Cricket ICC sticks to Duckworth/Lewis rule - Channel NewsAsia
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Friday it was sticking with the Duckworth/Lewis rule for deciding rain-affected matches after an Indian engineer put forward a replacement method.
Devised by English statisticians Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis, the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) rule was first introduced at international level in 1996.
It uses mathematical formulas to calculate the winning target for the batting team when rain reduces playing time in limited-overs matches and was first adopted after World Cup rules made a mockery of the 1992 semi-final between England and South Africa in Sydney.
V. Jayadevan, an engineer in the south Indian state of Kerala, has spent a decade working on his so-called VJD system.
This has been used in Indian domestic matches since 2007 following a recommendation from batting great Sunil Gavaskar.
Jayadevan argued his system should be adopted internationally, because the D/L method often produced targets that were "not reasonable or sensible".
But the ICC's cricket committee, at a meeting in London this week, decided to stick with the present system, even though it is one of the least understood rules in international sport.
A statement issued on behalf of the committee, chaired by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, said it had considered Jayadevan's method in great detail but added: "The committee expressed its complete satisfaction with the thoroughness and independence of the review comparing the two methods.
"The committee unanimously agreed that there was no evidence of any significant flaws in the D/L method nor did the committee believe that any improvements could be offered by the VJD method.
"Therefore the committee decided to continue with the D/L as the preferred method of calculating target scores in reduced limited overs matches."
In the World Cup game that prompted the adoption of the D/L method, South Africa needed a gettable 22 runs off 13 balls before rain stopped play, but that became a ludicrous 21 off one ball when the match resumed.
The committee, which only makes recommendations to the ICC's chief executives' committee and the global governing body's main board, also re-iterated its view that, depending on the ability to finance the technology, the Decision Review System (DRS) should be implemented "universally" in Test and ODI cricket.
Indian cricket chiefs - in charge of the sport's wealthiest board - have yet to be convinced by the accuracy of the technology involved and that means the system is not used in matches involving India.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Pietersen quits limited-overs cricket
Kevin Pietersen will become a Test specialist for England after announcing his retirement from limited-overs internationals on Thursday.
The 31-year-old will have his contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB); which runs until September 2012 - downgraded as he only becomes available for the longer form of the game.
Pietersen said he made the decision in a bid to avoid injuries and extend his playing career at Test level.
"After a great deal of thought and deliberation, I am today announcing my retirement from international one-day cricket," Pietersen said in a statement.
"With the intensity of the international schedule and the increasing demands on my body, approaching 32, I think it is the right time to step aside and let the next generation of players come through to gain experience for the ICC World Cup in 2015.
"I am immensely proud of my achievements in the one-day game, but still wish to be considered for selection for England in Test cricket."
Pietersen is unable to continue his Twenty20 career at national team level, with the terms of an ECB central contract stating that any player who rules themselves out of one of the limited overs formats cannot play in the other.
The South African-born Pietersen said in his statement he 'would have readily played for England in the upcoming ICC World Twenty20'.
England cricket's managing director Hugh Morris was disappointed about the timing of Pietersen's decision but thanked him for his contribution.
"ECB is disappointed by the timing of Kevin's decision less than four months before we defend our ICC World Twenty20 title," he said.
"Kevin is a world class player and I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his efforts and we look forward to his continued contributions to the Test match side.
"As the programming and planning for ODI and T20 format cricket are very closely linked we have a selection policy that means that any player making himself unavailable for either of the one-day formats, rules himself out of consideration for both formats.
"The selectors will now replace Kevin in both the ODI and the T20 squads."
Pietersen played 127 one-day internationals for England, scoring nine centuries at an impressive batting average of 41.84.
He also captained England briefly in 2008 and 2009 in both one-day and Test cricket, while he averaged 37.93 in his 36 Twenty20 internationals.
