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Danish Kaneria, the Pakistan legspinner, has said he will seek clarification from the PCB on the reasons for his continued exclusion from the national squad

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Jan-2011Danish Kaneria, the Pakistan legspinner, has said he will seek clarification from the PCB on the reasons for his continued exclusion from the national squad. Kaneria was not included in the 30 probables for the 2010-11 World Cup. He had also been overlooked for Pakistan’s Test squad for their on-going tour of New Zealand.Kaneria was one of three players – the other two being Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik – who were asked to appear before the PCB’s inquiry committee in order to gain clearance to play for Pakistan. The players had to submit details of their bank accounts, assets and property holdings from the last three years to the committee. Pakistan had delayed the announcement of their 30-man World Cup squad till January 5 in order to complete their investigations of the three, but only Kamran was included in the preliminary list for the tournament.”I have asked my barrister Steve Haurigan to talk to the PCB and clear up this problem and the damage to my name,” Kaneria told . “He is in Karachi and has requested a meeting and is waiting for a reply from the PCB.”After a meeting with the board’s integrity committee on December 15, which he at the time described as “fruitful and positive”, Kaneria had said he was confident of returning to the national squad and was providing the board with whatever details they required.He stuck to his stance after being left out of the World Cup probables. “I fully cooperated with the PCB and submitted all the documents they wanted from me,” he said. “I am disappointed to be left out as I was also overlooked for the series against South Africa in the United Arab Emirates in October-November last year as well as the New Zealand tour.”Kaneria was actually in the original squad to play two Tests against South Africa in the UAE, but was told moments before he was about to leave for the airport that he hadn’t been cleared to play. The reason for his exclusion from the World Cup probables is not clear. “There is a lot of speculation in the media regarding clearance or otherwise of players by the integrity committee of the PCB,” Pakistan’s chief selector Mohsin Khan said. “The integrity committee has given its views on some players to the selection committee which has taken into consideration that input and has selected the 30 players for the World Cup.”The last ODI Kaneria played for Pakistan was in March 2007, so his exclusion from the World Cup could be because the selectors don’t see him as a limited-overs bowler. He was playing Tests for Pakistan, though, up until their controversial tour of England in July-August. Kaneria was the subject of a criminal investigation in August by Essex police over allegations that he was involved in spot-fixing during a county game. He was released without charge in September.Essex have not retained Kaneria for the 2011 season, but he says that is down only to financial reasons. “I have played my cricket clean,” he said. “After being cleared by police in England, Essex sent me a letter saying that because of the financial crunch they did not want my services after 2010.”Kaneria has taken 261 wickets in 61 Tests – the most by any Pakistan spinner in tests. He has been performing well in domestic cricket, having taken 38 wickets in eight matches in Division One of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.

Pakistan’s National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports has asked for an explanation from security officials over the delay in the release of a report on the terror attack on Sri Lanka’s cricketers in March last year

Cricinfo staff04-Feb-2010Pakistan’s National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports has asked for an explanation from security officials over the delay in the release of a report on the terror attack on Sri Lanka’s cricketers in March last year. However, a senior federal government official told the panel that the government had yet to receive a report on the incident from the provincial authorities.The report was compiled by a judicial commission last year and was supposed to be submitted to the parliamentary committee by the Punjab government by September. “On numerous occasions we demanded a copy of the report but have not received any from the Punjab government,” Ismail Qureshi, the official, told the committee.The Sri Lankan team was on its way to the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore for the third day’s play in the second Test, when terrorists opened fire at their bus, killing six policemen and two civilians, and injuring six team members and reserve umpire Ahsan Raza. The attacks forced the Sri Lankan government to recall its team, and in the aftermath, Pakistan lost the right to host the 2009 Champions Trophy and its share of 2011 World Cup matches.Parliamentary sports committee chief Jamshed Dasti informed the chief secretary of Punjab, and the inspector general of its provincial police had been summoned to appear before his committee later this month.The committee also recommended that all PCB accounts should be kept with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) – a move that would help in checking the PCB’s financial autonomy, which has been a concern. It believed that the federal government would then be able to plug any financial irregularities which have damaged the reputation of the board.”Keeping the accounts with so many private banks will not resolve the financial issues of the board,” Dasti said. “The only solution which all the members have agreed with is to keep the keys with the SBP.”The committee also discussed the team’s dismal performance in Australia recently, the IPL fiasco as well as former captain Javed Miandad’s dispute with the board. Ijaz Butt, the PCB chief, also came under severe criticism for not running PCB affairs properly.

