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Steven Davies fired a career-best 127 not out as Surrey claimed a convincing nine-wicket win over reigning champions Hampshire at The Oval. It was Davies’ sixth one-day hundred, coming In 81 balls.

06-May-2013
ScorecardSteven Davies made his sixth one-day hundred•PA PhotosSteven Davies fired a career-best 127 not out as Surrey claimed a convincing nine-wicket win over reigning champions Hampshire at The Oval. It was Davies’ sixth one-day hundred, coming in 81 balls.He and opening partner Graeme Smith, who scored a quick-fire 74 from 75 balls, shared an opening stand of 162 in 21 overs after Zafar Ansari helped to restrict Hampshire to a modest 228 all out with a career-best of 4 for 46.Surrey already had 43 on the board by the end of the fourth over of their reply, with Davies warming up by pulling James Tomlinson for six. Nine overs later, Davies simultaneously took the hosts to three figures in addition to bringing up his half-century, which came off 43 deliveries.Smith, meanwhile, eased to a 36-ball fifty in the fifteenth over before he was caught at wide long-on off Liam Dawson six overs later for 74, though not before lifting Hamza Riazuddin back over his head for six.Davies moved to 98 with a second six off Michael Carberry and in the 26th over, brought up his hundred, continuing his fine start to the season, with ten fours and three sixes.Vikram Solanki also chipped in with an unbeaten 22 as he and Davies saw Surrey home with more than eight overs to spare.Earlier, after winning the toss, Hampshire were indebted to Sean Ervine’s 63 from 70 deliveries for their total of 228. James Vince and Jimmy Adams overcame the departure of Carberry, to a thin edge off Jade Dernbach, to give the innings some early impetus.But after Vince was caught at deep square leg off Jon Lewis in the ninth over, the visitors became bogged down against the spin of Ansari and Gareth Batty.With George Bailey and Adams both holing out to long-on, Hampshire were 89 for 4 in the 18th over. Ervine then took charge, initially by bringing up the hundred for the Royals with a straight six off Gary Keedy.Dawson and Ervine added 54 in nine overs for the fifth wicket before a superb catch, at short extra cover by Smith off Ansari, drew a line under a resourceful knock of 36 from Dawson. Ansari struck again when Adam Wheater was stumped two overs later, though not before Ervine, on 31, was dropped off a bottom edge off Batty.After Chris Wood had been run out at the non-striker’s end by Davies, Ervine brought up a 61-ball half-century with the second of two successive fours through midwicket off Dernbach. But Hampshire’s innings slipped away after Ervine, looking to launch Ansari into the pavilion, was bowled.

N Srinivasan, who has stepped aside in his capacity as BCCI president until the probe into the alleged corruption in the IPL is complete, has said the demands for his resignation were an “attack” against him

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Jun-2013N Srinivasan, who has stepped aside in his capacity as BCCI president until the probe into the alleged corruption in the IPL is complete, has said the demands for his resignation were an “attack” against him. Speaking to a Tamil news channel, Srinivasan reiterated that he had nothing to do with the case against Gurunath Meiyappan.Responding to a query as to whether the controversy engulfing the BCCI was a conspiracy against him, Srinivasan told : “Not a conspiracy, it’s an open attack against me. It is clear that one group may have been trying to get into the BCCI. Hence the attack.”Srinivasan has been under pressure to resign his post since Meiyappan – his son-in-law who is an official of Chennai Super Kings, the IPL franchise owned by India Cements, a company that Srinivasan is managing director of – was arrested a couple of weeks ago for alleged betting in the IPL.Srinivasan pointed out that he was not personally under the police’s scanner. “No charge has been stated against me,” he said.On June 2, following an emergency meeting of the BCCI’s working committee in Chennai, Srinivasan had temporarily handed over the duties of board president to Jagmohan Dalmiya.Dalmiya, a former BCCI president himself, is likely to head the board for four to six weeks, while the committee consisting of two retired Tamil Nadu High Court judges looks into the allegations of corruption against Meiyappan, India Cements and Jaipur IPL Cricket Pvt Ltd, the owner of the other IPL franchise involved in the controversy, Rajasthan Royals.

