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Two young Durham players, Jamie Harrison and Usman Arshad, bowled their side into a dominant position against Surrey at Chester le Street

Les Smith at Chester-le-Street24-Aug-2013
ScorecardJamie Harrison claimed his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket•Getty Images

Two young Durham players, Jamie Harrison and Usman Arshad, bowled their side into a dominant position against Surrey, who are still 261 runs behind with seven wickets in hand after being made to follow on.From 97 for 6 overnight, were only able to add 11 to their first-innings total. Their tail was mopped up by Harrison, a 22-year-old Lancastrian whose left-arm swing and seamers are delivered at a very brisk pace. He disposed of Surrey’s last three batsmen, two lbw and finally scattering Jade Dernbach’s stumps, without conceding a run.It was Harrison’s first five-wicket return in first-class cricket, taken in his first County Championship appearance this year. Steven Davies, easily Surrey’s most impressive batsman in a poor team showing, stood firm amid the mayhem and finished unbeaten on 41, with his team 313 behind.Harrison was a satisfied young man at the end of the day. He suffered a frustrating 2012 when he was hobbled by shin splints, and has worked hard on his fitness in the meantime. “All through the winter I was in the swimming pool at six in the morning and ten at night, and putting ice on my legs,” he said. “That seems minimal when you take five wickets.”He has also put in a lot of overs, 350-plus, this summer for his club side Stockton and the Durham seconds, and the fitness dividend was clear to see.With an eye on the weather forecast and trusting the bowlers who had served him so well in the first innings, Durham’s captain, Paul Collingwood, enforced the follow-on and Harrison was immediately at it again, bowling Arun Harinath behind his legs for a duck. Rory Burns stood firm for three quarters of an hour but then Collingwood introduced Arshad and the innings took a new direction.Arshad, 20, is making his first class debut, and he looks very useful. From Bingley, near Bradford, he has made his way northwards and impressed the Durham coaches with his performances in the second team this summer.The absence of Ben Stokes with the England Lions has given him his opportunity and he grabbed it. He took two good wickets in Surrey’s first innings, then two in two balls in the second. First he had Burns caught by Scott Borthwick at slip, then he tied up Vikram Solanki, who was caught behind down the leg side.The day’s play was restricted to 23 overs by rain and bad light. The decision by the umpires to take the players off in the late afternoon was not popular with the sparse crowd, and the light didn’t appear at that time to offer any danger to batsmen or fielders. It became academic, however, when rain set in.Harrison said that Durham were confident that, if the weather stays fair on Sunday and their bowlers stay patient, they will take the seven wickets they need for the win. He is probably right.

Kumar Sangakkara is the only player who hasn’t preferred his IPL franchise for the Champions League Twenty20, among the 12 eligible to play for two sides in the tournament

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Aug-2013

Players, and their team preferences in bold

Dwayne Bravo – Trinidad & Tobago/Chennai Super Kings
Kevon Cooper – Trinidad & Tobago/Rajasthan Royals
Kieron Pollard – Trinidad & Tobago/Mumbai Indians
Faf du Plessis – Titans/Chennai Super Kings
Albie Morkel – Titans/Chennai Super Kings
Chris Morris – Highveld Lions/Chennai Super Kings
Nathan Coulter-Nile – Perth Scorchers/Mumbai Indians
Michael Hussey – Perth Scorchers/Chennai Super Kings
Mitchell Johnson – Brisbane Heat/Mumbai Indians
Shane Watson – Brisbane Heat/Rajasthan Royals
Thisara Perera – Brisbane Heat/Sunrisers Hyderabad
Kumar Sangakkara – Sunrisers Hyderabad/Kandurata Maroons