Draw still the favourite as visitors limp to close nine down in face of mammoth 820-9 dec

ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay01-Jul-2025Durham 343 for 9 (Lees 125, Robinson 79, Worrall 4-49) trail Surrey 820 for 9 dec by 477 runsA brilliant three-wicket burst with the second new ball by Dan Worrall resurrected Surrey’s victory ambitions just when it looked as if Alex Lees and Ollie Robinson’s 152-run stand had raised Durham hopes of being able to force a draw at the Kia Oval.Lees scored a superb 125 and Robinson a 105-ball 79 as Durham eventually reached 343 for 9 by stumps on day three, but earlier both fell to paceman Worrall, as did New Zealand allrounder Jimmy Neesham, in a slide from 266 for 3 to 284 for 7.When Matt Fisher removed George Drissell with the last ball before tea, Durham had lost four wickets for 29 runs in 12 overs immediately before the interval. Afterwards, though, Graham Clark and Matthew Potts added 46 for the eighth wicket in 25 overs to hold up Surrey again as the Kookaburra ball lost its shine and hardness.Potts resisted 79 balls for his 23, until Dan Lawrence spun an offbreak to pin him leg-before on the back foot, and then Worrall returned to hit Clark’s middle stump with his fifth ball back to end a defiant 30.A hobbling Ben Raine, injured when bowling on day one, bravely emerged at No. 11 to keep Daniel Hogg company until the end of play, with Hogg even taking two fours off Fisher in the closing overs.Overall, however, bat has overwhelmingly dominated ball on an essentially flat pitch in a Rothesay County Championship match on which the draw still seems the likeliest outcome despite Durham, in reply to Surrey’s mammoth 820 for 9 declared, still being 477 runs adrift going into the final day.Opener Lees showed immense stamina, as well as notable skill and determination, to frustrate Surrey’s attack for almost six hours in all. The Durham captain began day three on 33, with his side 59 for 1, and forged a fine partnership with Robinson after seeing both Will Rhodes and Colin Ackermann depart before lunch.Rhodes edged the impressive Fisher to keeper Josh Blake to go for 26 in the morning’s eighth over, and Ackermann’s 24 was ended by an excellent piece of bowling from Sam Curran. Angling one across the right-hander, left-armer Curran saw Will Jacks cling on to a sharp catch at first slip.Robinson was fortunate to nick Curran between first and second slips for four, a technical but low chance, before he had reached double-figures and, after lunch, Curran had an impassioned appeal for lbw against Lees, on 64, turned down – much to the allrounder’s dismay.Otherwise, however, the fourth-wicket pair progressed serenely and successive fours off Fisher took Lees to 80 while Robinson went to a 76-ball half-century in style by pulling Jordan Clark powerfully off the front foot for six over midwicket.The 32-year-old Lees, capped 10 times in Tests by England, went to his 31st first-class hundred in the 74th over of Durham’s innings and – having been on the field in sweltering 90-degree temperatures for almost eight sessions – he was finally forced to leave it at 3.41pm on day three.Robinson had just been bowled by a full inswinger from Worrall, and the leader of Surrey’s attack made it three strikes overall in his second, third and fourth overs with the second new ball – taken with Durham on 255 for 3 – when he quickly added the scalps of Lees and Neesham.Lees, who faced 240 balls and hit 18 fours, nibbled fatally at a fine ball that lifted and left him and Neesham’s thicker edge to a similar delivery flew to Jacks at first slip.Clark survived a big lbw appeal from Fisher on 4 and then a mishit pull at Worrall on 5 dropped inches short of Curran, diving forward from the squarer of two midwickets, but Drissell top-edged a pull at Fisher to mid-on as Durham’s sudden decline continued apace.Durham’s innings was steadied, however, by Clark and Potts who made sure of a second batting bonus point while also denying Surrey a third bowling point. As batting conditions eased at the end of another long, hot day, it was noticeable that Worrall and Fisher were given only another five overs between them just before the close.Worrall has figures of 4 for 49 from 23 overs and, if anyone is searching for even one positive from the widely-condemned decision to deploy the lower-seamed Kookaburra (widely-used in Tests overseas) in four prime mid-summer Championship fixtures, it is that the newly England-qualified Australian displayed once again the skill and know-how with it that makes him an intriguing possible selection for this winter’s Ashes series Down Under.

