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Shane Bond’s comeback from an abdominal muscle strain, amid speculation he has signed with the Indian Cricket League, could not help his side Canterbury in their Twenty20 loss to Central Districts in Christchurch. Bond took 0 for 38 from his four overs as Central Districts cruised to 186 for 6, with Ross Taylor smashing five sixes in his 19-ball 46. Chris Harris, who is used to the Twenty20 format after joining the ICL, made 47 in the chase but had little support as Brendon Diamanti collected 3 for 14. Canterbury were all out for 120 in the 18th over, crashing to a 66-run loss.The Northern Districts captain James Marshall posted an unbeaten 58 to help his side to victory over Wellington in Hamilton. Marshall guided Northern Districts to 133 for 3 in the 16th over as they overhauled Wellington’s 131 for 8 with little drama. Grant Elliott top scored for the visitors with 34 but regular wickets meant they could not gather significant momentum.Bradley Scott helped Otago secure a 60-run win in Dunedin, grabbing 3 for 9 as Auckland were rattled out for 94. Rob Nicol tried to guide Auckland’s chase and made 43 but his team-mates fell apart and could get nowhere near Otago’s 154 for 7. Nathan McCullum’s 38 from 20 balls was the best individual effort for Otago.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsSteven Finn made the vital incisions for England as they remained on course for victory in the opening Test at Kingsmead. He claimed three wickets, continuing Hashim Amla’s horror run of form and then snaffling Faf du Plessis in the dying moments of the day, to leave South Africa 136 for 4 after they had been set 416 or 140 overs to survive.South Africa’s slim hopes were left with AB de Villiers, who was unbeaten on 37 at the close. However, England could have been further advanced towards a win in the opening Test of an away series for just the second time since 2004 had they taken a chance offered by him on 33. Facing Moeen Ali, de Villiers came down the pitch and was beaten by sharp turn and bounce from round the wicket, but Jonny Bairstow could not gather the stumping chance. Until then it had been a positive day for Bairstow, who struck 79 off 76 balls to swell England’s lead but, while acknowledging it was a tough chance, his latest error will do nothing to quieten the debate about the wicketkeeping position.It appeared de Villiers and du Plessis, who had revived memories of the second innings in Delhi with his dead-batted defence, would take South Africa to the end of the day in a position from where they would have had visions of a draw. Then, in what became the final over, Finn produced a terrific lifting delivery around off stump which forced du Plessis to play and Alastair Cook held on at first slip.Whether South Africa bring out another blockathon only time will tell, but they began the innings with a positive intent as the fifty came up in the 10th over. But Ben Stokes, who initially appeared to be struggling with a foot problem, provided the first breakthrough and Finn produced a telling four-over spell which brought 2 for 12, removing Amla and the in-form Dean Elgar, as conditions turned gloomy and the floodlights came on.Stiaan Van Zyl, who nipped in with 3 for 20 to finish off England’s innings for an injury-hit South Africa attack, quickly avoided a pair and although he offered a sharp, low chance to short leg on 6 played some fine strokes in the period leading into tea as he took on the pace bowlers. However, after six meaty boundaries he failed to cover the line of a Stokes delivery from round the wicket which squeezed between bat and pad. With Stephen Cook making a big hundred in the current round of Sunfoil matches he could face a nervous wait to see if he holds on to his place.His opening partner, Elgar, is far more secure and until he edged a full delivery from Finn to second slip – where Joe Root did well to react to the catch, which came from an unusual angle with the batsman jabbing at the ball – he had spent every moment of the match on the field.That wicket came eight balls after Finn had claimed Amla, who had actually looked much more assertive at the start of this innings. He was off the mark with a back-foot drive and then