Sachin Tendulkar, who has retired from the IPL, and Rahul Dravid, who has indicated the upcoming Champions League would be his last tournament, have been named in the Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals squads for the Twenty20 event. A Faisalabad Wolves squad has also been announced, in an indication of the Pakistan side’s probable participation in the qualifying stage of the league, after political tensions between India and Pakistan had cast doubts over whether they would be allowed to come over.Kumar Sangakkara is the only player who hasn’t preferred his IPL franchise for the tournament among the 12 wanted by two sides, and has decided to play for his home side Kandurata Maroons. Explaining the process for deciding which teams these players would represent, Dean Kino, a CLT20 governing council member and director of legal and business affairs, said: “Players who were named by more than one team were asked to select which team they were going to play for. Teams were then allowed to replace any player that withdrew from their squad and elected to play for another side.”CLT20 regulations state that when a player elects to play for their ‘away’ team, that team must pay the ‘home’ team $150,000 compensation per player. A ‘home’ team is classified as a team from the country a player is eligible to represent in international cricket.”This payment is applicable for 10 of the 12 players that were eligible for more than one team. The exceptions are Kumar Sangakkara, who will be representing Kandurata Maroons, which is classified as his home team, and Thisara Perera, who qualified for Brisbane Heat and Sunrisers Hyderabad, neither of which is classified as his home team.”Lasith Malinga has not been named in the Mumbai Indians squad as he wanted to be with his wife and family, as they expect their second child late in September.Group A includes Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Lions, Perth Scorchers and Qualifier 1 while Group B has
Chennai Super Kings, Brisbane Heat, Titans, Trinidad & Tobago and Qualifier 2. Otago Volts, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Faisalabad Wolves and Kandurata Maroons will play the qualifiers beginning on September 17 in Hyderabad, with the top two sides advancing to the main draw starting September 21 in Jaipur and to be played across Ranchi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Delhi.Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Ambati Rayudu, Aditya Tare, Rishi Dhawan, Abu Nechim, Akshar Patel, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Smith, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn MaxwellChennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, M Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Imtiaz Ahmed, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohit Sharma, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Albie Morkel, Jason Holder, Faf du Plessis, Chris MorrisRajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid, Ajinkya Rahane, Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson, Ashok Menaria, Dishant Yagnik, Vikramjeet Malik, Rahul Shukla, Pravin Tambe, Siddharth Trivedi, Shane Watson, Brad Hodge, James Faulkner, Kevon Cooper, Shaun TaitBrisbane Heat: Joe Burns, Daniel Christian, Ben Cutting, Peter Forrest, Dom Michael, Chris Hartley, Nathan Hauritz, James Hopes, Matthew Gale, Chris Lynn, Alister McDermott, Cameron Gannon, Alex Kemp, Kemar Roach, Chris SabburgPerth Scorchers: Ashton Agar, Michael Beer, Jason Behrendorff, Ashton Turner, Liam Davis, Brad Hogg, Burt Cockley, Simon Katich, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Joel Paris, Alfonso Thomas, Tom Triffitt, Adam Voges, Sam WhitemanTitans: Jacques Rudolph, Henry Davids, AB de Villiers, Farhaan Behardien, Heino Kuhn, David Wiese, Eden Links, Ethy Mbhalati, Rowan Richards, Mangaliso Mosehle, CJ de Villiers, Graeme van Buuren, Morne Morkel, Roelof van der Merwe, Marchant de LangeHighveld Lions: Temba Bavuma, Gulam Bodi, Quinton De Kock, Neil McKenzie, Lonwabo Tsotsobe,
Ethan O’Reilly, Hardus Viljoen, Rassie van der Dussen, Alviro Petersen, Aaron Phangiso, Dwaine Pretorius, Jean Symes, Imran Tahir, Sohail Tanvir, Thami TsolekileTrinidad & Tobago: Denesh Ramdin, Rayad Emrit, Jason Mohammed, Nicolas Pooran, Sunil Narine, Evin Lewis, Samuel Badree, Navin Stewart, Shannon Gabriel, Yannick Ottley, Adrian Barath, Sherwin Ganga, Lendl Simmons, Ravi Rampaul, Darren BravoFaisalabad Wolves: Misbah-ul-Haq, Asif Ali, Ali Waqas, Khurram Shehzad, Mohammad Salman, Waqas Maqsood, Samiullah Khan, Asad Ali, Saeed Ajmal, Ehsan Adil, Hasan Mahmood, Jahandad Khan, Farrukh Shehzad, Imran Khalid, Ammar MahmoodOtago Volts: Nick Beard, Michael Bracewell, Neil Broom, Iain Butler, Mark Craig, Derek de Boorder,
Jacob Duffy, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, James McMillan, Jimmy Neesham, Aaron Redmond,
Hamish Rutherford, Ryan ten Doeschate, Neil WagnerSunrisers Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan, Parthiv Patel, Cameron White, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn, Darren Sammy, Biplab Samantray, Thisara Perera, Karan Sharma, Hanuma Vihari, Ashish Reddy, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Anand Rajan, TBCKandurata Maroons: Lahiru Thirimanne, Nuwan Kulasekara, Upul Tharanga, Thilina Kandamby, Kumar Sangakkara, Shehan Jayasuriya, Chamara Silva, Milinda Siriwardana, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Dhammika Prasad,
Ajantha Mendis, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Lahiru Jayaratne, Dhananjaya De Silva, Suraj Randiv

