NMC urges ICC to mediate in BCCI row over coverage restrictions

Johannesburg: Media organisations have urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to intervene in a row with the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) over coverage restrictions of the Test series between India and England, saying the dispute was damaging the game.

The News Media Coalition, writing on behalf of a group of news agencies, newspapers and publishers, urged the ICC to use its influence and global standing to convince the BCCI to lift the curbs which have set off a text and photo blackout of the series.

“We recognise that the ICC does not have direct authority of the media policy of individual national cricket bodies but view the ICC as the collective custodians of the good name of the sport, fair play and the promotion of the game,” a website quoted the letter, as saying.

“The BCCI`s policy of locking out an important sector of the news industry risks damaging much that the ICC has sought to achieve,” the letter added.

The ICC has drawn up proposals for Twenty20 cricket to eventually become an Olympic sport.

Kevan Gosper, chairperson of the International Olympic Committee`s press commission, is among those to have criticised the BCCI stance, calling it a direct attack on the freedom of the media.

The accreditation dispute is the latest between the BCCI and media organisations to mar the series.

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Bangladesh vs West Indies, Day 1: Hasan, Mahmudullah lead hosts to 365/8

BANGLADESH (1st innings) Over: 86 II Score: 365/8 (Abul Hasan 100*, Mahmudullah 72*)

Abul Hasan has become just the fourth ever batsman to score a Test century while batting at number 10. Together with Mahmudullah, the southpaw has led to an amazing turnaround on the opening day of the second Test against West Indies. The pair has added 172 runs for the ninth wicket guiding their team out of troubled waters

BANGLADESH Over: 74 II Score: 303/8

Abul Hasan and Mahmudullah have struck an unbeaten century stand that has helped the home side recover after losing eight wickets at the score of 193. Hasan led the late charge with an aggressive fifty hitting 11 boundaries and two sixes in his score of 74 runs. For West Indies, right-arm pacer Fiedel Edwards has taken five wickets while captain Darren Sammy has two scalps to his name.

BANGLADESH (LUNCH) Over: 26 II Score: 88/3 (Islam 15*, Hasan 8*)

Bangladesh lost the wicket of Nazimuddin early in their innings before Nafees and Iqbal began some repair work. The stand lasted for 59 runs before Darren West Indian skipper Darren Sammy removed Shahriar Nafees and Tamim Iqbal to give his team an upper hand in the opening day of the second Test.

The second Test between Bangladesh and West Indies has begun in Khulna. Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and chose to bat first. The home team would be looking to win the second and final Test to level the two-match series.

Playing XI:

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Nazimuddin, Shahriar Nafees, Naeem Islam, Mushfiqur Rahim (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Abul Hasan, Rubel Hossain.

West Indies: Chris Gayle, Kieran Powell, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Denesh Ramdin, Darren Sammy (c), Sunil Narine, Fidel Edwards, Veerasammy Permaul, Tino Best.
SCORECARD 

BAN vs WI, 2nd Test, Khulna

BAN 365/8 (86.0 Ovs) Mahmudullah* 72 (89) Abul Hasan 100 (108) WI Fidel Edwards* 16-2-81-5 Sunil Narine 19-0-91-0 CRR 4.24 Partnership 172(180) Last Wkt Sohag Gazi 0(4) Day 1: Stumps

• BAN 1st Inn

Batsmen

BAN : 365/8 ( ovrs 86)

R

B

4s

6s

SR

Tamim Iqbal

b D Sammy

32

70

4

0

45.71

Nazimuddin

c Kieran Powell b F Edwards

4

6

1

0

66.67

Shahriar Nafees

c D Ramdin b D Sammy

26

49

4

0

53.06

Naeem Islam

b F Edwards

16

22

1

0

72.73

Shakib Al Hasan

c D Ramdin b F Edwards

17

20

3

0

85.00

Mushfiqur Rahim (c & wk)

c D Ramdin b F Edwards

38

81

5

0

46.91

Nasir Hossain

c F Edwards b V Permaul

52

68

8

1

76.47

Mahmudullah

batting

72

89

9

0

80.90

Sohag Gazi

lbw b F Edwards

0

4

0

0

0.00

Abul Hasan

batting

100

108

13

3

92.59

Extras:

