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The farcical run out of Sanath Jayasuriya for 99 proved to be the turning point as England won their crucial triangular series match with Sri Lanka by 19 runs. England’s bowlers kept their nerve to apply irresistible pressure on the remaining Sri Lankan batsmen and win a compelling encounter.England’s triumph in defending their total of 279 owed much to Andrew Caddick, who took two early wickets and two more coming back to bowl his last two overs at a crucial stage of the innings. Michael Vaughan and Ian Blackwell also played telling roles with the ball, keeping the scoring rate down when Sri Lanka desperately needed to accelerate.The fly in the ointment for England was an injury to Steve Harmison, who after being taken out of the attack for costing 27 runs in just two overs, was forced off the ground after turning an ankle in the field.Jayasuriya, once again, was magical to watch. Most of his runs came on the off-side, with his trademark cover drive to the fore. He lost Marvan Atapattu (12) playing on to Caddick in the third over after an explosive start, and Hashan Tillakaratne (9) brilliantly caught off Caddick by Alec Stewart, leaping like a spring salmon to hold an edge high to his left with both hands.Aravinda de Silva was also the victim of fine wicket-keeping, as Stewart, standing up to Paul Collingwood, clung on to a thick outside edge. That was 119 for three, but with 31 overs still remaining Sri Lanka were still very much in the hunt.Mahela Jayawardene looked in no trouble at all until, on 19, he played an inexplicable paddle to leg off Ronnie Irani and the ball looped up for Vaughan at mid-wicket. Disaster followed as Jayasuriya, having reached 99 off just 83 balls, called Kumar Sangakkara for a straightforward single to mid-off. Sangakkara somehow managed to get in his captain’s way, and Jayasuriya was left short of his ground as Nasser Hussain hit the stumps direct.Sangakkara attempted to atone for his glaring error by settling down to build a partnership with Russel Arnold that revived Sri Lanka’s hopes of victory. Boundaries were hard to come by, however, and Blackwell and Vaughan managed to apply relentless pressure.It took the return of Caddick to open the floodgates. First Sangakkara (56) lashed to Blackwell at mid-wicket. Chaminda Vaas then swung Vaughan hard and high for Collingwood to take a fine catch in the deep. When Arnold followed for 35 in the next over the game was effectively over. It took another excellent catch to do it – Blackwell at deep mid-wicket hanging on to the ball as he fell on his back.England’s total was set up by another weighty contribution from Nick Knight, who featured in successive half-century partnerships with Marcus Trescothick and Vaughan. Knight kept his position as Trescothick’s opening partner, while for Sri Lanka Chamila Gamage replaced the injured Muttiah Muralitharan.It was Gamage who made the first breakthrough after Hussain chose to bat first in extreme afternoon heat. Trescothick (39), who produced a booming cover drive to post England’s 50, lost his off stump looking for a leg-side boundary.Vaughan was missed on one by wicket-keeper Sangakkara, who couldn’t hold on to what would have been a fine one-handed catch to his right off Gamage. Vaughan looked to pick up from where he left off in the Ashes series, with boundaries off de Silva and Dilhara Fernando, but when he had reached 28 he skied a pull at Fernando to Vaas at mid-wicket.Much as they had done in Sydney, Jayasuriya and de Silva kept the run rate within reasonable bounds before Hussain (18) was bowled via inside edge and pad by Jayasuriya.Knight soldiered on, providing some relief with a swept six off de Silva, but on 88 he played loosely at Vaas for Sangakkara to hold on to the resultant edge. Knight has made 440 funs in his last seven one-day innings for England. Blackwell was then lbw first ball to leave England teetering at 206 for five.As he has so often done before, Stewart recharged the innings. He and Collingwood added 54 in eight overs to revitalise England, taking 16 off one over from Fernando, including a Collingwood six over square-leg. By the time Stewart (51) and Collingwood (18) were dismissed, England had scored enough.England will now go through to the finals unless they lose to Australia in Adelaide on Sunday without claiming a bonus point, and Sri Lanka take all six points from their final match against the hosts.