Sri Lanka A finished the rain-affected first day of the first unofficial Test against New Zealand A on 115 for 3

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Sep-2013
Scorecard
Sri Lanka A finished the rain-affected first day of the first unofficial Test against New Zealand A on 115 for 3, thanks in part to an unbeaten 49 from Kaushal Silva. Rain delayed the start of the match, then returned to interfere after 21 overs, before impeding play for a third and final time, in the afternoon. Only 40 overs were possible in the day.Kusal Perera’s lean trot with the bat did not improve, as he was caught behind for 2 off Mark Gillespie during the fifth over of the day. Gillespie also trapped captain Dinesh Chandimal in front for 6, to finish with the day’s best figures of 2 for 40. Corey Anderson took the other wicket – that of the opener Dimuth Karunaratne.Silva and Ashan Priyanjan had put on an unbeaten stand of 48 when stumps were drawn.

Umesh Yadav’s first-over double-strike loosened the bolts, before Kolkata Knight Riders’ spinners took charge and the wheels truly came off Sunrisers Hyderabad’s chase

The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando04-May-2015
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details4:05

O’Brien: Chasing was the wrong call for SRH

Umesh Yadav’s first-over double-strike loosened the bolts, before Kolkata Knight Riders’ spinners took charge and the wheels truly came off Sunrisers Hyderabad’s chase. Pursuing 168 on a dry Eden Gardens deck, the visitors were 6 for 2, then later slipped to 69 for 6 in the 12th over, as the big shots continued to prove unfruitful, and their running between wickets faltered. They would finish 35 runs adrift, at 132 for 9.Brad Hogg and Piyush Chawla were both menacing and miserly through the middle overs, picking 3 for 33 from eight overs between them to lock up the match despite Moises Henriques’ battling 41 from 33, which was the top score in the match.Perhaps Sunrisers captain David Warner’s first mistake of the evening had been to bowl first on what appeared to be a spin-friendly deck to his counterpart, Gautam Gambhir. After his side had conceded 167 for 7, Warner made another error to see his off stump pegged back by the third legal delivery he faced. Having pulled Yadav for four previous ball, Warner played around a seaming length ball. Three balls later, Naman Ojha made the same mistake, the stump, this time, coming all the way out of the ground.Shikhar Dhawan and Henriques attempted to bash the chase into gear, but at spin’s early introduction, they became more cautious. Dhawan was out when he smoked a Brad Hogg half-tracker straight to square leg, but despite that bad ball, Hogg was instrumental in keeping the opposition pinned to their bad start. Yusuf Pathan leaked 19 runs in his solitary over, conceding two sixes and a four to Henriques, but the bowlers around him were economical enough to prevent a Sunrisers surge.Eoin Morgan’s slow start got worse when, after a moment’s hesitation, he failed to beat Gambir’s throw to the non-striker’s end, and was out for 5 off 11. The boundaries had dried up after that Pathan over, and another double-strike in the 12th over, went a long way to sealing the result.Hanuma Vihari ran past a Chawla slider fourth ball, before Bipul Sharma was run out attempting an ambitious second at the end of the over. That left the visitors needing 99 from 48 balls with four wickets in hand, and with Chawla, Yadav and Hogg all continuing to bowl tightly, the required-rate quickly climbed to unmanageable levels. In all, no boundaries were hit for eight overs in a stretch.Knight Riders’ own innings had been somewhat disjointed, with four batsmen hitting thirties, as Sunrisers’ slower bowlers also prospered. Robin Uthappa and Gambhir had put on 57 together before Gambhir holed out to deep midwicket off Karn Sharma’s bowling. Manish Pandey looked the most promising out of the top-order batsmen, finding two big sixes down the ground, before he ran himself out for 33 in the 14th over. Pathan struck four fours in a 19-ball 30 that finished the innings. Karn ended with 2 for 29, the best figures for Sunrisers.

