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All Today’s Yesterdays – August 7 down the yearsAugust 6 | August 81948
Birth of one of the great Test batsmen. Greg Chappell’s 7110 Test runs were scored at an average of 53.86 and with a smoothness that disguised his competitive steel. His on-drive was one of the great shots. He and his brother Ian both captained Australia with plenty of success.1971
Feisty England seamer Dominic Cork was born. He took 7 for 43 in his debut Test at Lord’s, against West Indies in 1995, and his hat-trick later in the series was the first by an England bowler in a Test since Peter Loader in 1957.1987
Master batsman Javed Miandad completed one of his six double-centuries in Test cricket. During his 260 at The Oval he became the first to score 6000 Test runs for Pakistan, whose total of 708, their highest ever, was more than enough to draw the match and clinch the series.1998
A third consecutive five-wicket haul by the big-hearted seamer Angus Fraser at Headingley kept South Africa’s first-innings lead down to 22. England went on to win a low-scoring match and take the series 2-1.1973
Death of a great allrounder. Jack Gregory’s fast bowling terrorised England’s batsmen in the early 1920s – and he still holds two major Test records: a century in 70 minutes at Johannesburg in 1921-22, and 15 catches in the 1920-21 series against England.1965
Two of fast bowler Peter Pollock’s ten wickets left England on 10 for 2 at the end of the day, facing defeat in the decisive Trent Bridge Test against South Africa.1879
One of South Africa’s fastest bowlers was born. JJ “Kodgee” Kotze took only six Test wickets at 40.50, but most of the bowling was done by googly bowlers at the time. His long run-up and strong body action frightened a lot of batsmen and he could maintain his pace for long spells. He did the hat-trick twice and took 8 for 18 for Western Province v Griqualand West in 1902-03.1937
England slow left-armer Don Wilson was born. He played in only six Tests (1963-64 to 1970-71) but took 1189 first-class wickets before becoming the MCC’s head coach at Lord’s.Other birthdays
1959 Ali Shah (Zimbabwe)

Following a difficult season on the field membership rates at Derbyshire have been slashed for 2002 with £30 being lopped off the Full Member price and substantial reductions on most categories.A member now pays only £60 for a full season’s cricket while the Senior Citizen price has been pegged back to the 2000 rate of £45. Prices for Executive tickets have also seen a reduction.The Patron membership, which included one full ticket, a transferable guest ticket and a car-park pass, is now no longer available along with their own seating area on the ground. However, a member’s ticket, plus a new category called Member’s Guest at the same £60 price, plus a car-park pass would still mean an overall reduction of £15.The Country Patron at £120 will still remain but only for renewals.In addition to these reductions a 10% discount is available for members on purchases made in the Club Shop.If you have any enquiries regarding the new rates or joining the Club call John Grainger on 01332 388 106.

Tahir moves to No. 2 on ICC rankings

Imran Tahir has become the second-ranked ODI bowler in the ICC rankings, while South Africa, by virtue of having registered a 2-1 series win over New Zealand, have climbed up to third position.
Tahir, who was in fifth position when the series began, jumped up three places following his five wickets in the series. While moving up the rankings, Tahir also pushed his team-mate, Dale Steyn, down to fifth position.
South Africa and New Zealand, who started the series on 109 and 110 points respectively to be the fourth and third-ranked sides, have now swapped places.

If Hashim Amla had his way, all ODI cricket would be played in the same way as the recently completed series between South Africa and New Zealand. Not because both teams could use the contest for experimentation, not because there there was very little at stake but because of conditions.”The wickets had a lot in it for the bowlers, which is very good. I think this is how ODI cricket should be played – there is something in it for the bowlers and guys have to bat semi-decently to get some runs,” Amla said at the post-series presentation, where he was named Man of the Series.Pre-season pitches in South Africa had their first taste of international cricket and did not prove as pacy as they usually are. Instead, they were slow and sticky, sometimes had some extra bounce and demanded batsmen show patience if they wanted reward. Amla is a master at that and ended as South Africa’s highest run-scorer, two behind Tom Latham who led the charts.He also scored South Africa’s only century and ended a lean patch that stretched seven innings and was beginning to bother even him. “It was a bit disappointing not getting runs too often before that,” Amla said. “Sometimes when you don’t get runs, the hunger increases and you look forward to scoring more runs.” Even if those runs come in challenging conditions.AB de Villiers, who top-scored with 64 in the decider, also found it heavy going. “It wasn’t easy at all; it was hard work upfront. I didn’t expect it to be difficult until the 30th over,” de Villiers said. “Fortunately, David Miller and I managed to get some momentum.”New Zealand did not find anything similar as they tried to suss out what was required to score off a sticky surface. “It was different conditions again and they adapted much better than we did,” Kane Williamson said. “We weren’t able to get on the front foot and get ahead of it.”South Africa were in the driver’s seat in Durban but overall neither side could conclusively say it steered proceedings through the contest with the advantage swinging throughout. Both were able to test their depth and both discovered what could work in future. For South Africa, Kagiso Rabada’s control stood out, for New Zealand, Latham’s and Ish Sodhi’s “Overall this tour has been of great benefit to the team as a whole and a bunch of individuals,” Williamson said. And to the organisers because it showed that cricket can be played in winter.

