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The XXXX Queensland Bulls have named rookie right-hand opener DanielPayne to replace Australian One Day player Jimmy Maher for this week’scritical Pura Cup clash against Victoria at the Gabba.Payne, 23, is in his first season with the Queensland Academy of Sportsquad after impressing in the past two seasons for Redlands in theBrisbane club competition.He and left-arm spinner Matthew Anderson come into the Bulls squad forthe Bushrangers match which starts on Wednesday at the Gabba.Queensland need a minimum of first innings points to ensure they hostthe Final, with Tasmania, Western Australia and South Australia allvying for a berth in the decider.Payne, who has scored 540 runs for Redlands in the XXXX First Gradepremiership this season, will be the seventh player to make either hisfirst class or one-day debut for the Bulls this season.A Queensland Primary Schools and Secondary Schools representative, hemade his first grade debut for Gold Coast as a teenager before switchingto Redlands Tigers three seasons ago.He turned out for the QAS team that played matches against New Zealandin October, scoring a brace of half centuries against the Kiwis.Anderson, who was 12th man in the Bulls win over South Australia inAdelaide, replaces Nathan Nauritz who will depart along with Maher andthe rest of the Australia One Day squad on Saturday for South Africa.The Bulls will train tomorrow from 9am at the Gabba while Victoria havescheduled a session for 12.15pm at the Gabba. The Bushrangers are yet toname their team.XXXX Queensland Bulls v Victorian Bushrangers, Wed-Sat, The Gabba:Stuart Law (c), Brendan Nash, Daniel Payne, Martin Love, Andrew Symonds,Lee Carseldine, Wade Seccombe, Ashley Noffke, Michael Kasprowicz, JoeDawes, Scott Brant, Matthew Anderson (12th man to be named).

Central Districts will be holding interviews on Monday to decide on their coach for next summer.The position became vacant at the end of the recent season when Dipak Patel announced he would no longer available.Incumbent CD coaching director Mark Greatbatch and former England Test player Graham Barlow are the two interviewees for the job.Greatbatch, the former New Zealand international with 41 Tests behind him, has been involved in coaching with CD since his retirement in 1998 and this year was the coach of the New Zealand Under-19 team at the ICC Under-19 World Cup held in New Zealand.Barlow, who now lives in New Plymouth having moved to New Zealand from South Africa where he coached Border and Western Province B, as well as being head coach of the Eastern Province Academy has been used extensively for coaching in the Taranaki region over the past summer.

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) has cautioned MuttiahMuralitharan after comments made during a live television chat show.During the programme the outspoken off-spinner had criticised the selectors,the role of businessmen in the cricket administration and the domesticcricket structure.Muralitharan met with the BCCSL chairman Hemaka Amarasuriya, the chiefexecutive Anura Tennekoon and other members of the interim administration onTuesday.A BCCSL media release stated: “The committee, whilst expressing theirdisappointment with the comments made by Mr. Muralitharan, cautioned andadvised him to refrain from making such comments, and informed him thatdisciplinary action will be taken against him if he acted in this manner inthe future.”The BCCSL had given permission for Muralitharan to appear on the show, butthey had expected him to talk only about cricket and his recovery from ashoulder injury.His comments prompted the sports minister, Johnston Fernando, to ban allindependent media interviews with players and team officials until the 2003ICC World Cup.Muralitharan, who has taken 430 Test wickets at 23.33, has been rested fromthe ongoing Second Test match against Bangladesh.

