All 16 team squads announced for U-19 World Cup

All 16 team squads announced for U-19 World Cup

The squads: 
Afghanistan: Mohammad Javed (captain), Afsar Khan, Aftab Alam, Fareed Malik, Hashmatullah, Mohammad Yamin, Mohibullah, Najibullah, Nasir Jamal, Noorulhaq, Rahim Mangal, Rashid Khan, Sayed Shiraz, Shabir Ahmed and Younas Khan. 

Australia (captain not yet named): Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, William Bosisto, Meyrick Buchanan, Harry Conway, Sam Hain, Travis Head, Joel Paris, Kurtis Patterson, Jimmy Peirson, Gurinder Sandhu, Mark Steketee, Nick Stevens, Ashton Turner and Jack Wildermuth. 

Bangladesh: Anamul Haque (captain), Abu Haider, Abu Javed, Asif Ahmed, Dewan Sabbir, Liton Das, Al-Amin, Naeem Islam Jnr, Noor Hossain, Salman Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Nurul Hasan, Soumya Sarkar and Taskin Ahmed. 

England: Adam Ball (captain), Shozair Ali, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Ben Collins, Alex Davies, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes, Brett Hutton, Aneesh Kapil, Tom Knight, Jamie Overton, Craig Overton, Reece Topley, Kishen Velani and Sam Wood. 

India: Unmukt Chand (captain), Baba Aparajith, Prashant Chopra, Sandipan Das, Akhil Herwadkar, Rush Kalaria, Vikas Mishra, Akshdeep Nath, Kamal Passi, Smit Patel (wicketkeeper), Mohsin Sayyed, Sandeep Sharma, Harmeet Singh, Manan Vohra and Vijay Zol 


Ireland: George Dockrell (captain), Scott Campbell, Peter Chase, Adam Coughlan, Shane Getkate, Ryan Hunter, Tyrone Kane, Robin Kelly, Andrew McBrine, Graeme McCarter, Barry McCarthy, Alistair Shields, Patrick Tice, Jason Van der Merwe and Ben Wylie 

Namibia: Steven Baard (captain), Justin Baard, Luke Bolton, Jano Coetzee, Christopher Coombe, Jason Davidson, MP Delport, Andre Engelbrecht, Gerhard Erasmus, Zhivago Groenewald, Malan Kruger, Pelham Myburgh, Xander Pitchers, Wian Van Vuuren and Bredell Wessels. 

Nepal: Pradeep Airee, Prithu Baskota, Naresh Budhaayer, Ramnaresh Giri, Mahamad Hasim Ansari, Bhuban Karki, Krishna Karki, Avinash Karn, Saurabh Khanal, Gopal Singh, Rahul Kumar Vishwakarma, Rajesh Pulani, Subash Khakurel, Sagar Pun and Fajlur Rahman. 

New Zealand: Will Young (captain), Joe Carter, Sean Davey, Michael Davidson, Jacob Duffy, Cameron Fletcher, Ben Horne, Connor Neynens, Edward Nuttall, Robert O'Donnell, Matthew Quinn, Ish Sodhi, Theo van Woerkom, Henry Walsh, and Arnie Yugaraja. 

Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Azizullah, Ehsan Adil, Faraz Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Mir Hamza, Saad Ali, Salman Afridi, Sami Aslam, Shahid Ilyas, Umar Waheed, Usman Qadir, Zafar Gohar and Zia-ul-Haq. 

Papua New Guinea: Chris Kent (captain), Charles Amini, Dogodo Bau, Sese Bau, Nigel Boge, Albert Geita, Raymond Haoda, Ratu Maha, Kabua Vagi Morea, Alei Nao, Lista Oala, Vagi Oala, Lega Slake, Toua Tom and Norman Vanua. 

Scotland: Paddy Sadler (captain), Aman Bailwal, Freddie Coleman, Matt Cross, Henry Edwards, Nick Farrar, Gavin Main, Tom McBride, Scott McElnea, Ross McLean, Sam Page, Peter Ross, Kyle Smith, Ruaidhri Smith and Andrew Umeed. 

