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Jan Stander hit a crucial 64, the highest score of the match, as Scotland battled to a lead of 242 against Canada after their second innings was almost derailed by the visiting seamers as ball continued to dominated the game. The home side secured an advantage of 43, but again struggled with the bat as they stumbled to 99 for 7 before Stander and Gordon Drummond put Scotland back in the driving seat with a stand of 69.

Scotland were batting with ten men after wicketkeeper Simon Smith dislocated his shoulder during a morning warm-up game of football. He went to hospital where the injury was assessed and returned with his arm in a sling. Although the damage wasn’t as serious as first feared the pain prevented him taking further part and he is a doubt for the forthcoming one-day internationals. Read more
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MS Dhoni played a captain’s knock as India battled inclement weather to defeat the West Indies by six wickets via the D/L method.

India also managed to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match ODI series at the Beausejour Stadium on Friday.

Needing 11 runs off the last over after the target was revised to 159 from 22 overs, Dhoni (46 not out) sent Jerome Taylor’s second delivery for a six over mid-wicket as India won with a ball to spare. Read more
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West Indies opener Runako Morton has become quite a headache for the Indian bowlers in the ongoing ODI series.

In the first of the four-match series, Morton hit 42 from 51 balls and sparkled with an unbeaten 85 in the second match to help the hosts level the series 1-1.

Morton said his focus and calm demeanour has much to do with the responsibilities that come with fatherhood. Read more
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MS Dhoni and India kept their nerve on a frustrating day of rain delays to take a 2-1 series lead in St Lucia. It was still anybody’s game when India needed 11 off the final over, but Dhoni slammed the second ball over deep midwicket to put the visitors on course for victory.

India threatened to lose their way in the chase after a solid start provided by Dinesh Karthik before Dhoni hauled them past the line. The rain-breaks initially readjusted their target to 195 in 27 overs before a further shower reduced it to 159 in 22 overs. Read more
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India go into the crucial third ODI against the West Indies with the form of their top order batsmen being a worrying factor.

Barring a couple of individual performances, the Indians have generally been a pale shadow of themselves in the first two matches of the four-match series and Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team has a daunting task to put it across the hosts.

With the series locked 1-1, both the teams will go all out for a victory at the Beausejour Stadium and thereby ensure that they cannot lose the series.

The Indians, desperate to make amends for their early exit from the Twenty20 World Cup in England last month, have not really looked convincing in both the matches and their perennial weakness to short-pitched stuff has come back to haunt them.
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New Zealand spinner Jeetan Patel is expected to be available for selection for next month’s tour of Sri Lanka.

Patel has been released by Warwickshire after suffering a minor knee injury.

He was assessed in England this week by the New Zealand team physio and will return home next week. He was due to finish his contract with Warwickshire at the end of July. Read more
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New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has said that Jeetan Patel’s injury is not serious and that he should be available for selection for next month’s tour of Sri Lanka.

Patel suffered a minor knee injury while playing for Warwickshire in the English County season, and will return to New Zealand next week.

Dave Currie, the team manager, said Patel would regain fitness soon and added that the spinner had been assessed in England by New Zealand physio Jane Stalker. “Jeetan just needs a couple of weeks to recuperate after suffering a sprain to the medial collateral ligament of his right knee,” he said. Read more
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Hosts Scotland made a positive start to their Intercontinental Cup opener fixture against Canada in Aberdeen.

The hosts had looked to be struggling to make three figures on the first day of their four-day match but went on to reach 185 before reducing Canada to 108 for seven at stumps.

Ryan Watson stepped in to steady the ship after Scotland - who chose to bat first - lost opener Moneeb Iqbal in just the third over, trapped leg before by left-armer Umar Bhatti. Read more
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India will look to seal a rare one-day series win in West Indies when they play the last two games of a four-match series this weekend.

The visitors won the opening fixture by 20 runs before the home side bounced back to win the next by eight wickets.

The third and fourth matches will be played at St Lucia’s Beausejour Cricket Ground on Friday and Sunday.

India have only beaten West Indies once in their last five one-day series in the Caribbean. Read more
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Lasith Malinga has agreed in principle to join Tasmania and Sri Lanka’s frontline spinners, Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis, are close to signing with Victoria and South Australia respectively for next season’s Twenty20 Big Bash competition. The news comes amid rumours that Queensland are contemplating a scenario in which Andrew Flintoff - whom they almost signed last season - would play the latter stages of the tournament at the conclusion of England’s tour of South Africa.

Malinga’s prospective move, along with those of Chris Gayle (Western Australia) and Dwayne Bravo (Victoria), will greatly boost the profile and prestige of Australia’s domestic Twenty20 tournament. That will be further enhanced if, as expected, Muralitharan and Mendis ink deals with in the coming weeks, and New South Wales fulfill their ambition of luring Kumar Sangakkara. Read more
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Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, the Bengal batsman who recently cut ties with the ICL, could become the first player from the rebel league to take up an IPL contract. Cricinfo has learnt that Jhunjhunwala has been asked by Rajasthan Royals to represent them in the exhibition match against Middlesex at Lord’s on Monday which could be followed by a permanent deal with the franchise.
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Ireland will be without three big players when they begin their defence of the Intercontinental Cup against Kenya in Eglinton tomorrow. Kyle McCallan will captain the side in the absence of William Porterfield, who, along with Boyd Rankin, is busy with county commitments. Wicketkeeper Niall O’Brien is out of action for six weeks after injuring his ankle during the World Twenty20.

Ireland have called up uncapped fast bowler Andrew Britton, the leading wicket-taker for his side in the Under-19 World Cup last year. He was picked after an impressive performance for Ireland A in Yorkshire last week. Read more
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