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SYDNEY, Nov 10 AAP – New South Wales speedster Brett Lee again proved the destroyer, taking a second five wicket haul to lead his side to a convincing victory over Tasmania in the Pura Cup cricket match at the SCG today.Lee did nothing wrong in his bid for a Test re-call after his axing last week.He added 5-86 to a first innings 5-63 to snare his first bag of 10 first class wickets in a match as the Blues trounced their opponents by an innings and eight runs late on the third day.He was well supported by fellow Test discard Stuart MacGill, who added three wickets to his four from the first innings as the Tigers crumbled to be all out for 258 in their second innings.The visitors always faced a tough task after managing just 171 in their first innings and the Blues posted an impressive 8(dec)-437 in reply on the back of a flawless unbeaten 201 by Michael Bevan.Lee and fellow paceman Stuart Clark bowled soundly early in the first session for no reward after the Tigers resumed at 1-30.It was not until Nathan Bracken replaced Lee late in the first hour to that the breakthrough came, the 25-year-old bowling Michael Dighton (25) with just his fourth ball of the innings.Lee then claimed the vital wicket of Tasmanian opener and captain Jamie Cox (39) in the fourth over after lunch.The Tigers narrowly avoided losing another wicket at 3-152 when Graeme Cunningham struck a MacGill delivery just behind point and set off for an ambitious single.Michael Clarke gathered the ball and fired a throw into wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, who removed the bails with Marsh narrowly making his ground.But his reprieve was short lived as Clark was re-introduced to the attack with immediate effect, having Marsh caught by Michael Slater for 44.Lee then struck again, trapping Shane Watson lbw for eight.MacGill toiled courageously and perhaps deserved a greater return from his 31 overs on the trot in a tough head wind.He had to wait until the last ball of his 28th over to claim his first wicket when Cunningham (40) played the ball onto his stumps.Lee bowled Damien Wright (19) in the third over with the new ball and the Tigers looked shaken at 7-217.MacGill’s relentless work ethic paid off later when he returned to the fray to bowl the eighth over with the new ball and, with his first delivery, trapped Shannon Tubb lbw for three.Two balls later, he dismissed Shane Jurgensen (six) the same way to finally walk away with a fitting 3-86 from 36 overs after 4-42 in the first innings.Just as Sean Clingeleffer looked like steering the visitors past the target of 266, Lee, intent on claiming his 10th scalp, had his wish, bowling the left-hander for 43.Gerard Denton remained not out one.

