Watson won't play before India squad chosen

Shane Watson will not play a match in his redefined role as a non-bowling batsman before the India Test touring squad is chosen

Daniel Brettig21-Jan-2013Australia’s selectors will have their trust in Shane Watson tested by the revelation he will not play a match in his redefined role as a non-bowling batsman before the India Test touring squad is chosen.Watson is in the latter stages of recovering from a calf strain that was aggravated during the Melbourne Test against Sri Lanka, and ESPNcricinfo understands that he is expected make his return to the game in a domestic limited-overs fixture for New South Wales on January 30.The national selector John Inverarity has said that the squad for India is due to be announced before the end of this month, meaning Watson’s inclusion in the touring party would have to be made on faith rather than form and fitness.Watson trained in front of Inverarity and Andy Bichel in Sydney on Sunday and batted in the nets on Monday, but he was ruled out of Australia’s Twenty20 matches against Sri Lanka and a Sheffield Shield match for the Blues against Western Australia, due to begin on Thursday.”He had a good running work-out. Andy Bichel and I were there when he did his running drills . . . but he didn’t bat,” Inverarity said. “When we left it yesterday it was uncertain, but he’ll certainly play before the end of this month.”This means that neither Watson nor the man he has effectively nominated to displace in the Test side, Ed Cowan, will play a first-class match before the announcement.NSW’s next Shield fixture is due to take place against Tasmania in Hobart from February 6-9.Inverarity said that his panel would not be swayed by Watson’s public airing of his preference to open the batting. “Not really, no. We’ll consider all players on their merits, in a dispassionate way,” Inverarity said.”The captain always determines the batting order. We’ve had many discussions with Shane. One of the basic points is he’s always willing to play and bat where he’s asked to bat.”Another player of interest to the selectors is Moises Henriques, who is likely to be slotted into the NSW Shield team to play against WA even if his Australian duties with the ODI team in Hobart on Wednesday means he makes a delayed entry to the match.

Former WACA admin top candidate for USACA CEO

Darren Beazley, former general manager of business development with the Western Australia Cricket Association, is the top candidate currently being pursued by the USACA to fill their vacant chief executive position

Peter Della Penna31-Dec-2012Darren Beazley, former general manager of business development with the Western Australia Cricket Association, is the top candidate currently being pursued by the USA Cricket Association to fill their vacant chief executive position, according to a USACA source with knowledge of the situation. While former USACA vice president Nabeel Ahmed was named interim CEO in April, USACA has not had someone working in the position full-time since Don Lockerbie was dismissed in November 2010.Beazley replaces Ed Burns, who previously worked for Major League Baseball for 17 years, as the top candidate for the job.In addition to his experience in cricket administration, Beazley has also worked in several other sports. Most recently, he served as the chief operating officer of the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships. Beazley also worked as general manager of strategic partnerships with the Fremantle Dockers football club in the Australian Rules Football League from 2005 to 2009. Beazley does have some business experience in the USA outside of sports – he had worked as vice-president of operations for a technology startup called Funge Systems for three years in the early 2000s.USACA had announced on October 5 that they had fielded submissions from over 100 applicants for the CEO position and narrowed down the list to five finalists for interviews with a candidate due to be selected by October 19. However, those plans went awry when Executive Secretary Kenwyn Williams engaged in attacks on members of the media and USACA stakeholders in a string of Facebook messages posted from October 13 through the 19 on a USACA Facebook page managed by Williams.On October 17, Williams posted a message that labeled Burns as USACA’s top choice to fill the chief executive position. Burns, when working with Major League Baseball, had served as vice-president of operations and administration before he was replaced by former New York Yankees World Series winning manager Joe Torre in March 2011.Several USACA sources confirmed that Burns was the top candidate for the position in October, but it is unclear if he was ever formally offered the job. Sources have indicated that Burns removed himself from consideration for the chief executive position as a result of the bad publicity surrounding USACA in the wake of the string of posts made by Williams on social media.Williams was suspended from his position on October 19 before being dismissed in November. He is currently suing USACA for $1.5 million dollars in damages, claiming in legal documents filed in New York that USACA board members as well as USACA’s legal representatives, McGuire Woods, exposed Williams to “public contempt, ridicule, aversion and disgrace”.

