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Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsWesley Barresi struck five sixes and seven fours during his 40-ball 75•ICC/Donald MacLeod

Scotland captain Preston Mommsen’s unbeaten 44-ball 68 went in vain after his bowlers and fielders conceded too many runs, to allow Netherlands amass 191 for 6. Netherlands’ 32-run win was set up by Wesley Barresi’s quick start and Peter Borren’s surge at the end which helped them collect 56 runs in the last five overs, after Scotland had dropped Barresi twice early on in the same over.Opting to bat with an unchanged side from the game against Afghanistan, Netherlands lost their first wicket, that of Stephan Myburgh, to Alasdair Evans in the third over before Ben Cooper joined Barresi. In their second-wicket partnership of 82 runs, Cooper’s contribution was only 12 off 14 as Barresi unleashed several orthodox shots, including drives and cuts before he was given two reprieves in three balls in the sixth over. He soon struck a six to make Scotland realise the price of that. He was particularly harsh against Michael Leask and Richie Berrington, collecting 25 runs off eight balls, put together. Evans provided a bit of respite by getting both batsmen out in the 11th over, but that only brought Borren on the pitch.The run rate was over nine when he walked out and he made sure it fell only fleetingly. After relying on singles early on, he let loose with two leg-side heaves in the 15th over, and pelted Watt for 19 runs in the 17th over with slog-sweeps and a reverse-sweep. His fifty off 24 balls acted as the a burn in the wounds after Scotland had hurt themselves to allow Barresi’s fifty off 27 balls. An 18-ball 24 from Roelof van der Merwe lifted them past 190. Evans took two more in his last over to finish with a career-best 5 for 24.Scotland, in response, were in a spot of bother early on after losing their openers in the first nine balls. They struggled to get partnerships going as left-arm spinners van der Merwe and Pieter Seelaar got the next four batsmen out, three of them holing out in the deep, to leave them reeling at 75 for 6. The required rate had shot up to 14 when Safyaan Sharif joined Mommsen with eight overs to go. Mommsen chaperoned the partnership of 80 runs for nearly eight overs, but it was a near-impossible task to accomplish with the tail and despite some meaty blows till the end, Scotland were all out for 159.

“Human relations, man management skills, these are very, very essential in today’s world in any field of work … having that compassion, having that closeness towards your employees. And the same goes for West Indies cricket.”Daren Ganga’s experiences on the recent West Indies tour of England have convinced him even more that the different parties in Caribbean cricket have to get their act together. Fast. “Everything is very dysfunctional, disjointed with the Board, the players, the management team, the selectors,” Ganga said. “Everyone needs to co-exist in harmony.”Appointed vice-captain for the Test series, Ganga found himself having to carry the full burden of leadership from the second Test of the four-match rubber following the shoulder injury which ended Ramnaresh Sarwan’s tour. He presided over a 3-0 loss.Ganga admitted to having “a lot of new challenges, some of which I wasn’t able to deal with properly”. Asked about those challenges, however, he declined to elaborate, saying only, “It’s off-the-field issues.”Ganga, though, was more forthcoming with what needed to change for the team to improve. “There is no consistency,” he said about a set-up in which there was a new trainer, and manager Michael Findlay joined a team in which David Moore, formerly Bennett King’s assistant, was on his first official tour in charge.”New trainer, new manager … if you keep having that happen over and over again, there will be no consistency in anything that you are doing. There is no building of any sort of respect, any sort of trust, any sort of foundation to move forward.”By his own admission, Ganga’s performance in his new role was not helped by the controversy back home between the executive of the WICB and the selection panel over the captain for the limited-overs section of the tour, in which Chris Gayle was eventually given the nod over Ganga.”It definitely contributed to the way I performed,” he said. “The stats would show (the difference) from the first Test match to the very next time I batted as captain. It was a distraction for me personally and by extension [to] Chris Gayle and the rest of the team. It was unfortunate. I can’t really comment on what exactly transpired. But it did not really help our cause in salvaging some pride in that Test series.”Asked, however, whether the relationship with his opening partner had been affected by the brouhaha, Ganga replied: “Not at all. Myself and Chris spoke frequently during that entire dilemma. We both shared similar views with regards to what was taking place and what the repercussions were going to be.”Omitted from the Twenty20 and ODI squad which went on to draw and win those respective series under Gayle, Ganga left England with a Test series average of 15.00 and his international career once again under a cloud.”I’m not totally worried about it,” he said about the technical problems which resulted in several leg-before dismissals. “It’s something that has plagued me throughout my career. England saw a deficiency and exploited it.”His struggles at the crease have also convinced Ganga, still keen for the challenge of leadership, to make a change. “What I’ve realised, it’s very difficult to open the batting and lead international sides. The mental energy that is expounded when you lead teams, especially in the longer version of the game, is difficult. If I am to lead West Indies some time in the future, I would want to see myself batting lower down the order.”Ganga is also pressing for a change in the approach by the West Indian authorities to spin bowlers. He wants to see them regularly in the Test team. “Talk of no quality spinner holds no credibility when these are the guys who are coming out with the most wickets in our regional competition year in, year out,” he said.”We again failed to realise the great need for a spinner in our bowling attack. If you look at the entire Test series in context, on two occasions we made in excess of 600 in total and we were still unable to win a Test match, hence the need for a spinner, for variety; hence the need for taking that risk in an attempt to bowl teams out twice to win a Test match.”

