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Gautam Gambhir’s 82-ball 67 and an unbeaten 62 from Milind Kumar took Delhi to a five-wicket win against Odisha in Delhi. Gambhir’s knock kept Delhi on track in the first half of the 226-run chase and once he was dismissed in the 27th over, Milind stepped up and took Delhi towards victory adding 72 runs for the fifth wicket with Vaibhav Rawal. Earlier, an 81-run partnership between captain Natraj Behera and Biplab Samantray anchored Odisha, who were put in to bat, but the side lost a cluster of wickets on either side of the partnership and were kept to 225 for 9. Natraj Behera top-scored with 50, while Samantray contributed 47.Kedar Jadhav’s swift 131 off 90 deliveries set up Maharashtra‘s thumping 111-run win over Tripura in Delhi. Jadhav, who walked in to bat with the score at 97 for 3 in the 24th over, struck 17 fours and three sixes, while taking the lead in a string of useful partnerships with the lower order. His century guided Maharashtra to 294, a total their bowlers defended easily. The attack combined to bring Tripura down to 91 for 7 in the 26th over. Rana Dutta and Sanjay Majumder resisted with an eighth-wicket partnership of 75, but Maharashtra wrapped up the innings for 183 soon after Dutta was dismissed. Majumder followed up his earlier three-wicket haul with an unbeaten 52 off 68 deliveries. Part-time offspinner Swapnil Gugale took 4 for 21 and also effected a run-out.Vidarbha put behind their disappointment of an earlier three-run loss to Odisha by brushing past Baroda by seven wickets to record their second win in three matches in the 2015-16 Vijay Hazare Trophy. Ravikumar Thakur, the left-arm seamer, picked up four wickets to restrict Baroda to 173. As many as eight batsmen got off to starts, with the highest score being Ambati Rayudu’s 40. Thakur was backed up well by Rajneesh Gurbani and Ravi Jangid, who picked up two wickets apiece. Vidarbha lost two wickets inside 15 overs, but Faiz Fazal steered them forward. While he fell 11 short of a century, S Badrinath, the captain, saw the team through with an unbeaten 47, Vidarbha winning with eight overs to spare.

Lasith Malinga may miss the entire ODI series against New Zealand after failing to recover from a knee injury he sustained during West Indies’ tour of Sri Lanka in October and November. Malinga has remained in Sri Lanka, while standby player Thisara Perera has joined the squad in Christchurch.Malinga will miss the first two ODIs – on December 26 and 28 – at the very least, but is doubtful for the remainder of the series as well.”He has not come for the ODIs,” team manager Jerry Woutersz said. “He’s feeling some discomfort in his knee. Whether he will come between the ODIs and T20s – no one knows.”Malinga is the third absent player from Sri Lanka’s squad. Dhammika Prasad was previously ruled out through injury, while Kusal Perera is still suspended after testing positive for banned substances.New Zealand batting coach Craig McMillan said Malinga’s absence was a “big loss” for Sri Lanka.”What a contributor Malinga has been over a number of years for Sri Lanka,” McMillan said. “He has been their key fast bowler. He’s a handful. I’m sure they’ll miss him, but it gives an opportunity to some other younger guys in the squad.”Malinga is Sri Lanka’s T20 captain. The selectors have not yet indicated who will take up the captaincy if Malinga is ruled out of that series as well.