crunched Stuart Broad over midwicket, but facing Finn he played an indeterminate cut which sent a thick edge through to Bairstow.The first period of the day had gone as expected once South Africa did not extract a cluster of early wickets. Dane Piedt bagged his maiden Test five-wicket, shouldering a heavy burden alongside Morne Morkel and Kyle Abbott in the absence of the injured Dale Steyn. However, Amla opted not to take the new ball and seemed content for England’s innings to take its natural course rather than force the pace.Bairstow ensured England kept up a good tempo, playing as positively as anyone has managed on this surface, timing the ball sweetly from the off in what was one of his most convincing Test innings. There was one sharp chance to leg side on 34, which van Zyl could not gather, but overall it was a commanding innings. His run-a-ball fifty came straight after the break and when he was left with just Finn for company he opened his shoulders to try and speed to a maiden Test century but, after collecting his third six, picked out long-off.England’s other main contributor was Root, who had been dropped on 6 on the third afternoon but looked in serene form until he edged a half-hearted cut to slip. His dismissal for 73 – the 10th time this year he has fallen between 50 and 100 – meant that Steven Smith was assured of finishing the year as the leading Test run-scorer. It has been a stellar 2015 for Root, who has scored the most international runs ever in a year for an England batsman, but he gave a frustrated kick of the turf as he made his way off.Piedt was the main beneficiary of England’s attempt to play aggressively. Stokes came and went for 5 when he gloved a reverse sweep off Piedt in the same over as he had connected cleanly with the stroke. James Taylor, who had scampered and scurried, then charged and missed at a Piedt delivery which went straight on. He became the first South Africa offspinner in 50 years to claim a five-wicket haul in Test when Moeen was lbw on the sweep after a successful call to the DRS.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has cleared batsman Umar Akmal’s selection ahead of the upcoming three-match T20 series against England in the UAE. Umar had been left out of the T20 squad and was handed a show-cause notice for “bringing the PCB and Pakistan Cricket into disrepute” after a news report emerged that he was involve in an “immoral activity”.Local newspaper had reported that some cricketers allegedly attended a party in Hyderabad and were caught in “immoral activity” during the third round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match between Hyderabad and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited. The PCB suspected Umar, along with Hyderabad player Azeem Ghumman, was involved in the activity and approached the local police to check if there was any report registered against him, but found nothing concrete to charge any player, and decided to clear Umar’s name for national selection.”Subsequent to his being cleared by the inquiry initiated by the PCB’s security and vigilance department with regard to media reports of an incident in Hyderabad, Umar Akmal has been inducted in the T20Is squad against England,” a PCB release said. “Meanwhile, Iftikhar Ahmed has been called back to make way for Umar Akmal.”Umar has been an automatic selection in T20s but was left out of the original squad hours before the announcement on instructions from the PCB.Allrounder Imad Wasim, meanwhile, has been ruled out of the three T20s after not recovering sufficiently from the fracture injury to his left little finger. Bilal Asif, another allrounder, was therefore retained in the T20 squad. Imad injured his finger in October during a QEA match in Islamabad and was subsequently advised rest for three weeks.”I don’t think there is enough healing to allow him to play international cricket at this stage for the fear of further damaging the joint,” Dr Sohail Saleem, head of PCB’s Medical & Sports Sciences, said in a statement. “I will wait for another two weeks for another review. So, unfortunately his prospects of representing Pakistan in T20Is against England are non-existent. Meanwhile, he has been advised to stay in NCA to work on his fitness.”