After more than two decades and 164 Test matches, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, one of West Indies’ finest batsmen, has retired. Chanderpaul finishes as the second-highest West Indian Test run-maker, 86 runs short of Brian Lara: Lara got 11,953 (11,912 for West Indies and the rest for the ICC World XI), while Chanderpaul scored 11,867 (all for West Indies).Chanderpaul, 41, had not played for West Indies since May 2015; the West Indies selectors dropped him after a weak performance during the three-Test series at home against England. While Chanderpaul entertained hopes of a comeback, the selection panel, headed by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, had provided enough hints that they had moved past Chanderpaul as they ignored him for the various series in the last eight months. Chanderpaul was also not part of the 15 players handed annual contracts by the WICB in December.Last June Chanderpaul had said he would decide by the end of the year when he would exit the international scene. “Definitely, but I am on the outside, just waiting to see what is happening,” Chanderpaul told cricket365.com, when asked if he wanted to play Tests again. “Retirement isn’t on the cards at the moment. Not for now, probably the ending of the year maybe then.”That his desire to play on continued to be strong was evident from the fact that he remained part of the regional domestic tournaments and, in fact, played his last match just three days ago, in the semi-final of the Nagico Super50 one-day tournament for Guyana.The WICB said in a release that Chanderpaul formally notified the board “in an email that he will no longer be available for selection for West Indies”. “The WICB acknowledges the invaluable contribution Shiv has made to the game globally, and we wish him all the best,” WICB president Dave Cameron said.One big reason for Chanderpaul to re-think his international career could be his involvement with the Masters Champions League (MCL), a tournament for players who have left all professional forms of the game including domestic cricket, which begins on January 28 in Dubai. To participate in the MCL, players have to get no-objection certificates from their respective boards stating that they have retired from all forms of cricket. Incidentally, till Thursday the WICB had not been approached for an NOC by any player. Chanderpaul was signed for $30,000 to represent Gemini Arabians in the tournament.Chanderpaul is only the second modern-day player, after Sachin Tendulkar, whose career stretched over two decades. He might not have been as celebrated and revered as Tendulkar, but Chanderpaul had worked hard, quietly, to become one of the strongest pillars of West Indies cricket.He scored 30 Test centuries and averaged 51.37 in the format, and held numerous records that are likely to last for a long time, including batting for more than 25 hours in a Test series between dismissals – he did it against India in 2002, when he faced 1050 consecutive deliveries without losing his wicket.Unorthodox stance and great determination aside, Chanderpaul never allowed his emotions to overpower him or pour over on the outside. Perhaps that reserved nature of his explained why he led West Indies only 14 times in Tests. He also played 268 ODIs for 8778 runs at 41.60 (the last of which was during the 2011 World Cup), and 22 T20Is.

