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Wicket-keeper Mohammad Salman, allrounder Hammad Azam and left-arm seamer Junaid Khan are the new faces in Pakistan’s 15-member squad for the upcoming two-Test series against West Indies

ESPNcricinfo staff02-May-2011Wicket-keeper Mohammad Salman, allrounder Hammad Azam and left-arm seamer Junaid Khan are the new faces in Pakistan’s 15-member squad for the upcoming two-Test series against West Indies.Misbah-ul-Haq who led the Test side creditably in the aftermath of the spot-fixing scandal, remains in charge. Salman, Azam and Junaid have all been, in effect, kept on after being blooded in the limited-overs leg of the West Indies tour.The only minor surprise in the squad was the exclusion of Adnan Akmal, who has been the Test wicketkeeper in charge since his elder brother Kamran lost his place in the five-day format in the aftermath of the spot-fixing scandal last summer. Over four Tests against South Africa and New Zealand he performed well with the gloves, generally neat and clean and, importantly given his brother’s faltering form, safe in taking 17 dismissals.Though there was no big innings with the bat, there was a handy 44 in Hamilton earlier this year. His replacement has impressed behind the stumps in the ongoing ODI series but hasn’t really had an opportunity to do so with the bat, having batted once in three ODIs upto the fourth game between the two sides.There is a fair degree of stability from the last Test squad for New Zealand with the three newcomers the only changes. Sohail Tanvir has been replaced by Junaid and the continuing development of middle order batsmen Asad Shafiq and Azhar Ali means there is no place for Khurram Manzoor. Azam, for the first time since Yasir Arafat’s brief Test flirtation in 2007-08, offers Pakistan a genuine Test all-round option – Shahid Afridi’s one-Test comeback last year at Lord’s notwithstanding.Younis Khan, who was rested for the one-dayers, returns for the Tests, as does Umar Gul.The first Test will be played from May 12 at Providence Stadium in Guyana, and the second will be played at Warner Park in St Kitts from May 20. The series is widely regarded as Pakistan’s best chance to win their first-ever Test series in the Caribbean, against a weakened West Indies side that might be missing several key players.Pakistan already have an unassailable lead in the five-match ODI series, having won the first three. West Indies won the lone Twenty20 fixture.Squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Younis Khan, Taufeeq Umar, Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Mohammad Salman (wk), Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Tanvir Ahmed, Junaid Khan, Hammad Azam

Shakib Al Hasan has said although the conditions in Bulawayo were more to Bangladesh’s liking, it was a good performance that led to their first victory of the tour