At least three Full Member boards have written to the ICC expressing concern over their current players asking for no objection certificates to participate in the Masters Champions League (MCL), which was approved as a Twenty20 event meant strictly for retired players. The ICC has warned that “actions of those involved with the MCL in seeking current player participation” is “unacceptable”.It is understood that the three aggrieved members are the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Cricket South Africa (CSA), and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).In an e-mail sent to all the member boards, ICC senior operations manager Clive Hitchcock asked them to contact him immediately if they received a request from a current or non-retired player for an NOC to play in the MCL. According to Hitchcock, the ICC had granted an approval to the MCL last November, and notified all the board members.”Our decision not to issue a Disapproved Notice was based on the application from MCL which clearly stated that it was an event for retired players only,” Hitchcock wrote in the e-mail, which is in possession of ESPNcricinfo. “Emirates Cricket Board, who sanctioned the event, did so on the basis of their negotiations with MCL for a retired players event. Consequently, the actions of those involved with the MCL in seeking current player participation in the event is unacceptable to us.”Hitchcock pointed out that affected boards have highlighted to the ICC that the MCL has been signing up players who are yet to retire, thereby weakening their domestic cricket. “Within the past week we have received notification from two Full Members that its current players have just been approached to play in the event, by requesting those players to seek NOCs from their respective Board,” Hitchcock said.Haroon Lorgat, the CSA chief executive, said he had to take notice once his board received a “couple of queries” for NOCs from current South African domestic players. “I am concerned because on the back of what was meant to be [a tournament] for retired players they are now inviting or approaching who are currently playing in our domestic set-up,” Lorgat said.Lorgat did not disclose the names of the players, but said CSA had approached the ICC asking for intervention.”You can’t have domestic competitions affected,” Lorgat said. “This is the prime part of our season. And they are not retired players. They are contracted to our domestic franchises.”The MCL’s squads feature a number of South African players who haven’t yet announced their retirement, including a few who have featured in the current domestic season, such as Ryan McLaren, Richard Levi and Robin Peterson.WICB chief executive Michael Muirhead said his board had written to the ICC seeking clarity, although he added no West Indies player had yet asked for an NOC. West Indian players in the MCL roster include Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Fidel Edwards, who are yet to announce their retirements.For the PCB, the challenge is of a different kind. Last week the PCB had made it clear that the Pakistan players who wanted to play in the MCL would need to submit in writing that they had “announced and confirmed their irrevocable resignation and retirement from international cricket on behalf of Pakistan”.The main issue for the PCB is the ten-day clash between the Pakistan Super League and the MCL, both of which are being staged in the UAE. The MCL is scheduled be held from January 28 to February 13, while the PSL is to be held from February 4 to 23. “MCL was earlier meant to end a few days before we started our league [PSL] in the UAE, but later the MCL and ECB made a some changes in their fixtures,” Najam Sethi, the PCB’s executive committee head, said. “Later we got a three-way agreement with MCL, PCB and ECB, but still it’s overlapping, which isn’t ideal, but we have agreed to it and we didn’t have any other choice.”According to Sethi the PCB, despite the clash with the MCL, had stayed quiet when the ICC board was deliberating over whether to grant an approval to the MCL. “Had we opposed it, they could have been in trouble earlier,” Sethi said.According to an official privy to the negotiations, the MCL is signing up players who are not being selected for their national teams but are still playing domestic cricket, and forcing them to retire by asking them to get the NOCs. That, he says, is against the spirit of the original agreement. “It was about players who had stopped playing all cricket,” the official said. “How does it matter if a player has not played for the country for a decade, he is still available for selection. But by signing up for MCL that option is being ruled out.”Hitchcock said the ICC was in touch with the MCL to resolve the issue. “In the meantime,” he wrote in his email, “if you receive a request from one of your current/non-retired players to participate in the event would you please let me know immediately.”Zafar Shah, the head of the MCL, acknowledged that the ICC was in touch, and said the league was not forcing players to retire. “This is the perfect time for players who have never announced their retirement to do it now,” Zafar told . “For example, Mohammad Yousuf never retired, he just found himself out and then not picked, he’s not even playing domestically.”The board [member] is saying they have to come out and say they have retired and I agree with them. Our format is very clear – retirement is a must. Otherwise we will not entertain anybody. But we don’t have influence with players to tell them to go and retire.”It’s a teething issue because clarity is not there between players and their boards. It has never been done before. We are now setting this platform. Everybody will understand what to do from now.”

A sparkling double century by Younis Khan (221) put Peshawar in the driving seat against Lahore Whites on the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Trophy match at the LCCA Ground on Tuesday.Younis Khan’s magnificent display enabled Peshawar pile a massive 598 in their first innings after resuming on 352 for four. By close of play, Lahore Whites were 95 for two in 27 overs with skipper Test discarded Aamir Sohail batting at 52.Younis began his innings with overnight total of 146 with Taimur Khan who resumed at 50. But Taimur fell without any addition. However, Younis continued his career-best innings and reached his 200 with 29 boundaries and one six. He was finally caught at long-on by Zahoor Ellahi off leg-spinner Kashif Siddique for a fine 221 with 32 fours and three sixes. He negotiated 290 balls and batted for 377 minutes.Skipper Arshad Khan contributed a quickfire 57, adorned with five boundaries and two mighty sixes. He faced 84 balls. Zulifqar Jan (37) and Sajid Shah (36 not out) were the other contributors in Peshawar’s big total.

