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He has left his post with three-and-a-half years of his five-year term still remaining, and will be replaced by Aziz Ullah Fazale, the former vice-chairman and adviser

Umar Farooq19-Sep-2018Atif Mashal has resigned as chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), with three-and-a-half years of his five-year term still remaining. Mashal took over the job in January 2017. He has confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that the Afghanistan government is assigning him another mission, which he will begin shortly.Aziz Ullah Fazale, the former ACB vice-chairman and adviser, will replace Mashal. Fazale has been associated with Afghanistan cricket for 16 years and was among the earlier lot of players who established the game in the country. In recent years he has been involved in running the country’s domestic and regional set-up.Mashal has enjoyed a largely smooth term, its highlight coming in June 2017 when the ICC conferred Afghanistan Test status alongside Ireland. Afghanistan played their inaugural Test match in Bengaluru in June 2018.During Mashal’s stint as chairman, Afghanistan saw considerable progress in terms of upgraded cricket infrastructure within the country, the development of a domestic structure, and, most impressively, the rapid progress of the national team – they are currently No. 8 on the ICC’s T20I rankings – above Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe – and No. 10 in ODIs.In his opening spell as ACB chairman, Mashal met with the PCB to revive broken ties by playing two friendly matches. The PCB agreed to provide Afghanistan with venues for training and conditioning camps, and the possibility of reciprocal tours between the youth and senior teams. But the détente between both boards broke barely a week after it had begun. In the wake of a bomb blast in Kabul that killed over 80 people, the ACB cancelled the friendly T20 matches it had scheduled with Pakistan in July and August 2017, in Kabul and Lahore.The ACB tweeted that it was cancelling the “agreed terms of mutual cricketing relationship” with its Pakistan counterpart. The issue escalated when the ACB, in an expanded statement, blamed Pakistan for the attack, saying that no agreement could be “valid in a country where terrorists are housed and provided a safe haven”.The PCB reacted strongly and asked for an apology from the ACB. While extending its sympathies to the victims of the attack, the PCB hit back at the “baseless” allegations.Mashal’s term also witnessed a cull of employees within the ACB, with the board axing or shuffling over 30 employees, including a number of top officials, as part of extensive reforms after obtaining Full Membership at the ICC. The aggrieved employees alleged that the leadership was mismanaging cricket affairs and misusing funds sanctioned for the development of the game. As many as 25 managers across various departments were released, a step taken, according to Mashal, for the sake of reform and restructuring. Some of the staff had their contracts terminated outright, while others were given a month’s notice. Allegedly, a few members of the staff were also either demoted or moved to positions outside their areas of expertise.

The fast bowler has undergone multiple tests, but doctors are yet to determine the cause of the condition, which is causing bleeding in his lungs every time he bowls

ESPNcricinfo staff12-Oct-2018A mystery lung condition has forced John Hastings, the Australia fast bowler, to take an indefinite break from cricket. He has undergone multiple tests, but doctors are yet to determine the cause of the condition, which is causing bleeding in his lungs every time he bowls.Hastings, 32, has played one Test, 29 ODIs and 9 T20Is for Australia. He retired from Test and ODI cricket in October 2017 to focus on his T20 career, and was set to play for the Sydney Sixers in the 2018-19 edition of the Big Bash League, which begins on December 19.”It’s something that, over probably the last three or four months, has been a really difficult period for me,” Hastings told the Australian radio station on Friday. “It’s basically every time I’ve been trying to gear up and get ready to bowl, I’ve been coughing up blood.”What’s happened is basically I won’t be able to bowl this year or probably moving forward unless this sort of situation gets sorted out. It’s just something that they can’t say, ‘look, you’re not going to have a fatal bleed on the field’ or it’s not going to cause long-term damage.”It’s pretty shattering. I’ve come to terms with it now, but over the last four or five months it’s been a very, very tough period. I’ve played this game my whole life and I wanted to keep playing it. I wanted to play tournaments all around the world. That’s one of the reasons I retired early from one-day and four-day cricket.””To see it may be slipping away, it’s pretty tough to take. At this stage, unless something miraculous happens, I won’t be able to bowl.”Hastings said he first experienced the symptoms several years ago, and had “little episodes maybe once a season for a year or two”. In recent months, however, it has “progressively got worse”.”Every time I’m bowling now, it’s happening,” he said. “It’s literally just bowling. It’s not running. I can do boxing weight sessions, rowing, anything like that, but as soon as the pressure [of bowling] at the crease at match intensity, when I step it up, literally I burst blood vessels in my lungs and I walk back to my mark and cough up some blood.”So it’s pretty scary, but they can’t tell for sure it’s not going to cause long-term damage. There’s a lot of grey area surrounding it. It’s not a very nice thing to have happened at the moment.”

