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The organisers also wanted a clear window so they could have all West Indies contracted players present

ESPNcricinfo staff02-Sep-2019The eighth edition of the Caribbean Premier League has been scheduled to be played between August 19 and September 26 in 2020. The window also meant that there would be no overlap with ECB’s new event The Hundred, slated for July next year.According to a CPL release, the organisers wanted a clear window for the tournament so they could have all West Indies contracted players present for the entire duration for a third successive year, and also so both the tournaments could have “the best possible players available”.”Having the best Caribbean cricketers and the world’s best overseas players is the foundation of our tournament and this period gives us that,” Pete Russell, COO of the CPL, said. “We may be just days away from the 2019 tournament, but we are already making plans for next year to ensure that we continue to see the phenomenal growth and economic impact that CPL has seen over the years.”Cricket West Indies chief executive Johnny Grave said that the tournament next year would serve as a tune-up for the men’s T20 World Cup, scheduled to be played in Australia next October.”We are pleased that we have once again found a window in our international calendar for the 2020 season to ensure that all the best West Indian cricketers can take part, as the tournament plays a crucial role in our preparations and planning for the ICC T20 World Cup in 2020,” Grave said.This year, the tournament was originally supposed to begin in late August but was rescheduled to September owing to the shifting of India’s tour.

The multi-point Women’s Ashes begins on Tuesday and here are some of the names to keep an eye on

Andrew McGlashan29-Jun-2019Ellyse PerryThe allrounder is one of the leading cricketers in the world and enjoyed a wonderful 2018-19 season with a prolific WBBL campaign and a strong one-day series to finish against New Zealand. Her international career began in 2007 and she has seven Tests under her belt which will be valuable experience in a format rarely played by the women. In the previous Ashes Test Perry scored an unbeaten 213 in Sydney which ensured Australia couldn’t lose the match and in the 2015 victory which helped regain the Ashes she took nine wickets at Canterbury. It will be interesting to see what role she plays in the T20Is later in the series having been lower down the order in last year’s T20 World Cup before filling her boots in the WBBL.Tammy Beaumont raises her bat for a half-century•Getty Images

Tammy BeaumontA key figure in England’s batting unit since reinventing her game as a dashing opener over the last three years. No one has scored more ODI runs since 2016 (1918) than Beaumont. She was named one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year in March following her run-scoring feats which included a 47-ball T20I hundred against South Africa last season where she set a new record England tally of 628 runs. “I want to be the leading run-scorer again this year and have no problem in saying that publicly,” she told the earlier this year. “I’m the one putting the ­pressure on myself.” In the 2017-18 Ashes Test she contributed more than 100 runs across the two innings and will be vital in repelling a strong Australia attack.Alyssa Healy works through the leg side•Cricket Australia/Getty Images

Alyssa HealyHealy has taken her game to a new level over the last 12 months, playing a central role in Australia’s T20 World Cup triumph, excelling in front of and behind the stumps, which culminated in her being crowned the Belinda Clark medalist at the end of the 2018-19 Australia season. Ominously for England, she thinks there is more to come having spent her downtime since the end of the season working on further expanding her power hitting, “I’d like to think I’m still improving as a cricketer and have a lot to learn,” she said before flying to England. Expect some chirp from behind the stumps as well from a player who isn’t afraid to get involved in a feisty battle.Kate Cross during her matchwinning performance during the 2014 Ashes Test•Getty Images

Kate CrossCross had a memorable start to her Ashes career with a matchwinning performance in the 2013-14 Ashes Test in Perth when she claimed match figures of 6 for 70 to secure a 61-run victory. That was followed by another six wickets in the 2014 Test against India and coupled with promising performances with the white ball she looked set for a lengthy stay in team. However, there have been huge challenges for Cross to overcome; last year she opened up on her battle with mental health which dated back to 2016 and almost led to her quitting. She made her comeback against New Zealand in 2018 and can play a key role in taking the pace-bowling pressure off the experienced pair of Katherine Brunt and Anya Shrubsole.Tayla Vlaeminck bowling for Melbourne Renegades•Getty Images