Freed up to speak about the Ashes after doing their best to concentrate on a lopsided series against the West Indies, Darren Lehmann and Michael Clarke have offered a simple message to a newly aggressive and creative England team: bring it on

Daniel Brettig15-Jun-2015Freed up to speak about the Ashes after doing their best to concentrate on a lopsided series against the West Indies, Darren Lehmann and Michael Clarke have offered a simple message to a newly aggressive and creative England team: bring it on.Two years ago Lehmann was was particularly outspoken in criticising the stodgy ways of Andy Flower and Alastair Cook, referring to England’s style as “dour” and “not how I’d like us to play”. Those strident words encouraged Australia’s players to reclaim the assertive, Australian way, but now that the New South Welshman Trevor Bayliss is set to take over as coach, Lehmann and Clarke expect fireworks.”They’ll probably play a bit like we play I think,” Lehmann said following a 2-0 demolition of the West Indies. “That’s what they’re trying to do, so it’s going to be on for young and old. It’s going to be entertaining for everyone and it’s going to be an exciting series. They’re going to be tough over there as we know and if they’re going to play that way it’s going to be the team that handles that pressure the best.”From our point of view this is a great lead-in to that tour and now it’s about getting prepared for the Ashes. They’ve got some things they’re trying to work on and Trevor Bayliss will have them getting the way they want to play and he has got to do that pretty quickly.”Clarke said that while England’s tactical approach may become more flair-minded, he would remain sturdy in his expectations of a team that would fight to the last in the Tests and stretch the patience of Australia’s players, whether with the bat or in the field. It felt an optimistic prediction.”How they play will not be a surprise to me,” Clarke said. “I’m expecting them to be extremely tough to beat, they’ve got a very good bowling attack, they’ve got some experience with their batting and some batters in form. They might come hard at us. Whatever they throw up we’ll be prepared.”We’ve got some really good time now to make sure we’re 100% prepared before we walk out onto that field in that first Test match. That’ll be our number one focus, over the last couple of years preparation has been the most important part of our game, and this’ll be no different. We’ll be really excited by the time that first Test comes around.”Credit to the boys, I was really honest with the boys and made it very clear I didn’t want it spoken about at all throughout this series and I’m extremely thankful and proud that none of the guys have spoken about it. I’d be lying to say it hasn’t been in the back of everyone’s mind, but the fact we’ve been really disciplined on playing really good cricket in these conditions against this West Indies team is a really good achievement from the boys, but we’re all excited about what lies ahead.”Lehmann’s observations on the West Indies series included a most pointed critique of David Warner, who placed himself outside the team bubble with a pre-match admission he was working to change his persona both around the team and on the field. Save for a half-century in the second innings at Sabina Park, Lehmann had little positive to say.”I think he’s struggled this tour,” Lehmann said. “He batted well in the second innings here. It would be nice for him to get some big runs. At the end of the day, he’s about making runs, and that’s what we need from him.”