A distinctly below-par performance from Boland on the opening day of this Supersport Series Super Eight game against Eastern Province may not prove terminal to their chances of making an appearance in the final at the end of the month, but it left acres of room for improvement.On a day which featured one of cricket’s more bizarre interruptions ofplay, Boland were bowled out for just 236 by a determined and disciplinedbowling effort from the Jumbos, all the more impressive as it came with themercury climbing towards forty degrees in the Winelands. By the close,Eastern Province had moved to 21 without loss.A good start from EP, in which both openers were removed with just 31 onthe board, was overshadowed by Mornantau Hayward’s first official warningfor running on the pitch in his follow through. Hayward was convinced therewas something amiss in the alignment of the stumps at either end, and whenthe man who replaced him, Murray Creed, was similarly admonished, he seemedto have a case.A ten-minute delay while the groundsman brought out the tape measuredecided the matter in Hayward’s favour, the stumps found to be fully fivecentimetres off centre. This was not enough to concern umpire Barry Lambson,who considered the discrepancy ‘negligible’ and play duly recommenced.While only Louis Koen (50) and Jonathan Trott (74) ever gained afoothold at the crease, Hayward continued to struggle, eventually orderedfrom the attack after a second and final warning proved insufficient for aman who has looked a ghostly replica of the fearsome strike bowler only lastyear considered a genuine – and genuinely exciting – replacement for AllanDonald.He did, however, have the last laugh over poor Trott, who glanced adelivery speared well down the leg side into the gloves of the diving WayneMurray behind the stumps. Trott has yet to score a first-class hundred, andhis emotional reaction to such a soft dismissal spoke eloquently of hisfrustration.The temperatures are due to soar again on Friday, which looks set to bea long, sweltering day in the field for the home side. They need somethingspecial – it certainly never happened on day one.

Women’s Cricket Australia (WCA) today announced a squad of 14 players for the upcoming tour of the United Kingdom, beginning on 18 June 2001.The Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars squad, which will play two Test matches, three one-day internationals in England before heading to Ireland for a further three one day internationals, is:

• Belinda Clark (Captain) NSW
• Karen Rolton (Vice-captain) SA
• Louise Broadfoot VIC
• Sally Cooper QLD
• Avril Fahey WA
• Cathryn Fitzpatrick VIC
• Michelle Goszko NSW
• Julie Hayes NSW
• Lisa Keightley NSW
• Olivia Magno SA
• Therese McGregor NSW
• Charmaine Mason VIC
• Julia Price QLD
• Lisa Sthalekar NSW

Team Management:

• Sally Bailey (Physical Conditioning Co-ordinator)
• Stephen Jenkin (Coach)
• Christina Matthews (Assistant Coach)
• Lisa Ross (Physiotherapist)
• Janine Stainer (Manager)

Commenting on the squad chosen, Head Coach Stephen Jenkin said: “After selecting two new players for the 1999 World Cup, the selectors have maintained a rebuilding policy by introducing three new faces to the Australian team for England.”Our aim will obviously be to win both the Test and one-day international series, and I believe this team is a balanced group that will provide us with several options over the course of the tour,” Jenkin said.Batter Sally Cooper of Queensland has been selected in the national squad for the first time.On hearing the news of her selection Cooper commented: ” I’m just thrilled at being selected in the Australian team. It is not something I really expected but I’m aiming to make the most of the opportunity.”New South Wales middle-order batter and off-spin bowler Lisa Sthalekar will also make her Australian debut on tour. Sthalekar said: “My selection is a dream come true. I am looking forward to using the experience to learn as much as I can whilst on tour and I hope to contribute to a successful team result.”Top-order batter Michelle Goszko from New South Wales will return to the Australian team after a three-year absence. Goszko said her selection had been a long-term goal.” I’m excited about getting another opportunity to play for Australia and will work hard over the next four weeks to ensure I can cement a spot in the team,” Goszko said.The Australian women’s squad departs for England on 14 June 2001.

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James Anderson picked up two early wickets in the second innings•AFP