Source,
SkyNews
T20 PAK VS SL Scorecard
1 June 2012 - day/night (20-over match)
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
Sri Lanka won by 37 runs
| Sri Lanka innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| DPMD Jayawardene* | c Shoaib Malik b Sohail Tanvir | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
| TM Dilshan | c Umar Gul b Sohail Tanvir | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 | ||
| KC Sangakkara† | b Sohail Tanvir | 19 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 158.33 | ||
| LD Chandimal | b Mohammad Sami | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
| AD Mathews | b Saeed Ajmal | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | ||
| HDRL Thirimanne | c Umar Gul b Saeed Ajmal | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 120.00 | ||
| KS Lokuarachchi | run out (Shoaib Malik/†Shakeel Ansar) | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 110.00 | ||
| NLTC Perera | not out | 32 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 200.00 | ||
| KMDN Kulasekara | not out | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3, w 4) | 8 | ||||||
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| Total | (7 wickets; 20 overs) | 132 | (6.60 runs per over) | |||||
| To bat SMSM Senanayake, SL Malinga |
| Fall of wickets 1-2 (Jayawardene, 0.3 ov), 2-11 (Dilshan, 2.3 ov), 3-31 (Sangakkara, 4.4 ov), 4-39 (Chandimal, 7.2 ov),5-65 (Mathews, 12.5 ov), 6-89 (Lokuarachchi, 16.1 ov), 7-89 (Thirimanne, 16.2 ov)
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Cricket Australia pay deal facing collapse
A DISPUTE over how much of Cricket Australia's turnover goes to players has become the key reason their pay deal is in danger of lapsing.
Negotiations between CA and the Australian Cricketers Association on a new memorandum of understanding were expected to be completed well ahead of the June 30 deadline, especially since on June 7 last year both sides agreed to extend the previous agreement by a year to give them almost 13 more months to resolve issues.
No state or Big Bash League contracts can be signed until a new deal is reached, which has left many state players, in particular, sweating over their short and long-term financial prospects.
''All of us, including the ACA, want to give players some certainty about what's going on and how and when they can pay their mortgages,'' CA spokesman Peter Young said. ''But … there's still quite a bit of distance, and we need to work our way through that.''
Cricket Australia's Argus Review-inspired policy to significantly cut the number of centrally contracted players and impose a performance pay structure on the remaining elite players was expected to be the most fiercely resisted change. But the association will accept a cut in contracts - from 25 to as low as 17 - and a minor annual adjustment above or below the present pay rate tied to the team's performance across the three formats. Compensation from the reduction in CA contracts would come in the form of more state contracts.
Cricket Australia is also unlikely to object to an association proposal to receive a fixed share of income from the 2015 World Cup and direct that to a fund for former players who did not benefit from the lucrative playing contracts available now.
The progress in those areas has been contrasted by a breakdown in negotiations over the size of the pool from which players receive a 26 per cent share - fixed now, flexible in the next deal - that covers their wages.
ACA chief executive Paul Marsh declined to discuss the mooted changes to the Australian Cricket Revenue policy, which sets out which areas of revenue - such as team sponsorships and broadcast contracts - are included and excluded from calculations. He did confirm the groups were ''fundamentally apart'' on it.
Both sides are hoping to secure a five-year agreement but are yet to increase the frequency of weekly meetings to get a resolution.
Source, Brisbanetimes
Malinga will not join Middlesex
Lasith Malinga has had to pull out of joining Middlesex for their Friends Life t20 campaign due to fatigue.
The Sri Lanka fast bowler, a limited-overs specialist after retiring from Test cricket last year, complained of soreness to his knee and back after representing the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.
Malinga was due to play seven of Middlesex's 10 FLt20 group matches but with Sri Lanka playing one-day internationals and a Twenty20 series with Pakistan and India this summer, the 28-year-old's representatives have stated that the bowler and the Sri Lankan Cricket Board believe rest is needed if he is to avoid serious injury.
Middlesex's managing director of cricket Angus Fraser said: "Naturally, we are extremely disappointed that Lasith will not be playing for Middlesex CCC in this summer's Friends Life t20.
"Everyone at the club was looking forward to working with and watching Lasith play for The Panthers. His presence would have added a healthy dose of star dust to proceedings.
"I totally understand Lasith's concerns - his workload has been and is high - but I am disappointed we are the side to be denied of his services.
"A lot of work goes in to securing these deals and getting 'No Objection Certificates' from the relevant governing bodies.
"But we are not the only county to suffer in this way and over the coming days we will do all we can to secure the services of another high quality international cricketer for our 2012 Friends Life t20 campaign."
Source, Yahoo Sport UK
Indian engineer challenges Duckworth-Lewis rain rule
An Indian engineer will learn Thursday whether his challenge to the English system for determining the winner of rain-affected cricket matches - one of the most complicated rules in the sport - has been successful.