Left-arm spinner Utpal Chatterjee shattered the Railways lower middle-order in their second innings with a spell of incisive spin, bringing Bengal roaring back into their Ranji Trophy elite group tie at Siliguri and bagging 10 wickets for the match in the process.After Bengal were bowled out for 222 – trailing by 24 runs – Railways struggled early against Laxmi Rattan Shukla’s medium-pace. After Chatterjee came into the attack, though, the wickets really started to tumble. From 70 for four, Railways collapsed to 129 all out, with Chatterjee picking up 5-34 in 13.3 overs. Jai P Yadav, at the very top of the order, was the top-scorer with 24. In their quest for the target of 154, Bengal were 42 for one at the close of play, with Deep Dasgupta and Debang Gandhi at the crease.At Jaipur, Rajasthan reached a total of 371 in their first innings, resuming from 332 for seven. While centurion Nikhil Doru made an unbeaten 122, M Aslam chipped in with a valuable 15 even as left-arm seamer S Vishnuvardhan took the last three wickets in the innings. Hyderabad, trailing by 159, made up the deficit relatively easily, with opener Daniel Manohar striking 70 (192b, 7×4) and G Arvind Kumar making 50 (85b, 8×4). The real excitement lay in Ambati Rayudu’s stroke-filled 55 (71b, 5×4, 1×6). At the close of play, Hyderabad were 226 for four, 67 runs ahead.It was a good day with the bat for Delhi against Himachal Pradesh. From 240 for one overnight, the hosts reached a mammoth 506 for six declared. Gautam Gambhir went on to make 157, Pradeep Chawla ground out 66, and Mithun Manhas made 111 in just 140 balls (13×4, 1×6). Trailing by 262 runs, Himachal Pradesh managed to make it to stumps without losing any wickets and with 50 runs on the board.Punjab occupied the entire third day’s play at Guwahati, ending up bowled out for 338 as play ended. They were rescued from a precarious 62 for three by Pankaj Dharmani (121, 237b, 17×4) and Ankur Kakkar (122, 267b, 11×4, 2×6) who added 214 runs for the fourth wicket. Assam now need 286 for a win on the final day.At Chennai, Tamil Nadu found themselves bowled out for 260 – 44 runs less than Uttar Pradesh’s first-innings score. Wicket-keeper KKD Karthik remained unbeaten on 88 and added 22 runs more for the final wicket with L Balaji on the third day. Ashish Winston Zaidi ended with 6/62. Apart from Jyoti Yadav’s gritty 66, few others could make an impact in Uttar Pradesh’s second innings as S Sriram, finding turn, took 3-26 in 18 overs and reduced the tourists to 158 for six at stumps.The tie between Baroda and Orissa at Cuttack ended early, with the tourists winning by an innings and 141 runs. Following on, Orissa were 31 for two overnight, and they could not do much better in the second innings, being bowled out for just 135. Rakesh Patel took 4-47.Plate Group: Tripura in trouble at KochiBowled out for just 170 in their first innings, Tripura found themselves in dire straits again at 62 for three when play ended on the third day. Leggie KN Ananthapadmanabhan did immense damage to the tourists’ batting in their first innings, scalping seven for 39 in 24.1 overs and destroying the line-up. Only TK Chanda offered any resistance, making 61. Ananthapadmanabhan had bowled only two overs in the second innings before stumps.At Nagpur, Goa were dismissed early on the third day for 262, a lead of 74 for hosts Vidarbha. Opener Amit Deshpande’s unbeaten 157 (230b, 17×4, 1×6) then gave Vidarbha enough runs to declare at 294 for three, setting Goa a target of 369 for victory. The tourists lost their captain in the very first over to Chandrasekhar Atram and were 10 for one at stumps.Karnataka comprehensively demolished Jammu & Kashmir at Bangalore, converting their overnight 77 for three to 163 all out. Venkatesh Prasad took three wickets and chipped in with three more in Jammu & Kashmir’s second innings, which ended on a paltry 114 and gave the hosts a win by an innings and 321 runs.A Shafiq Khan century enabled Haryana to bounce back from 166 for six to 285 at Rohtak, thereby conceding a lead of only 13 runs. Shafiq hit 107 (240b, 12×4) and was given good support by Joginder Sharma (75, 155b, 11×4). Maharashtra’s second innings was poised at 124 for two at the close of play, with Hrishikesh Kanitkar unbeaten on 47 and Abhijit Kale on 20.At Indore, Madhya Pradesh completed the formalities by bowling Bihar out for 201 in their second innings and notching up a win by an innings and 38 runs. Although the Bihar batting showed more spine than in the first innings – with skipper Rajiv Kumar making 49 and S Panda an unbeaten 46 – they were no match for Yogesh Golwalkar’s leg-spin. The leggie took 5-57 off 23 overs to hasten Bihar’s end.

Worcestershire County Cricket Club’s overseas Player, Shane Lee, is returning home to Australia as a result of a knee injury picked up during the NUL match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.Lee’s injury has caused his knee to become unstable and it will require several weeks of intensive treatment before he is able to train and play. Both the Club and Player have agreed that Lee should return home for this treatment so that Lee can gain full fitness before the start of the Australian domestic season.ECB regulations do not allow for a replacement at this stage of the season so the County will play their remaining games without an overseas Player.Despite this latest injury blow to affect the team, Director of Cricket, Tom Moody, remains upbeat about the forthcoming month. "We are at the business end of the season and every game is vital. We will miss Shane’s ability with both bat and ball but I am confident the depth of strength we have in the squad will see us through."Shane Lee says "I am very disappointed to be returning home so soon after arriving and I appreciate the Club’s understanding of the situation but it makes more sense to receive the necessary treatment back in Sydney. I wish the team well in their final push for success this season."