Roshen penalised after apparent failure to ground bat while turning for second run

Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele15-Nov-2018Sri Lanka were docked five penalty runs in the third session of the second day at Pallekele, following a strange interpretation of the law governing deliberate short runs by the umpires.Here’s what happened:

• Roshen Silva was batting alongside Akila Dananjaya, when Roshen cut Jack Leach fine of Moeen Ali at short third man.
• Although there was an easy two for the taking, both batsmen assumed that the ball would reach the boundary, and ambled to the other end, while they watched Moeen chase the ball down.
• Moeen caught up with the slowing ball, however, and reeled it in centimetres short of the boundary, sliding along the ground and scooping the ball back into play.
• Upon realising that a four had been prevented, the batsmen – who had crossed and were now at opposite ends of the pitch – decided to cross back, only sauntering as they did, because Moeen’s momentum had taken him over the boundary line, and he was in no position to fire in a quick return throw.
• Dananjaya did, by the way, ground his bat at the striker’s end and return for the second in the regular fashion.

Where the umpires took issue with the batsmen, however, was that Roshen did not ground his bat at the non-strikers’ end. He had been watching the ball and Moeen, and had seemingly neglected to ensure he completed the run.Here is where the five penalty runs comes in. Law 18.5.1 states that:“If either umpire considers that one or both batsmen deliberately ran short at that umpire’s end, the umpire concerned shall, when the ball is dead, call and signal Short run and inform the other umpire of what has occurred and apply [five penalty runs].”The primary reason for deliberately running a short run – I.e. crossing in the middle of the pitch, then crossing back without touching down, is to ensure the senior batsman in the partnership retains the strike, perhaps in a situation where the batsmen realise it is not possible to complete two runs in their entirety.Here, however, Roshen was so close to the non-strikers when Moeen stopped the ball, that he could have virtually reached over and grounded his bat. The fact that he didn’t appears more the result of an oversight on his part – perhaps he thought he had already completed the first run. In any case, there was no pressure to scamper back for the second. The batsmen jogged it and made it back to their original creases in plenty of time.It is also important to note that at no point during this pair’s 56-run partnership did either batsman turn down a single in order to manipulate the strike. They batted normally, in other words.The umpires though, have ruled the short run intentional. England had five runs added to their first-innings total as a result, taking their score to 290.”I don’t think Roshen did it deliberately,” said Dimuth Karunaratne at the close. “He thought the ball had gone for four so he came back to his partner to give a high five. Those things can happen. It’s part of the game, we don’t blame him. We are not so worried about the five runs.”

Central Districts allrounder Doug Bracewell, who was a part of the ODI squad, will replace him in the 13-member T20 squad

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Jan-2019Days after having made an impressive return to international cricket, James Neesham has been sidelined again, this time due to injury. The New Zealand allrounder has been ruled out of the one-off T20 against Sri Lanka on January 11, due to a grade-one hamstring strain he picked up during the third ODI in Nelson on Tuesday.Neesham will return home to rest and Central Districts allrounder Doug Bracewell, who was a part of the ODI squad, will replace him in the 13-member T20 squad. According to New Zealand’s physio Vijay Vallabh, Neesham felt some tightness in his right hamstring during Sri Lanka’s pursuit of 365 on Tuesday and left the field for treatment.”He’s iced and compressed the injury and will be reassessed in a couple of days,” Vallabh said in a release from New Zealand Cricket.The ODI series against Sri Lanka – which concluded on Tuesday with the hosts winning 3-0 – had been Neesham’s first appearance for the national side since June 2017, and he made an immediate impact. In the first ODI, he clubbed an unbeaten 47 off 13 balls, which included five sixes in an over off Thisara Perera. He provided another round of death-overs fireworks in the second ODI, hitting 64 off 37. Across the three matches, Neesham scored 123 runs at a strike rate of 219.64, and hit ten sixes. He was effective with the ball, too, picking up six wickets in the series, at an economy rate of 6 runs per over.

