 4pm and in the 40 overs allowed, Mitchell and Cox put together an unbroken stand of 114 for the sixth wicket to enable Mitchell to declare with Worcestershire 181 ahead.Resuming at 221 for 3 in response to Hampshire’s first innings total of 222 made in 79 overs, Mitchell and his team-mates wasted no time when the weather finally allowed them back into action.New Zealander Colin Munro lifted Sean Ervine’s medium pace over the midwicket boundary for six during a stand of 53 for the fourth wicket.Hampshire were hampered by the loss through finger injuries of wicketkeeper Adam Wheater and slip fielder Will Smith but it was Wheater’s young replacement, Lewis McManus who contributed to Hampshire’s first breakthrough of the day at 267.Spin bowler Danny Briggs, the pick of a struggling Hampshire attack, induced Munro to edge behind for 34 which also included six fours.Newcomer Joe Clarke, on his Championship debut, got off the mark with a four off Gareth Berg but had made only 6 when the same combination of substitute McManus and Briggs accounted for him at 289.But that only brought Cox to the crease and there was no respite for Hampshire as the pair took Worcestershire past bonus point-gathering landmarks.Mitchell reached his first century of the season in the 75th over from the 249th ball he faced and Cox got to his half-century soon afterwards from 53 balls.Mitchell was 142 not out from 303 balls and having hit 17 fours when he decided to declare. Cox was 69 not out from 65 balls in an innings which included eight fours and was marginally the more aggressive of the sixth wicket pair.At that stage Worcestershire were 403 for 5 from 96 overs, a decisive lead gained with a full day left to play.Hampshire openers Jimmy Adams and Liam Dawson had three overs to negotiate against Charlie Morris and Joe Leach which they achieved in reducing the deficit by a single, but Hampshire face a huge task in avoiding defeat.Briggs took the only wickets to fall on the third day to finish with 2 for 67 and Berg ended with 2 for 66 but Hampshire were unable to exploit a wicket still tinged with green.

A wrap of the second day of the first round of Ranji Trophy matches in Group C

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Hemal Watekar added 154 with fellow opener Prasanth Kumar for Andhra (file photo)•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Jamshedpur was set to witness an exciting finish to a game that has favoured the bowlers and has yielded 22 wickets on the first two days. Assam made an effective fightback into the contest while defending only 179, taking Jharkhand’s last seven wickets for 32 runs. The comeback was inspired by veteran offspinner Arlen Konwar’s 10th five-for in first-class cricket.Jharkhand were cruising at one stage with opener Rameez Nemat scoring 53 and all of top their top five reaching double figures. Just when a big lead looked a formality, Konwar and Abu Nechim struck. It took them Jharkhand only 16.2 overs to take the last seven wickets.It wasn’t all the action on the frenetic second day. Assam had to bat 12 overs before stumps, but lost two wickets over that period, one each to spinners Shahbaz Nadeem and Samar Quadri.
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Allrounder Pravez Rassol fell 39 short of the highest score by a Jammu & Kashmir batsman, but his 171 took his side to a healthy 338. Coming in at No. 4, he scored more than half the team total. He enjoyed great support from captain Samiullah Beigh, with whom he added 146 for the eighth wicket, overtaking J&K’s previous eighth-wicket record of 90. Beigh remained unbeaten on 57.J&K began the day 196 for 7, and continued with their circumspect progress. Rassol spent 419 minutes at the wicket for his 171, a rate of about 20 runs to the hour. Beigh, too, spent close to three hours for his 57, but their coach Bishan Bedi won’t be complaining after they failed to reach 200 in their first match.Amogh Desai, who took four wickets for Goa, continued his good work as opening batsman, adding 48 unbeaten runs with Swapnil Asnodkar in 29 overs.
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Andhra enjoyed a profitable second day taking the four remaining Tripura wickets for just 32 and then following it up with a 154-run opening stand in Anantapur. At stumps, Prasanth Kumar was 20 short of what can be a second first-class century in just four matches, and Hemal Watekar had reached 57.The big breakthrough for Andhra came in the first over of the day when Paidikalva Vijaykumar removed the centurion Abbas Ali for his overnight score of 103. Atchuta Rao then ran through the tail.It was the Prasanth-Watekar show after that. They hit 13 fours and a six between them and stayed together for 289 minutes.
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Services ended the first day with the game in balance, but when they lost their last four wickets for the addition of just 22 to their overnight 290, they handed over the momentum to hosts Himachal Pradesh. Himachal, in turn, ran away with the game through fifties from their top three. Himachal were now just 60 adrift of the Services total with eight wickets in hand, and could think of an outright win.It was veteran swing bowler Vikramjeet Malik who began Himachal’s charge when he dismissed Muzzaffaruddin Khalid and Suraj Yadav with the second and third balls of the day. Malik missed the hat-trick, but took another wicket in that spell to leave Services tottering. Allrounder Rishi Dhawan finished off the innings, and it was over to Chopras.Aakash and Prashant began slowly, but Prashant picked up the pace dramatically in a 138-run opening stand. Playing only hiss second match, Prashant fell 10 short of what would have been his maiden first-class century, but Aakash and Paras Dogra continued the good work with fifties of their own. Dogra, who scored a century in the first match, was unbeaten on 56 when time was called.