The West Indies have recalled all-rounder Ricardo Powell, as one of three replacements named for the Caribbean side. The West Indies are seeking to reinforce their squad for the seven-match limited-overs international series against India, starting at Jamshedpur on Wednesday, 6th November.Powell, 23, along with all-rounder Vasbert Drakes and his compatriot Corey Collymore will exchange places with Gareth Breese, Darren Powell and Jermaine Lawson, all members of the Test squad that trails India 0-2 in the on-going three-Test series.Powell, an explosive right-hand batsman who bowls off-spin, has scored 1,006 runs at an average of 22.86 and taken four wickets at 49.50 apiece in 51 limited-overs internationals. He last played in the final of the tri-nation LG Abans Series in Sri Lanka that West Indies lost to the hosts by 34 runs at Khettarama last December.Fast bowling all-rounder Drakes returned to West Indies duty for the first time in seven years when he played in the International Cricket Council Champions’ Trophy in Sri Lanka last month. He has been playing first-class cricket for Border in South Africa and should bolster both the batting and bowling.Fast bowler Collymore has been a permanent fixture in the limited-overs squad and is the other replacement.Squad: Carl Hooper (captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Pedro Collins, Corey Collymore, Cameron Cuffy, Mervyn Dillon, Vasbert Drakes, Daren Ganga, Chris Gayle, Ryan Hinds, Wavell Hinds, Ridley Jacobs, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Ricardo Powell, Marlon Samuels and Ramnaresh Sarwan.

The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) has declared it will release the burley pace-man from the remaining year of his current contract with the South Australian Redbacks, creating the opportunity to move West.The SACA’s decision to release Wilson was made after Damien Fleming announced today that he had accepted their offer to play for the Southern Redbacks.While the WACA is disappointed at not having secured the services of 32 year old Fleming, it is excited at having gained the services of 30 year old Wilson for the Western Warriors.WACA CEO Kath White said, “The WACA has no doubt that WA Cricket will benefit from having Paul Wilson. He brings his experience to the Western Warriors squad and adds depth to our bowling stocks”.

Martyn Moxon and Jon Lewis today welcomed the newest addition to the team -Pro for a Day competition winner, Alastair Gibson.Alastair, from Morpeth, won Durham County Cricket Club’s unique competitionto play in the Durham side against Lashings World XI next Wednesday. He will play a full and active part in the match by bowling, batting and fielding.As part of his prize, Alastair will be able to take part in a training session the day before his big day and he will be put up in style in an Executive Suite at the Holiday Inn, Washington the night before and after the match. He has been given his very own training and playing kit with his own squad number – 38.Alastair is looking forward to experiencing a day as a professional cricketer. He said: “I entered the competition because I thought it would be a good opportunity to experience a day as a professional cricketer. I’m really looking forward to experiencing the whole atmosphere of the day and playing against some cricket legends.”Captain, Jon Lewis said: “It will be a day remember for him as he will be sharing a world class ground with world class opposition. The team is looking forward to the new addition to the dressing room. I’m sure he will have a great day.”Durham play Lashings World XI on Wednesday 7 August 2002, starting at 1.00pm. Tickets cost £10 for adults and £5 for juniors (in advance). A Family Ticket (two adults and three children) costs £25 (in advance). Ticket Hotline: 0191 387 1717.Lashings Team is expected to be as follows:
Stuart Williams (West Indies), Sherwin Campbell (West Indies), Grant Flower(Zimbabwe), Richie Richardson (West Indies), Jimmy Adams (West Indies),Chris Harris (New Zealand), Viv Richards (West Indies), Junior Murray (WestIndies), Shoaib Akthar (Pakistan), Mohamed Akram (Pakistan), Stuart Carlisle(Zimbabwe)

Profile:Name: Alastair GibsonLives: Morpeth, NorthumberlandBorn: 28/11/59Family: Married with three childrenJob: Regional Sales Manager for Tyne Tees Television

Australia’s champion legspinner Shane Warne will miss the first two Standard Bank One-Day Internationals against South Africa with a hamstring strain, it was learned on Thursday night.Warne, who bowled a marathon 70 overs in the second Test match at Newlands, is likely to be out for the first game in the seven-match series at the Wanderers as well as the second match at SuperSport Park near Pretoria on Sunday.His absence could give 20-year-old Nathan Hauritz an unexpectedly early debut in One-Day cricket as Australia’s spin option for the first at least one of the first two games against South Africa. Speaking on Thursday captain Ricky Ponting said Australia planned to field their strongest combinations for the first two or three matches of the series, but Warne’s unavailability might open the door for 20-year-old offspinner Hauritz.

