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Mashrafe Mortaza said Bangladesh’s preparation has given him the confidence to look forward to sealing another whitewash over Zimbabwe

Mohammad Isam30-Nov-2014After Bangladesh won the Tests 3-0, new captain Mashrafe Mortaza has had to face questions about a 5-0 win in the one-day series quite regularly. He has always dodged them with the standard “we will take it one game at a time” reply. But on Sunday, he said the team’s preparation has given him the confidence to look forward to sealing another whitewash over Zimbabwe.”I can no longer say that we are taking the matches one by one,” Mashrafe said. “It is important to finish well. It is important to continue well, and the players are taking it seriously. We will perform better than the last four games. All the players are confident after going up 4-0 in the last game. Anything can happen in cricket, but we have to be prepared to win and we will give our best.”Bangladesh have batted first, defended well and have won all four games handsomely. The lowest margin had been in the fourth ODI when they won by 21 runs, but the contest had ended by the 40th over of the chase.There have been phases in the four matches when things didn’t go to plan, though. Bangladesh made two great starts with the bat in the second and third matches, but have lost early wickets in the first and fourth. They also had a batting collapse in the second game in Chittagong, but have always fought back hard and ended up in dominant positions.Mashrafe said that while winning was important, he hoped for a comprehensive display in the fifth ODI and finish the series on a high.”We have won matches, so we have been consistent in that area,” he said. “But performance-wise, we haven’t been as consistent. We have to improve in those areas. We are focusing there in training. We cannot collapse again, because it makes life difficult for us.”It is important for batsmen to bat normally even when they lose a lot of wickets, especially in good conditions. So I think it is always good that we recover from tough situations, when we lost 3-4 early wickets.”Bangladesh have not been shy of changing a winning combination and have so far used 15 players from their squad in an effort to try to test the bench ahead of the World Cup. Soumya Sarkar is the latest to be added to the Bangladesh team for the fifth ODI, and it is likely that he will make his international debut. He is the latest pace bowling allrounder to be picked ahead of Ziaur Rahman and Farhad Reza, seasoned domestic campaigners but with ordinary international records.Mashrafe said that they were not judging a player by one or two performances – good or bad – but had confidence that Soumya’s bowling was good enough for international cricket due to his discipline in line and length.”It is difficult to judge a player in one or two matches,” Mashrafe said. “If it was a 10-match series, it would have been easier but that’s not possible. We are not throwing away a player after just one game or judging him on his performance of that one game. But it is true that one match is not enough.”I don’t want to judge anyone. Ziaur Rahman and Farhad Reza are experienced cricketers. Soumya is a very effective bowler, and he can bowl in one spot regularly. Some people think that pace is very important in international cricket, but it is not always true. What he lacks in pace, he makes up in line and length. If he plays tomorrow, I hope he can prove it. I don’t want to make anyone feel small, but we had to pick someone among the allrounders.”

Warwickshire could benefit from a change in the procedure by which the ECB allocates major matches.

George Dobell02-Jun-2013Warwickshire could benefit from a change in the procedure by which the ECB allocates major matches.The county missed out when the lucrative Ashes Tests for 2013 and India Tests for 2014 were allocated but retain hope of winning the battle to host at least one of the games recently resubmitted for tender by the ECB.Durham were originally awarded the rights to host a T20 against India in 2014 and an ODI against Australia in 2015 but handed them back to the ECB, questioning how lucrative the fixtures would be, coming so close to their other international matches – ODIs against Sri Lanka in 2014 and New Zealand in 2015.That new tendering process has now ended and the ECB is expected to make a quick decision over the reallocation.The ECB no longer allocates matches to the highest bidder but instead offers them to counties at a fixed price while taking account of a raft of other criteria. On this occasion, the ECB will give extra weighting to a ground’s previous record of ticket sales and its capacity. It will also take into account the number of international games in a 50-mile vicinity and the anticipated ticket price of those games.While several of the top English grounds have bid for the two games, Edgbaston’s large capacity – only Lord’s can accommodate more spectators – and the absence of an India Test in 2014 may prove crucial. The Oval is also understood to have made a persuasive case for one or both of the games, with Bristol having also submitted a bid.Warwickshire announced losses of over £2m for 2012 as a result of poor weather and deprecation costs on their redeveloped stadium.

