President Hunte congratulates Windies Women for 3-1 triumph over Pakistan

President of the West Indies Cricket Board Dr. Julian Hunte congratulated the West Indies Women's Team for their series triumph over Pakistan.Windies won the four match series 3-1 with Anisa Mohammed being named Player of the Series after picking up 14 wickets, inclusive of two five wicket hauls."This impressive victory signals to all that you continue on your path towards the very pinnacle of world cricket," Dr. Hunte remarked in a message to Captain Merissa Aguilleira."We continue to be proud of your notable achievements and re-affirm the Board's commitment to ensuring that you are equipped to move upward and it is because of this commitment that we instituted retainer contracts for women," Dr. Hunte said."Barring the hiccup in the third ODI, your team has demonstrated that it intends to be competitive not only against Pakistan but importantly in the World Cup qualifiers in Bangladesh later this year," Dr. Hunte said."I must highlight to outstanding performance of our champion spinner Anisa and specifically congratulate her on the historic feat of becoming the first female West Indian to achieve 50 wickets in ODIs," Dr Hunte pointed out."I note that she is even making strides forward with the bat and look forward to her establishing herself as a genuine all rounder in the future," Dr. Hunte encouraged."Best wishes for continued success in the Twenty20s as we look forward to more victories and improvement in every facet of the game," Dr Hunte urged.The two teams will now contest a four match Twenty20 Internationals with two matches slated for Progress Park in Grenada (6 and 7 September) and the final two for the Guyana National Stadium at Providence (10 and 11 September).The four ODIs were played at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex in St Vincent

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Pakistan win one-off Test against Zimbabwe by 7 wkts

BULAWAYO: Pakistan recorded an easy seven-wicket victory on the fifth and the final say of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe here at the Queen’s Sports Club ground on Monday.Needing 88 runs to win, they completed the chase losing three wickets just before the lunch on the final day.Mohammad Hafeez, who hit a century in the first innings made 38 while Azhar Ali contributed 22 and opener Taufeeq Umar scored eight runs.Veteran Younis Khan and captain Misbah-ul-Haq remained not out on 14 and six, respectively.Having been put into bat by Pakistan captain Misbah ul Haq, Zimbabwe reached 412 all out in their first innings before the tourists replied with 466 all out to establish a first-innings lead of 54.There was not much in it at that stage but Zimbabwe's second effort collapsed to 135-8 at the close of the fourth day, leaving the Pakistanis with the prospect of a routine mop-up operation.Man of the match was Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez, who scored 119 and took four wickets for 31.With one more wicket he would have recorded a 'viper' in cricket terms a century plus five wickets in an innings -- but he did not get a bowl in the final session.Zimbabwe's opening innings score of 412 looked likely to secure at least a draw, which was their prime target in terms of their need to gain respectability in top cricket circles after being readmitted to Tests after a gap of six years.And if they had not dropped seven Pakistan wickets in their first innings, plus a fumbled run-out opportunity, the tourists' response might have been much lower than 466.The Zimbabweans' batsmen were exposed by both Pakistan seam and spin in the second innings.
The wicket had deteriorated and they showed inexperience in dealing with it. Five wickets were lost before they even got past the 54-run deficit.Only Tatenda Taibu and Kyle Jarvis stood between a single figure total and the 141 runs they eventually managed to scrape together.They put on 66 for the ninth wicket during the late afternoon of the fourth day not quite a face-saving effort, more a reprimand to their colleagues.However, the Zimbabwe innings lasted only 15 balls on Monday morning, Taibu and last man Christopher Mpofu falling to Cheema.Pakistan lost Hafeez, Tafeeq Umar and Azhar Ali in reaching the winning line, but concentration levels required could not have been of the highest.The first of three one-day internationals will be played here on Thursday, followed by the other two in the series and two Twenty20 matches to round out the Pakistan tour in Harare.

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Pakistan set 88 to win Zimbabwe Test

BULAWAYO: Zimbabwe were all out for 141 in their second innings of the one-off Test match against Pakistan at Queens Sports Club here on Monday.Their first innings score was 412 all out.Pakistan took a 54-run lead with a first innings score of 466 all out. They now require 88 to win.

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Injured Tendulkar to be replaced by Badrinath

India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of the remainder of the ODI Series against England due to a toe injury, the tourists' team manager Shivlal Yadav has confirmed.The BCCI announced later that Tendulkar will be replaced by middle-order batsman S Badrinath."Sachin Tendulkar has been advised rest for four weeks. The All-India Senior Selection Committee has chosen S. Badrinath to replace him,'' said BCCI in a statement.Tendulkar, who continues to chase an elusive 100th international century, missed the opener at the Durham on Saturday and the Indian camp announced on Monday their star man is facing up to four weeks on the sidelines.No replacement will be called up to an India squad which has been beset with health concerns in recent weeks.Rohit Sharma was also ruled out yesterday after suffering a fractured finger in the match at the weekend, which was rained off. Manoj Tiwary has been called up to take his place. Tendulkar will become the eighth player to fly home from India's difficult tour, following Rohit, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma and Harbhajan Singh.India will be hoping that Tiwary will be ready in time to join the team in time for Tuesday's second match at the Rose Bowl, with their batting stocks diminished further following the news on Tendulkar.

