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Callum Ferguson continued his outstanding start to the Sheffield Shield season, producing his second century in three games to put South Australia in control on the first day against Victoria at Adelaide Oval

ESPNcricinfo staff16-Nov-2014
ScorecardCallum Ferguson was unbeaten on 137 at stumps•Getty ImagesCallum Ferguson continued his outstanding start to the Sheffield Shield season, producing his second century in three games to put South Australia in control on the first day against Victoria at Adelaide Oval. By stumps, the Redbacks were 4 for 304 with Ferguson still at the crease on 137 and wicketkeeper Tim Ludeman on 98, within sight of his second first-class hundred.Ferguson began the campaign with 100 not out and 65 not out against Queensland and is now the leading run scorer in the competition. His 11th first-class century ensured Victoria could not build on the early wickets they claimed; South Australia were 3 for 44 after some struggles against the new ball.Peter Siddle had Phillip Hughes caught at slip for 7 and finished the day with figures of 1 for 34 from 17 overs. Spinner Jon Holland picked up two wickets and Chris Tremain collected one. Travis Head scored 31 for South Australia before Ferguson and Ludeman came together for their unbeaten 197-run partnership.

Luke Wright is maturing as a Championship batsman since getting more opportunities to play the longer form of the game

Ryan Bailey at Hove06-Jul-2014
ScorecardLuke Wright’s four-day game is full of new maturity•Getty ImagesIt would be a fair assumption to suggest that Luke Wright’s career highlights reel will exclusively consist of his exploits against the white ball. Indeed, his proficiency in the shortest-format has rendered his services marketable around the world and a cursory search online immediately presents an array of swashbuckling cameos in unfamiliar colours.Yet, at home, he remains a somewhat undervalued player and a mediocre record in English apparel is largely responsible.But, as he reaches, what should be the peak of his career, Wright continues to demonstrate that he has more attributes than those that can just be displayed in Twenty20. There can be no questioning his worth to Sussex. A second Championship hundred of the season glued together an innings that could have, in the circumstances, easily shattered.Through injury – or, in the case of Chris Jordan and Matt Prior, international duty – Sussex are without as many as seven players, but thanks to Wright’s unbeaten 111 that scarcely showed on a day that saw them cause yet more damage to the visitors’ hopes of staying afloat. Northants had reason to be impressed: they are also all too aware of the pernicious effects a long injury list can have.The pitch was lively and at times treacherous to bat on – Chris Nash and Ed Joyce both suffered nasty blows – but the bowlers fell into the trap of trying to force the issue when nothing more than consistent, put-it-on-a-good-length was required to succeed.Even the military medium of Andrew Hall generated sharp, steep bounce from the Sea End but Northants were left to rue an opportunity that got away. Wright arrived at the crease with his side in danger of folding at 116 for 3, which quickly became for four when the plucky resistance of Steffan Piolet, promoted up the order such is the injury crisis, ended. But he foiled Northants’ advances.Typecast as a venturesome top-order gun-for-hire, Wright is becoming increasingly composed at the crease, showing signs of reining in his previously haphazard instincts. Throughout a knock that spanned 172 balls, there was rarely a glimpse of the unmethodical style that has undermined his time in the international set-up.From the outset, he was compact in defence and pugnacious in attack as anything full enough to lean forward and drive was suitably punished. In putting on 136 with Ben Brown for the sixth wicket, the pair took the sting out of Northants.”We had to work hard out there today because the pitch has cracks on it but apart from the odd delivery, it’s coming on really nicely,” Wright said. “My game has definitely matured and that’s largely down to the fact I’ve played more Championship cricket. When I was going away with England, naturally that was my focus and you can get swept away with that.”When you’re practicing so heavily for an upcoming series you can lose your focus and I’ve just gone back to the nets and found a new strategy which so far has worked. In the past, I would go in and hope for the best with a see ball, hit ball mentality which was why I was probably so inconsistent.”Not only did he manage to negate the conditions but also nullify a Northants attack that scented blood – quite literally – from the moment he walked to the middle at 116 for 3 shortly after lunch.Nash had barely recovered from being clocked on the helmet by David Willey before tamely chipping the left-armer to midwicket and then Luke Wells’s admirable, if fortunate, resistance was ended by Hall’s relentlessness; the South African got one to nip back and clip the top of off.Yet, Northants could not persist. Joyce was as nonchalant as ever in accumulating runs all around the wicket but Willey returned to trap him on front and Ashar Zaidi played a rash shot that was wholly uncalled for in the circumstances, offering point a simple catch off James Middlebrook’s off-spin.That was as good as it got for the visitors, however. As the bowlers flagged and the ball wore old, Wright unveiled the shots that will doubtlessly garnish his career best bits as he raced from fifty to three figures in 62 deliveries. Two thumping drives off Steven Crook followed by a lusty six into the pavilion was a fitting way to complete his hundred.