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A convincing display with both bat and ball helped the ICL Pakistan XI pull off a comfortable win over the ICL World XI in their opening game of the tournament in Hyderabad.World XI had outclassed their Indian counterparts on Wednesday, but Pakistan XI turned out to be a much tougher opponents. Chris Cairns, the World XI captain, chose to bat, and openers Matthew Elliott and Ian Harvey got their side off to a brisk start.But once the first wicket fell with the score at 41, Pakistan XI managed to pick up another two for the addition of six runs. In the 14th over half the World XI side had been dismissed with just 80 on board, with offspinner Arshad Khan taking three wickets in his four overs, Shahid Nazir picking the other two.Lou Vincent and Russel Arnold put on a 32-run stand before Abdul Razzaq struck off the final two deliveries of the 17th over. Naved-ul-Hasan scalped two lower-order wickets as World XI were restricted to 130 in their 20 overs.The Pakistan XI openers then put the match in the bag with a commanding 119-run partnership. Imran Nazir scored 69 off 62, including eight fours and a six, before throwing away his wicket in sight of victory to the part-time bowling of Elliott. Razzaq remained unbeaten on 55 off 42, with three fours and three sixes, as Pakistan XI romped to a nine-wicket win, the second in a row for the side batting second.

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Barbados and T&T to face off in 2014 final rematch

Kraigg Brathwaite’s unbeaten 80 off 120 balls followed up a dominant spin bowling performance by Barbados to see off Windward Islands by seven wickets in the second Nagico Super50 semi-final on Thursday night at Queen’s Park Oval to set up a rematch of the 2014 final between Barbados and reigning title-holders Trinidad & Tobago.Eight of the ten wickets in the Windwards innings fell to spin as they struggled to 175 after choosing to bat first. Sulieman Benn claimed his third four-for of the tournament to lead the way in the field for Barbados but was well-supported by offspinner Ashley Nurse and fellow left-armer Jomel Warrican who took two wickets each.Nurse set the tone with a double-wicket maiden taking the new ball in the second over to remove Johnson Charles for a duck when the opener miscued a slog to short midwicket. The offspinner continued to choke off the runs and by the end of the opening powerplay he had figures of 5-2-12-1.Devon Smith and Tyrone Theophile saw off the threat of Nurse before targeting the pace of Jason Holder and Carlos Brathwaite to build a 74-run stand. However, the intervention of Benn and Warrican produced desired results for Barbados. After reaching the drinks break at 76 for 1 in 19 overs, Windwards’ batting slide was sparked by Benn on the first ball after play resumed as Smith drifted lazily out of his crease looking to drive and was stumped for 44.Benn proceeded to tear a hole in the Windwards middle order with wickets in each of his subsequent three overs. Theophile fell in the 22nd edging an attempted cut to slip before Andre Fletcher was trapped in front playing back to a good length ball in the 24th. Captain Liam Sebastien concluded the collapse of 4 for 19 when he fell in similar fashion to Theophile, though this time it was the keeper Dowrich who held onto the catch as the score became 95 for 5 after 26.Windwards reached 121 before the wicket of Sunil Ambris for 31 triggered another mini-collapse of 3 for 5 in seven balls. Warrican took out Ambris and Shillingford on back-to-back balls in the 35th before Nurse returned to induce a return catch off the bat of Keron Cottoy. Carlos Brathwaite wiped out the tail as Windwards were dismissed in 45.4 overs.Dwayne Smith’s poor tournament for Barbados continued when he fell on the first ball of the chase, playing around his pads to fall leg before to Mervin Matthew. Windwards couldn’t capitalize on the early breakthrough though and from there it was smooth sailing.Kraigg Brathwaite put on solid stands with Shai Hope and Jonathan Carter before a 96-run stand with Shamarh Brooks sealed the match with 33 balls to spare. Brathwaite coasted to his fifty off 95 balls in the 38th over with a flicked boundary through square leg. He survived a chance on 69 in the 43rd over but Fletcher muffed a simple stumping chance produced by Cottoy’s legspin. Windwards had given up hope of winning by that stage though and Brathwaite clinched victory two overs later with his ninth boundary through the leg side.

Sussex have signed Ryan Harris, the South Australia allrounder, who holds a British passport after beating off interest from other counties. Harris is South Australia’s highest wicket-taker in the Pura Cup with 33 scalps and is the fourth highest in the domestic season.According to , Nottinghamshire, Somerset and Essex were also chasing Harris’s signature but he eventually opted for the defending county champions.”We are delighted to have finally got our man. Ryan is a bowler we have been tracking most of the winter and we’ve used our contact to find out as much about him as we can,” cricket manager Mark Robinson said. “He’s an exciting prospect who has the potential to bowl quickly. Moreover, Ryan is an outstanding fielder and a more than handy lower order batsman. He completes our squad and gives us the extra fire power we need for the defence of our title.”The signing still needs to be confirmed by the ECB but Sussex don’t foresee any problems. Harris will add valuable depth to Sussex’s squad – one of the smallest on the circuit – as they aim to defend their Championship title. Alongside his 33 Pura Cup wickets Harris has also scored 286 runs at 23.During the winter Sussex have lost the retired Richard Montgomerie, Saqlain Mushtaq who has gone to Surrey and Rana Naved to Yorkshire.Sussex begin their season against MCC, at Lord’s, on April 10 before their opening Championship fixture against Hampshire, at The Rose Bowl, on April 16.