I would like to bat higher – Raina

Suresh Raina has admitted that he would like the opportunity to bat further up the order for India

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Jan-2013Suresh Raina, whose unbeaten 89 in the fourth ODI against England in Mohali sealed a series win for India, has admitted that he would like the opportunity to bat further up the order. Raina has spent the majority of his 158-match ODI career coming in at Nos. 5 or 6, and it was from a position of three wickets down that he scored his 27th half-century on Wednesday.”Definitely, I would like to bat higher up the order,” he said, ahead of the fifth ODI. “If I am given a chance, I would like to give 100% as it will also give me an opportunity to play more overs. I have enjoyed batting at five, six, seven, where you need to bat till the finish.”Yuvraj Singh has occupied the No. 4 spot for India in recent years, although Raina has an impressive record batting there – albeit in just nine innings – averaging 58.85, with four fifties and his best ODI score of 116 not out. Raina has, however, been in good form in his current slot in the line-up, scoring half-centuries in each of his three innings against England so far to make him the leading run-scorer on either side.Raina, 26, also said he hoped being able to bat for longer periods and building an innings would aid his chances of returning to the Test team. Raina’s average from 17 Tests is just 28.44 and he has made six single-figure scores – including three ducks – in his last eight innings. After a year out of the side, he played in India’s two Tests against New Zealand in August, scoring 3, 55 and 0 before being dropped in favour of the returning Yuvraj. “If you talk about my Test performance, I scored a fifty in one of my last three innings,” he said. “I believe that I can make a comeback in Tests.”An impressive performance in the Irani Cup – a one-off Indian first-class match featuring the Ranji Trophy winners and a Rest of India side – which will begin on February 6, could push him back into the selectors’ thoughts ahead of the arrival of Australia later in the month. But Raina was keen not to look too far ahead and hoped to help India secure another win over England in Dharamsala.”Yes, Irani Trophy will be very important, but at this point I want to focus on doing well in tomorrow’s match,” Raina said. “Although, we have won the series, it would be nice if we can finish with a 4-1 margin.”Preventing that from happening is the priority for the tourists and Joe Root, a rare recent success story for England’s one-day team in India, said the players were pulling in the same direction and eager to finish on a high. “We’re obviously very disappointed as a team with the way the series has gone,” he said. “It has been nice for me to score some runs and put in a few performances, but it always feels better when you’re winning.”

Unmukt Chand leads Delhi to Vijay Hazare title

Unmukt Chand continued his habit of scoring hundreds in a final when he scored 116 against Assam in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Visakhapatnam

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Mar-2013
ScorecardThe victorious Delhi team with the Vijay Hazare Trophy•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Unmukt Chand continued his habit of scoring hundreds in a final with a 116 against Assam in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Visakhapatnam. After scoring 290 for 9, Delhi’s bowling and fielding ensured they won the final by 75 runs as they dismissed Assam for 215 within 45 overs.Once Assam chose to field, Chand and Puneet Bisht provided Delhi a steady start, putting on 97 for the first wicket. Bisht scored a brisk 64-ball 52 but was dismissed in the 21st over. Gautam Gambhir was soon sent back to the pavilion 10 runs later when he was caught by AK Das off Syed Mohammad for 5.Chand and Jagrit Anand steadied the ship again, putting together 115 in 100 balls for the third wicket. When Anand got out for 48, Delhi were 222 for 3 in 40.1 overs and were set for a big score but Assam, led by Pritam Das, ensured they were kept to 290 as they took the next seven wickets for 55 runs. Chand scored his maiden List A hundred which included eight fours and three sixes. Milind Kumar’s unbeaten cameo of 31 from 22 balls meant that Delhi’s lower order didn’t collapse completely and they set up a competitive score.In reply, Assam lost opener Pritam Debnath to a run-out in the third over, and four overs later, Sibsankar Roy was dismissed by Parvinder Awana for 10. Pallavkumar Das and Dheeraj Jadhav put on 30 runs in the next eight overs but Pallavkumar was also run-out, for 31, in the 15th over. Varun Sood capitalised on the opportunity and dismissed the new batsman Tarjinder Singh, leaving Assam at 72 for 4. Before Gokul Sharma and Jadhav could consolidate the innings, Sood struck again, getting Gokul caught for 11.Assam only managed to build small partnerships throughout the match which wasn’t enough to chase a target of 291. Jadhav held one end but his knock of 87 from 114 could not take them close to victory. Rajat Bhatia picked up three wickets from there, including Jadhav’s, and finished with figures of 3 for 36 from his seven overs which sealed the victory for Delhi. Sood finished with 2 for 46 in 10 overs.