South Africa: Chad Bowes (captain), Gihahn Cloete, Murray Coetzee, Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de Kock, Corn Dry, Rabian Engelbrecht, Jan Frylinck, Solo Nqweni, Shaylin Pillay, David Rhoda, Diego Rosier, Calvin Savage, Prenelan Subrayen and Lizaad Williams.

Sri Lanka: Sanitha De Mel (captain), Amila Aponso, Nirosha Dickwella, Anuk Fernando, Shehan Fernando, Angelo Jayasinghe, Tharindu Kaushal, Ranitha Liyanaarachchi, Lahiru Madushanka, Chamodh Pathirana, Jason Perera, Pulina Taranga, Kasun Vidura, Pabasara Waduge and Sandun Weerakkody.

West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite (captain), Anthony Alleyne, Sunil Ambris, Ronsford Beaton, John Campbell, Derone Davis, Justin Greaves, Kavem Hodge, Akeal Hosein, Jerome Jones, Keiron Joseph, Steven Katwaroo, Amir Khan, Kyle Mayers and Marquino Mindley.

Zimbabwe: Matthew Bentley (captain), Kyle Bowie, Ryan Burl, Atishsinh Chouhan, Kieran Geyle, Kevin Kasuza, Malcolm Lake, Campbell Light, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Luke Masasire, Nyasha Mayavo, Curthbert Musoko, Andre Odendaal, and Peacemore Zimwa.

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Dravid for Khel Ratna, Yuvraj for Arjuna

The Cricket Board has decided to recommend recently retired stalwart Rahul Dravid for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Yuvraj Singh, the player of the World Cup, for the Arjuna Award. 

"We will be forwarding the names of Rahul Dravid for Khel Ratna Award and Yuvraj Singh for the Arjuna Award next week (to the government)," BCCI's CAO Prof Ratnakar Shetty told PTI on Saturday. 
The Government had recently extended the deadline for the nominations till July 20. 
The 39-year-old Dravid retired from all forms of the game at the international level following the Test series in Australia last year after having accumulated over 23,000 runs in Tests and ODIs combined since making a spectacular debut at Lord's in 1996. 
If awarded the highest sports award in the country that was instituted in 1991-92, former India captain Dravid would follow the footsteps of his illustrious ex-teammates Sachin Tendulkar (1997-98) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2007-08) as the third cricketer to win the coveted award. 
So far 20 sportspersons have been bestowed the award. 
Yuvraj, who has started practising at the nets at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore after his battle with a rare form of germ cell cancer between his lungs, was India's hero in the 2011 World Cup triumph. 

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India should open with Gambhir: Akram

New Delhi: Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram feels that Gautam Gambhir should get back to opening the innings for India instead of batting at the number three position.
With the Indian team management preferring to go with Ajinkya Rahane and Parthiv Patel up the order after their decent outings in England, regular opener Gambhir was left with no option but to bat at number three in the first ODI against England in Hyderabad on Friday, but Akram firmly believed that the Delhi left-hander should return to his usual position.
"I think the team management sees that Gambhir's future in the playing XI is at number three, but I would have definitely played him as an opener.
"As a bowler you would enjoy bowling to a hit-and-miss kind of batsman because you know sooner rather than later you will be able to get the better of him. But Gambhir is one player who plays proper strokes and with his ability he can win you matches on his own if he bats the 50 overs," Akram said.
Despite fielding a rookie attack, India managed a thumping 126-run win over England, leaving the legendary bowler impressed.