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Aug-2011A change of venue brought a change of luck for Bangladesh as they picked up their first win of the tour, at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. It was their fifth win in seven completed matches at the ground, but their captain Shakib Al Hasan played down the role of the conditions, saying it was a good performance that brought the change in fortune.”I think this suits us more than the Harare ground,” Shakib said. “The wicket had some spin, enough for our bowlers to do something. I don’t think we always win here because it suits us; we played good cricket today. The spinners were steady and Rubel [Hossain] bowled brilliantly. Today all the three parts clicked, though we can still improve our game and be more consistent.”Bangladesh came into the ODI series as favourites, having dominated Zimbabwe in recent years – they had won the last six bilateral ODI series between the two countries before this one. Shakib admitted that now that they had lost the series there was less pressure, which helped, but pointed to the team’s lack of cricket in recent months as one of the main reasons for the 3-1 scoreline in favour of Zimbabwe.Before this tour Bangladesh had not played since April, and apart from Shakib, who played in the IPL and then for Worcestershire, and Tamim Iqbal, who played for Nottinghamshire in the Friends life T20, the rest of the Bangladesh players have not had much cricket since then.”There was individual pressure on players; plus we haven’t played competitive cricket for three months, except for me and Tamim,” Shakib said. “It was difficult to adjust for the others. I and Tamim had the mindset, but the rest felt some pressure. If we could have adjusted a bit earlier, it would have helped.”Though the win will not affect the series result, Shakib said there were positives to take from it, and was particularly happy with the new players in the Bangladesh team. Nasir Hossain and Shuvagoto Hom have both made impressive starts to their careers, and Shuvagoto helped steer Bangladesh to victory today in the company of Shakib. “I am very satisfied with them. The way Shuvagoto batted, I really liked it. It didn’t seem as if he was someone new to international cricket.”I still think we should have finished today’s game better. We needed 70-odd and we had lost four wickets. If I had got out suddenly, there would have been a lot of pressure on the new batsmen. Senior players should take the responsibility of finishing the game. But I liked the way our top-order batsmen showed a positive mindset, something that we wanted from the beginning. We still have one more game to go and if we can finish that on a high note, there’ll be some positives we can take back home.”Alan Butcher, Zimbabwe’s coach, said his side had not become complacent and were determined to stop Bangladesh from winning the last game, on August 21 in Bulawayo.”We spoke a lot about not getting complacent because we have already won the series,” Butcher said. “We wanted to win the series 5-0. But on the day we’ve played poorly and Bangladesh deserve to win. We had a good wicket to bat on and ended up 60-80 runs short of a competitive target. There were soft dismissals, a silly run-out and a collapse at the end. Apart from [Brendan] Taylor, who was excellent, the rest of the batting was ordinary.”Zimbabwe were without their star bowler of this tour, Brian Vitori, in Bulawayo because of an injury, but Butcher said he could be back for the last game.”Vitori was having problems with his calf muscle during the last game in Harare so we decided it was better to rest him before it got worse. Hopefully he’ll be ready for Sunday. But we won’t play him if he’s not 100% fit.”Butcher said he was aware Bangladesh were improving as the series went on but said the defeat was more due to their own mistakes. “We saw in the last game in Harare that Bangladesh were improving, but we expected more of ourselves than what we produced today. We need to turn that around on Sunday.”

The pundits find it hard to arrive at a consensus over the most likely candidate capable of filling the void created by Dravid’s departure

Nagraj Gollapudi12-Mar-2012Rahul Dravid left cricket assuring everyone that India had an abundance of batting talent which could easily fill in the No. 3 slot he has left vacant. The pundits however find it hard to arrive at a consensus over the most likely candidate capable of filling the void created by Dravid’s departure. Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, S Badrinath, Ajinkya Rahane and even VVS Laxman were all the names that came up as men well-equipped in both mind and with bat in hand to tackle the various hurdles faced by a one-down batsman.”The first and obvious choices would be some of the guys who were already there in the reserves in Australia,” a BCCI official told ESPNcricinfo. He said even the likes of Manoj Tiwary and Punjab youngster Mandeep Singh were on the selectors’ roster along with the above names. “People who are performing at the domestic level would be in the fray. Finally it depends on who clicks at the right time,” the source said.The chief parameter the selectors would look out for, the board insider said, was the player’s ability to perform on the overseas tours especially in Australia, England and South Africa. “One of the most important things is batsman needs to be a good player of fast and short bowling on overseas wickets. At home it is easy. Except for Sachin [Tendulkar] and Rahul, nobody averages above 50 overseas,” he said.Pujara, after his determined 72 on debut against Australia in the Bangalore Test that India won, would seem to be a readymade replacement for Dravid. Again though, not everyone was in agreement. “He has not scored runs in the Ranji Trophy matches after he came back from injury. Also, he has had two surgeries, so with regards to fitness, he could be a concern,” the board official said. Pujara played four Ranji Trophy matches for Saurashtra this season and scored just 200 runs with two fifties. Subsequently, he led West Zone in the Duleep Trophy quarterfinals, but scored just 57 runs in the two innings with 55 in the first.VB Chandrasekhar, the former national selector, said it would not be a bad idea to reinstate Laxman to the No.3 spot. “If they are going to still continue with Laxman, he should be the No.3 for the short term,” he said. But the board official disagreed, saying a more healthy approach would be to think long-term. With India playing their next three Test series (against New Zealand, England and Australia) at home, the selectors had a good opportunity to blood a young talent.What also does not help Laxman’s cause is that he has weaker away record compared to batting at the No. 3 spot at home. Overall, Laxman has made 1611 runs across 23 Tests in that position at an average of 44.75 with four centuries. But in 28 away innings, he averages only 34.40 with a tally of 929 runs compared to 682 runs at 75.77 in nine innings in India, including his highest Test score of 281 in 2001 against Australia at Kolkata. And outside Asia, in 24 innings he has just 797 runs at 33.20 with two hundreds.If he has to look beyond Laxman, Chandrasekhar said he cannot see too many choices beyond Kohli or Rohit. Chandrasekhar qualified his answer by citing the parameters necessary to be a one-down batsman. “Dravid was successful for two reasons primarily. Considering India had a host of top-order batsmen who were aggressive and if there was an early loss of a wicket, it (situation) required him to come and stonewall. Also, if India had a good start, the team needed someone to sustain the momentum and Dravid did the job successfully again.”Aakash Chopra, the former Indian Test opener, said the selectors had the right opportunity now to actually hit upon a long-term No.3 batsman. Though he is a fan of Pujara, Chopra said his other choice would be Badrinath, who played two Tests in the homes series against South Africa in 2010 but never played again. “He has been the prolific batsman on the domestic circuit,” Chopra said. “Allow him to be there for a while and see how it goes.”Chopra said even if age was not exactly on his side, Badrinath had the right fitness, attitude and experience to compete with the youth. “He might be on the wrong side of 30s so to speak, but he is as fit as, or even fitter, than anybody else. And he knows how to score big runs.”Badrinath’s case inside the board, however, does not have much support. “Not only is he 30-plus, but he has been tested already. He is a good player at domestic level but unfortunately does not seem to fit at the highest level.” The official said the selectors would not be bothered even if the player was inexperienced as long as they felt he had the X-factor. He even cited the example of the Rahul Sharma, the Punjab legspinner, who was criticised as a gamble.”Some have that and some don’t. When the selectors picked Rahul Sharma, they were criticised because he had only played a handful of first-class matches and hardly got any wickets. But he has bowled well in whatever matches he has played. It was a gamble but the selectors had faith in him,” the official said.Asked if Kohli was not being groomed for the No.4 slot once Sachin Tendulkar retires, the board source said the selectors would have to keep their options open. “Depends. Three to six are slots where a lot of places would open up as the selectors would have to look beyond the seniors.”Edited by Kanishkaa Balachandran

