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The BCCI has entered into negotiations with Nimbus Sport for the television production rights for cricket played in India until 2014. The period covers about 350 domestic matches and 60 international matches.Nimbus, which owns the India broadcast rights until 2014, is the current holder of the production rights. The board had invited bids between July 23 and July 30 on payment of Rs 5 lakhs (about US$10,800) for the bid document.All the bids were opened at the BCCI working committee meeting held in Mumbai today and Cricinfo has learned Nimbus submitted the lowest bid. Subsequently, the committee “authorised the BCCI president to negotiate the deal,” according to a broadcasting official with knowledge of the situation. The deal is expected to be completed in the next two or three days.At the meeting, the working committee also turned down a request from India’s Commonwealth Games Committee to be its lead sponsor. “The Committee expressed its inability to agree to the request of the Commonwealth Games to be the lead partner by donating Rs. 100 crores (about $22 million),” the board said in a press release.The Indian Olympic Association President, Suresh Kalmadi, had complained about the board’s decision to schedule Australia’s tour of India at the same time as the event, and asked for a donation to help ensure the Commonwealth Games would be a success. The BCCI has come to the aid of sporting federations in the past, most recently giving the All India Football Federation a two-year grant of Rs 25 crores (about $ 5.5. million) in 2009 to develop the sport in the country.In light of the resolution of the WADA anti-doping issue, the board voted to seek the appointment of Dr Vece Paes, a former Olympian and father of Indian tennis player Leander Paes, a 12-time doubles Grand Slam champion, to be its anti-doping officer. According to the release, the details of Paes’ appointment are still to be worked out.The Board also agreed to give the Mumbai Cricket Association and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association grants of Rs 20 crores (about $ 4.4 million) and Rs 25 crores (about $5.5. million) respectively for renovating stadiums, according to .

Tharanga Paranavitana made a compelling case to be given a permanent slot at the top of Sri Lanka’s batting order with his maiden Test century, which put Sri Lanka in a sterling position in Muttiah Muralitharan’s farewell Test in Galle. Tharanga was unbeaten on 110, leading Sri Lanka to 256 for 2, when rain brought an early end to the first day.”I have been scoring big hundreds in domestic cricket but have been unable to do so at international level,” Paranavitana said. “I am extremely happy to score my maiden Test century because I have made four Test fifties but was unable to convert them into hundreds.”Paranavitana credited his coach Trevor Bayliss and his team-mates for their contributions towards his achieving the century. “From the time I came into the Sri Lankan side, I have been receiving lot of advice from the team and I have benefited immensely from it. We are playing well together as a team and that is also rubbing off on the rest of the players.”With this performance, Parnavitana has more or less established an opening partnership with Tillakaratne Dilshan. Sri Lanka had struggled to find a replacement for Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Atapattu after Upul Tharanga failed to hold on to his spot.”I am confident that, with my game plan, I can go forward. I am happy that I scored my maiden Test hundred on home soil,” Paranavitana said. A normally cautious batsman, Paranavitana played positively during the first session, making use of the steady supply of loose deliveries.”There was nothing wrong with the Indian bowling, the wicket was in favour of the batsman except for the odd ball that turned,” he said. “If you do the right things in the middle getting runs is not difficult. On this wicket about 350-400 runs will be a safe score. But if there are continuous interruptions due to rain it will hamper our chances of winning, provided we get into a winning situation.”

