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West Indies’ two-T20 series against New Zealand will mark the return of Kieron Pollard from injury. Sunil Narine will also be back in national colours and so will Samuel Badree

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Jul-20141:41

‘I am short of practice’ – Badree

The switch to T20 cricket brings a familiar look to West Indies. Their two-match series against New Zealand will mark Kieron Pollard’s return from a year-long injury break. Sunil Narine, who was sidelined from the Tests owing to IPL commitments, will take up national duty again. So will Samuel Badree, the no.1-ranked T20 bowler.All three players had been involved in the IPL, along with some of the New Zealand squad. Pollard had shared a dressing room with the big-hitting Corey Anderson at Mumbai Indians. Badree was a team-mate of the New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum at Chennai Super Kings and he believed the insights he had gained would come in handy.”Obviously Brendon McCullum is one of their key performers in this version,” Badree said. “I’ve been with him in the IPL at Chennai and I know him quite well. Kane Williamson seems to be in good form, I don’t know who the other opener will be. I don’t think they’ve brought specialist openers for these two games. So I’ll work with the analyst before the game and come up with my game plan.Kieron Pollard is expected to return after a year-long injury layoff•WICB”Always mentally ready for any challenge. Physically, some might say I’m a bit short on practice, given the weather conditions and the fact there’s no cricket on in Trinidad & Tobago, but that’s no excuse. I’ve been working in the nets and so on so like I said looking forward to two games against New Zealand.”West Indies had trialled an inexperienced team under a new captain during the three-Test series. Though there were some heartening individual performances, they lost the series 2-1. Most of the T20 squad is consistent with the one that turned out for the World Cup in March. Krishmar Santokie, the left-arm seamer, might make his first appearance on this tour. His assortment of slower balls and yorkers helped him play all of West Indies’ games at the World Cup and a couple of matches for Mumbai in the IPL as well.”Always be watchful of the batters. That’s my main thing,” Santokie said. “On occasions, it depends on the situation of the game, you might have to change things. I’ve been working on some more variations in the nets but nothing in particular.”Regardless of what kind of pitch you play on. Everywhere in the world, variation is the key and that’s what I bring to the team.”

Michael Klinger smashed a brilliant 61-ball century to lead Gloucestershire to a 48-run Friends Life t20 victory over Worcestershire at Bristol

30-Jun-2013
ScorecardMichael Klinger hit his first T20 hundred to set up a comfortable win for Gloucestershire•Getty ImagesMichael Klinger smashed a brilliant 61-ball century to lead Gloucestershire to a 48-run Friends Life t20 victory over Worcestershire at Bristol.The skipper cracked five sixes and nine fours in contributing 108 to the home side’s total of 184 for 5 after winning the toss, with the next highest score Alex Gidman’s 18. In reply Worcestershire could muster only 136 all out, Alexei Kervezee making 39 and Ben Cox 37 going in at No. 8. James Fuller, David Payne and Benny Howell all bowled tightly for Gloucestershire.Both teams went into the game on the back of defeats in their opening match but after a steady start opener Klinger paced his innings perfectly, accelerating to move from a half-century to his first Twenty20 ton in just 27 deliveries. His five sixes included three in the 17th over, sent down by Daryl Mitchell, which cost the Worcestershire captain 25 runs. The first was over extra cover and the next two straight into the flats being constructed at the Ashley Down Road End.Gidman provided the best support in a fifth-wicket stand of 65 from five overs but was felled by a beamer from Chris Russell, which hit him in the chest, in the 19th over and did not field later in the game. It was Russell’s second such delivery in the over so he was ordered out of the attack and it was completed by Gareth Andrew, who bowled Gidman with the first ball after the batsman received treatment.Worcestershire’s reply got off to a bad start when Moeen Ali drove a catch to cover off Fuller’s fourth ball of the innings and it was 4 for 2 when Thilan Samaraweera skied to slip off Dan Christian. At the end of the six overs of the Powerplay the visitors were becalmed on 35 for 2. The next over saw Mitchell caught at short fine-leg off Payne to make it 39 for three.Andre Russell launched left-arm spinner Tom Smith for two big sixes but perished leg before in the same over and at the halfway stage Worcestershire were 60 for 4, needing a further 125 off 10 overs. They never looked remotely capable of that and wickets continued to fall around Kervezee as Gloucestershire outplayed their opponents in all departments. Cox at least hit a couple of sixes in a defiant and impressive 24-ball effort.

