Uganda 152 and 118 for 7 (Olweny 51) trail Kenya 307 for 6 dec (Shah 135, Modi 85) by 37 runs
ScorecardBad light came to Uganda’s rescue with 11 overs of the second day to play, but Kenya should still wrap up a comprehensive victory early on the final morning, after another day of effortless dominance at Nairobi.Led by a century from Ravindu Shah, and 85 from Hitesh Modi, Kenya secured themselves a 155-run lead, before rattling through Uganda’s batting for the second time in the match. By stumps, Uganda were a dicey 118 for 7, with Nand Kishore, who scored a valuable 42 in the first innings, leading the rearguard with an unbeaten 19.Kenya had resumed in the morning on a healthy 102 for 1, and Shah and Modi rattled on through the morning session, to take their second-wicket partnership to 187. It took a run-out to separate them, with Modi falling 15 runs short of his maiden first-class century. Shah, 49 not out overnight, made no mistake however, and his 135 was his second and highest century.The star of Uganda’s bowling effort was Kenneth Kamyuka, who took 4 for 83 in 21.3 overs. He initiated a mini-collapse late in Kenya’s innings, when they lost four wickets for 11 runs, at which point Steve Tikolo decided it was time to declare.After his first-innings frugality, Martin Suji came in for some unusually rough treatment – his four overs disappeared for 19 – but Thomas Odoyo was once again on the mark, taking all the early wickets as Uganda slipped to 17 for 3. But Joel Olweny dug in for a brave half-century, and was assisted by his captain, Junior Kwebiha, who made 23. But when those two fell late in the day, the tail was exposed, and there will be no way out now for Uganda.

The former England allrounder, Basil D’Oliveira, will be honoured in the country of his birth when England tour South Africa for a five-Test series later this year.D’Oliveira, a Cape Coloured, was born and raised in South Africa, but was denied the chance to play for his country because of Apartheid. Now, however, 36 years after his selection for England’s Test series in South Africa led to the cancellation of the tour and ultimately the suspension of all sporting relations with South Africa, his name will be on the trophy for which the two sides will be competing.The inaugural Basil D’Oliveira Trophy will be presented at Centurion in January to the winners of the series, and will be contested in all subsequent England tours to South Africa. “The naming of this trophy after Basil D’Oliveira is to bring acknowledgement of his considerable contribution to cricket, at a time when he was not given the proper recognition in the country of his birth,” said Gerald Majola, the chief executive of the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA).Majola added that it was the UCBSA’s intention to empower and recognise those people who were excluded from official cricket during that era. “He will now be remembered every time South Africa and England meet in Test matches in South Africa, as will all those many cricketers who were made nameless through racial discrimination."It is the latest, and greatest, accolade that has so far been bestowed on D’Oliveira, who is now 72. At last year’s World Cup, he led the parade at the opening ceremony in Newlands, a ground that he was never allowed to play on in his time as a cricketer.In 1960, he left for England where he joined Worcestershire, and went on to play 44 Tests for England, averaging 40.06 with the bat, and taking 47 wickets at 39.55. By then, however, he was well into his thirties. What he might have achieved had he earned international recognition at a younger age, can only be imagined.In 1968, with the political clouds gathering ahead of England’s tour to South Africa, he was recalled for the final Ashes Test at The Oval, and scored 158, only to discover he had been omitted from the final party. There was a storm of protest at the decision, and when Tom Cartwright withdrew through injury, the selectors were obliged to turn to him. That was too much for the South African government, who refused to accept the team.The South African prime minister, John Vorster, denounced the selection as overtly political, and shortly afterwards the tour was cancelled, after which South Africa entered more than a quarter of a century of international sporting isolation.

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Runako Morton’s blazing century went in vain as Leeward Islands fell 20 runs short against Jamaica at Uitvlugt. Morton’s unbeaten 101 came in just 98 balls, including four fours and six sixes, and he led the fightback after Leewards were wobbling at 37 for 6. But Leewards fell in the final hurdle, with Daren Powell, Evon McInnis and Chris Gayle snapping up two wickets each.Xavier Marshall and Wavell Hinds came to the fore earlier in the day with both notching up impressive half-centuries. Marshall, 18, smacked 64 from just 77 balls, including six fours and three sixes. Carlton Baugh gave the innings a boost at the end as Jamaica finished with a competitive 245 at the end of their 50 overs.
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Guyana began their one-day campaign on a winning note when they overcame Windward Islands by 34 runs at Hampton Court. Although they made just 172 when they batted first, Guyana managed to defend the total easily and bundled out Windward Islands for just 138.Narsingh Deonarine held the Guyanese innings together with 63, and his 71-run partnership with Damodar Daesrath helped to inch the total towards the 150 mark. The Windward Islands’ reply was rocked early on as the first five wickets fell for just 64. Junior Murray held the innings together with 45, but eight batsmen fell for single digits and Windwards ended up 34 runs short.