"Although the wicket was helpful, the inexperienced India bowlers bowled really well. (Ravichandran) Ashwin is hard to hit in such conditions. I do not see him lose his ODI spot in the days to come. Umesh (Yadav), I have said repeatedly, the guy has got pace and he runs in well. He has a very good yorker too. He has got a bright future for India," Akram said.
"India will only get better and better with each game.
Akram, however, hinted that a much sporty wicket at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium could have made the contest more even.
"For such a big match, there should have been a flat wicket but it was a little bit up and down. We could see that when Kevin Pietersen was playing and missing the ball on a number of occasions. But hats off to (Mahendra Singh) Dhoni and Suresh Raina for lifting India from a tricky 120 for four to 300. All credit should go to India who were much better in all departments of the game," he said.
After the pounding they got in the first one-dayer and in the absence of bowling spearheads James Anderson and Stuart Broad, Akram felt that it will be tough for England to make a comeback in the series.
"England will definitely miss Anderson and Broad because those guys were crucial to England's dominance at home. In the sub-continent the bowlers who have not played here before will struggle. England's true test was always going to be in India and if their bowlers continue to give away 300 runs, I do not think India will give them a chance," Akram concluded.

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NZ won by 10 wickets against Zim

Harare: Brendon McCullum smote an unbeaten 81 as New Zealand raced to a 10-wicket win in the first Twenty20 international against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on Saturday.
The New Zealand bowlers set up the victory by restricting Zimbabwe to 123 for eight in their 20 overs after being sent in, with home skipper Brendan Taylor the only batsman to shine, making 50 not out.
Opening bowler Kyle Mills and off-spinner Nathan McCullum took two wickets each in a steady New Zealand bowling performance.
Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill (40 not out) made the target look ridiculously easy, needing only 13.3 overs to score the required runs.
McCullum thrashed six sixes and five fours off 46 balls as he confirmed his reputation as one of the world's most destructive hitters in the shortest form of the game.

"When you have been out of cricket for so long, the way we backed up the bowlers in the field was excellent. Brendon and Martin were outstanding with the bat," said Taylor.
Zimbabwe were hit by the late withdrawals of two key players, experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Tatenda Taibu because of injury and batsman Vusi Sibanda, whose mother died early on Saturday.
Tall seam bowler Mills struck two early blows for New Zealand, dismissing both opening batsmen inside the first five overs.
Taylor and Forster Mutizwa added 28 for the third wicket before Mutizwa was leg before to left-arm spinner Luke Woodcock.
Charles Coventry also fell playing an ambitious shot against McCullum caught at cover.
Hopes of a late flurry were dashed as three wickets fell off the final seven balls of the innings.
Mills finished with two for 15 and Nathan McCullum took two for 17 but with the exception of one over from James Franklin which yielded ten runs, all New Zealand's bowlers proved difficult to score off.

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New Zealand in Zimbabwe T20I Series - 1st T20I

New Zealand in Zimbabwe T20I Series - 1st T20I
Zimbabwe v New Zealand
New Zealand won by 10 wickets (with 39 balls remaining)
T20I no. 211 | 2011/12 season
Played at Harare Sports Club
15 October 2011 (20-over match)

	Zimbabwe innings (20 overs maximum)		Runs	Maidens	Balls	Fours	Sixs	SR
	H Masakadza	c NL McCullum b Mills	9	10	7	0	1	128.57
	CJ Chibhabha	c †BB McCullum b Mills	9	19	12	2	0	75.00
	BRM Taylor*	not out	50	73	46	5	0	108.69
	F Mutizwa	lbw b Woodcock	16	16	16	1	0	100.00
	MN Waller	c Woodcock b NL McCullum	10	9	10	0	1	100.00
	CK Coventry	c Taylor b NL McCullum	10	15	13	1	0	76.92
	E Chigumbura	c Taylor b Bracewell	14	16	15	1	0	93.33
	RW Chakabva†	c †BB McCullum b Oram	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
	P Utseya	run out (Oram)	1	2	1	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(w 1, nb 3)	4
	Total	(8 wickets; 20 overs; 84 mins)	123	(6.15 runs per over)