English cricket must endure a multi-million pound drop in funding from Sport England as Olympic sports have been the big winners in the award of grants for the next four years.

David Hopps17-Dec-2012English cricket must endure a multi-million pound drop in funding from Sport England as Olympic sports, benefiting from the fervour of the London Olympics, have been the big winners in the award of grants for the next four years.ECB officials expressed “delight” at an outcome which still leaves cricket as the fifth largest recipient of funding, behind cycling, football, netball and athletics.But for all the relief in high places at Lord’s cricket has suffered from a sizeable shift in grant aid to Olympic sports as the feel-good factor of London 2012 brings a major change in the funding landscape.Cricket has been awarded £20m over four years – a drop of £15.2m – although the pill is sugared to a considerable degree by a further guaranteed £7.5m over three years made directly to the much-praised Chance to Shine programme, run by the Cricket Foundation, which seeks to regenerate cricket in state schools by fostering links with local clubs.Sport England’s priorities

Support the nationwide network of 5,500 clubs to keep more club cricketers in the game for longer.

To establish more flexible formats of the game. Short formats of the game such as Last Man Stands will achieve national coverage and will encourage those with busy lifestyles and former cricketers unable to give up valuable leisure time to return to the wicket.

Develop networks and partnerships to take cricket to new audiences including the desire to harness the inherent appeal of the game within South Asian Communities

Encourage more disabled people to take up the game through a targeted programme called Hit the Top.

Continue talent development in disability cricket. As a result of the priority, investment and energy ECB has given to the disability game in recent years England have become world leaders in disability cricket, both on and off the field.

Focus the women’s game on the supply of players with high potential into the elite academies and development programmes.

The scheme previously existed on an annual grant that would match its own fund raising pound for pound – equivalent to roughly £1.5m a year – but with charitable donations down 20% this year and one in six charities threatened by closure the grant offers much-needed stability.Sport England has awarded a total of £493m from 2013-17, a rise of 12.5 which bucks the trend of Government austerity measures intended to reduce the national debt, a largesse which will not find favour with non-sport lovers and which goes a long way to explaining the ECB’s relief.Phil Smith, Sport England’s director of sport, said: “Cricket has made good progress in the past 18 months and we are confident that it can build further momentum over the next four years. We are particularly interested in the progress made in women’s cricket and the initiatives which focus on disabled participation. The sport has acknowledged the need to do more to help the South Asian communities who have strong cultural links to cricket get involved and we look forward to seeing growth in this area.”The ECB, fearful of an even tighter settlement, has agreed to fund its own development of women’s and disability cricket, which has received praise from Sport England – but no funding.Jennie Price, chief executive of Sport England said: “It looks like quite a big drop, but the ECB have decided to invest their own money into their women’s and disability programmes and that is a good thing for a responsible governing body to do.”Nevertheless, the emphasis switches to those sports where Olympic medals. Sport England’s media release boasted that its investment would “keep the inspiration of London 2012 alive and help fulfil Lord Coe’s pledge that the Games would get more people – young and old, women and men – playing sport, a feat that no other host nation has ever managed to achieve.”The Minister for Sport, Hugh Robertson, proclaimed that the shift in funding would ensure “a lasting legacy” from the Olympics.The major winners in Sport England’s settlement are cycling, triathlon, netball and boxing, all of which gained rises of more than 25%, while rugby union, rugby league and tennis – which have been even more savagely hit – join cricket as other team sports which must plan on a tighter budget.The ECB can congratulate itself that its commitment to increasing grassroots involvement has prevented it from suffering the treatment meted out to tennis, which will lose millions in funding unless participation levels increase.Chance to Shine’s emphasis – as far as Sport England’s funding is concerned – will shift away from primary schools, where pupils have been most receptive, to secondary schools in a nationwide campaign to counter the drop-off in participation in sport particularly apparent among 14 to 16-yearolds.At least 60 per cent of the investment announced today will support young people aged between 14 and 25.The Cricket Foundation will deliver a cricket programme to more than 1,000 state schools through ECB’s network of 38 county cricket boards. Creating strong links between community sports clubs and schools is the central focus and the charity plans a three-pronged approach: establishing satellite clubs in schools, embedding competition within them and providing training opportunities for young people.Local cricket clubs will be invited to work closely with coaches, young people and teachers to set up a satellite cricket club on school sites. Pupils will be at the heart of decision making and shape how the school club is run. Activity at the club may range from extra-curricular coaching and forums to discuss club activity, to organising social events and ambassador visits.As well as helping more young players move into their local cricket club, the satellite clubs aim to teach life skills such as leadership, teamwork and co-operation.Competition is a key motivation for young people in secondary schools and the Cricket Foundation plans to expand its ‘Chance to Compete’ format; fast-moving eight-a-side matches played in less than an hour.During the winter, schools will be supported to hold indoor soft-ball competitions in school sports halls and community centres, with the hardball equivalent played outside during the spring and summer terms. The new offer to secondary schools will increase competitive cricket opportunities by encouraging each to play a minimum of five competitive matches annually.Wasim Khan, chief executive of Cricket Foundation said, “Sport England has been a key strategic partner for Chance to Shine over the past seven years. We are delighted that it will continue its investment in Chance to Shine and in the young people we reach for the next three years at least.”Since 2005, Chance to Shine claims to have brought cricket and its educational benefits to 6,591 state schools and 1.8m children at a cost of £15 per child.