With the recriminations well underway from an Ashes defeat, compounded by the fallout from some rather embarrassing off-field shenanigans, England were momentarily feeling the Christmas cheer at a heaving MCG on the biggest day in Australian cricket.But not for the first time this series, England could not capitalise on a position of strength as they trailed by 42 runs on the first innings – a seemingly sizeable deficit given the bowler-friendly conditions. By the end of a madcap opening day of the Boxing Day Test, England once again have their backs against the wall.A ground record crowd of 94,119, surpassing the 2015 World Cup final for the biggest attendance, saw an astonishing 20 wickets fall – the most on an opening day at an Ashes MCG Test since 1901-02.Reminiscent of the first Test in Perth, the match is moving at warp speed on a surface that is set to attract scrutiny. With 10mm of grass left on the pitch by curator Matt Page, the wickedly seaming conditions made batting extremely difficult with Usman Khawaja the only batter to face more than 50 deliveries. No England batter faced more than 40 balls with only three making more than five runs.England’s bid to halt Australia’s push for a 5-0 whitewash did start well with Josh Tongue starring with 5 for 45. After being sent in, Australia were bundled out for 152 from just 45.2 overs amid overcast and cool morning conditions. It was their third-shortest innings in a home Ashes Test but the total was made to look formidable with England crashing to 16 for 4 when Joe Root walked off after a 15-ball duck.Harry Brook then produced the most extraordinary counterattack, top-scoring with 41 off 34 balls as he audaciously danced down the wicket, reviving Bazball along the way amid an increasingly febrile atmosphere.But his cavalier knock didn’t last long enough as recalled Michael Neser and hometown hero Scott Boland combined for seven wickets as England were bowled out just before stumps.Josh Tongue salutes the crowd after his five-wicket haul•Getty Images

To cap a whirlwind day, Australia had to face one over before the close with Boland opening alongside Travis Head in place of Jake Weatherald. He faced the entire over, but only just survived after Jacob Bethell dropped a tough chance at fifth slip before he hit a boundary to bring the curtain down on a dramatic day.In seam-friendly, overcast conditions reminiscent of the 2010 Boxing Day Test – fond memories for England – one suspected that Ben Stokes was much more enthusiastic to win this toss compared to a couple of others earlier in the series.But his mood soured quickly with 27 of Australia’s 72 runs in the session scored in the first six overs. Brydon Carse was the culprit with his forgettable opening spell starting off with a front-foot no-ball. Things did not improve with Carse wasting the new ball and conceding three boundaries in the fifth over.England were in danger of wilting early before Gus Atkinson was rewarded for tight lengths when he had Head dragging onto his stumps in a similar dismissal to the backend of the second Test.It was a tonic for Atkinson, who had been dropped for the third Test after a luckless start to the series – a selection decision that had raised the eyebrows of the Australia camp.Atkinson received strong support from Tongue, who had a simple game plan that perhaps England’s quicks should have implemented earlier in the series – pitch the ball full outside off stump. His eight-over spell yielded 3 for 24 to put England well on top at lunch.Tongue had initial good fortune when he had Weatherald strangled down the leg side. It continued a strange run of dismissals to start the Test career of Weatherald, who has not quite bedded down his spot despite a fluent 72 in Brisbane.Tongue then removed Marnus Labuschagne and skipper Steven Smith, back in the side after being unwell to play the third Test, with top-shelf full-length deliveries. Labuschagne’s long Test century drought continued after edging a drive to first slip before Smith’s middle stump was knocked over having loosely attempted a booming drive.

It continued Tongue’s mastery over Smith across formats, having dismissed him in every innings from five games. Retaining his spot in the middle-order in favour of Josh Inglis, Khawaja and the in-form Alex Carey managed to get through to lunch in a session Stokes only deployed his three pace bowlers.Stokes came into the attack after the interval as the ground suddenly became bathed in sunshine to suggest that batting might become slightly easier in the afternoon. Khawaja carried over his form from Adelaide and rolled past 8000 career Test runs before nicking off to Atkinson in an overturned decision – the latest example of him being troubled by quicks bowling around the wicket.Carey has been a thorn for England through the series, but Stokes had him hitting straight to leg gully in a well-executed plan. Neser then dominated a 52-run partnership with Cameron Green, who entered under pressure having been demoted down the order after clinging onto his spot in the XI.Green was mostly content with hanging in there, but Neser decided to counterattack and it was a plan that worked well as he clubbed Tongue for three consecutive boundaries in a rare period of batter dominance.But Australia collapsed after Green ran himself out on 17, following a direct throw from a swift-moving Carse, who was perhaps fortunate to later dismiss Mitchell Starc after seemingly overstepping.England were buoyed as they walked off the field but knew the job was not nearly done given the surface, Australia’s vaunted pace attack and also their own batting frailties.Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley got through the first couple of overs unscathed before the mayhem started. Capping off a horror week amid the fallout from Noosa, Duckett gifted Starc another early wicket after tamely hitting straight to mid-on.Related