Dawid Malan tamed Essex’s Australian pace ace Shaun Tait at Lord’s as his 55-ball 86 helped to propel Middlesex to a seven-wicket victory

04-Jul-2013
ScorecardDawid Malan’s 86 was the defining innings of the match•Getty ImagesDawid Malan tamed Essex’s Australian pace ace Shaun Tait at Lord’s as his 55-ball 86 helped to propel Middlesex to a seven-wicket victory in a Friends Life t20 South Group game played before a crowd of almost 20,000.Tait conceded 17 runs from his third over as Malan’s assault, including one remarkable six over extra cover, led a thrilling chase after Essex had posted a challenging 170 for 8 from their 20 overs.In the end, with Joe Denly unbeaten on 52 from 35 balls, Middlesex got home with two balls to spare after Adam Voges had been run out for 17 attempting a second to win the game from the second ball of the last over, bowled by Ravi Bopara.Adam Rossington then came in to flick the second ball he faced to the long-leg boundary to complete a fine Middlesex performance, in which a 93-run stand in nine overs between Malan and Denly ultimately made the difference.Malan dominated an opening stand of 37 in five overs with Paul Stirling, who had made only 5 when he lifted a Graham Napier full toss straight to deep square leg, and Denly was soon into his stride when he slog-swept Greg Smith for six.Seventeen runs from the 11th over, bowled by Reece Topley, and then 11 off Bopara in the next prompted Essex captain James Foster to bring back Tait. But three of his first four balls were wides and then Malan hit him for his memorable six and a flicked four behind square leg.He hit three sixes and 10 fours overall before holing out off left-arm spinner Tim Phillips at the start of the 15th over. Denly, however, slog-sweeping Smith for another six, made sure Middlesex’s victory surge did not run out of steam and, with Voges also chipping in, only 10 runs were needed from the last two overs.Earlier, the Essex innings had been launched in spectacular style by Hamish Rutherford and Mark Pettini, who put on 59 with a barrage of big hits before Rutherford, the New Zealand left-hander, was leg-before to Toby Roland-Jones from the last ball of the fifth over.Twenty runs had already come from the over, with Rutherford picking up two of his three sixes with legside blows as he sped to 38 from just 17 balls. He had earlier swung his compatriot Kyle Mills high over the wide long-on boundary and also hit four fours in an excellent cameo.Pettini, who needed a runner after being hit painfully on the inner thigh by a ball from Roland-Jones, still managed a 26-ball 37 with three sixes and three fours before being bowled by Ravi Patel, the 21-year-old slow left-arm spinner making an impressive Twenty20 debut.Patel conceded just 17 runs from his four-over allocation, found good spin and looks a fine prospect. With Voges, the Australian, also picking up 2 for 21 from his four overs of left-arm spin, the Essex innings was reined in somewhat during the middle overs.But Napier – coming in mysteriously low at number nine and ridiculously late with just two overs remaining – blasted two sixes and two fours in an eight-ball 24 to boost the total to defendable proportions.Bopara, meanwhile, batted sensibly to reach 32 not out from 28 balls, slog-sweeping Stirling for successive fours in an 18th over that cost 14 runs. Essex, thanks to Napier and Bopara, plundered 44 from the last three overs after Middlesex had previously pegged back an innings racing along at 63 for 1 after the initial six-over Powerplay to 126 for 6 after 17.Owais Shah was unluckily run out for 11, backing up, when Smith’s straight drive was deflected on to the bowler’s stumps by Patel, but Smith, Ryan ten Doeschate and Foster all fell cheaply to spin – Foster hitting an awful long hop from the first ball of Malan’s leg spin straight to short extra cover.

Member of parliament Thilanga Sumathipala has announced his candidacy for the position of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president for next month’s election, while three others will run for other board positions

