Yuvraj Singh, who is missing India’s tour of West Indies with a chest infection, has announced he is fully fit and ready for the England tour that gets underway on July 15

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Jun-2011Yuvraj Singh, who is missing India’s ongoing tour of West Indies with a chest infection, has announced he is fully fit and ready for the England tour that gets underway on July 15.”I am 100% fit for the tour,” Yuvraj said. “I am sure most of the other seniors who are battling respective injuries would be fully fit for the tour. I am really looking forward to the tour.”Yuvraj played a pivotal role in India’s World Cup triumph, scoring 362 runs and taking 15 wickets to pick up Player-of-the-Tournament honours. He is one of several first-choice India players – along with Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan – to sit out of the West Indies tour, that follows a bloated IPL season that began five days after the World Cup final.Yuvraj rubbished speculation that he had opted out of the West Indies tour since he did not want to play under the leadership of the much younger Suresh Raina, who captained the depleted ODI side, in MS Dhoni’s absence. “I have played under Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir,” Yuvraj said. “I have played under so many captains. And Gautam and MS came to the team five years after I got included in the team. There has been no such thing. I play for my country and not for captains.”Yuvraj’s World Cup high was followed by a lacklustre showing in the IPL where he led Pune Warriors through a forgettable debut season. The only time Pune’s campaign made the headlines was when they signed Ganguly for the final stages of the event, after he had been ignored by all franchises at the auction.”Sourav and I share a very good relationship,” Yuvraj said. “He supported me a lot during my initial years in international cricket. And I think it was my time to support as he wanted to play in the IPL. We had very good interactions during the IPL season. We had good plans and I hope that we will have good plans and strategy in the next season of the IPL also.”

Steve O’Keefe is intent on pressing his case for Australian limited overs and Test match consideration during the tourists’ two Twenty20 matches against Sri Lanka

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Aug-2011Australia’s most statistically accomplished spin bowler, Steve O’Keefe, is intent on pressing his case for limited overs and Test match consideration during the tourists’ two Twenty20 matches against Sri Lanka.In 14 first-class matches, O’Keefe has winkled out 52 wickets at 24.05, yet has been ignored by the national selectors for all but the briefest of formats, in which he took 3-29 on his debut against Pakistan last year.The selection of Nathan Lyon and Michael Beer has been considered by some to be a slight on O’Keefe, but he preferred to view it as a sign that in selection terms, anything was now possible.”Definitely. I think every time you play, it’s a bit of an audition, isn’t it?,” O’Keefe told in Colombo. “Sometimes, if you do well in any sort of form for Australia, it can translate in all sorts of forms so, any time you get to wear [Australian colours], you’re on show.”O’Keefe has watched Lyon bowl, and said the South Australian-based off spinner had all the attributes of a classical slow bowler.”He’s a beautiful bowler when you watch him go,” O’Keefe said. “He gets it up and over and one of the best natural spinners I’ve seen around in the country for a long time. He’s got a good head on his shoulders which I think will serve him in good stead if he gets his opportunity to play.”While O’Keefe’s time in Sri Lanka will be short, the time spent training ahead of Saturday’s first T20 match against the Sri Lankans will be enthusiastically undertaken by one of the more personable cricketers in Australia.”It’s changing times that you come away and you’re here for two weeks for these games that go for three hours but, in saying that, the intensity of training is quite tough,” O’Keefe said. “The training that we did today for fielding, it doesn’t get much tougher and I think you can definitely take your skills up a notch by working around these guys.”There’s a lot of benefits besides the two games. You get to surround yourself with the best players in the world and play up to their level. It’s a great forum to showcase your skills.”

