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Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsKeron Cottoy bowled 13 dot balls and took four wickets•Caribbean Premier League

Guyana Amazon Warriors captain Denesh Ramdin steered his side to a slender three-wicket win after legspinner Keron Cottoy rocked their middle order in the chase of 112. After Sunil Narine’s 3 for 6 restricted St Lucia Zouks to 111 for 7, Warriors were reduced from 59 for 1 to 87 for 8 before Ramdin’s unbeaten 39 led Amazon Warriors to second place in the points table, one point behind Barbados Tridents.Amazon Warriors were given a strong start by Lendl Simmons and Ramdin after opener Assad Fudadin fell in the third over. Simmons and Ramdin put on 40 runs to bring the required run rate down to 4.41 but Cottoy struck twice in three balls in the ninth over, having Simmons caught at long-on for 31 and Brad Hodge caught and bowled for a duck. Amazon Warriors were dented further when Umar Akmal was adjudged lbw in Cottoy’s next over despite a very thick inside edge. Cottoy came back in the 13th over to knock over Christopher Barnwell’s off stump with a yorker to finish with 4 for 18 from four overs, his best T20 figures.Amazon Warriors made things worse by inflicting two run-outs on themselves. First David Wiese fell to a direct hit from mid-on, for a duck, and seven balls later Narine ran for an overthrow Ramdin did not want after the wicketkeeper failed to collect a throw from long leg. Ramdin, on 24, was now left with the tail to wipe off the remaining 25 runs in six overs. He found an able partner in Veerasammy Permaul who survived ten deliveries in their stand of 25. Ramdin eased their nerves with two consecutive fours in the beginning of the 17th over and Permaul later sealed their nervous win with a six over the wide long-on boundary, with two overs to spare.Earlier, Zouks were put in to bat and their flow of runs was stalled when Narine came on in the eighth over to dismiss Andre Fletcher and Delorn Johnson off consecutive balls. He also trapped Kevin Pietersen lbw for 24 in his next over. Only Henry Davids’ unbeaten 25 off 34 and Jerome Taylor’s run-a-ball 20 pushed their score past 100 after they were 63 for 5 in the 12th over, but it did not prove to be enough.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsAhmed Shehzad applauds Umar Akmal following his 40-ball 93•PSL

Umar Akmal bludgeoned the highest score of the Pakistan Super League, his 40-ball 93 guiding Lahore Qalandars to their first win of the season, against Quetta Gladiators in Dubai. The 63-run defeat was Quetta’s first of the tournament, after they had set the early pace with three consecutive wins.Not many could have seen Akmal’s blast coming when Lahore crawled to 62 for 1 in 10 overs. But with Cameron Delport providing the initial spark and Akmal the finishing punch, Lahore cruised to 194 for 3 at the end of 20 overs. The pair added 95 runs in only 42 balls, with Delport smoking a 55-ball 73, an innings that featured eight fours and three sixes. Although the carnage could have been cut short – Akmal survived a close lbw shout off the third ball he faced and Zulfiqar Babar was visibly distraught when it was given not out.Babar eventually trapped Delport lbw when the batsman attempted an extravagant reverse flick, but any hope Quetta had of drying up the runs were quickly dashed by Akmal, who treated himself to six fours and eight sixes, including 18 runs off the penultimate over, bowled by Umar Gul. Akmal could not reach his maiden T20 ton, but he made sure Quetta needed to score at nearly 10 an over right from the off. They could not.Lahore’s spinners took wickets at regular intervals and only Mohammad Nawaz (42) and Sarfraz Ahmed (31) offered any resistance. Once Sarfraz was dismissed in the 13th over, Quetta lost their next six wickets for 13 runs and folded for 131. Zafar Gohar was the pick of the bowlers, collecting 4 for 14, while Ajantha Mendis chipped in with 3 for 17.

