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Two centuries in CricInfo Championship games already this season have helped persuade Hampshire captain Robin Smith to withdraw his threat to retire at the end of this summer.The former England batsman is 38 in September but now says he intends to carry on playing until his 40th birthday.Smith had a poor season last year and averaged just 20, prompting his retirement announcement. But his change of fortune this year has led to a change of mind.He said: “I feel pretty good this year and I could not be happier with theway things have gone.”Throughout my career I’ve been lucky in that I’ve always scored runs butlast year I suffered and I lost my confidence.”I was considering quitting if it went on but with a further two years lefton my contract I would love to fulfil that and play until I’m 40.”It has always been my ambition to finish at 40 and leave on a high and withthe last scheduled game being on my 40th birthday I would love to bow outthen.”

ScorecardDaniel Christian made 71 for South Australia•Getty Images

Queensland’s batsmen clung on to deny South Australia the chance to end their long drought without a Sheffield Shield win as the match in Adelaide petered out to draw on the final afternoon. Set 222 for victory, the Bulls initially appeared keen to go for the runs but after they stumbled to 5 for 101 they shut up shop and played for the draw, finishing at 6 for 129 with Joe Burns on 16 and Nathan Hauritz on 0.It was a disappointing end for the Redbacks, who had their best chance for some time for a Shield win, but their drought has now stretched to 19 matches without a victory. To add to their frustration, Queensland took the only points from the match, having scraped past South Australia’s first innings of 402 with nine wickets down.The debutant Daniel Worrall gave the Redbacks some hope with his 3 for 36, including the opener Alex Kemp (33), Usman Khawaja (26) and Peter Forrest, who made 16 from 11 balls. Nathan Lyon also picked up two wickets but in the end South Australia ran out of time, although the Bulls could have said the same thing, finishing 93 runs short of their victory target.The day began with the Redbacks adding 135 to their overnight score as Daniel Christian posted 71 with some support from the tail. Ben Cutting, Nathan Hauritz and Cameron Boyce finished with two wickets each.

The second warmup game of the Australian tour, against the Ranjitrophy champions Mumbai, commenced at the CCI today. Mumbai ended thefirst day at 328 for nine off 94 overs. Ramesh Powar (65 not out) andNilesh Kulkarni (14 not out) were at the crease when stumps were drawnon the first day.The momentum of play kept swinging through the day. It was aninteresting day which had the bowlers dominating the first session anda brave fightback from the batsmen in the next one. There were momentswhen it seemed that the hosts would fizzle out under the pressureapplied by the Australian pace attack but skipper Sameer Dighe ledthem with a fighting knock.The ever accurate Glenn McGrath dominated the first session of theday. After the crowds went after the tourists, they were unable tomaintain the pressure mounted early on in the morning. The Mumbai tailwagged to the cheering of the crowds and frustrated the Australianattack. Shane Warne looked less than impressive as most of the batsmengot stuck into him. He went for 81 runs off 19 overs with one wicketto his credit. The highlights of the day were a well made 84 byDighe and an unbeaten 65 by Ramesh Powar in the late order. GlennMcGrath bagged three for 46 and Ricky Ponting picked up two forten. Damien Fleming, Matthew Hayden and Colin Miller picked up onewicket each.Earlier in the day, Mumbai skipper Dighe won the toss and decided tobat on the flat brownish wicket at the CCI in Mumbai. The first sessionof the day was disheartening for the hosts as they lost fourwickets for 78 runs at lunch. Jatin Paranjpe made a valiant effort toresurrect the innings early but failed. Warne accounted for him in thesecond over after lunch. Vinod Kambli soon walked back to the pavilionwithout troubling the scorers.The lunch interval did come as a blessing in disguise for the hosts.After Paranjpe’s dismissal, Dighe found an able partner in SairajBahutule. The duo added a 117 run partnership for the sixth wicket off36.3 overs. The left handed Bahutule scored 51 off 108 balls with sixhits down the fence before being trapped legbefore by Ricky Ponting.After losing Bahutule, Dighe found another partner in Powar whocame out firing on all cylinders. He raced away to a half-century off49 balls. The duo added 63 runs for the eighth wicket in 13.1 overswith Powar dominating the partnership and taking the pressure offDighe. Bowling with the second new ball Fleming spelled doom forDighe, when in a lapse of concentration he chased an outswinger fromFleming and was caught behind. Dighe scored 84 off 178 balls with 14hits to the fence.The Mumbai tail wagged after Dighe was dismissed, with Paras Mhambreytaking the attack to McGrath, hitting him for three consecutiveboundaries. McGrath came back with a bouncer that was top edged toFleming at fine leg. Mhambrey scored 19 off 13 balls with four hits tothe fence. Mhambrey and Powar added 31 runs for the ninth wicket off3.1 overs.Last man, Nilesh Kulkarni further frustrated the tourists and wasunbeaten at close of play.