Rising Pune Supergiants’ seam bowlers, led by Ashok Dinda, used the fresh Hyderabad surface to reduce Sunrisers Hyderabad to 32 for 5, setting up a crucial 34-run D/L win

The Report by Nikhil Kalro26-Apr-2016
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsAshok Dinda set up Rising Pune Supergiants’ win with his second-best IPL figures•BCCIRising Pune Supergiants’ seam bowlers, led by Ashok Dinda, used the fresh Hyderabad surface as an ally to restrict Sunrisers Hyderabad to 118 for 8, before producing a dominant batting performance to seal a 34-run win via the Duckworth-Lewis method.Sunrisers were reduced to 32 for 5 after mild showers delayed play by an hour. Dinda, brought in for Ankit Sharma, struck off the fourth delivery to dismiss David Warner, Sunrisers’ highest scorer, to set the tone for the evening. He later dismissed Aditya Tare and Naman Ojha to finish with 3 for 23. In the chase, Faf du Plessis and Steven Smith overcame the early loss of Ajinkya Rahane by putting together 80 off just 55 balls to derail Sunrisers.Rain returned to bring a premature end to the game with Supergiants needing 25. It was the 18th win by a chasing side in 22 games this season.Dinda, making his debut for Supergiants, removed Warner with a wide delivery that was cut straight to backward point, eliciting a Cristiano Ronaldo-like celebration. Mitchell Marsh swung the ball both ways to leave the batsmen searching for runs. The pressure of an unproductive Powerplay resulted in loose shots from Tare and Eoin Morgan as Sunrisers slipped to 27 for 3.Sunrisers’ innings went from bad to worse when Deepak Hooda gloved a reverse sweep off R Ashwin’s first delivery to MS Dhoni. In the next over, Moises Henriques was strangled down leg to leave Sunrisers at 32 for 5.Supergiants did not concede a boundary from the sixth over till the 14th, with R Ashwin conceding 14 in four straight overs. It was only the third time he completed his full quota this season.Shikhar Dhawan and Naman Ojha milked the bowling, but the inability to find boundaries forced them into playing the big shots. Dhawan, who was dropped by Rahane at long-off in the 15th over, carried on to post his second fifty of the season, but Bhuvneshwar Kumar provided the finishing touches – his eight-ball 21 gave Sunrisers momentum going into the break.Bhuvneshwar wasn’t done yet; he gave Sunrisers some hope in the chase with a wicket-maiden in the first over, after having Rahane caught at backward point. However, Smith and du Plessis capitalised on loose bowling, hitting 11 boundaries in the next seven overs to all but finish the game. Mustafizur Rahman, Warner’s trump card, was also taken apart by Smith’s wristy flicks.Du Plessis’ fluent knock ended when he edged behind for 30. Dhoni, who got off the mark with a muscular hit over mid-on, nailed a cut straight to backward point off Ashish Nehra soon after just as the drizzle got heavier. The players scurried off immediately with Supergiants at 94 for 3, comfortably ahead of the D/L par score of 60.