Indian fans have requested BCCI vice president Arun Jaitley to publish the unedited probe report prepared by the two-man team on the alleged corruption in the IPL

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Jun-2013A group of Indian fans, in a bid to help clean up the game, have requested BCCI vice-president Arun Jaitley to publish the unedited probe report that will be submitted on Monday at the BCCI working committee meeting in Delhi. In a letter, the fans have asked for the report – put together by the two-man team assigned to investigate allegations of betting and spot-fixing in IPL – to be posted on the BCCI website, saying it would be “disappointing if BCCI decides not to publish it”.The letter, penned by Vijay Navaratnam and signed by 43 others, went on to ask for a secure email address through which the public could contact and provide evidence to the two-member investigation committee, comprised of retired Tamil Nadu High Court judges R Balasubramanian and T Jayaram Chouta. The letter referred to “video clips/photos/copies of emails in the media that show Mr Meiyappan is a formal member of Chennai Super Kings”.In its third point, the letter suggested a governance review of the BCCI. “We dare say the current sorry saga occurred precisely due to BCCI’s poor governance. Poor governance and corruption are interrelated,” the letter read. There was also a call to appoint BCCI directors who are independent of state associations to ensure there is no conflict of interest, and “to bring meaningful debate and fair decision-making into the BCCI boardroom”.

Fawad Ahmed is expected to be eligible for the full Ashes series after the Australian Senate passed a bill that would allow his citizenship to be fast-tracked

Brydon Coverdale20-Jun-2013Fawad Ahmed is expected to be eligible for the full Ashes series after the Australian Senate passed a bill that would allow his citizenship to be fast-tracked. The legislation has now passed through both houses of parliament and after it is rubber-stamped by the governor-general Ahmed will be eligible to obtain an Australian passport, which should make him available for the first Ashes Test.However, although it is likely that Ahmed will be called into the squad it is by no means certain. On Wednesday, he and the 19-year-old left-arm spinner Ashton Agar were named in the Australia A squad to tour Zimbabwe and South Africa in July and August, while the Ashes is being played, and both men will be in contention if another spinner is added to the Ashes touring party.”We’ve got a couple of spinners we’re mulling over at the moment,” the coach Mickey Arthur told the ABC. “We’ve got Nathan Lyon in the squad. If the weather stays like this we might consider another spinner. There’s been no clear-cut decision on that as yet.”Arthur discuss the possible inclusion of another spinner with fellow selectors John Inverarity and Rod Marsh this weekend in Bristol, where Australia A will play against Gloucestershire in the final match of their tour of the British Isles. While it is unclear at this stage whether Ahmed will travel to Africa or remain with the Ashes squad, a Cricket Australia spokesman said the progress of the bill through parliament was encouraging.”This is pleasing news for CA and a big step forward in a process that will help enable Fawad Ahmed become an Australian citizen,” the spokesman said. “Pending royal assent by the governor-general, the Bill will become law and Ahmed will be considered for Australian citizenship, subject to the normal tests and assessments that any citizenship applicant would go through.”

Alastair Cook has dismissed accusations that England’s batsmen have tried to cheat Hot Spot as “blatantly not true”

George Dobell in Durham08-Aug-2013Alastair Cook has dismissed accusations that England’s batsmen have tried to cheat Hot Spot as “blatantly not true”.The England captain used his media conference ahead of the fourth Investec Ashes Test in Durham to reiterate the ECB’s request for an apology from Australian broadcaster Channel 9, who made the claims, and rubbish the story.”It’s not great when you get called a cheat as a side and you’ve been accused of something you haven’t done,” Cook said. “I think an apology is due because it’s such a blatant fabrication.”We’ve been laughing at it in our dressing room; how strange a story it is and how absurd it is.Cook’s frustration is understandable. Having just retained the Ashes in the minimum amount of games possible in his first summer as England’s Test captain, he might have expected to be basking in glory. Instead he has found himself defending his side against not just accusations of cheating but, according to Shane Warne, writing in the Telegraph, behaving arrogantly as well. Players were also accused of behaving inappropriately in the aftermath of the Old Trafford Test after newspaper pictures captured some of them smoking cigarettes.”The last couple of days have been a bit of a media storm,” Cook said. “It’s taken a bit of gloss over the fact we managed to win the Ashes in such a short space of time. But that’s out of our control.”I don’t know where the Warne story came from. Steven Smith apologised yesterday and said he didn’t think we were arrogant at all. I’ve no qualms about how our behaviour has been in this series at all.”We’re an experienced bunch we’ve been through a lot and a lot of players have been through similar circumstances with a bit of controversy in the past. We’ve stuck together well and that’s a sign of a strong team. We know how important it is and how hard we need to keep working.”Panesar behaviour ‘unacceptable’