Bermuda overcame Bahamas by 11 runs at the National Stadium in Hamilton to seal their place in the semi-final on June 6, when they will take on USA. Bermuda posted a competitive 148, courtesy important contributions from opener Chris Foggo (41) and Janeiro Tucker (46). Irving Romaine then struck some meaty blows at the death in a quickfire 28.In response, Bahamas looked in control for a good part of the chase and at 88 for 1 in the 13th over were the favourites. Opener Marc Taylor and Rohan Parkes were involved in a 61-run second-wicket stand but Bahamas suffered a collapse, losing five wickets for 31 runs, including Mario Ford who was out handling the ball. The lower order were kept quiet by the Bermuda bowlers, who restricted the opposition to 137.Argentina were trounced by Canada in at the St David’s Cricket Club in Bermuda. Three-wicket spells from Khurram Chohan and Sunil Dhaniram helped skittle out Argentina for just 66. Only three batsmen reached double-figures, with the top score of 15 from Grant Dugmore. Canada chased down the target with ease. Rizwan Cheema started things off in blistering fashion, striking three fours and two sixes in his seven-ball stay at the crease. Jimmy Hansra and Hiral Patel knocked off the remaining runs without much fuss.In their second game of the day, Canada emerged victors again, seeing off USA by seven wickets. Fast bowler Calvert Hooper bagged three wickets to help limit USA to 126. Captain Steve Massiah struck 35 but there wasn’t a great deal of support from the other end. Massiah rescued his team from a precarious situation at 67 for 6, taking them past three figures. But Canada were too strong, and despite the early loss of their openers, won with little difficulty. Zubin Surkari and Hiral Patel were involved in a 54-run stand for the third wicket, and Sunil Dhaniram finished things off by caning an unbeaten 25 off 13. Victory was achieved with 20 balls to spare. Canada will take on Cayman Islands in the second semi-final at St Georges on June 6.Bermuda suffered a scare in their chase of 122 against Cayman Islands, but overcame it to win by two wickets in a tense game off the penultimate ball. They had the trio of Steven Outerbridge, captain David Hemp and Janeiro Tucker to thank for getting them past the finish line. Outerbridge and Hemp chipped in with 32 and 33 respectively but got out in fairly quick time. It was Tucker who batted with a struggling tail to guide Bermuda within reach of their target in the last over. He contributed a run-a-ball 24, but was dismissed with two balls left and two runs still to get. No. 10 batsman Rodney Trott struck a boundary off the penultimate ball, however, to seal victory.A 54-run stand between Kevin Bazil and captain Saheed Mohamed had been the highlight of Cayman Islands’ innings, but Tucker’s resolve at the death for Bermuda trumped their effort.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
Hawk-eyeAshish Nehra ended with figures of 4 for 40 as Sri Lanka folded well short of the target•Associated Press