Members of the Australia women’s cricket team will be among the country’s highest-paid female athletes as part of a restructure of the Cricket Australia contract system

Brydon Coverdale21-May-2013Members of the Australia women’s cricket team will be among the country’s highest-paid female athletes as part of a restructure of the Cricket Australia contract system. The leading players could earn up to $80,000 over the next year as part of the new payment programme, with the top player retainer having increased from $15,000 to $52,000 and the minimum retainer having been boosted from $5000 to $25,000.There has also been a substantial increase in the player tour payments from $100 a day to $250 a day, which could add up significantly over the next year, when the national team will be touring for 85 days. Cricket Australia’s chief executive James Sutherland said the move was “a landmark step” for women’s cricket and a fine recognition of the success of the Australians, who currently hold both the World Cup and World Twenty20 titles.”We are still working towards the day when Australia’s female cricketers will be able to earn a full-time, professional living from cricket,” Sutherland said. “But the performances of our female stars justify this step and the day will come when future, full-time professional female cricketers will look back and thank those who went before them.”Sutherland said the success of the national team had contributed to a boost in female cricket participation, which has increased by 18% in the past year to 180,000 female participants across Australia. State players will also benefit from the cash injection, with Cricket Australia to provide each state and the ACT with $100,000 a year to help fund minimum standards for women’s cricketers contracted to play in the national competitions.”This is a massive boost for women’s cricket in Australia and I know all players thank CA and ACA [the Australian Cricketers’ Association] for agreeing to this additional funding,” current Australia player Alex Blackwell said. “Female players have never been better supported. With women’s cricket growing both here and internationally, the opportunities for players are increasing. These extra dollars will help strike a balance between the sacrifices required to reach the top levels and the rewards that come with this. It’s a great time to be playing and makes you look at the upcoming season with a huge level of excitement.”Lisa Sthalekar, who has recently retired from international cricket but remains a member of the ACA executive, said: “For such a long time, female cricketers have trained and played at the highest levels but took a financial hit to do so. From paying for a lot of their expenses to sacrificing earnings for time away from work, the cost has been significant to this point – and forced too many players to retire prematurely. These funds help show how far women’s cricket has come in recent times and will provide a wonderful incentive to current and future players to follow their dreams within a more supportive financial environment.”The first group of national players who will benefit from the new payment system has also been named. Fourteen players will be contracted for the next year, down from 18 last season, with the intention to concentrate on a core group of players.Holly Ferling, 17, has been added to the squad after impressing on debut at the World Cup earlier this year, while other additions from last year’s list include Ellyse Villani and Megan Schutt. Along with the newly-retired Sthalekar, the other players left out from the 2012-13 squad are Lauren Ebsary, Sarah Elliott, Sharon Millanta and Leah Poulton.Contract list for 2013-14 Alex Blackwell, Jess Cameron, Sarah Coyte, Holly Ferling, Jodie Fields, Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy, Julie Hunter, Jess Jonassen, Meg Lanning, Erin Osborne, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Elyse Villani.

A little over a year ago Moeen Ali feared his chance for an international career was slipping away

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Jun-2014A little over a year ago Moeen Ali feared his chance for an international career was slipping away, but now he can look forward to a Test debut at Lord’s next week to add to the ODI and T20 caps he has already earned.Moeen has been included in England’s 12-man squad, one of three uncapped players, for his all-around skills and is likely to be slotted in to bat at No. 6 and be the main spin option in a pace-heavy England side following the retirement of Graeme Swann.He has a doosra among his armoury – developed under the guidance of Saeed Ajmal – but has yet to unveil it at international level. Although his career bowling average is 40.43, over the last two seasons he has taken his wickets at 32.56.His first taste of international cricket came in West Indies during March when he made his ODI and T20 debuts then he was part of the World T20. He will enter the Test arena in good batting form having hit 162 against Surrey in the last round of Championship matches.”I thought the previous winter that the chance might have passed me by to play for England but I put my foot down and really worked hard on my game and to score mountains of runs,” he said. “This winter’s experience has given me the hunger to want to play more international cricket and obviously the next step is Test cricket.”I loved my time for England during the winter and everyone made me feel so welcome and part of the squad and, apart from the last couple of T20s when I didn’t get many runs, overall I was quite pleased.Worcestershire’s director of cricket, Steve Rhodes, highlighted Moeen’s work ethic as one of his qualities which stood out.”No-one hits more balls in practice than Moeen and he thoroughly deserved his call-up during the winter with Lions and then for the full tours including the World Cup,” he said. “But what a fantastic thing that is for this club, that we’ve now got a player in the England Test squad who loves playing at this club.”

