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Shane Jabaar, South Africa’s physiotherapist, believes a proper rotation policy is imperative for the national side to reach its goals this season. South Africa have been hit with injuries over the last year, and Jabaar has advised that key players, such as Shaun Pollock, should not play every match of the season.Jabbar said players like Pollock, who experienced discomfort from a back injury in Sri Lanka recently, needed to be managed carefully. “Shaun batted and then bowled in New Delhi [during a warm-up match], but had to leave the field,” he said. “Taking him off was a precautionary measure and he is responding well to treatment.”Sometimes the slight injuries are the ones that cause problems because they affect muscles around the injured muscle. If we want Shaun to be ready for the World Cup tournament he should not play throughout the season. That was my proposal at the start of the season and I think the selectors have taken it to heart.”Jabbar also felt that Justin Kemp, the allrounder, could miss the World Cup if he aggravated the shoulder injury he picked up during the off-season. “If Justin plays in all the matches this season we run the risk of losing him,” he said. “Surgery will take him out of action for more than five months and that means he won’t be able to play in the World Cup.”Batting and bowling won’t be a problem, but throwing will. It is the way he throws the ball that causes the pain. We are working on it, but are afraid to overtax the muscle because it can have far-reaching effects.”Jabaar was satisfied with the progress of those who suffered from injuries recently – Graeme Smith (ankle), AB de Villiers (foot), Jacques Kallis (elbow), Charl Langevelt (thigh) and Loots Bosman (shoulder). He said Andre Nel, who injured a thumb in the warm-up match in New Delhi, would be fit to play in South Africa’s Champions Trophy opener on Monday.After the tournament, South Africa host India and Pakistan for five ODIs and three Tests each before they head to the Caribbean for the World Cup. Some members of the side are also expected to turn out in the domestic season.

Zimbabwe Cricket holds its annual general meeting in Bulawayo on Monday, and Peter Chingoka, the chairman, is virtually unopposed and is expected to stay at the helm of the battle-weary cricket body.Chingoka has run the board since before Zimbabwe attained Test status in 1992. But Chingoka, a well-respected veteran administrator, has been increasingly dragged into controversies such as last year’s strike by rebel players, a contentious rebranding exercise that reportedly cost several million Zimbabwean dollars. Despite that, Chingoka is still seen as holding together the sometimes divided Zimbabwe cricket family.There will, however, be replacements for ex-director Clive Barnes, the former Prince Edward School headmaster who is now heading an international school in Mauritius, and Ozias Bvute, who resigned from the board to take up the ZC managing director job. Other board members are expected to resign on a constitutional requirement.

On how hard it was to break out of his bad run
It was difficult. But I knew I had the ability to come back, and it was only a matter of one big innings. I was determined that if I cross 50, I’ll convert it into a century. I was playing well at Bangalore when I made 39 in the first innings, but I failed to convert that. Here, though, I converted my start into the hundred that my team needed.Did he, or India, have a specific gameplan for this game?
Our gameplan in this match was the same as in the last one. We knew the first spell from the bowlers was the most dangerous, and we planned to play carefully, take no risks, and see that through. And so we did.On the role of Sunil Gavaskar, India’s batting consultant, in the gameplan
Strategies and so on are decided at team meetings, but he [Sunil] has been a help to us, by sharing his experience of international cricket. If anyone has a problem, he helps out with that, and motivates us all.On the pitch
It’s a good track to bat on. Yes, the ball kept low at times, but that happened when the ball was really old, after 75 overs had been bowled. After the new ball was taken there was no uneven bounce. It was good to bat on today, and I expect the same tomorrow. Perhaps in the fourth and fifth days it will take even more spin than it already is, and get slower.On missing his double-century
[Somewhat bemused] I still had 45 runs to go for my double-century. Had I got out in my 190s you could have said that I missed making 200, but I was far away from it.On why he became more aggressive and played some reckless strokes after reaching his century
I thought the team would benefit if I went for my strokes and got some quick runs. But I guess my shot selection wasn’t good enough. I wasn’t picking the right balls to hit. But I realised at one point that it was more important for me to bat through another session rather than score quick runs. Unfortunately, I couldn’t do that.Was he affected by all the wickets that fell at the other end?
No. My plan was the same throughout, to punish the loose ball but to minimise risk otherwise. The number of wickets that had fallen at the other had had no impact on the way I was playing.How did he react to the criticism of him, and the calls for his being dropped, during this recent bad phase?
When you don’t perform, everybody puts pressure on you. When you do, those same people acclaim you. I wasn’t worried, and besides, I had got some confidence from my innings of 146 in the warm-up game before the first Test. I knew that if I spend time at the wicket, the runs would come. And that’s just what happened.On his making around two-thirds of the runs scored while he was at the crease
Look, some of our batsmen were unlucky. Rahul [Dravid] got an inside edge, [VVS] Laxman got a ball that kept really low: had these strokes of luck not gone against us, we would perhaps have been just three or four wickets down at close of play today. We could have set them a bigger target for tomorrow.On how many runs he thinks India can make on the third day
I think 100 more is possible, that’ll give us a lead of 150, and we’ll be well on top.On which of the Australian bowlers he was most impressed with today
[Jason] Gillespie bowled really well.… And Warne?
Well, he took wickets, but I don’t think he bowled quite that well.