India’s under-fire seam attack came good when it mattered, setting up fourth win in seven tournament finals for MS Dhoni’s side, a statistic that makes a mockery of India’s abysmal record in finals. The conditions did support them as they were bowling under the lights in Dambulla, but it was a huge improvement from two nights ago: all three of Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra bowled tight lines, all three got movement both ways, extra bounce, and consequently wickets.Sri Lanka could have restricted India to about 30 fewer than the 268 had they fielded as well as they usually do and had they attacked a bit more. India could have got about 30 more had Dinesh Karthik, the best of the batsmen on the day, and Dhoni not gifted wickets to Thilina Kandamby’s erroneous part-time legbreaks. All that, however, ceased to matter by the time India’s three medium-pacers were done with their first spells, the collated figures of which read 19-2-61-5.Nehra proved to be the deadliest of three, repeatedly making the ball land on the seam, also regaining his special ability of getting swing with back-of-a-length deliveries. Two of his four wickets were Sri Lanka’s best batsmen, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara. The third was one of the smarter ones, Angelo Mathews.The man who is used to make impact, though, was removed by Praveen in the first over. Tillakaratne Dilshan took one sighter, and went after the next. It was a bouncer wide outside off stump, and the pull went only as far as mid-on. Zaheer and Praveen then worked hard for the next wicket, troubling the two left-hand batsmen, Sangakkara and Upul Tharanga, with consistent movement.The wicket eventually came through a forgettable choice from Tharanga. Earlier in the same over Zaheer had hit Sangakkara twice in the thigh area with sharp inward movement. Still Tharanga chose to leave one alone without even covering the stumps. The top of off was hit.Jayawardene and Sangakkara would have been relieved to see Zaheer (5-1-17-1) off, but it was short-lived. With his second ball, Nehra nearly got Jayawardene lbw, the ball swinging in. In his second over, he got extra bounce and away movement, getting that edge. At 49 for 3 in the 14th over, Sri Lanka were under extreme pressure. Which could perhaps explain Mathews’ loose shot two balls later, edging a short and wide delivery.Nehra’s swing continued and Sangakkara tried to do something with the only delivery that looked too short. It bounced too high and Sangakkara was gone in the 16th over, which made it three wickets for eight runs since Nehra’s introduction. Praveen played his part from the other end, bowling nine overs of steady away swing from left-hand batsmen for 29 runs.Nehra produced perhaps his best deliveries for Chamara Kapugedera, getting vicious swing from back of a length, hitting him repeatedly in the thigh-rib region. In his fifth over, Nehra provided some respite, giving Kandamby both width and the angle down the leg side.It was too late and too little for Kandamby, two of whose best innings have come in losing causes from desperate positions against India. That job of raising hope was left to Kapugedera and Nuwan Kulasekara, who added 35 in the batting Powerplay taken in the 36th over. It brought the defeat margin down to two figures, but couldn’t mask the one-sided nature of the contest.The first half of the match was more even, and it went this way and that. After Gautam Gambhir wasted a decent start and two lives behind the wicket with a lazy run-out, Karthik wrested the initiative through three punched boundaries in the eight over, bowled by Farveez Maharoof.Maharoof was to endure an ordinary day, being slow in the outfield, dropping a half chance from Karthik, and failing with the bat too. Along with Maharoof, Kandamby’s tardiness in the outfield hurt Sri Lanka bad. His drop of Gambhir may not have hurt them hugely, but his reluctance to dive and slowness in acting did.Kandamby made up though, with a nice juicy full toss and a long hop wide outside off. The first one somehow seduced Karthik into finding deep square leg’s lap, and the second got Dhoni to hit straight to point. That brought India down to 167 for 4 in the 33rd over, and Sri Lanka were one wicket away from the long Indian tail.Sangakkara, though, surprisingly chose his lucky part-timers over peppering Suresh Raina and Rohit with bouncers. When Lasith Malinga was eventually brought back in the 39th over, India were nearing 200. In his second over, Malinga showed why he should have been bowling as soon as Raina came out. Five awkwardly played short balls were followed by a deadly yorker that caught him on the crease.Having seen a lower-order collapse lose them the previous match, India were circumspect, Kulasekara was accurate, and only 55 came in the last 10 overs. In the final equation, though, that didn’t matter.

ScorecardLancashire did not make any attempt to chase down 336 from 85 overs on thefinal day of their County Championship Division One match against Essex,instead settling for a draw at Old Trafford.The home side had been offered the target by Mark Pettini when he declaredEssex’s second innings on 212 for 5 after Ryan ten Doeschate and MatthewWalker both completed half-centuries during the morning session.It was soon obvious from the way opening batsman Luke Sutton set about hisinnings that the Red Rose were happy with six points. Sutton finished with a painstaking 26 off 155 balls, his innings spanning just over three hours.Despite opening bowlers David Masters and Maurice Chambers bowling tightspells, Essex struggled to take wickets as they searched for victory on a deadtrack. Chris Wright had both Paul Horton and Steven Croft caught behind by JamesFoster within three balls in the 66th over but it was too little, too late.Horton top scored for Lancashire with 64 off 179 balls and his side had reached177 for 5 from 83.4 overs when the players shook hands on the draw. Essex, who travel to face Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on Saturday, took eight points from the fixture.Masters had given the visitors an early glimmer when he had Stephen Moorecaught behind by Foster for five in the ninth over of Lancashire’s chase. Sutton and Horton then shared a second-wicket partnership of 93 in 40 overs which effectively killed the contest.Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria was expected to be a major threat with theball but he only took one wicket for 49 runs from 33 overs. Ten Doeschate claimed Essex’s second wicket in the latter stages of the afternoon when Sutton edged behind to Foster.Lancashire’s reluctance to even attempt to chase down the runs was somewhatsurprising, given their coach Peter Moores had said after day three: “The waythe points are structured this year encourages sides to be aggressive with 16for a win.”Ashwell Prince hit three fours and a six in a brisk 29 before he was caught atshort leg by Billy Godleman off Kaneria and Wright’s double strike meant Essexhad taken three wickets in 10 balls.But Mark Chilton and Glen Chapple batted through to close for Lancashire, whoface Yorkshire at Headingley on Saturday. Simon Kerrigan had earlier claimed the only wicket to fall in Essex’s second innings when Ten Doeschate holed out to Croft at long off for 56 off 57 balls – his second half-century of the match. Essex added 57 runs from 9.4 overs with Walker finishing unbeaten on 53 off 108 balls.