The ICC board approved new rules that bar transgender cricketers from playing women’s internationals

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Nov-2023After a key change to ICC’s gender eligibility requirements that banned transgender players from participating in women’s internationals, Danielle McGahey, the first transgender woman to play internationals, has acknowledged “with a very heavy heart” that her international career for Canada “is over”.”Following the ICC’s decision this morning, it is with a very heavy heart that I must say that my international cricketing career is over,” McGahey posted on Instagram. “As quickly as it began, it must now end.”The ICC board on Tuesday approved the new rules by which any player who has transitioned from male to female and has been through any form of male puberty will not be allowed to participate in women’s international cricket, regardless of any surgery or gender reassignment treatment they may have undertaken.Related

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“It is based on the following principles (in order of priority), protection of the integrity of the women’s game, safety, fairness and inclusion,” the ICC said in a statement. “The regulations will be reviewed within two years.” ICC CEO Geoff Allardice added: “Inclusivity is incredibly important to us as a sport, but our priority was to protect the integrity of the international women’s game and the safety of players.”Originally from Australia, McGahey, 29, moved to Canada in 2020 and underwent a male-to-female medical transition in 2021. In September this year, she played for Canada in the Women’s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier that acts as the pathway for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024.”While I hold my opinions on the ICC’s decision, they are irrelevant,” McGahey wrote. “What matters is the message being sent to millions of trans women today, a message saying that we don’t belong. I promise I will not stop fighting for equality for us in our sport, we deserve the right to play cricket at the highest level, we are not a threat to the integrity or safety of the sport.”McGahey played six T20Is and scored 118 runs at an average of 19.66 and a strike rate of 95.93.

Durham could face points deduction after Australian’s bat was deemed too big pending further tests