Saeed Ajmal’s average elbow extension is more than twice the permissible limit of 15 degrees, according to an ICC report available with ESPNcricinfo following biomechanical testing of his bowling action

ESPNcricinfo staff12-Sep-20140:33

Ajmal plans World Cup return

Saeed Ajmal’s average elbow extension went up to 42 degrees according to the ICC report•AFPSaeed Ajmal’s average elbow extension is more than twice the permissible limit of 15 degrees, according to an ICC report available with ESPNcricinfo following biomechanical testing of his bowling action.Ajmal, who was banned on September 9 after tests at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane, was found to flex his elbow up to an average of 42 degrees while bowling, the report said. Ajmal was assessed bowling offspin from over and around the wicket, the doosra and quicker balls, and none of the deliveries were close to the permissible limit, the report said.As per ICC rules, a bowler can have maximum elbow extension or flex – the amount he bends and straightens his elbow while delivering the ball – of 15 degrees; anything more, and the action is deemed to be illegal.As per the report, during the tests Ajmal’s average elbow extension stood at 37 to 39 degrees for offspin delivered over the wicket, 41 to 42 degrees for offspin bowled around the wicket, 40 degrees for the doosra, 38 degrees for quicker ones around the wicket and 42 degrees for quicker balls over the wicket.

Results of over-by-over testing as per the ICC report

1st over, offspin over the wicket: Average elbow extension 39 degrees

2nd over, offspin over the wicket: 37 degrees

3rd over, offspin around the wicket: 41 degrees

4th over, offspin around the wicket (wide of the crease): 41 degrees

5th over, offspin around the wicket: 42 degrees

6th over, doosra around the wicket: 40 degrees

7th over, quicker balls around the wicket: 38 degrees

8th over, quicker balls over the wicket: 42 degrees

Following news of the report leaking, PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan admitted that the tests found Ajmal’s elbow extension to be well over the legal limit. “Some of the deliveries had very high elbow extension, over 40 degrees,” Khan told . “The mean of Ajmal’s deliveries was 37 degrees which again is high and now we have a challenge to do the remedial work.”Ajmal is set to undergo remedial work on his action from September 15. He can apply for reassessment of his action once he has undergone remedial work, and if it is cleared then, his suspension will be lifted.This was the second instance of Ajmal being reported for a suspect action. In April 2009, he had been reported for his doosra, and was cleared the following month.The ICC rules allow the PCB 14 days from the receipt of the report on Ajmal’s action to file an appeal, though the Pakistan board has seemingly been veering away from taking this course of action. Ajmal, though, had said after being banned that such an appeal could work in his favour since he had a medical condition that contributed to his problem. “They are yet to consider my medical reports and once they do it, I am sure there shouldn’t be any problem,” Ajmal had said. “If one has a medical problem then what can he do? So I am 100% positive and hoping for the best.”It is understood that the PCB had maintained Ajmal had a medical condition following an accident which affected the movement of his elbow when he was previously reported, and that had been accepted by the ICC when his action was cleared then. The ICC’s report this time around, under its injury history and anatomical abnormalities section, said he “reports a previous injury [of the elbow], a fracture in 2004”, but did not elaborate on how that would affect his action. Separately, the report did note that “the player was not generally hypermobile”, hypermobility being a condition in which the body’s joints easily move beyond the normal range.