(b 4, lb 3, w 0, nb 1, p 0)

8

 

 

 

Total:

(8 wkts, 86 ovs)

365

 

RR:

4.24

Yet To bat: : Rubel Hossain

Bowling: WI

O

M

R

W

Nb

Wd

ER

Fidel Edwards

16

2

81

5

1

0

5.10

Tino Best

10

3

31

0

0

0

3.10

Darren Sammy

20

4

61

2

0

0

3.00

Sunil Narine

19

0

91

0

0

0

4.80

Veerasammy Permaul

19

2

79

1

0

0

4.20

Marlon Samuels

2

0

15

0

0

0

7.50

Fall of Wickets

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Srilanka won by10 wickets

SL vs NZ, 1st Test, Galle

SL 247, 93/0 (18.3 Ovs) Dimuth Karunaratne* 60 (60) T Paranavitana 31 (51)	NZ 221, 118 Doug Bracewell* 5.3-0-35-0 Kane Williamson 1-0-6-0
CRR 5.03 Partnership 93(111) Srilanka won by 10 wickets

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live cricket score Ban v/s West indies

BAN vs WI, 2nd Test, Khulna

BAN 93/4 (27.1 Ovs) Shakib Al Hasan 12 (17) WI Fidel Edwards* 5.1-1-22-2 Darren Sammy 9-2-28-2 CRR 3.42 Partnership 16(24) Overs left for the day : 62.5 Last Wkt N Islam 16(22) Day 1: Post Lunch Session

• BAN 1st Inn

Batsmen

BAN : 93/3 ( ovrs 27)

R

B

4s

6s

SR

Tamim Iqbal

b D Sammy

32

70

4

0

45.71

Nazimuddin

c Kieran Powell b F Edwards

4

6

1

0

66.67

Shahriar Nafees

c D Ramdin b D Sammy

26

49

4

0

53.06

Naeem Islam

batting

16

21

1

0

76.19

Shakib Al Hasan

batting

12

17

2

0

70.59

Extras:

(b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 1, p 0)

3

Total:

(3 wkts, 27 ovs)

93

RR:

3.44

Yet To bat: : Mushfiqur Rahim (c & wk), Nasir Hossain, Mahmudullah, Sohag Gazi, Abul Hasan, Rubel Hossain

Bowling: WI

O

M

R

W

Nb

Wd

ER

Fidel Edwards

5

1

22

1

1

0

4.40

Tino Best

6

2

18

0

0

0

3.00

Darren Sammy

9

2

28

2

0

0

3.10

Sunil Narine

7

0

23

0

0

0

3.30

Fall of Wickets

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Boycott says KP, Bell lack trust in defensive technique against turning ball

London: Former England opening batsman Geoffrey Boycott has slammed England batsmen, especially Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell, for not having the self-belief, mental application and skill to play the turning ball.

"England lost the Test match because some of their batsmen did not have the self-belief, mental application and skill to play the turning ball. Ian Bell`s stupid attempt in the first innings to hit his first ball over the top was a huge mental error," Boycott wrote in his column for a leading daily.

"To play like that when you have his skill shows he must have been sat waiting to go in with a scrambled brain, worrying to death about how he played the last time he was in India and his poor performances against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates in February," he added.

"Then there was Kevin Pietersen`s second innings premeditated sweep to another left-arm spinner who bowled him with a full toss around leg stump," he further wrote.

Boycott added: "In both cases our two most accomplished stroke-players were not convinced they had a good enough defensive technique to fight their way through the first 30 minutes with the ball turning and four men around the bat."

"If England are going to make a fist of the next three Test matches every batsman has to play like Alastair Cook, with the self belief, determination and willpower that they can cope with the turning ball," he wrote.

"Don`t go attacking the bowling before you are in. That was the mistake Bell and KP made. When you get in, don`t give it away. Make big scores because time is not important. It is runs that are crucial for England if we are going to have any chance of winning," he concluded.

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