Leeds United have made contact with Chelsea over a possible cut-price deal for Jake Clarke-Salter, according to The Sun.

The Lowdown: Clarke-Salter profiled

The centre-back has been on the books at Stamford Bridge as a senior player since 2018, and although he has made just two senior appearances for the Blues, he has gained plenty of senior experience with loan spells at five separate clubs.

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The 24-year-old spent the 2021/22 campaign with Coventry City, where he made 29 Championship appearances. Described as ‘outstanding’ by Sky Blues boss Mark Robins, Clarke-Salter is out of contract at Chelsea this summer, although there is an option to extend his deal by a further 12 months.

The Latest: Leeds enquiry for Clarke-Salter

The Sun shared a story regarding Clarke-Salter’s future on Monday, revealing that both Leeds and Sheffield United have made an enquiry for his services.

Dutch side PSV Eindhoven are also name-checked within the report, while Coventry will look to sign him on a permanent basis should he become a free agent.

The Verdict: Koch replacement?

It remains to be seen what division Leeds will be playing in next season, but either way it looks as if Jesse Marsch is planning a defensive overhaul ahead of his first full season in charge.

Reports last month revealed that the Whites will listen to offers for Robin Koch over the summer. The German, who was described as ‘horrible’ to watch by Beren Cross in the opening day defeat to Manchester United back in August, could depart for between £10m and £11m.

Should Leeds drop back down to the Championship, then Clarke-Salter could be a shrewd signing due to his experience in the second tier. However, if the Whites stay up, it could be a risky addition given that he has only made one Premier League appearance during his career, and that was way back in 2016.

In other news: ‘Sad to report…’ – Phil Hay reacts to Leeds news as things go from bad to worse at Elland Road.