Come political, economic or social crisis, cricket in Zimbabwe goes on. The domestic season, Zimbabwe’s fourth with a franchise system, begins on Saturday and will run until the first weekend in March 2013.Limited-overs matches kick off the summer with first-class competition only starting at the end of October. The pattern of their season has little impact on international competition, because they play so rarely, but is designed to minimise cost as Zimbabwe’s board battles with debt.Zimbabwe’s next international assignment is in March when they tour the Caribbean, although they are also in the process of rescheduling a visit from Bangladesh. That means international players will feature heavily, as this is the closest thing they have to competition and the domestic circuit will be used to experiment and improve.Matabeleland Tuskers This is Zimbabwe’s strongest franchise, based on last season’s results. The Tuskers won the first-class competition and ended third in both the fifty-over and twenty-over competitions.Their coach, Dave Houghton has left to work in another area but national bowling coach, Heath Streak will take over. A good mix of experience, such as captain Gavin Ewing and seamer Chris Mpofu, and youth, like allrounder Keegan Meth and quick Njabulo Ncube, make up their squad.Notably, the Tuskers can field no overseas players because of financial constraints. English players Adam Wheater and Paul Horton will not return to the franchise as a result of this.Sean Ervine, who plays for Hampshire and previously turned his back on Zimbabwe before the 2011 World Cup, has returned to the fold. Sean Williams, who opted out of the World T20 because of a dispute with the board, is also back and veteran bowler Mluleki Nkala has made himself available for selection as well.Mashonaland Eagles Fifty-over champions and runners-up in the first-class tournament saw the Eagles enjoy a successful season last year. They are a stable unit, run by former international and coach Kevin Curran, and have a few national players in their ranks, some of whom will have to use their time in the franchise system to regain form after Zimbabwe’s poor showing against New Zealand and at the World T20.Stuart Matsikenyeri captains the side which also includes Elton Chigumbura, Kyle Jarvis and Ray Price. Promising faces to watch out for are Forster Mutizwa, Cephas Zuwao and Sikandar Raza. Chamu Chibhabha has also joined the Eagles.Mid-West Rhinos It will be a tough ask for the Rhinos – mid-tablers for most of last season – because they have lost their two best batsmen: Gary Ballance and Riki Wessels. Ballance, who is Zimbabwean born but has committed to England, has been included in England’s performance squad to tour India while money could be keeping Wessels away.What the Rhinos do have is a wealth of national talent. They will be coached by Grant Flower and have national captain Brendan Taylor in their ranks. Also in the squad is Vusi Sibanda, Malcolm Waller and Graeme Cremer. One international, Essex’s Jaik Mickelburgh, will turn out for them.Mark Vermeulen is part of the squad on a pay-as-you-play basis. If he plays, he would have represented five Zimbabwean domestic teams.MountaineersVictory in last season’s twenty-over competition buoyed this franchise amid a poor return in other formats. They finished last in the fifty-over tournament and second-last in the first-class game.Change may come in the form of the coach and chief executive, Gary and Jon Brent. Both are former internationals and have embarked on a schools programme to broaden cricket awareness in the Mutare region. The squad has held coaching clinics at local schools and more than 70 teachers were trained in basic cricket skills in the winter in the hope that they will impart the knowledge to pupils. Jon hopes this will allow 800 children access to the game and create a talent pool for Mountaineers to dip into.Southern Rocks It was from this franchise that national bowler Brian Vitori emerged but they have had little else to show for their cricketing efforts. They finished at the bottom of both the first-class and twenty-over tables last season and were second from bottom in the fifty-over competition.Houghton has moved from the Tuskers to the Rocks in a bid to help develop the Masvingo-based side. Houghton has brought with him two players – Peter Burgoyne and Ben Slater – from Derbyshire, where he coaches in the English summer.Their bowling has been strengthened with the inclusion of three former internationals – Trevor Garwe, Tawanda Mupariwa and Tinashe Panyangara – but they have lost batsman Chamu Chibhabha.