Sourav Ganguly is free to play in the first Test against South Africa at Kanpur, which starts on Saturday (Nov 20), after the ICC decided that it was impractical for the appeal against his two-match ban to be heard before the match.Ganguly was banned for two Tests by Clive Lloyd, the ICC referee, after India bowled their overs very slowly in the one-dayer against Pakistan at Kolkata last Saturday. But the Indian Board decided to appeal against Lloyd’s sentence, and Tim Castle, the ICC’s appeals commissioner, realised that the earliest date that the appeal could be heard was on the morning of the first Test.The ICC announced: “After considering the implications of having this type of discussion on the morning of a game, Mr Castle elected to schedule the teleconference for the earliest possible time after the scheduled finish of the game rather than disrupting the Indian team’s preparations. All parties consented to delaying the matter until after the scheduled finish of the game.”Malcolm Speed, the ICC’s chief executive, explained: “It is impractical for this teleconference to take place on the morning of a match when the outcome may have been that the captain of one of the teams is unable to take his place in the side.” He confirmed that since the appeal will not be determined before the game, Ganguly is now free to take his place in the first Test.Ganguly’s availability might be bad news for Mohammad Kaif, who might now miss out on playing in front of his home fans.

Zimbabwe Cricket has appointed Ozias Bvute as their new managing director. He takes the post with immediate effect.Bvute, who has degree in banking and finance from Pune University in India, has been the acting managing director since Vince Hogg resigned last August for personal reasons. In 2001 he joined the board of directors of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, as it was then, and was placed in charge of the policy relating to the advancement of black players, and later, of marketing.Peter Chingoka, the ZC chairman explained the thinking behind the appointment: “With a substantive managing director at the helm, we will now all focus on our specific tasks and intensify efforts to make ZC a leading player in the global sports and entertainment industry.”Chingoka was on the four-man panel that made the appointment, along with Justice Ahmed Ebrahim, Stan Staddon, who is the chairman of the human resources committee, and Clive Barnes.The announcement will not be universally welcomed. Bvute is widely recognised as being one of the senior board members criticised by the ICC hearing into allegations of racism against the ZCU. He has also been identified by opponents as being one of the leading figures behind the increasing politicisation of the board.

Australia have named an unchanged 12-man squad for the second Test against Pakistan, beginning on Boxing Day. The playing XI was not finalised, but in Australia are likley to stick with the same combination after steam-rolling Pakistan by a massive margin.Australia had little problem in crushing Pakistan by 491 runs in the first Test at Perth and Michael Kasprowicz justified his inclusion with a fantastic performance in the first innings. Brett Lee will mostly be the drinks carrier in the second game as well.The squad is scheduled to travel from Perth to Melbourne on December 21. Australia will be in line for their 300th Test victory in a Boxing Day Test match and considering Pakistan’s spineless batting display at Perth, they should have lots to cheer after Christmas.

Western Province 228 and 192 for 2 (Daniel 94*, Tharanga 40) trail North Central Province 607 for 9 dec (Gunawardene 209, Kalavitigoda 59, Jayawardene 51, Dilshan 134, Vaas 5-98) by 187 runs
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Tillakaratne Dilshan added a cultured 134 to Avishka Gunawardene’s double-century yesterday as North Central Province piled up a huge total on the third day at the Sinhalese Sports Club. Mahela Jayawardene called a halt when Dilshan was finally out, after stroking 18 fours and two sixes, with the score at 607 – a lead of 379. Chaminda Vaas was again the only bowler to exert any control, and finished with 5 for 98, excellent figures in the circumstances. Ian Daniel and Michael Vandort reduced the arrears by 95 before Vandort was trapped in front by Chanaka Welegedara for 29. Daniel then added 86 with Upul Tharanga, whose 40 included seven fours. Daniel was unbeaten at the close, in sight of his eighth first-class century – but Western Province are still 187 behind going into the final day.Southern Province 336 and 264 for 2 (Vithana 103, Polonowita 124*) lead Central Province 265 (Fernando 64, Kandamby 144) by 335 runs
ScorecardSouthern Province took command on the third day of their match at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy, building a lead of 335 by the close, mainly thanks to a second-wicket partnership of 223 between Harsha Vithana, who made 103, and Anushka Polonowita, who added an unbeaten 134 to his first-innings 65. They came together after the early loss of Marvan Atapattu for his second single-figure score of the match. Earlier Thilina Kandamby took his overnight score to a career-best 144 as Central stretched their first innings to 265.