Ashley Giles has spoken for the first time about narrowly missing out to Peter Moores as England coach, saying that the decision had left him “bitterly disappointed”

ESPNcricinfo staff04-May-2014Ashley Giles has spoken for the first time about narrowly missing out to Peter Moores as England coach, saying that the decision had left him “bitterly disappointed”.Moores has been recalled for a second spell in charge after Andy Flower stood down following England’s 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia.Giles appeared to be in pole position to replace Flower. He had been England’s one-day coach since November 2012 and a member of the selection panel. But his cause was not helped by a poor run of results in one-day games in Australia and England’s humiliating loss to the Netherlands at the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh last month”I was confident,” Giles told . “I went into the interview and thought I had as equal a chance as anyone else, if not a better chance, having been close to the team and known what the systems are and, at the same time, not really had full control.”I can’t go into too much detail about that process, but I’m bitterly disappointed I didn’t get the job. At no time or stage does that mean I wish anyone in that side any ill going forward. We all want England to do well.”The Bangladesh coaching role is available following the resignation of Shane Jurgensen, but Giles did not sound in a rush to advertise his availability as he faced up to the first inactive spell of his working life. He also decided to resign as an England selector.”I think it’s important in the short-term to take some time out and reflect – with the family as well, because since I retired in 2007 I went straight into coaching and since then I’ve been pretty busy, as a selector and a coach,” he said. “It depends on opportunities, I guess, around the world and in this country. At the moment I’m not rushing.”I love coaching, I don’t think anything’s changed on that front. Of course, through recent experiences your confidence takes a little bit of a hit. But I enjoy working with players, improving players, that’s the buzz.”

The BCB has sold its worldwide media rights for the next six years, until April 2020, to Gazi TV for the price of $20.02 million

Mohammad Isam16-May-2014The BCB has sold its worldwide media rights for the next six years, until April 2020, to Gazi TV for the price of $20.02 million. The company won the rights after quoting an offer price slightly higher than the $20 million floor price set by the board.Gazi TV became the only contender during the open bid on Friday, after another company, Mediacom, quoted a lower price. BCB president Nazmul Hassan said the board was satisfied with the outcome, as it could have been worse.”There was an open bid this morning after which the board had to take a decision in a meeting,” Hassan said. “There were two participants, one of whom didn’t meet our floor price so they became automatically ineligible. Gazi TV has paid just more than our floor price, and their papers have been okayed. As they have no financial problems, we are giving them this work. BCB will receive from them $20.02 million (net) without production cost.”I don’t look at history, but we are satisfied. We believe that we received [the bid] according to the current market situation. If nobody had taken part in the bid, it would have put us in an embarrassing position.”There were several questions during the press briefing about the Gazi TV’s links with the BCB. Gazi Golam Murtoza, the vice-chairman of Gazi TV, is a BCB director and chairman of the tournament committee. Gazi TV’s chairman, Gazi Golam Dastagir, is also a former BCB director.However, Kazi Inam Ahmed, the BCB’s marketing committee chairman who handled the media rights, said Murtoza had stayed out of any discussion on the media rights.”We want to be clear that, during the entire process our committee worked on, the BCB director who is related to the Gazi family has signed legal papers that said he will not be present during any board meeting where we will discuss the TV rights deal,” Ahmed said. “We have ensured that our process remained transparent, and since everything took place through open bidding, there was no chance of corruption.”The BCB’s last long-term deal was with Nimbus between 2006 and 2012 after which Channel 9, Gazi TV and Masranga TV have been given rights separately for home series since October 2012.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board could make several concessions, including changing venues, to ensure Sri Lanka’s tour of the country goes ahead as scheduled later this month despite security concerns