Lalchand Rajput, the former Indian opener who recently coached the Under-19 side on their successful England tour, was pleased with the way some young players developed and was optimistic of a few of them stepping up to the higher grade.”It was a very good trip and a successful one too as we won both the series,” Rajput told the Press Trust of India. “We should have won the first Test too after having swept the one-day series, but England managed to bat out the final day and earn a draw.”Singling out a few players as the most impressive ones on the trip, Rajput said they all needed to keep working hard on their game. “The batsmen to impress the most were Delhi’s Viraj Kohli, captain Tanmay Srivastava of Uttar Pradesh, opener Parvez Aziz of Assam and Bodapati Sumanth of Andhra. In bowling, the medium-pace trio of Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh (TN), Abu Nacheem (Assam) and Ishan Sharma (Delhi), along with left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem caught the eye.”Rajput, 44, who played two Tests and four ODIs for India in the mid-eighties, spoke about the strengths of some of the young batsmen on tour. He described Aziz as an attacking opening batsman who provided the team with brisk starts. “He used to stroke his way to quick 60s and 70s and batted aggressively in the Tests too,” he added. “Kohli showed strong technical skills against both pace and spin while captain Srivastava impressed with his sound temperament and willingness to play long innings. Sumanth could hit the spinners out of the attack easily and showed fine finishing instincts in the one dayers by making a very impressive 97 not out in the last match.”He had special praise for his medium-pacers. “I was very impressed with medium pacer Ishant Sharma who, at 17, worked up good pace in excess of 135 kph. I see him improving much more in two years’ time,” he continued. “Both Yo Mahesh, who got a hat-trick in one of the one-dayers, and Nacheem also bowled well, keeping a good line and length.”The Under-19 side are scheduled to tour Pakistan next month. They are also set to visit New Zealand in the end of the year.

England’s squad for the controversial tour of Zimbabwe in November will be revealed this afternoon, and it is likely that the names of several senior players will be absent, some for political reasons, others because they need their batteries recharging. But the announcement follows a day of heated telephone discussions.On one side was Duncan Fletcher, England’s coach, who has been arguing that some of his big-name players need to take time off, and missing a five-match series against a dire Zimbabwe side would provide just that break. On the other hand, the officials of the ECB, who suddenly became involved in the selection of the squad and, if reports are to be believed, attempted to force Fletcher’s hand.It appears that Fletcher’s arguments were challenged by the ECB’s management, including David Morgan, the chairman, and Tim Lamb, the outgoing chief executive, who wanted a full-strength squad chosen. Morgan came under pressure to compromise, but it is thought that he demanded that Michael Vaughan lead the side in return for allowing some senior players to stay at home.Forgetting the political background, Fletcher is reported to have argued that after a gruelling six months in which England have played 11 Tests and numerous one-dayers with little respite, some key players were jaded. Steve Harmison said last week that he would not be touring for moral reasons, and Fletcher named Vaughan, Marcus Trescothick, Andrew Flintoff and Ashley Giles as others who needed a rest.The financial penalties facing England were they not to tour made the trip inevitable. But the make-up of the squad should have been left to the selectors. The ECB will probably argue that had it sent a weakened side then it would have faced punishment, but that it highly unlikely. Given the increasingly punishing schedules of international cricket, the resting of exhausted players for series against weaker opponents will become more common. But the ECB is running scared.There were further complications with the final selection as David Graveney, the chairman of selectors, scrambled to ensure that those picked were actually willing to go.