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The opening Test drifted towards stalemate during the fourth day as Sri Lanka’s first innings ran out of steam in the afternoon and then New Zealand idled in the second innings, apprently content to gain a psychological advantage and rest their bowlers for the second and final Test, which will start after a two-day break over the weekend. Having bowled out Sri Lanka for 498, New Zealand closed on 64 for 2 after 30 overs, with a lead off 123.James Franklin was the star performer for New Zealand, rescuing his bowling figures after a lacklustre third day, with a fine display of reverse-swing bowling. By the middle of the afternoon the ball was swerving around dangerously and Sri Lanka’s long tail crumbled, with five wickets falling in a 96-minute afternoon session. Franklin finished with 4 for 126 and Chris Martin, previously the most penetrative bowler, took 4 for 132.Lasith Malinga, another reverse-swinger, also posed problems with the old ball and provided some much-needed entertainment with an exciting spell late in the day. Bowling curling yorkers at a brisk pace, he produced a painful toecrusher to send Craig Cumming limping off the field adjudged leg-before. Shortly afterwards, with the light starting to fade, he rattled Hamish Marshall and should have been awarded a caught-behind decision by Steve Bucknor, who followed the mistake with an even worse misjudgment later in the over, adjudging Marshall lbw to a delivery that was swinging down to fine leg.New Zealand sent in a nightwatchman, Paul Wiseman, who was then relieved to be offered the light before Malinga’s next over. James Marshall was unbeaten on 33 at the close with an excellent chance to cement his place in the side in good light on the final day. The pitch remained docile and the only serious threat to the batsmen – in absence of both the team’s match-winning spinners – has thus been reverse-swing.Sri Lanka started the morning brightly with Thilan Samaraweera (88) unveiling several well-timed drives to the boundary to quickly bring up his fifty. At the other end, Mahela Jayawardene waited patiently for over 20 minutes before opening his account for the day, which he did in some style with a mountainous thwack over deep mid-wicket off Wiseman that sailed over the ropes. It looked ominous for New Zealand as a fast rate of scoring might have left Sri Lanka with a handy lead mid-way through the final session and a chance to apply some pressure.But halfway through the morning, Nathan Astle started to banana-swing the ball and then Franklin found just enough away movement to find the edge of Jayawardene’s defensive bat, ending a 125-run stand. His huge disappointment was obvious: while 141 from 243 balls was a wonderful effort and an innings full of delightfully silky strokeplay, he knew he’d missed an opportunity on such a flat pitch to really cash inThe departure of Jayawardene slowed Samaraweera’s progress and he added just a handful of runs to a 45-run stand with Dilshan, who played a strange cameo, never quite looking at ease. Dilshan started with a legside-heave off Wiseman and thereafter concentrated mainly on the cover-drive and finding the boundary rather than working ones or twos. Stephen Fleming sensed an impatience within Dilshan’s approach and filled the covers with catchers. In the end, though, the short covers were not necessary as Dilshan self-destructed, slapping a delivery from Martin straight to Lou Vincent at orthodox extra-cover. If Jayawardene had chided himself quietly on his departure, Dilshan should have been fuming inside at his wastefulness.After lunch, Samaraweera looked set to notch up a fifth Test hundred. But Martin, arms still pumping like a high jumper despite a heavy workload, extracted some extra bounce which surprised Samaraweera. He tried to take evasive action too late and in the end almost guided the ball to Fleming at first slip. The breakthrough laid the tail bare and precipitated a final collapse.Then Franklin swept into action, reverse-swinging the old ball away from the right-handers and darting it into the left-handers. After Chaminda Vaas had top-edged a sweep off Wiseman – who lacked fizz and struggled against spin-loving batsmen – Franklin ripped through Rangana Herath’s defences and then found Nuwan Kulasekera’s outside edge before Upul Chandana skied a catch looking for quick runs.How they were outSri Lanka
Nibbled at a short-of-a-length ball angled towards the slips.
Slapped an on-the-up drive straight to extra-cover.
Surprised by extra bounce and edged, almost guided, to first slip.
Caught at short fine-leg while sweeping.
Beaten by a ball that darted back through the gate.
Edged an outswinger to first slip.
Skied a catch looking for quick runs.New Zealand
Missed an inswinging toecrusher.
Unluckily adjudged out to a delivery that swung in late and appeared to be missing leg.