Mohammad Isam and Andrew Fidel Fernando08-Jan-2014The Bangladesh Cricket Board could make several concessions, including changing venues, to ensure Sri Lanka’s tour of the country goes ahead as scheduled later this month despite security concerns. Senior officials of the two boards are due to meet on the sidelines of the ICC executive board meeting in Dubai on January 9, and one of the proposals that could be made by Bangladesh is to stage all the matches in Dhaka.Sources within the BCB suggest the board has spoken to security agencies in the country and the idea of a single-venue series – though the least favoured option – has been discussed at top levels. While it is possible to stage all the matches in Dhaka, the BCB is aware of the message that will send out and its acting CEO, Nizamuddin Chowdhury, has officially denied such a proposal exists.The security situation in Bangladesh, the fallout of prolonged political instability, has been the subject of intense discussion in the cricket world with two multi-nation tournaments – the Asia Cup and the World Twenty20 – and the bilateral series with Sri Lanka scheduled to be staged in the country over the next three-odd months. While the Asia Cup has been cleared to be staged there in February-March, the World Twenty20 and the Sri Lanka series may yet see changes.Though Sri Lanka Cricket has denied making any sort of requests based on safety issues, it will send a security team to Dhaka on January 13. There is also talk of dropping Sylhet as a venue as it would entail more traveling for the two sides for a single ODI in the northeastern town. But the BCB are eager to keep all three venues if possible, to give a brighter picture of the security situation across the country.They now has more time to convince the tourists. SLC had previously said it would make a decision on the tour during the ICC meeting in Dubai but has since said it will send a two-man committee to Bangladesh to assess the situation on the ground. Former SLC CEO Ajit Jayasekara – an Air Commodore with the Sri Lanka Air Force – and vice-president Mohan de Silva will leave for Bangladesh on Monday, incumbent CEO Ashley de Silva said.”We haven’t sent any requests to [the BCB], but we are sending our former CEO and vice-president to Bangladesh on Monday to assess the current situation,” de Silva said. “Once that has been assessed we will make a decision about whether we need to change the itinerary.”We have to make the final decision before January 15 because the team is supposed to go on January 24. I’m not sure if it will be discussed at the ICC meeting on the January 9, but basically that’s where we stand right now.”SLC secretary Nishantha Ranatunga had earlier said Sri Lanka would seek to honour its commitment to the tour if possible, because Bangladesh had been among the teams eager to tour Sri Lanka during its own conflict. The board is unlikely to take security threats lightly however, given the Sri Lanka team were victims of a terrorist attack in Lahore, in 2009.

On the flattest pitch of the tour, with England Lions picking three spinners, Graham Onions, Chris Woakes and Liam Plunkett produced a display of unwavering discipline

Alex Winter in Dambulla19-Feb-2014
Scorecard0:00

Onions takes the Lions’ share

There have been several accusations made of England’s dealing with fast bowlers: they clone them, they burn them out, they turn them into machines and they ruin them. But the performances of the trio of Lions seamers that collected six wickets on the opening day in Dambulla suggest such opinions may need to be reconsidered.On the flattest pitch of the tour, with England Lions picking three spinners, Graham Onions, Chris Woakes and Liam Plunkett produced a display of unwavering discipline. Onions and Woakes sent down 29 overs for only 48 runs between them and Plunkett conceded fewer than 2.5 an over. After 14 overs of the opening hour, Sri Lanka A were 19 for 1 and had only made 66 in the 32 overs by lunch.It strangled the hosts to the extent that when they felt they could gain relief against the spinners they made mistakes. The Lions spinners proved expensive but Sri Lanka A sold them cheap dismissals and surrendered what had the potential for a first day of domination.0:00

Rayner: Bowlers have done brilliantly

For 20 minutes in the second hour after lunch, England lost control for the first time in the series. A burst of boundaries put Sri Lanka A in a strong position, one they would have anticipated in such favourable batting conditions having won the toss. Then Bhanuka Rajapaksa looked a gift horse in the mouth. After Simon Kerrigan was hit for six over long-on, Graham Onions was stationed back on the boundary. A second attempt at clearing the rope went 20 yards shorter and Onions gleefully claimed the catch.It was the second instance of naive batting. Onions bowled a bumper, which Dimuth Karunaratne hooked comfortably for four, after which a scout went back at deep-square leg. The very next ball, a second bumper was top-edged to Scott Borthwick at long leg. Mindless.Rajapaksa, 22 years old and with only 26 first-class matches to his name, could be somewhat forgiven getting drunk on the freedom to accumulate runs after his strangulation for 0 and 20 in Pallekele. But Karunaratne is one of Sri Lanka’s Test openers, fresh from the tour of Bangladesh. He was Onions’ second wicket, following what is becoming a customary early scalp, this time not until the second over and what looked like the only wicket of the morning before Borthwick took a return catch on the stroke of lunch, Madawa Warnapura tapping a full toss back to him.Without that second dismissal, the turgid morning would have been a sound result for Sri Lanka A after their top-order capitulations in Pallekele. But when little progress is made, cheap wickets are a bigger blow.Rajapaksa had found good rhythm. Consecutive cover drives off Plunkett, his sixth and seventh fours – the first the best piece of timing of the day to a ball only slightly fuller than a good length – brought him fifty in 53 balls, which included consecutive sixes off Borthwick, who also dismissed Chaturanga de Silva to a delivery that turned and bounced just enough to produce a bat-pad chance to Jonny Bairstow.The freebie from Rajapaksa gave Plunkett the chance to bowl at a fresh batsman. He steamed in with a ball more than 50 overs old and produced a fiery spell.Graham Onions appeals for one of his four wickets•ECBFirst picked for international cricket as 20-year-old, Plunkett was back on the outside two years later after nine mediocre Tests. England didn’t want him and then he left his home county, Durham, after 12 years and back-to-back County Championships. A talent picked too soon by England was sliding away.A new beginning was sought and the slightly thicker air of Yorkshire allowed Plunkett the chance to earn his way back. An incredibly hard-worker, he won the right to be picked regularly by his new county and on the England Lions tour of Sri Lanka he is now emerging as a potential international bowler once again.Fitter, stronger and quicker, Plunkett now delivers spells of above 85mph, hitting the pitch hard and generating bounce. He was sharp in the opening match of this series and found the crucial breakthrough on day four. Here he assumed the enforcer role in the absence of Tymal Mills – left out for Kerrigan – and worked Niroshan Dickwella over with the short ball before getting a delivery to bounce a touch and take the edge through to Bairstow.Plunkett and Woakes have looked candidates for Test selection so far on this tour, with Woakes’ batting giving him an edge. Kevin Shine, the ECB’s lead bowling coach, also suggested that Woakes’ bowling has improved in the short time since his Test debut last September. Here he had Roshen Silva caught behind for 73 to the second new ball to reward his fine day and cap England Lions’s excellent opening to this second rubber.

