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England batsman Marcus Trescothick may miss the rest of the season with a multiple fracture of his thumb. The Somerset opener had to leave the field during the Cheltenham & Gloucester quarter-final match against Worcestershire.Trescothick suffered the injury as he stopped a fierce cover drive fromGraeme Hick. Somerset physio Darren Veness confirmed the injury will keep him out for at least six to eight weeks, with a return for the ICC Champions Trophy in September his target.”You would have to say now you are looking at the rest of the domestic season,” Veness confirmed. “It is just not realistic to get him back before then. Our own specialist is monitoring it, and it is certainly starting to look as if it will not need surgery.”In that case they will try to keep everything intact under anaesthetic and then plaster-cast it. But obviously he is a contracted player (for England), and England may want someone else to have a look at the injury.”Trescothick immediately ran off clutching his hand after the injury, having saved a certain four. His team-mate Keith Dutch saw the impact at close quarters and said he knew instantly Trescothick was in trouble.”I could see as soon as it happened that it was bad,” Dutch said. “Straightaway when it hit him I could see his reaction. It bounced awkwardly on him, and he closed his hands a bit too quickly on it.”Given Trescothick’s magnificent form this summer (he scored a century in Saturday’s NatWest final against India) his injury is a huge blow to the England selectors. Mark Butcher, who is recovering from knee surgery but is expected to be available for next week’s first npower Test against India at Lord’s, would be the obvious candidate to open the innings in Trescothick’s place.John Crawley, who has featured in England Test squads this summer and remains in good form, might then fill the vacancy at number three.Trescothick’s Somerset team-mate, Andrew Caddick is also unlikely to play in the Lord’s Test after he was ruled out of today’s quarter-final. Caddick, who sustained a side strain during the third Test victory over Sri Lanka at Old Trafford last month, failed a fitness test this morning.The England squad for the first Test is announced tomorrow, but Somerset coach Kevin Shine doesn’t believe Caddick will make it.”He had a fitness test and didn’t come through it too well,” said Shine. “He still has a couple of weeks of rehab to do. There are four Tests left and maybe he can get in a couple at the end.”He had a bowl on Sunday, and it looks like the reaction took place on Sundaynight. By Monday it was not right. I would be amazed if he was fit for the first Test and I have spoken to Duncan Fletcher and told him the situation.”The thing with Caddy is that he is a quick healer. He is desperate to get back and play and he was desperately disappointed when this happened.”Rib injuries are always a dodgy area, and until you play your first game youare not going to know if it is right. You cannot afford to come back too early from a rib injury – if you do then you could be in real trouble.”

Central Zone trounced South Zone by an innings and 14 runs on the final dayof the final round of Duleep Trophy matches at the Bhausaheb BandodkarStadium in Goa on Sunday. The win helped Cental Zone clinch the runner-upspot behind North Zone, who were crowned champions with a round to spareafter racing away to 23 points. Central finished on 19 to edge West Zoneinto third place with 17. East Zone’s tally of 13 placed them fourth whileSouth Zone’s second successive defeat consigned them to bottom of the heapon a measly eight points.South began the fourth morning at 204/4, needing 205 more to make Centralbat again. Lefthanders Sridharan Sriram and Sunil Joshi extended theirfifth wicket stand to 54 before the latter was thrown out for 45. TheKarnataka allrounder who used the long handle effectively struck four foursand two sixes in a 43 ball knock. Two overs later seamer Jai Prakash Yadavtrapped Aashish Kapoor leg before for a fourth ball duck.Javagal Srinath contributed a brisk 30 to a 45 run seventh wicket stand withSriram before he handed leg spinner Narendra Hirwani his first wicket ofthe match. Hemang Badani who had dropped down the order because of a stiffneck strode to the crease at No.9 to join his Tamil Nadu colleague and theytook South through to lunch at 297/7 with Sriram undefeated on 131.Sriram’s marathon innings had spanned 7 hours and 51 minutes when mediumpacer Devendra Bundela dismissed him a second time in the match, for adisciplined 150 (329 balls, 20 fours). Their stand was worth 57 and Centralwere frustrated further by a pesky 55 run ninth wicket association betweenBadani and Venkatesh Prasad. It ended when Badani was caught off Hirwanitwo runs short of his fifty.Hirwani, who did not get a bowl in the first innings when South werehustled out for 141, polished off the match with his third wicket, havingPrasad stumped. It gave the busy wicketkeeper Rohit Jhalani his eighthdismissal of the match as South were terminated for 395. Hirwani finishedwith 3/115 and the off spinner Rahul Kanwat earned two scalps but leftarmerMurali Kartik went wicketless in 23 overs to round off a disappointingtourney for him.

