England captain Alastair Cook has tried to dampen concerns that the players are heading for a contracts dispute with the ECB

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Feb-2013England captain Alastair Cook has tried to dampen concerns that the players are heading for a contracts dispute with the ECB, over an increase in payments for the leading cricketers, in compensation for not being able to play in various Twenty20 leagues, notably the IPL.Angus Porter, the chief executive of the PCA, told ESPNcricinfo last week that he believes England’s players are “substantially underpaid”, particularly in comparison to the Australians, because they are not able to fully exploit the earning potential of Twenty20. Although the current central contracts allow players to join the IPL for a month, that does not make them very attractive to the franchises – the league extends over two months.From the current squads, only Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan and Luke Wright (the latter not on a central contract) have IPL deals for the 2013 edition. Matt Prior was in the recent auction for US$200,000 but did not attract any bids and then hinted at a growing frustration among players at the situation.Coupled with that, Nottinghamshire have become the first county to outright ban players from the IPL which has impacted Alex Hales, Michael Lumb and Samit Patel.In a year where England contest two Ashes series and the Champions Trophy any wrangling over money would prove disruptive and, speaking before the start of the one-day series in New Zealand, Cook was eager to reiterate the pride of playing for your country.”Playing for England is such a huge honour it should always remain that,” he told reporters in New Zealand. “You have a very short career and you have every right to try and earn as much money as possible because it’s a professional sport. But the crux of the matter is how lucky we are and how much pride there should be in wearing the three lions.”Clearly, with policies and rotation, people are missing games. We have to look at that for longevity but we should remember how lucky we are. We’re very lucky to be doing what we’re doing.”However, there was tacit acknowledgement that issues will be raised when the contract negotiations start shortly, though Cook said that was not unusual.”Of course when contracts come up for discussion, for renewal, there will always be the issue of availability and money.”This is not really the time for me to talk about it … there will be another time to sit around the table with everyone and speak about it there. I haven’t spoken to Angus about what he said. It is important we focus on trying to win a one-day series in New Zealand.”

For a side playing its first Test in over a year, Zimbabwe began promisingly in the morning against searing pace bowling but completely lost their way after lunch, a solid 100 for 2 turning into 211 all out

The Report by Abhishek Purohit12-Mar-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsMarlon Samuels took his best international figures of 4 for 13•WICB Media Photo/Randy Brooks