ScorecardIt takes plenty of character to return to the scene of a grim defeat and erase its memory by notching a strong victory, and that is precisely what New South Wales achieved by defeating Western Australia in the opening Sheffield Shield match of the season.In February the Blues were routed by an innings and 323 runs inside three days at the WACA ground, but this time it was the visitors claiming outright points with a day to spare, by the handsome margin of eight wickets.Starting out with a deficit of 141, the Warriors’ second innings was never likely to amount to enough once Trent Copeland had nipped out three of the first four wickets with only 68 on the board, Steve O’Keefe claiming the other in what was a strong allround display by the NSW vice-captain.Liam Davis and the wicketkeeper Tom Triffitt held up the Blues for a time by adding 97, and Mitchell Johnson added 48 with Nathan Rimmington down the order, but a target of 108 was never likely to trouble the Blues provided they attacked the target with the right intent.Peter Nevill provided the required aggression with a stroke-filled innings, and he was at the crease to post the winning runs in the company of the captain Michael Clarke, thus completing a highly productive week for the Blues after they also won the limited overs match against WA.After one match, NSW now have as many outright wins as they managed for the whole of last summer, and will be confident entering their second fixture against Tasmania at Bankstown Oval from Wednesday.

Shane Watson is an increasingly doubtful starter for the second Test in Adelaide after the team performance manager Pat Howard stated he would be surplus to Australia’s requirements against South Africa unless he can prove himself fit enough to bowl.In the most blunt declaration yet that Watson needs to retain his allrounder status in order to remain an integral part of Australia’s planning, Howard stated that John Inverarity’s selection panel had placed great store in the ability of batsmen to bowl, particularly when faced with a batting line-up as deep as South Africa’s.The selectors are currently discussing the composition of their squad for the Adelaide Test ahead of a likely announcement on Friday, and Watson cannot be expected to be considered unless he proves himself capable of bowling plenty of overs in the second match of the series.Watson is understood to be thinking conservatively about returning to the bowling crease, making the Perth Test or even the Sri Lanka series that follows the South Africa Tests more likely avenues for his international return.”Shane is progressing, if the Test match was tomorrow he wouldn’t be playing, but he’s progressing and I think when the team goes in on Sunday we’ll have a far better indication of where he’s at,” Howard said in Brisbane.”For different series there are different policies, there’s a position the selection panel take. There are times over the past 12 months where he has been considered in both roles and sometimes as a batsman only, but very much at Adelaide they’re looking to his bowling and his fitness around bowling, to see if he’s capable of doing both.”As you saw during the Test match the other day, a fair few bowlers were called on, and Shane’s value to be able to do both is pretty strong. It would go against him significantly [if he can’t bowl].”In seeking to assess Watson’s fitness, Cricket Australia had considered making him available to play for New South Wales in a domestic limited overs match against Victoria at North Sydney Oval on Sunday, but that possibility now appears remote. Instead Watson will need to show his ability to bowl in the nets, before following up with further training spells in Adelaide.”The value and the balance of the team is what the selection panel talk about, it’s the panel’s call on how they come together on this,” Howard said. “They assess all of that, the value of it, I know John Inverarity looks very much at what is our ability to bowl lots and lots of overs.”We were in a pretty unique position the other day when Rob Quiney bowled for us and doesn’t bowl for Victoria, so the ability for people to take up some bowling slack credibly is important. Without making it a Shane Watson conversation, the ability to take overs up was pretty well demonstrated in the first Test.”Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood can again be expected to be part of the team in Adelaide, even if the selectors choose not to change the bowling line-up that looked far more threatening in the second innings of the Brisbane Test than the first. Starc and Hazlewood are currently bowling for NSW against the Bushrangers in a Sheffield Shield fixture at the SCG.”We had a fair few bowlers around the squad in the lead-up to the Test,” Howard said. “Josh Hazlewood was there as well as Mitchell, so we’re very much making sure guys are ingrained in the squad. We did that all last year, so we want that extra bowler around to get involved in the culture, and to make sure they’re ready to do the job required.”