Did not bat RW Price, KM Jarvis

Fall of wickets1-10 Masakadza,  2-22 Chibhabha,  3-50 Mutizwa,  4-71 Waller, 5-96 Coventry,  6-119 Chigumbura,  7-119 Chakabva,  8-123 Utseya,

	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
	KD Mills	4	0	15	2	3.75
	DAJ Bracewell	4	0	26	1	6.50	(1nb)
	JDP Oram	4	0	25	1	6.25	(1w)
	LJ Woodcock	4	0	30	1	7.50
	NL McCullum	3	0	17	2	5.66
	JEC Franklin	1	0	10	0	10.00	(2nb)

	New Zealand innings (target: 124 runs from 20 overs)		Runs	Maidens	Balls	Fours	Sixs	SR
	MJ Guptill	not out	40	54	36	2	2	111.11
	BB McCullum†	not out	81	54	46	5	6	176.08
	Extras	(lb 1, w 4, nb 1)	6
	Total	(0 wickets; 13.3 overs; 54 mins)	127	(9.40 runs per over)

Did not bat JD Ryder, LRPL Taylor*, KS Williamson, JEC Franklin, NL McCullum, JDP Oram, DAJ Bracewell, KD Mills, LJ Woodcock

	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
	KM Jarvis	3	0	32	0	10.66	(1nb, 3w)
	RW Price	3.3	0	26	0	7.42
	E Chigumbura	3	0	28	0	9.33	(1w)
	P Utseya	2	0	10	0	5.00
	CJ Chibhabha	1	0	20	0	20.00
	H Masakadza	1	0	10	0	10.00

Match details

Toss New Zealand, who chose to field Series New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0

T20I debuts DAJ Bracewell and KS Williamson (New Zealand); F Mutizwa and MN Waller (Zimbabwe) Player of the match BB McCullum (New Zealand)

Umpires TJ Matibiri and RB Tiffin TV umpire O Chirombe Match referee BC Broad (England) Reserve umpire L Rusere

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West Indies in Bangladesh ODI Series- 2nd ODI

West Indies in Bangladesh ODI Series- 2nd ODI
Bangladesh v West Indies
West Indies won by 8 wickets (with 44 balls remaining)
ODI no. 3200 | 2011/12 season
Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
15 October 2011 - day/night (50-over match)

	Bangladesh innings (50 overs maximum)		Runs	Maidens	Balls	Fours	Sixs	SR
	Tamim Iqbal	c Russell b Roach	1	5	2	0	0	50.00
	Imrul Kayes	c †Ramdin b Rampaul	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	Mohammad Ashraful	c Sammy b Roach	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
	Mushfiqur Rahim*†	c Samuels b Russell	69	157	109	2	1	63.30
	Shakib Al Hasan	c †Ramdin b Rampaul	12	11	9	3	0	133.33
	Alok Kapali	c Simmons b Roach	20	62	43	3	0	46.51
	Naeem Islam	c & b Samuels	30	44	42	3	0	71.42
	Nasir Hossain	b Sammy	50	79	54	3	1	92.59
	Abdur Razzak	run out (Russell)	25	28	19	3	1	131.57
	Shafiul Islam	c Bishoo b Sammy	4	13	6	0	0	66.66
	Rubel Hossain	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(lb 3, w 6)	9
	Total	(all out; 48.5 overs; 209 mins)	220	(4.50 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-1 Imrul Kayes,  2-1 Tamim Iqbal,  3-1 Mohammad Ashraful, 4-18 Shakib Al Hasan,   5-58 Alok Kapali,  6-115 Naeem Islam, 7-150 Mushfiqur Rahim, 8-191 Abdur Razzak,   9-220 Shafiul Islam,  10-220 Nasir Hossain,

	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
	R Rampaul	10	0	27	2	2.70
	KAJ Roach	10	1	49	3	4.90	(3w)
	AD Russell	9	1	50	1	5.55	(2w)
	DJG Sammy	8.5	0	42	2	4.75	(1w)
	D Bishoo	5	0	21	0	4.20
	MN Samuels	5	0	24	1	4.80
	KA Pollard	1	0	4	0	4.00

