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The start of the 2012-13 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League has been deferred for the fourth time. The player transfers/recruitment programme, which was supposed to be held on Thursday, has also been delayed further, possibly till the end of August.This time the reason for the delay is the Dhaka clubs’ reluctance to take part in the recruitment programme before Eid-ul-Fitr, which is supposed to be held in the second week of August. Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) chairman Jalal Yunus however said that the commencement date of the Premier League will not be delayed by too long.”The clubs have asked us to hold the recruitment programme after Eid,” Yunus said. “They wouldn’t be able to make payments during this time. But the league itself will only be delayed by three to four days because it will now most probably begin on September 2 instead of August 29.”We hope to declare specific dates for the player recruitment programme and the start of the Premier Division Cricket League after the board meeting on July 29.”The players’ representative body has criticised the BCB for this latest delay, though, saying the board hadn’t considered the effect the decision would have on the players. Cricketers’ Welfare Association Bangladesh general secretary Debabrata Paul said: “Many of the players are struggling to make ends meet ahead of the Eid holidays. The BCB and the clubs only considered their own interests, instead of the basic needs of the players. They could have held the players recruiting programme tomorrow (July 25).”The BCB’s ad-hoc committee had announced the new dates at its July 3 meeting, but the clubs continued to push the board to change dates. This has been the case since March this year when the league was originally scheduled to be held. Then, the clubs’ objection was the ongoing Sri Lanka tour, which meant all national cricketers wouldn’t be available to play.Some of the clubs also complained about players asking for too much money, so the players’ transfer system was changed, the new programme resembling the American draft system. The old system, which will return next season, had the players and clubs negotiate rather than go through a lottery.The Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League is Bangladesh’s top domestic one-day tournament, played between twelve Dhaka-based clubs. The board granted it List-A status this year, after the National Cricket League’s one-day tournament fell through for the last three seasons.

ScorecardPeter Siddle’s five wickets before tea helped to bundle out England for 215•Getty Images

Frenzied. That barely begins to tell the story. The pent-up tensions at the start of an Ashes series frothed out into a memorable first day of eager and aggressive bowling, angsty batting and high excitement. When the nervous energy had subsided, and a sell-out crowd began to wend its way home, the first day of the Investec Test series had granted its favours slightly, without ever quite making eye contact, towards England.In the build-up to the Test, it had been observed that the ball had not swung as much at Trent Bridge this season. It turned out that England’s most genteel Test ground was just being bashful. On a warm, hazy day, swing bowling was in the ascendancy, 14 wickets fell and no batsman has yet made a half-century.This is a slow, dry Nottingham surface, already markedly cracked and with the forecast of dry days ahead, England, who won the toss, will fancy that reverse swing and the spin of Graeme Swann will come to the fore as the match progresses. Those possessing tickets for the final day will already be looking for a back-up attraction.The stand-out bowling figures on a turbulent day went to Peter Siddle, an indefatigable rouser of the troops, who specialises in making an impact at the start of an Ashes series, and who emphatically demanded an immediate reassessment of Australia’s qualities as he took five wickets by tea with remorseless, good-length bowling and just enough swing to make it potent.But the ball of the day was surely delivered, on behalf of England, by James Anderson. He produced a mesmerising delivery to bowl Australia’s captain, Michael Clarke, sixth ball for nought, a late outswinger and a suitable way to go past Fred Trueman’s landmark of 307 Test wickets. On the balcony, David Saker, England’s bowling coach, really did lick his lips with pure delight.Before then, Steven Finn had made inroads by dismissing Shane Watson and Ed Cowan in successive balls. Watson’s desire to dominate brought an edge to second slip; Cowan, who had been off the field with nausea for much of the day, added to the indiscretions by carving at a wide one; and Finn came within a whisker of a hat-trick by beating Clarke’s outside edge.Finn was preferred by England to Tim Bresnan and then took the new ball as Stuart Broad remained off the field for ice treatment on his right shoulder – which required a cortisone injection less than a week ago – after he was struck by a bouncer from James Pattinson. Australia will not be wishing him well.Chris Rogers was Australia’s stabilising element, just the man to provide an additional neutron or two, but he got too far across his stumps to Anderson in an effort to cover the outswing and was picked off lbw, his call for a review narrowly failing.Siddle was Australia’s inspiration. His hat-trick in Brisbane two years ago, and Test-best 6 for 54, proved to be a false dawn for Australia as England went on to win three Tests by an innings.Peter Siddle pitch map to right-hand batsmen•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