Former Hampshire medium-pace bowler James Schofield is set to make his ECB Southern Electric Premier League debut for BAT Sports against Liphook & Ripsley at Southern Gardens tomorrow, 11.30am.Schofield, 25, had intended to play for BAT at the start of the season, but has continued to suffer from the back injury which seriously affected and eventually curtailed his Hampshire career."Schoey had a run out for us in the SEC Cup a fortnight ago and is set to play his first all-day game tomorrow," said BAT skipper Richard Dibden."He got Matthew Hayden with the first ball he bowled in First Class cricket a couple of seasons ago. Let’s hope he can make a similar start for us !"BAT’s final selection will depend upon whether all-rounder Damian Shirazi is required for MCC groundstaff duty at Lord’s."The YC’s may have to be at Lord’s to bowl at the England and Pakistan players before Sunday’s one-day international, so we’re not certain how things stand selection-wise at the moment," Dibden added.BAT, two points ahead of South Wilts in the leadership race, will expect to beat Liphook, although Dibden acknowledges the toss could be crucial."Liphook drew six of their seven `time’ games last season and aren’t an easy side to bowl out – as Havant found out a few weeks ago," he said.Havant continue their title defence at fourth-placed Bournemouth – a match which commands BBC Radio Solent’s live coverage tomorrow afternoon.Luke Sears returns to the Havant side which had the edge in last week’s draw with BAT, but premier wicket-taker Phil Loat is unable to travel and plays in the 2nd XI against Rowledge."Not having Phil aboard is a bit of a blow, but we’ve got two other quality spinners in Richard Hindley and Matt Cox, so our attack remains well balanced," said Havant captain Paul Gover.Hampshire Under-19 all-rounder Chris Wright, who joind Havant from Liphook this season, has signed an Academy contract … with Middlesex.Bournemouth, with four wins in five matches, have begun the season in a positive manner and are liable to give Havant a run for their money.Western Australia’s Adam Voges is desperate to put a score on the board after bagging two ducks in the past fortnight."To be fair, he’s not really had the rub of the green, but Adam is liable to explode with a big one very soon," said Bournemouth captain Matt Swarbrick.David Kidner is out of the Bournemouth line up and replaced by fellow left-armer Matt Mixer.Second placed South Wilts are forced to shuffle the pack at Bashley, where Hampshire left-armer Jimmy Tomlinson and Tim Lamb notable are absentees.Adam Smith returns to the seam attack, with Dan Webb taking over the keeper’s gloves from Lamb.John Whiting is back for Bashley, who looked a much stronger outfit with Australian Brad Thompson back in their ranks last week.Andover have fitness worries over all-rounder Mark Miller ahead of their tough-looking visit to the Rose Bowl.Miller cricked his neck last night and may miss out playing against the on-song Hampshire Academy players for whom he prepares the Nursery Ground pitches. The Academy have won their last two games, beating Bournemouth and Portsmouth.Promising KES batsman Alex Richardson returns after a finger injury, while Charlie van der Gucht is added to the side which Giles White will captain.With both clubs in the bottom three, Calmore’s visit to Portsmouth’s Southsea seafront ground will have major implications in the relegation zone.The pair have each won only one game – Portsmouth’s solitary success coming against Liphook & Ripsley on the opening day of the season and Calmore’s against the Hampshire Academy one week later.Portsmouth’s lean run continued with a seven-wicket defeat by Corsham in the ECB Club Championship last weekend, whereas Calmore need to halt the habit of getting themselves into good positions … only to toss potential wins away."We ought to have beaten both Liphook and last week Bournemouth, but in both games we threw away a terrific advantage," lamented skipper Tom Pegler.