The current method, devised by English statisticians Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewisand known as the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) rule, was first introduced at the international level in 1996.
It uses mathematical formulas to calculate the winning target for the batting team when rain reduces playing time in limited-overs matches and was first adopted after World Cup rules made a mockery of the 1992 semi-final between England and South Africa in Sydney.
V Jayadevan, an engineer in southern Kerala state, spent a decade working on his so-called VJD system, which has been used in Indian domestic matches since 2007 following a recommendation from batting legend Sunil Gavaskar.
The International Cricket Council will announce on Thursday if the VJD system will replace the Duckworth-Lewis method after discussions in London by the ICC's cricket committee, headed by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd.
Jayadevan, a passionate statistician, calculates his chances of success in percentage terms.
"I think there is 90 percent hope if members read it patiently," Jayadevan said from his office in Thrissur.
"I will not be at the meeting because I was not invited, so I cannot immediately clear any doubts which a member may have. That is why I have taken away the remaining 10 percent chance," he said.
Jayadevan insists his system of calculating revised targets is a vast improvement on the D/L method.
"Both are two different ways of approaching a problem, two different mathematical models," he said. "There is nothing wrong with D/L system, but many times the targets set by it are not reasonable or sensible.
"In my report to the ICC, I have pointed out the mathematical and statistical flaws in the D/L system and how that has been corrected in my method."
In the World Cup game that prompted the adoption of the D/L method, South Africa needed a gettable 22 runs off 13 balls before rain stopped play, but that became a ludicrous 21 off one ball when the match resumed.
In England, the challenge has been seen by some as another attempt by India, the game's superpower, to chip away at the influence of England, the former colonial power and inventor of the game.
"There could be no more symbolic example of India's challenge to surpass England in every aspect of cricket's world order," noted the Guardian newspaper.
Source, THE TIMES OF INDIA
The current method, devised by English statisticians Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewisand known as the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) rule, was first introduced at the international level in 1996.
It uses mathematical formulas to calculate the winning target for the batting team when rain reduces playing time in limited-overs matches and was first adopted after World Cup rules made a mockery of the 1992 semi-final between England and South Africa in Sydney.
V Jayadevan, an engineer in southern Kerala state, spent a decade working on his so-called VJD system, which has been used in Indian domestic matches since 2007 following a recommendation from batting legend Sunil Gavaskar.
The International Cricket Council will announce on Thursday if the VJD system will replace the Duckworth-Lewis method after discussions in London by the ICC's cricket committee, headed by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd.
Jayadevan, a passionate statistician, calculates his chances of success in percentage terms.
"I think there is 90 percent hope if members read it patiently," Jayadevan said from his office in Thrissur.
"I will not be at the meeting because I was not invited, so I cannot immediately clear any doubts which a member may have. That is why I have taken away the remaining 10 percent chance," he said.
Jayadevan insists his system of calculating revised targets is a vast improvement on the D/L method.
"Both are two different ways of approaching a problem, two different mathematical models," he said. "There is nothing wrong with D/L system, but many times the targets set by it are not reasonable or sensible.
"In my report to the ICC, I have pointed out the mathematical and statistical flaws in the D/L system and how that has been corrected in my method."
In the World Cup game that prompted the adoption of the D/L method, South Africa needed a gettable 22 runs off 13 balls before rain stopped play, but that became a ludicrous 21 off one ball when the match resumed.
In England, the challenge has been seen by some as another attempt by India, the game's superpower, to chip away at the influence of England, the former colonial power and inventor of the game.
"There could be no more symbolic example of India's challenge to surpass England in every aspect of cricket's world order," noted the Guardian newspaper.
Source, THE TIMES OF INDIA
Pybus appointed Bangladesh coach
Pybus appointed Bangladesh coach
Richard Pybus, the former Pakistan coach, has been named Bangladesh coach, taking over from Stuart Law who resigned in April. Pybus, 47, has signed a two-year deal with the BCB and is expected to join the Bangladesh side before their tour of Zimbabwe next month.
"I am delighted at the opportunity of coaching Bangladesh," Pybus said. "I am looking forward to getting busy with the boys.
"We have an active schedule ahead of us and for me the next few months will be about building relationships with the players and the coaching staff and ensuring that the progress made up to the Asia Cup continues."
