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ScorecardThe Assam players get together after their innings win•PTI

Pacers Arup Das and Krishna Das shared 10 wickets between them to shoot Rajasthan out for 84 and lead Assam to a massive innings win. Krishna Das ended with impressive match figures of 10 for 55. Rajasthan endured a collapse for 37 for 7 on the final day with only four of their batsmen passing double-figures and none managing over 21. Captain Ashok Menaria was trapped lbw by Arup in his first over of the day and the procession continued with only little resistance from Ajay Singh and Deepak Chahar. Assam now lead Group A with 10 points.
ScorecardOdisha and Maharashtra settled for a draw in their Group A game at the Brabati Stadium in Cuttack, but the visitors took three points by virtue of a first-innings lead.Resuming for an overnight score of 156 for 3, Maharashtra rode on a 113-run fourth-wicket partnership between Kedar Jadhav and Ankit Bawne. Jayant Behera brought an end to the partnership when he had Bawne caught behind for 44, after which Maharashtra declared on 289 for 4, with Jadhav getting to 100 not out.Odisha needed 304 for an outright win, but Anupam Sanklecha had both Natraj Behera and Govinda Podder caught behind for single digit scores inside eight overs, leaving the home team on 26 for 2. Swapnil Gugale then dismissed Anurag Sarangi for 28 and ran out Girija Rout for 31, as the match headed for a draw. Odisha lost another wicket before finishing on 129 for 5. For his spell of 31-10-62-6 in the first innings, Shrikant Mundhe was adjudged the Man of the Match.
ScorecardDelhi wrapped up a bonus-point ten-wicket win after their bowlers demolished Vidarbha for 98 in the second innings. Vidarbha resumed on a shaky 47 for 4 and lasted only 30.1 overs into the day. Ishant Sharma, Pradeep Sangwan and Manan Sharma picked up three wickets each, with Ishant’s six-for in the first innings giving him nine for the game.Aditya Shanware (25) was the only one to offer some resistance in the morning and the highest partnership Vidarbha managed was 32 for the sixth wicket.The Delhi openers Unmukt Chand and Gautam Gambhir took only 14.1 overs to knock off the target of 95. Chand hit nine fours and a six in his 51 off 41 while Gambhir finished on 45 off 44 with seven fours.Karnataka v Bengal – Tiwary, Naved and rain seal draw for Bengal

Haryana right arm medium pacer Nitin Aggarwal (5 for 16) and legspinner Amit Mishra (5 for 10) reaped a rich harvest of wickets asHimachal Pradesh collapsed to 52 allout in their first innings on theopening day of their North Zone Cooch Behar Trophy cricket match atMaharaja Aggarsain Stadium here on Sunday.Put into bat, Himachal Pradesh made a disastrous start. None of theHimachal batsmen looked in touch as both Aggarwal and Mishra ranthrough the side. Their domination was so complete that five of thebatsmen failed to score. Only Shashi Kumar (13) could reach the doublefigure mark. Himachal innings’s folded in just 25.5 overs.In reply, Haryana made a solid reply in the remaining 240 minutes toscore 230 runs for the loss of one wicket including an unbeatencentury by opener Manvinder Bisla. Bisla (143 not out, 205 balls 214s, two 6s) in the company of Bhuvanesh Sharma (62) put Haryana incommand with a 158-run opening stand in 49 overs. After a 163 minutestay Bhuvanesh departed, falling leg before to Shashi. Then IshanGandha (16 not out) joined Bisla to and the two remained unbeaten tillstumps.