When he leaked 27 runs in four overs in a first, unrewarded spell, it was symptomatic of Australia’s anxious start, but his switch to the Radcliffe Road end for a one-over spell before lunch brought immediate dividends when he found some late outswing to bowl Joe Root.Clarke unsurprisingly turned to him once more immediately after lunch. Kevin Pietersen fell to a typically flamboyant drive, whereas Jonathan Trott’s booming drive at a wide one left the batsman so appalled as he dragged on that he made as if to demolish the stumps in self-admonishment. Until then, he had played with great certainty for 48, milking Australia’s attack through the leg side with regularity, but even he was struck by Ashes fever.A fourth spell accounted for Ian Bell, who was defeated by an excellent outswinger. At 178 for 4, Bell and Bairstow had been close to confirming England’s superiority. Instead, Bell left with a quizzical nose scrunching, recognition that for England, overwhelming favourites for the series, things were not exactly going to plan.They went even more awry in Siddle’s next over when Matt Prior, with only a single to his name, departed ten minutes before tea. Siddle banged one in short and wide and Prior’s suitably belligerent response merely presented a catch to cover.Australia’s first wicket had been the one they most desired: Alastair Cook: Cook, a remorseless compiler of 766 runs in his last Ashes series, a series which he reflected ahead of this rubber “changed me as a cricketer”. This time Australia removed him for 13 and they will pray that the number is a harbinger of ill luck all summer long.The successful bowler was Pattinson. The ball was not particularly potent, pushed wide across Cook, but he edged a loose drive to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin. Cook sat on the balcony, alone, and no doubt pondered on the demands of captaincy at the start of an Ashes series. Clarke, several hours later, went through the same thought process.Pattinson had expressed his desire to avenge England’s ridiculing of his older brother, Darren, when his sole England Test cap went awry against South Africa in 2005.On the ground where Darren made his name, James launched the series nervously with a wide and a bye – a loopy bouncer followed by a ball that swung down the leg side. But he does not lack for on-field aggression. His snarl was soon evident against Root, returned with a cheeky chappie smile that might have come straight out of an old-time English music hall. He might also have picked up Pietersen’s wicket when Haddin narrowly failed to intercept a glance down the leg side.Ashton Agar, a 19-year-old left-arm spinner on Test debut, had cause to be even more jittery. An Australian spinner on debut in an Ashes series cannot bowl a ball without being aware of Shane Warne’s arrival into Ashes folklore. He began with the Ball of the Century; some act to follow. Agar, gum chewing furiously, delivered a low full toss which Trott gratefully punched to the cover boundary. But his tall, springy approach and stately action promised good things to come.England, 185 for 6 at tea, succumbed rapidly at the start of the final session, losing their last four wickets for two runs in 14 balls.Broad’s fallibility against the hook shot was underlined when he unwisely tried to attack Pattinson; Bairstow, who had played enterprisingly for 37, considering that he has spent much of the past year as a drinks waiter, was bowled hitting across a full-length ball from Mitchell Starc; Finn gave Starc two in two, reviewing a catch at the wicket to no avail; and there was no late flourish from Swann who offered only a tame prod to cover.

Scotland squad to play Australia A

Preston Mommsen (capt), Richie Berrington, Calvin Burnett, Freddie Coleman, Ewan Chalmers, Josh Davey, Matthew Cross, Moneeb Iqbal, Calum MacLeod, Matt Machan, Gordon Goudie, Iain Wardlaw.

