Matthew Wheeler is to take on ‘many of the roles and responsibilities’ of PCA chief executive, in the continued absence of David Leatherdale

George Dobell27-Mar-2018Matthew Wheeler is to take on “many of the roles and responsibilities” of PCA chief executive in the continued absence of David Leatherdale.It was announced a few weeks ago that Leatherdale, the official chief executive of the PCA, would be taking a break from work to deal with what the organisation have now termed “an acute stress reaction” to a demanding workload and family health issues. News that Wheeler is “to take on more PCA business” suggests Leatherdale’s return to work is not imminent.”Following professional advice, Leatherdale is taking a break from his role as Chief Executive,” a PCA statement said.”Leatherdale recently developed an acute stress reaction as a result of a number of personal life events coinciding with a period of intense work commitments.”This will enable him to rest, focus on supporting his family and allow a smooth and robust return to his full duties at the appropriate time.”Wheeler is not coming into the role completely cold. He played a couple of first-class games for Northants in 1985 (he claimed Kepler Wessels as his only first-class wicket), has been on the PCA board as a non-executive director since 2009 and was appointed non-executive chairman in 2014. He has enjoyed a successful business career in the sports, entertainment and leisure sectors. He is a managing partner in Sports Investment Partners – who describe themselves as “a bridge between the worlds of commercial sport and financial investment” – and, while he will not be working full-time for the PCA, says he be at their officers at The Oval “on a regular basis over the coming weeks”.Daryl Mitchell, the Worcestershire batsman, will continue in his role as PCA chairman and as the players’ representative on the ECB cricket committee.”In David’s absence I will be spending more time on PCA matters,” Wheeler said. “We all wish him a speedy return to full health and we ask for you to respect his privacy at this time.”The PCA is extremely fortunate to have an excellent group of staff who will continue to deliver services to members with the association operating as usual.”It is a busy time for the PCA. With a former ECB board member, Andy Nash, warning that the domestic game in England and Wales is moving towards a future involving as few as eight full-time, professional teams, the PCA would be expected to take a leading role in the fight to preserve their members’ jobs. They are also involved with negotiating the next Team England deal – negotiations in which former CEO Richard Bevan, currently CEO of the League Managers’ Association, and Wheeler are now expected to take leading roles – and ensuring players benefit from the new broadcast deal which brought unprecedented wealth to the game.With all involved keen to provide Leatherdale with the time and space required to make a full recovery, no time frame has been set for his return. It is, however, thought likely to be two or three months rather than two or three weeks. While the PCA has, in the past, had an assistant chief executive – Jason Ratcliffe filled the position until stepping down – they have no plans to utilise such a role in the future.

Warwickshire will say farewell to Jonathan Trott in September as a noble first-class career enters its final phase

David Hopps03-May-2018That Jonathan Trott would plan every innings to the utmost was at his peak something that English cricket came to value enormously. So it should be no surprise that he has announced that he will retire at the end of the season more than four months early. Certainty restored, he can now aim for a final flourish.Trott might not have been the most flamboyant or crowd-pleasing cricketer ever to represent England, but there was substance a plenty to him, enough for Andy Flower, then England’s coach, to describe him as England’s rock.He scored a century on his England debut, was a three-times Ashes winner (you could make a case for him winning two of them) and was a key cog in an England team that reached No 1 ranking in the world. He also averaged 46 for England at Tests when batting at No 3. Such luxuries for England are hard to imagine as things stand.He could dawdle at times, he could look miserable (it was serious work after all) and his between-ball routine remains a joy for amateur psychologists. But few have valued their wicket more dearly.”Choosing to retire at the end of the season is something that I have spoken about at length with my family and this is now the right time to look at the next chapter of my career,” Trott said at Edgbaston where Warwickshire were playing Derbyshire.”Warwickshire is a very special club and I’ve been immensely proud to have worn the Bear & Ragged Staff throughout my career. We’ve made a strong start to the 2018 season and I hope that I can make a major contribution to more success in my final year at Edgbaston as a player.””You want to be up front about a decision like this and Warwickshire is a club that is always looking to the future so I wanted to let them know that this is my decision so it won’t be sprung upon them at the end of the season and they can start planning.”It hasn’t been that difficult a decision. When you have played at a club for as long as I have it is important that not only is the decision right for you but it’s also right for the club.”All in all, a 17-year career brought 52 Test caps and 68 ODI appearances, but there was nothing instant about Trott’s emergence. For many years, he was a dedicated and uncomplaining servant of county cricket, initially trialling with Warwickshire in 2002 and signing his first professional contract two years later after scoring an impressive 245 on debut for the second team. He followed this with a century in his first-class debut against Sussex in 2003, and he went on to play a leading role in Warwickshire’s County Championship triumph in 2004.England came calling, perhaps belatedly, in the deciding game of the 2009 Ashes series. Four years earlier, they had gambled on the effervescence of Kevin Pietersen; now they gambled again, on the Bovril equivalent: something substantial, meaty, decidedly untrendy.Jonathan Trott celebrates a rearguard century•Getty Images