A round-up of the action from the third day of the second round of Division Two matches of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Oct-2011Tabish Khan and Mansur Ahmed made sure there was no way back for Quetta, taking four second-innings wickets each to give Karachi Whites victory by an innings and 61 runs. Quetta lost three wickets with just 24 runs on the board but captain Taimur Ali and Taimur Khan battled their way to half-centuries to raise their team’s hopes of making Karachi bat again. The pair added 115 for the fourth wicket, but once Taimur Khan fell for 59, lbw to Tabish, the rest of the side quickly followed, and they were bowled out for 192. Taimur Ali also managed 59, while Tabish picked up 4 for 56 and Ahmed took 4 for 49, giving the pair 15 wickets for the match.Multan were forced to follow-on and are struggling to avoid an innings defeat against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited at the Multan Cricket Stadium. The home side began the day on 114 for 5 and Faisal Elahi and Ali Ahmed initially resisted but once Elahi fell for 33, the side capitulated for 206. Their second-innings began steadily, but having progressed to 95 for 2, Multan lost a further 4 wickets for 37 runs to leave them tottering at 132 for 6, still trailing by 162 runs. Bilawal Bhatti was the most successful bowler, picking up three wickets.Left-arm spinner Noor-Ul-Amin bowled Peshawar to a 55-run victory against Lahore Ravi in a low-scoring game at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar. Having gained a five-run first-innings lead, Peshawar were able to extend it to 219 despite Aamer Hayat’s seven-wicket haul, with Naved Khan’s 45 the top score. Lahore seemed well placed at 87 for 2 in their chase, but Ul-Amin dismissed Hamza Paracha and Usman Salahuddin off consecutive deliveries and Lahore never recovered. Ul-Amin ended up with 6 for 49 from 19 overs as Lahore crumbled to 164 all out to give Peshawar their second successive win.Fahad-ul-Haq’s hundred under pressure ensured Lahore Shalimar did not suffer an innings defeat but Khan Research Laboratories are still in control at the Gaddafi Stadium. Fahad rebounded from his first-innings duck to bat through the entire day to make 165 and carry his side to 283 for 6, giving them a lead of 10 runs. Having been bundled out for 84, Lahore were in trouble again early, having slipped to 15 for 2, but Fahad and Adnan Raza (50) steadied the ship with a 132-run partnership. Lahore then lost a couple of quick wickets after Raza departed, raising the chances of a three-day defeat. However, Asif Raza proved a willing ally for Fahad and the pair ensured Lahore lived to fight another day.Hyderabad were staring at defeat against United Bank Limited after being made to follow-on with a first-innings deficit of 186 at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad. They began the day on 109 for 3 and despite several batsmen getting starts, were dismissed for 274 in reply to United Bank’s 460. Lal Kumar was the only one to resist with an unbeaten fifty as Kashif Bhatti and Misbah Khan picked up four wickets apiece to enable United Bank to enforce the follow-on. Hyderabad lost their openers early and were on 55 for 2 at stumps, still needing another 131 to avoid an innings defeat.