Hamilton Masakadza, Zimbabwe’s stand-in captain for the first Test against Pakistan, has urged the team “not to change too much” in the short turnaround ahead of the second match starting Tuesday against the same opposition at the same venue. Masakadza was pleased with both the batting and bowling efforts in the first innings and said if Zimbabwe built on those performances, they could continue to challenge Pakistan.”There were definitely some positives. For us to take a 78-run lead after the first innings, for example, that was one of them,” Masakadza said. “We were on top for a long time. It just shows that it doesn’t take much for you to lose the game.”Zimbabwe were in a controlling position until the latter stages of Pakistan’s second innings when Younis Khan powered his way to a double-hundred and shared in an unbeaten stand of 88 with No 11 Rahat Ali. “The partnership right at the end – that was what cost us,” Masakadza said. “I didn’t even expect them to be in a position to declare. I was wondering when we would finish them off and we just didn’t.”Despite that, Masakadza did not believe Zimbabwe lacked the firepower needed to win a Test. “We took 19 wickets and we could have taken all 20 because we had two chances that we didn’t take,” he said. Younis was let off on 83 by Tino Mawoyo at first slip and on 117, Malcolm Waller put him down at gully. “We didn’t have any problems creating chances. It’s what you do after you create those chances. That’s what we want to work on.”Masakadza praised the work put in by Zimbabwe’s three frontline seamers, who kept the scoring-rate under three runs to the over. “They have improved a lot. In the past they didn’t have this much control, especially for the period of time they were out there.”Between them, Tendai Chatara, Tinashe Panyangara and Shingi Masakadza bowled 97 of the 149.3 overs in the second innings, with Panyangara conceding only 1.40 runs per over. “I thought he was particularly good because he was not traditionally known as a workhorse but he showed he can do it,” Masakadza said.Panyangara was part of the group of youngsters who were fast-tracked into international cricket after the white-player walkout in 2004 but struggled to make an impact as an 18-year old. He was selected again for the 2011 World Cup but only began to register as a genuine possibility for the longest format recently, now that his fitness and form have improved considerably.Masakadza hoped those gains would be on display in Panyangara’s next showing, which would require him to recover quickly. With just two days between matches, Masakadza joked the bowlers will need “bed rest and maybe a drip” to ensure they can repeat or even better their showing next week.It will likely fall on the same trio to carry Zimbabwe’s hopes with Masakadza indicating changes to the pack would not be warranted unless there were injury concerns. Brian Vitori and the uncapped Michael Chinouya are available if needed but Zimbabwe would prefer not to tinker with a combination that worked.Masakadza himself can do the work of a fifth bowler to render another specialist seamer surplus to requirements and Elton Chigumbura remains an option. However, the allrounder only bowled two overs in the first Test, and Masakadza explained he was picked only as a batsman because he has been “struggling” with the ball, although he may be called upon if needed.With Prosper Utseya, who Masakadza called a “quality” spinner, likely to hold on to his slow-bowling role, the only adjustments will be made to the batting line-up. Regular captain Brendan Taylor is a certain starter and will slot back in at No 4 after missing the first match on paternity leave. But because both Malcolm Waller and debutant Sikandar Raza impressed, making room for Taylor could cost someone else his place.Richmond Mutumbami, the wicketkeeper, may be dropped and Taylor asked to keep while there is also the possibility of Masakadza opening the batting in Tino Mawoyo’s place to make room for Taylor. “We’ll have to do something like that,” Masakadza said. “But overall, we won’t change too much.”