ECB Reporters Network06-Sep-2022Durham 222 for 9 (Jones 87, Conners 3-54, Dal 2-18, Aitchison 2-49) trail Derbyshire 306 (du Plooy 82, Came 78, Dal 56, Rushworth 3-60) by 84 runsDerbyshire’s pace attack put the promotion hopefuls in a strong position on the second day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Durham, who could face a possible points deduction after Nic Maddinson’s bat was judged to be too big.England Lions fast bowler Sam Conners took 3 for 54 and Ben Aitchison 2 for 49 to reduce Durham to 222 for 9 at the close with only Michael Jones offering any prolonged resistance with 87.Allrounder Anuj Dal claimed 2 for 18 in 10 overs as Durham lost five wickets for 26 in the final session to trail by 84.Umpire Hassan Adnan tested Maddinson’s bat with his measurement gauge shortly after the Australian came to the middle but it would not go through and was taken away by match referee Mike Smith. The bat was to be re-examined after the close of play and, if it failed again, would be sent to the ECB to make a judgement.Derbyshire were docked two points after Mattie McKiernan’s bat failed a measurement test in a Royal London Cup game last month.Maddinson was one of three Durham batters who fell to poor shots after the visitors came through the morning session unscathed.Conditions looked good for bowling under grey clouds with the floodlights on but the Derbyshire attack, with the exception of Aitchison, served up too many loose deliveries.Jones’s first seven scoring shots were boundaries but Sean Dickson was reprieved on eight when he edged Aitchison low to third slip where Leus du Plooy failed to cling on.Derbyshire regrouped during the lunch break which was extended by 45 minutes by rain and took four wickets in the afternoon session.Dickson was the first to go, caught behind carving at the first ball he faced after the restart, and Scott Borthwick also fell to a casual shot when he tried to turn the fast bowler off his legs and got a top edge to square leg.The bowlers’ improved line was rewarded again when the pressure got to Maddinson, who went for a big drive at Dal and was caught at point.Jones had played responsibly but in the penultimate over before tea, he tried to drive Nick Potts and lost his off stump.Durham trailed by 164 at the interval but Jonathan Bushnell and Liam Trevaskis frustrated Derbyshire for 19 overs before Conners returned to shift the momentum again.Conners found enough away movement to have Bushnell caught behind before Trevaskis, badly missed on 21 at third slip, edged to second five overs later where Wayne Madsen knocked the ball up for Brooke Guest to complete the catch.Paul Coughlin was run out by a direct hit from Potts as he went for a sharp single to midwicket and Tom Mackintosh drove a wide ball from Dal to point.Conners had Ben Raine caught behind before bad light ended play with Derbyshire well placed to push for victory.

He was earlier charged over events during a T10 event in the UAE in 2017

Andrew Fidel Fernando10-May-2021Former Sri Lanka batter Avishka Gunawardene has been cleared of both existing corruption charges against him, and is free to participate in cricket immediately.Gunawardene had never directly been charged by the ICC, but in May 2019 had attracted two charges by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) over the 2017 iteration of the T10 tournament played in the UAE. These charges related, essentially, to soliciting or enticing a participant to breach anti-corruption regulations, and also failing to disclose any potential corruption or suspicious approach.Gunawardene, however, maintained his innocence. He was suspended from his coaching roles by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) as soon as the ECB charges were announced, with the SLC CEO stating that the board was unaware that Gunawardene was being investigated. Over the years, Gunawardene had become a highly reputed coach, for both the Sri Lanka A and Emerging teams, with many players crediting him for having been a positive influence over their careers.Also dropped are three of the four ECB charges against Nuwan Zoysa, though Zoysa remains banned for six years after being found guilty of separate charges by the ICC. The ECB’s charges against Zoysa were as follows:- Being party to an agreement to influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or other aspect(s) of a match.- Directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging or intentionally facilitating any Participant to breach Code Article 2.1.- Failing to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations received to engage in corrupt conduct under the Code.
– Failing or refusing, without compelling justification to cooperate with any investigation carried out by the ACU in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Code.The ICC release (through which these announcements came) did not specify which of Zoysa’s four charges remains “upheld” by the ECB, but did state that “the detailed decision would be announced to the parties in due course”.The ICC’s anti-corruption unit has been carrying out a long-term investigation in Sri Lanka, and over the past five years, has found former cricketers Sanath Jayasuriya, Jayananda Warnaweera, Dilhara Lokuhettige as well as Zoysa, guilty of breaching the anti-corruption code. Gunawardene is the first to be cleared of all charges against him.

Lamichhane and Zampa do the damage before Stoinis and Maxwell see Stars home in the Melbourne derby

