T20 Cricket Asia » New Zealand http://www.t20cricket.asia Info Highlights and Action of T20 Cricket Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:32:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Of Chris Cairns and Moises Henriques’ surprising exclusion! http://www.t20cricket.asia/2010/01/05/of-chris-cairns-and-moises-henriques-surprising-exclusion/ http://www.t20cricket.asia/2010/01/05/of-chris-cairns-and-moises-henriques-surprising-exclusion/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:33:57 +0000 Knight Rider http://www.t20cricket.asia/?p=312 The Indian Premier League is a good two months away, but there is already a little buzz around the player transfers and the forthcoming auctions. However, the biggest piece of news coming from the IPL camp is that out of the list of 97 players that had put in their names in the ‘probables’ hat for the auctions, the league has gotten one Chris Cairns out of the list.

And the reason? “For his alleged allegation as we have zero tolerance for this kind of stuff,” as put by succinctly by Lalit Modi. The more interesting bit here is that allegations against the Kiwi all-rounder had come during the unsanctioned, and a rival to the IPL, Indian Cricket League.

Make no mistake, the BCCI must be lauded for not using a line like, “ICL is an unauthorised league and hence, we do not take match-fixing in that league as authentic enough.” After all, fixing a match, is a cricketing crime by itself and whether or not the tournament is authorised should not be a deciding factor here.

However, I have another problem with this decision. And that has to do with the fact that as far as the reports, there was an allegation of match-fixing, which was neither proved, nor proclaimed in the media. The official reason for his ouster from the league then, had been that he had hidden an injury, and continued playing in the league. So, isn’t this a case of using the yardstick of being guilty till proved innocent?

And if at all Cairns – or anyone else – had actually been involved in match-fixing during the Indian Cricket League, it is a mighty surprise that it has not yet come out in the public. Nothing more than rumours have so far! Let’s hope there is more coming our way from this story so that there is a clarity regarding what actually happened for the stakeholders of the game.

Apart from the Cairns saga, the IPL transfer window opened to a very lukewarm response. Till date, not too many transactions have taken place; Owais Shah (originally from Delhi) has been exchanged with Moises Henriques (from Kolkata) whereas Manoj Tiwari, also from Delhi earlier was taken up by Kolkata. While the Tiwari buy-out makes sense given that he is originally from Bengal and will help in building up the brand for the Knight Riders, what is surprising from Kolkata’s point of view is the Henriques was allowed to go for another foreign player.

For one, Henriques is the captain of the New South Wales Blues T20 side in their KFC Big Bash back home, which was very evident in the manner he performed with both, the bat and the ball during the Champions League T20. His all-round skills would have been of utmost utility in the tournament, and one would have almost seen a clamour for buying him out at the auctions. One almost feels that the management has missed out on a trick or two here.

Secondly, one could have understood if the exchange would have taken place in order to free up a slot for the foreign player. In this case, it is a foreign player that has been chosen for Henriques, which means that the Knight Riders will be left with no freed space for anyone extra from the auctions either.

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Brendon McCullum looks to sweep

Brendon McCullum looks to sweep, Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd Twenty20, Colombo, September 4, 2009

The second T20I between Sri Lanka and New Zealand was again played at the RPS in Colombo, and for the fourth time at this stadium, the Sri Lankan side came out second. This game, as compared to the previous one was a rather one-sided one, with New Zealand piling up 170 in the 20 overs and then restricting the Lankans to only 148. Clearly it was a far cry from the side which had only just finished runners-up in the ICC World T20 and then beaten New Zealand in the test series.

The stars of the match for the Kiwis were Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum, who added an 84 for the first wicket – McCullum also getting his form back – whereas Martin Guptill closed the innings nicely with a 20-ball 32 to propel the score forward. Ajantha Mendis was the pick of the bowlers with 1/21 off four, along with Sanath Jayasuriya who bagged a wicket more and conceded a run more than Mendis.

In reply, Sri Lanka fell behind early at 11/3, losing their star, Dilshan in the first over and could never recover from that. Captain Sangakkara did get to a 50-ball 69, but with not too many to support him, the Lankans capitulated to 148/8 in the 20 overs.

Sanath Jayasuriya celebrates a caught and bowled dismissal off Brendon McCullum
Sanath Jayasuriya celebrates a caught and bowled dismissal off Brendon McCullum, Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd Twenty20, Colombo, September 4, 2009

Daniel Vettori and Kumar Sangakkara shake hands after the match
Daniel Vettori and Kumar Sangakkara shake hands after the match, Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd Twenty20, Colombo, September 4, 2009

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Jacob Oram celebrates the wicket of Nuwan Kulasekera, Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 1st Twenty20, Colombo, September 2, 2009

Despite Tilakaratne Dilshan’s continuous batting exuberance, the Sri Lankan side collapsed like nine pins while chasing a target of 142 for a win against New Zealand to lose the first T20I by three runs.

With only 142 needed for a win, the Sri Lankan side had raced off to 67/2 in less than seven overs, and needed only 75 runs in 13 overs for a win with eight wickets standing. A walk in the park? Not when you have a middle-order like the Lankans’ in this game. It capitulated like nine pins and there was not a single player who could guide the team to a victory after the Dilshan blitzkrieg (57 off 28 deliveries).

Earlier, the Kiwis had scraped their way up to 141 as well. Again, it was a one-man show, with Ross Taylor taking up the attack to the Lankan spinners. He smashed a 45-ball 60, but there was only Martin Guptill to support him with an innings of 29. Jesse Ryder was the only other batsman to get to double figures with a 13 to his name!

Daniel Vettori who had successfully throttled the Sri Lankan side with figures of 4-0-11-2, was awarded the man-of-the-match award. The second and the last game of the series will be played at the same ground.

Lasith Malinga cleans up Daniel Vettori

Lasith Malinga cleans up Daniel Vettori, Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 1st Twenty20, Colombo, September 2, 2009

Malinga Bandara is congratulated for his catch to remove Jesse Ryder

Malinga Bandara is congratulated for his catch to remove Jesse Ryder, Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 1st Twenty20, Colombo, September 2, 2009

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