Andrew Fidel Fernando27-Feb-2013Member of parliament Thilanga Sumathipala has announced his candidacy for the position of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president for next month’s election, while three others will run for other board positions as part of his group. Sumathipala has been SLC president three times from 1997 to 2004, and also served as president of the Asian Cricket Council from 2000 to 2001. He also served as the director of the ICC from 1998 to 2000.He currently represents Colombo as an MP for the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance, of which both the sports minister and chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya are members, and is believed to have the support of fellow MP Namal Rajapaksa, who is the son of Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sumathipala is also the joint managing director of a business conglomerate that owns a betting business.Sumathipala was also a candidate for the SLC president’s position last year, but his group withdrew from the race, allowing Upali Dharmadasa’s group to win the election uncontested, amid claims of political interference.Mohan de Silva, who contested one of the vice-president roles alongside Sumathipala last year, will do so again, while Shammi Silva, who is also part of Sumathipala’s group, will contest the other vice-president position. The two other members of Sumathipala’s group are Eastman Narangoda, who will run for treasurer, and Erwin Jayawardene, who will run for assistant treasurer.”After discussing it with some SLC members, we handed over our names today as a team with the experience, talent and ability to improve and develop cricket in Sri Lanka,” Sumathipala said on Wednesday.The Sumathi Group, of which Sumathipala is joint managing director, owns Sporting Star – a betting business that primarily deals in horse racing bets. He has distanced himself from Sporting Star in recent times, claiming the business was run largely by his family, with minimal involvement from himself. Betting on cricket is illegal in Sri Lanka.Sumathipala denied that either his political office or business interests constituted a conflict of interest should he become SLC president, and was adamant there were no laws, in Sri Lanka or the ICC, that prevented him from contesting the position. The SLC president occupies a seat on the ICC’s board of directors, and the ICC Code of Ethics states in section 7.2 (b) that “no director shall have any business association, or enter into any business arrangement (whether formal or informal) with any person or company who has interests in gambling.””I have been involved with Sri Lanka cricket since 1995 and have been serving cricket for a long time now,” Sumathipala said. “I am very well respected at the ICC. I was involved when the ICC was compiling many of these rules, and have also been part of the board of directors. So, given all that, I have a good knowledge of what the ICC says about politics.”The ICC had given boards two years to become free from government and political interference in 2011, in accordance with the Woolf Report’s recommendations , but has since said it would review that stance because some boards depended on government patronage. In 2011, the ICC had indicated that it would have to consider taking steps against boards that had not moved to become detached from political interference by June 2012, but are yet to impose any formal sanctions on members who have failed to do so.”I think what I have done in cricket administration in the past is appreciated by the ICC, and they trust me. There are many politicians in the world who have improved sports, not just cricket. I don’t think they’ll see this involvement in SLC as a political one, because I’ve been in cricket administration for 18 years.”Sumathipala’s group does not have a candidate contesting the position of secretary, but he hoped current secretary Nishantha Ranatunga would continue in that post, and even invited Ranatunga to join his team. Ranatunga has been linked to the government through the Carlton Sports Network (CSN) channel, of which he is also CEO. CSN is owned by the Sri Lankan president’s sons, and is the current local broadcast rights holder for SLC.Sumathipala was SLC’s president from 1997 to 1998, 2000 to 2001 and 2003 to 2004 and his board was forced to stand down in the wake of an investigation into alleged financial irregularities in 2001. In 2004, he had to pull out of the elections as he was in jail at the time for allegedly aiding and abetting falsification of travel documents for a suspected mafia assassin , who was said to have received travel expenses from SLC to go to the 1999 World Cup. Sumathipala was convicted of the crime and sentenced to two years hard labour in 2007, but was acquitted of all charges on appeal.Current SLC president Upali Dharmadasa’s brother, Jayantha Dharmadasa, has also expressed interest in contesting the presidency, while former captain Arjuna Ranatunga has also suggested he may run. Candidates must submit their nominations to the sports ministry by Thursday, February 28, and the elections will take place late in March, with the winners announced at the annual general meeting on March 30.

England seamer James Anderson, who is five wickets away from reaching the landmark of 300 Test wickets, intends to dig up some ‘extra in the tank’ for the final Test against New Zealand in Auckland