Varun Shetty04-Jan-2020Melbourne Stars won the season’s first Melbourne derby in comprehensive fashion after their legspinning duo of Sandeep Lamichhane and Adam Zampa prompted a collapse that read 5 for 8 by the time it finished.Coming at 2 for 117, just when Melbourne Renegades had set up for a strong finish and had the well-set Shaun Marsh at the crease, it helped restrict Renegades to 142. Marcus Stoinis made an unbeaten 68 and Glenn Maxwell an unbeaten 40 to see the Stars through with eight wickets in hand and open up a two-point lead at the top of the table with their fifth win in six matches.In second place, Sydney Sixers have eight points in six matches. The loss – their sixth this season – means that defending champions Renegades continue to be the only team without a point on the board.Finch and Marsh see off early troubleSam Harper was certainly adventurous after Stars put Renegades in, but his innings only lasted eight balls as he ended up mistiming a rising delivery from Nathan Coulter-Nile to mid-on in the second over. This brought Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh together and the pair went about the Powerplay without taking too many risks.Dale Steyn and Daniel Worrall tied their respective ends up even as Coulter-Nile had a bad outing, but neither Finch nor Marsh looked particularly perturbed by the relatively sedate scoring rate. Going at just about seven an over in the eighth over, Finch lined up Adam Zampa in his first over and slog-swept him for six to get Renegades past 50. But minutes later, he got too far away from a googly pitched outside off, and Zampa was past his slog sweep to get off stump. The 42-run stand had still brought some stability on a slowish surface though.The spinnersMarsh and Beau Webster managed to move things forward without being particularly belligerent. The odd boundaries were on offer even though the spinners were tight through the middle overs. Lamichhane didn’t have the brightest start to his spell, while at the other end Zampa was stringing the dot balls together efficiently.The pair put on 62 in the seven overs they batted together until a stunning bit of work by Ben Dunk at long-on completely turned the game in the 15th over. Running to his left in chase of a Marsh pull shot against Lamichhane, Dunk jumped to hold on with two hands, managed to take two steps to keep himself on his feet, and managed to hurl a backhand to Coulter-Nile who was converging from deep midwicket just before his third step over the boundary line.Two balls later, Lamichhane got a floaty legbreak to dip and spin past Dan Christian outside off and get his foot marginally off the ground. The touch-and-go stumping call went Stars’ way and suddenly Renegades had lost their two of their most experienced batsmen in three balls.Zampa lured Webster into a cut with a tantalisingly slow ball outside off and beat him next over, only to follow up with a slider that also looked good for the cut. Only it snuck through rapidly and took his middle stump instead. Lamichhane helped himself to another one and Steyn closed things out at 142, which appeared at least 20 below par.A burst and then a trickleStars’ openers made it look at least 40 under par with the way they began the chase. Tom Cooper was handed the first over and Stoinis hit him for three boundaries to start things off. Nic Maddinson started his innings with an elegant square drive against Kane Richardson next over, then followed up with not-so-elegant boundaries off the next two balls. Christian dropped Stoinis at midwicket off Richard Gleeson in the third over, and the seamer’s average season looked to stretch even further as he conceded 13 off his opening over. Stars had raced to 41 in their first three overs.Finch persisted with Renegades’ best bowler this season, Richardson, and in his third over he managed to get Maddinson to slice one up for backward point. The legspin of Boyce then helped slow things down, and a promoted Dunk looked largely uncomfortable and hit no boundaries before finding mid-off with a leading edge off Gleeson.But the drought wouldn’t last. In the 12th over, Glenn Maxwell slapped Gleeson in front of square for the first boundary since the fifth over. He repeated it two balls later, and the momentum was back. By the time he reverse-whipped left-arm spinner Tom Andrews for six at the backward point boundary, the required rate was nearly down at run-a-ball. The last 18 runs were scored without any boundaries, but Stars still won with seven balls to spare.

England batsman happy to be dismissed taking the attacking option after producing another crucial fifty

