Pedro Collins, the West Indies fast bowler, has been reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the first day of the second Test against India in St Lucia.Collins was found to have breached clause 1.5 of the ICC Code which relates to “the practice of celebrating a dismissal before the decision has been given.” He was reacting to the dismissal of VVS Laxman, out for a duck after having him caught behind.This is the second instance of a player being found guilty of the same offence in this series, with India’s Virender Sehwag fined 20% of his match fee in the first Test in Antigua. On the last day of the Antigua Test Brian Lara, frustrated by a decision over Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s huge hoick that Daren Ganga latched on to right on the boundary rope, snatched the ball from umpire Asad Rauf’s hands. No official reprimand followed this obvious indiscretion on the part of the West Indies captain and understandably led to a furore on how the rules discriminated between different sets of players.Explaining why the outcome of the two cases differed, Jeff Crowe, the match referee, said: “Consistency is definitely something we are keen to establish but, at the same time, there needs to be a recognition that each case has a slightly different set of circumstances.”In this instance the batsman appeared to start to walk after getting a healthy edge to the ball before the umpire had a chance to make a decision.”But despite that, Pedro still has to realise he needs to adhere to correct procedure and this reprimand is designed to reinforce that point.”Pedro pleaded guilty to the charge and was apologetic for his actions,” he added.All Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand and a maximum penalty of 50% of a player’s match fee. The charge was brought by on-field umpires Simon Taufel, Rauf and third umpire Steve Bucknor.Jeff Crowe reached his conclusion after a hearing attended by Collins, West Indies Team Manager Tony Howard, umpires Taufel, Rauf, Bucknor and fourth umpire Lawrence Thomas.

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At a venue that has traditionally been a West Indian citadel, their pace bowlers brought back memories of the long-gone glory years with some menacing, incisive and disciplined bowling that left India in disarray after they had elected to bat first. Jerome Taylor evoked Jamaican legends like Michael Holding with a consummate display that fetched him figures of 5 for 50. Only a magnificent 81 from the redoubtable Rahul Dravid, and a typically gritty 45 from Anil Kumble, spared India more ignominy as they were bowled out for just 200.Corey Collymore, whose love affair with Sabina Park continues, was the unfailingly accurate tourniquet, while Taylor was the blast from the past, discomfiting every batsmen with searing pace and variations in line and length. In an exceptional burst during the second session, he beat both Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif for pace, and only Dravid’s tremendous technique and obduracy prevented abject humiliation.Pedro Collins had started the slide as early as the third ball, as Virender Sehwag played one off his legs for Ramnaresh Sarwan to pouch an outstanding reflex catch. Unfortunately for Sarwan, a meaty pull from Wasim Jaffer then struck him just below the left knee, prompting lengthy attention and a stretcher off the field. By then, India had already had a reprieve, with VVS Laxman edging a Collins delivery just short of Chris Gayle at slip.Collins continued to beat the bat with angled deliveries, but it was Taylor’s turn to celebrate next when Jaffer was too late to bring his bat down. The crowd loved what was once a common sight – a West Indian fast bowler in full flow, and a batsman looking back to see his stumps splayed.There was to be no collapse in the wake of that though. Dravid came in and was right away into straight-dead-bat mode, and with Laxman also in a defensive shell against some top-notch bowling, the scoreboard operator could put his feet up and snooze. Collymore’s introduction, after Taylor and Collins had combined for 12 overs that cost eight runs, ratcheted up the excitement but Brian Lara’s failure to hold on to an edge off Laxman’s bat rather dampened the spirits.It took 19 overs for the first four of the innings – a Dravid push down the ground off Dwayne Bravo – and apart from a delicate Laxman glide down to third man, that was as good as it would get when it came to aggressive intent in the first session.Laxman, who had struck a superb century in the last Test, resumed after lunch with a peachy on-drive off Bravo, but a dart outside off stump then sent him on his way. Yuvraj Singh, who replaced him, promised much, with a couple of splendid flicks through the on side and a gorgeous back-foot square-drive off Bravo, but Taylor’s return signalled the end of that particular purple patch.The perfect yorker dismissed Yuvraj, and there was twice the injury with the bruised foot forcing him to limp off. In his wake came Mohammad Kaif, who appeared to be auditioning for a role in the remake of . The sharp bounce off a good length had him in all sorts of bother, and he was extremely fortunate to see Daren Ganga tip over an edge to gully.