Andrew McGlashan in Auckland20-Mar-2013James Anderson is five wickets away from becoming only the fourth England bowler to claim 300 Test scalps, but milestones will not be near the forefront of his mind as he steels his tired body for one last effort in Auckland.Ian Botham, Bob Willis and Fred Trueman are the three who occupy the 300-club and, although globally the figure is not as exclusive as it once was, it will be further validation towards Anderson being one of England’s finest bowlers.Anderson’s journey has not always been smooth. After bursting onto the scene in 2003, he became a fringe player by the end of that year for a period of two more, before suffering a career threatening back injury following attempts to modify his action. It was only when Peter Moores became coach in 2007 that Anderson was given a sustained second chance and since 2008, the previous tour of New Zealand, he has not looked back.From that comeback in Wellington, an excellent career has taken on a number of guises. He has taken 233 wickets at 28.13, the most by any bowler in the world over the same time frame albeit in 14 matches more than second-placed Dale Steyn on 227 scalps. It is, though, further proof as to why those two are talked about in the same breath.He has not been quite at his best in this series – collecting seven wickets at 33.14 – although there have been examples of his skill, including a spell with the second new-ball in Dunedin, which was accompanied by much pent-up frustration, and a burst of reverse swing in Wellington, when he was being buffeted by a strong wind. However, Anderson’s own uncertainty about his numbers shows the pending landmark does not occupy all his thoughts.”It would be a huge achievement. But first of all, I’ve got to get some wickets,” he said. “I think two is the most I’ve got in an innings on this trip. I’m aware of it. But it’s something once I get into the game, I won’t be thinking about.”Yet, if Anderson’s statistics are a guide, an England victory and the 300-landmark could go hand-in-hand. Since returning to the side in 2008 he has averaged 4.82 wickets in matches England have won.There were concerns about Anderson’s fitness during the Wellington Test, where he needed some treatment on a stiff back, but he has benefited from an extra day off due to the rain which curtailed that match. England also did not train on Wednesday except for those who wanted an extra net, which were Nick Compton, Jonny Bairstow and Graham Onions.”When you’ve got just one big Test left, you always manage to find something a little bit extra in the tank – knowing we have got a few weeks off when we get home,” Anderson said. “I feel okay. The rain probably helped in the end, getting an extra day off.”There was expectation before the series that England’s quick bowlers would enjoy a profitable time in New Zealand, but the successes that have come their way – notably Stuart Broad’s 6 for 51 in Wellington – have been hard-earned. That, however, does not come as a surprise to Anderson who has become used to trying to extract wickets in tough conditions.”Test pitches around the world are generally quite flat, and you’ve got to work hard for your victories,” he said. “It’s no different out here. So you can’t say they’re not result pitches … you’ve just got to work hard as a bowler to get 20 wickets in a game.”That’s just the way things are. You have to find different ways of getting people out. You can’t always just steam in and try and roll sides over. You’ve got to use other skills, and that’s what we’ve been trying to do this trip.”Anderson, without doubt, has the skills. Now he just needs to find the energy.

Shane Watson was struck in the helmet by a James Pattinson bouncer at Australia’s training session at the MCG on Tuesday, leading to both men leaving the nets

Brydon Coverdale23-Dec-2014Shane Watson was struck on the helmet by a James Pattinson bouncer during an eventful Australian training session on Tuesday at the MCG, where David Warner did not train and Ryan Harris bowled well in his push to regain his place in the side. Mitchell Starc also hobbled out of the nets after being struck on the knee while batting, but the most dramatic incident was the blow received by Watson.Both he and Pattinson were clearly shaken by the incident and left the nets soon afterwards. Watson sat on an esky receiving attention from the team doctor Peter Brukner before heading inside, and was monitored by Brukner through the day for signs of concussion. He is expected to be fine to play, but will be assessed again on Wednesday morning.That the Australians were shaken by Watson’s blow was not surprising given the events of the past month and the shock that remains following the death of Phillip Hughes. Brad Haddin said after Australia’s training session that Watson seemed not to have been injured.”I had a chat to him. He’s a bit shaken. He’s okay. He’s just a bit shaken,” Brad Haddin said. “He just got hit in the head. He’s shaken as anyone would be. I can’t really go into any more because there’s no more details to give you.”Watson was in the field for New South Wales when Hughes was struck by a bouncer in a Sheffield Shield match at the SCG less than a month ago and was one of the first on the scene to attend to Hughes. The weeks that followed have been extremely emotional for the Australians, after Hughes died in hospital as a result of the blow.Before Watson was struck on Tuesday, Starc had also left the nets in pain having been hit on the knee while batting. Starc is expected to be dropped from the side for the Boxing Day Test, with Harris likely to return after missing the Brisbane Test due to a minor quadriceps strain. Harris bowled on Tuesday but will need to prove his fitness by bowling again on Wednesday.Warner was present at the session but did not train as he continues to nurse his left thumb, which was struck during Australia’s chase in the second innings at the Gabba. Warner is expected to be available for the Boxing Day Test.”I will definitely be playing – I will be doing everything I can,” Warner said when he arrived in Melbourne on Monday. “Obviously it’s a bit painful, it’s the one I broke before, but I’m not missing a Boxing Day test, that’s for sure.”Warner’s opening partner Chris Rogers said he was initially concerned when Warner was hit but believed he would take his place alongside Rogers at the top of the order on Boxing Day.”I thought initially, when it first happened, you see those kinds of instances and you think ‘that’s definitely a broken thumb’,” Rogers said. “But he seems to be a pretty tough character so I think he’s going to play and I haven’t really thought otherwise of late so I expect him to be out there.”