Darren Lehmann will miss South Australia’s Pura Cup opener against Victoria next month after tearing a hamstring last week. Lehmann had only just started training following an off-season interrupted by surgery on his achilles tendon and a case of deep-vein thrombosis.He told the that at 37 it would be a challenge to make it through a 21st season of first-class cricket. “It is disappointing breaking down again but I guess it’s a case of finding the best way to manage my body,” Lehmann said.Nathan Adcock, the new captain of South Australia, will not be able to call on Lehmann for advice in their first Pura Cup game at Adelaide Oval starting on October 14. Lehmann has also confirmed he will be on the sidelines for the KFC Twenty20 competition in January, giving the Redbacks’ less experienced batsmen a chance to shine.”Twenty20 is probably a young man’s game now,” he said. “It will be good for some young guys to get some more opportunities.”

West Indies went into the DLF Cup final against Australia feeling good about their chances, but they should have known that Australia can get quite ruthless when the stakes get high. They have a history of thrashing opponents in finals, and West Indies themselves have been at the receiving end earlier: in the first final of the Carlton & United Series in 2001, West Indies were humbled by 134 runs, their biggest defeat against Australia in terms of runs. The 127-run defeat in the DLF Cup final slots in second place. (Click here for a list of Australia’s most convincing ODI wins against West Indies when batting first.)West Indies’ score of 113 was their third-lowest in all ODIs against Australia. Their lowest – 87 – came in a bizarre match during the Benson & Hedges World Series in 1992-93, after they had earlier dismissed Australia for 101.The West Indians put in a terrible display with the bat, but the worst of them all was Runako Morton, who played out 30 dot balls before being dismissed off the 31st. It was the slowest duck ever scored in one-day internationals, beating the earlier record which also belonged to a West Indian – Phil Simmons made one off 23 balls against New Zealand in Goa in 1994-95. The table below lists the eight longest ducks in ODIs, in terms of balls faced.

England have recalled Shaun Udal for the tour of Pakistan after a break of 10 years in his international career. Alex Loudon has also been selected for the Test leg of the tour after impressing for Warwickshire with his offspin, and the ability to bowl a ball which spins the other way. Liam Plunkett, the young Durham quick bowler, is included in the one-day squad but Darren Gough has been left out on his own request.All 12 players who featured during the Ashes series are unsurprisingly selected with James Anderson also travelling, although he has lost his central contract. Chris Tremlett, who was in the England squads for the first four Tests against Australia, is in both squads and Matt Prior is the reserve keeper ahead of Chris Read.Commenting on the selection the chairman of selectors, David Graveney, said: “In choosing our Test squad, the area that involved the most discussion was the choice of spin bowlers. Udal is an experienced spinner and based on his performances this summer, we felt he merited inclusion ahead of other candidates such as Gareth Batty, Richard Dawson and Graeme Swann.”Without wishing to be too blunt, regrettably their performances during the summer have probably been disappointing for them. Shaun, by far, is the performing bowler at the present time.”Loudon and Plunkett are two emerging players who have been included in the Test and one-day squads respectively. This is an excellent opportunity for them and we feel they will both benefit from working with Troy Cooley and learning more about the international environment.”Simon Jones has been included in both squads subject to fitness. He made an enormous contribution to our Ashes victory and we will continue to monitor his recovery from injury in close consultation with the medical team.”With regard to the wicket-keeping position, the selectors were aware of the credentials of Read, Prior and James Foster. Prior has been a part of the one-day squad before and we feel that he is the best candidate to understudy Geraint Jones on this tour.”Gough asked the selectors not to consider him for the one-day squad’s tour to Pakistan this winter. Darren would like to make clear that he has not decided to retire from one-day International cricket and the selectors fully understand his reasons for making himself unavailable to tour.”Darren Gough said: “I have played a lot of cricket over the last 12 months and I feel that a rest would be beneficial for me at this stage of my career. I have toured regularly with England over the past ten years and this decision will also give me an opportunity to spend more time with my children.”The Academy squad is a mixture of youngsters and established county players. Steven Davies, the Worcestershire wicketkeeper, and Mark Footitt, a left arm seamer from Nottinghamshire represent the youth while Owais Shah, Robert Key and Ed Joyce are rewarded for prolific domestic seasons. Read is offered the chance to keep his name in the frame while Plunkett will also spend time at the Academy.England squad Michael Vaughan (capt), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Steve Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Geraint Jones, Simon Jones, Alex Loudon, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Andrew Strauss, Chris Tremlett, Marcus Trescothick, Shaun Udal.England one-day squad Michael Vaughan (capt), James Anderson, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Steve Harmison, Geraint Jones, Simon Jones, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Liam Plunkett, Vikram Solanki, Andrew Strauss, Chris Tremlett, Marcus TrescothickNational Academy Squad Gareth Batty, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Rikki Clarke, Alastair Cook, James Dalrymple, Steven Davies, Mark Footitt, Ed Joyce, Robert Key, Sajid Mahmood, Liam Plunkett, Chris Read, Owais Shah, Tom Smith, Luke Wright, Mike Yardy