Mahmood left out but Essex bowlers still toil

Saj Mahmood was left of Essex’s first match of the season but Gloucestershire’s unbroken, fourth-wicket partnership of 229 carried the day

Alex Winter at Chelmsford10-Apr-2013
ScorecardDan Housego made his first Championship century for Gloucestershire•Getty Images

Sajid Mahmood’s career remains on hold after he was left out of the first Essex squad of the new season. But his reputation may have been polished in his absence as Essex’s attack were rendered impotent by an unbroken, double-century partnership for Gloucestershire’s fourth wicket between Dan Housego and Hamish Marshall.Having played eight Tests and 26 ODIs only to fall away – his last England appearance was in 2009 – Mahmood spiralled further into the abyss after being released by Lancashire at the end of last season and failing to find a new deal at a Division One county.Essex offered him a chance to rebuild but James Foster, the captain, said Mahmood was out-bowled in pre-season and didn’t warrant inclusion against Gloucestershire. Instead, Mahmood was at Derby playing for Essex second XI. He took 1 for 40 and was overshadowed by Reece Topley – a young bowler of great promise – who returned 4 for 20.”Saj had a good pre-season but it was one of those things where he’s bowled well but the other guys have bowled better,” Foster told ESPNcricinfo. “It’s only the start of the season but Saj is a quality performer and he’ll be featuring heavily this season.”I’m really impressed with the bowling unit. I believe it’s the best attack I’ve seen since I’ve been at the club, with six big seamers.”It would appear some luxury for Essex to have resources to leave a big-name signing out of their side. Perhaps Mahmood has now been relegated from big-name status. But only his best would have improved Essex’s fortunes on the opening day of the season as Marshall and Housego compiled a chanceless 229-run stand at almost three-and-a-half an over – a fourth-wicket record against Essex.The partnership began after lunch and saw them through to the close. It was a rare day of batting dominance from Gloucestershire and looked unlikely from 34 for 2 with both openers dismissed by David Masters. But in Marshall, Gloucestershire have a player who could easily be playing Test cricket and Housego, a determined player with a solid technique. The pair gave Gloucestershire a dream opening to 2013.Housego arrived in Bristol on the back of a superb second-XI season for Middlesex in 2011 but he failed to transfer that to regular first-team cricket last season. He gets a long stride in when playing forward but his best stroke came from a slightly shorter stride to flick Graham Napier’s first ball after tea through midwicket. The timing was immense.Usurped by Marshall for the first ton of the year, he nervously played off the back foot into the covers on 99 and could have been run out. The throw missed and Housego had his first first-class century for Gloucestershire.It was steady work on a slightly slow wicket that was green-tinged. That and the history of Gloucestershire’s batting – most pertinently they were shot out for 180 and 146 here last season – was all the encouragement Foster needed to insert them having won the toss.But his bowlers didn’t probe away consistently enough, especially Maurice Chambers, who at one stage of the afternoon had conceded over four-an-over. Masters was Masters – nipped a couple out with the new ball and kept it tight – and Napier found a little seam movement from the Hayes Close End after lunch. Aside from that, including the second new ball, there was only the hard work of the visiting batsman for a healthy day one crowd to get excited about.Despite the close score, Foster was satisfied with his bowler’s efforts. “I guess it’s one of those where you hope it’s going to do more for a longer period of time than it did,” he said. “It would have been nice to have another wicket by lunch but after that, credit to the batsman. We did not bowl poorly.”

Dougie Brown berates Hove wicket

This is a hard-fought game between two excellent sides. The prospect of a fourth day in glorious conditions at Hove should inspire excitement. If it does not, it is no reflection on the players.

Tim Wigmore at Hove03-May-2013
ScorecardLuke Wells fell just short of a century on a day where the match went nowhere•Getty Images