The allrounder smashed Sri Lanka’s third fastest ever ODI century while fighting a lone battle, but the home side held on for a narrow win

The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando05-Jan-2019
A spectacular Thisara Perera power-hitting showcase was not enough to lift Sri Lanka out of a pit of the middle-order’s making, though it did fill the chase of 320 with much more explosive fun than it promised when Sri Lanka were 128 for 7. Thisara wallopped 13 sixes and eight fours on his way to 140 off 74 balls – each of New Zealand’s death bowlers given a painful shellacking.But with 22 still needed for victory, and only No. 11 Nuwan Pradeep for company, Thisara mis-hit a length ball from Matt Henry towards long-on, from where Trent Boult sprinted forward to complete an excellent diving catch.That New Zealand even found themselves in this situation, after having had the opposition virtually toppled in the middle overs, was down to uncharacteristically poor catching earlier in the night. No fewer than five clear-cut chances went down, including off Thisara when he had been on 79 – Kane Williamson the culprit on that occasion, letting a the ball slip through his fingers at long-off.In the end though, their dramatic middle-overs collapse, in which Sri Lanka had lost five wickets for 16 runs, proved to be the definitive period of the game. Thisara’s heroics, at least, were further evidence that he is a vastly improved batsman in the past 12 months. His century off 57 balls was the fastest against New Zealand. Only five batsmen have hit more sixes in an innings – his 13 beating the Sri Lanka record of 11, which had been held by Sanath Jayasuriya since 1996.So breathless were the final 40 minutes of the game – Thisara’s blows raining down on Bay Oval like a meteor shower – that the New Zealand performances that set up this series-clinching victory seemed a distant memory by the end. Those efforts, however, were nevertheless outstanding. Colin Munro struck a 77-ball 87, putting on a 112-run stand for the third wicket with Ross Taylor that formed the base for New Zealand’s commanding total. Taylor himself continued his sublime ODI form, hitting 90 to make it five successive fifty-plus scores in the format, and eight fifty-plus scores in the last 10 innings.James Neesham provided another round of death-overs fireworks, clobbering 64 off 37, before proving effective in the middle overs once more. And legspinner Ish Sodhi was terrific on what was now a surface offering moderate turn, taking 3 for 55 from his 10 overs, having precipitated that Sri Lanka middle-order meltdown.The Sri Lanka nosedive was swift and in many ways predictable. Whenever the top order has bestowed a half-decent foundation, in recent months, the middle order has almost uniformly tended to crumble under the pressure of keeping the momentum going. This time, Sri Lanka were 112 for 2 after 22 overs, thanks largely to a half-century from opener Danushka Gunathilaka, before they virtually surrendered the match.Kusal Mendis was the first to fall, for 20 off 30 balls, edging the ball as he attempted to sweep Sodhi – wicketkeeper Tim Seifert moving expertly down the leg side to complete a tough catch. Gunathilaka was out next over, attempting to lift James Neesham over wide mid-on, and managing only to send a high catch off the top edge, also to be snaffled by Seifert. Dinesh Chandimal was out next, completely failing to read a Sodhi googly, which leapt back into his stumps as he was shaping for the cut, before Asela Gunaratne ran himself out calling Thisara through for a suicidal single. The last wicket in this period was the result of another Sodhi googly – Seekkuge Prasanna playing all around it as he tried to hit the bowler into the stratosphere.By now Sri Lanka’s plight seemed desperate, but Thisara warmed to his work with a spate of fours, before the first six came, off Tim Southee, who bowled a waist-high short ball which was bludgeoned over deep square leg. Soon, the big blows came like an avalanche. There were two Thisara sixes and a four off Sodhi’s final over – the 33rd of the innings – and another four off Matt Henry, before his partner Lasith Malinga – who had been dropped twice – was finally out, bowled off his pads by Trent Boult, for 17. That partnership had been worth 75 off 50 balls.The next stand brought another 51, to which Lakshan Sandakan contributed only six runs. The rest were all Thisara thrashings. Although towards the start of his innings, Thisara played regularly through the offside, he was bashing balls through his main hitting zone – the arc between wide long off and midwicket – by the end of it. He raced past his previous best score of 80, brought up his ton with a single in the company of Sandakan, and once the ninth wicket had fallen, produced his most brutal hitting for the last-gasp lunge toward victory.After having been earlier belted around by Neesham for the second time in as many games, Thisara launched him for two sixes in the 45th over. Then, with 50 required off 30 balls, he clubbed four sixes off Tim Southee to bring the equation down to almost a run-a-ball. Although the Henry ball that undid him was in the slot, Perera could not quite bully it over the rope as he had done previously – perhaps some fatigue having weakened his muscles.Earlier in the day, Taylor had played New Zealand’s best innings, though Munro had provided the early fireworks. Taylor’s was a characteristically wise knock from a batsman at the top of his game. He was measured through most of the innings, only occasionally venturing a big shot, and instead manipulating the ball into gaps efficiently. Only 22 of his runs came from boundaries, with singles and twos on the leg side most heavily populating his innings. He might have got to triple figures himself, had he not unselfishly looked for two after turning a ball to square leg – the return throw from Kusal Perera catching Taylor just short of his ground.Sri Lanka effected four run outs in the innings, but even that didn’t quite make up for their lack of menace in the middle overs again.

