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A six-for from fast bowler Mudassar Bukhari toppled UAE for 112 and spearheaded Netherlands’ seven-wicket victory in their World Cricket League match in Abu Dhabi

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Jan-2016
ScorecardFile photo: Mudassar Bukhari took 6 for 24, his best figures in List A cricket•ICC/Sportsfile

A six-for from fast bowler Mudassar Bukhari toppled UAE for 112 and spearheaded Netherlands’ seven-wicket victory in their World Cricket League match in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Bukhari dismissed four of the top five batsmen and finished with 6 for 24 from his 10 overs, his best figures in List A cricket. Opening batsman Michael Swart struck an unbeaten 60 off 67 balls with seven fours and two sixes to make sure the chase was complete with 177 balls left unused.Netherlands opted to bowl at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium and had immediate success. Bukhari dismissed UAE captain Muhammad Kaleem off his first ball of the match, bagged Shaiman Anwar for 13 and Swapnil Patil for 2 in his next over. When Mohammad Usman fell for 6, to Bukhari again, the hosts were 38 for 4 in the 10th over. Mohammad Shahzad cobbled together 37 off 78 balls and wicketkeeper Saqlain Haider hung on for 33 off 68 balls, but with eight of their team-mates making single-digit scores, there was very little chance of recovery.

Muttiah Muralitharan believes the debuting Caribbean Premier League has a bright future but should aim for a window in international cricket to be able to attract the best talent from across the world

Renaldo Matadeen10-Aug-2013Muttiah Muralitharan, the former Sri Lanka offspinner, believes the debuting Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has a promising future but should aim for a window in international cricket to be able to attract the best talent from across the world.”The organizers should get a window on the international cricket calendar to add better players on contract,” said Muralitharan, who is playing for Jamaica Tallawahs in the ongoing CPL. “Also, seek assistance and funding for pitches. Hopefully, it will get better.”Muralitharan drew parallels to T20 leagues such as the IPL, where he played alongside Chris Gayle, Ravi Rampaul and Christopher Barnwell for Royal Challengers Bangalore, and the BBL in Australia, where he played with Marlon Samuels for Melbourne Renegades.Muralitharan urged the Caribbean region to optimize home-grown talent, saying he was not in favour of overseas coaches. “I don’t recommend foreign coaches. Local coaches are good enough because they know the players involved. The international players are here to add hype to the tournament.”He was not so impressed with the standard of the playing surfaces, though. “The pitches have been a bit challenging. Some have not been so great but some have been better. It will only get more interesting.”Jamaica captain Gayle dubbed Muralitharan as one of the biggest assets in the dressing room. “He brings a lot of experience and positivity to the team and the younger players, even myself,” Gayle said. “He and Ahmed (Shehzad) inject a lot of life into us in the hotel and they’re always holding court and making us laugh. When we hear them speaking to each other, it’s fun but they’re serious out there. Murali helps me lead by example.”On his immediate future, Muralitharan, who retired from international cricket after the 2011 World Cup, admitted uncertainty. “I’m normally with the Big Bash (this December) but after that, I don’t know.”

Ed Cowan, the Australian batsman, just happened to be living in Cirencester because of his heavily-pregnant wife. He made a first-class debut for Gloucestershire and promptly won his county cap.

Alex Winter at Cheltenham11-Jul-2012Ed Cowan, seen here batting for Australia, did not have to wait too long for his Gloucestershire cap•AFP