The wretched form of Herschelle Gibbs leaves South Africa facing a serious selection dilemma as they try to lift themselves out of a rut – a losing run that stretches back seven games – and keep alive their series hopes in Dambulla on Wednesday.Gibbs, a surefire selection for so long, is in danger of being axed, as Graeme Smith, South Africa’s frustrated captain, admitted after the team’s morning practice session on Tuesday. But Smith also hinted that Gibbs’s matchwinning qualities could save him from the guillotine for the time being.Gibbs’s problems started with an ankle injury, sustained in Pretoria before the tour. It kept him out of the first practice game and the first Test. Then, after he worked feverishly to regain his full fitness, his early-season rustiness was clinically exploited by Sri Lanka’s new-ball bowlers in the second Test.After failures in the first two matches of this one-day series, including a ghastly swipe that left his stumps splayed in the second game, he has a total of 11 runs from four visits to the crease. Two boundaries may be enough for him to regain his touch, but Martin van Jaarsveld, who scored some runs in the Tests, is waiting eagerly on the sidelines.”Herschelle is a world-class player and has been a proven matchwinner time and time again for South Africa,” Smith told reporters. “It is very difficult to leave out a man of his calibre, as we know he could go out any day and win the game in 30 overs. But it is something that has been up for consideration with the selectors.””We have options with a few guys that can bat in the top order,” added Smith, “and Martin [van Jaarsveld] is the likeliest to play if we leave Gibbs out.” But wholesale changes are unlikely: “I don’t expect too many changes though. We have been playing our best team and will give them one more go.”South Africa are drawing inspiration from their magnificent fightback against Pakistan last year, when they stormed back from a similarly dire position to win the series 3-2. However, this time South Africa are under pressure as their run of defeats starts to threaten the ten-match losing streak under Kepler Wessels in 1994.But Smith insists that his team are not lacking in confidence or commitment – they just need a bit of luck to spark a comeback. “We have fallen out of the winning habit and we have been a little tense in the crunch situations. We have spoken about the need to relax a little bit so that we can finish games off more ruthlessly.”Sri Lanka’s squad, in high spirits after the wedding of Nuwan Zoysa yesterday, trained in the afternoon. Although Tillakaratne Dilshan is suffering from a painful ankle, they will be picking from a full squad. Their only dilemma is the balance of the attack: two seamers or three? Farveez Maharoof and Rangana Herath are battling for the final place.