But Taylor was far from finished, consistently clocking near 90mph. After Kaif had struck notes of defiance with a fluid cover-drive and a powerful pull, the lethal weapon – the perfume ball – delivered the inevitable breakthrough. By the time a Dravid edge fell just short of Runako Morton, the substitute fielder, India were on the ropes. Collymore then sent them one step closer to the canvas, as an irresponsible cut from Mahendra Singh Dhoni only delighted the slip cordon.Kumble sparked the revival with some trademark deflections to the third man fence and the heart of a fighter. Dravid cut and drove Gayle for four to ease past 50, and as the shadows lengthened, the pitch appeared to be easing out. Lara tried Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s legspin, but neither Dravid nor Kumble was remotely fazed by it, and it was left to the pace bowlers to halt the 93-run recovery.Bravo accounted for Kumble, and after the new ball had been taken in the 82nd over, Collymore and Taylor dealt the final blows. A beautiful delivery from Collymore ended Dravid’s 215-ball resistance, and Taylor saw off S Sreesanth and Munaf Patel before wheeling away to savour what could be the first of many five-wicket hauls. On a day exemplified by his 95mph yorker to Kumble, who somehow kept it out, it was only fitting that Taylor had the last word.How they were outIndiaVirender Sehwag c Sarwan b Collins 0 (1 for 1)
Wasim Jaffer b Taylor 1 (3 for 2)
VVS Laxman c sub (Morton) b Bravo 18 (34 for 3)
Yuvraj Singh lbw Taylor 19 (58 for 4)
Mohammad Kaif c Lara b Taylor 13 (78 for 5)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Bravo b Collymore 3 (91 for 6)
Anil Kumble b Bravo 45 (184 for 7)
Rahul Dravid c Ramdin b Collymore 81 (197 for 8)
S Sreesanth b Taylor 0 (200 for 9)
Munaf Patel c Ramdin b Taylor 0 (200 all out)

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What a difference a few weeks can make to a belittled side. Their confidence sapped by Sri Lanka in both the Test and one-day series, England have stormed back into form with the most comprehensive of victories in the second Test at Old Trafford to take a 1-0 series lead.Remarkably, just two men – Monty Panesar and Steve Harmison – shared the wickets in both innings, the pair combining quite brilliantly to take 19 for 169 to crush Pakistan by an innings and 120 runs. After squashing Pakistan for 119 in the first innings, it was déjà vu in the second, too, as the unlikely marriage cut the visitors’ batting apart with controlled, directed aggression. Only Younis Khan, with a fighting 62, showed any semblance of authority; in spite of England’s excellence, Pakistan’s batsmen simply weren’t up for the fight and wilted under the pressure.Every hack and their editor were calling, pleading for Harmison to shake off his midwinter blues, apply fresh Duracell to his radar and finally return to his lethal best. No coincidence, then, that in taking his first 10-wicket haul, England dominated their opponents so well. The vice-like grip they held over Pakistan for nearly every session in this match owes much to Harmison, of that there is no doubt. Equally, however, his and England’s performance would not have been so impressive were it not for Monty Panesar, England’s latest jewel in a crown which, since winning the Ashes, had lost diamonds and pearls aplenty. The pair, in both of Pakistan’s innings, were as irresistible as Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne in their pomp.Harmison was the overwhelming difference. In just his second over today, a violent lifter accounted for Kamran Akmal who fended it awkwardly to Geraint Jones, diving smoothly to his right to take a fine catch. It was the start England craved, if only to see their gangling fast bowler show no sign of the twinge in his back which forced him off the field late last night. No sooner had Harmison put Pakistan on the back foot than Panesar was rightly brought into the attack by Strauss, who hardly put a foot wrong in the Test.Panesar, already so loved by the public in just his eight matches, had his finest performance on the field to date with a beautifully controlled (and at times unplayable) spell of bowling. The remarkable turn he gained – he is, after all, a finger spinner – surprised as many as it delighted. On countless occasions, deliciously flighted balls on the right-handers’ leg-stump ripped and spat past their outside edge; such was the profuse spin of one delivery that it landed in Marcus Trescothick’s lap at first slip. Pakistan were spun out, all the more remarkable given their oh-so-natural ability to play slow bowling.Even Mohammad Yousuf, who only last week demonstrated such impenetrable defence with a double hundred at Lord’s, appeared clueless to the mercurial Monty. Immediately after lunch, much as was the case in Pakistan’s first innings, Panesar struck; this time it was Yousuf when Jones pulled off a slick stumping in what has been a faultless Test for him, again, with the gloves. With Yousuf gone, in strode Inzamam-ul-Haq who Harmison peppered with a selection of well-directed, calculated bouncers. He was decidedly shaken up.