The Melbourne bouncer charged over the death of David Hookes will face a ten-daypreliminary hearing in November. Zdravko Micevic, 21, who has previously indicated he will plead not guilty to manslaughter, appeared briefly before the Melbourne Magistrates Court today.His bail was extended until November by Duncan Reynolds, the magistrate, andhe then left the court, hiding his face under a black jumper as he walkedpast the media. Hookes was allegedly knocked to the ground during a scuffle outside St Kilda’s Beaconsfield Hotel on January 18. He died soon after from his injuries, aged only 48.Hookes played 23 Tests and 39 one-day internationals for Australia, and wasfamed throughout the cricket fraternity for slamming England’s captainTony Greig for five fours in five balls on his debut in the 1976-77 Centenary Test at Melbourne.

All Today’s Yesterdays -May 29 down the years 2000
A thrilling finish to a series decider in Antigua. West Indies needed 216 to beat Pakistan, but looked dead in the water at 197 for 9 as Courtney Walsh strode out twirling his arms. But his captain Jimmy Adams was still there, and drip by drip (Adams’s 48 not out came in almost six hours, with not a single boundary) they saw West Indies to the ninth one-wicket win in Test history. It shouldn’t have been so: replays showed Walsh was caught via bat and pad off Saqlain Mushtaq, who then missed two clear run-out chances, one of them a sitter when Adams and Walsh ended up at the same end. Wasim Akram, who had put the burgeoning match-fixing scandal aside to bowl heroically for figures of 11 for 110, was the unluckiest of losers.1902
The beginning of the inaugural Test at Edgbaston, and England picked an XI who all had first-class centuries to their name. It was also, according to some very good judges including Frank Keating, the greatest team they’ve ever picked: Archie MacLaren, CB Fry, Ranji, FS Jackson, Johnny Tyldesley, Dick Lilley, George Hirst, Gilbert Jessop, Len Braund, Bill Lockwood and Wilfred Rhodes. Rhodes – a man who scored almost 40,000 first-class runs – was some No. 11. He made 38 not out, and with Tyldesley cracking 138, England made 376 for 9 declared. That was worth plenty more on a pitch so poor that Australia were then skittled for 36, their lowest Test score. Rhodes took 7 for 17, but as England moved in for a quick second-innings kill, rain ruined the last day and the match was drawn.1999
Having already qualified for the Super Six stage by demolishing all comers, South Africa were probably not overly concerned when they lost their final group game against Zimbabwe at Chelmsford. But the repercussions were considerable: as well as knocking England out, it meant that South Africa carried two fewer points to the Super Six stage. With those two points, they’d have finished above Australia in the Super Sixes; had they done that, it would have been the Australians in tears after that fateful tie in the semi-final.1950
Talat Ali, who was born today, played ten Tests for Pakistan in the 1970s, but he is better known as a match referee: he was in charge for the 2001 Ashes series in England. Talat was a dogged opener whose Test career got off to a traumatic start when he fractured his thumb on debut, facing Dennis Lillee at Adelaide in 1972-73. Pakistan won only one of his 10 matches, when he made 40 and a Test-best 61 at Christchurch in 1978-79.1839
Birth of the first man to be dismissed in a Test. Australian allrounder Nat Thomson was bowled by Yorkshire’s Allen Hill for 1 at the MCG in the inaugural Test in 1876-77, but within three weeks his Test career was over. Thomson was dropped after the second Test, despite making 41 in the second-innings of a match where no Australian reached 50. He died in his native Sydney in 1896.1839
On the same day that Thomson was born, so was Edward James “Ned” Gregory. He also played in that first Test, and became the first batsman to fall for a duck in a Test. It was his only appearance. His son Syd, who was born on the sight of the SCG, later captained Australia. Ned was curator at the SCG for 30 years, where he died in 1899.Other birthdays
1953 Rangy Nanan (West Indies)