Tayla VlaeminckThe 20-year-old quick, with just two international appearances under her belt, could be a point of difference for Australia having overcome a disrupted season after a torn ACL in what has already been an injury-hit career that has included two knee reconstructions and a dislocated shoulder. “She’ll be a big weapon for us, she’s bowling fast and accurate,” captain Meg Lanning said. “She put in a lot of hard work over the off-season, she didn’t really have a break like most of us did so she’s ready go. Katherine Brunt in the England side is pretty quick and she’s up there with that pace. In our game it’s a bit of a weapon and something extra and we feel Tayla really adds something to our squad.”Amy Jones cuts through the off side•Getty Images

Amy JonesLike the men’s sides, England are not short when it comes to wicketkeeper-batsmen. The world-class Sarah Taylor currently has the gloves but in Jones they have an excellent deputy and her batting skills alone are getting her in the team. So far 2019 has been a stellar year for her with 415 ODI runs at 46.11 and a strike-rate of 100.48 making her comfortably the leading scorer in the world. And she sees the wicketkeeping rivalry as healthy. “I’ve always known that if I’m going to be the first-choice keeper I’ve got to be good,” she told the in March. “Now that I’ve been at a good standard for a few years I can push her to improve and we can see how good we can get.”

South Africa batsman to miss remainder of CSA T20 Challenge for Cape Cobras

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Apr-2019Hashim Amla has pulled out of the Cape Cobras squad for the remainder of the CSA T20 Challenge.”I have opted not to make myself available for selection for the Cape Cobras for the remainder of the CSA T20 Challenge,” read a statement released by Amla. “I express my sincere gratitude to the Cobras coaching staff and team for the game time over the last three weeks, given the circumstances.”Cobras have one remaining round-robin game against Dolphins at Kingsmead on Sunday. They are currently placed second after having lead the pack for much of the competition, with a home semi-final at stake in their final game.Amla opted to play in the competition instead of seeking a short-term opportunity with a county side, as Aiden Markram has, in order to be closer to his father, who has been seriously ill for some time, while also securing vital game time as he works through a spell of poor form.Amla briefly left the Cobras squad to return to Durban to be at his father’s side last week. The game he missed – against Knights in Bloemfontein – was in any case abandoned without a ball bowled due to inclement weather. Amla subsequently returned to the team for their matches against Titans and Lions, scoring 3 and 10.While Cobras have enjoyed significant success – winning five matches – Amla’s own returns from the eight games he has played in have been modest. He has scored 92 runs at a strike rate of 83.63 with a top score of 32, showing only brief flashes of the sort of batting that has built his formidable reputation over the years.Despite his struggle for form over the last year, Amla was named in South Africa’s World Cup squad. In just over two weeks, the South African squad will assemble for a pre-tournament team camp before departing for the World Cup, and Amla wants to “use the remaining time before the World Cup to fine-tune my batting.”

Suresh Raina’s 41-ball 61 proved in vain as Tamil Nadu chased down 163 with four balls to spare