It was quite a matter of convenience that Gloucestershire were able to employ the services of Australia Test opener Ed Cowan. But right place, right time is so often the making of so much success. Just ask Darren Bent.Gloucestershire just happened to be the county where Ed Cowan decided to stay with his heavily-pregnant wife, Virginia. He is in England for an Australia A tour and Cricket Australia were keen for him to get some cricket before their fixtures begin at Derby on July 27.Cowan is staying in Cirencester, a 16 mile trip from Cheltenham, and got in touch with Gloucestershire who signed him for six matches. But this is his only County Championship appearance. As such, his debut was greeted with the presentation for his county cap. It is quite conceivable that he could never play for Gloucestershire again. It is a disgrace, a debasement of the capping system.But maybe a cheap cap is worth a few bonus points. Cowan’s unbeaten 51 helped Gloucestershire towards their first in just over half a day’s play. Bonus points could be the only reward from this match given the forecast.”Ryan ten Doeschate was joking with me,” Cowan said. “He said it took him six years to get his Essex cap and I’ve just turned up to earn mine. But I respect the policy they have here and it’s very special to be playing my first first-class game for the club. Any time you’re capped by a county it’s a pretty special moment.”Rob Nicol, the New Zealand batsman, will be the next recipient of a Gloucestershire cap when he arrives to play for the rest of the season next week. But this week Gloucestershire have the services of a very determined man who recognises he has work ahead of him to prove his worth at Test level.”The Ashes is something that would be very special to be a part of,” Cowan said. “But we’ve got some landmark series before then. I feel I’m good enough to be in that Test team and not just chipping in but dominating games for the team. I’m yet to prove that but I look forward to doing that. And It’s nice to be playing cricket over here a year out, getting used to different conditions and different balls.”Cowan said the chance to play at the famous Cheltenham festival – which all Australians have heard of apparently – was a factor in him approaching Gloucestershire. And he immediately had a chance to bat on the college ground as Alex Gidman won the toss: possibly Cowan’s only chance to bat here.The recent weather saw the members’ car park at the college lawn end declared off limits. The wicket, although appearing a fine surface, also showed signs of the poor summer. “Having played a little bit in the UK before, it reminded me of an early season wicket,” Cowan said. “There’s not a whole heap of pace there, it’s not really conducive to a huge amount of strokemaking but not great for bowling either. But I think it will quicken up as the game goes on. I think it will turn, too. Harbhajan Singh has already spun a couple.”Cowan seemed to struggle on occasions to pick Harbhajan’s length and he conceded just 15 runs from his three spells, the last a single over before the umpires sensibly suspended play before rain brought stumps.James Foster, Essex’s captain, only gave Harbhajan six overs. Curious given that he caused problems to Cowan, a left-hander, who survived a strong lbw appeal, and that the Essex attack began to toil in a 108-run second wicket partnership between Cowan and Dan Housego – another who received his Gloucestershire cap this season. He was making his return after a shoulder injury and played a controlled innings.He struck a sumptuous cover drive off ten Doeschate through the covers before inside edging another drive for four more to bring up his half-century. But trying to play a length ball from Reece Topley into the leg side lost his middle stump.The wicket inhibited Cowan, who didn’t score for another 19 balls. He finally got going again with a mistimed cover drive for a single before manoeuvring Harbhajan to fine leg to bring up his 142-ball fifty.He walked off unbeaten having shown admirable composure in at times difficult weather, for a period against the new ball, and throughout facing the opening pairing of Topley and David Masters who together sent down 30 overs for 66 runs.Gloucestershire were in the right place at the right time to inherit the services of a fine player. And they may have hooked Cowan for the future. “I’ve really loved the dressing room and the coaching structure,” Cowan said. “It’s a really impressive set up and definitely a place I’d like to play some more cricket.” Perhaps that cap wasn’t hastily awarded after all.

A round-up of the final and third-place playoff of the ICC East Asia-Pacific Region Division One Twenty20 tournament

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Jul-2011Papua New Guinea maintained their unbeaten run in the East Asia-Pacific Region Division One Twenty20, beating Vanuatu by a comfortable margin of 58 runs in the final in Port Moresby. The victory books PNG’s spot in the Global Division One Twenty20 playoff in the UAE early next year, which will determine the two Associates or Affiliates to play in the 12-team World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.PNG elected to bat and got off to a streaky start when in-form opener Asad Vala was dropped by opposing captain Andrew Mansale. Vala, who had 344 runs in the tournament leading up to the final, and Tony Ura took advantage of Vanuatu’s slip-up, adding 56 off 5.2 overs before Jelany Chilia got Vala to edge to the keeper. Ura stood firm though, putting on 47 runs with Chris Amini, before falling for 48. By then the platform was laid for PNG – with the scoreboard reading 103 for 2 in the 11th over – to push on to a big total. Mahuru Dai and Jason Kila provided the final surge, striking four sixes to carry PNG to 195 for 5.The Vanuatu openers got the chase off to a steady start, but wickets in the fifth and sixth overs put PNG in front. From there on PNG picked up wickets regularly and kept the batsmen in check. Only Patrick Matautaava was able to inject some much-needed momentum into the Vanuatu innings, striking two fours and three sixes in his 36 off 18 balls. But when he was caught off medium-pacer Joel Tom – who was the pick of the bowlers for PNG, claiming 3 for 31 – in the 19th over, victory was already beyond Vanuatu.PNG captain, Rarva Dikana said the win at home, especially in front of the sizeable crowd, was fitting. “It is a huge achievement for the country, especially considering all of the development work going on,” he said. “I’m glad we could do this for everyone involved in cricket in PNG.”Ura, who was the second highest-scorer in the tournament behind opening partner Vala, was named Man of the Match. Tom and Matautaava, along with Fiji’s Iniasi Cakacaka, were the tournament’s top wicket-takers with nine wickets.In the third-place play-off game, an all-round performance from Samoa earned them a 30-run victory over Fiji. Samoa were sent into bat and though they lost opener Sean Cotter early, a steady 43 from captain Geoff Clarke, followed by whirlwind knocks from Faasao Mulivai (67) and Pritchard Pritchard (28*), carried them to a competitive 172 for 3.Fiji’s chase started poorly when they lost opener Sekove Ravoka in the first over. A 58-run second wicket partnership between Joji Bulabalavu and Iniasi Cakacaka steadied the innings, but a flurry of quick wickets after that derailed their chase. They slumped from 58 for 1 to 68 for 5 and couldn’t get going after that, getting bowled out for 142. Samoa’s bowlers were steady with Cotter, the most successful, claiming 3 for 9 in three overs.