	West Indies innings (target: 221 runs from 50 overs)		Runs	Maidens	Balls	Fours	Sixs	SR
	LMP Simmons	lbw b Shakib Al Hasan	80	141	125	3	3	64.00
	DP Hyatt	c Rubel Hossain b Shakib Al Hasan	39	59	46	2	4	84.78
	MN Samuels	not out	88	102	74	12	1	118.91
	DM Bravo	not out	1	21	12	0	0	8.33
	Extras	(lb 2, w 10, nb 1)	13
	Total	(2 wickets; 42.4 overs; 164 mins)	221	(5.17 runs per over)

Did not bat D Ramdin†, KA Pollard, AD Russell, DJG Sammy*, D Bishoo, R Rampaul, KAJ Roach

Fall of wickets1-71 Hyatt,  2-182 Simmons,

	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
	Shafiul Islam	7	2	53	0	7.57	(2w)
	Abdur Razzak	6	1	32	0	5.33
	Shakib Al Hasan	10	1	30	2	3.00	(1w)
	Rubel Hossain	10	0	54	0	5.40	(1nb, 3w)
	Alok Kapali	2	0	12	0	6.00
	Nasir Hossain	2.4	0	14	0	5.25
	Mohammad Ashraful	2	0	17	0	8.50
	Naeem Islam	3	1	7	0	2.33

Match details

Toss Bangladesh, who chose to bat Series West Indies led the 3-match series 2-0

Player of the match MN Samuels (West Indies)

Umpires Nadir Shah and PR Reiffel (Australia) TV umpire Sharfuddoula Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe) Reserve umpire Anisur Rahman

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Hyderabad: Back in form with a match-winning knock against England, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the unbeaten 87 in the opening ODI here was one of his most "precious and well-calculated" knocks.
"I normally don't believe in rating my performance but yes this innings is a precious innings for me. Over the years, I have played some good knocks and this one is also a valuable one. Once I started batting at No 6, I had remodelled my game.
This innings of mine was a very well calculated one," Dhoni said at the post match media interaction after India beat England by 126 runs in the first ODI last night.

"I tried a lot of aerial shots which I normally don't play nowadays. I was practicing a lot of hitting over the cover region. I felt this was the right match to try out and it worked well," he added.
He feels that batting at No 6 is something that shouldn't be entrusted on any junior player as it would be asking too much from him.
"Often on sub-continent tracks, if you send a junior guy, he might not get enough deliveries and get out scoring 10 or 15. Then again on a good strip he may just score around 35 and not get enough time to score a big fifty or an 80," Dhoni observed.
"After 15 matches, you will see that particular player's average in the range of 25 to 30. That's why you need to send them up and give them as many opportunities as possible. Look how Yuvraj Singh transformed his game batting at that position," he quipped.
Dhoni lauded young Ravindra Jadeja's effort as the all-rounder scored a quick 27 and then grabbed three wickets for 34 runs.
"Jadeja is an important player as he brings in a lot of stability to the side," Dhoni said.
This series has been billed as a 'revenge series' but Dhoni chose to play down the tag.
About the new Powerplay rule, Dhoni said, "It was important for us to rotate the strike initially. There was a bit of uneven bounce but I won't say too much. The new Powerplay means that even if you take it in the 36th over, still you have 10 overs left. Therefore, you can't go all out.
"I reckon 250-260 would have been a good score and in the end we got 300."
Dhoni ruled out the idea that he would depend more on spin to counter the English batsmen as the visitors have found it uncomfortable.
"Had it been April or May when it's dry and humid with the pitches offering lot of turn, I would have said that I would go with three spinners and two seamers. But in these circumstances when we are approaching winter season, we still don't know whether there will be dew in Delhi and Mohali," he reasoned.

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