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England batsman Kevin Pietersen has transferred to Delhi Daredevils from Deccan Chargers for the 2012 season of the IPL, the IPL has confirmed

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Jan-2012England batsman Kevin Pietersen has transferred to Delhi Daredevils from Deccan Chargers for the 2012 season of the IPL, the IPL has confirmed. Pietersen is the third player to switch teams during the transfer window, after Dinesh Karthik and R Sathish.”We are pleased to add Kevin to our line-up. He brings rich experience and an explosive quality to our batting and can be a more than handy offspinner as well,” said TA Sekhar, GMR Sports’ Head (Cricket). “We are sure that Kevin will help us to be very competitive this season and the Delhi Daredevils fans will enjoy this addition.”Pietersen was earlier part of Royal Challengers Bangalore and had captained the team for a few games in 2009. He was acquired by Deccan Chargers during the 2011 player auctions but could not play as he was recovering from a double hernia.Pietersen, currently in the UAE for England’s away series against Pakistan, said he was looking forward to the challenge of being part of a new setup. “I am looking forward to a wonderful time with the Delhi Daredevils,” Pietersen said. “It will be a great experience to be playing in the same squad as Sehwag.”The first window for trading between IPL franchises closes on January 20. There will be another short window for trading after the February 4 auction in which the players of now terminated franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala will be sold. The tournament will run from April 4 to May 27, 2012.

Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lanka’s chairman of selectors, has said the exclusion of Sanath Jayasuriya and Chaminda Vaas from the final squad was taken after looking at all options to select the best possible 15 for the World Cup

Sa'adi Thawfeeq08-Jan-2011Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lanka’s chairman of selectors, has said the exclusion of veterans Sanath Jayasuriya and Chaminda Vaas from the final squad was taken after looking at all options to select the best possible 15 for the World Cup.”We were not going to waver from that and looking at individuals as such because we wanted the best team to ultimately go out there and represent the 20 million people in Sri Lanka,” De Silva said yesterday. “That was the only reason why they were left out. Unfortunately not only them but it was a very hard decision and emotional thing for the four selectors also to leave out two great cricketers like that as they would have been looking forward to saying goodbye after a World Cup. But that’s how life is. To be fair by everyone, those two cricketers have done so much for Sri Lanka cricket and we can never forget that.”De Silva said that it was entirely up to the two players to decide whether they wanted to continue playing. “I guess they have got a great future ahead to contribute towards Sri Lanka cricket and I hope they will do so. Through their experiences I am sure they will come back and help Sri Lanka cricket in the future. But if they want to continue playing they are most welcome to do so. I am not the one to decide when they are going to finish their careers.””At the same time, Suraj Randiv has not done anything wrong to be out of the squad but it was unfortunate because he didn’t fit into the combinations which we needed in the 15. Those are the three guys whom I really feel for at this moment.”Vaas however has a thin chance of playing in the World Cup if there happens to be an injury to Nuwan Kulasekera. “We consider Vaas as a new ball bowler but with Lasith Malinga and Kulasekera there he can only come as first change. When he does that he doesn’t have the same effect as when he bowls with the new ball. Vaas had direct competition with Kulasekera. If Kulasekera gets injured we will have to consider someone like Vaas because he is the next best new-ball bowler in Sri Lanka. If we are playing Vaas we must have the maximum advantage of using him as a new ball bowler. The way Kulasekera has performed in the past one to one-and-a-half years, it is difficult to keep him out.”Dilhara Fernando was selected as a back-up bowler for Lasith Malinga, De Silva said. “What we have to understand is why we pick certain players and what we expect of them. Dilhara is a guy whom everyone might feel goes for runs on most occasions and sometimes bowls no-balls when he loses rhythm. But ultimately what we expect of him is to be a strike bowler and to replace someone like Lasith. In case of an emergency we need someone in the squad if Lasith doesn’t play. Dilhara has got that extra bit of pace to hurry a batsman and with a bit of life and bounce on a wicket we would opt for him in the final XI.”On left-arm spinner Rangana Herath’s inclusion, De Silva said, “We got two offspinners (Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis) and with Randiv we would have had three. The combination we were looking at was three spinners and we wanted some variation in the spin attack. We thought the best left-arm spinner in the country is Rangana so we had to opt for him. He’s played only nine ODIs but we felt he is the best left-armer we got so we had to go with a bowler whom we can depend on.”Mahela Jayawardene, who has fared well as an opener whenever he has been given the opportunity, would be the third opener in the side after the regular pair of Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga.”We decided to go with Mahela in case we required a third opener because we are playing only eight games and we don’t want to bring in an extra player and upset the combination of the squad,” said De Silva. “If it comes to a real push we will have to look at someone like Mahela at that stage or maybe someone else who is batting way down the order as an experiment.”De Silva said that they picked the squad very early (the ICC deadline is January 19) in order to give the selected players the opportunity of playing in the inter-provincial limited-overs tournament which starts on January 11. “That’s a tournament which I want the players to be relaxed and enjoy playing some cricket with free minds.”De Silva also stated that he hopes to give maximum exposure to the selected World Cup squad of 15 during the upcoming three-match one-day series against West Indies. The matches are due to be played on January 31, February 4 and 6 at venues yet to be finalized.