The kid cricketers of this country are flourishing as the day’s progress. School level cricket tournaments are now prevalent nation wide and lots of prodigies are coming out who have all potentiality to be future stars and certainly they will one day. To run a tournament countrywide in a economically dilapidated country like us is a cumbersome tusk that deals with a huge sum of money.Only sponsors can pave the way and that is what Standard Chartered doing right now grown to be the patron of school cricket and Bangladesh Cricket Board is indebted to them. The number of participants is increasing every year and the eagerness to take part in this tournament is extraordinarily encouraging. So, Standard Chartered is playing it’s pivotal role to boost up the game and it’s partakers vividly.The 19th Standard Chartered Cricket Tournament had started with 903 participants all over Bangladesh. Most of the teams are from Rajshahi (226) and Dhaka (197), Khulna is following with 142, Barisal got 91 and Sylhet 57. Besides, Dhaka Metropolis was comprised of 107 schools; those played among themselves in the first round of the tournament.In the second round that started from 20th April had come up with 57 teams that crossed the impediments of the first round. These matches were played in different venues and the number of teams those pan out the success is 16. They are the final round contestants.The venue for the final round is Sylhet where the home team is a single one to take part in. Four teams are from Dhaka Metropolis who is regarded as the favorites- BKSP had already snatched the first round success defeating Scholastica in BNS ground.These sixteen schools are taking on in four groups. All the group champions are heading for a semifinal clash which will end in Sylhet stadium where the final match is going to be held on 16th May.The renowned Bank is very happy to become a part of the reason behind the progress of the country’s cricket. The amount of money they are now affording is 1.8 million which is more than double the amount they provided in 98-99 session.

KwaZulu-Natal drew first blood as the second match of the competition noteam wanted to be in, the Supersport Shield, got under way, scoring 303 allout after winning the toss.A huge six by number 10 Gary Gilder off left-armer Nicholas Mataboge in the97th over ensured the Dolphins would reach 300 before the mandatorydeclaration after 100 overs, a factor which was rendered academic when lastman in Jon Bastow was caught by Zander de Bruyn in the gully off the nextball, the first of Ottis Gibson’s 22nd over, giving the West Indian hissixth wicket.Gibson finished with six for 53, his best figures of a disappointing seasonfor the re-named Highveld Strikers, who have failed to live up to thebilling of their new team song, which refers to them as the “Extreme team”of South African cricket. The fact that they’re playing in the SupersportShield, the virtually meaningless competition for the only three provincialsides not to make the Super Eight phase of the Supersport Series, shows justhow wide of the mark that has been.By the close, having faced just two overs before bad light brought play to ahalt, the Strikers had progressed to one without loss, that run going toSven Koenig.The day was largely a tale of two men from the Caribbean, with 40-year-oldAntiguan Eldine Baptiste top-scoring for the visitors with 57 off 96 balls,including six fours, before becoming the fifth victim for Barbadian Gibson.Aside from Baptiste, who shared an 84-run eighth-wicket partnership withErrol Stewart, after the Dolphins had lost four wickets for 15 runs to be202 for seven, opener Mark Bruyns made 53, including 11 fours, and AhmedAmla made exactly 50, striking six boundaries.