Moeen Ali lit up Road with a magical all-round performance as Worcestershire stepped up their NatWest T20 Blast challenge by crushing Derbyshire by eight wickets with 43 balls to spare

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ScorecardMoeen Ali was back at Worcestershire to find red-ball form but dictated a T20 win over Derbyshire (file photo)•PA Photos

Moeen Ali lit up Road with a magical all-round performance as Worcestershire stepped up their NatWest T20 Blast challenge by crushing Derbyshire by eight wickets with 43 balls to spare. The England allrounder took 3 for 28 as Derbyshire were held to 136 for 7 and then made 65 from 28 deliveries in his team’s charge to a third consecutive win in the north group.A sighting of Moeen at his brilliant best in the shortest format is probably not quite what England had in mind when he was left out of the one-day squad against New Zealand to give him time to prepare for the Ashes in the Championship. As yet, he has not done the red-ball bowling that the selectors wanted but it must still be heartening news that he is among the wickets, even in a different format, as well as scoring runs.This was his second T20 half-century in five matches and in the process he simply blasted Derbyshire out of contention as the Rapids took 73 off the six-over Powerplay.

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Derbyshire essentially lost this match within the first 22 balls by which point they were reeling at 22 for 4 having lost a batsman in each of the first four overs. A team will always be playing catch-up from such a position and it was no different for Derbyshire, who scored double-figure overs just four times in their innings and only twice after the end of the Powerplay.

At the peak of the onslaught, he went past 50 out of 63 when scoring 24 from an over by Shiv Thakor. In all, a marvellous display of touch and timing brought eight fours and four sixes before he was caught at deep square leg from Chesney Hughes’ first delivery.Tom Kohler-Cadmore fell for a quick-fire 19, but Daryl Mitchell remained unbeaten with 33 and Colin Munro finished the game with six and four off Alex Hughes.Derbyshire probably guessed it would not be their night when losing wickets in each of the first four overs. Hamish Rutherford’s debut was short and fleetingly sweet. The New Zealander smashed Jack Shantry’s fifth delivery over long-on for six but tamely chipped the next ball to Kohler-Cadmore at short mid-on.Chesney Hughes edged low to wicketkeeper Ben Cox’s left in the next over from Joe Leach, who then ran out Thakor with a smart return from short third man to Cox. Wayne Madsen joined the procession , dabbing a ball from Leach to Kohler-Cadmore at slip, and it was only then that the Falcons found some breathing space as Wes Durston and Scott Elstone mustered 31 at a run-a-ball.Elstone boldly drove Moeen’s second delivery over the long-on rope but allowed ambition to overtake him when putting up a neatly taken chance to Ross Whiteley in front of the cover boundary.Moeen eventually snared Durston, stumped by Cox for 29 when attempting to sweep, and Alex Hughes for 22 when he skied a straightforward catch to bring Leach back into the action at deep square leg. With seven down for 91, it proved to be no more than a face-saving exercise as Tom Knight and Tom Poynton added 45 from the last 5.5 overs.

Australian opening batsman Chris Rogers has been left red-faced after it emerged that he has been attempting to sell tickets for the Ashes Test at Lord’s contrary to regulations