Michael Clarke, Australia’s stand-in captain, has defended the way he batted during the first one-day international against England at the MCG

Andrew McGlashan in Hobart20-Jan-2011Michael Clarke, Australia’s stand-in captain, has defended the way he batted during the first one-day international against England at the MCG. Australia won the match by six wickets with Shane Watson hitting an unbeaten 161, but Clarke’s 57-ball 36 threatened to stall the run chase and increased the pressure on his partner.The home supporters were clearly unimpressed as they booed Clarke when he played a dot ball and cheered when he got off strike. It continued a difficult summer for Clarke, whose popularity has taken a severe hit following off-field issues and a slump in form. Following the Ashes series, where he scored 193 runs at 21.44, and made his Test captaincy debut at Sydney, he retired from Twenty20 cricket so he could focus on his batting in the longer formats.Clarke is currently filling the No. 3 role that will be Ricky Ponting’s when he recovers from a broken finger, and he stood by his performance. “What’s important for me as the captain of this team right now is to do whatever it takes to help Australia win every game of cricket we play,” Clarke said. “I thought throughout that period when I was batting with Watto that it was important to get a partnership.”We thought in those conditions both Swann and Yardy were going to be quite tough to score off, so we had to be patient throughout that middle period. When I first walked out to bat, the ball was reverse-swinging a little bit.”It wasn’t the easiest of conditions to walk out and just smack it. Watto was playing an amazing knock and my role was to get up the other end and try not to lose wickets, try to build a partnership. We put on a hundred-run partnership which helped us set up the game.”The first ODI followed two Twenty20 matches where quick scoring was far more evident and Clarke suggested the fans needed to adjust to a change in tempo. “If people want to see fours, sixes and wickets taken every ball, that’s not international cricket,” he said. “My role will be the same it has been over the 180 one-dayers I’ve played, to play the best type of cricket I can for the team, try to help win the game. If it means I need to go steady, I go steady. If it means I come in early and need to maximise the Powerplay, well then I maximise the Powerplay.”However, while Clarke was bullish about his own performance and Australia’s victory he knows the team needs to improve after a shoddy display in the field. Brad Haddin had a poor match with three missed stumpings, while an early run-out opportunity went begging and a wicket fell to a Brett Lee no-ball. England’s 294 was their highest score against the hosts in Australia, but it could have been even more.”Our bowling and our fielding for the first 30 overs of the game was as bad as I’ve seen and played in,” Clarke said. “The whole team is aware of that. But as a batting unit, I thought we went about it the right way.”Clarke will again have to juggle a group of expensive fast bowlers with Shaun Tait likely to replace the ill Mitchell Johnson. However, he should be able to rely on some control from Nathan Hauritz, who earned the specialist spinner’s role for the World Cup and will belatedly resume his international summer.

Michael Hussey has admitted that Australia will have one eye on the heavens come the final day of the second Test at Adelaide

Andrew Miller at Adelaide06-Dec-2010Michael Hussey has admitted that Australia will have one eye on the heavens come the final day of the second Test at Adelaide, as they resume their second innings on 4 for 238, a deficit of 137 runs. A gutsy day’s batting from Australia was undermined by the last ball before stumps when Michael Clarke fenced Kevin Pietersen to short leg, leaving Hussey – and the weather – as their best hopes of escaping with a draw and going to Perth next week with the series all-square.England declared early on the fourth morning on 5 for 620, meaning Australia began their second innings with a 375-run deficit. For a while it seemed that they might reach the close with seven wickets still intact, when a tropical storm swept through the ground to bring an abrupt halt to the afternoon session. However, the weather cleared almost as quickly as it had arrived, and after a 57-minute delay, the teams were able to get back out onto the field.Hussey will resume his innings on 44 not out alongside the under-pressure Marcus North, who has yet to face a ball, and he said that another deluge would be very gratefully received. “A little bit of rain would help, that’s for sure,” Hussey said. “I don’t think we can look at the weather too much, we’ve just got to try and concentrate on batting as much time as we can and hanging in there. We’re going to need a bit of luck, the conditions are pretty tough for batting at times, but certainly, a couple of hours of rain would help our cause.”Australia’s bid for salvation may also have been aided by a stomach muscle strain that Stuart Broad sustained during the afternoon session. Though he returned to the field after treatment and produced some energetic work on the boundary’s edge, he did not bowl in the latter stages of the day, and was earlier seen wearing a brace in the nets and looking very immobile as he went through his motions with the England back-room staff.Graeme Swann, who is England’s likeliest matchwinner on a wicket offering considerable turn out of the footholes, played down the extent of Broad’s injury in his typically off-hand manner. “I don’t actually know [if he’ll be able to bowl],” said Swann. “I assume so because he came back on the field so I assume his time off was just being spent with the medical staff, having his hair done or something.”In Broad’s absence, Steven Finn produced one of his best spells since his six-wicket haul at the Gabba, finding a hint of reverse swing with the old ball, and Swann backed him to play a big part on the final day. “Reverse swing is very hard to control and for a young lad to be able to control it like he did, he bowled exceptionally today,” said Swann. “He hits good channel, gets good pace, especially at the end of the day, but he’s a relatively robust young man so there’s no surprise that he can do that.”Hussey, meanwhile, set his sights on another marathon rearguard innings, in a series in which he is emerging as Australia’s only reliable batsman. “I’d be lying if I said I loved it, but it’s certainly rewarding to come in in a pressure situation and get your team into a position to win the match or save the match,” he said. “It gives you a lot of satisfaction. I wish I could come out like Bradman and smash them everywhere, but unfortunately the game doesn’t work that.”We’ll have to wait and see [if we can save it],” he added. “We’ve got a lot of hard work to do before we can think about that, but if we can draw the match, England will see it as a loss so that’s got to drive us on. We’ve certainly been outplayed, no question, but if we can get away with 0-0 it will be a great result for us. But we’ve got a bit of hard work to do, maybe a bit of luck and hopefully some weather to help us along the way.”