Bancroft top scored in Australia’s first innings at Newlands, and that earned him three votes as part of Cricket Australia’s awards voting process

Andrew McGlashan11-Feb-2019Cameron Bancroft earned Australian Cricket Awards votes from the Newlands Test against South Africa after which he was handed a nine-month ban for sandpapering the ball.Before Australia were plunged into crisis, Bancroft top scored in Australia’s first innings with 77 out of 255. It was enough to earn him three votes (two from the players and one from the umpires/media) as part of the awards voting process.Bancroft was trapped lbw by Vernon Philander early in a collapse of 5 for 25 that would eventually lead to Australia conceding a deficit of 56.It was during South Africa’s second innings, as they built on the lead on the third afternoon, that the now infamous footage of Bancroft using a piece of yellow sandpaper on the ball was beamed around the world on live television, with pictures later showing him trying to hide it down his trousers.He initially indicated to the umpires that his sunglasses case was what he had been seen retrieving from his pocket before eventually admitting he had been tampering with the ball in the post-day press conference, although he did not admit to using sandpaper until it came out in the subsequent investigations.Bancroft was handed a nine-month suspension which ended late last year and he has returned with some success in the BBL with Perth Scorchers.Before his comeback, he wrote a letter to himself where he said he had come to terms with how people could perceive him after the events of Newlands. “Many people will judge you as a cheat, but that is OK,” Bancroft wrote. “Always love and respect everyone. You will love those people because you forgive them. Just like you’re going to forgive yourself… You know you cannot say sorry enough, but actually it is time you allow your cricket to be about what you have learnt and use this opportunity to make a great impact.”Bancroft will now be turning his attention to the last part of the Sheffield Shield season as he resumes his first-class career with Western Australia. He also has a county deal with Durham when the English season begins in April, which could give him a chance to make a case for a recall to the Australia Test squad for the Ashes.

There is no room for Imran Tahir, Chris Morris and JP Duminy in the 16-man list; Raisibe Ntozakhe is among 14 women to be contracted

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Mar-2019Reeza Hendricks and Theunis de Bruyn have been given national contracts for the 2019-20 season by Cricket South Africa, while the retired AB de Villiers, JP Duminy,Imran Tahir and Chris Morris have been omitted from the list for different reasons.CSA named 16 men in the list, covering the 2019 50-over World Cup, men’s away tours to India – in October 2019 and March 2020 – the home series against England next year, and the white-ball series at home against Australia. For the women, 14 of whom have been contracted, the major events covered were the T20 World Cup in early 2020 as well as ICC Women’s Championship series against Pakistan at home and away in India and New Zealand.