ScorecardPhil Jaques went past 150 as Yorkshire knocked off most of the deficit after following on•Getty Images

Yorkshire have Phil Jaques and Kane Williamson to thank for leaving them in a position to chase the most remarkable of Championship wins against Durham having been asked to follow-on after lunch on day three with a deficit of 299 runs. That is the county’s aim heading into tomorrow’s fourth day at Scarborough, no matter how unlikely it may seem.The contest between the Championship’s top two became one to relish as it swung one way then the other on the third day. Jaques and Williamson, Australia and New Zealand Test batsmen respectively, challenged Durham’s position of strength with an unbroken second wicket partnership of 257 inside 60 overs to recover the score from 19 for 1 following the early loss of Adam Lyth.As Lyth trooped off, Yorkshire, the Championship leaders, were contemplating a second defeat of the season. But Jaques scored the 42nd century of his first-class career, 151 not out off 192 balls, while Williamson, a late-season overseas signing designed to stiffen their Championship challenge, added an unbeaten 90 to his first innings 84.Williamson ended the day having achieved the rare feat of completing a century partnership in the first innings, which slipped from 182 for 3 to 274 all out, and a double century in the second both on the same day.”The game’s still well and truly open,” said Jaques, who helped to reduce his side’s deficit to just 23 runs with his eleventh century in Yorkshire colours. “There’s a lot of rough to work with, and they’ve got a lot of left-handers. We’ve also got a leg-spinner. If we can get a decent little lead, we might have a crack at them tomorrow afternoon.”They were well on top making us follow-on, but we’ve pretty much knocked over their lead now. We’re Yorkshire, and we’re trying to win games of cricket. If it gets to a point where we’re not scoring quick enough to build a lead, so be it. It’s a fast scoring ground. If you don’t bowl well, you’ll go the distance. If you do bowl well, there’s still something in it.”Yorkshire are still not clear of danger, but it would seem unlikely that they will suffer another collapse like they did on the third morning when they slipped from a position of relative comfort at 211 for 3 with Williamson and Jonny Bairstow, who made 82, going nicely.They lost their last seven wickets for 63 in the face of some probing bowling from Ben Stokes, Scott Borthwick, Jamie Harrison and Mark Wood, who all finished with two wickets. The loss of Wood to a side strain for the afternoon and evening sessions hurt Durham.The run out of Gary Ballance following a mix-up with Bairstow summed up Yorkshire’s morning. The left-hander played his first ball beyond Chris Rushworth at mid-wicket, who chased the ball down and threw back to Phil Mustard behind the stumps as the pair went for two. Mustard did the rest with Ballance diving in vain to make his ground.The start of Yorkshire’s second innings was not without incident, either. Jaques survived a confident lbw shout from Stokes on 28 during a sustained spell of short-pitched bowling from the seamer. Jaques top-edged a six over long-leg and a four over Mustard’s head before settling down to take advantage of a tiring attack.There was also the unusual sight of a seven-ball over and an even rarer four-ball over, both bowled by Harrison from the Trafalgar Square End of the ground, where Martin Bodenham was standing. The four-ball over consisted of two no balls, which were not bowled again. It was a strange old day. Mind you, it could be the same on the final day as well.