As Harmison put the batsmen on the back foot, Panesar drew them forward and Inzamam clubbed one into his foot, handing England’s resident short-leg, Ian Bell, a simple catch. Yousuf and Inzamam gone, and England’s grip suddenly tightened. Younis briefly flirted with an aggressive counterattack – hooking Harmison with unabashed audacity in a bold, if slightly vain attempt to shift the momentum – before Panesar trapped him leg before and the gates were open.Harmison returned with a glint in his eye and, bowling his fastest spell of the match fired out Pakistan’s lower-order with tremendous venom. In dismissing Umar Gul, he took his first ten-wicket haul for England while also becoming the first since Jim Laker, 50 years ago to the week, to take ten-for at Old Trafford.With the unfortunate injuries affecting Pakistan’s squad, their coach Bob Woolmer has quite a task to lift them in time for next week’s third Test at Headingley. Such a naturally gifted side, they were shellshocked by Harmison in this Test. For England, their summer has begun.

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Mick Newell, the Nottinghamshire coach, won’t be making a formal complaint despite the controversial finish to the Twenty20 Cup final at Trent Bridge. Leicestershire edged home by four runs but Jim Allenby’s final delivery was extremely close to a no-ball for being over waist height.However, following the result Newell said the issue would now be laid to rest despite being unhappy at the umpire’s decision. Asked if he thought it should have been called, Newell said: “Yes. But I won’t be mentioning it to the umpires. They’re not going to change their minds now.”I don’t feel robbed as such but I’m a little disappointed as I thought it was fairly clear, but it happens I suppose. I assume either umpire could have called it had they seen it but Leicestershire were already celebrating, so it was a tough situation and if they don’t see it they don’t see it.”But Samit Patel, who was interviewed moments after the match finished, was less restrained in his comments. “It was clearly a no-ball and it’s cost us a chance to win the final,” he told Sky Sports. “We got so close but someone has to lose and it’s us today.”However, winning skipper Jeremy Snape disagreed, insisting that the decision to allow the delivery was in line with the policy the umpires had followed all day. “I had complete faith in the umpires,” he said. “We got in a winning position and Jimmy [Allenby] – credit to him – bowled a great last couple.”Heavy rain was falling during the closing stages of the final and Snape said that played a part in the frantic finish. “The ball was wet and the bowlers had rags to control the ball in the rain so it was hard but we’ve seen balls at that height all day not being called.”Leicestershire have become the first team to win two Twenty20 titles but Snape is not getting carried away by the success. “We’re only four years in so we’re not going crazy about making history but we’re really pleased.”It was tough but we believed we could come and win and credit to the spinners, they have been big match-winners for us all season.”

