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After weeks of no news – a legacy , so it was claimed, of gagging orders imposed by the courts – the USA Cricket Association and Council of League Presidents have finally made an announcement about the future running of the game in the USA. Few will be surprised to learn that the outcome is yet another fudge.In short, the legal proceedings have been referred to October 28, by mutual agreement, during which time an amended USACA board can operate. That consists of the ten members who won the contested elections earlier this year, plus the four individuals controversially disqualified for supposedly failing to adhere to the letter of the law regarding candidature.However, the quorum remains at six members, which effectively ensures that the controlling group led by Gladstone Dainty, the USACA president, can maintain the same hold over the running of the board that they have since those elections.What is also clear is that the CLP is to all intents and purposes shut out. Not only does it not have ant real representation on the board, it is also prevented from making any comments or putting up any postings on its own website. Given that the USACA has operated in virtual secrecy for some time, that means that the rank and file inside the US cricket fraternity will be even less informed about what is going on – as hard as that seems, given that they have been told almost nothing throughout this drawn-out affair.Rumours had been doing the rounds for a few weeks that the CLP was in retreat, and this announcement appears to confirm that. After arriving in a blaze of publicity and offering hope that there might be a chance for cricket in the US to salvage something from the wreckage of the previous regime’s mismanagement, The CLP looks to have been all bluster and little substance. There has been no new dawn – in fact, the national game looks to be crawling even further into the darkness.

Marvan Atapattu: Breathed a sigh of relief after Sri Lanka clawed their way back © Getty Images

Marvan AtapattuOn Sri Lanka’s performance
To start with, it wasn’t our best performance on the field, but having saidthat, having come back to the dressing room we wanted to make up for whathappened in the Asia Cup against India when we lost by four runs chasing270-odd. It was a good pitch and it did not deteriorate as much as peoplewould have thought. It was low but good for batting.On the run chase
As Graeme (Smith) said we were able to pick up singles easily for ashort while in the middle of the innings. But we planned the chase in such away that the required rate never lifted above seven. It was under six formost of the time. And we ensured that we still had batsmen remaining at theend.On Lokuarachchi’s return to the team
Lokuarachchi only went out of the team because of a few unfortunateincidents, but he is a competitive player and can contribute to the team inall three aspects of the gameOn the importance of the win for the series
It is definitely good to have won the first game of the series. But they area good, competitive side. Not many sides would have put 260 on the board.Even in the Asia Cup we did not see many of those kind of scores. It’s justthat on the day we played better.On Sri Lanka’s revival
Credit should go to everybody, from the manager down to the 15th player.Everyone is contributing. Everything has fallen into place. People aretaking responsibility and everyone wants to do well. When those things fallinto shape it is so much easier to be the captain.Graeme SmithOn the game
At the end of the day 263 should have been enough for us. But if I look atthe bowling, we did well in the first 15 to keep them to 70, as against thenew ball the wicket was probably at its easiest. Our problem was from the 15overs mark in the middle when we couldn’t contain enough runs. With thespinner bowling they were going at six or seven per over without taking toomany risks. The boys fought well to get back to where we were, but Sri Lankaplayed well at the deathOn whether South Africa have the right attack for SL conditions
I am not going to sit here and moan about my bowling attack because I knowthere is nothing better. We have got to work, challenge the guys and getthings right. We talk enough and we practice enough and there is nothingmore we can do. The guys have got to take responsibility and go an do thingsin the middleOn whether the new-look batting order worked
We are looking to get our strikers into the game a little earlier tokeep sides under pressure and take more advantage of the middle periods.When you try something new there is always going to be some working through,but I’m pretty happy with how it went today.On the committment of the players
The boys gave it everything and there was huge disappointment in thedressing room. We can’t ask for anything more in terms of commitment. Wequestioned the team’s commitment, and the pride and the passion for playingfor your country after the Test match, but the guys gave everything today.We just need a little bit of a luck change. I am pretty sure we are close.

