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NZ vs BAN | 2nd Test: Bangladesh coach Gibson disappointed with bowlers but hopeful of comeback

Bangladesh bowling coach Ottis Gibson was disappointed with the performance of his bowlers on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. Gibson felt that after the high of Mount Maunganui, where his fast bowlers won them the match, it was a reality check served to them on the first day by the New Zealand batters.

"We have to learn from today. We bowled too many four-balls today. Too many balls wide outside the off stump. When we missed our lengths, we got cut or got too full to be driven. You can't allow the batters to score down the ground and both sides of the wicket.

One of my mantras is you can't control the scoring if you don't control the length. We didn't control the length today to build pressure on them,” said Gibson in post day one press conference.

"We saw the highs and lows of international sport today. Last week, we were on a high. We are, perhaps, still feeling the effects of last week's emotional and physical investment. We didn't hit our straps,” he added further.

New Zealand scored 349 runs on the first day itself, with Tom Latham and Devon Conway being the prominent gainers. While skipper Latham remained unbeaten on 186, Conway was just one short of his century at the end of day’s play.

Gibson agreed that the pitch didn't do as much as they expected, but also conceded to the fact that his bowlers didn't bowl as well as they could have done either. However, the coach was confident that his young bowling attack will hopefully make a comeback on day two of the match.

"The guys have been going forward. Ebadot [Hossain] is our most experienced seamer with 12 games. Taskin [Ahmed] is playing his ninth, Shoriful [Islam] is playing his third.

Look at the inexperience of the bowling attack and see where they got to last week in terms of growth and learning, but again, today is a lesson for them," he said.

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Cricket South Africa denies NOC to contracted players for PSL 2022

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BBL 11 | Ashton Turner leads from the front as Scorchers thrash Sixers in top of the table clash

Perth Scorchers registered their ninth win in the Big Bash League after they defeated Sydney Sixers in a top of the table clash. With this win, Scorchers maintained their position at the top BBL 2021-22 points table. Ashton Turner, the skipper of the Scorchers was the hero with the bat for the team as he scored a brave 69 off just 41 balls to chase down 152 at the International Sports Stadium in Coffs Harbour. Scorchers did not have an ideal start as they lost both their openers Kurtis Patterson and Cameron Bancroft in consecutive deliveries of the third over when the team score was only 17. It was then that Turner got together with Laurie Evans and tried to rescue the chasing act, but Evans perished quickly too. At 42-3, Scorchers were staring down the barrel when Turner turned the leader mode on and put on a match-winning 91 run partnership with Aaron Hardie in just 58 balls. At 135-3, with just 17 runs needed off 18 balls, Turner however was removed by Jackson Bird, but not before Scorchers were well within the reach of their 10th win. The formality was completed by Ashton Agar and Chris Sabburg as Hardie also followed in the footsteps of his captain scoring 35 off 31 balls. Earlier in the evening, after winning the toss and deciding to bat first, Sixers got off to a decent start, reaching the 50 run mark without losing any wicket in the powerplay. However, that start wasn’t converted into anything big as after the departure of both openers Josh Philippe and Justin Avendano, the latter batters couldn’t capitalise. It was only because of an unbeaten partnership of 50 runs off just 27 balls between Jordan Silk and Dan Christian that the Sixers managed to get past the 150 total. With this loss, the Sydney based side remained at number three in the points table, still four points below cross-city rivals Thunder.

Sri Lanka batter Avishka Fernando tests positive for Covid, doubtful for Zimbabwe series

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WI vs IRE | 1st ODI: Shamarh Brooks stars on debut as West Indies beat Ireland

West Indies started the three-match ODI series against Ireland in a winning fashion as Shamarh Brooks registered his highest ODI score on debut to help his team overcome a jittery start and post a winning total on board. If it was not for his 89 ball 93, it would have been difficult for West Indies to 269. Ireland, while chasing the total had the worst possible start as it lost its experienced William Porterfield for nought. However, after that, skipper Andrew Balbirnie and Andy McBrine had a 61 run partnership before the latter was retired hurt. Balbirnie then built a 104 run partnership with Harry Tector and got the chase run. However, as the pressure of the required rate kept mounting, both the skipper and Tector couldn’t keep up with it and got out trying to accelerate the scoring rate. From 165-2, Ireland were suddenly 194-7, losing wickets in a flurry. George Dockrell and Mark Adair tried their level best to get on with the chase, but it was all too little too less as the entire green brigade was all out on 245 in the 49th over. They lost the game by 24 runs. For West Indies, Alzarri Joseph and Romario Shepherd picked two wickets each while Odean Smith took two wickets, including the last one of Dockrell. Earlier in the day, after West Indies lost their top four for a team score of just 64 runs, Brooks and skipper Kieron Pollard got together to stabilise the innings and added 155 for the fifth wicket. However Pollard was caught on the boundary in the 42nd over and that brought a halt to scoring as other players including Brooks fell even before the full quota of 50 overs was completed, with the team score at 269. Fast bowlers Mark Adair, Craig Young took three wickets each for Ireland, while spinner McBrine dismissed Nicholas Pooran and Roston Chase. The second ODI will be played at Sabina Park on Tuesday, January 11th.