Alastair Cook has described Monty Panesar’s behaviour as “unacceptable” after the left-arm spinner was issued with a fixed penalty fine by police for being drunk and disorderly in the early hours of Monday morning.
Panesar, an unused member of the England squad for the Old Trafford Test but left out of the 13 named for Durham, was fined after being ejected from a nightclub for bothering women and then urinating over the club’s bouncers. His county club, Sussex, are currently investigating the episode and could suspend Panesar, which would rule him out of consideration for selection by England.
“It is a very disappointing incident,” Cook said. “Certainly for a member of the England squad as he was. Obviously negative publicity like that is not ideal and it is very disappointing.
“As far as the actual incident, you can only read reports in the papers and until you hear exactly what has happened you can’t really comment. But we know the responsibilities we have as cricketers. Any behaviour like that is unacceptable.”

Cook was among those to meet officials from the ICC in Durham on Wednesday to discuss the DRS issues that have overshadowed the series. While Cook confirmed that the ICC had accepted there had been faults, he also stated that at no stage had there been a discussion about abandoning the use of DRS or any of its component parts, including Hot Spot, for the rest of the series. Hot Spot, the technology that is designed to verify whether the ball has hit the bat, has been exposed over the first three games, with a series of clear edges not showing up upon review.”It was a good meeting,” Cook said. “They have held their hands up and said some mistakes have been made with it. It’s something which they’re trying to iron out. They’re trying to get more decisions right.”In the past Hot Spot has worked really well, but there have been three or four strange occurrences this series where there has been noise but no mark. I don’t know why. I don’t know the actual technology of Hot Spot, but I’m sure they’re working behind the scenes to try to work out why.”There was no discussion with the ICC about getting rid of Hot Spot, because of the precedent it would set. That’s a very dangerous precedent to set. In the middle of a series, if something strange happens, if you ban it then the precedent is set for another series.”It’s there to try to give as much information to the third ump to make the right decision. To ban it sets a dangerous precedent and in the past it’s worked extremely well to pick up edges. It’s just there have been strange occurrences in recent games.”Cook, who has endured a modest series to date, admitted he was “desperate” to register a match-defining total in the next two Tests. Cook has registered two half-centuries, but is averaging only 24.16 over the first three games. Despite his uncharacteristic struggles, however, Cook retained faith that his form would return soon.”I’m desperate for a score, without a doubt,” Cook said. “At the top of the order your job is to score runs. It hasn’t gone quite as well as I would have liked. I’ve made starts and when you convert starts into bigger runs it changes games, but that hasn’t happened.”I work hard at my game and I’ve scored runs in the past. My Test career suggests I do score runs, so hopefully it’s just a matter of time.”Cook also had words of praise for Graham Onions. The Durham seamer, left out of the squad for the Test at Old Trafford, made his point to the selectors in eloquent fashion by claiming nine wickets, including seven in the first innings, in the subsequent County Championship match and could win a recall for the first Ashes Test on his home ground.But while Onions’ form and consistency remains admirable, the fact that England have not won the series may count against him. England may be unwilling to rotate any of their first-choice players in such circumstances, so Onions may be reliant on one of James Anderson or Stuart Broad feeling jaded ahead of the game or the selectors deciding that his home-ground knowledge renders him more useful than Tim Bresnan.”Graham Onions has done extremely well this year in county cricket,” Cook said. “He’s pushed his name into the squad again. He was left out of a couple of games, but went back to Durham and took a lot of wickets.”He’s doing everything we’re asking of him. In our eyes the series is still very much alive. We set out to win not just retain – that’s the goal and we’re trying to pick the best XI to win.”