While the West Indies were enjoying a day off taking in Africa’sbountiful wildlife on a tour of a game park outside Harare, India didthem a favour at the Queen’s Club yesterday.Their hard-fought victory over Zimbabwe, with four wickets and onlyfour balls to spare, ensured their place in the final of thetriangular Coca-Cola Cup series and all but guaranteed that the WestIndies would be their opponents come July 7.Zimbabwe’s third successive defeat left their hopes of stillqualifying resting on an unlikely sequence of events and furthercompounded the problems they have faced over the past week, on and offthe field.The West Indies would have to lose their two remaining matches againstIndia on Saturday and Wednesday and the other against Zimbabwe here onSunday to be level on two points with the home team.The finalists would then be determined on run-rate, and Zimbabwe wouldneed a massive victory on Sunday to erase what is now a considerabledeficit.Zimbabwean cricket is going through difficult times at present.The euphoria of an admirable victory over India in the second Testnine days ago to square the series has quickly evaporated through aprotest by senior players against the Zimbabwe Cricket Union’s (ZCU)selection policy and injuries that have sidelined Andy Flower andHeath Streak, their two finest players.Streak stepped down as captain prior to the opening match against theWest Indies last Saturday because he was upset that his opinions werenot being respected by a selection panel of six that did not includeeither him or the coach, the former Australian fast bowler, CarlRackemann.An accommodation was reached after an animated meeting between theparties that added captain and coach to the panel, increasing it to anunwieldy eight.There have also been squabbles over pay levels, notably in Englandlast year, that led to the emigration of two key players, MurrayGoodwin and Neil Johnson, to English county cricket. These have notyet been adequately solved, as the Zimbabwean dollar continues itsplunge in value and the game becomes more expensive to run.As in South Africa, the debate over the pace of selection purely onmerit against that based on the encouragement of the emerging blackcricketers the so-called affirmative action has also tended to divideplayers and administrators.Peter Chingkoka, the respected and very able black Zimbabwean whoheads the ZCU, has to lead with all the tact of a Kofi Annan to keepmatters on an even keel. The recent defeats would not have helped.With a pool of no more than 300 players to chose from, Zimbabwe havedone well to hold their own at Test and One-Day International level.But the game was previously restricted to the minority white and Asianpopulations and these are now dwindling through emigration in the wakeof political, social and economic turmoil.Development programmes aimed at carrying the game to the majorityblack population have been in place for some time and more blackplayers have made their way into the Zimbabwe team than into SouthAfrica’s since 1992 when they both gained Test status, South Africafor the second time.Several have come through the well-appointed academy and havebenefited from the excellent facilties in the main centres. Five ofthe Zimbabwe A team in the practice match against the West Indies onTuesday were black.Henry Olonga, the personable, articulate and successful fast bowler,was Zimbabwe’s first real black star cricketer. But he has drifted outof the limelight through injury. In Tatenda Taibu, the tiny, livewire,18-year-old wicket-keeper, they have an obvious personality who shouldbe a role model and inspiration for the hundreds of those youngschoolchildren now being introduced to the game.But what Zimbabwe cricket needs most of all right now is moreconsistent success on the field and patience, unity and understandingoff it. The two are intertwined.

Reece Topley, the left-arm pace bowler, is to leave Essex and join Hampshire on a two-year deal. Paul Grayson, the coach, is also leaving the club, while the future of the captain, James Foster, is uncertain.Topley, 21, who made his England debut in the T20 against Australia in Cardiff, rejected the offer of a new contract from Essex and was the subject of interest from eight other counties. It is understood that Hampshire did not offer the most money, but Topley was impressed by the plans of chairman Rod Bransgrove and the coach Giles White and felt the environment at the club would help him fulfil his potential.His signing in the face of so much competition – Surrey, Warwickshire and Worcestershire were among the other interested counties – represents something of a coup for Hampshire. Topley, a tall left-arm swing bowler, has outstanding red and white ball statistics for his age. He was the standout bowler at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia, is currently the leading wicket taker in this year’s Royal London Cup with 20 wickets and has 125 first-class victims at a cost of 25.78.Topley, who burst onto the professional scene in 2011 with successive five wicket hauls when just 17 and still at school, has said his ultimate ambition is to become the first left-arm pace bowler to claim 100 Test wickets for England.Leaving Essex will be a major wrench, though. Not only has he progressed through the club’s system – he has been there since he was nine – but his father, Don Topley, also represented the club for a decade as a bustling seam bowler and still commentates on the club for local radio.”I am extremely sad to be leaving Essex having played for the county since the age of nine and have thoroughly enjoyed my time in a great dressing room,” Topley said. “I would like to publicly thank all the players for their huge support and firm friendships.”In particular, I must also thank the two 1st XI coaches: Paul Grayson for the fantastic opportunity he has given me and to Chris Silverwood, who I have great