For a side playing its first Test in over a year, Zimbabwe began promisingly in the morning against searing pace bowling, but completely lost their way after lunch, with a solid 100 for 2 turning into 211 all out. Having battled hard against the onslaught from Kemar Roach and Tino Best, they came up short against the offspin of Shane Shillingford and part-timer Marlon Samuels.Roach and Best bowled with so much intensity they might have run through Zimbabwe by themselves on a luckier day. But, led by the plucky Tino Mawoyo, Zimbabwe took blows, got beaten, edged and stonewalled their way through the first hour before frittering away hard-earned starts on a largely harmless Kensington Oval pitch.Mawoyo started the downfall soon after lunch when he lunged forward to defend a Shillingford offbreak that spun and bounced to take the inside edge onto pad and straight to short leg. Brendan Taylor tried to turn a Shannon Gabriel delivery with the angle to leg but it moved away late and flattened his off stump. Minutes before tea, Craig Ervine pushed forward to a straight Samuels delivery, and left a fatally big gap between bat and pad.After trying to rebuild the innings from 158 for 6, Graeme Cremer slashed a wide Samuels delivery to point. Regis Chakabva blocked, ducked and left to plod to 15 off 92, before pushing Shillingford to short leg. All these batsmen promised a lot, and barring Mawoyo to an extent, delivered little.Zimbabwe had fared much better against a sterner examination in the first session. First ball of the match, Roach hit Mawoyo on the chest with a short ball, showing immediately what awaited Zimbabwe. However, Mawoyo showed there were runs to be reaped on the pitch following self-denial.For the first ten overs, though, there wasn’t much to be done apart from denying oneself, playing with soft hands and hoping for survival. There was movement in the air, but most of it only gave the wicketkeeper a rough time. There was some seam movement, but it was sheer, raw pace and testing lines and lengths that bothered Zimbabwe. Roach began with a barrage of short deliveries and Best, as always, held nothing back in terms of effort.The last ball of Roach’s fourth over proved too quick for Sibanda, and he had his leg stump uprooted through the gate. Best was running in so hard he soon appeared to pull something, and sat on his haunches a couple of times during his fifth over. That didn’t deter him from smacking Hamilton Masakadza on the back edge of his helmet.That was to be the last of Best in the session, with the third specialist quick bowler Gabriel and the captain Darren Sammy taking over. While Gabriel was not lacking in pace in comparison to Best and Roach, he got next to no movement, and also offered width.Sammy did what he does best, settling on a good length outside off stump, but Mawoyo and Masakadza were disciplined enough not to be tempted. It took Roach, returning in the 21st over, to break the growing second-wicket stand, although Samuels’ diving effort at gully deserved as much, if not more credit, for getting rid of Masakadza.Sammy persisted with himself from the other end after the breakthrough, and it allowed Mawoyo and Taylor some breathing space. Mawoyo started opening up as lunch approached, driving confidently off the front foot and even slashing Roach over the slip cordon. Zimbabwe had exceeded expectations with a first-session return of 91 for 2, but were to disappoint later on.Shillingford found bounce right away, and in his second over after lunch, took out Mawoyo. Gabriel hadn’t been able to get the new ball to do much, but started getting some reverse as it got older, and surprised Taylor in the first over of his second spell.Malcolm Waller never looked comfortable and was beaten repeatedly by Gabriel, before being given leg-before trying to paddle Shillingford. Chakabva and Cremer hung around for a while, before Samuels ran through the lower order to take his best figures in international cricket. Zimbabwe had two specialist spinners in their XI, and Samuels’ and Shillingford’s showing would have given them hope of containing West Indies.It was the pace and swing of Kyle Jarvis, though, that gave them a couple of early wickets. West Indies had 11 overs to get through. Chris Gayle and Kieran Powell had nearly got through seven of them without any alarms, before Jarvis moved one in to catch Powell in front of leg, and the batsman had to walk back after a failed review. That was to have been the last ball of the over, but Jarvis was allowed to bowl a seventh, and trapped nightwatchman Roach plumb in front with a full, away-swinging delivery. After not making Gayle and Powell play much, Jarvis had suddenly found the right line. Zimbabwe would want more of that on day two.

The resistance provided by Steven Smith, whose Test cred increased for the second match in a row, and Peter Siddle ensured Australia weren’t bowled out below 200

The Report by Siddarth Ravindran22-Mar-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
R Ashwin figures on the day were: 30-17-40-4•BCCI

On a Feroz Shah Kotla track that had plenty of cracks even before the game began, there was variable bounce and movement for the quicks in the morning, and TV commentators were left wondering whether this match was being played at Headingley. After lunch, it was back to an all-too familiar sight this series: Australia’s batsmen pinned by the turn and bounce of India’s spinners.That may seem a tailor-made surface for bowling first, but Australia’s stand-in captain Shane Watson, taking over from an injured Michael Clarke, decided to bat knowing that the track will become even more difficult to score on as the match progresses. India could have shot out Australia for under 200, but for the resistance provided by Steven Smith, whose Test crediblity increased for the second match in succession, and Peter Siddle, who put away the mindless swipes usually associated with tailenders, to reach a career-best 47, and defy India for three hours.Much of the threat in the first session had come from Ishant Sharma, who dismissed David Warner for a duck, and had Hughes bowled for an enterprising 45. The spinners took over after lunch, as the ball began to rip, and the numbers of appeal ratcheted up. Cowan had played his typical unflashy innings, intent on preserving his wicket in the testing conditions, before he became the third Australian top-order batsman to be bowled round the legs by R Ashwin in the series, while attempting a sweep.That wicket opened the doors to a collapse, and from a healthy 106 for 2, Australia tumbled to 136 for 7. The middle order for this Test – Hughes, Watson, Smith, Matthew Wade and Glenn Maxwell – is the weakest Australia have fielded in decades, and they were unable to cope with the accuracy of the spinners, and the ball darting around. The questions over whether Watson deserves a permanent place in the side will only grow after another failure – he was stumped off Ravindra Jadeja, who continued to torment Australia’s captain this series.