Richard Pybus has been appointed coach of South Africa’s Cape Cobras franchise for the next three years

Cricinfo staff07-Jul-2010Richard Pybus has been appointed coach of South Africa’s Cape Cobras franchise for the next three years. The English-born Pybus had earlier worked with the Pakistan senior team as a consultant and coach, and also had stints with Border and Titans in the South African domestic circuit.”We are thrilled to be able to have the services of a coach of Richard’s calibre,” said Andre Odendaal, the CEO of Western Cape Cricket. Odendaal said Pybus was chosen after an exhaustive selection process. “We had some excellent candidates but Richard has a remarkable CV and we believe he is the right man to help the Cobras achieve the goal of winning a higher percentage of trophies, while at the same time ensuring that the Western Cape continues to develop as a nursery of talent for South African cricket.”Justin Kemp, the Cobras captain, welcomed Pybus’ appointment. “It’s wonderful to have a coach on board with the track record of Richard. I know the structure and discipline he will bring to the Cobras will stand us in good stead. The success he achieved at the Titans was exceptional. With his assistance and guidance, we can hopefully continue the excellent standard of cricket we played this past season, and even improve upon it.”Pybus coached the Border senior side in 1998-99, during which they reached the finals of the SuperSport Series and Standard Bank Cup. Both achievements were firsts for the province. He was appointed as a consultant to the Pakistan team in 1999, when they reached the finals of the World Cup. He returned to Border but took charge of Pakistan as head coach until after the 2003 World Cup. He was head coach for the Titans between 2005-06 and 2008-09, during which time the franchise won six titles in four seasons. He was appointed coach of Middlesex in February 2007 but five months later quit citing personal reasons. He was later named the 2009 South African Coach of the Year.

Veteran sports organiser Ahmed Sajjadul Alam alleges “government interference” for removal as BCB director

Mohammad Isam21-Aug-2024 • Updated on 23-Aug-20240:41

Faruque Ahmed wants ‘to improve the image of Bangladesh’

Faruque Ahmed has been elected the BCB president after a board meeting in Dhaka on Wednesday following Nazmul Hassan’s resignation. Faruque is the first BCB president to have played any competitive cricket. He played seven ODIs between 1988 and 1999 and led Bangladesh in the ICC Trophy in 1994.Faruque joined the BCB directors’ meeting after the National Sports Council (NSC) nominated him and Nazmul Abedeen Fahim as their directors in the board.The NSC had replaced their incumbent directors Jalal Yunus and Ahmed Sajjadul Alam with Fahim and Faruque; Yunus resigned on Monday but Alam didn’t resign, asking the NSC to take their due course of action.The BCB meeting, held at the NSC office, was attended by directors Mahbubul Anam, Khaled Mahmud, Akram Khan, Salauddin Ahmed, Kazi Inam Ahmed, Iftekhar Ahmed and Fahim Sinha. The other 16 directors, including Hassan, have been missing from Dhaka since the Awami Leauge government fell on August 5.Related