Preston Mommsen has been named as captain of a youthful Scotland squad to take on Australia A in a first-class, four-day fixture in Edinburgh, starting on Friday. Kyle Coetzer, who took on the Scotland captaincy last month, is unavailable due to his county commitments with Northamptonshire.The average age of Scotland’s 12-man squad is 24, with only two players – Richie Berrington and Gordon Goudie – having played more than ten first-class appearances. Their inexperience is exacerbated by the loss of leading ODI wicket-taker, Majid Haq, who is still recovering from a hamstring injury.”It will be good to have the opportunity to change our focus from 40-over to four-day cricket against a strong Australia ‘A’ team,” Scotland’s coach, Pete Steindl, said. “We are looking forward to welcoming Iain Wardlaw, Josh Davey and Matt Machan back into the squad, and it will present an opportunity for the players to stake their claim for a spot in the Intercontinental Cup squad against Kenya next month.”Australia A, having played a two-day friendly match at Arundel between members of the touring party and Australian scholars at Hampshire’s academy, will officially begin their tour in Scotland, before travelling to Ireland for a four-day game and then taking on Gloucestershire over three days.The Australia A squad features several players also selected for the Ashes, including captain Brad Haddin, Jackson Bird, Ryan Harris, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson and Peter Siddle.Haddin said: “There’s guys in the squad preparing for an Ashes tour, and young guys involved in their first experience of an Australian A tour and that’s exciting, but we’re all at different stages at the moment. Once the games start and we walk over the line against Scotland and Ireland it’s all about winning games of cricket.”

Zimbabwe batsman Hamilton Masakadza has said that the home side is not under pressure playing at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo, a venue where they have lost to Bangladesh seven times in nine matches. He was the top-scorer in the first ODI, but was one of four batsmen to fall when the score was on 93.”I think we just had a bad start in Bulawayo,” Masakadza said. “We couldn’t fight like the way we were supposed to. I think 260 was a par-score on this wicket, which is batting friendly, but we just didn’t bat well enough to chase it down.”I think they (Bangladesh) had a few good games here where we haven’t played so well ourselves. We don’t really think there is a jinx. We chased 300 runs against New Zealand in a one-day game.”Masakadza fell trying to work Ziaur Rahman on the leg side. He was batting on 38 and was looking increasingly fidgety after the dismissal of Brendan Taylor a few overs earlier. He was ultimately adjudged leg-before and the collapse continued as Elton Chigumbura followed him back to the pavilion in the same over.”The mistake was that we kept playing across the line to Zia and gave him five wickets. This is a simple mistake, but I think this broke the back of the batting. So the guys had talked and thought about it. We had sometime in the nets today so I think it will be fine tomorrow (Sunday).”Masakadza wasn’t pressing any panic buttons yet, despite the big loss in the first game, but is looking forward to some more contributions from the rest of the batsmen. “We still have two more games to go. I believe we are capable of bouncing back and are looking forward to the game tomorrow.”There are guys in the middle orders who are also scoring runs, and they did it in [the] West Indies. So I think it’s not [just] relying on [a] few people. The whole thing is a team effort, and I think as a team we just didn’t come [out] right yesterday.”

ScorecardLiam Plunkett took his first Championship five-wicket haul for his new county•PA Photos

Yorkshire’s bold decision to tempt Liam Plunkett away from Durham during the winter was widely regarded as a major gamble, but just five weeks into the new season their faith has been rewarded with his best bowling performance in nearly four years.Few counties were queuing up to secure the services of a bowler good enough to play nine Tests and 29 one-day internationals for England, most recently in 2011. Indeed his radar had malfunctioned sufficiently for Durham to select him only three times in Championship matches over the past two years.But having battled through the dark times with Durham, he has responded to encouragement from Jason Gillespie, the former Australian Test bowler and Yorkshire’s first team coach, and claimed 5 for 32 to help dismiss Warwickshire, the county champions, for just 128. It was his best return since claiming 6 for 85 against Nottinghamshire in September, 2009 and provided hope that, at 28, his talent may yet be revived.”I felt good at the start of the year against the Universities and took six-for, so it’s nice going in the Championship as well,” Plunkett said. “I went away this winter and did some work in Adelaide and it was just nice to be able to prove to myself that I can take five in an innings. I’ve picked up twos and threes, but to get five makes you confident.”His display ensured Yorkshire dominated an opening day that had the morning session wiped out by rain. Exploiting swing-friendly conditions after winning the toss, Yorkshire seized control early with openers Varun Chopra and Will Porterfield falling to loose shots in difficult conditions.Only Jim Troughton, who carried his bat over three hours to finish unbeaten on 65, showed the necessary application to survive in testing circumstances. His team-mates failed to follow his example and fell to a succession of ill-judged shots with Plunkett claiming three wickets in 18 balls before returning to finish off the innings.”I’m enjoying my game massively,” Plunkett said. “I just felt a bit stale at Durham but being here I feel fresh and I feel in good rhythm. It goes hand in hand for me. When I’m enjoying it things fit in and that’s the way I’m feeling right now.”For someone to come and offer you a contract for three years and put that faith in you has been awesome. To have Dizzy, with everything he has achieved and the way he goes about things, do that is great. He is much more relaxed than I thought and for me that’s what I needed, not to have too many complications but just go out and enjoy your cricket, try and bowl quick and hit the keeper’s gloves and that’s benefitted me so far this year.”For Warwickshire, currently struggling with a casualty list that includes six players, it was a chastening experience. It was their lowest total since being dismissed for 98 against Hampshire in August 2011.