There were moments of suspense whether the `Big Three’ would make it to the knock out stage of the Ranji Trophy from the South Zone. Ultimately however Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad and Karnataka beat back the strong challenge from Andhra and Kerala and took their appointed places in the next round. The points table illustrates the closeness of the tussle. While Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad and Karnataka finished with 26, 25 and 24 points, Kerala and Andhra just missed the bus with 21 and 19 points respectively.The keen tussle for supremacy for the top spots and several outstanding performances highlighted the month long campaign. There were quite a few surprise results too, with the biggest upset being Kerala handing a ten wicket thrashing to Karnataka. That result put the six time champions under tremendous pressure. It was only Kerala’s inability to take more than three points in their final encounter against Tamil Nadu and Karnataka’s nine wicket win over Goa that paved the way for the former champions’ entry into the knockout phase.The start of the competition itself was not devoid of minor surprises.Kerala took five points to Andhra’s three while Karnataka forced Hyderabad to follow on though the latter recovered to save the match comfortably, thanks to VVS Laxman’s customary hundred. Tamil Nadu however defeated Goa convincingly and, taking five points against Karnataka, took a handsome early lead in the points tally. Hyderabad however bounced back with an innings victory over Kerala while Andhra stayed in the hunt by taking eight points against Goa. However Andhra received a severe blow to their hopes when Karnataka came from behind to register a five wicket victory.Both Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad stayed in contention while playing a drawn game. Hyderabad then almost made sure of a spot in the knock out phase with a 153-run victory over Goa while it was Tamil Nadu’s turn to receive a bit of a jolt when their rain affected match against Andhra meant that their points tally was limited to three. Kerala came strongly into the reckoning by taking five points against Goa and then scoring that shock victory over Karnataka.When the final round of matches commenced, Andhra had 14 points, Karnataka 16, Kerala 18, Tamil Nadu 21 and Hyderabad 22. Only Goa were out of the reckoning. The only comfort for Karnataka was that their opponents were Goa while Hyderabad were playing Andhra and Tamil Nadu were to clash with Kerala. Still, the air of suspense hovered around the final round. Karnataka however easily got the better of Goa by nine wickets to take their tally to 24 while Kerala missed the bus by netting only three points against Tamil Nadu. Andhra took first innings points against Hyderabad but that was not enough for them to qualify. Tamil Nadu retained the MD Sounderarajan Trophy while Hyderabad finished second and Karnataka third.As only to be expected, there were several fine performances with bat and ball. Amit Pathak, Andhra’s experienced opener was the most successful batsman with 558 runs at an average of 79.71. He got two hundreds with a highest score of 264 against Goa when he and LNP Reddy put on 380 runs for the first wicket. Reddy himself scored 370 runs and not far behind were the Hyderabad duo of Daniel Manohar (358) and A Nandakishore (345). Tamil Nadu left hander S Sriram also displayed good form scoring 333 runs at an average of 83.25. VVS Laxman played only one match, against Karnataka, but that was enough for him to get his customary hundred.Karnataka’s former Indian medium pacer Dodda Ganesh, always a dangerous customer around the domestic circuit, was the leading wicket taker with 26 wickets at 20.50. Another seam bowler NP Singh of Hyderabad ran him close with 23 wickets at 23 apiece. Medium pacers in fact dominated and others of this breed who did well included Karnataka’s Mansur Ali Khan (15), Kerala’s Tinu Yohannan (19), Andhra’s Sahabuddin (15) and the Tamil Nadu duo of Thiru Kumaran (11) and S Mahesh (12). Of the slow bowlers, Tamil Nadu leg spinner WD Balaji Rao was the pick taking 19 wickets at 19 apiece while veteran Venkatpathi Raju showed that he was still a force to reckon with a bag of 17 wickets. Among the newcomers Tamil Nadu’s Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan first showed signs of promise in the game against Hyderabad when he picked up four wickets and then slammed a breezy 82.