Somerset members turned out in large numbers at the County Ground today to queue for tickets for the Cheltenham and Gloucester Final at Lord’s.Chief Executive Peter Anderson told me this morning: “Interest in the club is very high and I am delighted for the players. We are now in two cup finals, against Leicestershire on September 1st, and the second team play Surrey at Taunton on Monday September 10th.”Anderson continued: “At 7.30 this morning there were 150 members queued up outside waiting for the office to open, plus the phones haven’t stopped ringing all morning.”Somerset have been allocated 4,500 tickets for the final, which are on sale to members initially. If there are any remaining unsold by the end of this week they are likely to be available to the general public as from next week.Tickets are also available to members and the general public direct from Lord’s on telephone number 0207 4321066, or through their website – linked below.Entry to the Second X1 final on September 10th, which Somerset have reached for the first time in 10 years, and which has never been staged at The County Ground is free to members and £3 to non members.

Yorkshire have today in which to decide whether to lodge an appeal at the ECB pitches panel’s decision last night to dock them eight points because of ‘poor’ pitch preparation for the current match with county champions and leaders Surrey at Scarborough.Although Yorkshire’s chances of winning the Division One title have now virtually disappeared the loss of eight points could go on to cost them second place in the table which brings with it £50,000 in prizemoney.And there was another shock for Yorkshire fans at North Marine Road today when no play was possible during the morning session because of a wet run-up at the pavilion end. The square had been kept dry after several hours of heavy rain last night but water had seeped under the plastic sheeting covering the run-up, causing muddy conditions.Surrey, who did not enforce the follow-on yesterday, despite enjoying a first innings lead of 198, are due to resume on 53 for two, 251 runs in front.

Ehsan Mani has warned that the ICC could lose credibility as a result of the “disgraceful” handling of the Malcolm Speed affair. Speed was placed on gardening leave until the end of his contract in July after reportedly falling out with some of the executive board.Mani, who was president of the ICC between 2003 and 2006, said that he was disappointed with the way the matter had been dealt with. “He [Speed] has served the ICC with loyalty and a huge amount of distinction and I would have expected that if there were differences they could have been handled privately,” Mani told the .”The way the board has handled this has been disgraceful. If they do not pull their act together they will lose credibility.” Mani’s comments come in the wake of similar remarks by his predecessor, Malcolm Gray, who said that things had got out of control and that differences “should be handled better”.The current executive will also be uneasy with Mani’s comments about the independent forensic audit into Zimbabwe Cricket. It voted to keep the report secret, a decision which was the catalyst for Speed’s departure as he made it clear he did not agree with the move.”The ICC must always be transparent,” Mani said. “Ideally the report should have been made public. Nothing ever stays private. But I am hopeful that with David Morgan taking over [in July] the ICC will come through this.”