George Dobell23-Jun-20151:26

Rogers reprimanded for Lord’s ticket offer

Chris Rogers has been left red-faced after it emerged that he has been attempting to sell tickets for the Ashes Test at Lord’s contrary to regulations.Rogers, who is likely to open the batting for Australia in the Ashes, was one of two partners in Inside Edge Experience, a company offering tickets and hospitality to the Lord’s Ashes Test. The other partner was Tom Scollay, a former Middlesex colleague.To further embarrass Rogers, it appears that Scollay was offering prospective clients access to the Australian team as part of the package. Rogers has denied that he knew of such an offer.Sourcing 10 tickets quite legally from Middlesex – Rogers is a former club captain – the pair offered them as hospitality packages from a minimum of $3,590 Australian dollars (£1,765 ) for the Test, including additions such as a refillable cooler bag for drinks and a picnic lunch. The price of packages rose, with travel and accommodation included, to $5,950 (£2,925 ) for the Test.But when the MCC, the owners of Lord’s, learned of the scheme, they contacted Middlesex and it was immediately closed down. Inside Edge Experience are not licensed to sell cricket hospitality packages and are not one of the MCC’s approved operators. It is understood that only one package had been sold and that the party involved will receive a full refund.”We are vehemently opposed to the second ticket market,” a spokesman for the MCC told ESPNcricinfo. “In this case, we understand that no tickets have changed hands and we were assured that it was simply a case of naivety and over enthusiasm.”Middlesex’s senior management were also disappointed. They are given a relatively few tickets by the MCC – fewer than 100 a day – and supply them in the expectation they are used by family and friends.They have made it quite clear than onward selling of them for profit is inappropriate and an abuse of the privilege, though they have accepted that a junior member of staff knew about the scheme and had no idea that it breached any guidelines. They also accept that Rogers did not know the guidelines and made a genuine mistake.”They shouldn’t have done this,” a club official told ESPNcricinfo. “We have a great relationship with our landlords, the MCC, and the last thing we would want to do is jeopardise that.”These tickets are meant for family and friends and there has been some naive thinking if anyone thinks they can sell them on. It shouldn’t happen and we will have to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”A Cricket Australia spokesman termed the episode a “misunderstanding” and confirmed that Rogers had not faced disciplinary action.”He was very open about the venture,” the spokesman said, “but it may be he reflects that this type of thing is more appropriate once he has finished playing.”Cricket Australia were not aware of the suggestion that access had been offered to players. But an email sent by Scollay describes it as “a very unique opportunity to have access to the players during the test (sic) and something people can’t get elsewhere.”He went on to say: “Australian test opener Chris Rogers is my partner in this venture but we have to keep that off mainstream media due to Cricket Australia contract reasons.”As of June 23, the company’s website and Facebook page were still active. Middlesex demanded their logo was removed immediately.

Former West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh and renowned American fielding guru Mike Young have signed on to be a part of the coaching staff at the ICC Americas selection combine to be held at Indianapolis World Sports Park in September

Peter Della Penna16-Jul-2015Former West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh and renowned American fielding guru Mike Young have signed on to be a part of the coaching staff at the ICC Americas selection combine to be held at Indianapolis World Sports Park in September.”I’m really excited by this opportunity to help identify and work with some of the best talent in the Americas,” Walsh said in an ICC press release. “It’s great that the ICC and the WICB are working together on this initiative that can only help cricket develop in the region.”Applications for players who are eligible to play for countries within the ICC Americas region were due to close on Friday, but the deadline has been extended an additional week through to July 24. Up to 100 players from around the region will be invited to phase one of the combine from September 18, as they compete for spots in a regional squad to participate in the WICB 50-over domestic tournament next January.A select group of players from phase one will then be invited back to phase two from September 24, where they will join pre-selected players based on performances from the ICC Americas championship in May, and the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier currently taking place in Ireland and Scotland. After the conclusion of phase two, a final squad will be chosen and top-performing players may also receive invitations to trial for teams in the 2016 Caribbean Premier League.Walsh is currently a WICB selector and bowling coach for the Jamaica Tallawahs. In 2011, he served as tour manager for the West Indies U-19 team in Florida where they swept the USA U-19 team in a four-match 50-over series. Young, a Chicago native, has been a specialist fielding coach serving on and off with Australia for the last 14 years, including at the 2015 World Cup.

