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Finally an Argentine selection was defeated at the South American cricket championships. Chile pulled off a resounding 96 run victory over Argentina A at Longchamps, and thus break a winning streak maintained by the full Argentine side at the first three tournaments and by the A side at the last championship.And it was a fully deserved and comprehensive victory. Chile batted first and compiled a daunting 249 for 3 in their allotted 40 overs. Opener Paul Hollis continued his blazing form with an undefeated 114 to follow his unbeaten double century of the previous day, with solid support from Simon Shalders (58).In reply, Argentina A were bundled out for 153 in only 26,3 overs. Player-coach Grant Dugmore top-scored with 50, with other contributions coming from Sunyog Chauhan (31) and Alejandro Ferguson (28). Overall a sustained Chilean seam attack proved too accurate and consistent for the Argentine batsmen, with Jason Anglin providing the bulk of the damage with 7 for 32 off 7 overs.In the other match of the day played at Pinazo, Brazil were too strong for a valiant Andean Masters combination. Brazil made 250 for 5 in their 40 overs, and then restricted the Masters to 206 for 8 to win by 44 runs.The final day of the round-robin league sees Chile take on Brazil at Belgrano, while Argentina A host the Andean Masters at Pinazo. Wins for Chile and Argentina A will see them through to the final on Sunday, but if Brazil should beat Chile, the three teams will have equal points, and the finalists will be decided by nett run-rate.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) remained an anxious bystander yesterday as the game’s latest conflict simmered on the other side of the world.Along with the other nine full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the WICB will receive US$8.85 million (approximately BDS$17.7 million) for participating in next month’s Champions’ Trophy in Sri Lanka and next year’s World Cup in South Africa, not taking into account prize money of more than US$6 million.But both tournaments have been thrown into turmoil by a stand-off between the ICC and the players over sponsorship in which India and Australia are the teams most affected.No West Indians have individual endorsements that clash with those of the ICC. But the 14 named in the squad have been told by the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) to follow the Federation of International Cricketers Associations (FICA) line on a matter of principle and in the interest of unity.Like all ICC members, the WICB is required to sign the Participating Nations Agreement (PNA) under which it is committed to sending its best team to both tournaments.If its leading players absent themselves, it is likely to be heavily fined by the ICC, losing money that it cannot afford at a time when it has lost US$15 million over the last three years."The world of cricket is engulfed in an unprecedented crisis," the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement in Bangalore yesterday after its players refused to sign their contracts.The ICC is adamant that players relinquish personal sponsorships that conflict with its own official partners, covered by a US$550 million, seven-year deal for commercial rights it signed with Global Cricket Corporation (GCC) two years ago.But the Indian team, presently on tour of England, issued a statement on Monday night stating their reasons for rejecting the ICC contract."We are not boycotting the ICC, but the ICC is boycotting us," it charged.Acting on FICA advice, players from Australia, South Africa and the West Indies have also declined the contracts. Other participants – Bangladesh, England, Holland, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Zimbabwe – reportedly have had no problems with the contracts.The Indian board yesterday confirmed it would participate in the Champions Trophy, scheduled from September 12 to 29, even if it meant sending a weakened team. It revealed it had instructed its selectors to name 20 "probables" if it came to that."The board also believes that efforts to sort out problems should be through a process of consultation," it said in a media release. "With this view, the board had several rounds of discussions with the players to get out of the impasse over the last few days".ICC chief executive arrived in India yesterday and is expected to discuss the issue with the BCCI today.Neither India nor Australia has yet announced their teams for the tournament, in spite of the ICC’s August 12 deadline.Ironically, the WICB applied for an extension of the deadline to allow its selectors to assess form in the current Red Stripe Bowl, but was refused. It named its squad of 14 a week ago.

The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) has named a fourteen-mansquad for the first cricket matches of the season to be held at AdelaideOval.The squad, for both the first Pura Cup and ING Cup matches, sees newcomersMark Higgs and John Davison named in the line-up, with Greg Blewett ascaptain.Completing the squad are Nathan Adcock, Chris Davies, Shane Deitz, DavidFitzgerald, Ryan Harris, Mark Harrity, Ben Johnson, Graham Manou, MichaelMiller, Paul Rofe and Michael Smith.The fourteen-man squad will be narrowed to twelve, subject to matchconditions.SACA’s Cricket Operations Manager, Mr Harvey Jolly, said the squad is thestrongest in South Australia for some time and is confident the team willopen the season on a positive note.”The State squad has had an excellent pre-season, with many of the playersgetting in valuable practice during Grade games last weekend. The playersare looking fit and sharp, and we are confident of a positive start to thenew season.”The first Pura Cup match, against the Victorian Bushrangers, runs fromTuesday, October 15 to October 18, with the ING Cup match, also against theBushrangers, on Saturday, October 19.The Pura Cup games starts at 10.30am, with gates opening at 9.30am, ticketsare $6 for adults and $2 for children.The ING Cup match is a day game, with play starting at 9.30am and gatesopening at 8.30am. Tickets are $8 for adults and $2 for children.Tickets can be purchased at the gates.