MATABELELAND v CFX ACADEMYAt Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo; 30, 31 March, 1 April 2001.Day 2 report, by John WardClose of play score: CFX Academy 250; Matabeleland 457/6 (Strydom 6*, Mahachi 1*).The second day’s play between Matabeleland and the CFX Academy was dominated by a massive 267-run partnership for the fifth wicket between national captain Heath Streak (119) and upcoming all-rounder Mluleki Nkala (168). They enabled the home team to finish 207 runs ahead of the Academy on first innings and in a good position to force victory on the third and final day.Matabeleland continued from their overnight score of 50 for one in reply to the Academy total of 320, with Mark Vermeulen talking on the role of aggressor while Ryan King was happy to sit in his shadow and keep his end up. Vermeulen appeared to be heading for a century when he was adjudged lbw to off-spinner Barney Rogers for 77 and dragged himself laboriously off the field rubbing the edge of his bat.With the Academy using their spinners for most of the morning session, Mecury Kenny faced 38 deliveries in 25 minutes, probably some sort of record in modern cricket, helping himself to 13 runs off some of the wilder ones before being surprised and bowled by a faster ball from Sean Ervine.King reached a marathon fifty just before lunch, but in trying to speed up after the break skied a catch to midwicket off left-arm spinner Ian Coulson. With Heath Streak joining him at the wicket, Mluleki Nkala began to exhibit his strokes, taking severe toll of the spinners and then driving the pace bowlers confidently. Very soon the aggressive pair had wrested any initiative the Academy had as they confidently took their team into the lead.Streak followed Nkala to fifty just before tea, by which time Nkala was anticipating his maiden first-class century and Matabeleland a lead large enough for them to expect victory on the final day. The Academy were beginning to wilt in the field as the sun shone and they saw their hopes ebbing away.After tea Nkala moved cautiously through the nineties before reaching three figures, which came off 186 balls. It took them both a while to regain the momentum afterwards, but then came a display of big hitting, with some huge sixes to be appreciated by the 58 spectators. Streak brought up his century with a six and the slaughter continued as the Academy fielders disappointed. Their eventual partnership added 267, just ten runs short of the all-time Zimbabwe fifth-wicket record (277 unbeaten by Murray Goodwin and Andy Flower in a Test match against Pakistan on this ground in 1997/98), before a tiring Streak lifted Lewis to long-off to depart for 119.The declaration did not come and the Academy were made to regret five dropped catches during the Matabeleland innings. Both they and Nkala appeared on the point of exhaustion during the final half-hour, and the latter was finally bowled by Lewis, hitting across the line, for 168. The Academy commendably bowled 117 overs in the day, 12 more than the minimum requirement.

There are likely to be as many as 20 teams, including Kenya and twoEnglish counties, playing in the West Indies’ annual limited-overstournament later this year.The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) cricket committee has approvedthe plan to double the number of teams in the Red Stripe Bowl and themarketing department is presently seeking increased sponsorship tofinance the expansion.Former WICB marketing director Chris Dehring said yesterday he waspreparing a document detailing suggestions of how the tournamentshould be structured.Kenya, which is already scheduled to compete in the 2002 Busta Series,is also keen to participate in the expanded limited-overs tournamentand two English counties, preferably champions of the two One-Daycompetitions, will be invited.The Leeward and Windward Islands are to be split into their componentparts so that Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent of theWindwards and Anguilla, Antigua, Nevis, St Kitts and either thecombined Virgin Islands or Montserra of the Leewards will competeseparately.They will be added to the Cayman Islands, who were included for thefirst time last year, Bermuda, Canada and the United States, who arerecent entrants, and the WICB founder-members, Barbados, Guyana,Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.The proposed format, to be completed in three-and-ahalf weeks,provides for four groups of five seeded teams each with the Top 2 fromeach group, following round-robin play, advancing to the Super Eightsalong the lines of the Super Sixes of the World Cup.The Top 4 will then move into the semifinals and the winners to thefinal.The ambitious project follows the successful expansion of the BustaSeries last season with the addition of the England ‘A’ and WestIndies ‘B’ teams. It is seen as giving a chance to more players tocompete at a higher level.In the case of the Leeward and Windward Islands, it will be the firsttime competing at West Indies level, creating a national spiritmissing as part of a composite team.