The BCCI has conspicuously avoided mentioning India’s tour of South Africa, scheduled to begin in late November, while announcing the team’s forthcoming series on Sunday

Amol Karhadkar01-Sep-2013The status and make-up of India’s tour of South Africa, scheduled to begin in late November, has been put in doubt after it was left out of a list of upcoming series announced by the BCCI on Sunday. BCCI president N Srinivasan said the series is “definitely on”, though, and ESPNcricinfo understands the BCCI is on the verge of giving Cricket South Africa a pruned itinerary.Srinivasan, speaking after the board’s working commitee in Kolkata, told : “I’ve not said that the South Africa series will be scrapped. It’s definitely on. We have [merely] proposed a West Indies series in November. There were neither any discussions on the South Africa series, nor did any members raise any questions on it.”Despite the supposed lack of discussion on the subject at the meeting, it is understood that negotiations between the BCCI and CSA have been on for quite a while, and the BCCI is on the verge of giving the South African board a revised schedule cutting down what was originally scheduled to be a three-Test, seven-ODI and two-Twenty20 tour to two Tests, three ODIs and two T20s. The BCCI had already objected to the itinerary released in July, saying Cricket South Africa had announced the schedule without the Indian board’s consent.”Our priority is to look after the interests of our players and the board,” a BCCI official said. “And such a long tour wasn’t viable from either perspective. We need to space out tours so that cricketers get much-needed breaks between them.”A CSA official told ESPNcricinfo that the board had not been contacted by the BCCI on the schedule yet, and it would not respond till it receives “a formal proposal”.If CSA goes with the reduced series, the next bone of contention would be the Boxing Day Test. CSA had reintroduced the traditional Test while announcing the itinerary for India’s tour in July. However, the BCCI may demand that the Tests be played before limited-overs’ games, thus taking a Boxing Day Test out of equation.The BCCI has had issues with CSA over the past year. The Indian board had “raised concerns” when it was known that Haroon Lorgat was in the running to take over as CSA chief; the BCCI and Lorgat are thought to have clashed over several issues, including the Future Tours Programme, the DRS and an ICC independent governance review, during the Lorgat’s tenure as ICC chief executive officer.CSA officials had travelled to India in February to meet with the BCCI to discuss their objections to Lorgat, and, after his appointment, Lorgat had said improving relations with the BCCI was a priority. “If I need to sit across a table, to go to India, whatever it takes to smooth things over… I have to put CSA first,” Lorgat had said. “When the issues come out, if it means I have offended someone and I need to apologise, I will.”There is also a feeling in South Africa that the BCCI has been trying to isolate the board through the Champions League Twenty20. The BCCI owns a 50% stake in the tournament, the boards of Australia and South Africa share the rest equally. It is learnt that CSA was not consulted before the fixtures were announced for the 2013 tournament, which starts in India later this month, and South African staff due to attend it are now inclined to stay away.

Northamptonshire’s bowlers did their job as the county aim to secure promotion, but the batsmen still have work to do