Jamie Overton, the Somerset fast bowler who has rapidly attracted England’s attention will miss the Lions tour of Sri Lanka in the New Year because of a knee injury. Mark Wood, of Durham, replaces him

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Dec-2013Jamie Overton, the Somerset fast bowler who has rapidly attracted England’s attention will miss the Lions tour of Sri Lanka in the New Year because of a knee injury. The ECB has announced that he will be replaced by Mark Wood, of Durham.Overton and his fellow pace bowler, Wood remained at the National Performance Centre in Loughborough this winter to work on strength and conditioning while other members of the England Performance Programme shadowed the senior side in Australia.The Lions will play five matches in Sri Lanka in February and March, including three four-day matches against Sri Lanka A.Overton, still 19, was called up to England one-day squad against both Ireland and Australia last summer, but failed to make a debut, so denying him the opportunity to become the youngest cricketer to play for England since Brian Close in the 1940s. Not since the late Ben Hollioake made a dramtic impact into the England side in 1997 has a teenager made the full side.He suffered from tendonitis in his knee on several occasions last season.

Somerset have agreed terms with Indian legspinner Piyush Chawla with a view to him joining the club for the rest of the season.

George Dobell15-Aug-2013Somerset have agreed terms with Indian legspinner Piyush Chawla with a view to him joining the club for the rest of the season.The BCCI have provided the requisite No Objection Certificate but Chawla has yet to gain the necessary visa. Somerset are understood to have contingency plans should the visa issue further delay Chawla’s arrival.They were hoping to have him available for the next County Championship game which starts on August 20 at Edgbaston.Somerset, who were second in the Championship in 2012, are currently up to their necks in relegation trouble. With five games left, they currently sit seventh in the Division One table, eight points ahead of Surrey, in eighth, but having played a game more.Surrey have just strengthened their squad for the rest of the season with the signing of prolific South African batsman Hashim Amla.Somerset had originally signed Pakistan left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman, who played for them with success in 2012, but he was obliged to pull out of the deal when he was named in the Pakistan squad to play Zimbabwe.24-year-old Chawla played the last of his three Tests, against England in Nagpur, in December. He has previously represented Sussex in county cricket in 2009, where he took 36 wickets at 27.25.

Lionel Messi may be joined in Florida by Federico Redondo after all, with Inter Miami reportedly resurrecting a deal for the midfielder.

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Herons in the market for midfield reinforcementsMLS rules appeared to have scuppered moveDiscussions ongoing ahead of 2024 campaignWHAT HAPPENED?

The Herons have lost Facundo Farias to a season-ending injury, putting them back in the market for midfield reinforcements. Another Argentine is said to be in their sights, with Redondo – the son of former Real Madrid and AC Milan star Fernando – registering on their radar.

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An agreement was said to be close, with personal terms being thrashed out with the talented 21-year-old ahead of an $8 million (£6m) transfer being pushed through. Serious doubt was then case over the deal, with MLS regulations regarding payment methods posing a problem.

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Redondo and Argentinos Juniors were left in the dark at that stage, but claims that the move could be back on. The “obstacles” blocking Inter Miami’s path are said to have been removed, with negotiations “moving forward again”.

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Inter Miami are reportedly discussing “final details” when it comes to acquiring Redondo – who has also been linked with leading sides in Europe – and it could be that he is drafted in alongside Messi and Co ahead of the 2024 MLS campaign getting underway on February 21.