Stuart Broad hailed a “special era” in English cricket after bowling England to a third successive Ashes series victory.Broad, bowling with impressive pace and skill, claimed 11 wickets in the match as England went 3-0 up in the series at the end of the fourth Investec Test. If England win at The Oval, they will become the first England side to win four Tests in an Ashes series at home.For much of the fourth day of the Durham Test, it seemed Australia might pull-off a remarkable victory. Set 299 to win, Australia cruised to 109 without loss in the afternoon before England captain, Alastair Cook, called upon Broad to “spice it up a bit.”Broad immediately appeared to find another gear and, troubling all the batsmen with his pace and reverse swing, claimed five wickets for 20 runs in 40 balls as Australia lost nine wickets in the final session of the day.It left Broad, who finished with Test best figures of 11 for 121 in the match, reflecting on a “special” day for English cricket and a series that has been far more closely contested than the score line indicates.”It was a very special afternoon,” Broad said. “In this game, pretty much for each hour, it could have gone either way. Certainly at 40 for 3 in our second innings we were staring down the barrel a bit. Australia have shown in this series what a fighting side they are.”We gathered ourselves at tea with Australia having won that session without doubt. Our bowlers were too caught up in hitting the deck hard which was a little too far back of a length. But once we got the ball fuller we got the ball to move and we were massively in the game.”The great thing about this side is we have a lot of experience in the changing room. There are one or two in our dressing room who could become the leading ever [in terms of series wins for England] in the Ashes, which is a special era to play in.”The guys put their heads together calmly and decided the best way forward. Alastair Cook was clear what he wanted the bowlers to do. We needed to make the Aussies play off the front foot a little bit more.”Despite the openers beginning well it was a very hard wicket to start on and we always had in the back of our minds that with 300 on the board we can put a lot of pressure on the new batsmen.”Once we got some early wickets after tea the bowlers got their tails up and we put the new batsmen under pressure. The crowd gave us a huge lift. It was a special moment when we took that final wicket.”Cook agreed that England had not managed to get things quite right with the ball in the first part of Australia’s second innings, but was lost for words to describe Broad’s match-winning spell.”If we are totally honest, we didn’t quite get it right with the ball,” Cook said. “The pitch behaved a little better than we thought it would. This morning the new ball seemed to jag around a bit more for Australia and a few balls kept low. It didn’t do that for us and maybe it took us a while to regroup. But fair play to Chris Rogers and David Warner: they batted very well.”It was a fine spell of bowling from Broad. That’s probably not the right adjective either. As a captain and knowing how important how that session was, well, if we lost that session we would have been struggling.”Broady knew that and the lads knew that. He really charged in. When everything clicks and he is bowling in the high 80s with the control he has, it is incredibly hard to bat against. I said that against New Zealand when he got that seven-for at Lord’s.”Here was more important in terms of the situation of the game and in the Ashes. Words can’t justify how good a spell of bowling that was. We also have to recognise the job Tim Bresnan did at the other end. We talk about bowling in partnerships but that end into the wind wasn’t doing that much. He really built the pressure which was a huge credit to him. We built an incredible amount of pressure with a lot of good bowling.”The key moment came after a drinks break when Broad produced a brute of a delivery that left Michael Clarke off the pitch and hit the top of off stump. Losing their best batsman seemed to rock Australia’s confidence and their middle-order were brushed aside as England’s superior experience and confidence became more apparent.”We went hard at Clarke and that seemed to work,” Cook said. “We spiced it up. “As a side in these last 12 months, we have come through tough situations well. And when you have learned how not to get beaten, even when you are up against it, we have the players to take the game by the scruff of the neck”When you have that experience as a group of players, it gives me as a captain a load of confidence. I can only praise our side, the fielders, everyone who played their part in making sure there was no let up, no partnership that could develop through a mis-field or anything like that.”We’ll enjoy what is a very special day and one that I’m going to look back on with huge fondness.”We are going to get greedy and try and repeat that at The Oval. But we can think about that with sore heads tomorrow.”

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsAndrew White’s calm 62 helped Ireland set a formidable target of 407 against Netherlands•ICC/Sander Tholen

George Dockrell’s fifth five-wicket haul and an incisive opening burst from Max Sorensen ripped through the Netherlands batting order to give Ireland a thumping 279-run win with one day to spare in the Intercontinental Cup match in Deventer.Facing a stiff target of 407 runs, the home side lost opener Lesley Stokkers off the second ball of the innings. Sorensen, who claimed Stokkers, accounted for opener Eric Szwarczynski as well, reducing Netherlands to 9 for 2 in the fifth over. Switching his ends, Sorensen has more success when James Gruijters shouldered arms to an inswinger that brushed his pads and clattered his stumps.Dockrell dismissed Tom Cooper and wicketkeeper Wesley Barresi in his second and third over respectively. With half the opposition dismissed, Ireland captain Kevin O’Brien kept Dockrell on at one end and the left-arm spinner provided rich returns, claiming four of the next five wickets. Netherlands captain Peter Borren was only one of four men to reach double figures, top scoring with 33.Dockrell had No. 10 Quirijn Gunning edging to slip to end up with 6 for 39 in the innings, which, along with three wickets in the first innings, gave him career-best figures of 9 for 71.Ireland, who were on 68 for 4 overnight, stretched the lead past 400 after a composed half-century, that included five fours, from Andrew White, who forged a crucial 61-run stand with wicketkeeper Stuart Poynter. An aggressive John Mooney joined White after Poynter’s fall and dominated their 73-run partnership with six fours and a six. Both batsmen were dismissed before lunch but Ireland batted through and declared fifteen balls after the interval.