Carl Hooper yesterday set out an upbeat and clearcut objective for his West Indies team on the eve of the first Test of the Cable & Wireless Series against India.Whether it is achievable is another matter but it certainly reflects a refreshing new approach.Emphasis must be placed on winning, the West Indies captain said in explaining the recall after three years of two over-30s: Stuart Williams and Junior Murray.I don’t think you can continue to rebuild, rebuild, rebuild if you’re losing.And he made it clear that bowling would be the key to turning around a record of seven defeats against two victories and three draws since he controversially replaced Jimmy Adams as skipper last season.We certainly don’t want to be negative, he said. You want to give yourself a chance to win Test matches and, to do that, you must have at least four front-line bowlers.The four here will be three fast Merv Dillon, Cameron Cuffy and the newcomer Adam Sanford and the leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo, just off his Busta tournament record 51 wickets.It is a change from what has been a generally defensive attitude, best exemplified only two Tests ago when the West Indies took the field against Pakistan in Sharjah with only three main bowlers.Given the inexperience of his bowlers and the strength of opposition batting led by the most prolific batsman of the modern era, Sachin Tendulkar, Hooper’s policy seems over-optimistic. But he needs to stick by it.His assessment that the bowlers will decide the series also appeared at variance with the evidence, especially since India’s key off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was ruled out of the match because of a shoulder injury.Since the retirement of Courtney Walsh a year ago, the West Indies have conceded one total in excess of 600, two of over 500 and two more over 470, in Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and Sharjah. In their last six Tests, the opposition has averaged 480 against them.Hooper, himself, an occasional off-spinner, is the only bowler with more than 100 wickets and only Merv Dillon of the others, now the spearhead of the attack, has more than 20 Tests to his name.Sanford, the burly, 25-year-old Antiguan policeman born in Dominica, has been chosen to make his debut, the only newcomer in the XI.He becomes not only the first descendant of the Caribs to represent the West Indies but the 11th fast bowler tried in the continuing search for the successors to Walsh, Curtly Ambrose and the host of greats from the past.His captain described him variously as exciting, quick, with a big heart, eager and enthusiastic. He will need all those attributes in what will only be his eighth first-class match.In Harbhajan’s absence, India will depend for wickets even more heavily on their veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble who, along with Shane Warne, is the only contemporary spin bowler with over 300 wickets to his name.Fine bowler that he is, most of his success has been on helpful home pitches.He and the worthy fast bowler Javagal Srinath (214 Test wickets) present the main threat, but there is no Muttiah Muralitheran, Chamina Vaas, Shaoib Ahktar or Abdul Razzaq to harass them here as was the case in Sri Lanka and Sharjah.