New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder has been banned for six months after failing a drug test in March. He will be available to play again after October 19, once the retrospective penalty ends.Ryder underwent a routine drug test while playing a Ford Trophy match for Wellington on March 24. He tested positive for 1-Phenylbutan-2-amine (PBA) and N, alpha-diethyl-benzeneethanamine (DEBEA), which are banned in sports.Ryder was informed of the result on April 12 and attended a hearing before the New Zealand Sports Tribunal earlier this month, where the ban was handed down. The batsman will not contest the decision of the tribunal.According to the Tribunal, Ryder “‘may not during the period of ineligibility participate in any capacity in a competition or activity authorised or organised by New Zealand Cricket or a cricket club or other member organisation”.The mandatory punishment for a drug violation is a two-year ban, but Ryder was given a lighter sentence because he could establish that he did not use drugs to improve his performance. He was also able to attribute the source of the drugs to a dietary supplement that he was taking as part of a weight-loss programme.According to news reports, Ryder made some enquiries about the supplement on his own and decided to take it after concluding that it did not contain any banned substances. However, he did not contact Drug Free Sport, an anti-doping organisation, to check whether the product was on its list of banned substances. After he tested positive, he commissioned an independent forensic analysis, which confirmed the presence of the substances and traced them to the dietary supplement.In a statement released by the New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association, Ryder said: “I’m devastated by this situation. I’ve never taken drugs and to be in this situation distresses me greatly. I simply took the supplement alongside a training programme I was completing to help me lose weight. I have attended anti-doping education seminars during my time in cricket and am a strong supporter of Drug Free Sport New Zealand. I’m aware of the precautions you need to take; I did take steps to check the supplement but ultimately it was my responsibility and I accept that. Whilst everyone is aware of my well-documented battles with alcohol, it’s important for me to state that I abhor drug use of any kind, both recreational and performance-enhancing in sport.”Ryder, who has played 18 Tests and 39 ODIs for New Zealand so far, took a sabbatical from international cricket in 2012, choosing to focus on his fitness and domestic cricket. Earlier this year, Ryder was assaulted outside a bar in Christchurch and spent two days in a medically induced coma before making a recovery. In July, Ryder announced his decision to leave Wellington and represent Otago in the forthcoming domestic season.

Sri Lanka umpire Piyadasa Vidanagamage, who officiated in the country’s maiden Test win, over India at the P Sara Oval in 1985, died in England at the age of 79 on Saturday. Vidanagamage’s partner in that Test, Selliah Ponnadurai, had passed away on August 15.Vidanagamage was the first Sri Lankan umpire to officiate in a World Cup, when he stood in four games in the 1987 edition. Overall, Vidanagamage officiated in four Tests and 23 ODIs between 1982 and 1991 in an umpiring career spanning 30 years.A qualified physiotherapist, he was director of the physiotherapy section of Sri Lanka’s department of health and represented his employers in cricket as a left-hand bat and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He was also treasurer of the Association of Cricket Umpires Sri Lanka for a long period and a lecturer on the laws of cricket for the association.”One of the good qualities of Vida was that he never criticized a fellow umpire or an up and coming umpire,” said Saman Amarasinghe, a contemporary of Vidanagamage.”Vida was a straightforward person. He never bowed down to pressure from players or officials,” said MDDN Guneratne, another umpiring colleague.Vidanagamage decided to settle in England following his retirement from the health department in the early nineties.He is the third Sri Lanka Test umpire to pass away in the last three months, after Kandiah Francis, who died in June, and Ponnadurai.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsDavid Warner once again made the news for the wrong reasons•Getty Images