On a ground known for gargantuan batting feats, Karnataka and Punjab will be hoping their pacers can take early advantage of a seaming track, as they look to consolidate the second position in Group A

The Preview by Karthik Krishnaswamy13-Dec-2013On December 23, 2012, Sachin Tendulkar announced his ODI retirement. On the same day, in a Ranji Trophy match in Hubli, Amit Mishra and Jayant Yadav scored double centuries in a 392-run eighth-wicket partnership against Karnataka.On October 11, 2013, a day after Tendulkar announced that he would soon leave Test cricket as well, Cheteshwar Pujara scored his third first-class triple-century, for India A against West Indies A in Hubli.Two matches into its life as a first-class venue, the KSCA Cricket Ground has already gained a reputation for gargantuan batting feats. Both matches, however, began with a flurry of wickets falling to seam bowling.When Yadav joined Mishra at the crease, Haryana were seven down for 168 on the first day; six of the seven wickets had fallen to Karnataka’s quicker bowlers. Before Pujara took over for India A, their seamers had taken nine out of 10 wickets in bowling West Indies A out for 268.According to Karnataka batting coach, J Arunkumar, conditions here for his side’s clash against Punjab might well follow the same pattern. “It looks like a 50-50 wicket,” he said.Over the rest of his conversation with the press, Arunkumar broke that ratio down further. This, he said, was “a good batting wicket; you can get a few runs here if you get through the initial phase.” How much of a role would the spinners play? “Maybe not much. On the first couple of days it will assist the medium-pacers and then the spinners could come in.”Punjab captain, Mandeep Singh, meanwhile, saw the seamers prospering early on as well. “It looks like a fast bowlers’ kind of a wicket. Doesn’t swing much, but has good bounce.”Karnataka and Punjab sit second and third on the Group A table, separated by just two points. Both teams will enjoy themselves if the pitch behaves as predicted. Seamers have dominated both teams’ wicket tallies.Punjab’s fast men have taken 54 wickets at an average of 24.39, with Sandeep Sharma and VRV Singh being particularly productive. Their spinners have taken 25 wickets at a slightly better average of 24.32, but Harbhajan Singh – who has 18 wickets from three matches – is still recovering from a shoulder injury and won’t feature in the match.For Karnataka, the seamers, led by Abhimanyu Mithun – who has 22 wickets from five matches – have grabbed 56 wickets at 26.82. Their two main spinners, left-armers KP Appanna and Abrar Kazi, have between them taken 12 wickets at 47.00. “That’s because the wickets have not been conducive,” said Arunkumar. “It’s also because of the time of the year; it swings more and there’s more grass on the wicket. But the spinners have been very disciplined, keeping it tight. It puts pressure on the opponent while the seamers attack at the other end.”Arunkumar said the team management would have a tough call to make between the two left-arm spinners, and a tougher one between quick bowlers HS Sharath and Ronit More. In Karnataka’s last two matches, they have each taken a five-wicket haul. But Vinay Kumar, who missed Karnataka’s last three games thanks to international commitments and his wedding, is back to lead the side, with one of the two likely having to make way.Karnataka have dropped Kunal Kapooor, who made centuries in both innings here last season, but has a top score of 25 in his last five innings, and are likely to hand a first-class debut to Karun Nair. Their batting, overall, has been inconsistent, with only two of their frontline batsmen, KL Rahul and Manish Pandey, averaging more than 40.It’s been much the same for Punjab,with four of their batsmen having scored a century, but only one, Jiwanjot Singh, has a 40-plus average. Both teams, therefore, will want their batsmen to do well collectively, in a game that could prove decisive on the road to the quarterfinals.