admiration for and enjoyed working with.”It is understood Reece was unsettled by changes at the club. Since the return of Ronnie Irani as chairman of the cricket committee, the future of the coach, Grayson, has looked especially uncertain – ESPNcricinfo understands he is no longer working with the team while a severance package is agreed – with Irani his probable replacement.Grayson was appointed coach in July 2007. While Essex won the Friends Provident Trophy in 2008, they have not made the progress some expected since and currently sit mid-table in Division Two. Grayson’s supporters would argue, however, that he has never held much real power and was not given the authority to sign new players or agree contract terms.The future of the captain, Foster, is also unclear with the former England keeper understood to have received offers of employment from outside the game, including a role at a local private school. Topley remains close and appreciative of Grayson and Essex bowling coach, Chris Silverwood, but has a less obvious rapport with Irani. It could well be that Topley joins Hampshire on loan before the end of this season.It continues a worrying trend for Essex. While the club – perhaps as a result of its densely populated catchment area – has a fine record of producing talented players, Topley joins a list that includes Varun Chopra, Ben Foakes, Adam Wheater, Tony Palladino, Billy Godleman, Chris Wright and Tymal Mills as talented players who have recently left the club to pursue their county careers elsewhere.They are likely to sign another seamer – Surrey’s Tim Linely – as replacement for Topley, but losing a 21-year-old and gaining a 33-year-old – whatever his merits – is unlikely to impress Essex supporters.

England’s chastened cricketers regrouped in the howling winds of Wellington’s Basin Reserve on Tuesday, as they prepared to put their tour of New Zealand back on track after Sunday’s humiliating 189-run defeat in the first Test in Hamilton. With criticism ringing in their ears after the abject nature of their final-day collapse, the batsmen were put through their paces in a morning net session, not least by a fired-up Steve Harmison, who seemed to have been piqued into finding that extra gear that he so obviously lacked last week.Harmison’s efforts, however, may have come too late to spare him the axe when England unveil their team for Thursday’s second Test. The recently appointed selector, James Whitaker, watched his spell closely from the sidelines, having agreed to stay on to oversee the remainder of the series. His presence alone, however, reaffirms how important it is for England to be seen to take action after such a desperate defeat. Stuart Broad, who made his solitary Test appearance in Colombo before Christmas, remains the favourite to take Harmison’s place.Nevertheless, it’s not all doom and gloom in the England camp, as Ian Bell was at pains to point out after practice. “Obviously it’s disappointing to lose a Test match, but hopefully it’s something we can shake off very quickly,” he said. “We’ve just got to make sure we turn up here prepared to win. I think everyone believes that. We’ve just got to go out there and express ourselves, and believe that we can win this Test.”Bell provided England’s only reason to cheer in that second innings, as he chivvied the tail along with a composed and attractive half-century that served to highlight how good the going might have been had his team-mates got stuck in at the top of the order. He finished with 54 not out from 151 balls, having added 33 for the last wicket with Monty Panesar, but was honest enough to admit that his innings hadn’t been compiled when the pressure was really on.”Given the position we were in, it was only a matter of time before they started bringing the field up to try and keep me on strike by tossing a few balls up,” Bell said. “It was nice to bat a bit freer at the end, but to be honest the result wasn’t the ideal situation to do that. Hopefully we’ll all get back to the way we used to play – play a bit more on instinct and go out and be really positive.”In the aftermath of the defeat, which took England’s recent record to four draws and three losses in seven Tests, Michael Vaughan suggested that there was “a lack of confidence” in the dressing-room, particularly among the batsmen, who have mustered three centuries between them in those games. Bell tried to play his captain’s comments down, although he did admit that things were not quite as relaxed as they used to be.”I wouldn’t say it’s a lack of confidence, we’ve just put a bit of pressure on ourselves,” he said. “We need to free it up a little bit and back ourselves. The top six have got some great records, so we need to go out there and show that. We need to play naturally, and if we see the ball, hit it. We need to get back to how we used to score runs.”Confidence can, however, come across as recklessness if wrongly carried through, and Bell admitted that it’s a fine balance. “I don’t think anyone’s more nervous than normal going out to bat,” he said, “but sometimes you have to come back at the bowlers a little bit more. We were guilty of sitting in a little too much, and didn’t take it to them enough. But a lot of credit has to go to their bowlers. They showed us how to play on those slow wickets.”Though Vaughan claimed after Hamilton that getting straight back onto the horse was the best remedy, England have just one more day of practice and mental preparation before they head back into the fray. Bell, however, was confident that the team would be ready to compete properly this week. “The guys have been trying and training really hard, but there’s not that much we have to change,” he said. “It’s just about a slight difference of mindset, a few little tweaks here and there. We’ve had a good session today, the wicket looks good, and we’re excited about trying to turn it around.”