Two players vying for the No.6 spots in India’s and England’s Test teams put forward strong claims in the first tour game which ended in a draw in at the Brabourne Stadium. Samit Patel, unbeaten on 82 on the second day, went on to complete his century while Yuvraj Singh collected a five-wicket haul to add to his first-day half-century.Overall, England XI had a productive outing as two of their batsmen scored hundreds to help them to 426 in the first innings, 57 more than the hosts. Their fast bowlers then accounted for three of the four wickets to fall to reduce India A to 124 for 4 after 40 overs just before the captains agreed to a draw. Both England spinners – Graeme Swann and Patel – also bowled long spells in the match and were moderately successful. The only concern for England will be Steven Finn, who pulled out on the first day after a niggle in his right thigh and took no further part in the match.England started the day 83 behind and lost Alastair Cook in the fifth over of the morning after he had added only seven runs to his overnight 112. Patel, however, carried on in the company of Matt Prior, who scored a quick half-century, and shared a 65-run stand that took England two runs short of leveling India A’s score.Yuvraj then showed the value of his left-arm spin when he broke the aggressive stand with the wicket of Patel and had Prior out in the same over. But Tim Bresnan constructed two important partnerships with Swann and James Anderson to take England past 400. Yuvraj broke the ninth-wicket stand and completed his five-for with Anderson’s wicket and the innings folded as the injured Finn didn’t come out to bat.India A’s top order, which has a number of Test team hopefuls, struggled to make any impact in response. First innings’ half-centurion Abhinav Mukund fell in the third over while M Vijay failed to build after a start. Yuvraj was the third to fall before the score crossed the century mark. He scored 14. Ajinkya Rahane scored a half-century but fell towards the end of the day for 54. Anderson accounted for both the openers in his seven-over spell while Bresnan and Patel shared a wicket each.England will play their next warm-up match against Mumbai A from November 3 in Mumbai.

Sri Lanka Cricket will receive the participation fee for the Champions League Twenty20 directly, tournament chief executive Sundar Raman has said*. Most other participants are either club, provincial or franchise sides, but the Kandurata Maroons, who will represent Sri Lanka, are effectively an extension of SLC. As such, the board will be paid the US $500,000 fee.”We are not concerned about whether it’s a club or a franchise or the board, we will make that payment to whoever sends the representative team,” Raman said. “In this case the board will receive it.”Sri Lanka Cricket had earlier planned to send the winning SLPL franchise to the Champions League qualifier, but after that tournament failed to materialise this year, a four-team provincial league was organised. The teams, captains and coaching staff for the eight-day tournament were appointed by the national selectors.Kandurata players Kumar Sangakkara and Nuwan Kulasekara are also with IPL teams who have qualified for the Champions League. SLC secretary Nishantha Ranatunga, however, said the board would attempt to retain its players – Kulasekara in particular – for its own representative team.”The preference is for them to play for their country,” Ranatunga said. “The players are only entitled to play for their other teams if we release the players. If that call comes, we will try to get Nuwan to play for the Kandurata team.”If either cricketer plays for his IPL franchise, the IPL team must pay US $150,000 to the player’s local team, and this money would also likely go to SLC. In 2011, Lasith Malinga and Suraj Randiv were required by their IPL teams, and did not play for their Ruhuna province, which also qualified for the tournament.

Reece Young, the wicketkeeper who played five Tests for New Zealand, has announced his retirement from first-class cricket. Young, 33, said he quit to spend more time with his family and focus on a career outside of cricket.Young made his Test debut against Pakistan in Hamilton in 2011 and played the last of his five Tests against Australia in Hobart in 2011-12. He scored 169 runs with a highest score of 57 and took eight catches. He had earlier toured Sri Lanka in 2009 and kept wicket in place of Brendon McCullum in the second innings of the first Test in Galle.Young made his first-class debut for Auckland in 1998-99 and he is the most capped Auckland player with 97 first-class games and the team record holder with 258 dismissals. He also played two seasons for Canterbury, in 2010-11 and 2011-12 before returning to Auckland for his final season. In 126 first-class games, Young has scored 4633 runs with eight centuries and taken 321 catches. In 84 List A games, he has scored 1523 runs with one century and taken 84 catches.”I am pleased to announce my retirement from first-class cricket,” Young said. “I am proud of what I have achieved and will take away many great memories. However, I feel the time is right to move onto new challenges and prioritise my family and a post-cricket career. It’s been a privilege to have made a career in cricket for so long.”I have been fortunate enough to represent my country and play in winning Test sides, win domestic titles with Auckland and Canterbury and have a lot of fun along the way.”Young has been involved in Triumph & Disaster, a men’s grooming line founded by the former New Zealand fast bowler Dion Nash.”The decision to finish my cricket career has come from a desire to focus on my family and career opportunities outside of cricket. I have been fortunate to gain some experience in recent months with Triumph & Disaster, a fast-growing company I’m excited to be involved with.”I have also been fortunate to work over the past four to five years with the Players Association’s careers programme, building my experiences outside of cricket and learning business skills. This has helped me gain skills and experience and given me confidence to move away from cricket and into a post-cricket career.”