Criticism from outside the camp doesn’t ruffle Kumar Sangakkara. He’s used to it

Peter English20-Oct-2010Criticism from outside the camp doesn’t ruffle Kumar Sangakkara. He’s used to it. But in Australia it usually takes something seriously wrong for an ex-player to break the code of support for the country’s captain.During Australia’s series loss in India Shane Warne targeted Ricky Ponting’s fields and Geoff Lawson has called for him to become a specialist batsman. Ponting has been unhappy with some of the coverage and it adds to the intrigue for the limited-overs contest against Sri Lanka, which acts as Australia’s last international item before the Ashes.Sangakkara has been captain of Sri Lanka for more than a year and has developed a relaxed attitude to criticism. “We come from a slightly different cricket-playing scene [than in Australia] where we get to see that almost every day,” he said before laughing loudly. “If it does happen it’s not the end of the world. It’s an opinion expressed and if you’re playing at this level you are able to handle it with equanimity.”Warne tweeted about Ponting’s fields to Nathan Hauritz and the issue continues to rumble, with the former legspinner writing about it on his website on Tuesday. Sangakkara was not surprised by Warne’s comments, but did not think it suggested the Australians were starting to crack.”Warne has very strong opinions on most things,” he said. “He is also a very shrewd and intelligent cricketer, I’m sure he expressed an opinion he thought was relevant. Everyone looks at everything differently, that’s what you realise very soon playing cricket. That’s the beauty of cricket, it’s all put down to interpretation.”One of the reasons for the burst of local complaints is Australia’s drop to No.5 in the Test rankings, their worst since the system was introduced. They are still comfortably on top in one-day internationals, 16 points above South Africa, but appear more vulnerable given the slip in five-day status.Sangakkara doesn’t pretend to understand how the ranking system works but is certain the hosts won’t be a pushover. “Playing the Aussies in Australia is a completely different story,” he said. “How they will look at it in between an Ashes series is something left for them. For us, it’s a great challenge to play Australia anytime.”The Sri Lankans open their tour with a one-dayer against Queensland at the Gabba on Friday and have two more warm-ups before the Twenty20 international in Perth on October 31. Three ODIs follow as the teams start to focus seriously on next year’s World Cup.”We’re trying a few new guys, but we’re settled to a great extent,” Sangakkara said. “There are still a few places up for grabs and we need to have guys ready and able to take up that spot. We have a lot of younger players who have come in, and a lot of experienced players who do not feature in our squad. It’s an interesting time for us.”

Fast bowler in for injured Shane Bond in New Zealand’s squad for the second Test against Pakistan

Cricinfo staff02-Dec-2009Tim Southee, the New Zealand fast bowler, has been drafted into the squad as cover for the injured Shane Bond for the second Test against Pakistan. Bond suffered minor abdominal discomfort following the 32-run victory in Dunedin and was subsequently ruled out of the remaining two matches.However, captain Daniel Vettori said that Daryl Tuffey , who was part of the squad for the first Test, would most likely be starting in place of Bond for the match tomorrow in Wellington. Southee, on the other hand, would be backup, in case any injuries were sustained during the period before that match.Southee’s inclusion comes after a strong outing for Northern Districts against Wellington in Hamilton during the Plunket Shield last week. Southee wrecked Wellington’s first innings, finishing with extraordinary figures of 25-12-27-8, but it was a terrific effort in vain as the home side lost by 38 runs.The 20-year-old did well in the limited-overs series against Pakistan in the UAE. He last played a Test against India in April.Tuffey, whose last Test was against England in 2004, hoped to make the most of the opportunity. “Obviously it’s disappointing for Shane with that injury,” he told the . “But it always works in roundabouts like that and I’ve been on the receiving end of injuries and giving other guys chances. He’s a good mate of mine and I’m really disappointed for him.”If my name is read out, which is obviously looking more and more likely with Shane being out, I’m just looking forward to the opportunity.”Tuffey, like Bond a former ICL player who will have a chance to revive to his Test career, has taken 24 of his 66 Test wickets against Pakistan. He didn’t play the Sri Lanka Tests and suffered a hand injury which forced him to return home from South Africa during the Champions Trophy. “I never thought I would have been playing Test cricket again,” he said. “But it’s funny how things have panned out.””The good thing about Daryl is every Test team that’s been named, he’s been disappointed not to be in it,” said Daniel Vettori. “He’s been close and he’s been bowling well.”The fast bowler Iain O’Brien, who dislocated the middle finger of his bowling hand during a career-saving spell on day five in Dunedin, did not think the injury would prevent him from playing tomorrow. “I bowled a couple to feel the finger and see how it came out,” he said. “It’s just sore, there’s no fractures, no nothing really, just a bit of bruising. I’ve just got to hope I don’t get a bang on it when I’m bowling.”Having endured an ordinary Test and playing almost for his place, O’Brien had a crucial part in the turnaround on day five of the Dunedin Test. He followed up Umar Akmal’s wicket with those of Kamran Akmal, with a sharp in-ducker, and Umar Gul. He will protect his injured finger with a splint when fielding but will not, per cricket’s rules, be allowed to wear it while bowling.”I’ve got some toys to cover it with,” said O’Brien. “With the cricket laws it’ll be nude when I’m bowling then hopefully I can cover it up and keep some impact off it when I’m fielding. It’ll be okay, I guess I have to try and hide it as much as I can when I’m fielding.”