With the promotion issues all but settled, there was a low-key feeling to the final round of matches in Division Two, especially as all the attention was centred on the Division One title race.The only hypothetical matter to be resolved came about in the afternoon when Nottinghamshire secured the one point they needed to cement their promotion. They may have been bowled out for 158 at Trent Bridge by title-winners Somerset, but that was enough. Charl Willoughby took 4 for 39 from 14 overs, and Peter Trego three, as they weaved their way through the line-up, with only Mark Wagh’s 41 standing out. Marcus Trescothick led Somerset’s first-innings reply, his unbeaten 76 taking them to a 36-run lead with six wickets still remaining and Ian Blackwell on 70 not out. This means that Notts, like Surrey last year, have immediately bounced back to the top division following relegation.Essex took charge against Middlesex at Chelmsford where Grant Flower’s hundred steered them to 345 for 7 amid the late-season chill. Flower was unbeaten on 145 at the close, but Middlesex should have had him when he had made 25 but Ed Smith spilt a fairly straightforward chance at first slip.Flower’s main support came from James Foster, the pair adding 181 for the fifth wicket before Flower sold his partner down the river by calling for a suicidal run to Andrew Strauss at point with Foster four short of a hundred for the second time in successive Championship matches.Mark Pettini eased down the order to No. 5 after chatting with Paul Grayson, the coach, but it did little good – he made 6. He was one of four victims for Robbie Williams, making his Championship debut.Hamish Marshall’s third hundred of the summer put Gloucestershire in charge against Glamorgan at Cardiff where the visitors closed on 262 for 4 after overnight rain had delayed the start until almost 1.45pm. The damp pitch encouraged David Hemp to stick Gloucestershire in, and had Glamorgan held their catches then it might have been a different story – Marshall was put down at gully and slip when on 16 and 25. With Kadeer Ali, Marshall added 192 for the third wicket after they were wobbling on 22 for 2, cutting lose to bring up his century off 105 balls. He was eventually dismissed for 121, and 11 runs later Ali followed.Derbyshire wrestled to 43 for 3 in the 41 overs possible against Northamptonshire in between the showers at Derby. Nineteen-year-old Paul Borrington made his maiden first-class fifty. Hassan Adnan bagged a duck.

Billy Doctrove, the “other” umpire at the centre of Pakistan’s forfeited Test match at The Oval, has been omitted from next week’s ICC Champions Trophy in India, along with his elite panel colleague, Darrell Hair.Hair’s absence was confirmed last week, officially for security reasons, but an ICC spokesman insisted that there was “nothing sinister” about the omission of Doctrove, even though they are the only two umpires from the ten-man panel to have been overlooked. “There were only going to be eight umpires,” the spokesman told BBC Sport. “It doesn’t mean Billy Doctrove is a bad umpire.”While Hair is one of the game’s longest serving officials, Doctrove, from Dominica, is relatively new, having stood in just nine matches since May 2000, seven of which have come in the last 18 months.Mike Procter, whose role as match referee at The Oval came under scrutiny, has been named as one of three such officials, along with Ranjan Madugalle, who was in charge of the subsequent disciplinary hearing.Umpires are selected for major tournaments based on a five-point assessment of each international match they stand in. Areas assessed include percentage of correct decisions, ability to cope with pressure, player management, communication and application of regulations.

South Africa allrounder Jacques Kallis was named international cricket’s Test Player of the Year at the ICC Awards in Sydney. Kallis was the runaway winner of the award, polling almost three times as many votes as the runner-up, Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath.Malcolm Speed, the ICC’s chief executive, said: “On behalf of the ICC, I would like to congratulate Jacques on winning this award, which recognises his prolific year. It was a year in which Jacques Kallis was one of the most sought-after wickets in Test cricket, a fact reflected by his outstanding statistics. The fact this award was voted for by Jacques’ peers and colleagues shows the high regard in which he is held by them and he is a worthy winner.”During the voting period of August 1, 2004 to July 31, 2005, Kallis played 15 Tests. He was comfortably the most prolific batsman in the world during that time, with 1497 runs at 71.28, including six hundreds, the most by any player, and a total of 14 scores of 50 or more. With the ball, he took 20 Test wickets and, usually to be found in the slip cordon, he pouched 16 catches during the voting period.The award formed part of an excellent night for Kallis as he was also joint winner of the Player of the Year (sharing the award with Andrew Flintoff) and was selected as 12th man for the ODI Team of the Year.Kallis is the second recipient of the Test Player of the Year award following on from India’s Rahul Dravid in 2004.Voting for the Test Player of the Year was completed by the 50-member ICC Awards voting Academy who cast a 3-2-1 vote (three votes being the greater value) from the list of nominees, with the votes tallied to produce a winner. The voting Academy included the 10 ICC Full Member captains, the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Referees, the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and 25 legends of the game and respected members of the media.The top three players in the poll were:1. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) – 115 votes
2. Glenn McGrath (Australia) – 41 votes
3. Shane Warne (Australia) – 29 votes
Kallis received the trophy from Rahul Dravid.The other original nominees for the award were Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brian Lara of the West Indies, Younis Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Danish Kaneria of Pakistan, Australia’s Damien Martyn, Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting, Anil Kumble, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh of India and Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka.