Contracted players

Men: Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Reeza Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn
Women: Trisha Chetty, Mignon du Preez, Shabnim Ismail, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Lizelle Lee, Sune Luus, Zintle Mali, Raisibe Ntozakhe, Tumi Sekhukhune, Chloe Tryon, Dane van Niekerk, Laura Wolvaardt.

Hendricks and de Bruyn were not previously awarded full contracts but, as a CSA statement said, they “were upgraded to a full contract after reaching the necessary threshold during the course of the current season”.”We have contracted 16 men’s players and 14 women’s players which we feel is the appropriate number to maintain our national squads across the various formats,” CSA CEO Thabang Moroe said. “This enables us to contract both our Test players as well as those who are limited overs specialists.”Of the men left out, in the case of the soon-to-be-40 Tahir, there’s a bit of a question mark over his long-term future in international cricket, with the legspinner likely to call time on his career after the World Cup.Duminy, 34, has had to deal with a series of injuries in recent times, and last played a competitive game back in October 2018, leading to some uncertainly over his presence in the national team. The left-hand batsman also underwent surgery to address an injury on his right shoulder late last year.As for 31-year-old allrounder Morris, while he has been playing for Titans in the South African domestic circuit and featured in South Africa’s home T20I series against Pakistan earlier this year, there are doubts about his form as well as fitness.Among the women, the list included Raisibe Ntozakhe, the 22-year-old offspinner who was suspended for an illegal bowling action prior to last year’s T20 World Cup in the Caribbean.

Batsman loses 20 percent of his match fee for disciplinary breach ahead of the fifth ODI against Australia in Dubai

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Apr-2019Umar Akmal will part with 20 percent of his match fee for the fifth ODI against Australia after having breached a team curfew ahead the match in Dubai. The PCB said he pleaded guilty to the charge and accepted the sanction imposed by Talat Ali, the team manager.”I am glad that Umar has realised his mistake, and has accepted and apologised for his actions, which were clearly unprofessional and in no way can be ignored or overlooked,” PCB managing director Wasim Khan said. “The PCB expects a high level of professionalism and commitment from its players, and this action is a reiteration and timely reminder that any indiscipline shall not be tolerated or accepted.”Umar was believed to be out attending an Akon concert on Friday night without permission from the team management, with his late return violating the rules set on when players needed to be back at their hotel while on tour.This series marked his international return after nearly two years out. A fiery spat with head coach Mickey Arthur in 2017 appeared to have put an end to his international hopes. But in a surprise move, he was called up to the Pakistan squad for the five-match series against Australia as Pakistan rung the changes after resting several first-team players.There were signs of his relationship with Arthur being on the mend during the series. There were a few occasions where the pair were seen sharing light moments in the dressing room. ESPNcricnfo understands the pair met before the series and made some headway towards resolving their differences.However, Umar may have fell off the mark in terms of trying to present a case for World Cup selection. There were several starts; he managed more than 35 in three of the five games, but his highest score was 48. Umar’s perennial struggle – converting 40s into bigger scores – or concentrating for long enough not to let poor shot selection bring about his demise, was front and centre right throughout the series.Umar has coughed up plenty of fines in his 10 years in and out of the Pakistan side, often to do with partying after-hours entertainment. He was dropped for a T20 series in England in 2015 after attending a party in Hyderabad while playing a Quiad-e-Azam trophy fixture, while in April 2016, local media reported he was involved in a brawl in a Faisalabad theatre after demanding the venue arrange a repeat of the dance performance he had been watching.

A full-strength Australia ramp up World Cup preparations next week against a shadow New Zealand team with fringe players looking to impress