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Galle Test pitch rated as poor by ICC match referee

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that the pitch for the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and Australia has been rated as poor by Chris Broad, the member of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees who officiated in the Test.The ICC's General Manager - Cricket, David Richardson, and the ICC's chief match referee Ranjan Madugalle will now consider all the evidence, including studying video footage of the match and submissions from the host Member Board, before reaching their decision in due course.Galle hosted the first Test between the two sides which was played from 31 August to 3 September. Australia won the Test by 125 runs with 40 wickets falling for 841 runs in 289.5 overs.In accordance with the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process, which came into effect in 2006 and which applies to all Tests, ODIs and T20Is, Mr Broad submitted a report to the ICC expressing his concerns over the quality of the pitch.Under clause 3, 4 and 5 of the regulations governing the process, the ICC has provided Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) with a copy of Mr Broad's report and requested the SLC to respond. The SLC has now has 14 days to provide a reply to the ICC's request The ICC will make no further comments until Mr Richardson and Mr Madugalle have reached their decision.ICC's Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process can be found by clicking here.

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Squads and officials released for upcoming Intercontinental Cup fixtures

Ireland will take on Namibia tomorrow (6 September) in the re-scheduled first round fixture of the ICC Intercontinental Cup in Belfast.The two sides were scheduled to play in June but visa issues prevented the Namibia side from arriving in time to play the first round fixture.In the absence of William Porterfield, Kevin O'Brien will be leading the Ireland side in its first Intercontinental Cup fixture of the year.Meanwhile, Kenya travel to the Netherlands to face the Dutch side in its second-round fixture in Deventer which begins on 7 September.Canada will travel to Dublin to face Ireland in its second round of the Intercontinental Cup next week when the sides face-off from 13 to 16 September.Squads and officials for Namibia v Scotland and Afghanistan v UAE will be announced in due course.ICC Match Referee David Jukes will be acting remotely for all three of the games listed below.Squads and match officials for Ireland v Namibia, First Round Intercontinental Cup, 6 to 9 September, BelfastIRELAND (squad): Kevin O'Brien (captain), Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Phil Eaglestone, Nigel Jones, Graeme McCarter, John Mooney, Andrew Poynter, Stuart Poynter, Paul Stirling, Albert van der Merwe, Andrew White, Gary Wilson NAMIBIA (squad): Craig Williams (captain), Raymond van Schoor, Chris Coombe, Gerrie Snyman, Stephen Baard, Andre Englebrecht, Merwe Erasmus, Pieter Rossouw, Louis Klazinga, Stephanus Ackerman, Louis van der Westhuizen, Christoffel Viljoen, Pikky Ya FranceUmpires: Buddhi Pradan and Richard Smith of the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpires' Panel. Match referee: David JukesSquads and match officials for Netherlands v Kenya, Second Round Intercontinental Cup, 7 to 10 September, DeventerNETHERLANDS (squad): Peter Borren (captain), Wesley Barresi, Mudassar Bukhari, Atse Buurman, Wilfred Diepeveen, Tom de Grooth, Tim Gruijters, Tom Heggelman, Stephan Myburgh, Ahsan Malik, Pieter Seelaar, Michael Swart, Eric Szwarczynski, Vinoo TewarieKENYA (squad): Collins Obuya (captain), Rakep Patel, Tamnay Mishra, Lameck Ngoche, Irfan Karim, Duncan Allan, Emmanuel Ringera, Ibrahim Akello, Lucas Ndandason, Hiren Varaiya, Runish Gudhka, David Obuya, Seren Waters, Dominic WesongaUmpires: Ian Ramage a of the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpires' Panel and Johan Cloete of the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires.Match referee: David JukesSquads and match officials for Ireland v Canada, Second Round Intercontinental Cup, 13 to 16 September, LeinsterIRELAND (squad): Kevin O'Brien (captain), Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Phil Eaglestone, Nigel Jones, Graeme McCarter, John Mooney, Andrew Poynter, Stuart Poynter, Paul Stirling, Albert van der Merwe, Andrew White, Gary WilsonCANADA (squad): Jimmy Hansra, Harvir Baidwan, Usman Limbada, Hamza Tariq, Rizwan Cheema, Henry Osinde, Hiral Patel, Junaid Siddiqui, Zeeshan Siddiqui, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Khurram Chohan, Marinder Aulakh, Nitish Kumar, Zahid Hussain Umpires: Niels Bagh and Mark Hawthorne of the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpires' Panel. Match referee: David Jukes An up-to-date points table plus all the results in the competition will be available 

here:http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/events_and_awards/intercontinental_cup/points_table.php
The ICC Intercontinental Cup has quickly grown in stature and profile since its inception seven years ago. The ICC's premier first-class tournament is an integral part of the Associate Members' cricket schedule.There will be a total of US$254,000 in prize money for the Associate and Affiliate teams taking part in the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2011-13 with US$100,000 for the winners and US$40,000 for the runners-up. Teams finishing in third and fourth place with receive US$20,000 and US$10,000 respectively while an outright win by any team during the course of the round-robin stage will see it walk away with US$3,000 per match.Having previously been designed around a two-group, three-day format, the event then evolved into an eight-team, round-robin and truly global tournament featuring four-day cricket which gives those teams who do not play Test cricket the chance to experience the longer form of the game.
This year's format will include eight teams - Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands, Scotland, Namibia and United Arab Emirates.Scotland won the first ICC Intercontinental Cup in 2004, beating Canada in the final, while Ireland has been victorious in three events since then, beating Kenya in the 2005 decider, Canada in the 2006-07 event, Namibia in 2007-08 while in 2009-10 Afghanistan won the competition

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