Somerset surged to a five-wicket victory over Sussex that gives them the opportunity to steal the runners-up position in Division One at the last

David Hopps at Hove07-Sep-2012
ScorecardPeter Trego thrashed Sussex’s bowlers around the ground as Somerset stormed to victory•Getty ImagesOnly once have Somerset pulled off a fourth-innings run chase of greater magnitude than this and Yorkshire still shudder at its memory. Sussex will feel similarly shaken after Somerset surged to a five-wicket victory which gives them the opportunity to steal the runners-up position in Division One at the last.Peter Trego at his belligerent best, alongside a suave unbeaten century by James Hildreth, completed an outstanding win, which took them one point clear of Sussex, who must feel mugged. Warwickshire might have secured the title but the runners-up position will now not be settled until the final day of the season.When Trego flicked Steve Magoffin, Sussex’s one bowler of real threat, through square leg for four Somerset had overhauled a target outdone in magnitude only by their successful fourth-innings chase of 479 for 6 against Yorkshire at Taunton in 2009.The loss of four quick wickets at the fag end of the third day had seemed likely to cost Somerset dearly, but Hildreth, who finished unbeaten on 101 from 180 balls, steadied matters on the final morning with Alex Barrow and then was content to tick along as Trego took command. Their partnership rattled along at more than six an over – 166 from 25 overs – and victory came with 40 overs to spare.Trego finished unbeaten on 89 from 72 balls with 12 fours and four sixes. He is so consumed by attacking presence that bowlers can lose heart at the mere sight of him. He is surely unfortunate that England never give him a second thought in Twenty20. He could not be more dismissive of his chances. “There is more chance of me growing a second winkie,” he said.Trego destroyed a poor spell from James Anyon after lunch, helping himself to four boundaries in two overs from the bowler. The last was a rank long hop that he pulled for four and the previous deliveries were not much better. Three slog-sweeps for six against Sussex’s spinners – the first against Monty Panesar which took him to 50, the last two against Chris Nash – took Somerset within range. Even Magoffin was despatched over the ropes. Hildreth ticked off his hundred in the nick of time.Hildreth’s most fortunate moment was on 28 when he inside-edged Nash but the wicketkeeper, Ben Brown, failed to make contact. But, on this occasion at least, the Sussex bowling attack consisted of Magoffin and ragamuffins.Magoffin took Sussex’s only wicket of the final day. Hildreth and Barrow had taken their partnership to 80 in 32.2 overs when Magoffin, with the new ball only five deliveries old, found the penetration to have Barrow caught at first slip. But the wicket soon looked flat again, there was no swing under idyllic blue skies and Somerset reassumed control.Barrow walked off slowly, his dejection apparent. He is only 20 and had looked composed for his 40. But you are not really a man until you have seen off the likes of Magoffin with a hard ball in hand.”Where would we be without Magoffin?” asked a Sussex supporter at the deckchair end as the Queenslander struck. It turned out to be a rhetorical question. “I’ll tell you where we’d be. We’d be down the bottom with Worcestershire and Lancashire, that’s where we’d be.”Magoffin would be a contender for a Division One team of the season. Only a small handful of bowlers have taken more Division One wickets this season at lower cost than his 54 at 19.29. But the talk at the end was of Hildreth and Trego and, as so often in Somerset cricket, it was happy talk.It has been a tough season for Somerset, with lots demanded of promising young players before their time. They have held together magnificently. Brian Rose, their outgoing director of cricket, might not be dreaming of another runners-up trophy, but they aim to give him one all the same, and celebrate his departure in style.