After his disastrous performances in the 2003 World Cup, Inzamam-ul-Haq is pressing his claims for a recall to the Pakistan team. His prospects have improved no end since the withdrawal of Younis Khan from next month’s series against Bangladesh.Inzamam managed just 19 runs in six matches during the World Cup, as Pakistan crashed out in the first round. “World Cup 2003 was the worst phase in my career,” he admitted, "but that is now behind me and I am doing all-out efforts to get my place in the team back and further my career.”Since the World Cup was a major tournament everyone was disappointed with the team’s performance and especially with my batting but I assure my return will make them forget everything. I want to reach 10,000 runs and in this second phase of my career I will try to transfer my experience and guile to youngsters.”Pakistan host Bangladesh for three Tests and five one-dayers before playing a series against South Africa. Inzamam has scored 6,214 runs in 85 Tests, and 8,957 runs in 290 one-day internationals.

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Zimbabwe consolidated their position at the end of the second day, battingfrom beginning to end to pile up a massive total. The tourists were 348 for the loss of seven of their batsmen at stumps.

The two not out batsmen resumed with the overnight score on 20 for 2 on abright sunny morning in friendly conditions. Mashrafe-Bin-Mortaza removed the dangerous Grant Flower when he tried to play a swinging delivery outside the off stump and caught by Al-Sahariar.

Stewart Carlisle was next to go, edging a Mashrafe delivery to Khaled Masud. He made 33, including four boundaries.

Andy Flower, who had looked in good form from the outset, departed after he played on trying to hit Enamul Haque down the ground. It was a big disappointment for Zimbabwe, who depend heavily upon him. At that point Zimbabwe were struggling with 89 for 5.

There followed a 137-run stand between Craig Wishart and Doug Marillier. This parnership did the trick for Zimbabwe’s ambitions for a big total.

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Wishart was on the brink of his hundred, only six runs short, when he was run out attempting an improbable single. Marillier was then trapped lbw for a scintillating 73.

After Zimbabwe had lost their seventh wicket at 259, Heath Streak and Travis Friend batted like specialists to take the score to 300. They added another 48 runs towards the close to amass an imposing 348 for 7.

Manjurul Islam, Mashrafe and Enamul Haque took two wickets each.

ESPNcricinfo keeps you up to date with all the player movements ahead of the 2016 seasonKagiso Rabada will turn out for Kent in 2016•Gallo Images