George Dobell at New Road24-Sep-2013
ScorecardAndrew Hall took advantage of some brittle Worcestershire batting•Getty ImagesIt is remarkable how much can change in a year. Twelve months ago, Northamptonshire finished the season with fewer wins across the three competitions than any side in the land and their lowest Championship finish – eighth in Division Two – since 1978.Now they are the FLt20 champions and about 150 runs short of promotion. They have, despite a modest budget and a far from glorious history, emerged as the most improved side in the county game and, like Durham, have proved that the cheque book is not the answer when trying to improve results.Promotion is not yet guaranteed. They came into this game requiring five points to ensure they could not be overhauled by Essex. Now, with three bowling bonus points secure, they require a total of 250 – and the resultant two batting bonus points that will bring – to be certain of elevation. They have not played in Division One since 2004 and, before the FLt20 success, had not won a trophy since 1992.They were not made to work too hard for their bowling points. Winning an important toss against a weak batting unit on a helpful wicket, they allowed only three men to reach double figures and only two to pass 12. David Willey, with a fine new ball spell, made the vital inroads, but Worcestershire will be disappointed at the lack of opposition they provided.Northamptonshire were made to work harder with the bat. Though Stephen Peters and Alex Wakely both played some pleasing strokes, the former was beaten by one that nipped back and the latter by one that turned sharply to leave Northamptonshire reliant on their middle and lower order once again. Still 60 behind and 147 from a second batting point, there is plenty of work ahead for them on day two.These are two clubs of contrasting fortunes. They are similarly financially challenged – Worcestershire actually have a larger cricket budget than Northamptonshire – yet while one club has vibrancy and ambition about it, the other seems prepared to drift into gentle irrelevance. While there is plenty of disgruntled chuntering among the Worcestershire membership, so long as tea is served on time in the Ladies Pavilion, it seems most will put up with the slide.The continuing excellence of Alan Richardson – who with the wicket of Peters claimed his 250th first-class victim for the club in his fourth season – has masked problems at New Road for some time, but the failure of talented young players to develop as was anticipated suggests danger ahead. The likes of Alexei Kervezee, who cannot get in the first team at present, Richard Jones, who is on loan at Warwickshire, and Aneesh Kapil, who has been released, were, not so long ago, thought to be the future of the club. And while the failure of one such player might be put down to individual problems, the failure of all three suggests deeper rooted issues.There is mixed news off the pitch, too. While the new facilities – conferencing and the like – built as part of the hotel development will provide additional revenue for the club, it is anticipated that Worcestershire will declare a financial loss of over £100,000 for the year. Bearing in mind they had the benefit of a tourist game against Australia this season and that is serious cause for concern.Here Worcestershire batted – a ninth-wicket stand of 72 aside – with a fragility that explained their mid-table position in the Division Two table. While negating the new ball was tricky on a misty morning – Willey, nipping the ball around sharply, claimed two wickets in the opening over – it speaks volumes that three batsmen – Thilan Samaraweera, Tom Fell and Shaaiq Choudhry – were bowled leaving straight deliveries. While Daryl Mitchell could console himself in the knowledge he received a beauty, Ross Whiteley simply missed a straight one and Ben Cox was punished for playing slightly across the line.The chief beneficiary of the weak batting was Andrew Hall, who claimed the 17th five-wicket haul of his career and passed 600 career victims on the way. His pace may be reduced but, he hits the seam, gains some movement and maintains a tight line and length. He will rarely have taken a softer five-wicket haul, though.It could have been much worse for Worcestershire. From 76 for 7, they recovered somewhat through the efforts of Matt Pardoe and Jack Shantry. With Pardoe, an old-school obdurate opener, making one end safe, Shantry chanced his arm at the other and breezed to a 62-ball half-century with seven fours and one straight six against the offspin of James Middlebrook. It was not all text book, but the pair demonstrated admirable application, nous and fight.Eventually Pardoe dragged his back foot and was stumped – a fine piece of work by the deeply impressive David Murphy – and the tailenders were blown away, leaving Shantry with a career-best effort with the bat.There are some clouds on Northamptonshire’s horizon, however. It appears they are unable to gain work permits for either Trent Copeland, the Australian seamer who made such an impact this season, or Cameron White, who was so influential in the T20 success. Neither will return in 2014.It remains to be seen whether David Sales will be back. His dismissal here, slicing to point, leaves him 98 runs short of the 1,000 Championship run landmark that would automatically invoke a clause in his contract ensuring he will be offered a new deal. The smart money suggests he will be back whether he reaches the landmark or not and, for the first time in a decade, playing in Division One.

Zimbabwe allowed Pakistan to claw back into the match in the third session of the second Test in Harare after keeping the bowlers at bay for two-thirds of the day