Pybus hasn't been in charge of an international side since 2003 but had flown to Bangladesh earlier this month to interview for the national coach's role. He will be Bangladesh's third coach in a year as Law had been in the post for only nine months after succeeding another Australian Jamie Siddons last July.
Pybus was appointed Pakistan coach for their 1999 World Cup campaign, while he was with Border, before returning to the South African provincial side. He coached Pakistan again until the 2003 World Cup and had stints with Titans and Cape Cobras (South Africa), and Middlesex. He was with Cobras until March 2012 and was also linked to the South Africa job last year
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Ind to host major int'l series from Mar-Aug 2013 | Announcements | BCCI
Ind to host major int'l series from Mar-Aug 2013 | Announcements | BCCI
India will host three major international series from August 2012 to March 2013, involving ten Tests, five ODIs and four T20 Internationals. The fixtures and venues for the first two series have been finalized by the BCCI’s Tour, Programme and Fixtures Committees.
The AIRTEL series between India and New Zealand will be played in August-September, and feature two Tests and two T20 Internationals. Hyderabad and Bengaluru will host the Tests, and the T20 Internationals will be played at Vishakhapatnam and Chennai.
Following this series, the Indian and New Zealand teams will fly to Sri Lanka to participate in the ICC World T20 2012.
The AIRTEL series between India and England will comprise four Tests, two T20 Internationals and five ODIs, from November 2012 to January 2013. The Tests and T20s will be played in November-December 2012. The second of the T20 Internationals will be played at the MCA Subroto Roy Sahara Stadium in Pune, thus marking the venue’s international debut.
The England team will fly home for Christmas, and return in the new year for a five-match ODI series. The series will feature the international debuts of as many as three venues, in the cities of Rajkot (new stadium), Ranchi and Dharamsala respectively.
The AIRTEL series between India and Australia will be played in February-March 2013, and feature four Tests. The match-schedule will be finalized soon.
India will host three major international series from August 2012 to March 2013, involving ten Tests, five ODIs and four T20 Internationals. The fixtures and venues for the first two series have been finalized by the BCCI’s Tour, Programme and Fixtures Committees.
The AIRTEL series between India and New Zealand will be played in August-September, and feature two Tests and two T20 Internationals. Hyderabad and Bengaluru will host the Tests, and the T20 Internationals will be played at Vishakhapatnam and Chennai.
Following this series, the Indian and New Zealand teams will fly to Sri Lanka to participate in the ICC World T20 2012.
The AIRTEL series between India and England will comprise four Tests, two T20 Internationals and five ODIs, from November 2012 to January 2013. The Tests and T20s will be played in November-December 2012. The second of the T20 Internationals will be played at the MCA Subroto Roy Sahara Stadium in Pune, thus marking the venue’s international debut.
The England team will fly home for Christmas, and return in the new year for a five-match ODI series. The series will feature the international debuts of as many as three venues, in the cities of Rajkot (new stadium), Ranchi and Dharamsala respectively.
The AIRTEL series between India and Australia will be played in February-March 2013, and feature four Tests. The match-schedule will be finalized soon.
W. Bengal Govt. showers bouquets, shawls and Sandesh on IPL champs KKR
The state of West Bengal went into celebratory mode on Tuesday, welcoming Indian Premier League season five champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) with bouquets, shawls and Sandesh.
Celebrations began from the hotel where the team was putting up. The Kolkata Knight Riders team was given a rousing reception at the Writers Building, the state government headquarters.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and members of her cabinet welcomed the team with bouquets, garlands and sweets on a makeshift stage.
As thousands of fans danced to drum beats, Kolkata Knight Riders team owner Shahrukh Khan and team captain Gautam Gambhir addressed them and thanked them for the warm reception.
The IPL Trophy was handed over to Banerjee, who in turn asked Khan, Gambhir and co-owner Juhi Chawla to help her hold the gong aloft in front of cheering fans.
Shahrukh Khan and Juhi even danced to the tunes of 'Chammak Challo' from movie Ra.One.
Lauding the KKR side for winning the fifth edition of the IPL, Banerjee said: "The name of the team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is connected with Kolkata. We the people of West Bengal welcome all the winning players of KKR in the city."
KKR defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by five wickets Sunday to lift their maiden IPL title.
The team is to take a six-kilometer-long bus tour of the city before entering the Eden Gardens stadium to celebrate further with the fans. (ANI)
Source, Yahoo Cricket
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