ICC European Division 1 Championship schedule

Saturday 26 July 2008

Ireland v Denmark, Leinster CC

Porterfield, Wilson, White, Klokker

Scotland v Italy, The Hills CC

Scotland beat Italy by 6 wickets

Netherlands v Norway, North County CC

Netherlands won by 370 runs

Monday 28 July

Ireland v Netherlands, Clontarf CC

White, Porterfield, Wilson, O'Brien

Scotland v Norway, Leinster CC

Denmark v Italy, Merrion CC

Tuesday 29 July

Scotland v Netherlands, Clontarf CC

Ireland v Italy, Malahide CC

Denmark v Norway, North County CC

Thursday 31 July

Ireland v Scotland, Clontarf CC

Netherlands v Denmark, The Hills CC

Norway v Italy, Malahide CC

England Under-19 one-day squad

The 14-man squad plays New Zealand in five one-day matches between 8-15 August.

England one-day squad: Tom Westley (Essex,capt),William Beer, Ben Brown (both Sussex), Liam Dawson, Hamza Riazuddin (both Hants), Luke Fletcher, Alex Hales, Ian Saxelby (all Notts), James Goodman (Kent), James Harris (Glam), Daniel Redfern (Derbys), Ben Sanderson (Yorks), James Taylor (Leics), Alex Wakely (Northants).

Twenty20 World Cup Squads

The ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier to be held in Belfast , Ireland from 2 to 5 August.


BERMUDA - Irving Romaine (captain), David Hemp, Rodney Trott, Oliver Pitcher Jr, Christopher Foggo, James Celestine, Oronde Bascome, Tamauri Tucker, Stefan Kelly, George O'Brien, Jekon Edness, Stephen Outerbridge, Dwayne Leverock, Kevin Hurdle; Lionel Thomas (manager), Augustine Logie (coach), Herbert Bascome (assistant coach).

CANADA - Sanjay Thuraisingam (captain), Ashish Bagai, Abdool Samad, Abdul Jabbar Chaudrey, Geoffrey Barnett, Henry Osinde, Harvir Baidwan, Eion Katchay, Sunil Dhaniram, John Davison, Muhammad Qazi, Abdus Sami Faridi, Karun Jethi, Steven Welsh; Miokje Henry (manager), Pubudu Dassanayake (coach), Dan Kiesel (physiotherapist)

IRELAND - Wiliiam Porterfield (captain), Niall O'Brien, Eoin Morgan, Kevin O'Brien, Andre Botha, Andrew White, Alex Cusack, Gary Wilson, Trent Johnston, Kyle McCallan, Thinus Fourie, Peter Connell, Philip Eaglestone, Gary Kidd; Roy Torrens (manager), Phil Simmons (coach), Peter Johnston (assistant coach), Kieran O'Reilly (physiotherapist)

KENYA - Steve Tikolo (captain), Thomas Odoyo, Kennedy Otieno, Collins Obuya, Peter Ongondo, Ondik Suji, Hiren Varaiya, Rakep Patel, Morris Ouma, James Kamande, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Elijah Otieno, Alex Obanda, Ragheb Aga; Davinder Singh Bharij (manager), Andrew Kirsten (coach), Martin Armon Suji (assistant coach), Joseph Mutisya Muthike (Physiotherapist), Alfred Njuguna Njoroge (match analyst)

NETHERLANDS - Peter Borren (captain), Mudassar Bukhari, Daan Van Bunge, Tom De Grooth, Maurits Jonkman, Alexei Kervezee, Geert M. Mol, Pieter Seelaar, Darron Reekers, Edgar Schiferli, Jelte Schoonheim, Eric Szwarzcyniski, Ryan Ten Doeschate, Bas Zuiderent; Ed Van Nierop (manager), Peter Drinnen (coach), Thijs Risselada (physiotherapist)

SCOTLAND - Ryan Watson (captain), Gregor Maiden, Navdeep Poonia, Colin Smith, Gavin Hamilton, Fraser Watts, Richard Berrington, Majid Haq, John Blain, Kyle Coetzer, Glenn Rogers, Dewald Nel, Neil McCallum, Gordon Drummond; Jim McClymont (manager), Peter Steindl (coach), Andrew Rasselli (physiotherapist)

Source: http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000040/004009.shtml