Mervyn Westfield has been issued with a summons from the High Court in London compelling him to appear at Danish Kaneria’s ECB disciplinary appeal.The development is an unusual one and there is some doubt as to whether the High Court has any jurisdiction in the affairs of a sporting body’s disciplinary procedure. The appeal is currently scheduled for April 22, with Kaneria expected to travel from Pakistan to England on April 17 to mount his defence against a life suspension from cricket.Kaneria, the Pakistan legspinner, was banned and charged £100,000 in costs by an ECB panel in June 2012 for his part in the spot-fixing case involving former Essex bowler Westfield. Kaneria had been found guilty of inducing his former Essex team-mate to underperform in a limited-overs game in 2009 and of bringing the game into disrepute. Westfield, who was jailed for his role in the case, gave evidence against Kaneria at the hearing.As all boards under the governance of the ICC have an agreement to mirror bans imposed in such circumstances, Kaneria’s ban has been effective worldwide.Kaneria’s appeal hearing was originally scheduled for December but, after the ECB was unable to gain Westfield’s cooperation, it was postponed until April. Without Westfield’s evidence, the ECB’s case against Kaneria is severely compromised. Kaneria’s lawyers are looking not just for his ban to be overturned – at 32, he harbours hopes of a reviving his international career – but they are also claiming “very substantial damages” from the ECB.Westfield remains reluctant to appear at the appeal. He feels that the harshness of his penalty – a four-month prison sentence and a five-year ban from the first-class game (he is allowed to return to club cricket after three years) – did not reflect the fact that he pleaded guilty and gave evidence and helped the authorities with their investigations.ESPNcricinfo understands that Westfield’s lawyers are currently considering their reaction to the summons. Both the ECB and Kaneria insist they want Westfield to appear at the appeal hearing, although it seems the ECB is the party with most to lose from his absence. Kaneria’s lawyers remain adamant that, without Westfield’s evidence, the ECB “has no case”.

MCC raised over £1,250 for Save the Children during yesterday’s ‘Evening of Carols’ in the Long Room at Lord’s.The carol evening built on the success of last year’s inaugural event, which raised £830 for the same children’s charity.MCC’s guests – including the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Cllr Frances Blois – were welcomed to Lord’s by the Club’s President, Sir Tim Rice. A total of around 200 people (including local residents, MCC Members and their families) then joined in the carol-singing, which was led by The London Chorus.Commenting on the event, Save the Children’s Jo Davies said:

“We’re delighted by the success of the ‘Evening of Carols’ at Lord’s.The Long Room is a wonderful venue for a carol concert, and we’re grateful to MCC for organising an excellent evening on our behalf.We’d also like to thank all the guests for being so generous with their donations, which enabled us to raise a magnificent amount for Save the Children and its work.”