Overview

Mahela Jayawardene will be the lynchpin of the Sri Lankan top order•AFP

Sri Lanka have experimented with their limited-overs combination over the past year, but the core of the squad remains the same as the one that Kumar Sangakkara nearly took to glory in his maiden captaincy assignment at the 2009 World Twenty20.Several promising allrounders have come along to back up the old guard, the most exciting of whom is Angelo Mathews, who has become a national regular in the shorter formats. Then there is the duo who impressed in the nearly forgotten ODI tri-series against India and Bangladesh early this year – offspinning allrounder Suraj Randiv, who Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss picked as his side’s best slow bowler in the tournament, and Thissara Perera, who showed his hitting skills and temperament during a stiff chase against India. The wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal also makes the squad on the basis of a strong showing in the domestic Twenty20 tournament, where he was the leading run-getter.Only a handful of Sri Lankan players were regulars for their IPL sides, which means most of the squad will be well-rested going into the Caribbean competition. They are grouped with a tough New Zealand side and a Zimbabwe outfit whose recent tour of the West Indies makes them one of the better-prepared teams in the tournament.

Twenty20 pedigree

Sri Lanka were virtually unstoppable in England during the previous World Twenty20, sweeping all before them to reach the finals unbeaten, but have had a rough time since, losing four of their past five matches. Like in the final against Pakistan last year, their top-order buckled in a winner-take-all Super Eights match against Australia in 2007, which led to their early elimination. Overall, they have a solid Twenty20 record, with a winning percentage only behind Pakistan and South Africa among the Test nations.

Strengths and weaknesses

The side is littered with match-winners, both with bat and ball. Their top three of Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene and Sangakkara match the best in the world, and their bowling is full of unorthodox and dangerous operators, including Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis. One worry is that the supporting players to this bunch are generally inexperienced and have yet to prove themselves in a pressure-cooker tournament like the World Twenty20. The other concern is that Sri Lanka’s fielding standards don’t match the benchmark set by the likes of Australia and South Africa.

Key men

Mahela Jayawardene has been confirmed as the opening partner to Tillakaratne Dilshan, who lit up the 2009 World Twenty20 with his inventive strokeplay. Dilshan is coming off a lukewarm spell with Delhi Daredevils, and captain Sangakkara didn’t hit the heights in either the IPL or the domestic Twenty20 competition. That increases the responsibility on Jayawardene, who showed during the second half of the IPL that classical shot-making doesn’t rule out scoring at Twenty20 pace.Lasith Malinga was among the best fast bowlers on display in the IPL: the unconventional action, the ability to bowl yorkers at will and a mix of slow bouncers and slow full tosses unnerved batsmen and was instrumental in taking Mumbai Indians to the top of the league. He hasn’t played for Sri Lanka this year, and will make his comeback at Providence, the scene of his finest moment – the unprecedented four-in-four against South Africa in the 2007 World Cup.

X-factor

In a Sri Lankan team where most of the big names are specialists, Angelo Mathews is multi-skilled, one of the reasons he was an automatic pick for Kolkata Knight Riders in every match this season, where Twenty20 specialists Brad Hodge struggled to hold down a place. He shot into prominence with an outstanding bit of fielding at last year’s World Twenty20, since when he has added steel to Sri Lanka’s lower middle order and capably filled in the fifth bowler’s slot.