Andy Flower, the Essex batsman and former Zimbabwe captain, has been named as assistant to Peter Moores, the newly appointed national coach. He replaces Matthew Maynard, who was the assistant to Moores’s predecessor, Duncan Fletcher.Moores, who has previously worked with Flower at the National Academy, welcomed his new assistant. “Andy will bring to the support staff a wealth of international experience as well as a clear understanding of the domestic game in England and Wales. He has worked at the National Academy for the past two seasons as a specialist batting coach and has done an excellent job. I am sure all the players will respond to his style and enjoy working with him.”With this, the 39-year-old Flower has called time on a first-class career spanning 20 years in which he scored 16,379 first-class runs at an average of 54.05. He’d spent the past five seasons with Essex, and was ruled out of the current season with a hip injury. One of Zimbabwe’s greatest players, Flower played 63 Tests, scoring 4794 runs at 51.54 with 12 centuries and 160 dismissals as wicketkeeper.”I’m proud of the days I spent in Zimbabwe and I’m proud of the fact that when we were given Test status we worked our hides off, sweating blood and tears trying to justify that promotion to Test and one-day international cricket”, Flower said in a statement. “I look back fondly on the times that I spent with a lot of good people in Zimbabwe.”Flower was Zimbabwe’s captain and scored 156 when they recorded their maiden Test victory, defeating Pakistan by an innings and 64 runs at Harare in 1995. He enjoyed a purple patch for two years starting in 1999 when he averaged 85 over 21 Tests. He grabbed the headlines when he scored 540 runs being dismissed only twice on a tour to India. Flower became the first wicketkeeper-batsman to record centuries in both innings of a Test match, scoring 142 and 199 not out against South Africa at Harare in 2001.He was also the first wicketkeeper to go to the top of the international ratings for Test batsmen and was named as one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year in 2002. Flower announced his retirement from international cricket after a turbulent 2003 World Cup, which started with an unprecedented protest by him and team-mate Henry Olonga over the “death of democracy” in Zimbabwe.”A gentleman, an educator and all-round quality human being,” said Ian Pont, Essex’s fast bowling coach. “A huge loss for Essex, but he’s just what England need.”Flower will join the England coaching staff before the first Test against the West Indies at Lord’s, starting on May 17. While he will work primarily as a batting coach, he will also help Moores work with England’s wicketkeepers.

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Asia have won the bid to host the 2011 World Cup by beating a joint bid by Australia and New Zealand by ten votes to three. The ICC’s executive committee met in Dubai on Sunday, and made series of decisions regarding the future hosting of events. After missing out on 2011, Australia and New Zealand have the 2015 World Cup and England the 2019 event.”We did a great job, the four countries put together an impressive presentation and we got 10 out of 13 votes,” Lalit Modi, BCCI vice-president told the Press Trust of India. “We are looking forward to it. A lot of work has to go in. The four countries will jointly sit down along with ICC to chalk out plans for hosting the 2011 World Cup. A lot of infrastructure needs to be put in place. We are mentally geared up for it. We will do the task at hand.”Reflecting on the decision over the 2011 tournament, Ehsan Mani, the ICC President, said: “On behalf of the ICC I congratulate the four Asian members on earning the right to host the World Cup 2011.”Since turning up at the ICC board meeting in March with an unviable submission they have worked hard to satisfy the strict hosting criteria set by the ICC. That a compliant submission was produced ahead of the final deadline earlier this month is testament to the capacity of these four countries to work together.”We can now prepare with confidence for what promises to be the biggest occasion that cricket fans in Asia and around the world will ever have seen. This is the first time that members interested in hosting ICC events have been required to produce submissions that fulfil strict hosting criteria and we have been delighted with the process.Pakistan had reasons for a double celebration when not only did they win a joint bid with India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to host the 2011 World Cup but they were also awarded the 2008 Champions Trophy.The delegates representing