Division One

Graeme Hick has become the 16th player to reach 40,000 first-class runs, passing the landmark during his 49 against Warwickshire. Hick adds another accolade to his career – and he is the first man to pass the milestone since Graham Gooch 13 years ago. “For someone who has achieved as much as he has in the game, to still have the drive, work ethic and hunger is great,” said his captain Vikram Solanki. “It takes a particular type of character and personality to be able to do it. As a player, he is the ultimate professional. He is still in fine shape. He has always looked after himself, he is still fit, still works hard, probably harder than anyone else now. He is an amazing guy.” Maybe the moment got to him, but Hick fell as soon as he had reached the landmark when he was caught behind off Dale Steyn. Nevertheless, Worcestershire moved to a 56-run lead when they were all out on the stroke of stumps at Edgbaston- thanks largely to Stephen Moore’s 112 – as the game heads towards a draw.Despite the best efforts of Mark Davies – who took 4 for 48 – Durham are now looking at a victory target of more than 250 on the final day after Hampshire recovered from 124 for 6 to make 309 for 9 by stumps. Durham were only able to add 24 to their overnight score at the Rose Bowl thanks to Shane Warne polishing off the tail to finish the innings with6 for 83, leaving Hampshire 56 behind at the turnaround. And this difference was looking crucial with the early collapse, but Dimitri Mascarenhas and Warne added 45 for the 8th wicket before Chris Tremlett gave further reminder of his allround skills by frustrating Durham’s bid for the top with a vital 62 not out from 81 balls, including three sixes to help Hampshire’s resurgence. But Hampshire suffered the minor indignity of having five runs deducted from their total because of their batsmen running on the pitch.Despite an impressive knock of 77 from Joe Denly, Kent were forced tofollow-on at Old Trafford after Lancashire bowled them out for272. Kent failed to put together any meaningful partnerships aside from an opening stand of 83, and Muttiah Muralitharan grabbed four middle-order wickets as they slumped from 160 for 4 to 210 for 8. England outcast Geraint Jones continued his recent return to form with the bat by making 70, adding 34 with Ryan McLaren, the second highest partnership of the innings. Denly and Key survived the two overs before the close and will have to bat out tomorrow to prevent Lancashire from earning their second win of the season.The clash between Yorkshire and Sussex at Headingley is fast turning into Ajmal Shahzal’s match. After scoring valuable runs yesterday he picked up four wickets today to help dismiss Sussex for 141 in what continues to be a very low, and slow-scoring game. With a deficit of two on first innings, Yorkshire were looking comfortable second time round at 112 for 1 before Jason Lewry made Craig White his second victim of the innings and Anthony McGrath was needlessly run-out for 59 to leave Yorkshire 129 for 3 at the close. With seven wickets in hand, they are likely to try to make the game safe rather than allow Sussex the opportunity to leapfrog them to the top of the table.

Division Two

While one old timer was making records with the bat at Worcestershire, another was making the ball sing down at Bristol. Andrew Caddick took his second five-wicket haul of the match to bowl Somerset to a crushing victory against Gloucestershire – defeating them by an innings and 151 runs. Caddick ended with match figures of 12 for 71. It’s the 17th time in first-class matches he’s taken ten wickets in a match. Charl Willoughby took the other five wickets – and he ended with seven. The win came within three days, but could have been shorter had rain not affected the early days. To add insult, Gloucestershire were deducted one point for a slow over rate.In a desperate attempt to force a result and drag themselves away from thebottom two of Division Two, Leicestershire declared their first innings at 131 for 4, still 120 behind Northants in what was looking like a rain-ruined contest at at Northampton. The home side closed on 99 for 4 with Lance Klusener dangerously poised having hit 22 from 18 deliveries in the evening. Earlier, Northants were indebted to David Sales 92, and late-order runs from David Lucas and the Australian Steven Crook, who boosted them to 251. Another David, Masters this time, claimed the seventh five-wicket haul of his career.Essex made Middlesex follow on at Lord’s, rolling them for 177 in their first innings. Martin Saggers, on loan from Kent, was the destroyer-in-chief with an impressive 5 for 39. He struck again as Middlesex resumed 199 runs adrift, removing Nick Compton lbw before Billy Godleman and Owais Shah helped the home side recover with a stand of 125. Godleman was trapped in front by Danish Kaneria, but Shah and Ed Joyce pulled Middlesex up to 198 for 2 by the close. Shah has been the epitome of patience so far forhis unbeaten 80, and will need to keep that up on Monday if Middlesex are to prevent the top three in the table putting distance between them.After more than two days of waiting to get underway, Nottinghamshire wastedno time putting Derbyshire to the sword at Nottingham, bowling them out for 108. Charlie Shreck made the Derbyshire scorecard look rather pitiful as he returned figures of 7 for 35 to add to his burgeoning reputation, and then Mark Wagh compounded the misery with a run-a-ball 88. Former captain Jason Gallian also made a handy 62 and withHussey, Read and Ealham still to come, expect some rapid scoring tomorrow asNotts look to declare and keep pressure on leaders Somerset.