Graham Wagg’s double century at No 8 was a fine moment in Glamorgan history but even that was upstaged by Arun Harinath’s second hundred in front of the convalescing Rory Burns

Tim Wigmore at Guildford17-Jun-2015
ScorecardGraham Wagg’s double hundred will not be upstaged in a history of Glamorgan cricket•Getty ImagesRory Burns was a welcome sight at Guildford. Wearing two stitches after his horrendous collision with Moises Henriques on Sunday, his spirit seemed unbroken. And he exhibited manifest delight at how his friend Arun Harinath, had so spectacularly capitalised upon his misfortune.Without Burns’ injury, Harinath would not have made Surrey’s first team squad, from which he had been absent all season. Yet he has now made history: the first Surrey batsmen since Mark Ramprakash in 2010 to score twin hundreds in a Championship match.Harinath’s first century of the match triggered a moment of unrestrained celebration: “pretty embarrassing,” in his own words. He greeted his second ton rather more modestly, removing his helmet and giving a perfunctory acknowledgement to the crowd.But the grin on his face betrayed his well-earned contentment at an innings more assured than his first innings display. Marked with late cuts of finesse and precision and classy drives through the covers, this was an innings that kept Surrey afloat. In the space of three days – his century came up almost exactly 72 hours away from Burns’ injury on Sunday – the career of this affable and well-liked cricketer has been utterly transformed.And yet his was far from the most memorable innings on the third day at Guildford. That accolade indubitably fell to Graham Wagg who, in an hour of morning bedlam, harrumphed eight sixes to extend his third first-class century and career best to a round 200.He had arrived at the crease with Glamorgan 106 for 6 and still 300 runs behind Surrey: an innings flirting uncomfortably with ruin. By the time Wagg was dismissed he had not quite ruined Surrey but had certainly ruined Tom Curran’s bowling figures: his last four overs haemorrhaged 66 runs.When Surrey took the official new ball, 11 overs into the morning, they were already on their fifth ball of the day. Four times Wagg heaved Curran over not only the boundary but also the netting designed to protect cars on the Woodbridge Road. Once the ball was kindly returned; three times it was not.As if to show that he had no personal vendetta against Curran, Wagg also lost a ball against Meaker, this time over the hedges on the other side of the ground. While flat-batted pulls over midwicket were his specialty, there was some sumptuous driving too.By the time he slapped Meaker to mid-off, Wagg had the first double century by a number eight in Championship cricket since Dominic Cork 15 years ago, and the highest ever score by a Glamorgan batsman outside the top seven to boot.Together with Michael Hogan, 105 had been ransacked in 67 balls for the tenth wicket, giving Glamorgan full batting points and, quite remarkably, a lead of 31 to boot. That conditions had been overcast only added to the surreal air.As Surrey replied and the sun emerged, pandemonium made way, very agreeably, for a rather somnolent feel. Compared to Wagg, Harinath’s innings seemed almost genteel, yet his innings strike rate of 66 was identical to that of Nasser Hussain in ODI cricket. That statistic is testament not only his unobtrusive accumulation and vigorous running between the wickets, but also the extraordinary manner in which the game has changed in the last decade.At Ben Foakes looked unperturbed in their third-wicket alliance, it felt as if the Guildford festival was sleepwalking to a draw. It was a rather deceptive notion: Wagg’s chutzpah and tremendous skill meant copious time remained in the game for someone to force a result. Foakes edged the persistent, parsimonious Hogan behind, and then Harinath was trapped on the crease against Andrew Salter for 104. When a Hogan delivery jagged back late to defeat Aneesh Kapil the following over, Surrey suddenly led by only 161 with five wickets in hand.Enter Gary Wilson, who swept freely in a typically resourceful half-century. His dismissal, to a delivery that moved late from Hogan triggered hearty Glamorgan roars. When Gareth Batty followed identically the next over, Hogan’s face was a picture of satisfaction, reveling in the excellence of a late evening spell with the old ball. He extracted late movement both ways, and a second five-fer of the season was deserved indeed.As Glamorgan left the field, buoyed further by Curran’s sad but rather inevitable duck – “An absolute disaster from beginning to end today”, in the opine of one rather unkind member – they brimmed with satisfaction. Their endeavour should be the prelude to victory tomorrow, which would be fitting reward indeed for Wagg, who rightly led Glamorgan off in spite of Hogan’s valour. Yet, with Surrey’s lead having reached 245, Harinath’s twin tons could yet come in triumph.”300 would be a great chase – that would be an ideal aim,” he reflected. “We know that a last day wicket at Guildford is going to do a bit and help the spinners.” So much will be expected of spin twins Batty and Ansari. But whether Chris Tremlett is able to bowl, which remains unclear, feels critical.