AB de Villiers has praised his team for showing “killer instinct” to close out the series against Pakistan, especially after their poor one-day showing in Sri Lanka

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Nov-2013AB de Villiers has praised his team for showing a “killer instinct” to close out the series against Pakistan, especially after their poor one-day showing in Sri Lanka. He said he was also pleased that Quinton de Kock was showing his batting potential “so early” in his career.”Happy and proud of the boys with this series win away from home, especially after a really bad series in Sri Lanka,” de Villiers said after the match in Abu Dhabi on Friday. “I wasn’t thinking of [the fifth and final match in] Sharjah, I was thinking of one ball at a time, not to think too far ahead. Having won here two days ago, we had the confidence. If the decider had gone to Sharjah it would have been tight, but its good we wrapped things up here.”South Africa posted 266 for 5, and then bowled Pakistan out for 238 in a see-sawing chase. That South Africa got to 266 was mainly down to 20-year-old de Kock’s maiden ODI century. In the chase, Pakistan needed 45 off 36 with five wickets in hand. Then Dale Steyn struck with the big wicket of Misbah-ul-Haq in a triple-wicket over, and eventually went on to claim a career-best 5 for 25, as Pakistan slid from 228 for 5 to 238 all out.De Kock, like the rest of the team, did well to overcome the Sri Lanka series setback, de Villiers said. “Quinton de Kock is a serious talent for the future in South Africa. I was expecting him to come through in two or three years’ time but to do it so, so early, especially after a tough tour to Sri Lanka where he had some mental and technical issues, is great.” De Kock could not go past 27 in Sri Lanka in July, and like most of his team-mates, struggled in the spinner-friendly conditions.Steyn, de Villiers said, showed good spirit. “It’s nice to have Steyn in the team, I play around him and he has that killer instinct.”In fact, everyone had it in this game. I really enjoyed captaining tonight, it was a hard game, I knew it wasn’t going to be easy and Pakistan would come at us hard which they did. We hit back with our patience and the communication was pretty good. Hashim [Amla] was always at my ear and we took out catches and got some run-outs and things worked out. It’s a very proud moment for me to win a series away from home and would love to make it 4-1.”

Opener Lendl Simmons scored an unbeaten 67 off just 44 balls to guide Guyana Amazon Warriors to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Jamaica Tallawahs at the Providence Stadium

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Aug-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsLendl Simmons guided the chase•Getty ImagesOpener Lendl Simmons scored an unbeaten 67 off just 44 balls to guide Guyana Amazon Warriors to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Jamaica Tallawahs at the Providence Stadium. The win was Guyana’s second in as many games, and took them to the top of the table ahead of the Barbados Tridents on net run-rate.Simmons, the Man of the Match, struck five fours and four sixes, and put up an unbeaten 60-run stand for the third wicket with Ramnaresh Sarwan, to chase down a modest 118 inside 15 overs.Jamaica, put in to bat, got off to a slow start as Ahmed Shehzad was caught at long-off by Chris Barnwell off seamer Krishmar Santokie off the last ball of the fourth over, and off the very next delivery, Chris Gayle fell short of his crease trying to sneak an unlikely second run.James Franklin had an expensive night and conceded 38 runs in his four overs, but all other bowlers were economical, and bowled out Jamaica for just 117. Santokie stood out with figures of 3 for 20, including the wicket of Carlton Baugh, who top scored for the visitors with 32.Guyana, needing less than six an over, were comfortable throughout the run-chase as Simmons and Martin Guptill added 48 for the opening wicket. Muttiah Muralitharan dismissed Guptill and Mohammad Hafeez in quick succession, but Sarwan, coming in at No. 4, steadied the innings with a 19-ball 24 to take Guyana home with 33 balls remaining.