Smart stats

• The number of maidens bowled by R Ashwin (17) is the joint-highest for India (since 1990) in an innings (overs bowled between 30 and 35). The record is 22 maiden overs by Zimbabwe’s Malcolm Jarvis against Sri Lanka in Bulawayo in 1994.

• The number of balls faced during the eighth and ninth wicket stands (264) is the fourth-highest in an innings for Australia. Three of the top four such efforts have come against India.

• Peter Siddle’s 47 is his highest Test score surpassing his previous best of 43 against England in Sydney in 2011. It is also the third-highest score by an Australia No. 9 batsman against India.

• Ravindra Jadeja has now dismissed the Australian captain in six out of seven innings. He got Michael Clarke out five times and Shane Watson once.

• For the eighth time since the start of 2010 (second in this series), none of the top eight Australian batsmen passed fifty. On only one of those eight occasions (Sydney 2010 against Pakistan) did Australia manage to win the game.

A fit-again Matthew Wade, reclaiming the wicketkeeping gloves from Brad Haddin, was unlucky to be dismissed bat-pad when there was no bat involved. That brought together two players who the Australian public hardly rate as Test players, Smith and Maxwell. Both began with confident straight hits for six, but Maxwell threw it away with an against-the-turn lofted hit that only went as far as mid-on.Smith was at the non-striker’s end for the most memorable dismissal of the innings, of Mitchell Johnson who was playing his first game of the series. An Ashwin carrom ball cannoned into off stump after Johnson shouldered arms. India were celebrating, but Johnson had no idea he was bowled, thinking perhaps that MS Dhoni had broken the stumps after collecting the ball. What is usually the most direct form of dismissal in cricket needed the umpire to intervene to send the batsman on his way.With Australia losing seven wickets midway through the day, it was expected that Ashwin and Jadeja would wrap things up soon after. Smith, though, showed more of the composure that helped him so much in Mohali, knuckling down after that initial six – his next boundary came 65 deliveries later – content to block, and confident using his feet. He and Siddle had defied India for more than an hour and a half before Smith fell to a sharp catch by debutant Ajinkya Rahane at short leg.Siddle survived plenty of close lbw calls, and had to face some unplayable deliveries, somehow managing to hang in, not trying anything extravagant, and succeeding in frustrating India’s bowlers. Even after Smith’s dismissal, the no-frills batting from Siddle and James Pattinson kept out India, and ensured Australia weren’t bowled out on the first day.Australia had been more flamboyant in the morning, chiefly due to Hughes, who less than a week ago was set to go down as the new benchmark for bumbling batting after a torturous time against spin. He continued to play with the confidence gleaned from his battling 69 in Mohali. He was helped by some wayward bowling from the quicks early on, thumping three fours in a Bhuvneshwar Kumar over.Everyone was waiting for the first spinner to come on, both to see how much the ball would rip, and to see how Hughes would cope. Ashwin, India’s most successful bowler in the series, came on in the ninth over and Hughes promptly struck him for two boundaries through midwicket to gallop to 29 off 23 deliveries.The quick scoring came, though there were puffs of dust coming off the pitch when the new-ball bowlers were on. Ishant sent down a grubber early on that zipped through at ankle height. In the 21st over he bowled a snorter that sprang up from short of a length to thud into Hughes’ helmet. Hughes grinned ruefully, amazed at how much that delivery lifted, and two balls later his aggressive innings came to an end, as he tentatively poked at an Ishant delivery that crashed into the stumps.Australia will be content with how the first and third session went, but their soft middle order was exposed once more, and left them on the back foot after the first day.

Australia Under-19 began their tour of New Zealand on a good note, posting a convincing seven-wicket win over New Zealand under-19 in the first Youth ODI

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Apr-2013
ScorecardAustralia Under-19 began their tour of New Zealand on a good note, with a convincing seven-wicket win over New Zealand Under-19 in the first Youth ODI.The hosts, who were put in to bat, were struggling at 3 for 31 after fast bowler Matthew Fotia took quick wickets. A 79-run fourth-wicket stand between Shawn Hicks and Ken McClure helped New Zealand recover. The pair scored half-centuries but were two among only three batsmen to score in double figures as New Zealand folded for 182. Fotia finished with figures of 4 for 44 off his ten overs.In reply, Australia brushed aside a few stutters to complete a confident chase. Captain Damien Mortimer, opening the innings, guided the chase with an unbeaten 87 off 126 balls, which included six fours and a six. Jake Doran, who arrived at 67 for 3, shared an unbeaten stand of 116 with his captain, scoring a run-a-ball 53 to take Australia to victory.