DerbyshireIN: Andy Carter (Nottinghamshire), Tom Milnes (Warwickshire), Neil Broom (UK passport)
OUT: Mark Footitt (Surrey), Wayne White (Leicestershire), Jonathan Clare (released)
OVERSEAS: Hamish Rutherford, James Neesham (T20)DurhamIN:
OUT:
OVERSEAS: John HastingsEssexIN: Matthew Quinn (UK passport), Aaron Beard (academy), Ashar Zaidi (Sussex), Matt Dixon (UK passport)
OUT: Reece Topley (Hampshire), Mark Pettini (Leicestershire), Monty Panesar, Greg Smith, Matt Salisbury, Saf Imtiaz (all released)
OVERSEAS: Jesse Ryder, Adam Milne (T20), Wahab Riaz (T20)GlamorganIN: Craig Meschede (Somerset), Nick Selman, Timm van der Gugten (Dutch passport), Harry Podmore (Middlesex – loan)
OUT: Ben Wright (retired)
OVERSEAS: Jacques Rudolph, Shaun Tait (T20)GloucestershireIN: Chris Liddle (Sussex), Josh Shaw (Yorkshire – loan)
OUT: James Fuller (Middlesex), Geraint Jones (retired), Cameron Herring, Robbie Montgomery (both released)
OVERSEAS: Michael Klinger, Andrew Tye, Cameron Bancroft (April-May)HampshireIN: Reece Topley (Essex)
OUT: Danny Briggs (Sussex), Basil Akram, Tom Barber, Joe Gatting (all released). Sean Terry (mutual agreement). Yasir Arafat (Somerset, loan).
OVERSEAS: Ryan McLaren and Shahid Afridi (T20).KentIN: Adam Rouse
OUT: Brendan Nash (released), Ben Harmison (released)
OVERSEAS: Tom Latham, Kagiso Rabada (July)LancashireIN: Alviro Petersen
OUT: Ashwell Prince (retired), Paul Horton (Leicestershire)
OVERSEAS: Neil WagnerLeicestershireIN: Paul Horton (Lancashire), Neil Dexter (Middlesex), Wayne White (Derbyshire), Kevin O’Brien (limited-overs), Mark Pettini (Essex)
OUT: Matthew Boyce (retired), Andrea Agathangelou, Dan Redfern, Alex Wyatt, Neil Pinner (all released)
OVERSEAS: Clint McKay, Umar Akmal (T20), Rilee Rossouw (T20)MiddlesexIN: James Fuller (Gloucestershire)
OUT: Neil Dexter (Leicestershire), Gurjit Sandhu (released), Harry Podmore (Glamorgan – loan)
OVERSEAS: Adam Voges, Brendon McCullum (T20), Mitchell McClenaghan (T20)NorthamptonshireIN: Richard Levi (Kolpak), Ben Sanderson.
OUT: David Willey (Yorkshire), Stephen Peters (retired), Kyle Coetzer, Maurice Chambers (both released)
OVERSEAS: Rory Kleinveldt, Seekkuge PrasannaNottinghamshireIN:
OUT: Andy Carter (Derbyshire), Gary Keedy, Paul Franks (both retired)
OVERSEAS: Jackson Bird, Dan Christian (limited-overs)SomersetIN: Ryan Davies (Kent), Roelof van der Merwe (Dutch passport), Yasir Arafat (Hampshire, loan)
OUT: Craig Meschede (Glamorgan), Alfonso Thomas, Adam Dibble, George Dockrell, James Regan (all released)
OVERSEAS: Chris Rogers, Chris Gayle (T20), Mahela Jayawardene (T20).SurreyIN: Mark Footitt (Derbyshire), Ravi Rampaul (Kolpak), Mathew Pillans (ancestral visa), Conor McKerr (UK passport)
OUT: Kevin Pietersen (released), Vikram Solanki, Tim Linley, Chris Tremlett (all retired)
OVERSEAS: Kumar Sangakkara, Dwayne Bravo (T20), Chris Morris (T20), Aaron Finch (July-August)SussexIN: Danny Briggs (Hampshire)
OUT: Michael Yardy, Steffan Piolet (both retired), Chris Liddle (Gloucestershire), Ashar Zaidi (Essex), Callum Jackson (released), Matt Hobden (deceased)
OVERSEAS: Ross Taylor, Mustafizur Rahman (limited-overs)WarwickshireIN: Alex Mellor
OUT: Tom Milnes (Derbyshire), Tom Lewis, Pete McKay (both released)
OVERSEAS: Jeetan PatelWorcestershireIN:
OUT: Gareth Andrew (released), Alex Gidman (retired), Richard Oliver, Shaaiq Choudhry (released)
OVERSEAS: Matt Henry (Apr-June), Kyle Abbott (Jul-Sep), Mitchell Santner (T20)YorkshireIN: David Willey (Northamptonshire)
OUT: Josh Shaw (Gloucestershire – loan), Rich Pyrah (retired), Moin Ashraf, Dan Hodgson, Jonny Tattersall (all released)
OVERSEAS: Kane Williamson (June-July), Travis Head (July onwards)

The mind games ahead of Euro 2012 have already started with former France boss Raymond Domenech claiming that England will be easily dispatched in the group stage as Roy Hodgson’s team lack any real quality to hurt them. England certainly has all the motivation they ever needed against the French and Hodgson should perhaps keep record of these comments and present them in his pre-match team talk on June 11th.

Elsewhere in the news talk of Sir Alex Ferguson stepping down has been dismissed; Beckenbauer believes that penalty shoot-outs should remain, while Jose Mourinho has hinted at a return to England in the near future.