Andrew McGlashan03-May-20194:42

Smith and Warner’s year in cricket wilderness

It is now less than a month until the World Cup starts and with the IPL nearing a conclusion thoughts are turning seriously to the tournament. A full-strength Australia squad have gone into camp in Brisbane to begin their run-in and they will face a shadow New Zealand team, with a number of key players still at the IPL, in three one-day games. Here are a few things to keep an eye on.Australia’s top threeAmong the things that came together for Australia’s one-day side against India and Pakistan was the opening combination of Aaron Finch and Usman Khawaja. David Warner’s return means there is now another world-class opener available so that partnership looks set to be split – it is surely a no-brainer that Warner opens. All the indications are that it will be Finch alongside him – the pairing that took Australia to the 2015 World Cup – with Khawaja either moving to No. 3 or, potentially, out of the side altogether, which would be harsh given his recent form.Smith’s fieldingWhile Warner looks primed for his international return, Steven Smith has faced a trickier path due to his elbow injury being the more serious. He found some form with the bat in the latter part of the IPL after being named Rajasthan Royals’ captain, but remained restricted in the field. He said he is another couple of weeks away from full fitness – concern that a diving catch to remove Warner last week damaged the troublesome elbow were downplayed – so it will be interesting to see how much he pushes himself in the field in Brisbane.Fitness of Australia’s quicksThere were a couple of asterisks in Australia’s World Cup squad with Mitchell Starc and Jhye Richardson named subject to fitness. Starc hasn’t played since the Sri Lanka Test series due to a pectoral injury but has returned to full training and Richardson dislocated his shoulder in the UAE although he avoided needing surgery that would have ended his World Cup hopes. The pair will be put through their paces over the next week – but how much Richardson takes part remains to be seen. Kane Richardson and Josh Hazlewood (the latter ruled out of the World Cup with his back injury) are the stand-by bowlers if needed.Mitchell Starc chats to Aaron Finch•Getty Images

Which spinner?During the matches in India and the UAE, conditions meant Australia fielded both Adam Zampa and Nathan Lyon in eight of the ten matches. Earlier this week Aaron Finch said he expected spin to play a big role in the World Cup, but it could be difficult to find room for both frontliners in the attack, especially with Glenn Maxwell able to provide a more-than-useful option, so there will be a decision to make for the selectors. Sides are very keen to have a legspinner in one-day cricket to try and strike in the middle overs, but Lyon would be a steady presence. It will also be worth seeing whether Finch takes the opportunity in practice matches to use them in different situations of an innings.Nicholls’ new roleGiven the weakened nature of New Zealand’s squad there is less at stake, but that does not mean there is no significance. During the home season Henry Nicholls usurped Colin Munro at the top of the order and is now the preferred man alongside Martin Guptill. He has only done it on four occasions to date so, against a strong Australia team, the three matches are a good chance for him to further bed into his new position.New Zealand’s depthBy nature of this being a second-string side, the week in Brisbane is an opportunity to assess the bench strength of New Zealand. The non-World Cup players are now those in line for a call-up should injury strike. Doug Bracewell would likely lead the way if another allrounder was needed, while Todd Astle narrowly missed out on the World Cup squad. For Will Young it is a chance to cement his position as the next batsman in line and for George Worker a chance to make a point to the selectors having lost his central contract.

South Australia’s middle and lower-order batsmen waged a terrific rearguard action, but ultimately they couldn’t thwart Queensland who took home all six points with a hard-fought 53-run victory at the Adelaide Oval

Cricinfo staff05-Sep-2005
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South Australia’s middle and lower-order batsmen waged a terrific rearguard action, but ultimately they couldn’t thwart Queensland who took home all six points with a hard-fought 53-run victory at the Adelaide Oval.Needing 446 for an improbable triumph, South Australia had started the day in dire straits at 5 for 138, but a superb 93 from the 19-year-old Callum Ferguson and significant contributions from Graeme Manou and Shaun Tait raised visions of an upset before Andy Bichel – who took 5 for 73 and finished with nine in the match – returned to mop up the resistance.The South Australian revival gained impetus in an extended morning session where they added 205 runs in 40 overs. Ferguson, playing only his second match, added 127 in just 28 overs with Manou before Ashley Noffke had Manou caught behind for 81. But with Mark Cleary contributing a doughty 26, Ferguson took the score to 294 before Shane Watson, bowling his first over of the day, struck two match-winning blows.Cleary lofted a catch to Bichel at mid-off, and three balls later, Ferguson was taken by Jimmy Maher, the Queensland captain, at midwicket. But even then, South Australia refused to run up the white flag, with Shaun Tait coming in and smashing four sixes off Nathan Hauritz on his way to a 57-ball 58.At 8 for 361, there was still hope, but Bichel – later named Man of the Match – accounted for both Daniel Cullen and Tait to continue his remarkable wicket-taking run at the Adelaide Oval.