Chris Tremlett has been ruled out of the third against India at Edgbaston having failed to recover from the hamstring and back injuries that forced him to miss the previous match at Trent Bridge

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Aug-2011Chris Tremlett has been ruled out of the third against India at Edgbaston having failed to recover from the back injury that forced him to miss the previous match at Trent Bridge.He had been included in the 13-man squad for Wednesday’s Test but wasn’t able to train on Monday or Tuesday, so there was no chance of him being considered. An ECB update added he “will receive ongoing treatment ahead of the fourth Test”.Tremlett initially suffered a hamstring injury towards the end of the Lord’s Test and then went down with a back spasm during training the day before the Trent Bridge match started. With the final Test starting at The Oval after only a three day gap, it remains doubtful whether Tremlett will play any further part in this series.Andrew Strauss said: “It’s sad for Chris that he has a bulging disc in his back and that should clear up sooner or later, but this Test has come too soon.”It means that Tim Bresnan will retain his place for Edgbaston after a superb all-round performance last week where he scored 90 and claimed a career-best 5 for 48 in the second innings. Steven Finn is also part of the squad but is unlikely to be considered given the success of the current unit in securing a 2-0 series lead.”One of the great things is people have come in and performed,” Strauss said. “Tim got his chance because Chris, who had done brilliantly, was injured and he took it with both hands. Ravi Bopara is coming in for this game and he’s got the chance to do something similar.”The pressing concern for Strauss though, even more than injuries, is England’s tendency to slip up when a big victory is in sight. Whether the Ashes loss in Headingley 2009, or again in Perth over the winter, England have had trouble wrapping up a series in the past. This time, though, Strauss thinks England will learn from the experience.”I certainly thought we learnt from lessons of Headingley in ’09 because I think we started looking at the outcome of the game rather than starting well,” he said. “Since then we’ve been keen to keep everyone’s feet on the ground whether winning or losing. This is one of those circumstances.”There is no point looking too far ahead. The rankings are not at the forefront of our minds right at the moment. What is at the forefront of our minds is starting this Test match well and hopefully getting into a position to win it at the end of this week.”Despite the measured talk from the captain himself, the groundswell of opinion since Trent Bridge is that Strauss’s England side are one of the best in the country’s recent history. Andrew Flintoff was one who insisted the current side are better than the 2004-05 vintage that Flintoff featured in. Strauss, however, rejected the idea.”Comparisons are odious and not all that helpful,” he said. “When you are involved in a side, it makes no difference whether people say if the side is as good as another side or not. It makes no difference to your preparation for a Test match at all. It’s not something I spend any time thinking about because if I did, I would subconsciously taking my eyes off what’s important for us as a side.”

Three wickets for Gary Keedy in the final session of the day has left
Lancashire the strong favourites to complete a vital victory over Worcestershire
in their County Championship match at Blackpool

19-Aug-2011
Scorecard
Three wickets for Gary Keedy in the final session of the day has left
Lancashire the strong favourites to complete a vital victory over Worcestershire
in their County Championship match at Blackpool.Needing to score 329 to record their fourth Division One triumph of the season,
the visitors will head into the fourth day on 203 for 5 – needing another 126
runs to win with half their wickets in hand. However, the best performance of the day was that of Vikram Solanki, whose 175-ball 107 has given his side a slim chance of achieving their fourth
Championship win of the season.The Worcestershire batsman was eventually caught at slip by Paul Horton off
Keedy’s bowling near the end of a crucial spell which also saw the departure of
Alexei Kervezee caught by Steven Croft at short leg when the ball rebounded off
the pads of wicketkeeper Gareth Cross.The visitors’ pursuit of what seemed a distant target got off to a poor start
when Matt Pardoe’s loose drive only edged a Glen Chapple delivery to Tom Smith
in the third over of the innings. However, Daryl Mitchell and Solanki ensured that Chapple’s bowlers made no further breakthroughs with the new ball as they put on 62 runs for the second
wicket in just over 20 overs.Mitchell departed when he was plumb lbw to Chapple for 22, the ball keeping
rather low, but Solanki and Moeen Ali had added a further 49 runs by tea, when
Worcestershire were 116 for two, Solanki having reached his fifty off 69 balls. Ali went on the counter-attack against Keedy after tea but lost his wicket to the spinner for 47 when Croft dived forward to take a good catch at short leg.In the morning session Lancashire added 81 runs to their overnight total for
the loss of their last seven second-innings wickets. All of Worcestershire’s seamers enjoyed operating on the helpful Stanley Park pitch, Gareth Andrew bagging three more wickets to finish with 5 for 59 and Richard Jones removing Cross, Kyle Hogg and Karl Brown to take 3 for 70.Bowling from the South End, Andrew posed problems for all the batsmen and only
Brown played him with much comfort. Lancashire’s 23-year-old number three batted
carefully to add 30 runs to his overnight score and had made 85 off 147 balls
when he skyed Jones to Solanki, who took a good catch running back from slip.Apart from Brown, Croft was the only Lancashire batsman to be dismissed in
double figures today – he was lbw to Andrew immediately after reaching a 91-ball
fifty.