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Roy Hodgson was delighted with England’s performance in Oslo and singled out Andy Carroll and Rob Green for special praise – Sky Sports

Franz Beckenbauer has thrown his weight behind penalty shoot-outs, in light of Sepp Blatter calls to seek an alternative – Guardian

Gareth Barry is a doubt for Euro 2012 after limping off in yesterday’s friendly with a groin injury – Guardian

Bacaray Sagna is confident that Robin van Persie will stay at Arsenal and has also called on Wenger to sign Yann M’Villa – Sky Sports

Sir Alex Ferguson will not be stepping down as manager of Manchester United any time soon, despite claims from Dave Whelan – Daily Telegraph

FSG have made an approach to Louis van Gaal to become Liverpool’s new Sporting Director – Daily Telegraph

Spurs have had a £14m bid for Internacional striker Leandro Damiao rejected, as Redknapp looks to strengthen his attack – Metro

Jose Mourinho has hinted at a return to England in the near future as he believes it provides the privacy he wants for his family – Independent

Mike Dean revealed that Carlos Tevez would have been showed a straight red card in the incident prior to Joey Barton’s sending off, had he seen it – Daily Mail

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Eddie Newton reveals that he and Roberto Di Matteo are none the wiser about their Chelsea futures – Daily Mail

Les Ferdinand believes that Tottenham have another summer fight on their hands to retain the services of their best players, having missed out on Champions League football – Sun

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All-round efforts from R Vinay Kumar and J Suchith ensured that Karnataka overcame a middling batting effort to register a 38-run win over Haryana in Bangalore. The defending champions lost Mayank Agarwal in the first over after being put in to bat but looked to recover through partnerships between KL Rahul, debutant Sadiq Kirmani and Manish Pandey. They collapsed from 99 for 2 to 104 for 6 in the space of three overs, with Yuzvendra Chahal accounting for Rahul and Karun Nair off consecutive deliveries in the 28th over. Two partnerships of 58 and 54, between Stuart Binny and Suchith and later Vinay Kumar and and Suchith lifted the score past 200. Suchith scored 46 off 63 deliveries while Vinay Kumar struck a 30-ball 41. Harshal Patel was Haryana’s most expensive bowler but also picked up four wickets for 62 runs.By the fourth over, Haryana’s chase had been reduced to 10 for 3. Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dagar tried to stabilize the innings with an 86-run partnership for the fourth wicket, but Karnataka kept chipping at the wickets. Dagar finished unbeaten on 96 and watched from the other end as Haryana were bowled out for 204 in the 47th over.VA Jagadeesh’s fourth List A century helped set up Kerala‘s 60-run win over Railways in Alur. The opening batsman struck 121 off 137 balls to lead Kerala to 256, although the side suffered due to a cluster of late wickets. Anureet Singh had the best returns for Railways, claiming 4 for 40 off his 10 overs. The Kerala bowlers then combined to bowl out Railways for 196. Saurabh Wakaskar and Arindam Ghosh scored 77 and 53 respectively but the rest of the batsmen could not match their efforts as the side was bowled out in the 44th over.

Haidee Tiffen and Charlotte Edwards rock on ahead of their clashes in Blackpool on Sunday and Monday © ECB

The open-top bus ride in London to celebrate the Ashes is now nothing but a wistful journey down memory lane for England’s women, who are staring at a home series defeat to New Zealand. England are two down with three to play and need to win their next match to stay in the series.Perhaps another open-top bus ride – the wind whistling through their hair and blowing away the cobwebs of defeat – may help them stir memories of victorious scenes two years ago. A nice idea, although this time around they are 2-0 down already and the bus is heading through Blackpool.Gone are the hordes of adoring well-wishers lining the capital’s streets all the way up to the euphoric encore in Trafalgar Square. Instead, there are a few quizzical pensioners, stags on does, hens on nights and happy families all enjoying the sunshine on the promenade in the north-west of England.The trip, though, is just as much for the women to see Blackpool – indeed, most of the England players come from the south – as it is an awareness raiser. Now Arran Brindle and Laura Newton, of Lancashire, have quit and Yorkshire’s Katherine Brunt is injured, the most northerly representatives are Nottinghamshire trio Nicky Shaw, Jenny Gunn and Jane Smit. Sussex is the current hotbed of talent, with five of the 14-player squad coming from the county.Speaking of others who are unlikely to have witnessed what the resort has to offer, the New Zealand players were also on the bus to take in the sights, enjoying a breather and sitting pretty on their lead.But Blackpool – with its kiss-me-quick hats, Victorian grandeur and end-of-pier attractions – can always bring a smile to even the glummest of faces and Charlotte Edwards and co are keen to raise such a cheer. They hope that England’s return to the resort, for the first time in 25 years, will be a happy homecoming. Winning their last three matches would be a feat equivalent to scaling the iconic tower blindfold, while holding a candyfloss in one hand and an ice-cream in the other. Highly unlikely yet still, with enough application, not impossible.England started their summer against New Zealand well, coasting to success in the Twenty20s, but then had a big dipper, losing two one-dayers, with a third washed out. Now they must really push for the big one, a fact that has not escaped Edwards: “It’s a must-win fixture for us and the players are really up for it. They’re a strong side, but we know we’re capable of beating them and hopefully that’s what we’ll do come Sunday.”If they are to have any hope, they will need to be as solid as the rock they had specially commissioned for the matches, and which they will be giving away at the grounds in the ties on Sunday and Monday. And, at the moment, it’s hard to even make a dent in a strong New Zealand.