Zaheer Khan, the India fast bowler, has said his recovery from ankle surgery has been slow but positive so far, and that he has not set a time-frame for his return to international cricket

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Oct-2011Zaheer Khan, the India fast bowler, has said his recovery from ankle surgery has been slow but positive so far, and that he has not set a timeframe for his return to international cricket.”The first phase of my rehab programme went off pretty well,” Zaheer told the media after receiving India’s Arjuna Award from the country’s sports minister in New Delhi on Monday. “I have started with the second phase of my rehab. I will soon be going to the National Cricket Academy. My progress has been slow but positive.”To start bowling, I have to get back the full strength in my ankle. Then I might play a few club matches or first-class matches. I am taking one day at a time and not setting any targets.”Zaheer was originally diagnosed with a hamstring injury during India’s first Test against England at Lord’s in July this year, but was later ruled out of the remainder of the series with a right ankle impingement that required surgery followed by a 14-16 week period of rehabilitation. When asked whether he was eyeing India’s tour of Australia later this year as a target for his return, Zaheer said he was simply taking it day by day.”I have not decided on any date but I will be back very soon. It’s frustrating not to play at the highest level. But you can only control [only] the ‘controllables’ and be patient.”Commenting on the India team for the home one-day series against England, Zaheer said he expects the dropped Harbhajan Singh to fight his way back into the squad. “Harbhajan has produced great performances for the country. I am sure that he will be back soon, as he is too good a player to be left out. He has a lot of fire in him and he is a strong character.India’s bowling attack struggled in England without Zaheer’s leadership and ability, and he said knowing how much the team needs him spurs him on to perform better. “It always acts as a motivation when your team needs you. I don’t think the over-dependence on me adds to any pressure, rather it feels good to go to sleep with this kind of expectation. Hopefully, I will be back soon to play that role again.”

Rajiv Shukla, the new IPL chairman, has said that the interests of players who are contracted to the terminated franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala will be protected