Zimbabwe won’t be taking the T20s too lightly, after their four defeats so far and will want to show they can compete with Pakistan

The Preview by Firdose Moonda15-Sep-2011

Match facts

September 16, Harare Sports Club
Start time 1400 (1200GMT)Younis Khan wants to extend his good ODI form to the T20s•AFP

Big Picture

After two weeks of hard grind, the fun part of the tour has arrived, with two Twenty20 matches to end the series between Zimbabwe and Pakistan. The hosts won’t be taking things too lightly, after their four defeats (in the one-off Test and the three ODIs) so far and will want to show Pakistan that they can compete with and beat them. They will also be anxious to turn around a mini-run of poor form ahead of an important home-and-away series against New Zealand.Zimbabwe are not an experienced outfit in T20 cricket and last played an international match in October 2010 against South Africa. They have, however, revolutionised their domestic setup with a sizeable sponsorship for the T20 competition and a number of international players taking part. They have taken enormous pride in that particular tournament and will be keen to show that the efforts that went into that have not gone to waste.Pakistan have already wrapped up the majority of the tour but to go home without conceding a single defeat would be a significant achievement for them. Besides the clean sweep, they have another important thing to keep in mind – Waqar Younis has entered his last weekend as the national coach and will want to leave on a high.All the players that Pakistan brought in or re-introduced into their line-up, barring Shoaib Malik, have impressed and with the most expressive format of the game left to play, they will want to show their flair as the tour draws to a close.

Form guide (most recent first)

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In the spotlight

The shortest format of the game relies on big hitters and Elton Chigumbura has been talked up as the Zimbabwean who can hit it the furthest. He unleashed some of his killer blows in the ODI series but was often left with too many to get off too few deliveries. Similar equations exist in T20 only to be defied and Chigumbura will have to be the man that defies them. Zimbabwe will have to box clever with him and consider giving him more time at the crease to show off his big shots.Aizaz Cheema has not put a foot wrong so far on this tour. He has been the master of variation, mixing up his slower balls with yorkers and bouncers and showing the less experienced lot the only way to succeed on unresponsive surfaces. With the change in format, he could be a key component of Pakistan’s success. Cheema has played 19 T20 matches domestically and has 27 wickets at an average of 18.40 and could prove a handful for Zimbabwe’s tentative batsmen.

Team news

Zimbabwe have added Mr 194, Charles Coventry, to their squad and the little known allrounder Cephas Zhuwao to their squad. Coventry will likely slot into the middle order, perhaps even ahead of the likes of Taylor or Taibu. Malcolm Waller should pay the price for a number of promising starts without pushing on. Senior paceman Chris Mpofu should be brought back in, with Ray Price operating as the solitary spinner.Zimbabwe: (probable) Vusi Sibanda, Chamu Chibhabha, Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor (capt), Charles Coventry, Tatenda Taibu (wk), Elton Chigumbura, Ray Price, Brian Vitori, Kyle Jarvis, Chris MpofuFor Pakistan, Rameez Raja should be given a chance after sitting out of the lone Test match and all three one-dayers. He would replace Imran Farhat in the opening slot. Asad Shafiq was impressive in his first outing and will be competing with Shoaib Malik for a spot, if Umar Akmal is going to be brought back. Yasir Shah also earned praise and may be retained instead of Saeed Ajmal while Sohail Khan and Junaid Khan may be given turns in the third seamer role.Pakistan: (probable) Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat/Rameez Raja, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Shoaib Malik/Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Adnan Akmal (wk), Sohail Tanvir, Sohail Khan, Aizaz Cheema , Yasir Shah

Pitch and conditions

Brendan Taylor described the Harare pitch as “one of the best around,” and it is, for batsmen. Batsmen will again have the freedom of the surface as shot making should not be problematic. Taylor also expects “balls to be flying everywhere,” in the shortest form of the game, with a quick outfield and good carry expected. It will be tough work for the bowlers again but they are probably anticipating as much in a T20.