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During the meeting, Fahim was inducted as the second NSC-nominated director. After that, one of the BCB’s signatories was changed from Ismail Haider Mallick to Fahim Sinha. Mallick was considered Hassan’s closest ally in the board, and the most powerful director. He was the finance committee chair, marketing committee vice-chair, and secretary of the BPL governing council. Mallick is one of 16 board directors missing from Dhaka.The directors were also informed about the change of venue for the Women’s T20 World Cup from Bangladesh to the UAE, but the BCB remains the hosts of the tournament.BCB CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury informed the attendees that Hassan had officially resigned from his position as president. Shortly afterwards, the present directors unanimously elected Faruque as the new chief.After his playing days, Faruque served two terms as chief selector. He was in charge from 2003 to 2007. He was credited for ushering in a new era in Bangladesh cricket, giving breaks to Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, among other young players. He returned as chief selector in 2013 but resigned in 2016 when Hassan decided to expand the selection panel to include coach Chandika Hathurusinghe and Bangladesh team manager Khaled Mahmud in the selection panel.Hassan, who has also been the country’s sports minister since this January, was one of the several board officials who had direct political connections with the Awami League. Hassan has been a member of parliament since 2009.Among the 16 board directors missing, Shafiul Alam was a serving Awami League MP, Naimur Rahman was a former MP, and AJM Nasir Uddin was Chattogram’s mayor. Two of the board directors, Najib Ahmed and Sheikh Sohel, are cousins of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.Hassan took office as the BCB chief in 2012 after AHM Mustafa Kamal left the role to take the ICC vice-president’s post. A year later, he became the BCB’s first elected president after the board amended its constitution following a Supreme Court ruling, paving the way for the president to be elected by the board of directors. Previously, the government appointed the BCB president.

Sajjadul Alam alleges ‘government interference’ for removal as BCB director

Ahmed Sajjadul Alam has alleged “government interference” for his removal from the role of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director.Alam, a veteran sports organiser in Bangladesh, refused to resign after the National Sports Council (NSC), the body that oversees all sports federations, asked him and Jalal Yunus – BCB directors nominated by the NSC – to step down as directors on August 19. This was after the country’s new sports adviser Asif Mahmud called for reforms in the BCB and other sports federations. Yunus resigned immediately. Alam refused.”The National Sports Council’s decision [to remove me] is government interference,” Alam told ESPNcricinfo. “I am shocked with their decision. It is completely unacceptable. I have been made a councillor and subsequently a director for four years. I would have wanted to serve cricket for the rest of my term.”On Friday, the BCB issued a press statement saying that it has changed the nominated directors on the basis of “philosophy of jurisprudence”.”These nominations are made on the basis of philosophy of jurisprudence with the utmost careful application of prevailing rules,” the BCB said. “The government is committed to keep the activities of all federations/associations, including the Bangladesh Cricket Board, smooth, efficient, active and uninterrupted. The cooperation of all quarters is sought in the progress of advancing the country’s sports arena.”