The Report by Devashish Fuloria10-Sep-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsJunaid Khan picked up two crucial wickets after tea to rob Zimbabwe of the upper hand•AFPZimbabwe allowed Pakistan to claw back into the match in the third session of the second Test in Harare after keeping the bowlers at bay for two-thirds of the day. The hosts had survived a treacherous morning session with only the loss of their openers before half-centuries from their senior batsmen, Hamilton Masakadza and Brendan Taylor, took them to 165 for 3 at tea. However, five wickets in the final session undermined the earlier good work.Junaid Khan provided the first of the five breakthroughs when he had Malcolm Waller caught behind soon after tea, but it was Abdur Rehman who made the crucial dismissal when he trapped Taylor lbw while on the sweep. Taylor, who had been dropped at mid-off by Rahat Ali in Rehman’s previous over, was a touch unlucky though as the ball hit him marginally outside the line of off stump.But there wasn’t much resistance from Elton Chigumbura and Richmond Mutumbami, the last of the recognised batsmen, and Zimbabwe’s innings was caught in the downward spiral. Tinashe Panyangara and Prosper Utseya scored useful runs against the resurgent bowling and survived long enough to ensure the team will come out to bat on the second morning.The pitch, which was thought to be under-prepared, mostly stayed true on the first day. The final score could be much less than what seemed possible at one stage, but with the nature of the pitch still unknown, it could be a good first-innings total.For Zimbabwe though, apart from Masakadza and Taylor, none of the batsmen were able to apply themselves against Pakistan’s tenacious bowling. Masakadza and Taylor had come together at the dismissal of Vusi Sibanda with the score on 31, but added 110 to settle the nerves after initial jitters. The century partnership between the two was a story of two halves: the first dominated by Masakadza and the second by Taylor.In the initial phase, Masakadza looked to score freely while Taylor soaked up the deliveries. He stayed back against the spinners, but was quick to pounce on anything tossed up, preferring to hit over the infield. One such shot took him to his first half-century against Pakistan. Two overs later, he punched a quicker one to the cover boundary to bring up the fifty of the partnership, with Taylor scoring only 7.In the next half though, Taylor assumed the role of the aggressor, announcing his intentions with aerial boundaries off Saeed Ajmal and Rehman. The run-rate hovered around 2.5, but when the opportunities came, Taylor made sure he was ready. He reverse-swept an Ajmal doosra, then creamed a full delivery from Rahat Ali to the cover boundary. When the partnership reached 100, Taylor had taken over the scoring, with 32 runs in the second fifty.The free-scoring came after the batsmen had warded off the threat from Pakistan’s seamers in the first session when the ball was darting around. Zimbabwe lost their first wicket off the second delivery of the day and only two runs were scored in the first 40 minutes.The first over, bowled by Junaid, was almost unplayable and accounted for the wicket of Tino Mawoyo as the batsman was squared up by one that cut across him. The umpire was convinced the ball had taken the edge after the Pakistan team went up in a loud appeal. Replays showed that the ball might have hit the thigh pad along the way and not the bat, but Mawoyo, who has had a poor run of scores opening in Tests, had to go.Rahat started in the same vein from the other end and with plenty of movement on offer, kept the batsmen guessing, as ball after ball, the batsmen played and missed. He bowled a slightly fuller length and a wider line than Junaid, and induced as many errors, but earned the wicket of Sibanda with a short one. He came back to pick another wicket towards the end of the day with the new ball.

Sussex have signed 19-year-old wicket-keeper batsman Callum Jackson on a one-year deal but released Joe Gatting and Andrew Miller.

George Dobell11-Oct-2013Sussex have signed 19-year-old wicket-keeper batsman Callum Jackson on a one-year deal.Jackson, who was born in Eastbourne and has developed through the club’s youth system, made his first team debut in all forms of the game in 2013, including a first-class debut against the Australian touring team in July. He will spend much of the off-season playing Grade cricket in Australia.Sussex’s Professional Cricket Manager Mark Robinson said, “Callum showed at the back end of the season that he was comfortable in the first-team environment.”He has a lot of hard work in front of him but with a lot of determination there is nothing to stop him having a long and successful career.”Sussex have also announced the release of 26-year-old seamer Andrew Miller and 25-year-old batsman Joe Gatting, the nephew of Mike Gatting.”It is always a sad time when we release any player,” Robinson said. “But both are still young and we hope a change of environment will help them fulfil their potential.”Andy and Joe have been model professionals and we would like to thank them both for their hard work and commitment. We wish them both all the best for the future.”

Abdul Razzaq was robbed of his passport, and large quantities of gold and cash by burglars who broke into his house early this morning, the player said

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Nov-2013Pakistan allrounder Abdul Razzaq was robbed of his passport, and large quantities of gold and cash by burglars who broke into his house early this morning, the player said. Razzaq resides in the upmarket Defense Housing Society in Lahore.According to the FIR lodged with the police, Razzaq claimed to have lost 38 ounces of gold, $12,000 and documents. He said the incident took place around 5.00 am, when the occupants of the house were asleep. “It’s unfortunate,” Razzaq told reporters. “I am not sure who did this but it’s the responsibility of the police to find out.” Police said they suspected the thieves had inside information of the details of the house.Razzaq was at home only because he had returned from Pakistan’s ongoing tour of South Africa with a hamstring injury. Earlier this month, he had made a comeback to Pakistan’s Twenty20 team after a gap of one year, against South Africa in the UAE.