Unable to counter England’s bowling at its devastating best, Pakistan laid down their arms for 203 in the 1st innings, accepting to follow-on, 188 behind. With a fantastic haul of 5 for 61 Darren Gough was the one to cause the rout of Pakistan’s lower order while Andy Caddick’s 4 for 52 took care of the rest. Scoring an enterprising 58 with 9 boundaries Younis Khan was the only one to defy England’s crusade.With wickets tumbling one after the other the 2nd innings was as horrible as the 1st. Abdur Razzaq kept England at bay for a while with a fighting 53 while the rest dangled their bats around irresponsibly to be mostly caught behind the stumps. The whole team was bundled out for 179 runs in only two sessions conceding defeat by an innings and 9 runs. Probably the most hopeless batting performance by Pakistan in recent times.Earlier, Pakistan resumed on a disappointing note, losing Yousuf Youhana at his overnight score of 26. Younis Khan and Azhar Mahmood did look like bringing some stability but it was not be.While Younis Khan showed tremendous courage facing the England’s tirade and hit a sparkling 50, Azhar left after scoring only 14. He mistimed a short-pitched delivery from Caddick and skied the ball offering an easy catch in the slips.Younis Khan , the `lone ranger’ held on but misjudged Cork and was bowled through bat and the pad gap. He played a heroic innings of 58 hitting 9 boundaries. Pakistan’s hopes were alive as long as he was at the crease but at 167 for 7 it was all over bar the shouting.Former captains Wasim Akram and Rashid Latif got together, pooling their skill and energy to take Pakistan partly out of the woods. With a blistering square cut boundary off Cork, Wasim hoisted 200 of Pakistan’s innings raising hopes of survival. However, a little later Rashid flicked at one off Gough into the safe hands of Alec Stewart for his 200 victims in test cricket. At lunch Pakistan was 203 for 8.Bowling at their devastating best, the pair, Caddick and Gough gave no quarter to Pakistan’s errant batsmen. Except for Younis Khan (58) the others showed neither skill nor wisdom to neutralize their pace, troubling bounce and measured accuracy.Snapping up Waqar and Shoaib for ducks immediately after lunch, Darren Gough booked Pakistan for a total of 203, ending up with a marvelous figure of 5 for 61. Pakistan had failed to avoid follow-on, 188 behind England’s 391.Pakistan’s 2nd innings was as miserable as the first, Saleem Elahi (0) stuck his bat out, away from his body to be caught in the slips with only one run on the board and was soon followed by Saeed Anwar (8) again offering an easy catch to Graham Thorpe at gully. Caddick had reduced them to 30 for 2 and the writing was on the wall.Fighting for survival, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Abdur Razzaq tried defending hitting boundaries on loose deliveries only. They got to 67 when Inzamam was given caught behind off Cork after scoring a defiant 20. Since the ball appeared to have scraped the pad instead of bat the decision became a subject of debate among the commentators.Yousuf Youhana and Younis Khan also made their exit in quick succession and at 87 for 5 little hope was left. A courageous Abdur Razzaq (47) carried on trying to achieve the impossible.Though England’s bowling was not quite as unplayable as in the 1st innings the procession continued mainly due to the batsmen’s lack of application and the psychological ghost of English conditions. The odd controversial umpiring decision further reduced their morale.Razzaq the hero of Pakistan’s 2nd innings was out in typical fashion, offering a catch in the slips after playing a gallant innings of 53. Azhar (24) followed suit immediately after. Andy Caddick had struck again. Pakistan was 147 for 8 when Gough made short work of Wasim Akram (12). Pakistan had no hope of preventing the inevitable except for a prayer for heavy rain.Rashid Latif departed after scoring 20 cheeky but solid runs at 167. Last pair of Shoaib and Waqar was in and it was a matter of touch and go. As suspense grew, light fading, Waqar Younis delighted the crowd by hitting a consolation 6 off Cork. But in an effort to square up the deficit he tried to pile up quick runs, losing his wicket in the process after adding 20.Pakistan was all out for 179 and lost the 1st npower test to England by an innings and 9 runs. Andy Caddick was the chief wrecker with 4 wickets while Gough and Cork shared 3 apiece. Debutante Ryan Sidebottom bowled well but was unlucky not to take a wicket. The England fielders took some aweinspiring catches. Andy Caddick was deservedly declared Man of the Match.Seven batsmen caught behind the stumps and the rest in the slips proved to be an abject lesson to only strengthen common belief that Pakistanis were hopeless when confronted with bouncy wickets and excessive movement of the ball. Certainly food for thought, not only for the PCB but for the touring party and coach as well.