Warwickshire’s coach Dougie Brown has pinned the blame firmly on the Hove pitch for a hard-fought game which seems to be heading inexorably towards stalemate.”For people who maybe don’t quite understand the game, they’re probably wondering why we’re bleating on about the pitch and stuff but in fairness is that a first-class pitch?” Brpwn asked “I would doubt it to be honest. We always thought the pitch would at some stage deteriorate. That might be at some time next month.””It just killed the game completely. There’s nothing in there for anybody, batters included. Speaking to our batters it’s actually almost impossible to get the ball off the square. How you’re ever going to get a result on surfaces like this I just do not know, particularly when you use a heavy roller as well and deaden it even further.”I just feel sorry for the people who’ve come to watch two very, very strong sides playing. What’s happened is the conditions haven’t really allowed for entertaining cricket.”It’d be a bit like, in football terms, going out to watch some of the best teams playing and playing on grass that was a foot long. You can’t apply your skills like you could do on any normal occasion so that’s been disappointing. I don’t know about docking points or whatever, that’s not for me to say.”And it was hard to argue with Brown’s assessment at the end of another day that, despite the high calibre of players on display, seldom rose above the turgid. It was just as well that the beer festival brought over 20 different ales – more than the 17 wickets to fall so far – to enjoy.The only bowler to rise above the conditions was Boyd Rankin. While Chris Wright displayed perseverance, and Chris Woakes parsimony, Rankin was comfortably the most threatening of Warwickshire’s quick bowlers and deserved more than the three wickets he snared.During one over in the morning session, he might have had a hat-trick. Luke Wells was denied a century by a yorker that made a wreckage of the stumps he protects with such care; Matt Prior was beaten for pace and could have fallen lbw first ball; and Ed Joyce was dropped by Tim Ambrose from a legside bouncer.Rankin retired from Ireland duty last year and has declared his ambition to try and pursue a Test career with England. That must be considered very unlikely – he is nearly 29 and has a bad record with injuries (he was here returning from ten weeks out with a stress reaction in his foot) – but when he bowls with the hostility and searing bounce he showed here, it doesn’t seem inconceivable that England could show interest in Rankin as a reserve, tall impact quick bowler, behind Steven Finn and Chris Tremlett.Brown certainly thinks it is possible: “Obviously going out to Australia, the conditions out there would suit him immensely. He’s a big tall lad – 6ft 8in – he bowls very fast, he bowls aggressively and when he’s on form there’s very few bounce bowlers in world cricket better than him.”Rankin can do subtlety too, varying his angle by switching between over and around the wicket and using his yorker as an occasional weapon of destruction, as Wells could attest to.After his early morning spell, it fell to Matt Prior to awaken spectators from their happy slumbers in the deckchairs. Three crunching drives off four Wright deliveries oozed purpose, but Wright soon had Prior caught by his friend and onetime Sussex colleague Tim Ambrose to a ball that moved late. And, to judge by the quality with which Ben Brown cut the ball in his unbeaten 82, another Sussex wicket keeper could one day also interest the ECB.For now, their attentions are better turned to the merits of reinstating the heavy roller – a measure designed to mimic Test match conditions but one that risks undermining the pleasures of picturesque county grounds like Hove.

Barath, Brathwaite in high-performance squad

Adrian Barath, Kraigg Brathwaite have bene selected as part of the Sagicor WIHPC squad for the 2013-14 programme

ESPNcricinfo staff15-May-2013Adrian Barath and Kraigg Brathwaite have been selected for the Sagicor West Indies High Performance Centre’s 2013-14 programme. They are part of a group of 14 players who enjoyed success over the last year in limited-overs and first-class competitions in the West Indies.The HPC works in a similar fashion to the A teams of other countries. The squad will train at the University of the West Indies campus, where they will be educated on facets such as mental conditioning, media training, anti-doping, anti-corruption, and other personal development skills.Graeme West, the HPC coach, was looking forward to working with these talents. “Now that I have been in the position at Sagicor WIHPC for more than 12 months, I feel I’m more confident about the knowledge of players, and [an] understanding of how a talented, young player in the Caribbean develops and is looking to develop,” he said. “I’ve also had the benefit of watching some of the players in regional matches and looking to see how we can help them improve for the benefit of cricket at the regional, as well as the international level. We will need to spend some time initially on the players’ skills, fitness and developing their all-round game before stepping up their preparation to deal with competitive situations.”Brathwaite finished as the second highest run-scorer in the Regional Four Day Competition, with 577 runs in eight matches, while Raymon Reifer was third highest wicket-taker in the Super 50 limited-overs tournament, with 11 wickets in eight matches at 16.18.
HPC squad: Adrian Barath (Trinidad & Tobago), Ronsford Beaton (Guyana), Quinton Boatswain (Montserrat), Kraigg Brathwaite (Barbados), John Campbell (Jamaica), Chandrapaul Hemraj (Guyana), Shai Hope (Barbados), Akeal Hosein (Trinidad & Tobago), Steven Katwaroo (Trinidad & Tobago), Kyle Mayers (Barbados), Dalton Polius (St. Lucia), Raymon Reifer (Barbados), Tyrone Theophile (Dominica), Hayden Walsh Jr (Antigua & Barbuda)