Yorkshire have snapped up Daryl Tuffey, the New Zealand fast bowler, as cover for their overseas player, Australian bowler Ryan Harris

Cricinfo staff19-Feb-2010Yorkshire have secured Daryl Tuffey, the New Zealand fast bowler, as cover for their overseas player, the Australian Ryan Harris, who will be busy with the IPL during the early part of the county season.”It’s a great opportunity to develop my game,” Tuffey said. “I haven’t played county cricket before and it’s always something I’ve wanted to do. I’m looking forward to the challenge and I’m sure I’ll enjoy it.”Tuffey, 31, has a decade of international experience, having played 25 Tests and 85 ODIs. He regained his regular spot in the New Zealand team in both Tests and one-dayers last July after a two-year absence due to his stint with the unofficial ICL.Tuffey will be part of the Yorkshire set-up until early May, when Harris will land in England after finishing the IPL. This will be Tuffey’s first county stint.”We felt it was important to have an experienced overseas bowler at the club in the period before Ryan Harris joins us,” Yorkshire director of cricket Martyn Moxon said. “We have a young bowling attack and the knowledge and wickets that Daryl can provide us with will be vital if we are to get off to a good start in the County Championship.”

Kundai Matigimu picked up the ball in his follow through and hurled it at batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius, “hitting him at close range on the wrist”

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Jul-2025Kundai Matigimu, the Zimbabwe quick bowler, has been fined 15% of his match fee and handed a demerit point for “inappropriate and dangerous” conduct during the ongoing second Test against South Africa in Bulawayo.The incident in question took place on the first day of the Test match, in the 72nd over of South Africa’s first innings. Matigimu fielded the ball in his follow through and hurled it at the batter, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, “hitting him at close range on the wrist”, as an ICC statement put it.It was a breach of Article 2.0 of the ICC’s code of conduct for international cricket, which penalises throwing “a ball (or any other item of cricket equipment) at or near a player in an inappropriate and/or dangerous manner”. Matigimu admitted to the offence and accepted the sanction from match referee Ranjan Madugalle, ruling out the need for a formal hearing.This, being Matigimu’s international debut, was his first demerit point.Zimbabwe have been on the back foot for the most part in the game. By the end of the first day, South Africa had reached 465 for 4 on the back of captain Wiaan Mulder’s 264 not out, which he subsequently took to 367 not out before declaring the innings on 626 for 5. They then bowled Zimbabwe out for 170 in their first innings, setting up a possible innings win.Matigimu was one of Zimbabwe’s more successful bowlers, returning 2 for 124 from 21.3 overs, with Pretorius and Dewald Brevis his victims.