the Asian bid at the meeting also expressed their joy at securing the right to host the 2011 tournament.”We are delighted to have been asked to host the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, it is a tremendous honour,” said Shaharyar Khan, the chairman of the PCB. “The submissions process has been eye-opening for all of us. I don’t think we fully appreciated the volume of work that was required to produce a compliant submission and we are grateful to the ICC Board for allowing us extra time to complete this process.”IS Bindra, who attended the meeting on behalf of the BCCI, said: “I was fortunate enough to be associated with Asia’s previous successful bids for the 1987 and 1996 tournaments. Both of those were great successes and we hope 2011 will represent a new landmark as a cricketing and sporting milestone.”We can promise that the 2011 Cricket World Cup will be as big as the football World Cup. In Asia you will see traffic stop, and massive television audiences and crowds for all the matches played.”The BCCI secretary, Naranjan Shah, who was in Dubai to help deliver the Asian presentation, added: “We worked hard as a group and we were all determined to get the World Cup. It has been a joint effort and this result is the fruits of those efforts.”The Bangladesh representative, Mohammad Ali Asghar MP, said: “This is fantastic news and is a big progression for Bangladesh, especially as we have also secured an ICC Event in 2014. The matches in our country will definitely keep up Bangladesh’s development in world cricket and we congratulate the ICC for giving us this chance. We will ensure we have all the support necessary from our Government to make these events successful.”Jayantha Dharmadasa, the chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), added: “It is difficult to find the words to express how delighted I am with this news. All of Sri Lanka, from the President down, will be thrilled with what has happened and with the problems in the country at the moment this is a very positive thing.”We have also been awarded an ICC Event in 2012, and whether it will be a Twenty20 World Championship or a Champions Trophy we are so happy to be hosting it. The events in 2011 and 2012 mean that we will have hosted five ICC tournaments in 12 years and that speaks very highly of Sri Lanka, SLC and the present administration.”We will have two new grounds by then with one near Kandy and the newly renovated stadium in Galle and that means we would have a total of seven excellent world-class venues to use.”The result is a boost for the Asian group whose bid had been weakened by a late submission. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh had made a bid and were allowed an extension until April 21 to set out their proposal after they had difficulty hitting the first deadline in March. In the end, when it came down to voting, the Asian group came through with a big majority.

ICC events2007 Twenty20 World Championships – South Africa
2008 Champions Trophy – Pakistan
2009 Twenty20 World Championships – England
2009 Women’s World Cup – Australia
2010 Champions Trophy – West Indies
2011 World Cup – Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
2012 Twenty20 World Championships or Champions Trophy – Sri Lanka
2013 Women’s World Cup – India
2014 Twenty20 World Championships or Champions Trophy – Bangladesh
2015 World Cup – Australia and New Zealand
2019 World Cup – England

Denesh Ramdin, the 19-year-old wicketkeeper from Trinidad, is the only new face in the West Indian squad that was chosen for the Sri Lankan tour, starting on July 15.Ramdin has played only 13 first-class matches and managed one hundred and two fifties. Ramdin’s inclusion meant that Courtney Browne, who kept wicket in the recent series against South Africa and Pakistan, was left out of the squad and was one of the two notable absentees along with Reon King, the fast bowler.The West Indies board also said that two more players will be added from the West Indies A squad which left for Sri Lanka on Friday. The 13-member West Indian squad is scheduled to leave on July 1 and will play two Tests and a triangular one-day tournament involving Sri Lanka and India.The West Indies board has also issued the invitations as well as match/tour contracts to the players and asked the players to indicate their agreement by June 21.Squad
Ian Bradshaw, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul (capt), Pedro Collins, Corey Collymore, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Brian Lara, Darren Powell, Denesh Ramdin (wkt), Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith, plus two players from West Indies A.