After Australia followed-on, on the third and final day of their last practice match before the Chennai Test, middle-order batsman Usman Khawaja said there were benefits of having to deal with pressure in game scenarios. India A’s spinners, however, maintained they had struck a few blows on Australian confidence going into the Test starting Friday.Khawaja, 30 not out in the second innings, said his team was, “as ready as we will be” for the Chennai Test. The pressure exerted by the India A spinners, he said, could lead to benefits rather than anxiety. “It’s good to get out there and put ourselves under pressure in a good game scenario. You can bat in the nets as much as you want, but it’s not the same.”The Australian batsmen he said “took a lot” out of their first innings performance, “which is probably why in the second innings you saw us bat better.” Once again the openers Shane Watson and Ed Cowan, “set it up and then I think we batted pretty well throughout the second innings.”The match ended with Australia at 195 for 3 off 55 second-innings overs. India A fielded a second string of spinners, left-arm spinner Rakesh Dhurv from Gujarat and offspinner Jalaj Saxena from Madhya Pradesh.The two turned up to speak on behalf of their team at the end of the game. Just like Manoj Tiwary had done on Sunday evening, they identified what they saw as holes in Australia’s batting.Dhurv said, “They don’t play spinners too well which benefited us…their primary deficiency was defence. At times, they also failed to judge the speed of the deliveries.”The Australians, he said, had been asked to follow-on because India A had wanted to push for a win and the batsmen shut shop once Watson was run-out. “In the first innings they had tried to attack us but in the second they didn’t. After Watson’s run out, they went in to a defensive mode. I don’t think they were trying to get on top of us. We thought they were only trying to save the game.”Saxena stepped in saying that India A had played its part in the practice match. “We played like one unit, as a team, like we had planned. We gave our best and wanted to put them under the maximum pressure, so they go into the Test series low on confidence. We didn’t want them to get any confidence and for that we played our best.”Whether this can translate into an on-field impact in the Chennai Test depends, Dhurv said, on how early the Indians took control of the series.”Everything depends on how the Indian team plays in the first few matches. If India win the first one or two matches, then it will be very difficult for them to come back. Let’s see how things go when the Test series starts.”The way Khawaja saw it, though the Australians had put up, “quite a few good performances this game.”The three Australian spinners in the game would not include themselves on that list, but Khawaja said that focusing too much on the demands of Indian wickets was missing the point.”We’ve actually said that spin plays a big part in India but it’s not the only thing that plays a big part in India,” he said. “We’ve seen that pace can be effective as spin out here. And our bowlers proved that in the last few tour matches so we’ll have to wait and see what happens.”He was asked whether Australia was “ready to face three spinners on a rank turner?” His reply gently tried to put the attention on the home side, “If you go out that way, the spinners have a lot of pressure on them too. If there is a turning wicket they are expected to take wickets and if they don’t then it’s a different game, but that’s Test match cricket. You’re in India – the ball turns, you get reverse swing that’s a part of it.”Outside Watson and Cowan, despite Australia’s nervy batting performance in the practice match, Khawaja said the central idea behind Australia’s batting approach needed to be positivity. “You have to be positive no matter where you are in Australia, South Africa or India. If you’re not trying to score runs, you might as well not be in the middle… you’ve just got to find your own way to do it.”The starting point of Australia’s positivity as a batting unit comes from its opener David Warner currently trying to recover from a fractured thumb. Khawaja said that he was confident that Warner would be ready for the Test. “David has been hitting a lot in the last couple of days and I think he’ll be alright. We’ll find out in the next few days what happens. It just depends on what is a good balance for the team.”