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Recalled into the side – playing his fourth career Test match but first without the pink ball – Neser’s seam-bowling prowess saw him open the bowling to devastating effect.He was all over Root and Bethell, who both were reduced to being lame ducks by the ball darting off the surface. Bethell’s much-hyped inclusion, finally replacing maligned No. 3 Ollie Pope, failed to materialise as he nicked off for 1 before Root also succumbed to Neser in similar fashion.In the midst of all that, Starc added to his extraordinary series after Crawley edged to Smith at second slip before Brook for an hour had the fans in the palm of his hands.There was drama on almost every delivery he faced, starting off from the very first ball when Brook charged Starc only to fail to connect. That did not deter him and he doubled down on the tactic in an effort to knock the bowlers off their lengths.England finally had a batter in double-figures when Brook charged down the pitch and snicked Neser past Green’s outstretched arms at gully. He best stroke was a bludgeoning blow for six off Starc over extra cover and he also pulled Boland into the crowd.But Boland got his revenge when he had Brook trapped plumb lbw to trigger another collapse. It was a field day for Australia’s quicks except for Jhye Richardson, who went wickletless from just four overs in his return to Test cricket since his last match in the 2021-22 Ashes series.Atkinson added some invaluable runs to ensure England at least reached triple-figures, a landmark that was enthusiastically celebrated by the Barmy Army. But it was little solace for the embattled tourists who are again on the back foot in a match that might not last longer than two days.

The debut of the Three Ws-Sir Frank Worrell, Clyde Walcott and Sir Everton Weekes – some 60 years ago changed the face of West Indies cricket forever. That history was celebrated on Tuesday night at the Queen’s Park Oval Banquet Hall in the presence of the last surviving member, Sir Everton Weekes.Worrell made his Test debut in 1948, at the Oval, against England. The match marked the start of the Three Ws era, and was also Andy Ganteaume’s lone Test appearance. Though the Trinidad and Tobago batsman made 112, he was never again selected on the regional team.Three perspectives on the life of Worrell and the 1948 Test match were presented at Tuesday’s function. Deryck Murray gave a player’s take on Worrell, Tony Cozier delivered a journalist’s point of view and Professor Courtney Bartholomew presented a personal perspective.All three speakers agreed that his contribution to West Indies cricket went “well beyond the boundary”.Murray described the 1948 Test as unique since it was Ganteaume’s first and last appearance. He said Ganteaume’s unfortunate situation will remain one of the defining moments of the era. Murray praised Ganteaume for the way he carried himself after being dropped after becoming the first West Indies batsman to make a century on debut, in the first innings of the Oval Test. The T&T board president said Ganteaume was “still able to contribute, and further the cause of West Indies cricket.”Murray recalled the first time he played under the captaincy of Worrell. “In Sir Frank Worrell we had a man who became accepted as the elder statesman of West Indies cricket…a unifying force. He was all things to all men. I understood how little the significance of insularity could be if you wanted to be part of a team. He insisted that room-mates could not be from the same territory, he insisted that there was an older and younger roommate so that at all times the team administration was about learning, mentorship and becoming a representative of a truly West Indian team in the true sense of the word. I have no hesitation in saying that Sir Frank Worrell was the greatest leader that world cricket has ever seen and probably even beyond that.”Cozier looked back at Worrell’s career. “Here is a man who, through cricket and from quite humble beginnings in Barbados, was knighted in 1964, the second West Indian cricketer to be knighted, was a senator in Jamaica, and when he died he was honoured by a Memorial Service in Westminster Abbey, the only cricketer to be so honoured.”It was here at the Queen’s Park Oval,” Cozier continued, “a 17-year-old school boy, batting No. 11 and considered a left-arm spin bowler, came onto the scene playing for Barbados. He moved up the order, and in 1946 he and Walcott put on an unbeaten partnership of 574 of which Worrell had 255 not out and Walcott 314 not out. “Sir Everton Weekes,” Cozier noted, “was out for a duck, but he more than made up for it in subsequent innings at the Oval.”