The Overton twins shared six wickets as Somerset turned over Group A leaders Surrey with a three-wicket Royal London Cup win in front of a 5,500 Taunton crowd

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ScorecardCraig Overton starred with bat and ball•Getty Images

The Overton twins shared six wickets as Somerset turned over Group A leaders Surrey with a three-wicket Royal London Cup win in front of a 5,500 Taunton crowd.Craig Overton claimed 3 for 37 and brother Jamie 3 for 52 to help restrict the visitors to 267 all out, despite a superb century from Steven Davies, who contributed 111 from 109 balls, with 13 fours.Rory Burns made 76 and Gary Wilson 59 after Surrey had lost the toss, Lewis Gregory backing up the Overtons with 2 for 34 from his ten overs.In reply, Somerset slipped to 148 for 5 before skipper Jim Allenby and Alex Barrow added 70. Craig Overton then applied the coup de grace with 40 off 22 deliveries as Somerset reached their target with 20 balls to spare.Davies’ fluent innings had taken his run tally in the group to 475 at an average of just under 80. He lost opening partner Jason Roy to the second ball of the innings, bowled by the impressive Craig Overton.It was 8 for 2 when Ben Foakes was caught behind pushing forward to Gregory in the fourth over, but Davies and Burns then took charge with a stand of 158 in 27.3 overs.Davies was first to his half-century off 58 balls in the 22nd over and Burns soon followed off 65 deliveries. Both scored heavily to third man as Somerset’s attack concentrated on short of a length on a green pitch.The home side stuck to their task well. Burns fell to a top-edged pull off Craig Overton with the score on 166 before Davies reached a fine century out of a total of 200 for 3 in the 38th over.At that point Surrey looked set for more than 300. But the Overton twins and Gregory did a good job at the death and wickets fell in quick succession.Wilson tried to hold the tail together and reached a sweetly-struck half-century off 57 balls, with four fours and a six, but received little support as Surrey lost their last seven wickets for 47 in the final ten overs.
The Somerset innings saw visiting brothers Tom and Sam Curran do their best to emulate the Overtons, sharing three of the first five wickets to fall as Adam Hose, Tom Abell, Peter Trego and Tom Cooper all made starts without going on to a significant score.In the end it required Allenby’s experience with a 69-ball half-century and bright cameos from wicketkeeper Barrow and Craig Overton, who blasted six fours and ended the game with a big six, to see Somerset to a victory that was not enough to keep alive feint hopes of reaching the quarter-finals.Surrey now take on Gloucestershire at Bristol tomorrow, the winners being assured of finishing top of the group.

On the day he was called up to his first England Test squad Zafar Ansari suffered an injury scare when he damaged his hand against Lancashire at Old Trafford and was sent to hospital

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Sep-2015On the day he was called up to his first England Test squad Zafar Ansari suffered an open dislocation of his left thumb against Lancashire at Old Trafford and was sent to hospital.Surrey confirmed the extent of Ansari’s injury in a tweet at 10pm on Tuesday, but the club had been fearing the worst throughout the second day of their division two title decider, with their director of cricket Alec Stewart admitting at the close of play that “it didn’t look good.”Fielding at cover point, Ansari dropped a very difficult catch off Lancashire’s Ashwell Prince and immediately gestured for assistance from the dressing room. He left the field holding a bandage to his left hand and soon went to hospital.”It didn’t look good. He’s gone off to hospital to see a hand specialist. It’s his left thumb and he was in quite a bit of pain,” Stewart said. “Fingers crossed for him but seeing him in the dressing room it’s certainly a concern.”Obviously with the announcement this morning he was in a great place. He’s earned that right, and he offers England something they haven’t got. If he gets in that environment I think England will be very impressed with him. Let’s not speculate now. Hopefully we’ll get some news sooner rather than later.”Ansari was one of three players uncapped at Test level included in England’s 16-man squad for the three Test series against Pakistan which starts on October 13. Alex Hales and Adil Rashid were also named while James Taylor was recalled.Surrey added that Ansari’s injury would be “reviewed over the next couple of days”. England depart for the UAE on September 30.