After a productive series with the bat against West Indies, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has moved to a career-best seventh place in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen.Misbah was Player of the Series for scoring 260 runs, which included four half-centuries in five matches, in Pakistan’s 3-1 victory. The performance also helped him stretch his lead over Kumar Sangakkara as the leading ODI run-getter in 2013. Misbah now has 808 runs this year with nine half-centuries.Umar Akmal, who was not part of Pakistan’s Champions Trophy squad in June, also made a successful comeback to the side, scoring 175 runs at a strike rate of 111.46. It helped him jump ten places in the batsmen’s rankings to 13.Shahid Afridi, who had an excellent first match in which he scored a half-century and picked up seven wickets, also moved up the rankings and is now placed 28th among bowlers and 47th among batsmen.The batmen’s rankings continue to be led by the South African pair of Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers, followed by Virat Kohli. Sunil Narine heads the bowlers’ list, followed by England’s Steven Finn and James Anderson.

ScorecardNick Compton’s joy at Somerset’s victory was tempered by England fears•Getty Images

Nick Compton lifted Somerset with a vital half-century that guided them to a tense four-wicket at Derby and left Derbyshire bottom of the LV= Championship First Division.But Compton found bad news almost as soon as he left the field. While Somerset celebrated their first Championship win of the season, Compton was omitted from the England side to face Essex in an Ashes warm-up at Chelmsford at the weekend. Joe Root was chosen to open the inningsCompton made 56 in front of National Selector Geoff Miller but even as he did so the ECB was preparing a statement carrying Miller’s assertion that Root, not Compton, was the opener best suited to join Alastair Cook at the top of the order.Derbyshire’s problems were compounded when they were bowled out for 94 early on the final day. Jon Clare took 5 for 29 in eight overs to launch a fightback, but Somerset reached their target of 145 to get a disappointing season underwaySteve Kirby had earlier taken 4 for 18 and Craig Meschede 3 for 17 as Derbyshire lost their last eight wickets for 56 to be bowled out for 94 and remain at the foot of Division One.They had gone into the fourth day strongly placed with a lead of 86 and eight wickets intact but only two more runs had been added when Somerset got the big wicket of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who dabbed Alfonso Thomas into the hands of third slip.It was a poor stroke by the experienced West Indian but there was plenty of seam and swing movement to make life difficult for the batsmen and Meschede blew away the middle order with a burst of 3 for four in 12 balls.Billy Godleman was caught behind as he pushed forward, Ben Slater was bowled first ball, and Richard Johnson gave Alex Barrow another catch to leave Derbyshire in deep trouble at 54 for 6.The next blow was self-inflicted as Clare wandered down the pitch and was run out by Jamie Overton’s direct hit from mid-on but former Somerset batsman Wes Durston and Tony Palladino gave Derbyshire hope by nudging the lead towards 150.They added 26 in nine overs but the introduction of Kirby at the City End saw the last three wickets fall for just four runs. Palladino edged to second slip, Tim Groenewald could only fend a lifting ballto first slip and after Durston carved Overton over the slips for four, he was bowled going for a big drive.It had been an impressive morning’s work by the Somerset seamers but their batsmen knew the target would not be a formality in conditions that favoured the bowlers.Derbyshire knew they needed to strike early to spark panic in the visiting camp but Marcus Trescothick and Compton reduced the target by 30 in five overs before lunch, with Compton pulling Mark Footitt for six.The pair took their stand to 60 before Trescothick was caught at cover off a leading edge off Clare and although Compton was looking increasingly assured, it was a different story at the other end.Dean Elgar flashed at Clare and was caught at first slip, James Hildreth offered no shot and was lbw for three and although Craig Kieswetter drove his first ball through the covers for four, he was caught behind off the next to leave Somerset wobbling on 102 for 4.When Compton edged a big drive at Clare to first slip seven runs later, Derbyshire sensed they could still pull off an unlikely victory but Peter Trego settled Somerset’s nerves with some aggressive strokes to carry his side home with 41 overs still to bowl.Somerset took a vital 20 points to ease their relegation worries, while Derbyshire collected just five.