Tremlett silver lining as Derbs make hay

This was Derbyshire’s day by some distance, the achievement of Wayne Madsen and Shivnarine Chanderpaul in setting a partnership record against Surrey underpinned by Richard Johnson’s maiden half-century for the county

Jon Culley at Derby31-May-2013
ScorecardWayne Madsen made his 14th first-class hundred•Getty Images

This was Derbyshire’s day by some distance, the achievement of Wayne Madsen and Shivnarine Chanderpaul in setting a partnership record against Surrey underpinned by Richard Johnson’s maiden half-century for the county, but there was at least one encouraging subtext for Surrey, who are no closer to breaking their duck for the Championship season.It came in the form of five wickets for Chris Tremlett, who had not taken that many in a single first-class innings since he did so for England against Sri Lanka in June 2011, and never before for Surrey. The 6ft 7ins fast bowler took the wicket that captured the Ashes in Australia in January 2011 but has been ravaged by injuries in the interim, requiring operations for back and knee problems. His return to Surrey’s Championship side last month was only his second appearance in the competition in 21 months.Surrey are nursing him back carefully, which is understandable in the circumstances. England are monitoring his progress but are unlikely to call on him any time soon, unless there is an exceptional run of injuries. At 31, and with a Test record of 49 wickets at 26.75, Tremlett is eager to believe that he has another Ashes series ahead of him but if he is to face Australia again you suspect it will be next winter rather than this summer. Mindful, perhaps, that he broke down after one comeback match last summer, precipitating further surgery in September, he accepts that patience is vital.”I’d like to get back to where I was before the injuries and England is at the back of my mind but it is a matter of not getting ahead of myself,” he said. “I feel I’m going in the right direction. It is nice to get five wickets but the important thing is bowling overs and hoping my body stays strong.”Tremlett, who had bowled Chesney Hughes with his fifth delivery on Thursday, did the most damage with the second new ball as Wes Durston and Ben Slater, a left-hander making his Derbyshire debut, edged deliveries that left them off the pitch. Tremlett bowled tailender Mark Turner and finished off the Derbyshire innings when wicketkeeper Johnson’s fine 72 ended with a catch at first slip.Yet in the context of the day, it was a minor victory for Surrey. If there was an opportunity to acquire some impetus as another year of under-achievement beckons, it was in this match, against a side struggling to make the transition to Division One cricket, particularly with Ricky Ponting in the dressing room and offering encouragement from the slip cordon.However, they are a stubborn bunch, Derbyshire, unwilling to accept that they are destined merely to be whipping boys, determined that promotion will be a genuine learning experience. Resuming at 232 for 2, they built so handsomely on Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s first-day century as to almost double their score.The Guyanese batsman had been labouring with a heavy cold for most of his innings and he was less fluent yesterday morning, although there was handsome consolation. Wayne Madsen, equally impressive as the two built a partnership ultimately worth 265 runs, outscored his partner and was setting his own targets high when Chanderpaul was surprised by a short ball from Stuart Meaker and sent the ball looping off the glove to Ponting in the gully.Madsen went on to reach 152, picking up boundaries with impressive fluency, 17 in all. Surrey’s bowlers again could not hit a testing line and length frequently enough to build pressure and Madsen, having looked so comfortable, was furious with himself when he failed to read a ball angled in by Meaker that took his off stump.It left Derbyshire at a potentially difficult moment, 336 for 6 having been 294 for 2. Had they fallen away it would not have been an unusual development. In the event, they failed to take all the batting points available but will set that disappointment against a strong position at the halfway stage of the match.Johnson batted solidly and took few risks, aided first by David Wainwright in a stand of 59 for the seventh wicket and latterly by some eager and enterprising batting from the tail. His 72 equalled his career best and reaffirmed Derbyshire’s self-belief.It was further enhanced when Madsen ran out Rory Burns with a stunning direct hit almost from the boundary at long-off. Mark Footitt worked up a fierce pace and Vikram Solanki, going in ahead of Ponting at three, needed treatment after taking a blow to the body. The target to avoid the follow-on may feel a long way off when he and Arun Harinath resume.