England’s one-day captain, Paul Collingwood, admitted he was surprised by the size of the fine imposed on his team-mate, James Anderson, following a shoulder-barging incident with Runako Morton during the second one-day international at Edgbaston on Wednesday.In a match that England went on to lose by 61 runs, Anderson was fined 50% of his match fee by the ICC referee, Mike Procter, who said in a statement: “Cricket is, after all, a non-contact sport. When players fail to recognise that fact and engage in needless nudges … then that is where we have to draw the line.”Collingwood, however, was taken aback by the severity of Anderson’s punishment. “I probably didn’t expect him to get fined as much he did. As players, we all know the boundaries we can go up to. Generally, a lot of that stuff happens out in the middle and it is cricket but on this occasion it just went over the mark.”That was one incident,” said Collingwood. “We’ve had great relations with the West Indies during the Test series and so far in the one-day series. But I’m not sure [Jimmy] will be doing it again. Whether that’s because he’ll get fined again or because he’s heard about Morton’s past, I’m not too sure. You’ll have to ask him.”Despite Collingwood’s protestations, West Indies’ coach, David Moore, said physical contact had no place in cricket and nor did the practice of dismissed batsmen being given a send-off by members of the fielding side. “Physical contact is not part of cricket. It’s a big enough field where you can get past each other without thumping into each other.””I like to see a contest,” added Moore. “I don’t condone our players mouthing off when people are leaving the field because the contest is over then.”

The Indian board has decided to telecast some domestic cricket matches live from the 2006-07 season. “At least 70 days of domestic cricket will be shown live on television,” Niranjan Shah, the BCCI secretary, said. “We will choose the important matches which would be broadcast.”The matches, involving Ranji, Deodhar, Duleep and the Challenger Trophy — comprising 93 first-class games, 83 one-day games and a number of Twenty20 games — would be marketed to provide fillip to domestic cricket.”It will encourage the domestic teams because when the matches will be telecast live on television they will get sponsorships also,” Shah said. Asked which channel would telecast the matches, Shah said the rights were with Nimbus and they would decide about it. “I don’t know because the right are with Nimbus and they will decide about it. We will be able to give a detailed information only after 10-15 days.”There has also been speculation that Nimbus would soon launch a channel of its own and the matches would be shown on it.

Barney Rogers cracked an unbeaten century, his second in first-class cricket, as Matabeleland recovered from a first-ball wicket to get on top of the situation on the first day of their Logan Cup match against Mashonaland at Queens Sports Club on Friday.Coming in at number three, Rogers finished with 133 runs to his name as Matabeleland, who lost the loss and were sent in to bat, closed the first day with 391 for the loss of six wickets from 98 overs.New Mashonaland captain Tatenda Taibu, probably trying to flex his muscles, tried in vain to have the start of the match delayed as slight drizzle started falling but he did not succeed.If Taibu’s move was meant to frustrate the batsmen, then it worked out as Matabeleland’s opening partnership of Charles Coventry and Mark Vermeulen did not last. Coventry was back in the pavilion for a firstball duck when he was dismissed by Douglas Hondo. The delivery was outside the off stump and Coventry would have been wise to leave it. Instead he lunged at the ball and Grant Flower was there at gully to take the catch. Matabeleland were one down with no runs on the board.Gavin Rennie joined Vermeulen and the runs started ticking along, with Rennie getting most of them. The usually hard-hitting Vermeulen was cautious with his strokes and took 14 balls to get off the mark, but when he did, he was on fire.The proceedings were eventually disrupted as the drizzle grew worse with play only resuming after nine minutes.Vermeulen and Rennie put on 99 runs for the second wicket before Vermeulen was dismissed by Waddington Mwayenga, caught behind by Taibu for 44 runs which came off 54 balls.The left handed pair of Rogers and Rennie restored the innings with Rennie getting his half-century from 72 balls, hitting nine fours after staying at the crease for 100 minutes. Mashonaland made a change to their bowling, bringing on veteran Craig Evans and the move worked out as he went on to dismiss Rennie for 71, having him caught by Dion Ebrahim.Rogers got his half-century after for 75 minutes at the crease, facing 54deliveries and smashing ten fours. His partnership with Andre Hoffman yielded 49 runs before Hoffman, who looked on his way to a big score, was run out for 17 runs with Trevor Gripper throwing in the ball for Taibu to finish off the dismissal.Captain Heath Streak joined in the hunt for the runs but he tended to be on the defensive most of the times, especially against young off-spinner Prosper Utseya.After 193 minutes at the crease, dispatching 19 fours and facing 150 balls, Rogers finally reached the century mark. He did it in style, hitting two consecutive fours from left arm spinner Grant Flower.Amos Maungwa grabbed his first wicket when he dismissed Streak, having him caught at gully by Grant Flower for 40, which came off 102 balls.Gavin Ewing, who grabbed a double-century against Midlands last week, came in and settled immediately, dispatching two boundaries off Grant Flower. He went on to get his half-century after facing 52 balls, hitting ten fours and a six.Utseya got his first wicket when he had Ewing given out leg before wicket for 68 runs which came off 75 balls with 13 fours and a six. Mluleki Nkala was the new man in but he was yet to open his account after facing up to four balls.Taibu used eight bowlers but none of them managed to offer any solution with Hondo, Evans, Utseya and Maungwa grabbing one wicket apiece but their figures were not impressive. The Mashonaland fielding was also disappointing.