Mhambrey will work with Malinga, MI’s current bowling coach, and Jayawardene, the new head coach

ESPNcricinfo staff16-Oct-2024Former India seamer Paras Mhambrey has been appointed Mumbai Indians’ bowling coach ahead of IPL 2025. Mhambrey, who had served as MI’s assistant coach previously, will work alongside current bowling coach Lasith Malinga under newly appointed head coach Mahela Jayawardene.Mhambrey served as India’s bowling coach from 2021 till August this year under Rahul Dravid and was part of the T20 World Cup-winning side in the Caribbean. He was also part of the MI set-up when the team won the IPL in 2013 and the Champions League T20 in 2011 and 2013.Related

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He also has experience coaching in Indian domestic cricket, having overseen the India A team and having helped Bengal to successive Ranji Trophy finals in 2005-06 and 2006-07. He played two Tests and three ODIs for India between 1996 and 1998. He represented Mumbai in domestic cricket, taking 284 wickets in 91 first-class games and 111 wickets in 83 List A games.On Sunday, MI had announced the return of former Sri Lanka captain Jayawardene as their head coach ahead of the new season. The coaching staff’s first task will be to finalise Mumbai’s retentions ahead of the deadline on October 31.MI finished at the bottom of the table in IPL 2024 with just four wins in 14 games under new captain Hardik Pandya.

Ashleigh Gardner and Nigar Sultana’s match-winning performances saw them make gains as well

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Jul-2023Beth Mooney and Nat Sciver-Brunt have risen to the top of the ODI batting rankings after their blistering performances in the Women’s Ashes. That has pushed Chamari Athapaththu from the top to No. 3. Sciver-Brunt also became No. 1 among allrounders.The first two ODIs saw Mooney – the new No. 1 – notch up 81* and 33 in Bristol and Southampton respectively to help Australia secure the Ashes.Sciver-Brunt moved to No.2 among batters after her 111* in the second ODI, where the hosts fell short by three runs. But it was enough for her to reach 763 points, her peak, and her joint-best ranking in the batters’ list.For Sciver-Brunt, it is now the third time she has taken No. 1 status among allrounders. Ashleigh Gardner, who took six wickets and chipped in with 21 and 33 in the first two ODIs, has jumped up four spots to take the No. 5 and No. 8 spots in the bowlers’ and allrounders’ lists respectively.Captains Heather Knight and Alyssa Healy also saw upticks. Knight anchored England’s victorious chase with an unbeaten 75 in the first ODI to go up from No.18 to No. 14. Healy, who had a 15-month gap in the ODI circuit after the Women’s World Cup final in April 2022, re-entered the rankings at No. 4.Nigar Sultana, Bangladesh’s captain who led the hosts to their first-ever ODI win against India has climbed up four spots to No. 31. Her team-mates Sultana Khatun and Marufa Akter took major jumps to enter the top 100 among the bowlers. Khatun’s 25-spot jump saw her leap from 103rd to 78th while Marufa’s 33-spot jump took her to 100th.Athapaththu hopped one step to No. 9 in the T20I rankings, thanks to her 80* against New Zealand in the third T20I. Her partner, Harshitha Samarawickrama, who helped stitch a 143-run match-winning stand rose from 27th to 22nd. Inoka Ranaweera’s three-for took her up six spots to occupy the seventh spot, alongside New Zealand’s Lea Tahuhu.

This could be the first time since 2001 that a Test in which Bangladesh are playing in will not be shown

Mohammad Isam16-Jun-2022For the first time since 2001, a Test match involving Bangladesh will not be broadcast on TV in Bangladesh as negotiations between the rights-holders and Bangladesh’s TV networks failed to materialise for the rights to the Test series in the West Indies. The Antigua Test, which begins on June 16, will only be available on the ICC’s streaming channel for a subscription fee.But there are efforts being made to show the matches for free on the BCB’s social media handles.”The Bangladeshi channels are not interested in showing these matches, but the BCB and Total Sports Management (TSM) have managed to put it on so that the people of Bangladesh are not deprived of the coverage,” Moinul Haque Chowdhury, owner of TSM, the company that bought the rights from CWI, reported .BCB director Ismail Haider Mallick said, “We are trying to show the matches on BCB’s Facebook and YouTube channels for free”.It has come to this point after T-Sports or Gazi TV, the Bangladeshi channels that have been showing all of Bangladesh’s international cricket in recent years didn’t land a deal with TSM. Both channels have reportedly bought the BCB’s broadcasting rights for 2021-23 from Ban Tech, who had initially bought it from the board for $19.07 million last year.But such a TV blackout was on the cards from earlier this year when the Bangladesh broadcasting rights were only picked up a week from the start of the New Zealand vs Bangladesh Test series in January. Last year, the Bangladesh vs Australia T20I series wasn’t aired in Australia due to a lack of interest.The last time a Bangladesh Test wasn’t shown was back in 2001 during the Asian Test Championship when one of the matches wasn’t shown in Bangladesh.During a month-long tour, Bangladesh will play West Indies for two Tests, three T20Is and three ODIs.