10 Day Fantasy Cricket Weather Forecast - 25 July

Player News

Yorkshire were having to do without overseas pace bowler Rana Naved, who was off the field with a sore neck and shoulder. He needed surgery on a dislocated right shoulder last year after a horrific fall in the outfield while playing for Sussex at Durham. But director of cricket Martyn Moxon said: "We don't think it's connected with what he had before, we're hoping he's going to be OK."
source: http://www.yorkshireccc.com/archive/nottinghamshire_v_yorkshire_lvcc_22nd_july_2008/index.html

Chris Jordan pulling up with cramp, having only bowled 5.1 of his 8 overs and Schofield also leaving the field after he was struck hard on the right hand when fielding off his own bowling.
source: http://www.surreycricket.com/news/disaster-against-the-dragons,6080,NS.html

Kent will be waiting on the fitness of key all-rounder Darren Stevens, who is included in their 13-man squad.The 34-year-old missed Kent’s four-day LV Championship defeat in Somerset after complaining of a slight abductor muscle strain in his inner thigh.He underwent a scan on Friday revealing a slight tear in a muscle but is likely to play against Essex in Saturday’s first semi-final.If Stevens is passed fit, it will mean Key will have some tough selection choices to make.
source: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kol08/article/default.asp?article_id=45299

10 Day Weather Forecast - 24 July

More grey sky mining. Telegraph forecast scattered showers in the Saturday. The Rose Bowl is in the South.

Player Ramble

Anthony McGrath
Anthony McGrath suffered a slight hamstring strain this morning and misses the match - he has been replaced by Joe Sayers and Jacques Rudolph will captain the team.
Source: Yorkshire CCC Website

On Twenty20 Cup Finals Day selection
Grant Flower, Chris Wright and Tim Phillips will all play in the 2nd XI this week - in a Championship match away to Somerset – before travelling on to the Rose Bowl at the end of the game on Friday. Alastair Cook has been made unavailable for selection by the ECB and Neil Dexter is unable to play against his ‘mother’ county – Kent – in our semi-final.
Source: Essex CCC Website

Others
Dan Birch resting an unspecified injury missed Derbyshires Bangladesh A game.

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club announce today that they have agreed with Carl Greenidge that he will be leaving the Club now rather than at the end of the season as announced 10 days ago.

Dillon du Preez was the only change from the side that drew at Derbyshire in their last outing, coming in for Garnett Kruger, who was laid-low by a virus.

Other Maybes
A drive from Dalrymple cannoned into the foot of the bowler – Steve Harmison – and then onto the stumps. Bowled more, and didn't get a chance to bat.

Interesting
Ben Harmison was ommitted from Durhams intial squad, yet still played.

Stuart Meaker, Laurie Evans and Jason Roy will be hoping to take their form into to the Second XI Championship game for Surrey against Sussex at the Brit Oval

Not News
Will Jefferson misses out with Darren Pattinson ’s elevation to the England Test side giving Paul Franks a place in the Notts bowling attack alongside Charlie Shreck, Andre Adams and Mark Ealham. “Bilal deserves his opportunity and he’s earned the chance to have an extended run in the side. Hopefully he’ll react positively and justify the selection.” said Notts Director of Cricket Mick Newell. “We gave Will every opportunity and he knows what he has to do to get back into the side and he’ll be keen to put his case forward in the second eleven.”

Summers Set
Steffan Jones replaces Andy Caddick (re-routed to a second XI fixture to get more overs under his belt as he continues his comeback from injury) in Somerset's Pro40 squad for Wednesday's clash with Durham at Chester-le-Street. The visitors will pick from 12 shortly before the game, with Jones and Mark Turner looking to break into the side beaten by six-wickets by Sussex in their opening Pro40 game on Sunday. Ian Blackwell is again omitted.

Somerset (from) M.Trescothick, C.Kieswetter (wkt), J.Langer (capt), P.Trego. Z.de Bruyn, J.Hildreth, A.Suppiah, O.Banks, A.Thomas, C.Willoughby, M.Turner, S.Jones.

10 Day Cricket Weather Forecast - 22 July:

Blue (or grey) sky mining for a bit. Although this mornings Telegraph had scattered showers most places Wednesday.

Wiki bowling and grabs a wicket

Tom New is actually classed as a keeper in some games . I only know of TFC which lists him as a batter-man (as they did last season, when he was one of the highest scorers during the pre TFC season opening games). Hell, even the club website list him as a catcher , with Gilchrist his most admired player (surely all catchers who open the batting say that, and all the rest say the same and want to open the batting :lol: ).

Anyway, I'm really quite amazed when I saw he bowled a couple of overs and took a wicket. :D