Kent v Middlesex, Canterbury
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Ed Smith scored a fine century as Kent took the first steps towards prising themselves off the foot of the first division, closing on a healthy 291 for 4 against Middlesex. Smith began slowly, and by the time rain prompted an early tea, he had eased to 48 not out. But he more than doubled that in the final session, adding 132 for the third wicket with Greg Blewett. Both men fell in the space of five balls shortly before the close, however, Smith being one of three wickets for the persevering Joe Dawes.Lancashire v Essex, Old Trafford
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James Anderson virtually guaranteed himself a place in next week’s first Test against Zimbabwe at Lord’s, by sandwiching his England captain, Nasser Hussain, in the middle of a hat-trick, as Essex stumbled to 97 for 7 before lunch. At 21, Anderson is the youngest player ever to take a hat-trick for Lancashire, and the first since Mike Watkinson in 1992. Peter Martin swept up the middle order, and it took a plucky 57 from James Foster, another man with half an eye on Lord’s next week, to carry Essex to the vaguely respectable total of 215. By the close however, Ian Sutcliffe has reached 50 not out in reply, and Lancashire were sitting pretty on 127 for 1, with Carl Hooper waiting in the wings after being cleared by the ECB to make his debut.Surrey v Leicestershire, The Oval
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Earlier this week, Darren Maddy and Brad Hodge took Loughborough UCCE to the cleaners with a brace of unbeaten double-centuries and a stand of 436. Today, they found the County Champions a rather tougher proposition, however, adding just six runs for the third wicket as Surrey took command at The Oval. Leicestershire were bundled out for 200 in 51.3 overs, although that was a considerable improvement on their earlier efforts – Azhar Mahmood took four of the first five wickets to fall, and it took a long-handled 65 from 58 balls from their captain Phil DeFreitas, to salvage the innings after Leicestershire had slumped to 70 for 7. DeFreitas then trapped Ian Ward early in Surrey’s reply, but Alec Stewart and Mark Ramprakash made a brace of unbeaten half-centuries to close on 182 for 2.Division TwoDurham v Worcestershire, Stockton
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Bad weather, and Worcestershire’s Stephen Peters, hampered Durham’s bid to leave the foot of the table, as play was restricted to just 44 overs at Stockton. Peters made a patient 62 before he fell lbw to Stephen Harmison, who conceded just two runs an over in his final chance to impress before the England team is announced on Saturday. Danny Law was the only other bowler to take a wicket – the prize scalp of Graeme Hick for 30 – as Anurag Singh had earlier run himself out for 16.Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Bristol
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Simon Katich fell four runs short of a well-deserved century, as Hampshire subjected Gloucestershire to a day of hard toil in the field – their stiffest competition yet in a runaway start to the season. John Crawley, Will Kendall and Nic Pothas all scored between 63 and 69 as Hampshire closed on 351 for 6. Gloucestershire’s wickets were shared around, with Jon Lewis and Ian Butler grabbing two apiece.Northamptonshire v Yorkshire, Northampton
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Michael Vaughan brought himself up to speed ahead of next week’s first Test with a timely 103, his first century of the season, but Northamptonshire’s spin pairing of Jason Brown and Monty Panesar took six wickets between them to keep Yorkshire within reach. Vaughan dominated a second-wicket stand of 142 with his captain Anthony McGrath (51), but Northants struck back with quick wickets in the middle order. An unbeaten half-century from Richard Dawson prevented a total collapse, however, as Yorkshire closed on 360 for 9.Somerset v Glamorgan, Taunton
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Nixon McLean found inspiration in West Indies’ exploits in Antigua, taking 5 for 43 as Glamorgan were bundled out for 200. Even Matthew Maynard couldn’t save them this time, although his 55-run partnership with Adrian Dale came after McLean had reduced Glamorgan to 15 for 3. Robert Croft propped up the tail with 46, but Somerset were in utter command by the close, after Marcus Trescothick’s blistering 70 from 74 balls. Peter Bowler had made a more sedate 51 not out, in a total of 161 for 1.Other matchWarwickshire v Cardiff UCCE, Abergavenny
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Warwickshire’s captain Michael Powell slapped the Cardiff students for a rapid 140, but Ian Bell missed the chance to remind the England selectors of his potential, as he was stumped for 21. Cardiff replied strongly to Warwickshire’s 367 for 4 dec, closing on 106 for 1.