Vital stats

• Sri Lanka still hold the record for highest total in a Twenty20 international, when they stacked up 260 on their way to pulverizing Kenya by 172 runs in 2007.
• Ajantha Mendis’ international career may be suffering from sophomore syndrome, but his Twenty20 figures still make for stunning reading: 25 wickets at the world-beating average of 9.76, economy-rate of 5.30, strike-rate of 11.0

Match facts

Wednesday, March 17
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Dirk Nannes v Sanath Jayasuriya promises to be a cracking contest (file photo)•Associated Press

Delhi and Mumbai have been India’s long-standing rival cities but not so in the IPL with their representative teams; Delhi Daredevils have beaten Mumbai Indians three times out of four. Delhi have hit form early in the tournament, equally with bat and ball, and will also have with them passionate support. Mumbai, though, won’t be without fans at the Feroz Shah Kotla, given their captain is the biggest star in international cricket. But their memories of facing Delhi are discouraging, with two defeats in 2009 that made in three in a row.Mumbai escaped with their hair on their necks against the most audacious of Twenty20 century from Yusuf Pathan at the Brabourne Stadium. Having gone past 200, thanks to two innings from their domestic players – after their richly experienced openers failed – Mumbai were pushed to the brink by Pathan’s bravado. Apart from Zaheer Khan and Lasith Malinga, their bowlers suffered and had it not been for a superb run-out and Malinga’s full-and-straight line, the result could have easily been different. Barring their two international fast bowlers, the bowling appears thin and the lower middle order equally shaky. They have their task cut out against a resourceful bowling attack, cannily led by Dirk Nannes.Delhi sit atop the IPL points table and are looking a good bet to go a long way forward. Their openers, Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag, have each hit match-winning fifties and the bowling has been good so far. Tillakaratne Dilshan has two ducks on the trot so he’s due an innings. Even the extended absence of Ashish Nehra with a rib injury has not deterred the assistant coach Eric Simons from putting faith in Delhi’s rich depth of reserves.Up against the most balance sided in the league, there’s just no margin for error. Mumbai, take note.

Team talk

Delhi will to be without Nehra, who Simons confirmed faces a two-week lay-off. That means Farveez Maharoof, who has been their most expensive bowler in two games, is likely to play unless Delhi opt for an extra batsman in David Warner and persist with the legspinner Sarabjit Ladda, who made his IPL debut on Monday. The sheer brute force Warner brings is just too tough to pass up for a third straight game.Mumbai have been monitoring JP Duminy’s progress as well as that of Harbhajan Singh, who hurt his leg while batting against Rajasthan Royals and did not bowl. Harbhajan appeared just fine in the nets and Duminy is expected to come back into the team, so it may be a quick return to the bench for Ryan McLaren. Mumbai showed a degree of flexibility by promoting Aditya Tare to No. 3, with decent success, so a few more Indian players could also perform floating roles. The West Indians Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard are due to arrive in India late tonight and the management will decide whether both will slot straight in to the playing XI. The left-arm spinner Ali Murtaza was caned during the first game, so he could be benched for Abhishek Nayar.

Previously…

The teams shared the spoils in 2008, with Mumbai winning their first encounter by 29 runs and Delhi hitting back with afive-wicket win. When they came up against each other in South Africa, Delhi beat Mumbai by seven wickets, and by four wickets.

In the spotlight

The pitch: The Feroz Shah Kotla is currently serving a 12-month ban from international cricket after the farce played out here last December, when an ODI between India and Sri Lanka was called off. The ban does not apply to domestic events and the IPL, but it is believed this game will not be played on the same strip that caused problems for the batsmen in December. In fact, it is believed that the pitch preferred by Gambhir is an adjacent one. The head curator Venkat Sundaram has played down talk of the pitch being a concern, and said it would be “rock hard”. Despite his words, there is bound to be plenty of buzz about the track at the Kotla.Sachin Tendulkar: The last time he played at the Kotla for Mumbai he managed just 18, but Tendulkar against Nannes is a contest to watch out for. Age seems to be no bar for this man and as he has showed during the past few months, Tendulkar can still make bowlers bow.Dirk Nannes against Sanath Jayasuriya: Nannes has been quite a handful against the left-handers, and his natural angle, into the left-handers, will give Jayasuriya no room to free his arms.