John Bracewell, the New Zealand coach, has confirmed that he has held talks with Gloucestershire about possibly returning for next season.Bracewell enjoyed a successful period as coach of Gloucestershire at the turn of the century, inspiring them to a clutch of one-day trophies before New Zealand lured him back in 2003. At the start of their tour of England this summer, Bracewell hinted that a return to Gloucestershire was not out of the question, and it now seems certain that a return to Bristol is on the cards”Myself and Tom [Richardson], Gloucestershire’s chief executive] are in discussions at the moment,” Bracewell told PA Sport. “There are several options available in world cricket at the moment within the ICL and IPL and you don’t know where Twenty20 is going to be within the next nine months.”But Gloucestershire is a positive option because I enjoyed the environment of it so much. It is one option and it is a good one. I didn’t say it is the only option but it is one of several and, at this stage, it’s a leader.”I’m in contact with Tom a lot and he is fully aware of where I’m at and we are fully communicating.”With New Zealand losing two series in succession against England, the call for Bracewell’s head has become louder with every loss that they suffer. Gloucestershire, he says, gives coaches the chance to “develop guys over a period of time and see them grow.””The difference between that and international cricket is that you never get the same sort of chance,” he said. “You get them off the field, you patch them up and you’ve got to get them back into battle. All the coaching you are doing is about ‘what can I do today to get you over today?'”The thing I really loved about cricket over here is that you actually had quality time to be able to coach and develop guys through coaching itself as opposed to just patching things up and getting guys back on the field. That is international as opposed to domestic cricket.”There is no possibility of staying on with New Zealand. You just get worn out by the other stuff other than coaching.”The people themselves and the players are great. But you just can’t get a piece of them all the time so it makes it hard.”

Lincolnshire won the toss & batted. Jason Harrison & Richard Howitt made asolid start before the first wicket fell at 39, Harrison trying to pull wascaught by Amin off the bowling of Stanway for 19.Howitt was joined by Dobson & a partnership of 148 saw Lincolnshire in a dominating position when Dobson was run out for a fine 87. Wickets continued to fall until Howitt was joined by skipper Mark Fell producing a partnership of 90 runs with Fell scoring 62 off 40 balls.Lincolnshire declared in the 97th over with the score on 373 for 7 withHowitt undefeated on 153.Buckinghamshire had ten overs to face & lost 2 early wicket before raininterrupted procedures with 3 overs remaining in the day leaving Bucks on 8for 2 wickets.