Andrew Miller25-Nov-2018Jos Buttler credited a TV re-run of a Michael Clarke masterclass as the inspiration behind his much-changed batting approach on the third day in Colombo, as he switched from the use of the sweep to relying on nimble footwork to combat Sri Lanka’s spinners during another vital, momentum-seizing half-century.After arriving at the crease with England four-down for 39 in their second innings and struggling in particular to combat Dilruwan Perera’s skiddy use of the new ball, Buttler took to galloping out of his crease to meet it early, a policy that paid off on the one hand as he top-scored in England’s second innings with 64 from 79 balls, but did ultimately result in his downfall midway through the afternoon session, as he was stumped down the leg side off Lakshan Sandakan.”We were trying to wrestle back momentum,” Buttler told Sky Sports. “The new ball seems to be a tricky place to bat against spin – some were skidding on, some were spinning.”We’ve talked about trying to play in a brave way and looking to score. It felt like being busy and getting them off their lengths was the best way to go, and trying to get a partnership going, which we managed with me and Ben [Stokes].”Asked why he had deviated from the sweeping tactic which, in the second Test at Pallekele in particular, had proven so effective for England, Buttler claimed he had simply been inspired to try something different after watching a re-run of Clarke’s treatment of England’s premier spinner, Graeme Swann, during one of their many Ashes encounters.”In Kandy, we were watching one of those cricket classics and Michael Clarke was batting, and Jimmy [Anderson] said, God, he was using his feet nearly every ball and Swanny couldn’t bowl at him. I thought that seems like a good way to go, I’ll try a bit of that.”Sometimes you feel confident with a certain way of playing and actually using my feet today felt like the way to go, especially with the offspin and the angles from around the wicket. Sweeping had a risk of lbw and I tried to take that out of the game by getting as far out as I could.”Buttler did, however, concede that his premeditated movement out of the crease had carried with it inevitable risks – much as his use of the sweep had led to his downfall in both innings of the second Test. However, he insisted that, by staying true to his gameplan, he was able to rationalise the disappointment when it did finally backfire on him.”A lot of the time, it’s about trying to make peace with the way of getting out,” he said. “If I got caught on the crease and lbw, I’d be more disappointed with that than getting stumped. The last game I was happier to get out sweeping than I was to play a forward defence. You can sit in the changing room after and make peace with the fact that I stuck with my gameplan.”I think with it spinning like that, if you can get as close to it as possible to the ball, especially on the full, then it can’t spin. At times I was maybe a bit too premeditated on how I was coming down. I was trying to gauge an area [that the ball would land in], and it would have been ideal to go later and a bit more direct at the ball just after release. But to get as far out as I wanted, I felt I had to go early.”Buttler’s equanimity at the prospect of failure was a further reflection of the relaxed team ethos that has been encouraged by Trevor Bayliss, and which has already seen huge gains for the white-ball squad in their rise to the No.1 world ranking.”It’s a little bit about the mantra that’s being preached [in the dressing room],” said Buttler. “‘Positive’ is a word that’s been used a lot, but It doesn’t just mean fours and sixes and aggressive shots, it can mean positive footwork, positive running, singles and that sort of stuff.”For myself I look to play that way. Making peace with the way that I can get out makes it a lot clearer for me. It makes me commit to a gameplan more, rather than second-guessing ‘shall I run or shall I not?'”I might get out, but you could get out any ball doing anything. If I stick to my gameplan and get out, I’m more at ease with that than if I veered away from it.”

Losses during the Test series contributed to the formation of a “losing dressing room” says allrounder