Prime numbers

England are facing the prospect of going into next week’s first Test against Bangladesh without a single one of the four fast bowlers who played a part in the recent 1-1 drawn series against South Africa, after the squad’s build-up to the final ODI at Chittagong began to resemble a scene from MASH.With James Anderson resting back at home after experiencing knee problems in South Africa, England confirmed on Thursday that Ryan Sidebottom will be joining him on the sidelines after failing to recover from a thigh strain. Meanwhile, there are serious concerns about Stuart Broad and Graham Onions, both of whom have been sent for MRI scans after sustaining injuries to their lower backs.The upshot is that England’s seam attack for the first Test at Chittagong in eight days’ time could be one of their least experienced since Andrew Flintoff and Matthew Hoggard led the line in India in 2001-02.Liam Plunkett, with nine Test caps (but none since 2007) is now the senior seamer still standing, with the promoted Tim Bresnan (two) coming next. Ajmal Shahzad and Middlesex’s Steven Finn, who will link up with the squad in the next couple of days, have yet to make their Test debuts.The situation forced England’s coach, Andy Flower, to mount a determined defence of the team’s training methods, which have led some former players – including members of the travelling media – to suggest that too much emphasis is being placed on physical fitness, and not enough on bowling fitness.”The pace in which the game is played is such that there is a lot ofstress put on bodies,” Flower told reporters at Chittagong. “I’ve heard some criticism of the amount of work the guys put in, but to play at the intensity required, people will continue to seek a constant peak in their physical shape.”I think the intensity at which the game is played ensures that,” he added. “We’re always trying to find the right balance between high intensity training and too much. But fast bowlers are going to get injured. And that’s the nature of their job.”

England’s injury woes

James Anderson – Rested from the tour after being troubled by a knee injury during the South Africa tour
Stuart Broad – Went down with a back injury during the second ODI and very doubtful for the rest of the trip
Ryan Sidebottom – Picked up a thigh injury in Dubai which he aggravated in the first one-dayer in Mirpur
Graham Onions – Arrived for the Test series with a back problem having not been part of the one-day squad

Prior to England’s arrival in Bangladesh, Flower had insisted that the squad would not be using the tour as a fitness “boot camp”, as Michael Vaughan’s men had done on their last visit to the country in 2003-04. He also said that, under the supervision of their new physiologist, Huw Bevan, the players were arguably as fit as any group of players in recent memory.But that does not square with the glut of injuries to which the squad has succumbed, and while it is still possible that Broad and Onions will recover sufficiently to play a part in the Test series, Sidebottom’s tour is confirmed to be over. At the age of 32, and following a string of setbacks that limited him to a solitary Test and nine ODIs in the past 12 months, it’s questionable whether he will be risked in an England squad again.For now, however, Flower is retaining faith in a bowler who carried England’s attack through a difficult 2007-08 season which ended with him being named as their Player of the Year. “As long as Ryan’s bowling well enough he’ll definitely get a chance,” said Flower. “I don’t know if that can be seen or not, but he’s put a lot of hard work into his physical fitness.””Unfortunately he has not been able to sustain fitness for very long – he’s a fast bowler in his early 30s so he is going to pick up more niggles. But he’s still a quality bowler and we will assess his condition as we go along.”In the short term, however, the bulk of England’s concern centres on Stuart Broad, whose allround abilities have made him an integral part of their plans in all three formats. His mobility was visibly restricted as he arrived in Chittagong with the squad on Wednesday evening, a situation that had not been helped by a four-hour delay en route, and Flower was braced for bad news when the results of his back scan return.”Broady’s really struggling,” said Flower. “He’s done something to the facet joint in his lower back. He and Onions have been playing successful Test cricket for a while now so they will be losses. But if they get injured there’s nothing you can do about it and it’s an opportunity for someone else.That someone could yet be Finn who, like Shahzad, caught the coach’s eye during a training session in Pretoria before Christmas, when the High Performance Programme trained alongside the senior squad. With his 6’7″ frame, Finn’s lanky frame would ensure unsettling bounce even on Bangladesh’s unresponsive surfaces, as Steve Harmison demonstrated with nine wickets at Dhaka on England’s last tour.”I’ve only seen Steven Finn twice,” said Flower. “Once in the nets in Pretoria and then when the Lions played against England in Abu Dhabi. I thought he bowled really well there too. He’s got natural pace and height, but I’ve only seen him on those two occasions so it will be interesting to see him close-up.”