Division One

Third day
Lancashire made up for some of the lost time in their match against Durham at Old Trafford but face the prospect of dropping further vital bonus points. They managed to squeeze out the sixth Durham wicket – a second bowling point – before the 130-over cut-off mark through a fiery burst from Dominic Cork, who removed Gareth Breese and Ottis Gibson in two balls. Durham had managed four crucial batting points to aid their bid to stay out of the relegation slots. After losing Iain Sutcliffe early in their reply, Mal Loye upped Lancashire’s tempo with a positive 78 although runs never flowed quickly. Loye and Mark Chilton added 134, but a late collapse of 3 for 9 – include Stuart Law for a 51-ball 50, the most fluent innings of the match – means they face a tough task to claim full batting points. In a huge irony for a match dampened by the rain, sun stopped play with 11 overs remaining when the east-west facing pitch again causing problems. Luke Sutton and Glen Chapple took the umpire’s offer, although some Lancashire members were far from happy.Yorkshire are just about staying alive in their fight against relegation as they built a lead of 170 over Nottinghamshire Headingley . There two young legspinners, Mark Lawson and Adil Rashid, shared seven wickets as Nottinghamshire conceded a first-innings lead of 43. It would have been many more if it wasn’t for David Hussey’s fine 117 and some useful support from Graeme Swann and Paul Franks after they’d been 118 for 5. Yorkshire built steadily on their lead, although they could have done without the run out of Darren Lehmann who’d sped to 48 off 41 balls.Kent claimed the honours against Warwickshire at Edgbaston but the home side’s batsmen fought back after a poor start. Kent extended their innings to 421 with late flurries from Simon Cook and Min Patel, then reduced Warwickshire to 15 for 3 – Cook claiming two early wickets. Nick Knight, in his final Championship match, and Jonathan Trott steadied proceedings with a stand of 112 but Warwickshire stumbled again to 178 for 6 and the follow-on was a looming. However, Tim Ambrose and Heath Streak added 97 before Cook returned to take two more wickets before the close.

Division Two

Final dayAn impressive double century from Chris Rogers, to follow his first innings ton, guided Northamptonshire to a draw against Somerset at Taunton. Somerset entered the final day with high hopes of forcing a victory, but an opening stand of 151 between Rogers and Stephen Peters damped their optimism. Two quick wickets gave Somerset a chance, but Rogers just marched on. His century came off 181 balls and his second ton took another 100 deliveries. He became the first batsmen since Allan Lamb, in 1992, to score a century and a double in the same match. David Sales played aggressively for his 93, clubbing five sixes, as the bowlers toiled on another flat Taunton track. Although Sales missed his ton the match was safe by then.

Chris Gayle has been fined 30% of his match fee following an incident with Michael Clarke during West Indies’ win against Australia in Mumbai on Wednesday. Clarke was found not guitly and also rejected suggestions he called Gayle a “second-class citizen”.Gayle’s loud comments and animated demeanour during the 10-run victory were at odds with his usual placid self. The situation appeared to be getting the better of him at one stage and, when fielding off his own bowling, he hurled the ball back at Clarke to shy at the stumps but it went above the wicketkeeper for four overthrows. Gayle also followed Clarke down the pitch after one over and appeared to nudge him.”What started off as banter between the two players got out of hand and Chris Gayle went over the top in his reactions,” Mike Procter, the ICC match referee, said after the hearing. “We do not want robots on the field and we want to ensure players play with enthusiasm and passion. We saw a great deal of that during an excellent match on Wednesday but there is a line between what is acceptable and what is not and Chris crossed it.”Gayle was found guilty of a code one breach for failing to “conduct play within the spirit of the game”. Clarke was found not guilty of the same offence in a separate hearing in Mumbai.The Courier-Mail reported a West Indian “insider” saying Gayle was upset by being called a “second-class citizen”. However, Clarke dismissed the claim. “If anyone is second-class it’s me, I’m from Liverpool,” Clarke, who grew up in the working-class Sydney suburb, said. “I didn’t say that – I wouldn’t say that – and neither did any of my team-mates. Why Chris way fired up I’m not sure, I certainly know I didn’t say anything to Chris when he batted.”Ricky Ponting, who has been found guilty twice over the past year for poor on-field behaviour, was upset after the match that charges had not been laid immediately. “If there’s any consistency in the game that should be looked at,” Ponting said. He got his wish when the umpires Mark Benson and Rudi Koertzen changed their minds on Thursday morning.