Bangladesh were fearing bankruptcy after New Delhi said cricketingties between Pakistan and India will only resume after thenormalization of political relations between the two neighbors.The director of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Ashraf-ul-Haq,talking exclusively to Dawn, further said he would condemn India’swithdrawal from the Asian Test Championship during the Asian CricketCouncil (ACC) meeting at Lahore on Oct 20 and 21.”Bangladesh will go bankrupt if India continues to run away fromplaying Pakistan. Their decision to pull out from the competition hasbadly affected the budget of the BCB as the profits from thechampionship would have been invested on the development of the gamein Bangladesh,” he said.Ashraf believed that Pakistan and Sri Lanka might survive from thehuge financial setback.”We are the newest Test nation and need funds. We don’t have the moneyrequired to uplift the standard of the game. But if we don’t earnmoney, the sport will die. It would be a tragedy if a Test nation hasto face this fate,” Ashraf said.”The ACC can invest that money in Bangladesh but that would be immoraland unethical as that money is for countries like Singapore, Malaysia,Nepal and others.” he said.Ashraf said BCB had planned a tri-nation one-day series also involvingIndia and Pakistan in Dec and the eve of Pakistan’s two-Test tour toDhaka to cover up for the losses and generate some money throughsponsorships and television rights. But feared that that proposalmight not materialize under the present circumstances.Although India has confirmed to play in the competition but there is apossibility of it withdrawing once again and that too at last minute.Similarly, Pakistan’s position is also not clear.”I think Pakistan will be justified in not playing India in Bangladeshuntil India tours Pakistan. But Pakistan board has always been kindand helpful and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) understands what willhappen to us if money-generating continental events were not played,”he said, “I sincerely hope that Pakistan will show a big heart as theywere the ones who proposed us for Test status and supported all theway.”Ashraf said he would condemn India in the ACC meeting which followsthe eight-day ICC executive board’s meeting in October in Lahore. “Ican’t go there and say India did the right thing. Of course, I willcondemn India,” he said.However, he added the ACC was not in a position to penalize India.”How can the ACC penalize India at this stage? But it is a lesson foreveryone and hopefully there will be a clause to impose penalties on anation which defaults.”He suggested that the country defaulting should be fined 50% from theincome through title sponsorships and televisions rights. Just torecap, Pakistan will host the Asia Cup one-day tournament in Aug-Septin 2002. Besides the four Asian Test playing countries, two qualifierswill also participate.Ashraf disagreed that the game’s governing body could do anything toIndia. He said the Asian Test Championship had nothing to do with theICC as it was a continental tournament.

ScorecardMatt Coles picked up a six-wicket haul as Leicestershire crumbled for 159•Getty Images

A pitch almost as green as the outfield made Kent captain Sam Northeast’s decision to bowl first a simple one, and he would have been satisfied after his side bowled Leicestershire out for just 159 on day one of their Championship Division Two encounter at Grace Road.Leicestershire’s total could have been even fewer had the visitors held all their chances, particularly during a morning session throughout which the ball seamed and swung, but which ended with the home side on 109 for 4.Ned Eckersley was the only Leicestershire batsman to offer any defiance as he made 41 from 52 balls and, after the rest were skittled inside 52 overs thanks largely to Matt Coles’ six-wicket haul, Kent reached 44 for 2 in reply by the close.Three of the morning-session wickets fell to Coles, and first to be dismissed was Matt Boyce, who pushed hard at a rising delivery and was well held by Adam Ball at second slip, the ball flying quickly and at chest-height.However Angus Robson and Eckersley then added 58 for the second wicket, taking advantage of a series of wide or over-pitched deliveries, before Robson drove loosely at Coles and thin-edged a catch to wicketkeeper Sam Billings. Only one more run had been added when Greg Smith, returning to his former county on a month’s loan from Nottinghamshire, pushed forward at his first delivery and edged a comfortable catch off Calum Haggett to Coles at second slip.Darren Stevens dropped Eckersley off Haggett but Coles, having switched ends, bowled Eckersley with a pitched-up delivery as Leicestershire lost three wickets for just seven runs.They were seen through to lunch by Andrea Agathangelou and Aadil Ali, the latter a 20-year-old academy graduate making his first-class debut for the county. But Kent bowled with a lot more accuracy after the break, and picked up the last six wickets for 65 runs. Coles took three of them, ending with figures of 6 for 55 to take his season tally to 48.Agathangelou led the procession, edging an attempted cut at Stevens to Ball at first slip. Ali had applied himself with determination, going to 13 before edging a Stevens outswinger to Coles at second slip.Lewis Hill and Clint McKay miscued attacking shots off Coles’ bowling, which resulted in their giving off-side catches to Sam Northeast and Joe Denly respectively. Ben Raine was bowled by Coles and Ollie Freckingham top-edged an attempted hook off Haggett to leave Leicestershire all out for 159.To add to their woes, a heavy shower forced the umpires to call an early tea before their bowlers could look to put the Kent batsmen under immediate pressure in reply.When play did restart, only 14 overs were possible before the rain returned to end play. Kent lost the wickets of Denly, caught at bat and pad off Raine, and Daniel Bell-Drummond, leg-before on the back foot to a delivery from McKay that kept low.