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Jan-2018Washington Sundar’s all-round effort and Sanjay Yadav’s 32-ball 52 helped Tamil Nadu register a five-wicket win over Uttar Pradesh in a Super League encounter in Kolkata. Uttar Pradesh captain Suresh Raina’s 41-ball 61 proved in vain as Tamil Nadu chased down 163 with four balls to spare. Raina’s half-century came a day after he scored an unbeaten 126 against Bengal.Electing to bat, Uttar Pradesh powered away to a strong start despite losing opener Samarth Singh in the third over. Raina and Shivam Chaudhary (38 off 33 balls) put on 70 for the second wicket in 8.1 overs. After Chaudhary’s dismissal, Raina and Akshdeep Nath, the other hero from Uttar Pradesh’s win over Bengal, raised 53 runs. By the time Sundar struck to remove Raina, the left-hand batsman had finished with seven fours and a six. Nath remained unbeaten on 38 off 28 balls even as Sundar finished with figures of 2 for 32. Tamil Nadu captain Vijay Shankar and legspinner M Ashwin, who is expected to be on IPL franchises’ wishlists, took a wicket each.Sundar (33 off 30) and Bharath Shankar (30 off 19) got Tamil Nadu off to a brisk start in the chase. With No. 3 Yadav striking at a brisk pace, including two fours and three sixes, and N Jagadeesan scoring an 11-ball 20, Tamil Nadu got home without too much discomfort even as Ankit Rajpoot and Mohsin Khan took two wickets each. Despite a steep reserve price of INR 1.5 crore, Sundar, who made his international debut in the recent home series against Sri Lanka, is expected to be a hot pick at the IPL auction.

And Madhya Pradesh joined Mumbai in the quarter-finals from Group C, after beating Odisha by seven wickets

ESPNcricinfo staff28-Nov-2017Pace-bowler Lukman Meriwala and left-arm spinner Swapnil Singh took four wickets each as Tamil Nadu crumbled to 130 all out and suffered a 102-run defeat against Baroda. The loss meant that Tamil Nadu finished their season without a single win, a possibility Baroda averted with this result.Tamil Nadu’s bowlers had done well on the third day to give their side an advantage, bowling out Baroda for 197 to set up a fourth-innings target of 233. They went into stumps at 2 for no loss, but early into the fourth day the new-ball pair of Atit Sheth and Meriwala cut through the top order, leaving Tamil Nadu reeling at 30 for 5. There was a brief respite, as B Aparajith and Washington Sundar kept Baroda at bay, but Swapnil soon broke through that partnership and went on to sweep up the lower order.Aparajith was the only TN batsman to score more than 25, top-scoring with a battling 60. Meriwala had returns of 4 for 22 in 16 overs, while Swapnil was even more miserly – 4 for 21 in 19.1 overs. The four-for capped off a good season for Swapnil – he ended as Baroda’s highest run-getter with 565 runs at an average of 62.77 and the second-highest wicket-taker behind Sheth, with 20 dismissals at an average of 25.5.Madhya Pradesh qualified into the quarter-finals, where they will face Delhi after finishing on top of Group C with a seven-wicket win over Odisha at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore.The day began with Odisha on 237 for 4, trailing by four runs after being asked to follow on. Overnight batsman Shantanu Mishra was bowled first ball of the day by Puneet Datey (2-48). At the other end Subhranshu Senapati, who began the day on 78, brought up his second century in as many games. He put on
55 for the sixth wicket with Nataraj Behera, and 33 for the seventh wicket with Deepak Behera. But his dismissal for 125 was the start of a collapse that saw them fall from 325 for 6 to 337 all out. Legspinner Mihir Hirwani finished with 5 for 97.Madhya Pradesh fell to 45 for 3 in pursuit of 111 before an unbroken stand between Devendra Bundela (50*) and Harpreet Singh (37*) took them home.

Lancashire gained promotion and won the NatWest Blast in Ashley Giles’ first season as director of cricket, but safeguarding that Division One stataus will not be easy