Stats and trivia

• Zimbabwe have only played 14 T20s and have won just three. All of their victories have come away from home.
• Pakistan’s lowest score in a T20 was when they were bowled out for 89 by England in September last year. None of their batsmen scored more than 20 in that match.

Quotes

“It’s a quick turnaround from the ODIs to the T20s so it’s a good chance for the guys to showcase their talent and their skills.”

“I am enjoying my cricket these days and I want to participate not only in batting, but in fielding and to be able to talk to the captain when we are under pressure and deliver my experience in all departments.”

To watch Mitchell Johnson zip the ball through at pace on a bouncy Potchefstroom pitch, to see him curve the ball just enough to trouble the batsmen, it was impossible not to think back to his tour of South Africa in early 2009

Brydon Coverdale in Potchefstroom01-Nov-2011To watch Mitchell Johnson zip the ball through at pace on a bouncy Potchefstroom pitch, to see him curve the ball just enough to trouble the batsmen, it was impossible not to think back to his tour of South Africa in early 2009. On that trip, Johnson was at times unplayable, his combination of aggression, speed and swing a menace to South Africa’s strong batting line-up.At the time, it seemed Johnson could have been anything. In the two and a half years since, he has been everything: hero, villain, leader, follower, superstar, nobody. Back then he was the spearhead, the new-ball star who had just demolished Graeme Smith’s men – and his hand – in Australia.A new-look Australian attack was being built around him, but within two years he was being fitted in around the rest of the bowling group. On the last day before his thirtieth birthday, Johnson showed that he can still deliver some of those same traits that made him a champion in 2009, with his effort against South Africa A.There was a hint of his aggression, when he banged in a bouncer that JP Duminy couldn’t escape, his bat fending the ball down accidentally. There were moments of swing, perhaps most impressively an inswinging yorker that ended the innings by bowling the No.11 Marchant de Lange. And there was speed that troubled both batsmen and the wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, who at least once failed to get his hands in position in time to collect Johnson’s delivery.It wasn’t the Johnson of 2009, but it was a recognisable imitation. Admittedly, the conditions could hardly have been more helpful. Peter Siddle was equally difficult for the South Africans to handle, and Vernon Philander troubled Australia’s batsmen later in the day. Australia went in without Pat Cummins and Ryan Harris, both of whom would have thrived on the surface.”We could have played all five [fast bowlers],” Johnson said at the end of day on which he took 4 for 38. “It looked like a bit of a WACA wicket … You could see how much bounce there was and how much carry, there were a few balls that really took off today. Fast bowlers always love seeing that.”There was a little bit of up and down [bounce]. It seemed like there was a spot from the top end that if you hit it back of a length it just went through a little bit low and if you bowled a touch fuller it was jumping. Especially with the newer ball it was doing that more so, and their boys did the same sort of thing, getting that bit of extra bounce as well.”Not that Johnson bowled with a very new ball. He hasn’t had that job for some time: only three times in the past 18 months has he opened the bowling for his country in a Test. At first change he has been able to settle in to his rhythm without the pressure of being expected to curve the new ball like a hoop. And despite his love of South African conditions, it might not be something that changes on this tour.”I’m happy to bowl wherever I’m needed for the team,” he said. “I’d love to bowl with the new ball. If I get the opportunity to in the second innings I’ll definitely put my hand up for it. I’ve bowled first change for a while now, especially in one-day cricket it’s probably been my strong point. We’ll wait and see.”It didn’t really swing as much with the new ball for myself. I got a couple to swing, but I found that it swung a little bit later on when I came on for my second spell. Peter Siddle said the same thing, he said it was swinging a little bit more as well. It’s almost like English conditions, where you get the lacquer off the ball and get a nice shine on it, and it swings a bit more.”Johnson picked up two lbws in the top order, neither of which swung dramatically, and his delivery that bowled Robin Peterson was angled in to the left-hander. But Johnson is at his most dangerous when his variety surprises the batsmen, and that was the case on the first day in Potchefstroom.Come the Cape Town Test, the conditions may not suit him quite as well, with a slower Newlands pitch likely. But he will love bowling at the Wanderers in the second Test. He took eight wickets in a Test there two and a half years ago and was Man of the Match, then ultimately Player of the Series.He is not the same Mitchell Johnson that he was last time he visited South Africa, but he’s performing a reasonable impersonation. For now, after his ups and many downs since the 2009 Ashes, the Australians will take that.