Mohammad Isam30-Oct-2017The negativity among the Bangladesh players spread like a “virus” as they got thrashed one game at a time on their South Africa tour, according to Shakib Al Hasan, . The four weeks of woeful cricket finished with the 83-run defeat in the second T20 in Potchefstroom.Shakib said that once they were handed the drubbings in the two Tests, the morale within the group started to go down, and it culminated in poorer performances in the ODIs, Bangladesh’s favoured format, and T20s. None of Bangladesh’s batsmen made more than 300 runs across formats on this tour, while their highest wicket-taker, Rubel Hossain, took just seven wickets.Shakib observed that those in the dressing-room started to speak about personal things when things didn’t go their way, which inevitably contributed to low moods and an atmosphere of defeat.”I think a big reason [for the performance] was that we didn’t do well in Tests, and when the ODIs came around that mood lingered into that format,” Shakib said. “Similarly, when we did not do well in the ODIs, it lingered into the T20s. It’s like a virus. If we did well in Tests, then we could have done even better in ODIs, and even better thereafter in the T20s.”That’s how these things work; it is so critical that if you are in the dressing room. You can tell from the atmosphere. The mentality is different in a winning dressing room; everyone talks about winning. In a losing dressing room, people talk about personal things, and unwittingly negative things come in. Atmosphere is important. More than one or two people performing, it is important that the team performs.”Bangladesh’s batsmen, especially Mushfiqur Rahim, had his moments including the century in the first ODI, which was the first by a Bangladeshi against South Africa. Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah and Liton Das had one good innings each, while Soumya Sarkar concluded a poor series with two scores of 40-plus. They never put up substantial, match-changing partnerships which the South Africans did in abundance.The bowlers however had a terrible time. Collectively, the bowlers conceded the fourth-highest average in a Test series. For the first time, they went on to concede 1,000-plus runs in an ODI series. They were also on the receiving end of the fastest T20 international hundred. Shakib said that the most worrying thing was the lack of fight they posed to South Africa.”The records will show that no team has performed well in away series in the last three or four years. But we were not able to compete in this series, which is frustrating. We played well in the last 2-3 years which is why we expected to fight here. But unfortunately we were not able to get out from the losing streak,” he said.Shakib, however, warned against massive changes in the Bangladesh setup for their next assignment, which will be next year against Sri Lanka at home. He said that they have to make a combined effort to put things right.”People will have personal opinions but I won’t say that we have to start thinking about sea changes after just one series. It is a little normal that results like this will happen on overseas tours. Maybe it was expected that we would lose, but we did not expect to play the cricket we did to lose the way we did.”We all know what our ability is, and none of us could perform up to that. So in that regard I am sure that everyone – starting with the BCB, the coaching staff and us players – will work hard to overcome it, which is important if we want to move forward,” he said.

Former Test allrounder Andrew McDonald has been confirmed as Victoria’s new head coach

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Aug-2016Former Test allrounder Andrew McDonald has been confirmed as Victoria’s new head coach, after he announced during the week he was leaving his position in charge of Leicestershire.The vacancy with Victoria opened up after David Saker was named Australia’s new assistant coach in July, and McDonald soon became the leading candidate. He was appointed head coach of the Melbourne Renegades – a position that Saker had also held – earlier this month and Cricket Victoria has now confirmed that McDonald will also take the state reins.The move continues a rapid coaching rise for McDonald, 35, who less than two years ago was still playing in the Sheffield Shield. Although he ended his career with South Australia and also played four Tests during 2009, most of McDonald’s career in Australia was played with Victoria – he appeared in 71 first-class games for them for 3516 runs at 40.88 and 163 wickets at 28.18.Over the past two years, McDonald has been a popular coach of Leicestershire, lifting the performances of the struggling county, and now he will take over a side sitting in a position of strength in Australian cricket. Victoria have won the past two Sheffield Shield titles, first under long-time coach Greg Shipperd in 2014-15, and then under his replacement Saker in 2015-16.”I’m really pleased to be coming home to Victoria to take on the coaching role with the Commonwealth Bank Bushrangers,” McDonald said. “The state team is in a really good place on the back of consecutive Shield victories and I’m looking forward to building on that culture of success and delivering results across all formats.”I’m a proud Victorian and have been lucky enough to share some big wins playing cricket for this state. I’m excited about the challenges that are ahead of us and I look forward to working with the coaching staff and the players led by Matthew Wade on the busy schedule ahead.”Tony Dodemaide, the Cricket Victoria CEO, said: “We’re delighted that Andrew has agreed to return to Victoria after his time in charge with Leicestershire. He brings a great enthusiasm and knowledge to the role and knows Victorian cricket well which stands us in good stead ahead of the upcoming Sheffield Shield season and Matador BBQs One Day Cup.”The Commonwealth Bank Bushrangers have enjoyed terrific success in the last two years with our consecutive Shield victories. Andrew – a former Shield winner himself – understands elite performance environments and is looking to build on that success this season.”