Boyd Rankin has given Ireland a major boost ahead of next year’s World Twenty20, by officially giving up on his hopes of adding to his solitary Test cap with England and has instead pledged his allegiance once again to the country of his birth.Rankin, 31, met last week with Cricket Ireland to complete his return to the national team, for whom he made 82 international appearances between 2007 and 2012, including the last World Twenty20 in Bangladesh three years ago.In between whiles, he featured in seven ODIs and two T20Is for England in 2013-14, as well as his one-off Test appearance at Sydney in the final match of an ill-fated Ashes campaign. He claimed a solitary wicket in an injury-blighted performance and never looked likely to add to that tally.Instead, his future lies in his past, as Rankin follows the path taken by his Ireland team-mate, Ed Joyce, who qualified for England in time for the 2007 World Cup, but was back in Irish colours in India four years later, where he and Rankin both played in the famous victory over England at Bangalore.”I’m delighted to be returning to Irish cricket, where I was born and learned the game,” said Rankin. “I’ll always be grateful to England for the chance to play Test cricket, but with little opportunities in the last two years, I felt it was time to move on at this stage of my career.”There’s a real opportunity for Ireland to get Test status now, and that prospect was a real lure for me – I’d love to be part of history. Before that of course there’s a T20 World Cup in India – I’ve played in three before with Ireland and it’d be great to make it four.”I’ve also very happy memories of both the 2007 and 2011 50-over World Cups in the West Indies and India, and I’d like to make it a hat-trick of appearances in 2019 in England.”Rankin was approached for an Ireland recall earlier in the summer, but chose to wait until the make-up of this winter’s England tour parties was known. However, he was overlooked for both the senior squads and the England Lions trips to South Africa and the UAE, and will become officially available for Ireland on January 18, having played the last of his England matches, an ODI against Australia at Brisbane, on January 17, 2014.Cricket Ireland Performance Director Richard Holdsworth was delighted to have Rankin back in the Irish set-up. “It’s fantastic news for Irish cricket to have a bowler of his undoubted quality back in the fold.”We’ve had a number of retirements in recent times, losing quality and proven performers such as Trent Johnston and John Mooney. That has severely depleted our quick bowling stocks so to have Boyd returning gives everyone a tremendous boost.”His height and the extra bounce he generates makes him such a difficult proposition for opponents, and it gives skipper William Porterfield a fantastic extra option in his armoury.Rankin’s first assignment in Ireland’s colours will be an Intercontinental Cup fixture against Papua New Guinea in Townsville, Australia, from January 31-February 3. They are currently top of the table with a maximum 40 points from their wins against the UAE and Namibia.He can then expect to travel to India for the World Twenty20 in March and April, where Ireland have been drawn in Group A alongside The Netherlands, Oman and Bangladesh. If they win the group they will proceed to the Super Ten phase where they will face India, Pakistan, New Zealand and Australia.