Australia’s persistence and South Africa’s undue haste conspired to round up the hosts for 266

The Report by Daniel Brettig17-Nov-2011
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsPat Cummins was impressive on the first day of his debut Test•Getty Images

Australia’s persistence and South Africa’s undue haste conspired to round up the hosts for an unsatisfactory 266. Having advanced as far as 241 for 4, South Africa lost 4 for 4 to Nathan Lyon and Peter Siddle in a frenzied 18-ball passage after tea, and Australia’s captain Michael Clarke nipped out the final two wickets in fading light that prevented the tourists’ innings from commencing.Jacques Kallis’ flighty and fleeting 54 had set the rhythm of the innings on a friendly pitch, its pace and impulsive shot-selection maintained by AB de Villiers and Ashwell Prince. In the final session Prince, in particular, looked like he could be out any ball, and ultimately it was his airy drive to mid on that started the rush of wickets.Though Lyon and Siddle took the spoils to a series of thoughtless strokes, Pat Cummins also deserved considerable credit for the quality of his bowling on debut, which reaped the wicket of Hashim Amla and was comfortably the most economical of any Australian paceman. He also claimed a ripping catch to account for de Villiers.Concerns about Shane Watson’s fitness were partially assuaged by his return to the field following an earlier hamstring complaint, but he did not move from first slip and it remains to be seen whether he can bowl again in this match.Watson had taken the second wicket to fall, that of Jacques Rudolph, and his continued inconvenience will affect Australia’s bowling options. It will also place more burden of performance on the 18-year-old Cummins, who became Australia’s second youngest Test debutant after Ian Craig, having played only three first-class matches, and was included in this game at the expense of an injured Ryan Harris.Mitchell Johnson bowled better than in Cape Town, particularly in his first spell, but was still expensive as he sought the rhythm and swing of 2009.Having won the toss, Graeme Smith and Rudolph walked to the middle to face Johnson and Cummins, who each gained some movement and bounce. Johnson was rewarded for a decent line when Smith fenced at a delivery that seamed away slightly and offered a catch to Clarke at second slip.Rudolph offered his bat to plenty of deliveries outside the off stump, sometimes driving crisply, others probing uncertainly, and Cummins had one delivery prancing off the splice of the bat and eluding Michael Hussey in the gully.Cummins’ first spell in Tests was of a high standard, affording speed, bounce and enough movement, and though he did not take a wicket it was in its way as heartening a passage of cricket for Australia as Clarke’s hundred had been on day one at Newlands.At the other end, Amla was centimetres away from falling lbw to Johnson when one straightened enough in the air to clip off stump but not strike it flush – meaning Amla eluded Clarke’s DRS referral. Watson replaced Johnson, and soon had a flat-footed Rudolph touching an angled delivery on its way through to Brad Haddin.Kallis’ arrival brought a flurry of boundaries as Australia pitched up in search of swing and outside edges, but the tourists were less perturbed by that than the sight of Watson wincing and walking off before the completion of his fourth over.Johnson resumed bowling in Watson’s stead, twice striking Amla on the forearm, and Kallis was only reprieved from an lbw decision in the shadows of the break by a DRS referral that revealed a meaty inside edge. However driven runs continued to accrue, Lyon taken for 12 runs in the final over of the session, and the interval arrived with plenty of worries for the tourists.Australia’s full bowling continued to offer opportunities for Kallis to drive on resumption, and he went to his half-century in only 37 balls with a six flicked over fine leg. But his uncharacteristic speed brought greater risk, and in the same over he levered Siddle to midwicket in search of another boundary.Amla’s more sedate stay was soon ended, flashing hard at Cummins to allow Ponting to hold a fine snare at slip. The wickets slid South Africa to 129 for 4 and brought Lyon’s return to the attack, but de Villiers and Prince were soon scoring almost as freely as Kallis had done.This was cricket of unbridled aggression on both sides, and as many of the hosts’ runs were found behind the wicket as in front as the edge of the bat was found but did not go to hand. One spell of three overs for one run was broken by three consecutive boundaries from Siddle, and de Villiers went past 50 shortly before the interval.At this point the hosts could easily have settled in, tired the bowlers and ground out the runs and overs that would break Australia’s resistance. Instead, after a farcical delay of some 15 minutes when a mechanical sight-screen failed, Prince and de Villiers carried on as if they were running out of overs.Prince has been dismissed many times by quality spin bowlers across his career, a level to which Lyon still aspires, and the bowler was only partly responsible for a dismissal that saw the batsman smear distastefully to mid on.Next over de Villiers pulled at a Siddle delivery he should have been upper-cutting or leaving, and Cummins ran breathlessly from mid-off to hold a sublime catch. Lyon was gaining a little turn, and Vernon Philander’s back foot shuffle resulted in the clearest of lbws.Mark Boucher hooked unwisely a few balls later and Lyon pouched the chance running around from fine leg, to leave South Africa’s tail in occupation under increasingly glum skies. Concerns about the light had Michael Clarke bring himself on, and Morne Morkel snicked simply to slip.Dale Steyn connected with one mighty blow, but Imran Tahir squeezed Clarke to short leg, concluding an innings that promised so much more for South Africa than it eventually delivered.