Shoaib Akhtar has said the ghosts of Pakistan’s recent loss against India have been laid to rest and promised a barnstorming return in the Asia Cup. “I am always there to play for my country and have left all that happened in the India series behind me,” Shoaib told AFP after arriving in Pakistan from England.Shoaib, who has been in and out of cricket because of niggling injuries, cut short a stint with Durham to join the Pakistan team’s training camp at the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore. “The last two months were full of mental stress but through the well-wishes of my family, fans and supporters I have overcome all the problems,” said Akhtar, who earlier claimed he was not mentally ready to play. “I am duty-bound to play for my country but it was a tough decision after all the mental stress I had to go through.”Shoaib sustained a rib-cage injury during the final Test against India at Rawalpindi, but doubts arose about the severity of the injury when he played in England soon after. “I was really hurt, my integrity and commitment to the team and country was questioned but it was proved in tests in England that I was injured. I have never been short on commitment and will prove this in the coming Asia Cup. People alleged that I play county for money but I am returning home for national duty and do not care about financial losses.”Bob Woolmer, the newly-appointed coach of the Pakistan team, played a vital role in brokering an uneasy peace between Shoaib and the PCB, but he has warned that there would be no special treatment for Shoaib. “There is no secret that Akhtar has a difference of opinion with the PCB but if Akhtar wants to play for Pakistan he has to be here and join the bus. That is the bottom line.”

West Australian Brad Hogg doesn’t believe the surplus of left-handers in the West Indies squad will help his chances of ending his six-year exile from Tests when the Caribbean series begins in Georgetown on Thursday.Hogg has come into contention after taking nine wickets in Australia’s tour-opening match against the Guyana Board President’s XI, placing him within reach of his first Test cap since October 1996.His left-arm wrist spin will turn away from the left-handers, including Windies captain Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Wavell Hinds, and that could be important for the Australians.But Hogg doesn’t expect that to assist him as Australian selectors decide whether to take two spinners or choose between Hogg and Stuart MacGill for the Test at the Bourda ground.”There’s been no indication,” Hogg said.”Obviously Stuey has been a quality bowler over the last decade when he’s had the opportunity and I wouldn’t be surprised if he does get the nod but that’s out of our control.”Whatever situation you’re put in, whether you’re 12th man, 15th man or playing you’ve still got a job to do in a touring party.”I’m just looking forward to the opportunity of being around these guys and it’s a great bunch of quality blokes and it’s been a great team.”Andrew Bichel, MacGill and Hogg seem likely to fight for the final two bowling spots with pacemen Jason Gillespie and Brett Lee certain to play.The Australians will enter the series as firm favourites, with the Windies battling more internal problems with sacked captain Carl Hooper withdrawing from the 14-man squad.Both squads trained on Tuesday, with Windies selectors yet to announce the team which they hope can regain the Frank Worrell Trophy.