Essex, Sussex, Derbyshire and Glamorgan contest the inaugural Twenty20 Floodlit Cup, starting this week with the semi-final stage.The competition was set up towards the end of last season among the four counties to have permanent floodlights at their headquarters (at that time).Sussex and Essex meet over two legs at Hove and Chelmsford on Tuesday and Thursday respectively while Glamorgan and Derbyshire meet over corresponding days in the other semi-final.Should either tie end with one victory apiece then a period of extra-time will be played after the second semi-final. This will consist of an additional period of four-overs-per-side – or Four4 if you like – to decide the winners.In a week of historical firsts in cricket, it is understand that should either (or both) game be decided in this manner then it would be the first such occasion when ‘extra-time’ has been used to finish a game.The semi-final winners will then meet in a two-legged final on September 13 and 15 and the losers will meet in a third-place play-off on the same dates (with extra-time again coming into operation if required).

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Naved-ul-Hasan during his spell of four wickets in six balls at Lord’s © Cricinfo

At Lord’s, Middlesex crashed to an embarrassing innings-and-232-run defeat at the hands of a rampant Sussex after being bowled out twice in a day. Click here for a full report.Mark Ramprakash, who will be 36 next month, guided Surrey into a useful lead against Gloucestershire with a typically stylish 185, cutting and driving with elegance. His fourth century of the season allowed Surrey to recover from a poor start, when they slumped to 40 for 3 following the loss of Mark Butcher for six. Graham Thorpe added 98 with Ramprakash then Jonathan Batty combined in a stand of 133. When Malinga Bandara dismissed Ali Brown and Azhar Mahmood in the space of three balls Gloucestershire would have had ambitions of restricting Surrey to a similar total as their own. “This was the best Ramps has looked this season, the most relaxed and complete,” said Steve Rixon, Surrey’s coach. “I said it last year and I’ll say it again – he’s the best batsman in county cricket.”

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A record stand of 223 between Mark Chilton and Iain Sutcliffe gave Lancashire a brilliant start in their first innings response to Yorkshire’s 417 all out. Click here for a full report.Luke Sutton and Mohamed Sheikh both hit half-centuries to lead Derbyshire to an imposing first-innings score of 426 against Essex. Starting the day on 272 for 6, Sutton and Sheikh put on 120 for the seventh wicket. The Pakistani leg-spinner, Danish Kaneria, finished with the impressive figures of 60.1 overs 6 for 111. Sheik’s followed on from his excellent innings of 55 to take the wicket of Alistair Cook for just one. Graeme Welch took two further wickets, as Essex finished on 113 for 4. Derbyshire are still looking for their first win of the season, but are very well placed in this match with two days to go.Worcestershire completely dominated the second day of their game against Somerset, with a powerful and dominating batting display. Stephen Peters fell for a well-compiled innings of 88, but Zander de Bruyn, playing in his final Championship match before being replaced by Chris Gayle, struck a superb 161 from 213 balls. The other centurion was Ben Smith, who remains unbeaten on 117 as Worcestershire closed the day on 492, having lost just three wickets in the day. They hold a very handy lead of 174, and Somerset will be desperate for early wickets tomorrow morning.