Goodwin, Allenby steer Glamorgan

23-Jul-2013
ScorecardThilan Samaraweera’s innings proved in vain•Getty Images

Glamorgan resurrected their hopes of reaching the Friends Life T20 quarter-finals with a final over victory over Worcestershire in Cardiff. The hosts were indebted to half centuries from Murray Goodwin and Jim Allenby and a match-winning cameo from Ben Wright. Set 158 to win, Glamorgan won by five wickets with five balls to spare.Glamorgan went into the match having lost three on the trot after they had won all four of their first group games. But they suffered three setbacks in the opening eight overs as they slipped to 46 for 3 in response to Worcestershire’s 157 for 6.The home side lost Mark Wallace in the second over before Chris Cooke was caught at third man and then skipper Marcus North was trapped leg before by Moeen Ali. Even with Allenby looking in good form and with Goodwin in support they needed 100 from 10 overs.Allenby took the pressure off by hitting a six off Shaaiq Choudhry and that started a good spell for Glamorgan as he and Goodwin shared a partnership of 59 off 43 balls for the fourth wicket. But Allenby, who reached his 50 from 42 balls, holed out off Gareth Andrew. At that stage Glamorgan needed 53 from 32 balls, which became 37 required from the final four overs.Goodwin brought up his 50 from 30 balls but was caught off the last ball of the 18th over to leave Glamorgan still needing 18 from the final 12 balls. But Wright, 22 not out from 12 balls, produced a productive penultimate over scoring 13 from the first four balls which meant Glamorgan needed only one to win from the final over.After Worcestershire won the toss Thilan Samaraweera was the mainstay of their innings with 65 from 42 balls with eight fours and a six.After being restricted to only 27 for 1 in the opening six overs, bowled exclusively by the seamers on a greenish pitch, Samaraweera dominated a second wicket stand with Alexi Kervezee worth 91 in 10.1 overs. That was after Ali was caught at cover off Wagg, who ended as Glamorgan’s star bowler with three for 15 from his four overs.Worcestershire accelerated their score when the spinners were on. The slower bowlers conceded 98 runs from nine overs. The visitors had looked well set thanks to Sri Lankan Samaraweera before he was run out by a direct hit from Goodwin in the 14th over with Worcestershire 103
for 2.West Indian Andre Russell was bowled from an inside edge from Wagg before Nathan McCullum picked up the wicket of Kervezee (44 from 40 balls) in his final over. Wagg claimed a third wicket when Joe Leach was caught on the deep midwicket boundary before Ben Cox went in Michael Hogan’s final over.

Saqlain invited to help West Indies spinners

Former Pakistan offspinner Saqlain Mushtaq will conduct a three-week spin-bowling clinic for a select group of current and emerging West Indies spinners, including three women cricketers, from September 3

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Aug-2013Former Pakistan offspinner Saqlain Mushtaq will conduct a three-week spin-bowling clinic for a select group of current and emerging West Indies spinners, including three women cricketers, from September 3.Saqlain was invited to conduct the clinic on the suggestion of West Indies coach, Ottis Gibson in a bid to better the skills of players who are likely to represent West Indies at different levels.The group of spinners includes Devendra Bishoo, Shane Shillingford, Veerasammy Permaul, Ashley Nurse, Anisa Mohammed, Shaquana Quintyne and Stafanie Taylor. The players were picked by the WICB selection panel.Sunil Narine, Samuel Badree and Nikita Miller were considered for selection but could not be picked due to their unavailability. Narine and Badree are scheduled to play in the Champions League T20, while Miller has been picked for the West Indies A squad for the India tour in September. Permaul and Nurse will also leave the clinic to travel with the West Indies A squad.Saqlain, renowned as one of the first offspinners to use the doosra, took 208 wickets in 49 Tests and 288 wickets in 169 ODIs over a career that stretched between 1995 and 2004. After a successful county stint with Surrey, he was appointed as a spin consultant by New Zealand Cricket in 2009 and has, more recently, played the same role with the Bangladesh team.Spinners selected to attend the clinic: Devendra Bishoo, Jesse Bootan, Yannic Cariah, Bryan Charles, Akeem Dewar, Larry Edwards, Ramaal Lewis, Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai, Ashley Nurse, Veerasammy Permaul, Shane Shillingford, Jomel Warrican, Shaquana Quintyne, Stafanie Taylor, Anisa Mohammed

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