Tim McIntosh, the 21-year-old Auckland left-hand opening batsman, performed one of the great rags-to-riches performances when he scored 167 in the Auckland first innings score of 361 for four wickets against Canterbury in the Shell Trophy match at Eden Park’s outer oval today.McIntosh had a dazzling start to the Trophy season when he scored 182 against Canterbury at Village Green in the second match of the summer in early December.Over the next seven matches McIntosh scored two half-centuries, but many innings far below the potential he has shown in recent years.In his last three matches McIntosh scored 21 and 0 against Otago, 0 and 56 against Central Districts and that very quick “air” in a total of 14 balls against Wellington – four ducks and 77 runs.Yet from the very first minutes, even after losing his opening partner Richard Pudney at 8, McIntosh batted like a man in totally commanding form. There was a slowish start as Canterbury, after losing the toss, attacked vigorously with Chris Martin, the New Zealand medium-fast bowler, and Shane Bond, a very aggressive bowler.Martin made a surprise appearance. He had been dropped from the New Zealand one-day side, but with the first day washed out Canterbury had time to get Martin to Auckland in time to start on the second day.While McIntosh looked safer and more confident with every passing over, Canterbury missed the chances against Richard King, an enterprising right-hand batsman with a rich share of good luck.While McIntosh went sublimely along, King was twice dropped at third (11) and then second slip (28) by Gary Stead, and must have been very close to a bat-pad catch from Carl Anderson when he was 32.And that was the end of the Canterbury bowlers for the rest of the day, even if Bond did finish with three well-earned wickets for 70 runs.King was out short of a half-century, but had set up Auckland with a 101-run stand for the second wicket.Blair Pocock, another Auckland batsman searching for good form, struggled manfully, and Auckland was lucky that Pocock’s sluggish start coincided with McIntosh reaching a rich vein of runs.In fact Pocock had scored only 12 in 75 balls, but he was there while McIntosh hustled the total along from 109 for two wickets to 190 for three.By this time the pitch had lost any menace it may have contained from the slightly damp and slow surface, and with the sun sapping the bowlers’ energy, McIntosh led Auckland to faster and faster scoring.McIntosh’s first 50 took 110 balls and 134 minutes, with seven fours and a six. His second 50 came from 83 balls and 97 minutes, eight fours and a six – not riotous scoring, but quite quick by recent Auckland scoring.And it said much for McIntosh’s control that he galloped through the 80’s and 90’s with a barrage of boundaries and finished off the century with his signature stroke, a superb straight four from the front foot.The arrival of Nash gave McIntosh and Auckland another lease of life. They scored their first 50 together in 29 minutes from 35 balls, with Nash starting his assault with a straight six, and then driving and cutting boundaries from the tiring Canterbury bowlers.Canterbury even had to call on a few expensive overs from Jarrod Englefield and James Ward as they filled in time before the second new ball, and during this time McIntosh and Nash were in dominating mood.However, there was nothing wrong with the spirit of the Canterbury bowlers and when Martin and Bond had the second new balls they stopped Auckland in their tracks.The first effect was the dismissal of McIntosh after only three deliveries with the new ball from Bond.McIntosh had looked impregnable, and tucked away a wide ball from Bond for four to third man, one of his regular supply of runs.The next ball may have been an accident, or a touch of tactical genius from Bond. The ball was very wide, bouncing high, McIntosh made what looked like a token wave at the ball as it zoomed by – and the faint touch was smartly taken by by Peter Fulton at second slip.McIntosh had scored his 167 in 293 minutes from 248 balls, 116 of the runs from 26 fours and two sixes.As if in sympathy Nash and Kyle Mills went on the defensive as Bond and Martin made a brave effort with the new ball. In ten overs they allowed Auckland only 19 runs.But they could not break the Mills-Nash stand, and once the bowling lost its edge Nash and Mills resumed normal service, hammering fours as they took their unbeaten fourth wicket stand to 99.Besides Martin and Bond, James Ward had some bowling distinction for his lbw decision against Pocock gave Ward his first wicket in big cricket.Peter Fulton, the other debutant, bowled some tidy medium-pace overs, but he did not have any luck and missed King’s wicket through a dropped catch.With the pitch playing easily, Auckland may bat on tomorrow, perhaps with the hope of scoring a dominating first innings – and then try and dismiss Canterbury twice. However, with two day’s play left, an Auckland declaration at the start this morning might be a necessary step toward an outright win for either side.

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka will conduct the following workshops for BCCSL Panel Umpires on the Laws of Cricket and Playing Conditions
13th March 2002 Division I and II Panels
20th March 2002 Division II and III Panels
27th March 2002 Division III Panel
A panel of instructors headed by K.T. Francis, Peter Manuel, B.C. Cooray, D.C. Camillus Perera, W. Udaya Wickremasinghe, and D.A.S. Dassanayake will conduct the workshops, which will be held at the BCCSL Headquarters, 35, Maitland Place, Colombo 7.Those interested in attending these workshops should register with the Assignment Officer, E.K.G. Wijewardena on phone 681601 by Monday of the relevant week. Only those who register will be allowed to attend the workshops, which can each accommodate 75 persons. Captains and players of clubs are also eligible to attend.