In the feature address, Bartholomew was high in praise for the Three Ws. “It was all for one and one for all,” he declared, noting that when Weekes was out for a duck at the Oval, Worrell and Walcott made up for it. It is a good thing that God made night or else Worrell and Walcott would still be at the crease.”Bartholomew also spoke about Worrell’s captaincy on the tour of Australia in 1960-61. At the end of the tour there was a ticker-tape farewell for the team, with 200,000 people lining the streets of Melbourne chanting “We want Frank”. West Indies lost the series 2-1 but featured in the first-ever tied Test. “We won the hearts of everyone in Australia and indeed the world.”In 1963, West Indies toured England and were again very popular. On that occasion, West Indies won the series 3-1. Worrell retired after the series, and died in 1967.The day before he died, Bartholomew recalled, Worrell told the nurses, “‘Please remove the drips … I am tired, very tired’. And so, the captain declared his innings retired hurt, before he reached his half-century, at the age of 42. The king is dead, long live the king. It was the worst of times.” Bartholomew thanked the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Committee for keeping the “memory of the King alive … it was the best of times.” Weekes and Ganteaume were presented with memorial plaques.

Tim Nielsen, the Australia coach, wants a maximum of six days to prepare his squad before it leaves for the West Indies, which would allow the players signed with the Indian Premier League to spend two weeks at the tournament. Nielsen is not concerned about the country’s contract holders, including Andrew Symonds, Ricky Ponting and Brett Lee, taking part in the Twenty20 competition as long as they return in good shape.The six-week IPL event begins on April 18 and a camp is likely to be held in the first week of May before Australia travel to the West Indies for Test and one-day series. “We’re still working through the process with Cricket Australia, but I would expect the guys would have time to play in India,” Nielsen said in the Sunday Mail. “So long as the guys turn up okay and ready to go and Cricket Australia finalises any issues with the IPL I can’t see a problem.”If the plan goes ahead the IPL-aligned players will be able to earn about a third of their prices from the auction in India last month. Symonds was bought for US$1.35m while Brett Lee ($900,000), Ricky Ponting ($400,000), Matthew Hayden ($375,000) and Michael Hussey ($350,000) were also picked up.Nielsen said he was looking at a five or six-day camp to fine-tune for the West Indies. “There are a few things to be considered,” he said. “My No.1 priority is having the players adequately prepared and ready to go to the West Indies, but I don’t expect the camp to be abnormally long.”

Mumbai qualified for the Wills Trophy from the West Zone on Wednesdayby topping the table with the maximum eight points from their fourgames. In their last league encounter of the Ranji Trophy one daytournament, they registered a nine wicket victory over Baroda at theMotibaug ground in Baroda.Jacob Martin and Sameer Dighe, skippers of Baroda and Mumbai strolledout for a crucial toss as both Baroda and Mumbai were unbeaten intheir matches so far.Dighe won the toss and decided to chase a target as they had done inall their matches this season. Santosh Saxena (3/39) pushed Baroda onthe backfoot scalping Connor Williams (5) and Daulat Thorat (9) inquick succession. Kiran Powar ran out keeper Milap Mewada who did notface a delivery. Baroda were tottering on 33 for three.Jacob Martin (66) and veteran Tushar Arothe (76) put on a rescue actwith a 105-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Santosh Saxena brokethe partnership having Martin caught by Vinod Kambli and it was alldownhill for Baroda from there on. They folded up for 203 in 47.1overs. Allrounder Robin Morris chipped in with three for 30.Mumbai openers Robin Morris (56) and Wasim Jaffer (116 not out)continued their good form with the bat putting up their secondconsecutive hundred run partnership for the first wicket. Robin kepthis good form scoring his third half century of the tournament.Wasim’s 98-ball innings had two towering sixes and 15 hits to thefence. Robin put up two sixes and six boundaries in his innings.Mumbai romped home in 29.2 overs scoring at a rate of seven runs anover.