One of England’s bowling heroes, Andy Caddick, told how Australia had panicked on the evening of the first day of the Third npower Test at Trent Bridge.Caddick, who took three wickets in 11 balls as Australia collapsed to 105-7 in reply to the home side’s 185 all out, believes that Australia have now lost their aura of invincibility and shown that they are as vulnerable as any other side to quality fast bowling.”I am sure they may have just panicked in the dressing room,” Caddick said.”It just shows you that Australia are good players, but if you get stuck into them and get on top of they do anything that a human would do, and that is panic,” he reasoned.But Caddick was taking nothing for granted, and stressed that England still had a huge amount of work to do before they secure the game, let alone the Ashes.”I would say we have put ourselves in a pretty good position. But I would not say at the moment we will win. There is a lot of cricket to be played still,” he admitted.”The Australians are a very professional side and a talented one. They have some key players capable of doing the business for them in the second innings.”He pointed to the wickets of the Waugh brothers as the key moments of the day, but credited Adam Gilchrist, the not out batsman, as a pivotal figure in the morning”The key two wickets today were Steve and Mark Waugh,” Caddick revealed. “But the key thing tomorrow is to make sure Gilchrist does not get away from us.”The main thing is to ensure that the good 15 minutes we had tonight we finish off tomorrow morning. We will just plod on and stick to the basics and hope we can come out on top.”And Caddick could not help poking fun at Australian coach, John Buchanan’s much-publicised ‘Sun Tzu’ memo.”We will not be bringing any Chinamen into the dressing room, and I don’t suppose they will be either,” he joked. “We will just carry on putting it in the right places, and it is up to them to respond. They have not done that so far.”Meanwhile, opposite number Glenn McGrath – who had earlier earned Australia the initiative with 5-49 accepted that England had struck back in the final session.”They had a very good session there, and we had a very bad one,” he conceded. “But I hope we can bounce back and turn the tables again.”I am sure there will be a little bit of disappointment, but you have to give credit to England’s bowlers. They bowled well and got it in the right places.”Today they got the edges and held their catches, so we have a good game of cricket on our hands.”But McGrath insisted that his role in the match was far from over: “I haven’t got my first Test 50 yet,” he warned.But more seriously he revealed his confidence with the ball, pinpointing Michael Atherton for special attention in the second innings.”I have a lot of confidence, particularly bowling at Atherton,” he said. “I’ve picked him out 16 times now. My confidence is up and he’s always wary of me.”It’s not an ideal Test wicket but there’s a fair bit in it for the bowlers.”

Former New Zealand wicketkeeper Kruger van Wyk, who played nine Tests for his adopted home, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He will return to South Africa, his country of birth, to take up the role of Director of Cricket at the University of Pretoria’s TuksCricket Academy.”While it always a tough decision, I feel the time is right to take on an opportunity outside of playing the game, working as Director of Cricket at Pretoria’s TuksCricket Academy,” said the 35-year-old van Wyk.”I’m extremely privileged to have lived my dream as a professional cricketer for the past 17 years and I would like to thank my family and friends for all their love and support during this chapter. My proudest moment was representing New Zealand at Test level, and I’m eternally grateful and indebted to New Zealand for the opportunity it has provided me and my family.”Having played first-class cricket in South Africa since the 2000-01 season, Van Wyk moved to New Zealand in 2006. He earned a call-up to the national side in 2012, and made his Test debut against South Africa in 2012. He played nine Tests, scoring 341 runs at an average of 21.31, with one half-century, a 71 against India in Bangalore in 2012.Van Wyk represented Northerns and Titans in South African domestic cricket, and Canterbury and Central Districts in New Zealand.

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Neisha Pratt, the Hong Kong captain, almost single-handedly subjected hostsMalaysia to a 114-run trouncing at the Johor Cricket Academy in the opening match of the ACC women’s tournament.Pratt made a thumping, chanceless 71 off 77 deliveries as Hong Kongpiled on 143 runs off their allotted 30 overs. In reply, Malaysia couldonly muster a mere 29, that too off 29.5 overs.The hosts almost seemed to be playing for a draw. Opening batsman Emylia Eliani took36 deliveries for her 5 runs – but that was better than Norlida Hamid, whowas out without scoring after 45 deliveries. The crowd waited patiently while 30deliveries were played back to the bowler, and were put out of theirmisery when Kaori Iida clipped her Hamid’s off-stump.Few runs came off the bat for Malaysia, with 14 of the 29 runs coming in extras. Pratt shone with the ball too, capping the day with ahaul of four wickets.Pratt’s innings of 71 contained three boundaries and a couple of sixes.She played some powerful strokes, hitting on the up and it was only theintroduction of the slower bowlers that curtailed her run-scoring.The margin of victory could have been higher for Hong Kong, who were at86 for 1 at one stage – with Pratt going strong – and looking likely tosail past their pre-match target of 150. However, they managed only 57in the last 15 overs, the batsmen tied down by disciplined bowling.The bowlers though did benefit from umpires being lenient on a number ofdeliveries that went down the leg side.