David Hopps01-Apr-2016Director of cricket: Ashley Giles
Captain: Steven Croft
Last season
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Out: Ashwell Prince (retired), Paul Horton (Leicestershire)
Overseas: Neil Wagner2015 in a nutshell
Things could not have gone much better for Ashley Giles in his first season as director of cricket. Lancashire won the NatWest Twenty20 and bounced back into the First Division at the first attempt with a squad with a strong north-west flavour and there was a sense, too, of sound organisation and togetherness at all levels about which Giles could take much satisfaction.2016 prospects
Having regained First Division status can Lancashire stay there? Just to avoid the bottom two might be seen as an achievement. The retirement of Ashwell Prince removes 1,478 Championship runs in Division Two, and will make heavy demands on Alviro Petersen, another South African playing out his career on a Kolpak deal. Haseeb Hameed has rich promise, too, as a top-order batsman, although Division One attacks will present a steep learning curve. Lancashire’s pace attack is in transition so they will hope James Anderson can contribute to a flying start and to see Kyle Jarvis make a further impact. Limited-overs cricket should be less daunting. Strong finances will be the envy of many.Key player
Much attention was given last season to Lancashire’s highly-effective T20 spinners, Stephen Parry and Aaron Lilley, but if they are to hang in there in four-day cricket then left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan (41 wickets at 31.22 in Division Two last season) needs to transfer those statistics to Division One.Bright young thing
Saqib Mahmood, a powerful quick bowler of considerable promise, was one of England’s outstanding players at the Under-19 World Cup, finishing with 13 wickets at just 12.69, and he was as effective with the old ball as the new cherry. Born in Birmingham but raised in Rochdale, he has already played three Twenty20 matches.ESPNcricinfo verdict
Lancashire look well equipped for limited-overs cricket, which should pull in the T20 crowds at Old Trafford, but their First Division status will not be easily maintained.Bet365 odds: Specsavers Championship, Div 1: 12/1; NatWest Blast n/a; Royal London Cup 14/1

The England camp have admitted that James Anderson had been warned twice for running on the pitch before he was removed from the attack

George Dobell at the Wanderers15-Jan-2016The England camp have admitted that James Anderson had been warned twice for running on the pitch before he was removed from the attack for a third transgression in the third Test against South Africa in Johannesburg.Anderson, England’s record wicket taker in Test cricket, appeared incensed when Aleem Dar, the umpire, notified the England captain that Anderson was to be withdrawn from the attack after two balls of the 100th over of the innings.In an angry exchange that continued beyond the end of innings, Anderson appeared to insist that he had been warned only once previously.But an ECB spokesman later confirmed that Alastair Cook, the England captain, admitted he had been warned twice previously about Anderson running on to the protected area. The first warning came after three deliveries of the 61st over of the innings; the second after four deliveries of the 94th over. All the warnings were captured by broadcasters.Law 42.12 – a section headlined ‘bowler running on protected area after delivering the ball – states that, on the first instance of any infringement, the umpire shall “caution the bowler and inform the other umpire.” They should also “inform the captain of the fielding side and the batsmen.”If the bowler contravenes again, the umpire is obliged to “repeat the procedure indicating that it is a final warning.”Aleem Dar, who his officiating in his 101st Test as an on-field umpire, won the ICC’s umpire of the year award for three years in a row (between 2009 and 2011).While the England camp have suggested that the umpires could, perhaps, make their warnings a little more obvious, they have effectively accepted the sanction. Coming, as it did, with nine wickets down, and with Ben Stokes requiring only one delivery to finish off the innings, it did not adversely affect them. Anderson, whose querying of the decision probably stayed just the right side of the line separated between ‘inquisitive’ and ‘argumentative’ is unlikely to face further punishment.There may be concern, however, at Anderson’s habit of running on the pitch – a habit that appears to be of increasing interest to umpires – and his apparent fury with the world and almost all upon it once he takes to the pitch. It is understood a team-mate recently made it clear in the dressing room that some were tiring of the latter.There has been illness within the England squad in recent days and it may well be that Anderson – and Stuart Broad, who bowled far below his recent high standards here – have suffered as much as anyone and deserve some patience. No doubt Anderson’s anger stems from his burning desire to perform for the team that he has represented with pride for more than a decade. He has more than earned the benefit of any doubt.As a new England side emerges, though – an England side keen to engage with its supporters and in the first flush of enthusiasm for international cricket and all it entails – Anderson’s anger jars and appears oddly out of step.