David Warner was again gaining attention for the wrong reasons as he found himself in yet another heated altercation, this time with South Africa A’s wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile. Warner got into a war of words with Tsolekile during the final day’s play, with the pair having to be separated by South Africa A’s Vaughn van Jaarsveld, and the umpires having to intervene.Warner, however, termed the incident “friendly banter” as he took to Twitter after the match: “Great to be back playing cricket, had lots of fun this week and a bit of friendly banter from the wicket keeper. Was very funny!!”With Australia currently embroiled in an Ashes series, Warner had been sent on Australia A’s tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe with a focus on gaining meaningful match practice for the longer format, as he was suspended from playing the warm-ups leading up to the first Test following his altercation with Joe Root during the Champions Trophy. Only two days ago, Warner had admitted he needed a “kick up the bum” after that incident.That was not the first time Warner had been in the news for the wrong reasons this summer. In May, he was involved in a heated Twitter exchange with Australian journalists Malcolm Conn and Robert Craddock, for which he later issued a public apology, and was subsequently fined AUD $5750 (US $5600) by Cricket Australia for his indiscretions.The game itself ended in the draw that always looked likely. Australia A began the fourth day’s play with a 28-run partnership between openers Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh. Once Marsh departed for 11, Alex Doolan came in, with the pair putting on 105 runs for the second wicket. Doolan was later dismissed leg before by Kyle Abbott for 38. Warner came in at No. 4 and, fresh from his 193 in the first innings, struck six boundaries before being caught behind, ironically, by Tsolekile off Beuran Hendricks for 33.Wickets fell at regular intervals for the Australians, but the efforts of Finch (88), Doolan, and Warner ensured they batted out enough time to hold on to a draw in the first unofficial Test between these sides. Both teams will have a three-day break before they resume battle in the second unofficial Test in Rustenburg on July 31.

James Anderson has praised Kevin Pietersen as “an extraordinary player” and a “vital” part of the England dressing room.At the height of the unrest in the England dressing room in 2012, Anderson was believed to be one of those opposed to the manner in which Pietersen conducted himself. While there was never any doubting Pietersen’s ability with the bat – he scored a century of rare class and skill in the Headingley Test before England dropped him – there had been persistent murmurs of discontent behind the scenes and the suggestion that the disruption he caused within the team compromised his worth as a batsman.But whatever issues there may have been, Anderson confirmed they have been consigned to the past and provided an unmitigated show of team unity as England head into the Investec Ashes series.”We’re definitely a better team for Kevin’s inclusion,” Anderson said. “He’s just an extraordinary player. There’s not really any down side at the minute.”We saw it this week in the match at Chelmsford. I know he only got 49, but it just seemed far too easy for him. He seemed in great form. An in-form Kevin Pietersen is vital to our team going forward.”We had a really good week at Essex. The dressing room was relaxed when it could be and switched on when it needed to be. On the field I thought we were very professional. But generally there is a really relaxed feel in the camp and real excitement of what is about to come.”Perhaps due to issues in the dressing room, England failed to do themselves justice in the key series against South Africa last year. That manifested itself, among other things, with some poor catching in the slips. They were errors which were severely punished by South Africa’s batsmen.While Anderson accepted that England had produced a disappointing display against South Africa and, more recently, in New Zealand, he hoped that such memories would spur them on to do better this year.”I don’t think we played as well as we could have done against South Africa,” Anderson said. “Actually, we didn’t play anywhere near to the level that we know we can. If you do that against the top team in the world then you’re going to struggle. And we struggled.”We’re aware of what that slip in form did to our standing in the rankings and that’s something we’re going to try and put right. We showed determination when we got there a couple of years ago, a lot of determination, hard work and a lot of skill and quality, and that’s what we’re trying to get back to is get our standards back up to where we know we can get them. And I think we’ve come a long way in doing that the last 12 months.”Slip catching has not really been an issue for us. We are generally pretty good there. It might just have been one of those series where we were not quite on the ball. We’ve tried to constantly improve. We had a great result in India and a good result at home against New Zealand, so we feel like we’re in good shape.”Anderson agreed that Michael Clarke, the Australia captain, was a daunting opponent, but suggested that Jonathan Trott, not Clarke, was currently the world’s leading batsman in Test cricket. Both men have scored two centuries and three half-centuries in their last 10 Test innings and both have Test averages in excess of 50. Clarke, however, scored successive double-centuries against South Africa in 2012, while Trott failed to register a century in England’s series against the same opposition.”Clarke is right up there among the best,” Anderson said. “He’s been in great form and scored lots of hundreds over the last year. But the best in the world? That’s a bit harsh on Jonathan Trott. I’d say Trotty is at the minute.”But Shane Watson is as good an opening batter as I’ve bowled at in international cricket and Chris Rogers is an extremely experienced cricketer. So we’ll have to try and figure out some plans to and execute them well. If we don’t play well there’s a very good chance we’ll lose.”Hundreds of local cricket clubs will #RISE for England by holding open days over the five Investec Ashes series weekends. Find out about your local club and their event at ecb.co.uk/clubopendays