ScorecardWayne Madsen made a valuable half-century•Getty Images

Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen made a defiant half-century but late wickets put Sussex in charge after Shivnarine Chanderpaul went cheaply on his 300th first-class appearance.Chanderpaul struggled for 87 minutes for 20 before he fell to Australian paceman Steve Magoffin, who took 2 for 37, and with Madsen falling for 63 just before stumps, Derbyshire were 158 for 6 at the end of a day when 40 overs were lost to the weather.After so much rain overnight and during the morning, it was no surprise when Sussex captain Ed Joyce put Derbyshire in on a green pitch after Madsen lost the toss for the sixth time this season. There was bad news for the home side before a ball had been bowled, with key batsman Wes Durston ruled out with a back injury, while Magoffin returned to the Sussex side after missing the previous game with a sore knee.The overcast conditions and the appearance of the pitch suggested it was a good toss to win but Sussex tended to bowl too short against a team that had lost three of their previous four Championship matches and were bottom of Division One.Billy Godleman twice drove Anyon straight and through the covers for four and Chesney Hughes hooked him over square leg and into a communal garden but both openers also left the ball well until Hughes tried to drive Magoffin and edged high to third slip, where Joyce took a sharp catch above his head.Madsen joined Godleman and they took the total to 71 before Godleman lost patience and chased a wide ball from Chris Jordan and Luke Wells at second slip made no mistake.With Durston missing, even more rested on Chanderpaul who joined Madsen to take Derbyshire to 94 for 2 at tea but it was hard work against an attack which had found a more consistent line. After a brief stoppage for rain, Anyon had a loud appeal for a catch behind against Chanderpaul turned down and he star also played and missed several times at Magoffin.But it was Magoffin who got the wicket Sussex most wanted when Chanderpaul drove tamely to substitute fielder Andy Miller at short extra-cover.Dan Redfern took a painful blow in the box from Anyon and two balls later he was lbw playing across the line to leave his team in trouble on 128 for 4. It was important for Derbyshire that Madsen remained but he got a vicious lifter from Jordan and was caught behind after 196 minutes at the crease. Monty Panesar then trapped nightwatchman Ally Evans lbw with what was the last ball of a day that had swung Sussex’s way.

Match facts

Sunday, April 28, 2013
Start time 1600 (1030 GMT)MS Dhoni will be key with his ability to hit slower bowlers with ease•BCCI

Big Picture

Kolkata Knight Riders were within touching distance of Chennai Super Kings just a week ago when the two met in Kolkata. Now, Super Kings are second on the table and are cruising ahead, while Knight Riders are still struggling to take off. They are seventh on the table at the halfway stage and need a massive turnaround in the remaining matches to finish in the top four. It will have to start in Chepauk, Super Kings’ fortress that teams are increasingly finding hard to breach.With the solid presence of Michael Hussey at the top, Super Kings’ powerful batsmen are being laid ideal platforms in every game. MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja are not being pressurised to resurrect innings and when they start attacking, they are not the easiest to stop. Their bowling, however, can sometimes be slightly vulnerable and the line-up lacks a top-quality pacer up front.Knight Riders could focus on these supposed frailties, but they have plenty of their own. Yusuf Pathan’s spot in the side is both a mystery and an embarrassment and makes one wonder about the depth of patience the management have, because as an investment, he is not making any sense. Then, apart from their big three, no one really has shown any consistency for the team to rely upon. In Chennai, the focus will again be on their bowlers and their ability to counter the local batting threat. Since the game is in Chennai, the offspinner Sachithra Senanayake will have to sit out this game due to the ban on Sri Lankan players.

Form guide

Chennai Super Kings: WWWWL
Kolkata Knight Riders: WLLLW

Players to watch

In Super Kings’ last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, MS Dhoni raised the game against a tough opposition. He single-handedly neutralised the Dale Steyn threat and bailed his team out. He is one of the few batsmen who can change gears without warning and especially thrives against slower bowlers, mysterious or not.Jacques Kallis, one of Knight Riders’ marquee players, bowled and batted with energy against Kings XI Punjab, showing no signs of the injury that had put his participation in doubt. He picked up two valuable wickets and scored a well-planned 37 just when the team needed it. Knight Riders will have one thing less to worry if he can lend similar all-round prowess in future matches,

Stats and trivia

• Suresh Raina is one short of becoming the second batsman to hit 100 sixes in the IPL.
• Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine have both taken 14 wickets this season. But whereas Narine bowls at an economy rate of 5.65, Bravo is expensive at 8.47

Quotes

“If we keep on winning, we will be in the top half. We have the belief.”