Michael Lewis, the Victorian cricketer, told courts that David Hookes was grabbed by the throat and punched in the stomach on the evening he died after a fracas outside a nightclub in Melbourne, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.Zdavko Micevic, a bouncer, was charged with manslaughter and assault in connection to Hookes’s death, and court proceedings in this regard were under way. Lewis, who was outside the Beaconsfield Hotel where the incident took place, said he heard Hookes say “What are you doing?” and “I’m going home” when he was being pushed around by bouncers.Lewis said that he did not see the cricketers being physically or verbally abusive towards the bouncers, but noted that two bouncers “kept on following him [Hookes] and getting in his face.”During the same proceedings Terry Forrest, the defence counsel, told the courts that Hookes was verbally aggressive towards a bouncer on the night in question. He added that Hookes was heard telling a bouncer that the hotel was going to “cop it” on air, when Hookes did commentary.Wayne Phillips, another former Australian cricketer speaking at the hearings, said he saw Hookes get into an altercation with the bouncers after he was asked to leave. When asked whether he heard Hookes tell the bouncers that the establishment would “cop it” on air, Phillips said, “I assume that was the tack he was taking.” Phillips also said that he tried to reason with the bouncers to let Hookes go, but that they seemed intent on intimidating him.

Australian women’s cricket is now permanently under the umbrella of the Australian Cricket Board.The integration of men’s and women’s cricket was announced today and follows that which has already been achieved in New Zealand and England,.A two-year trial period preceded the move but at a special general meeting of the Women’s Cricket Association (WCA) on June 20, the integration was unanimously supported.The announcement is not coincidental as it will come into effect on Tuesday, the same day as the ACB becomes Cricket Australia.The integration will give women’s cricket guaranteed security and strength for the future.ACB chief executive James Sutherland said the decision to officially unite men’s and women’s cricket under one umbrella was a major step forward for the game.”As we identified several years ago, having two separate organisations performing similar roles in trying to build and strengthen the game was actually working against cricket,” Sutherland said.”The ACB and WCA agreed in 2001 to establish a trial integration period to make sure we could achieve more efficient operations and improve the overall health of the game. Female participation in cricket is growing rapidly and we recognise the importance and challenge of building the game further for this group.”Initiatives like the CricHit program for girls, the inclusion of a women’s clinic at the Imparja Cup and the women’s cricket leadership forum in Darwin last week highlight some achievements that have resulted from the integration.”There are numerous advantages to working as one unit for the benefit of cricket and we are entirely committed to consolidating our work efforts toward the common goal of attracting, retaining and supporting these players,” he said.Under the trial association period, women’s cricket has benefited from increased access to funding for matches and events, resources for development purposes and access to ACB support systems.Australian women’s captain Belinda Clark said the trial integration showed what could be achieved by joining operations.”Over the past two years, women’s cricket has further advanced and moved closer to realising its growth potential with greater resources and funding in place at all levels. At the elite end, it has allowed us to capitalise on playing opportunities. We have been able to access resources and support and earlier this year it helped us stage a Test series at home for the first time in seven years,” she said.Other benefits of the permanent integration will ensure greater certainty in developing elite competition for senior and youth levels, access through a women’s cricket reference group to address strategic issues, links to the ACB’s centres of excellence and resources to review and research lower levels of cricket for women.There will be more obvious alignment between men and women player uniforms. They will share a logo with a colour ribbon beneath the coat of arms differentiating, red for men and yellow for women.A new baggy green cap will be created for the women to match the men’s cap.As part of the integration, the WCA will be dissolved while the Women’s Cricket Advisory Committee will be abolished while WCA assets frozen during the trial period will rollover to the ACB.Immediate effects of the permanent integration include:Sutherland paid tribute to the many people who have played a role in the administration of women’s cricket over many decades.”As we strive to strengthen women’s cricket in Australia, we acknowledge the previous work, dedication and service by the many contributors to our game. I also congratulate Ms Quentin Bryce for her leadership in driving the integration process over the past few years.”Ms Bryce AC, was the president of the WCA and chairperson of the WCAC. She completes her long association with women’s cricket administration and begins her new role as Queensland Governor after being appointed to the position earlier this year.There are more than 200,000 schoolgirls who participate in MILO Cricket development programs and 50,000 females playing club cricket across Australia.