Pune Warriors’ Rahul Sharma has said that instability in the batting order was one of the main reasons for the team’s poor performance in IPL 2013

ESPNcricinfo staff01-May-2013Pune Warriors legspinner Rahul Sharma said that instability in the batting order has been one of the main reasons for the team’s poor performance in IPL 2013.”I think we are not clicking together,” Rahul told after Chennai Super Kings beat Warriors by 37 runs. “It is a new team and the captain is also new. He is captaining well, making good changes while bowling but the batting order is not getting set and the middle order is collapsing.”Sharma also conceded that the Warriors bowlers had given away too many runs towards the end of the innings, allowing Super Kings to reach 164 for 3 after they were 103 for 3 in the 16th over.”Since we had a good batting wicket, the plan was to not give the batsmen too much room because they do have a lot of hard-hitters lower down like MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, Albie Morkel,” Sharma said. “We wanted to restrict them to as less as possible, like 140 or 150, but then according to me we gave about 20 runs more.”Super Kings batsman S Badrinath credited the side’s sharp fielding for the win. “I think our fielding was tremendous,” Badrinath said. “Suresh Raina and Albie Morkel effected run outs. Whenever we have looked for breaks, our fielding has pulled it up. I think that is a big plus with our side. I don’t think you can find any weak fielder on the ground so that is something we work hard on as well.”Badrinath, who was involved in a 75-run stand for the third wicket with Raina, said the batsmen had a plan to steady the innings before the big-hitting batsmen took charge in the final overs.”We assessed the wicket to be a bit slow and low,” Badrinath said. “It was not easy to play shots so Raina and I decided to stay on for a while and take our time. Even if it was a run a ball it was fine, but the idea was not to lose wickets and to keep rotating the strike. We knew that with the power hitters behind us we could make up. Keeping wickets in hand was the key for us.”

Captain Daryl Mitchell completed the 10th Championship century of
his career as Worcestershire nudged ahead of Essex in the Division Two table

31-May-2013
ScorecardDaryl Mitchell made the most of a dead game•PA Photos

Captain Daryl Mitchell completed the 10th Championship century of
his career as Worcestershire nudged ahead of Essex in the Division Two table
after a rain-hit draw with their promotion rivals at New Road.With more than 200 overs lost because of the weather, the home side occupied
the crease throughout the last day with Mitchell making 156 towards a
declaration in the last hour at 351 for 6. This fulfilled all objectives in taking them into a lead of 136 while accruing
four batting points and restricting their opponents to two for bowling.Essex stuck to their task but the ball did not swing as it had done for
Worcestershire’s Jack Shantry when the left-arm seamer posted a personal-best
Championship return of 7 for 69 in dismissing the visitors for a below-par
215.There were some uneasy moments for Mitchell early in the day but nothing that
could shake his temperament as he set about building his first Championship
hundred since last August. The first 50 was easier on the eye, with nine fours in 66 balls, but the next
phase took twice as long as he became becalmed, albeit with less than half of
the strike, through 15 overs in the 90s.A square drive off Sajid Mahmood took the pressure off as he moved into three
figures with his 15th boundary and there was another change of gear as he
accelerated to a third 50 from 53 balls.After the early season domination by seam bowlers, it was the turn of batsmen
to enjoy a day in warm sunshine, although for most of the time the scoring rate
was pegged at little better than three runs an over. The only wicket to fall in the morning was that of Matt Pardoe, caught at short
leg for 17 when offspinner Tom Westley nipped in for one over to break an opening
stand of 62.However, there was to be a lot more toil for Essex as Mitchell shared in only
the second and third century partnerships for Worcestershire this season. Moeen Ali hit 10 fours in making 54 out of 127 before he was caught at extra
cover off Graham Napier and Thilan Samaraweera played with customary efficiency
as the third wicket yielded 107 in 28 overs.Essex finally claimed some reward with the new ball as David Masters took three
wickets before Samaraweera, unbeaten with 70, took his team to their target of
350 with 13 balls to spare. Masters began his spell by bowling Mitchell after
the opener had batted for a little over five hours.