Ross Taylor, New Zealand’s captain, has said his side has the ability to upset Australia at home in December

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Nov-2011Ross Taylor, New Zealand’s captain, has said his side has the ability to beat Australia in their own backyard in December. New Zealand are coming off a tour of Zimbabwe during which they narrowly won the one-off Test, and will play a two-Test series in Australia starting next month.”When we had a meeting before we went to Zimbabwe, Wrighty [New Zealand’s coach, John Wright] said that we want to take one game [Test] off Australia,” he told . “We know we have to play better than we did in Zimbabwe. But we definitely feel we can beat this Australian team.”It will be tough and we need to be going into day five [of the Tests in Australia] still in the match. We know they will come hard at us, we know they will try to attack us and play an aggressive style of game.”That the former Australia coach, John Buchanan, is now New Zealand’s director of cricket, is a plus, Taylor said. “He [Buchanan] will know their players better than anyone and he’ll know their psyche and the way they go into a game against a team like ourselves. It would be naive of us not to have a chat with him and I’m sure, with his new role, he will want to stamp his authority – a win over his old team will go a long way.”Taylor took over the captaincy from Daniel Vettori in June, and the tour to Zimbabwe was his first series in charge. The team, he said, is now working on becoming more aggressive. “We are trying to get an aggressive attitude as much as possible in our team, regardless of who we are playing against, and show as much fighting spirit and pride in playing for New Zealand as possible. It’s exciting to lead these guys and to see where we can get to in the next couple of years.”The squad for the tour of Australia is expected to be named on Wednesday. The first Test begins at the Gabba in Brisbane on December 1.

A century from David Hussey put Victoria on top on the first day at the MCG, where the unbeaten Queensland struggled to contain the hosts’ top order

ESPNcricinfo staff02-Dec-2011
ScorecardDavid Hussey was unbeaten on 119 at stumps•Getty Images

A century from David Hussey put Victoria on top on the first day at the MCG, where the unbeaten Queensland struggled to contain the hosts’ top order. The openers Rob Quiney and Chris Rogers dominated early with a 133-run stand and by the close of play, Victoria had reached 4 for 340 with Hussey unbeaten on 119 and Andrew McDonald on 41.Their partnership had reached 86 after Cameron White was caught behind for 21 off the bowling of Nathan Reardon. Queensland’s leading fast bowler Ben Cutting bowled only nine overs for the day and was believed to be suffering from back soreness after spending much of the past week bowling in the nets at the Gabba trying to win a Test spot.Cutting did collect the wicket of Aaron Finch, whose disappointing season continued with a duck when he was trapped lbw. Quiney and Rogers seemed to enjoy the midday start, both posting half-centuries after White won the toss and chose to bat.Rogers and Quiney are both among the top four run scorers in the Shield so far this summer, Rogers’ 62 taking him to second place and Quiney’s 87 placing him fourth. Rogers was caught behind off the pace of Matthew Gale and Quiney missed the chance for a hundred when he edged behind off Reardon.