The UAE heat should prepare Australia well for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, Australia’s acting coach Steve Rixon has said

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Aug-2012The UAE heat should prepare Australia well for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, Australia’s acting coach Steve Rixon has said. Even though the ODIs on the trip start at 6pm local time, meaning they will finish past midnight, there were still concerns, expressed by the Australian Cricketers’ Association, about the playing conditions.”We knew what we were going to get and when someone says it’s 40 degrees then you know it’s going to be hot, ” Rixon said upon the team’s arrival in the UAE, where Australia play a total of four ODIs and three T20s. “Most of the players have been in places with access to that kind of weather and have acclimatised accordingly so now it’s not as big a deal (as it might have been in the past).”Our hydration people have been working on this for close to six months, putting checks and patterns in motion (to help the players cope). If we sit here and talk about the weather all day (then) we’re not getting the job done.”It’s a bonus for us to be playing here as it’s important for us to be getting miles in the legs [ahead of the World Twenty20] and this is the best place to be doing it. Whatever happens here will be a very big stepping stone to us being successful in Sri Lanka. If we get through this, Sri Lanka will seem like a holiday resort.”The ODIs are expected to go on until 1.45am, something new for the teams to adapt to. “It’s one of the few times in my 30-odd years involved in international cricket where we will be looking to keep players up at night to make sure they get their [sleeping] patterns right,” Rixon said.”We won’t see the sun and we’re in night cricket mode, albeit it will still be warm and the idea is to get into some sort of pattern so that when the first match comes around the players have adjusted their body clocks so that it works for them. Breakfast will probably be between 11 and 1 every day.”Australia’s captain Michael Clarke tweeted on arrival: “Just landed in Dubai. 5.30am and it’s 37 degrees Celsius … Think we are in for a hot couple of weeks.”Australia’s tour begins with an ODI against Afghanistan on August 25. They then play Pakistan in three ODIs and three T20s.

Round-up of the Sunfoil Series matches that ended on December 7, 2013

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Dec-20130:00

Sunfoil Series Wrap: Knights tame Lions

ScorecardFile photo: Corne Dry’s five wickets in the second innings gave the Knights a target of only 15•ICC/GettyCorne Dry’s third five-wicket haul in first-class cricket helped set up a comprehensive 10-wicket win for Knights against Lions in Kimberley, after a century from Rilee Rossouw had helped the team to 262 in the first innings.Lions, electing to bat, were shaky right from the start and lost wickets at regular intervals. Temba Bavuma briefly stopped the slide, scoring 96 and putting up half-century stands with Brett Pelser and Zander de Bruyn, but seven of their batsmen fell for single-digit scores. Johan van der Wath and Quinton Friend notched three scalps apiece to bowl Lions out for 204 in 78.4 overs. In reply, Rossouw struck 20 fours during his 111 – his 15th first-class ton- and added 71 with Rudi Second for the third wicket as Knights secured a first-innings lead of 58.Lions would’ve hoped to set a competitive total, but their second stint with the bat lasted less than 31 overs. Only two batsmen, Stephen Cook and Neil McKenzie, made double-digit scores, as Dry finished with 5 for 27 to skittle them out for 72, leaving Knights only 15 to score for victory.Knights’ openers Reeza Hendricks and Dean Elgar achieved that score inside three overs, to seal the big win.

Joginder Sharma, the Haryana and Chennai Super Kings allrounder, was in a road accident in Delhi this morning but is now out of danger

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Nov-2011Joginder Sharma, the Haryana and Chennai Super Kings allrounder, was in a road accident in Delhi this morning but is now stable. He had sustained a head injury in the accident, which required surgery.Anirudh Chaudhry, the Haryana Cricket Association secretary, confirmed on Twitter that Joginder was on the mend. “He [Joginder] is out of danger and our [HCA’s] physio met him and spoke to him post-surgery,” he tweeted.Joginder was on the way back from a session with acupuncture specialist Jatin Chaudhry, when a vehicle rammed into his car. He is currently admitted at the Balaji Action Hospital in Paschim Vihar, Delhi.An allrounder, Joginder was part of India’s 2007 World Twenty20-winning team. Bowling the last over in the final, he claimed the wicket of Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq to seal a five-run win for India. He has also played four one-dayers for India, but has not been in the national XI since 2007. He has played 59 first-class games for Haryana and Tripura so far, averaging 27.58 with the bat and 20.64 the ball.