David Warner and Steven Smith are two of Australia’s brightest international hopes but they are being sent back to school this winter by the national selectors. Warner and Smith, who are both in the Twenty20 side, have been named as part-time scholars for the 2010 Centre of Excellence intake in Brisbane.Warner, who was sent home from the Academy in 2007, has played seven ODIs and 13 Twenty20s while Smith made his debuts in both formats this summer. Jason Krejza, the two-Test offspinner, Moises Henriques and Jon Holland are other players who have been chosen in Australian squads to be included in the 11-man part-time unit. They will spend four weeks in Brisbane and be available for the Academy’s matches.The 14 full scholars include a group of fast bowlers who have already made marks with their states and John Hastings, the impressive Victoria allrounder. Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson, Luke Feldman and Ben Cutting have caused trouble on the domestic scene this summer while the batsman Luke Pomersbach’s rehabilitation from a drink-driving incident continues after he was given a spot.”I’m excited about this group, which has a good mix of under-19 young guns and experienced players with first-class experience,” the head coach Greg Chappell said. “The lists highlight the depth of talent in Australia and shows that the next generation of Australian cricket is in good hands.” The full scholars will complete an 18-week programme that includes the Emerging Players Tournament and a training camp in India.Centre of Excellence 2010 squad Nic Maddinson (NSW), Jason Floros (Qld), Luke Pomersbach (WA), Nicholas Buchanan (Qld), Mitchell Starc (NSW), James Pattinson (Vic), Nathan Coulter-Nile (WA), John Hastings (Vic), Luke Feldman (Qld), Ben Cutting (Qld), Nathan Brain (NSW), Glenn Maxwell (Vic), Ryan Carters (Vic), Ben Dunk (Qld).
Part-time scholars Usman Khawaja (NSW), Moises Henriques (NSW), David Warner (NSW), Steven Smith (NSW), Jason Krejza (Tas), Mitchell Marsh (WA), Josh Hazlewood (NSW), Jon Holland (Vic), Peter George (SA), James Faulkner (Tas), Alister McDermott (Qld).
Development scholars Alex Keath (Vic), Sean Abbott (NSW), Luke Doran (NSW), Adam Zampa (NSW).

Shane Watson and Doug Bollinger will return to Australia’s one-day side to take on West Indies after resting from the final two matches against Pakistan. Adam Voges has been left out of the 13-man squad for the first two games against West Indies, while Peter Siddle faces a long lay-off due to a back injury.The rest of the group is largely unchanged for the two matches in Melbourne on Sunday and Adelaide on Tuesday. The chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch said by choosing a similar squad the selectors were hoping Australia could carry on the form that helped them to a 5-0 series clean-sweep against Pakistan.”The squad performed extremely well against Pakistan and will look to continue this form against a very good West Indies one-day side,” Hilditch said. “Two changes have been made from Sunday’s match at the WACA, with Shane Watson and Doug Bollinger returning after having their workload managed for the final two matches against Pakistan.”Adam Voges is extremely unlucky to be omitted from the squad after having limited opportunities against Pakistan. However with the returning players and the need to get the right balance in the squad of 13, Adam has unfortunately missed out on this occasion.”James Hopes earned a place in the squad despite playing only the two dead-rubbers against Pakistan and missing selection for Friday’s Twenty20 at the MCG. Hopes knows that he is battling an in-form Watson for the allrounder’s spot in Australia’s 50-over team and that while Australia keep winning games with five bowling options, it won’t be easy for him to break into the side.”I wouldn’t expect to knock him [Watson] out of the one-day team,” Hopes told the . “I think my way into that team full-time again is to be playing in the team with him. I don’t think Pakistan gave us any reason to think that we needed a sixth bowling option at all, they didn’t play that well.”If the West Indies put up a good show well maybe there could be some thought to having another option because it does limit your options if you’ve only got five bowlers. If one or two of them get hit around you haven’t got the sixth one to call on.”Australia squad Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, James Hopes, Brad Haddin (wk), Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris, Nathan Hauritz, Clint McKay, Doug Bollinger.