India are playing the tenth Women’s World Cup, this one in home conditions, but apart from the weather their captain Mithali Raj does not believe being hosts grants them any particular advantage. India, who finished third in the 2009 edition, play their opening game against West Indies under lights at the Cricket Club of India on Wednesday.West Indies finished fifth in 2009 in Australia “as underdogs”, but have gained plenty of experience since then and are here to win this time, said their captain Merissa Aguilleira. West Indies have played 38 ODIs since the previous World Cup, only one behind England, who have played the most.India have been restricted to 26 one-dayers in the same period and their previous ODI was as far back as July 2012. Raj said she would have liked to play more games, but was nevertheless satisfied with the side’s preparation and their showing in the two practice matches.”It depends on the board completely to give us a number of matches,” Raj said. “As players, whatever amount of games we get to play before the World Cup, we try and make the best of it. As a player, I would definitely want to have more tournaments, more international games to play.”We had the domestic season and after that we had two camps, one in NCA and the other one in Mumbai. We have prepared really hard and we get into the tournament will full preparation. But again we will take it one match at a time. I personally would not emphasise more on the results, I’d rather go with the process. If everything goes well, then … we might … do it.”Raj was expecting flat pitches which she felt would restrict India’s home advantage to their experience of the weather. “It is going to be the humid conditions. During the practice games, we have had very flat wickets, and scores have been generally high. Basically, the ICC has provided batting tracks so that a lot of runs are scored in the tournament. We have had a camp in Mumbai so our players are used to the conditions. We are also used to slightly slower wickets.”If it is a flat track, it is definitely not an advantage. In an ICC tournament everybody would want to see 300 on the board rather than 89 all out. I guess that is the reason, everybody around the world wants to prepare a batting track.”I feel when it is a flat track, it could be anybody’s game. There will be a lot of runs. The bowling needs to be tightened up. The crucial thing would be the fielding because the wicket will not change over both the innings.”Compared to previous World Cups, Raj felt India had a strong opening combination going into the tournament. “One thing I have always felt is that India never had a very good opening pair. That was a concern. This time we have Thirush Kamini who has made a comeback. In both the [practice] games, the openers [Kamini and Poonam Raut] have given us a good start.”We do have the senior players Jhulan Goswami and Amita Sharma. We have the vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur. We have two comeback players, Kamini and Karu Jain. I hope with this kind of combination we will do very well.”India lost the ODI series 2-1 on their Caribbean tour in early 2012. Raj said West Indies were a constantly developing side. “They have very talented players and some hard-hitters too. With Indian conditions, and I guess some of their players not keeping well, they are still to get acclimatized to the conditions, that might help us and also the kind of form we are in, I am sure the girls will put up a good show.”The experienced offspinner Anisa Mohammed had troubled the Indians in West Indies and Aguillera said her spinners would play a key role in India. “We are an all-round team. We have five spinners in the side and that has worked really well for us,” Aguilleira said. “We’ll make an impact with the compact side that we are.”We went into the last World Cup as underdogs and lacked experience. But we’ve gained a lot of experience in the past four years and are not just taking part but competing this time.”West Indies were so tired after their trip from the Caribbean that they cancelled their second warm-up fixture following a heavy defeat to Australia Women in their first practice match. However, they are coming off a tied ODI series against South Africa at home and should not feel short of time in the middle. Aguilleira said the South Africa games had helped the side adapt to the new ODI rules which mandate a maximum of four fielders in the deep.

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Gujarat scored a crucial win over Group A table-toppers Punjab at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Valsad. Punjab would have backed themselves to chase 231 for victory, but were bowled out for 193 and fell short in what was shaping up to be a thrilling finish. Left-arm spinning allrounder Rakesh Dhurv picked up eight wickets in the match, including five in the second innings.Punjab were on the back foot almost from the outset, losing their openers with just 11 on the board. Mandeep Singh made 42 but was short of support and Punjab slipped to 69 for 5. Gurkeerat Singh and Amitoze Singh stretched the score to 112 during their sixth-wicket stand, but Gujarat made inroads again. Dhurv removed Gurkeerat, Siddarth Kaul and Harbhajan Singh in a space of four runs. Punjab gave Gujarat a scare, though, with the last-wicket pair of Sarabjit Ladda and Sandeep Sharma putting together 63, but Dhurv bowled Sandeep to complete his five-for and seal victory for Gujarat. Punjab still lead the table, and Gujarat are second on 21 points.
ScorecardSaurashtra began the day with intent, going after the remaining 295 runs, but they pulled the shutters after they lost their fifth wicket. Having settled for just the one point, Saurashtra are now placed fifth in Group A, but only three points behind Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh, who are joint-third.Saurashtra had promoted Shitanshu Kotak and Sheldon Jackson on the third evening, and they set up a good platform through 73 runs in 22.3 overs. Cheteshpar Pujara, though, failed to make an impact for the second time in the match, and fell for 24. Kotak followed soon, and Saurashtra were now struggling at 129 for 3.Shah counterattacked now with a 35-ball 34, but Saurashtra lost two wickets together. From 164 for 5, Kamlesh Makvana and Aarpit Vasavavda shut shop, and added 53 in 27.2 overs.
ScorecardBy setting them 321 in 70 overs, Hyderabad didn’t leave Railways much time to go for six points, which they desperately needed, but Railways made a fist of it before having to settle for a draw. The one point left Railways at 15 points, well behind the contenders, but not quite out of the tournament. With nine points from seven games, Hyderabad have no chance of progressing.Kamal Sharma and Mahesh Rawat scored quick 48s to give Hyderabad nervous moments, but Pragyan Ojha accounted for both of them to set the chase back. Nitin Bhille played the anchor role, and scored an unbeaten 65 to ensure Railways salvaged the one point.