Shane Warne has defended his Test team-mates against age-related problems and says Glenn McGrath should not be written off ahead of the Ashes. Australia’s older batsmen have been targeted by Dennis Lillee as concerns ahead of the summer while Geoff Lawson and Ian Chappell have questioned McGrath’s future after his slow comeback during the Champions Trophy.”The age only comes into it if you are not performing,” Warne, who is 37, was reported by . “We’ve performed pretty well, this group of players, for a period of time. Since the Ashes we’ve won 11 out of 12 Tests so I think we’ve been performing okay.”Warne was speaking at the Australian launch of his book and said McGrath “just needs a bit of bowling”. “I think Glenn McGrath’s had a fair bit of time out,” he said. “I wouldn’t be writing Glenn McGrath off, he’s a champion and I think Australia need Glenn McGrath.”The selectors decided McGrath’s best chance of reaching peak form during the Ashes was to bring him back through the Champions Trophy and last month’s Malaysia tri-series. However, McGrath has been below his best in matches against West Indies and England over the past week. Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell struck 27 from his first four overs on Sunday before he improved in the latter stages to take 2 for 36.

ScorecardKenya cruised to a 104-run run victory in the third and final ODI at a sunny Mombasa Sports Club, completing a series whitewash over Bermuda to give their World Cup preparations a major boost. For Bermuda, however, the upbeat mood which has been a hallmark of their game ever since they qualified for the tournament 16 months ago has given way to the reality that they are far from ready to compete with cricket’s big guns.The game was as good as over by the halfway mark. For much of the last decade Steve Tikolo has been widely accepted as the best batsman outside mainstream international cricket. He is now past his best – and Kenya’s recent international isolation has also dulled his cutting edge – but he turned back the clock with a majestic hundred which enabled Kenya to post 305 for 8.Dropped early on, Tikolo cut loose against some mediocre bowling to record his second – and highest – hundred in an ODI. Both in Nairobi and in the first two matches here, the pitches were damp and made run-scoring hard work. Finally, this match was played on a hard, fast and true surface and Tikolo gorged himself.As was the case on Sunday, the main stand was between Tikolo and the precocious Tanmay Mishra. The pair added 117 for the fourth wicket in 18 overs before Mishra was undone by his own carelessness as he looked to open up. The burly Dwayne Leverock weighed in with wickets at the end to finish with 5 for 53.Thomas Odoyo reduced Bermuda to 6 for 2 before a third-wicket stand of 98 between Dean Minors and Irvine Romaine got the innings on course, albeit slipping behind the asking rate. When Romaine departed in the 26th over the required rate was close to being in double figures, and with the spinners, especially the fast-improving Hiren Varaiya, proving hard to get away, Bermuda gave up the chase and opted for some batting practice instead.

After two days wasted by the rains and their aftermath here in the city, the two Quadrangular Stage matches in the Patron’s Trophy got under way on the third day.Habib Bank, put into bat by Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), finished the first day on 178 for 8 after 53 overs at the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Sports Complex Stadium in Karachi. Opener Taufeeq Umar scored 33 while Asim Kamal, the Test discard, was unbeaten on 43. The fast-bowling duo of Abdul Rauf and Jaffer Nazir took 3 for 68 and 2 for 33 respectively.At the United Bank Limited (UBL) Sports Complex Ground, Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) won the toss and put Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) into bat . In the 53 overs bowled during the day, ZTBL managed 118 for 2, with opener Afaq Rahim unbeaten on 66.

After Shane Warne sledged Paul Collingwood on the third day at the SCG for being “awarded an MBE for scoring 7 at The Oval”, Geoff Boycott weighed in to the debate over the honours awarded to the England side in 2005.”For 18 years England haven’t won … Australia have been beating England every two years home or away,” he said on his BBC podcast. “Suddenly, when England win, all hell breaks loose. They all get gongs at the palace. It just shows how foolish it was when they come out here two years later and are absolutely annihilated.”I scored 8,000 runs and played a hundred Tests before I got one (Boycott was awarded the OBE in 1980) and what did he score? Seventeen runs? And the others played five Tests to get one? I feel so bad about mine I’m going to tie it around my cat. It’s a joke.”Andrew Flintoff, who’s a super player, Marcus Trescothick who’s played a lot of Tests and done well, Michael Vaughan as the winning captain. But every Tom, Dick or Harry?”Boycott added that the fact that Warne had not been recognised added to the sense of farce.