BCCI president N Srinivasan has said that the board will treat the case against his son-in-law and top Chennai Super Kings official Gurunath Meiyappan, who was arrested on charges of cheating, forgery and fraud, “objectively and fairly”. Srinivasan also aggressively defended his decision not to resign his post, reiterating that he had no reason to quit as president because he had done nothing wrong.Gurunath, who was produced in a Mumbai court on Saturday afternoon, was charged under 12 sections of three laws – relating to cheating, criminal conspiracy and forgery, among other issues – and returned to police custody till May 29. The laws under which Gurunath was booked include Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, Sections 4 and 5 of the Gambling Act, and Sections 465, 466, 468, 471, 490, 420, 212, 120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.*Srinivasan was speaking from Mumbai, having left Madurai earlier in the day. “The law has to take its course. I am sure that he will defend himself adequately but that is not a reason for me to step down,” Srinivasan told NDTV. “I am sorry. I cannot be bulldozed and I will not allow the press or the others to railroad me. I have done nothing wrong.”Again as far as Mr Gurunath is concerned, whatever steps and action has to be taken, which has been taken in case of anybody else, the same would apply to him. There will be no discrimination or change.”The fact is the probe will be carried out. Whatever steps have to be taken, will be taken objectively and fairly. That you need not be worried about. You can be sure that BCCI will act with the same alacrity. You need not be concerned about that.”When asked if he was aware of the alleged activities for which Gurunath had been charged, Srinivasan distanced himself from the issue, saying he barely followed the IPL. “I had no knowledge. Everybody knows I hardly visit, I hardly watch a game. In fact, I do not go to the CSK games, I hardly watch the T20. All I can say is that I had no knowledge of anything, which also people will understand because I never went to the games.”With reports emerging that some officials within the BCCI are moving to oust him, Srinivasan said he still had a lot of support within the board. “A lot of BCCI members have already sent me messages of support and how they are with me.”*15.00GMT, May 25: This article has been updated after the details of the charges against Gurunath Meiyappan arrived

Viv Richards, the former West Indies captain who is also the Delhi Daredevils ambassador, has said it’s important to be confrontational in cricket against sledging and “bullying” tactics, but through performance.When faced with a situation where a player is “standing at the crease with guys swearing at you, telling you all sorts of things about your parenthood…if you’ve got good substance, your presence at the crease will be enough,” Richards was quoted as saying in . “You have got to think you are the man, having your chest and chin up and never taking a backward step. One has to try and exhibit what batsmanship is all about. When you score a hundred, it’s going to hurt a bowler more than anything else.”There are times you have to be confrontational. There are some bullies in cricket and nobody should be allowed to bully anyone. For me, if you confront me, I’ll finish the confrontation myself.”Richards praised Chris Gayle for his destructive batting, the most recent example being his unbeaten 175 against Pune Warriors, but said even Gayle “plays the bluff” sometimes when he builds an innings gradually. “Gayle realises that being destructive as he is, there is a need to dash all the time. Sometimes he takes his time to play his way in and makes up for it later. I am sure Gayle plays the bluff a few times.”While he’s there in the middle the fielders are sweating all the time, wondering when he is going to just go. I believe it’s like stopping at a traffic light – when it gets to green you have the chance to put the foot on the pedal.”Richards said he would always have a player like Virender Sehwag in his side. “They (players like Sehwag) may not get going all the time but when they do they can make up for all the losses.”There was no T20 cricket in Richards’ time but had he had a chance, he said, “In this format the best batsmen should play the most overs. I would have liked to open the batting, but would not take the first ball for sure. I like to take a look from the other end.”