Adam Rossington crashed an unbeaten 41 from 20 balls to see Middlesex to a dramatic four-wicket win in a rain-affected Friends Life t20 clash in Canterbury and put a dampener on Vernon Philander’s brilliant Kent debut.

28-Jun-2013
ScorecardSouth African Vernon Philander performed well on debut for Kent but it wasn’t enough•AFP

Adam Rossington crashed an unbeaten 41 from 20 balls to see Middlesex to a dramatic four-wicket win in a rain-affected Friends Life t20 clash in Canterbury and put a dampener on Vernon Philander’s brilliant Kent debut.South Africa Test star Philander bagged 4 for 8 in a devastating three-over burst only to finish on the losing side as Middlesex successfully chased down a twice-adjusted target to win with two balls to spare under the Duckworth-Lewis method, finishing on 111 for 6.Philander claimed the first four-wicket haul of his T20 career as Middlesex made a poor start to their initial chase of 132 from 15 overs. Bowling from the Pavilion End, Philander, who previously starred for Middlesex and Somerset, plucked out Paul Stirling’s off stump to open with a wicket maiden.A partial floodlight failure caused further consternation in the second over, but Philander showed his class by running one away from Joe Denly to be caught by Sam Billings and leave Middlesex 8 for 2 after 16 balls.A five-minute shower led to the loss of three more overs and a re-adjusted target of 111 to win from 12 overs, yet Middlesex had no answer to Philander. He returned to have Dawid Malan well held by Mitch Claydon off a top edge at third man then Adam Voges caught at mid-off when attempting to drive a length ball.Neil Dexter was well held off a skier by wicketkeeper Sam Billings off Darren Stevens then Ben Harmison pouched an even better catch at long-on to account for Gareth Berg, James Tredwell the bowler on that occasion. Yet Middlesex cashed in by taking 16 off Tredwell’s opening over then, with 36 required off the last three overs, Matt Coles leaked 28 off only 10 deliveries – Rossington hoisting the last of those over long-leg for a match-winning six.Middlesex, having won the toss and elected to bowl first in steady drizzle and with the floodlights blazing, made a nervy start as off-spinner Ollie Rayner conceded two leg-side wides in the game’s opening over. New Zealand seamer Kyle Mills then overstepped to gift a free-hit that Sam Northeast dispatched to the cover point ropes as Kent cruised to 29 before their first casualty.Rob Key charged down the pitch looking to drive Mills only to toe-end a catch through to keeper Rossington and, when rain arrived at the end of the fifth over, Kent had reached 36 for 1.The game re-started at 8.40pm with the loss of five overs per side, but the 70-minute delay caused Kent’s batsmen to lose their rhythm. Billings was fortunate to be dropped as veteran seamer Tim Murtagh spilt a skier at long-off from the bowling of Rayner, who moved his field to have Billings successfully held by Josh Davey in the same position in his next over.Northeast edged to the keeper when attempting to cut then, four balls later, Alex Blake meandered down the pitch against the bowling of Davey to be stumped by Rossington’s under-arm shy at the sumps.Stevens upped the tempo with 26 off 10 deliveries before holing out to long leg but sixth-wicket partners Harmison and Philander plundered 13 off the final over of the innings to complete a miserable evening for Murtagh whose three overs cost 30 runs. Middlesex made their chase all the harder by contributing 13 extras – nine wides and four no-balls – to the Kent total of 129 for 5.

Afghanistan will look to strengthen their chances of qualifying for the 2015 World Cup on their tour of Namibia, which begins on August 4

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Jul-2013Afghanistan will look to strengthen their chances of qualifying for the 2015 World Cup on their tour of Namibia, which begins on August 4.The team, which departed for Namibia today, is scheduled to play one Intercontinental Cup match and two World Cricket League Championship matches on August 9 and 11. Victory in both matches will take Afghanistan to 15 points, alongside Netherlands and Scotland, bettering their chances of a place in the World Cup. For Namibia, who are currently seventh in the league, the matches are a chance to better their ranking before their last league round matches against UAE.The last time these teams met was in March 2012, when Afghanistan beat Namibia by 28 runs in the World Twenty20 qualifiers to secure a place in the World T20 in Sri Lanka. Afghanistan’s next series will be the Asian Cricket Council’s Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore, where they will play their first match against Nepal on August 17.The CEO of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), Dr Noor Mohammad Murad, said: “We wish our national team well for their Namibia tour. We are looking forward to a top-class performance by the players, and are confident in their ability, which has shown in their performances so far in this journey to qualify for the 2015 World Cup. They have also had the benefit of a 14-day training camp in the lead up to this tour. We know they will do everything they can to make our country proud.”Fixtures:
August 4-7: Intercontinental Cup match v Namibia
August 9: WCL Championship match v Namibia
August 11: WCL Championship match v Namibia