Nashua WP scored a convincing 10 wicket victory over Easterns in a Supersport Series match which ended at Newlands on Monday.Easterns who had a deficit of 100 runs on the first innings succumb to the WP seam attack and the leg spin of Paul Adams in the pre-lunch period on Monday. Man of the match Adams served notice that he is far from finished as he claimed four Easterns second innings wickets to set-up victory on Monday. He was well supported by vice-captain Alan Dawson, Charl Willoughby and Roger Telemachus. Easterns who at one stage like suffering an innings defeat were all out 40 minutes prior to the tea interval for 141. Adams ended with 4 for 54 in 15 overs. Willoughby claimed 3 for 15 in 21 overs and Alan Dawson claimed 2 for 24 in 19 overs.Graeme Smith(30 not out) and Rashaad Magiet(11 not out) hit off the required runs as WP recorded their first victory of the season. Full scorecard available at;https://www-rsa.cricket.org/link_to_database/NEW/LIVE/frames/WPR_EASTNS_SSS_05-08OCT2001.html

Nashua WP play Gauteng at the Wanderers starting on Friday.

The “disproportionate publicity” and the “soft imagery” that an association with the IPL brings is expected to negate any financial losses the two new franchise owners, New Rising and Intex Mobiles, may suffer in the short run. Despite New Rising and Intex Mobiles having to pay Rs 16 crore and Rs 10 crore per year respectively to the BCCI after bidding in negative, brand experts feel the franchises will have multiple advantages.”In this world of hard business you need a soft face as well. Sport gives that soft imagery to a hard company,” Harish Bijoor, a brand consultant, told ESPNcricinfo. “At the end of the day, sport is also a tool to manage HR internally pretty well. It softens the companies altogether, and to an extent it tells people that ‘we are not only about this, we are also sport.'”Former Kolkata Knight Riders team director Joy Bhattacharya said the visibility generated by the tournament opened up new markets for the companies. “One thing that sport does give you is a disproportionate publicity for your brand as compared to almost any other enterprise,” he said. “So, if Sanjeev Goenka is looking to be a global enterprise and Intex wants to make its mark in the world, getting involved in the IPL is a great starting move.”I can name 500 companies which are [Rs] 1000 crore companies, [and yet] nobody knows of them. But name an IPL team and everyone knows the person. I think that’s what is driving them.”According to Bijoor, there were fresh commercial possibilities for franchises following the penetration of the game in smaller centres. “A lot of people are saying that IPL is a reasonably matured game in India, because it has gone through so many seasons, so many losses,” he said.”There are numerous revenue streams [now]. It is not only what they get through the common streams, but in terms of merchandising, local activation, in terms of developing micro-cricket within the hinterland. These are all possibilities because cricket is becoming more and more micro rather than macro.”From being a country game, it became a city game, from a city game it became a town game, now from a town game can it become a smaller town game and eventually a village game. The moment you percolate deeper you provide for media vehicles which did not exist for others.” Bijoor, however, added that such gains were more pronounced in the longer run where brand involvement would be greater. “Even Mumbai Indians took more than three years to settle down, with the kind of proprietor attention that was given.”Bhattacharya said the teams would not absorb heavy losses given the absence of the franchise fee. Drawing a comparison with the Indian Super League, the professional football tournament, where every team, according to him, was making losses, he said it was worth taking a punt in the IPL. “The price is not a very big thing if you consider the price collection that happened in 2011 when Pune came in with Sahara for $332 [370] million,” he said. “[The increase in franchise fee] was a jump of about eight or nine times. They were talking about potentially losing about Rs 150 crore a year for 10 years.”Here you will have to tackle [your expenses] without any central revenue, with just sponsorship and gate [receipts]. They will be losing about [Rs] 40 crore a year; every team in the ISL is losing about the same number. Hell, I will take a chance [with the IPL].”

Karnataka‘s quest of defending the Vijay Hazare Trophy took a body blow as Jharkhand outclassed them by 47 runs. MS Dhoni, who promoted himself to No. 3, made just 1 but Jharkhand were driven forward by contributions from Ishank Jaggi (50), Saurabh Tiwary (43) and Kumar Deobrat (47*). But vital strikes from J Suchith, the left-arm spinner who finished with 4 for 35, meant Jharkhand were restricted to 216 for 8.Karnataka’s chase hit rough waters very quickly as they were reduced to 52 for 3 by the 12th over. KL Rahul held one end up, with his 41-run stand with Karun Nair briefly resisting Jharkhand. But Rahul’s dismissal for an 84-ball 42 resulted in lower-order meltdown. An injury to Stuart Binny didn’t help matters either as he walked out to bat at No. 10. Karnataka were eventually bowled out for 169 in 45 overs with Suchith being the last to fall for 34. The left-arm spinners – Sonu Singh and Shahbaz Nadeem – picked up three wickets apiece as Jharkhand registered their fourth win in five matches to put themselves in a good position to qualify for the knockouts.Gujarat derailed Haryana‘s campaign with a 28-run win that was powered by Rush Kalaria, the left-arm seamer, who picked up four wickets. Haryana somewhat justified their decision to bowl first by striking regularly, but Gujarat managed to pull away and post 259, with knocks from Parthiv Patel (45) and Rujul Bhatt (55). Amit Mishra, the Haryana captain, picked up three wickets, while Harshal Patel and Ashish Hooda had two wickets apiece.Haryana stumbled in their chase to lose half the side inside 100 runs, with RP Singh accounting for the the accomplished Jayant Yadav and Rohit Sharma. Kalaria then sliced through the lower order as Haryana were bowled out for 231 off the penultimate ball of the match. Poonish Mehta’s 57 lower down the order proved to be scant consolation for Haryana, who have now lost three out of their five matches.Karn Sharma delivered an all-round performance to help Railways beat Jammu & Kashmir by 43 runs in a low-scoring game to keep their hopes alive of making it through to the knockouts. Karn, the captain, top-scored with 60 in Railways’ 200 all out, with Waseem Raza, the left-arm spinner, taking 4 for 31. Ian Dev Singh waged a lone battle for J&K with an 83-ball 60 even as the batting collapsed around him. J&K were bowled out for 157 in 43.5 overs, completing their fourth successive loss in the tournament.