Brathwaite, Greaves and Hodge each passed fifty but there was a late collapse

AAP10-Jan-2024West Indies’ batting frailties were exposed after stumbling against an inexperienced Cricket Australia XI in Adelaide. One week out from the first Test against Australia, the tourists’ batters made several starts but all failed to go on with it on a dry Karen Rolton wicket.Made up entirely of players without a Big Bash League contract, the CA XI attack did not feature any players with Test experience for the three-day match.Related

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West Australian Liam Haskett took 3 for 57, while rising New South Wales talent Jack Nisbet finished with 2 for 50 and Victorian spinner Doug Warren claimed 2 for 47. Between them, the three bowlers have played a total of nine first-class matches.There were some positive signs for West Indies, with captain Kraigg Brathwaite showing fight with his 52 after impressing in Australia last summer.Kavem Hodge and Justin Greaves also did their hopes of a Test debut no harm, scoring 52 and 62 respectively.But there were also concerns for the tourists. Top-order batters Kirk McKenzie and Alick Athanaze were both bounced out, in dismissals that will no doubt catch the attention of Australia’s quicks.Equally worrying was Brathwaite’s dismissal. He was caught trying to paddle-sweep Warren in a half-hearted shot that capped a collapse of 3 for 3.Another collapse of 4 for 8 came late in the day around the second new ball, after Hodge and Greaves had got the tourists to 223 for 4.There are genuine concerns over the form of the once-proud team from the Caribbean headed into the two-Test series. They will field at least three debutants in next Wednesday’s first Test in Adelaide, with seven uncapped players in their 15-man squad.Former captain Jason Holder opted out of the tour before it began to play in the ILT20, while allrounder Kyle Mayers is playing in the IPL-backed SA20 for Durban.West Indies were beaten convincingly in two Tests in Australia last summer, with only five players from that tour returning.

Scotland’s left-arm spinner says he is provided footage that helps him understand the “strengths and weaknesses” of each batter

Matt Roller18-Oct-20220:49

Watt: ‘Though we beat WI we haven’t played our best cricket yet’

Mark Watt, by his own admission, is “not a massive turner of the ball”. But Scotland’s left-arm spinner is an earlier contender to become the 2022 T20 World Cup’s cult hero, thanks in part to the crumpled sheet of A5 notepaper that he pulled out of his pocket during his spell of 3 for 12 against West Indies.Before each game, Watt sits down to go through the footage and information he is sent by his team’s analyst in detail, preparing a “cheat sheet” with a few key nuggets to remember about each batter. Ahead of the World Cup, he has been working with Scotland’s analyst George McNiel, who spent the 2022 season with Warwickshire.”He’ll provide all the footage, the strengths and weaknesses of each batter,” Watt explained. “And I’ll take it upon myself to look at all the videos and try to think about where I want to bowl, what plans I want to go with, [and] what fields I want to set. It’s quite a tedious process, but it’s something that I feel like I have to do so I know what each batter does.”Related

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On Monday night in Hobart, Watt studied his notes at the top of his mark before bowling his trademark “24-yarder” to Brandon King, a ball which he delivers from behind the bowling crease to disrupt batters’ rhythm. The ball skidded into the top of King’s off stump, giving Watt the first of his three wickets in a miserly four-over spell as Scotland turned the screw.”It makes it all worth it,” Watt said of King’s dismissal. “At the time, it can be quite boring – and it’s quite tough looking at players hitting sixes out of the ground against left-arm spin. But it’s something that I have to do, and something that I’ll keep on doing.”Watt’s regular glances at his notes may also help him glean a psychological advantage. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Germany’s goalkeeper Jens Lehmann pulled a similar crib sheet out of his sock which featured notes on Argentina’s likely penalty-takers during a shoot-out, which he studied closely when midfielder Esteban Cambiasso walked up to take his kick.”Lehmann could find no indication on his note of how Cambiasso would shoot,” Sönke Wortmann, a director who was making a fly-on-the-wall documentary about the German team, recalled in the book . “And yet the piece of paper did its job because Lehmann stood looking at it for a long time.” Lehmann saved Cambiasso’s penalty, and the crib sheet was later sold for €1 million.Watt’s cheat sheet is unlikely to fetch a similar sum, but he too is focused on outwitting opposition players. “I’ll always try and keep the batter guessing as much as possible with all the variations that I use,” he said. “Sometimes I don’t even know what I’m going to bowl next ball; if I [myself] don’t, the batters definitely won’t know.”