Virat Kohli says Rohit Sharma has the capability of captaining India some day

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Aug-2013Virat Kohli has said India batsman Rohit Sharma has the potential to captain the side one day. Kohli’s potential as a future captain of India received another tick with a 5-0 whitewash of Zimbabwe in the recently concluded ODI series and he cited Rohit as a contender to step into MS Dhoni’s shoes.Kohli and Suresh Raina have, in the recent past, captained India in Dhoni’s absence in certain tours. Rohit had enhanced his captaincy credentials when he led Mumbai Indians to the 2013 IPL title and is still establishing a permanent place in India’s limited-overs sides.”Rohit has a tremendous cricketing brain,” Kohli said at an event in Lucknow. “I often take his advice during matches. He has shown his capability while leading Mumbai Indians in the IPL.”Kohli, who was nominated for the Arjuna award on Tuesday, has amassed 332 runs in 8 matches as captain, including two centuries. The first, an attacking 102 off 83 balls, sparked a turnaround that helped India win the West Indies tri-series in July. He is second only to Shikhar Dhawan among India’s representatives in the top-five run scorers for ODIs this year.”I like to be a captain and take responsibility,” Kohli said. “As batsmen, we focus only on ourselves. But as a captain we have to look into every aspect. We have to deal with each and every player. Though the responsibility increases manifold it is a great challenge.”

Matt Lineker hit his second century in six days as Unicorns ended their Yorkshire Bank 40 season on a high with a 42-run victory against Leicestershire at Grace Road

18-Aug-2013
ScorecardJosh Cobb hit a half-century, but after that Leicestershire fell away•Getty Images

Matt Lineker hit his second century in six days as Unicorns ended their Yorkshire Bank 40 season on a high with a 42-run victory against Leicestershire at Grace Road.The 28-year-old former Derbyshire batsman scored 132 off 106 balls to steer Unicorns to 259 for 5 after they had been put into bat. It followed the 107 he made against Yorkshire last Tuesday.And then a feeble batting performance by the Foxes saw them bowled out for 217 in 39 overs, with seamer Garry Park claiming career best one-day figures of 4 for 39, giving Unicorns the only win of the campaign in their final game. The shock defeat ended Leicestershire’s slim hopes of reaching the semi-finals.It was a lacklustre effort from the home side with both bat and ball, and some loose bowling allowed Lineker and Tom Lancefield to post an opening partnership of 114 in 23 overs. Lineker dominated the stand with some bold attacking shots, reaching 50 off 44 balls with six fours plus a massive six off Michael Thornely. The century partnership was brought up with a cheeky reverse sweep by Lancefield.But having contributed 38 to the stand Lancefield was bowled by a quicker ball from Josh Cobb. Lineker however, continued to punish Leicestershire’s wayward attack and Park also chipped in with a six off Alex Wyatt. Another boundary by Lineker – his 14th – took him to his century off 86 balls.Park, who shared a stand of 81 in 10 overs with Lineker was bowled by Anthony Ireland for 31 and Bharat Tripathi was then beaten by a yorker from Shiv Thakor for 10. When Lineker finally holed out to long leg off Thornely he had hit 17 fours and two sixes. Unicorns scored 91 off the last 10 overs helped by 39 runs coming off two oves from Ireland and Thakor.Leicestershire made a good start to the chase with Cobb hitting a run-a-ball half century in an opening stand of 89 with Niall O’Brien. But when the two of them were out in the space of five overs the innings disintegrated.Only Ned Eckersley and Tom Wells offered any resistance, with Park picking up the wickets of Eckersley, Matt Boyce, Ireland and James Sykes to complete a memorable victory for Unicorns.