The Glamorgan opener, Dan Cherry, is to be released by the club at the end of the current season. Cherry, 27, made his debut in 1998 and hit the headlines with a score of 226 against Middlesex in 2005, the highest score by an uncapped player in the club’s history.However, he fell away after that and managed a total of just three centuries in 40 matches, at an average of 26.05. “It’s always disappointing when a decision is made not to renew a player’s contract,” said Glamorgan’s chief executive Mike Fatkin. “Dan has always been a loyal, wholehearted, hard-working cricketer.”The decision will have been influenced, at least in part, by the crop of young cricketers coming through the ranks at Sophia Gardens, and two of them – the Under-19 stars Ben Wright and James Harris – have been made available to Glamorgan for the remainder of the season.After their outstanding performances with bat and ball in the two Tests against Pakistan, both were initially included for the five-match one-day international series. But Glamorgan has since suffered a spate of , and asked the England & Wales Cricket Board to release the players for county action.”We’re particularly delighted that the ECB has released James and grateful that they have taken on board our concerns about the number of injuries to the seam bowlers on the staff,” said Fatkin. “David and Adam Harrison have long-term injury problems to add to those sustained more recently by Andrew Davies, Simon Jones and Huw Waters.”

Three overseas players are targeting a future in New Zealand after pledging their future to the country. Grant Elliott and Kruger van Wyk, from South Africa, and Alun Evans formally of Glamorgan, have committed to undertake the residency qualification so they are no longer overseas players.Under new terms in New Zealand domestic cricket none of the player pool money set aside for major associations can be spent on overseas cricketers. The players must either gain residency or be paid from outside the pool.Under ICC rules a player must have spent at least 183 days in the country for three years before they qualify. However Richard Reid, the Canterbury chief executive, told the that players were not trying to work around the payment rules.”This is a guy [van Wyk], and Grant Elliott at Wellington is another, who are like a lot of South Africans looking to move their lives here.”The agreement we have with the CPA [New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association] is that we will look favourably at these guys who have committed to New Zealand.””From Canterbury’s point of view, we needed a wicketkeeper. Michael Papps wants to open the batting for New Zealand and asking him to keep wickets for 120 overs a game wasn’t going to help him achieve that.”Evans, 31, has never been able to nail down a regular spot in the Glamorgan side and would now have to play as an overseas player if he returned to county cricket.Roger Twose is the most notable player to switch his allegiance to New Zealand after he left Warwickshire and made his international debut in 1995. He formed a useful career, playing 16 Test and 87 one-day internationals.New Zealand domestic cricket has attracted a number of overseas players including Matthew Maynard, who is now an England coach, and in more recent years Ben Smith, Jonathan Trott and Min Patel.

Scotland v Australians – Match abandoned

Scotland’s most anticipated match since the 1999 World Cup was abandoned with no play possible due to persistent rain.Play was scheduled to begin at 3.45pm in what would have been a 20-over contest, but the wet weather resumed almost as soon as the announcement was made to the capacity crowd of 4,500. Within minutes it became clear they would not be able to start. The match had been sold out for months, and organisers said they could have shifted the tickets three times over.Ricky Ponting was looking forward to the match and the carnival atmosphere. “The last two weeks have been physically and mentally tough,” he said, “so to have a few days away would have been great for us.””We won’t lose anything financially, the biggest loss for us was not having the game played and the exposure on TV,” Roddy Smith, Cricket Scotland’s chief executive, told the . “The loss for us was the missed opportunity to play against Australia.” He hoped that matches with next summer’s tourists Pakistan and Sri Lanka could be organised.The game was to be the first cricket broadcast for six years, and the first Scottish match outside the World Cup to be televised live. Australia have one further warm-up game, against Northamptonshire on Saturday, before the crucial fourth Test starts on August 25.