The Pakistan side returned to Karachi from their New Zealand tour yesterday, but all the questions from the media were about the forthcoming series against India.”I have never seen the Indian team playing with such strength or confidence … our strength is that we have never been so united and played with so much spirit as we are doing at the moment,” Javed Miandad, Pakistan’s coach, admitted. “We are going to face a very tough series against them. It’s going to be an emotionally charged series because of the little cricket we have had against each other in the recent years.”Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s captain, was a little more upbeat, while acknowledging that it would be tough. “We are ready for the series. Our young team played well in New Zealand and with a superior bowling attack we think we can stop the Indian batting which has been performing very well in Australia.”We will rely on our pacers and with Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami we have two match winners,” he continued, while dismissing reports that he had fallen out with Shoaib in New Zealand. “We lost the one-day series and that allowed baseless rumours to float and once we start winning, all this will die down.”Some local newspapers have been calling for changes to the side following the heavy defeat in the one-day series, but Inzamam said that the same side was more than capable of beating India. “It needs no changes,” he insisted. “It has been shaping up well since we won a Test series against South Africa last year.”

As a batsman, it’s never advisable to have a predilection for one stroke.The fielding team will set the trap, the bowler will produce the bait andthe batsman’s eyes will light up only to be dismissed.Pavlov’s Dog never had it this bad.There have been celebrated cases such as current Australian selector, AndrewHilditch who was known as the ‘Happy Hooker’ because of his indulgence forthe notorious stroke which often caused his downfall.If the fielding side does their homework they can turn the oppositionbatsman’s strengths into weaknesses. Stephen Fleming displayed that lastyear with much success against the Australians when he had a different fieldfor every batsman.So what about Nasser Hussain and the sweep? It seems as though this is theonly shot he can play when he is facing the spinners.In the first VB Series game against Australia at the SCG, Hussain was doinghis best to allow the sweep to get him out; either via lbw, bowled, topedging one or being caught on the fence.It is a low percentage shot for just one run. With there being only four men inthe circle, singles are on offer everywhere. He would be better advised topush through the vacant mid-on, mid-off area for the easiest of singles thantrying to be too clever by half.Hussain scored 52 from 81 balls. Against Shane Warne he scored 13 runs from 23balls. From Darren Lehmann, 11 runs from 29 balls. The spinners had him boggeddown, or rather is it that he had himself bogged down?Against the bowling of Warne and Lehmann, his highest single scoring shotoff either was two runs, which he managed once off each.Fifteen times he played the sweep for a return of five singles. He playedthe dreaded reverse sweep three times to Lehmann. He did not score a runfrom the stroke and twice had to survive vociferous appeals for lbw.The sweep is an interesting stroke. Many a batsman has had a fondness forit and it has been the downfall of as many.Jonty Rhodes utilised it to geat effect in 1994 at the SCG when it was theone and only plan he could muster to escape the clutches of Shane Warne.Steve Waugh has his ‘slog-sweep’, but the major difference between the shothe is employing and the one Hussain is doing, is that Waugh is hitting theball in front of square. By not having to turn his wrists with the stroke,he is able to gain maximum power and uses the shot for scoring boundariesand sixes.Hussain is scoring singles with the shot. Is it worth getting out for onerun?Then there is the reverse sweep……..Australian cricket has never looked kindly on the shot because basically itshould never be played. It is one of the lowest percentage strokes thereis, with the batsman able to get out in far more many ways then he can scoreruns from the shot.It was the shot which caused Mike Gatting’s infamous demise in the 1987World Cup final and a day doesn’t go by when he is not reminded of this.There is no way John Buchanan, Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne and theAustralian cricket brains trust are unaware of Hussain’s love of the shot.Warne and Lehmann will be bowling many balls to be swept and it will be upto Hussain to play the shot without getting out or devise an alternate wayof run scoring.If the batsman are going to improvise against spinners, it should be withtheir feet and not with the bat. Use of their feet allows them to turn theball into the type of delivery they wish to face. This also createsuncertainty in the mind of the bowler because they are now unsure as towhich length to bowl.Time will tell if Hussain is one of those who can “resist everything buttemptation”.

Somerset coach Kevin Shine confirmed that it was likely that he would take a squad of 12 to The Oval on Wednesday for the four day CricInfo Championship match against Surrey.The final selection would be down to Jamie Cox the captain, and would depend upon the fitness tests that Richard Johnson is undergoing over the next two days.It was likely to be a “different” selection from the Leicestershire game and the final team on the day could depend upon whether a new or used pitch was used for the match.Despite missing Saqlain Mushtaq and their England players Surrey are still able to field a strong side and will provide a stern test for the Cidermen.