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Sep-2011Rajiv Shukla, the new IPL chairman, has said that the interests of players who are contracted to the terminated franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala will be protected. Shukla said the IPL governing council will meet in the second week of October to discuss the issues related to the termination.”Our prime concern will be the players’ interest, their interest is not hampered in terms of financial losses and also in terms of their participation in the tournament,” Shukla told . “Suppose these players are re-auctioned for some other franchise and if there is any difference in what they are supposed to get, it will be compensated by us.”So after the termination of this franchise [Kochi], now nine teams are left. The whole matter will go to the governing council and they will take a view if we should go for one more team or we should stick to nine teams. I am okay with both the plans and whatever the council decides we will go by that.”N Srinivasan, the new BCCI president, had earlier said that efforts would be made to find “an equitable solution that is viable both for the players and the BCCI.”The Kochi franchise was terminated by the BCCI at its annual general meeting on September 19 for breaching its terms of agreement. According to the BCCI the franchise was unable to furnish a new bank guarantee for 2011. Kochi denied they owed the BCCI any money and filed a case against the board in the Bombay High Court on Wednesday. The court, however, rejected Kochi’s case to restrain the BCCI from encashing its bank guarantee of Rs 156 crore. Kochi then filed an appeal against the court’s decision and a new hearing has been set for Thursday.”The status is that on the issue of non-payment, Kochi has been terminated as per the agreement between franchise and BCCI,” Shukla said. “They were supposed to pay the bank guarantee … they have gone to the court, and the court didn’t give them any relief and BCCI is entitled to encash the bank guarantee.”Shukla, however, ruled out any immediate possibility of a new owner coming in to take over Kochi. “No, now if any decision is taken, it has to be on the basis of a new bid.”

Sunderland return to action today as they travel away from the Stadium of Light to face Wigan at the DW Stadium in League One.

The Latics are currently second in the table and chasing top-of-the-league Rotherham, whilst the Black Cats have fallen to sixth.

Alex Neil is still looking for his first win in charge of the club after his side were held to a 1-1 draw by Burton Albion last time out in the league.

How many changes will he make to the team? Here is our predicted XI…

We are predicting that he will make three alterations to the side, with Jack Clarke, Elliot Embleton and Dan Neil all coming in.

Starting off in the midfield, Neil could come back into the XI in place of Jay Matete to partner Corry Evans in the middle of the park. The Stadium of Light academy product was on the bench earlier this week but has started 30 times in League One and could be recalled to the side after being rested.

Sunderland could opt to change their shape back to a 4-2-3-1 instead of the 4-4-2 they went with last week, with Embleton coming in to start in the number 10 role. This would leave Jermain Defoe being dropped to the bench after his dismal showing against Burton.

His disappointing performance should result in him being named as a substitute, with Neil having him as an option to impact the game late on. Embleton can then come in and look to dictate the game and create chances in the hole behind the striker, whilst linking up with the other midfielders in the side.

Finally, we are predicting that Clarke will come in for Lynden Gooch to play out wide. The latter has one goal and zero assists in his last 12 outings for the club and it could be time for the on-loan winger from Spurs to show what he can do from the start.

Clarke provided two key passes and was successful with both of his attempted dribbles in just 20 minutes off the bench against Burton, showing that he can be a threat in the final third at this level. Therefore, Neil must axe the £5k-per-week American dud and offer the Englishman an opportunity in the XI.

We are predicting that the rest of the players will keep their spots, with Anthony Patterson, Carl Winchester, Bailey Wright, Callum Doyle, Dennis Cirkin, Evans, Alex Pritchard and Ross Stewart also starting.

AND in other news, Speakman avoided huge £6m SAFC transfer nightmare in January, he’s Will Grigg 2.0…

Khurram Manzoor hit a century as Pakistan A reached 238 for 7 on the first day of the second unofficial Test against West Indies A at the Arnos Vale Ground in St Vincent

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Nov-2010Pakistan A 238 for 7 (Manzoor 130, Permaul 3-56) v West Indies A
ScorecardKhurram Manzoor hit a century as Pakistan A reached 238 for 7 on the first day of the second unofficial Test against West Indies A at the Arnos Vale Ground in St Vincent. After the visitors chose to bat, the Pakistan openers, Manzoor and Umair Khan, started solidly adding 68 for the first wicket. David Bernard dismissed Umair for 41, but Manzoor, in the company of No. 3 Shan Masood continued to play fluently as the duo put on 111 runs. Manzoor, who made a hundred in the first Test, finally fell to the offspin of Veerasammy Permaul for 104 which included 16 boundaries. Pakistan then lost momentum, losing five wickets for just 59 as they crumbled from 179 for 2 to 238 for 7. Permaul was the most successful West Indies bowler with figures of 3 for 56. The first Test at the same venue ended in a draw after it was badly affected by rain.