Allrounder Ian Holland is the only uncapped member of Victoria’s 14-man squad to contest the Matador Cup next month

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Sep-2015Allrounder Ian Holland is the only uncapped member of Victoria’s 14-man squad to contest the Matador Cup next month.Holland has been named for a potential state debut after a strong club season last summer in which he came the first person to win the Jack Ryder Medal as the best player in the competition and the John Scholes medal as best player in the final. A batsman and medium-pace bowler, Holland first came to notice in 2012 as the winner of the reality television show.”He is a player that can fill a lot of roles for us,” Victoria’s new coach David Saker said of Holland. “He can bat, bowl and is really strong in the field.”Matthew Wade will captain the Bushrangers and Cameron White will enter the campaign aiming to become the first player to win three consecutive Player of the Tournament awards. In the past two domestic one-day competitions, White has scored 721 runs at 65.54.Victoria squad Matthew Wade (capt), Fawad Ahmed, Scott Boland, Daniel Christian, Aaron Finch, Peter Handscomb, John Hastings, Ian Holland, Jon Holland, Clint McKay, James Pattinson, Rob Quiney, Marcus Stoinis, Cameron White.

Surrey made a convincing start to their Royal London Cup campaign with an emphatic 220-run victory against Northamptonshire at the Kia Oval, powered by a thunderous 74-ball hundred from Jason Roy

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ScorecardJason Roy reached a hundred off 74 balls•PA Photos

Surrey made a convincing start to their Royal London Cup campaign with an emphatic 220-run victory against Northamptonshire at the Kia Oval, powered by a thunderous 74-ball hundred from Jason Roy.They scored 343 for 5 and then dismissed Northamptonshire for 123 in 24 overs. At one stage the Steelbacks were 61 for 8 – and looking unlikely to surpass Roy’s final score between them – before the last two wickets more than doubled the score.At one point Surrey, who won the toss, looked capable of scoring many more runs than they did. Their best scoring rate was 8.4 an over, when they were 168 without loss after 20.That dipped slightly, but even when they were 195 for 1, at the halfway point of their innings, it seemed certain they would top 400. But their batsmen found life more difficult once Northamptonshire brought on their spinners.The opening partnership of 195 between Roy and Steven Davies, equalled the record for the first wicket against the Steelbacks in List A matches, Adam Lyth and Alex Lees having put on the same score for Yorkshire at Northampton last year.Roy was dropped twice, a difficult chance to Rob Keogh at point off the bowling of David Willey when he was on 23 and, when he had made 87, by Graeme White at deep midwicket, a skier off the bowling of Josh Cobb.But apart from those blemishes it was a fluent and impressive innings, with shots all round the wicket. He hit 15 fours and a majestic six over extra-cover off Mohammad Azharullah.But once he was out, caught at short midwicket, the scoring rate dropped, even though Kumar Sangakkara made a sprightly 37 from 38 deliveries. He was second out at 251 in the 35th over and two over later Davies was dismissed for 99 from 99 balls.Against tight bowling from White, Cobb and Keogh, Surrey’s scoring slowed further while Gary Wilson and Ben Foakes were at the wicket, before a late slog from Zafar Ansari and James Burke.The Steelbacks made an awful start when Richard Levi was bowled first ball by Jade Dernbach, and they did not recover.They were 6 for 2 in the third over, when Cobb was caught behind off the same bowler, and then 11 for three in the sixth when Alex Wakely was also caught at the wicket off Sam Curran.Curran, just 17 and the younger brother of team-mate Tom, made an eye-catching debut in this form of the game, and his left-arm pace brought him 4 for 32 in front of England selector Angus Fraser.Adam Rossington fell to a Curran combination and Northamptonshire’s first four batsmen had scored eight runs between them. Only some late hitting by wicketkeeper Ben Duckett, who hit five fours and two sixes in a 45-ball 56, enabled his team to reach three figures.