Can the hill country folk of Kandy have ever been so richlyentertained? For the first half of the day the Indian fast bowlersscythed through the Sri Lankan batting and in the afternoon, hometownhero Muttiah Muralitharan thrashed a comical half-century that put hisside firmly in the box seat at the end of the third day of this secondTest.It was an astonishing day. Zaheer Khan and Venkatesh Prasad bowledtheir hearts out, taking nine wickets between them, as Sri Lankaslumped from 52 for one to 124 at lunch and then lost four wickets in33 balls in a postprandial slumber to leave them on 157 for nine, witha lead of just 199.In 76 crazy minutes, however, Muralitharan and last man Ruchira Pereraswung the game emphatically back towards Sri Lanka with a 64-runpartnership for the last wicket, which was a record for the wicketagainst India and the equal highest of the game. Sterile statistics,though, do not tell the real tale.It was the manner in which Muralitharan scored his first ever firstclass fifty, 67 runs off 65 balls, which included three sixes and fourfours, that brought the crowd, which swelled to nearly 8000 as news ofMuralitharan’s heroics spread through the town, to hysterics andIndia’s players to their knees in frustration.He strutted to the wicket to a standing ovation and then taunted thetourists like a chief clown. His strokeplay mixed outlandish heaves,full-blooded pulls and exaggerated defense ­ he even padded up toGanguly eight yards down the pitch, much to the bowlers verbaldisgust. In between balls he rehearsed a startling array of innovativestrokes and in between overs he exercised his novel right to requestrefreshment and a rub down from the 12th man.When Ruchira Perera walked in to bat, Muralitharan was only on 11, buthe took firm command of the situation as Ganguly bizarrely pushedeight fieldsmen back onto the fence, surely the first time that theLankan spin ace has been handed such respect while he was batting.Psychologically and tactically the plan backfired as Muralitharancleverly farmed the strike. He refused to take ones until the finaltwo balls of the over, but managed to scramble the odd two and belt anoccasional boundary. When he was finally caught on the long offboundary India needed 264 runs for victory.It is a testing target. England only limped home by three wickets whenasked to chase 160 in Kandy last March and Sri Lanka lost to SouthAfrica by seven runs when they were bowled out for 169 here last year.This pitch has not crumbled like those two surfaces, however, whichshould give India hope.India’s openers survived the new-ball by the skin of their teeth,especially Shiv Sunder Das (19), who looked fortunate not to beadjudged leg-before wicket by Chaminda Vaas on two occasions before hehad scored. He was also bowled off a no ball of Vaas, who bowledsuperbly in his seven over burst (7-5-6-0).Das and Sadogoppan Ramesh (13*) had added 31 for the first wicketbefore Sanath Jayasuriya threw the ball to Muralitharan. Das pullswept him to the mid-wicket boundary, but the off spinner deceived theright-hander with his straighter delivery in his third over to leaveIndia on 42 for one.They lost no further wickets before bad light stopped play at 6.05pmwith India on 55 for one with 209 still required, but Muralitharancreated enough problems to suggest that he holds the key to this matchtomorrow.Were it not for top scorer Muralitharan then Sri Lanka would in allprobability have been heading towards their third successive defeat inKandy, as the Sri Lankan top order crumbled under the pressure exertedby Zaheer Khan in the morning and Prasad in the early afternoon.Khan struck with his third delivery of the day, which brushed theoutside edge of Kumar Sangakkara’s (13) bat and was neatly taken bywicket keeper Sameer Dighe.Mahela Jayawardene and Marvan Atapattu, who scored 45 from 88 balls,added 32 runs for the third wicket, before Prasad had Atappatu caughtbehind to leave Sri Lanka on 84 for four.Ganguly bowled a short two over spell without success, but quicklycalled back Khan who then dismissed first Test centurion MahelaJayawardene (25) in the slips and trapped Russel Arnold (4) leg-beforewicket with a ball that nipped back off the seam.Hashan Tillakaratne (16) and Suresh Perera (15), both of whom arefighting for their places after an unsuccessful series thus far, alsoput up some resistance for 50 minutes either side of lunch, adding 21further runs.Venkatesh Prasad then took over the mantle from Khan. Swinging theball away from the right handed Perera he caught the edge of Perera’sflashing blade and Hemang Badani redeemed himself for an earlier misswith a sharp left handed catch at second slip.Tillakaratne had been shuffling across his stumps throughout hisinnings and had survived several close leg-before appeals beforePrasad trapped finally trapped him in front with an inswinger. Prasadthen quickly followed up with the wickets of Dilhara Fernando andChaminda Vaas to secure his seventh five-wicket haul in his 32nd Testand set the stage for Muralitharan’s theatrical performance.