Alex Davies and Dan Mousley miss out on hundreds as visiting batters make hay

ECB Reporters Network11-Jun-2023Warwickshire ended day one of their LV= Insurance County Championship match at Trent Bridge in a strong position on 361for five after Sam Hain posted his third century of the season, sharing a fourth-wicket partnership of 171 with Dan Mousley, who made 87, after opener Alex Davies had scored 93 earlier.Nottinghamshire have seen two sides of Hain in little more than a week following his 97 not out against them in the Vitality Blast at Edgbaston on June 3. On that occasion, he smashed eight fours and four sixes from just 52 balls but made the switch from white ball to the different qualities required for red-ball cricket look effortless in a patient innings spanning 258 minutes and 192 balls.Having hit eight fours and four sixes and not offered a chance until then, his only regret will be that he was out inside the last four overs of the day’s play for exactly 100.On a tough day in which home attack gained late rewards for their persistence, the highlight was two wickets for Jake Ball as he returned to first-class action for the first time this season for only his third appearance in three seasons following recurrent back problems.On the same pitch that saw Nottinghamshire pile up 662 runs batting first against Durham last September, Warwickshire’s decision to bat first quickly looked the right one, its green colour proving deceptive.Having been eased back into action in the Vitality Blast, collecting 10 wickets in three appearances, Ball marked his first red-ball appearance for almost nine months by taking a wicket in his fifth over as Rob Yates, driving somewhat loosely, was taken comfortably behind the stumps by Tom Moores, who missed the last four Championship rounds with a broken finger.It happened to be Ball’s 100th first-class wicket for Nottinghamshire but it was his side’s only success in the morning session, albeit one made up of just 27 overs. Davies was troubled early on as Ball found occasional extra bounce from the pavilion end, taking a bang on his right hand for his pains, but otherwise he and Will Rhodes asserted themselves effectively as Warwickshire reached 91 at lunch.In the event, Rhodes fell five balls into the afternoon session. Ball was again the bowler, although it was a somewhat self-inflicted dismissal by the visiting captain, who took his bat away from one that he plainly thought would miss his off stump and paid the price.Nottinghamshire maintained an all-seam attack until 18 overs into the second session. In the absence of Liam Patterson-White, who has had a modest season to date and is currently nursing a hamstring injury, 25-year-old Calvin Harrison retained his place following his Championship debut in May and it was the tall legspinner who denied Davies what had looked a likely second century of the season.Harrison induced a miscued drive from Davies in his third over. Presented with a tempting, loopy delivery in the next over, Davies opted to block only for the ball to evade his bat and hit him on the front boot, leg before for 93.Incoming batter Mousley seemed prepared to go after Harrison when he hammered one down the ground for six but did not persist with the tactic and in the overs before tea there was something in the surface for the legspinner and for the offspin of Matt Montgomery, against whom Hain was lucky with an edge that just evaded first slip, albeit in an over containing three boundaries. Harrison, who had switched ends, then had Mousley and Hain in turn surviving by a whisker and Warwickshire were probably relieved to reach tea with no further casualties at 227 for 3.Yet if the spinners were able to threaten from time to time they found it much harder to contain the fourth-wicket pair. There was no appreciable pace in the pitch and they had time to work the gaps in the field and keep the scoreboard moving in singles, a straight six in the last of Harrison’s 18 overs a rare show of aggression from Hain.To their credit, the home attack did not flag and Dane Paterson picked up the wicket of Mousley with the second new ball as the left-hander drove extravagantly and was caught behind off an inside edge, before Hain, having just completed his century, was bowled by a fine delivery from Lyndon James that squared him up and took the off stump.

A severe lack of bowling time did not deter Dottin from wanting to bowling a high-pressure final over, and executing to perfection to quell New Zealand

Firdose Moonda04-Mar-2022″A player like Deandra Dottin, when she says give me the ball, you just give her the ball.”Even if you had already decided someone else should bowl. Even if Dottin has only bowled 11 overs in international cricket in the last three years, and none in training recently. Even if you’ve never won a match in New Zealand before, there’s only five runs to defend, and your World Cup opener is on the line. In fact, especially if that’s the case.Related

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“Shakera Selman was meant to bowl and Deandra pretty much just come up to the stumps and said to Stef [Stafanie Taylor], ‘Give me the ball.’ And we were like, ‘What? You haven’t bowled in international cricket in like a year now,'” Hayley Matthews, whose century helped West Indies ask New Zealand to chase a record target in the tournament’s first match, said. “She literally hasn’t bowled to anyone in the nets since we’ve been here and she just came and said, ‘Give me the ball.’ A player like Deandra Dottin, when she says give me the ball, you just give her the ball. It doesn’t matter if she has bowled in a year or if she hasn’t.”Taylor thought about hesitating for a fraction of a second but Dottin was insistent and Taylor figured she could deal with the consequences later. “She [Dottin] was like, ‘Skip, I want the ball, give me the ball,’ and I said, ‘Ok, you and the coach will discuss after, that has nothing to do with me. I will give you the ball, do your thing,'” Taylor told the television broadcasters afterwards.Dottin’s thing was to concede a single off the first ball and then send down a dipping yorker that smashed into Katey Martin’s pad in front of leg stump. Martin was given out and reviewed but ball-tracking showed the delivery was going on to hit leg stump, and Martin had to go. Dottin tried to replicate that ball immediately but sent down a low full toss instead and Hannah Rowe took a single to long-on. She kept going for the block hole and Jess Kerr tried to clear mid-off but offered a simple chance to Chinelle Henry. With four to get off the last two balls, Dottin bowled length and missed everything. Fran Jonas tried to steal a bye but Rowe was slow to respond and by the time Jonas turned around, Shemaine Campbelle had collected and thrown to Dottin, who ran Jonas out at the non-striker’s end.West Indies had won, and there was nothing for Dottin to discuss with the coach, except maybe how she held her nerve. “I feel like she went into that over knowing she was going to get the job done,” Matthews said. “For her, it was like, ‘If we lose I am going to take the blame.’ Simple as that. Obviously we love that attitude. We love players that will come to the captain and say: ‘I want to do that.'”And if they win? Of course Dottin was happy to share the glory, knowing that it may be up to someone else in another match. “That’s what’s really good about our team. We’ve got so much experience and so many players we can call on. We know once we call on them, they are going to get the job done and she was the epitome of that today,” Matthews said.Dottin’s last-over heroics are even more remarkable because of the time she has spent away from bowling after sustaining a serious shoulder injury in 2019. She has only bowled 11 overs of international cricket since then, last in September 2021. Even then, she showed her mettle and kept South Africa to six runs in the Super Over, which West Indies chased easily. Taylor said Dottin is “not ready to bowl yet” but “took the responsibility of bowling the last over” anyway.It means West Indies have caused the tournament’s first upset. “We came into this tournament a bit as underdogs,” Matthews said. “It’s helped to ease a bit of pressure. To make a statement like this in the first game is massive.”

Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon are part of the squad for the defending champions

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Oct-2020Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon are part of New South Wales’ Sheffield Shield squad that will depart earlier than planned for the hub in Adelaide following a return of Covid-19 cases around Sydney.On Wednesday, three new cases of community transmission were confirmed ending a 12-day run of zero cases outside of hotel quarantine in New South Wales.There is currently an open border between New South Wales and South Australia so Peter Nevill’s squad will head into the Shield hub on Thursday to avoid any potential tightening of restrictions.The defending champions do not start their campaign until October 22 with their first-round match against Victoria pushed back to mid-November due to the need for Victoria’s players to undergo 14 days quarantine in Adelaide.While it is yet to be confirmed how many games Starc will play ahead of the international season, which is due to begin in late November, coach Phil Jaques was hopeful than Lyon would be available for all the Shield matches in the first block of fixtures.Starc, Lyon and Sean Abbott recently completed two weeks quarantine in Adelaide following their return from the limited-overs tour of England but were able to train at Adelaide Oval during that time.Chris Tremain, who moved from Victoria over the winter, is included in the squad as is 18-year-old legspinner Tanveer Sangha.”At times when you win a Shield, there can be a little bit of complacency within the camp, I’ve seen it in teams I’ve played in, but I certainly haven’t seen it at all through this whole off-season,” Jaques said.”There continues to be a real hunger to keep improving and take our cricket to the next level. [During the preseason] we were operating in groups anywhere from four up to full squad training, but changing weekly, so the guys have had to be really adaptable throughout the preseason.”I can’t commend them enough for how adaptable they’ve been to get a really good body of work done and be as prepared as we are.”New South Wales squad Peter Nevill (capt), Daniel Hughes, Nick Larkin, Kurtis Patterson, Moises Henriques, Daniel Solway, Jason Sangha, Matthew Gilkes, Sean Abbott, Trent Copeland, Mitchell Starc, Chris Tremain, Nathan Lyon, Liam Hatcher, Harry Conway, Jack Edwards, Tanveer Sangha

Gary Kirsten will oversee the Cardiff-based men’s team while Matthew Mott will take charge of the women’s set-up

ESPNcricinfo staff12-Aug-2019The ECB has confirmed two more coaching appointments for The Hundred, with Gary Kirsten and Matthew Mott taking charge of the Cardiff-based men’s and women’s teams respectively.Kirsten, the former South Africa opener, coached India to World Cup victory in 2011 and then oversaw South Africa’s rise to the No. 1 Test ranking. He has had extensive experience in the world of franchise T20, working with Bangalore Royal Challengers in the IPL and Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash.”To be involved in English and Welsh cricket from a coaching perspective is something that I have never done,” Kirsten said. “It’s great to be given that opportunity and to come to Cardiff.”This is a new format that I am sure will grow and grow. The real win is that it will grab the attention of families and expose the game of cricket to as many environments and communities as possible.”Mott knows Cardiff well from his time in charge of Glamorgan between 2011 and 2013. He has previously coached in the Sheffield Shield, and took charge of the Australia women’s team in 2015, leading them to the title at last year’s T20 World Cup, and overseeing their successful recent defence of the Ashes in the UK.”Cardiff is a special place for me and my family and that was a big part in my decision to return,” Mott said.”I’ve got no doubt The Hundred will be a success for the women’s game. I’ve got a young son who is a Sydney Sixers fan and he doesn’t see gender – he just sees the team. The Hundred will provide that sort of platform in England and Wales and I can’t speak highly enough of what that can mean for the game.”