The Benson and Hedges quarter final defeat at the hands of Yorkshire was a "massive disappointment to all of the players" Somerset coach Kevin Shine said. "With no cricket for the next few days the players have got time off to go away and relax." He went on: "over the next few weeks Somerset have a huge schedule of matches, all of which are away from Taunton."During June Somerset play four vitally important County Championship matches and four National League matches. If the Cidermen are to retain their high-flying position at the top of the CricInfo Championship they will be hoping to gain substantial points from the match at Leicester starting on May 30th, whilst they will be looking to kick start their Norwich Union challenge by gaining revenge for the defeat they suffered at the hands of Kent when the travel to Tunbridge Wells on June 3rd.”It’s most important that the players put their disappointment aside and focus on the next series of matches. It’s crucial that we get back to our winning ways" said Kevin. "The return to fitness of Matt Bulbeck and Richard Johnson are huge plusses for the team, and will enable us to choose from almost our full strength squad. We will be looking to put out our best side for each game. Richard Johnson is likely to have final tests before the Leicester game on Wednesday and if he comes through then he will play. If not he will wait another game, he’s too valuable to risk."Regarding Matt Bulbeck he said: "Matt is a first class bowler and we should be getting him playing first class cricket. He’s performed well for the Seconds and in the Academy games but he’s a first team player. He’s fit for selection and has the quality that we would like to add to the attack. Now it’s up to Jamie."Two other players who are also back in contention for the team on Wednesday are teenager Peter Trego and Mark Lathwell who both performed well in the 4 day Championship match against Kent. "Both Trego and Lathwell will be in the "shake up" for the Leicester game," the coach added.Meanwhile after a few days of reflection, during which time he had spoken to Captain Jamie Cox, Coach Kevin Shine and Chairman of Cricket Vic Marks, Chief Executive Peter Anderson said: "Once again in front of a full house at Taunton we gave an uninspired performance. Did we play poorly or did Yorkshire play brilliantly? The truth lies somewhere between the two."He went on: "For Yorkshire Michael Vaughan and Darren Lehmann were brilliant, whilst collectively and individually nobody from Somerset stood up to be counted when it mattered. All we can do now is to continue to prepare in the way that we have done, which is professional."Were there going to be any changes? "Both the captain and the coach are reassessing their selection policy and the way we line up the batting side,"he said.He pointed out however: "All is not lost. It must be remembered that we finished top of our Bensons group, and this year qualified for the quarter final stages whereas last year we didn’t even qualify, and we are currently top of the County Championship table."Mr Anderson concluded: "Unfortunately we haven’t performed well at home, which is disappointing. I have every sympathy with our loyal home supporters who have not seen Somerset at their best this season."Meanwhile, after reading and reflecting upon the recently-published Condon Report into corruption in cricket, Peter Anderson made the following comments."As Lord Condon says in his report he hasn’t got any powers to investigate offences that have taken place in any other country. All he can do is liaise with them and try to assess how widespread the process is in that particular country. His report shows that in each and every country allegations have been made about the influence of bookmakers trying to fix cricket matches. The conclusions in the Condon report contain common sense interim measures aimed at helping cricket todeal with the situation.”There is no escaping the responsibility of those who play international cricket. They only have one question to ask themselves , "Am I bent or not?” It’s that simple. What people have to do is to stop thinking of being "Jack the Lad" and that I’m only committing a disciplinary offence. What they are involved in is a crime, a conspiracy to cheat, with cheat being the operative word.I’ve been at Somerset since 1989 and as far as domestic English cricket is concerned I haven’t seen any sign of this either on or off the field, or any disproportionate wealth to suggest that bookmakers are having an undue influence on the game."

The United Cricket Board of South Africa received yesterday (Friday 19 April2002) a report from Michael Kuper, SC, on a disciplinary hearing which hechaired on 10 April 2002 to hear a charge of misconduct against EasternProvince Cricket Board board member Rajan Moodaley.Mr Moodalay has been found guilty of contravening clauses 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 ofthe Rules and Code of Conduct of the United Cricket Board of South Africa.Those clauses state:”PARTICIPANTS shall not engage in -1.5.1 Acts of misconduct, or unruly behaviour or commitany criminal offence whilst participating in or about to or havingparticipated in a REGULATED MATCH and whilst within the precincts of theground at which the REGULATED MATCH is played, or1.5.2 Unbecoming or detrimental conduct which could bringthem, the BOARD or the game of cricket into disrepute.”The charges arose from a claim by Mr Moodaley, who is the chairman of theEastern Province Scorers Association, for a fee for acting as a scorer inthe One-Day International at St George’s Park on 17 October 2001 and as amedia scorer for the 2nd Test match between India and South Africa at StGeorge’s Park from 16-20 November 2001. Mr Moodaley was paid an amount ofR4 800.00 by the South African Cricket Scorers Association (SACSA) inrespect of emails received from Mr Moodaley in which he set out the list ofscorers who had officiated in the respective matches for the purpose ofobtaining payment for those scorers. In those emails, Mr Moodaley hadincluded himself as a scorer, although this was subsequently found not to bethe case as he had not officiated as a scorer at either match.Mr Moodaley was found guilty of contravening both clauses of the Code ofConduct.”This conduct is a serious lapse in the integrity of a person occupying avery senior position in cricket administration. It compromises the financialprobity of the UCB and puts the administration of cricket in a poor light.As such, it cannot be condoned and it is important that the UCB is seen totake a strong stand in cases like this,” said Mr Kuper in his report.Mr Moodaley has been disqualified from holding any office in cricketadministration including umpiring and scoring for a period of one year fromthe date of the report, after which time he may, if he wishes, apply forreinstatement to the Eastern Province Cricket Union, which will then decidein consultation with the UCB the terms and conditions which are to apply toany such reinstatement.In addition, Mr Moodaley is to repay SACSA the amount of R4 800.00 withinthree months, failing which the disqualification referred to above willendure for three years. (This does not prejudice the right of SACSA or theUCB to sue for the money if it is not paid.)Media EnquiriesBronwyn WilkinsonCommunications Director083-212-8255