Once again, the risk paid off as his second innings century helped secure a memorable victory at The Oval. Ashes wins followed in the 2010-11 series in Australia and the home series in 2013. He also won the finest individual accolade in the international game by winning the Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year, a fact that went largely unheralded.His last Ashes tour was to end in sadness as he left the tour with a stress-related illness. Some of the ill-informed comments suggesting that he could not handle the pace of Mitchell Johnson should not be allowed to demean him. This was a batsman who thrived on difficulty If he was broken by anything – and fine sportsmen are allowed to be broken – it was the exhaustion deepened by perfectionism.Ashley Giles, sport director of Warwickshire, paid tribute. “Trotty will be remembered as one the greatest batsmen to have played for Warwickshire and England in the 21st century,” he said.”He made an immediate impact upon arrival at Edgbaston by scoring such a high volume of runs, and he has gone on to be part of one most successful periods in the club’s history, with five major trophies won across all formats.”At international level, he played a major role in one of the best England teams of the last 50 years; a team that went top of the world rankings, but which also won the Ashes in Australia for the first time in 25 years.”His retirement announcement, at 37, comes as no surprise, except for the fact that it might well have happened at the end of last season when Warwickshire were relegated and, like another Warwickshire and former England stalwart, Ian Bell, he struggled for runs.He leaves at a time when substance is under challenge from froth and instability, encapsulated by the ECB’s plans for 100-ball cricket. There would be no time for Trott’s prolonged scratching of his guard in that, little praise for reconnaissance, for the artful nudges of his hips, for his analytical approach to limited-overs run chases.Perhaps that approach did become outdated. And perhaps England did not recognise it soon enough. It feels something of an anachronism that Trott is still Warwickshire’s leading Twenty20 runscorer. But he need not over-analyse that because he has served England and Warwickshire nobly.The announcement made, his mind settled, it would be no surprise to find that a few more bowling attacks will suffer before the season is through.

New Zealand’s world record lasts for a matter of hours on extraordinary day at Taunton

Andrew Miller20-Jun-20181:48

‘I just felt like it was my day’ – Beaumont

England 250 for 3 (Beaumont 116, Wyatt 56) beat South Africa 129 for 6 (van Niekerk 72) by 121 runs

ScorecardIt’s been a week of scarcely credible run-scoring feats – starting with New Zealand women’s twin demolition of Ireland (491 team runs in one innings, 232 individual runs for Amelia Kerr in another) and continuing on Tuesday with England’s men’s ODI-record total of 481 for 6 against Australia at Trent Bridge.But on a ludicrous day of run-feasting at Taunton, England’s women might just have taken the biscuit. A matter of hours after watching New Zealand add the highest T20 innings total to their records-chest, with a Suzie Bates-inspired total of 216 for 1, Tammy Beaumont and her team-mates marched out to the middle to obliterate that mark from the annals.Twenty overs after winning the toss against the same hapless South African opposition, England had amassed an extraordinary 250 for 3. Their effort was powered by a 47-ball century from Beaumont – her third for England in as many innings after her ODI-series-sealing knocks last week. With five overs still to come, she had the individual record at her mercy as well, when she miscued a return catch to Stacy Lackay to depart for 116 from 52.At the top of Beaumont’s innings, Danni Wyatt had offered a high-octane supporting role with 56 from 36 balls in an opening stand of 147 in 13.1 overs, whereupon Nat Sciver, with 33 from 15 and Katherine Brunt, 42 not out from 16, applied the finishing touches with a murderous series of blows.It was brutal, compelling, and – for South Africa – utterly soul-destroying, as they limped away from the field having conceded 466 runs in the space of 40 overs across two (non)-contests. Even Beaumont, whose 116 from 52 balls had contained four of England’s nine sixes and 18 of their 33 fours, later admitted some sympathy for a side who had drawn the short straw in having to play twice in one day in this fledgling round-robin competition.”We saw the Kiwi girls broke [the record] this morning,” Beaumont told Sky Sports. “Robbo [Mark Robinson] told us in the pre-match chat not to try and break it, but I think a few of the girls got a bit of a challenge on. It’s an incredible wicket, and we feel a bit sorry for the South Africa girls having to go two in two, but that’s the way it goes in this T20 series and we’ve all got one of those.”On this evidence, England will be itching not only for the rematch against South Africa – on this same ground on Saturday – but for their first encounter with the New Zealand big guns later that same day.Doubtless encouraged by the ruthlessness shown by Bates and Sophie Devine in their morning stand of 182, England’s ball-striking was clean and awesome from the get-go – and to think they had been suffering from power failure only a couple of years ago.Wyatt’s cover drive was purring from the very outset of her innings, while Beaumont’s ferocity in the arc from square leg to long-on was a sight to behold. There was finesse at times too, but it was scarcely required as the innings progressed and South Africa’s morale deserted them.Their captain, Dane van Niekerk, had given her team a ferocious talking-to in the break between matches, but it proved fruitless as England rattled along to their first hundred in just 53 balls – New Zealand, by contrast, had taken 66 earlier in the day.South Africa’s woes had been summed up by two polarised moments in the field – a missed stumping from Lizelle Lee which cannoned off her knee for byes, and a brilliant catch in the deep from Sune Luus to intercept another Beaumont smear over long-on, which she was forced to relinquish as her momentum dragged her over the rope.England, in reply, had one or two moments to forget in the field – not least Jenny Gunn, who dropped a sitter off Laura Wolvaardt in Brunt’s first over (she made amends moments later), then clung onto a one-handed screamer at long-on off van Niekerk, only to spill the simplest of relay lobs as she too was forced to take a second bite of the cherry with the boundary rope looming.The match was over as a contest almost before the second innings began, but for the second match running, van Niekerk provided her team with some cheer, as she clubbed her second defiant fifty of the day, this time off 40 balls with seven fours and a six. She finished on 72 from 51, as Anya Shrubsole pulled off a blinder, diving to her right at mid-off to intercept a flat drive.That catch, however, was arguably less impressive than Shrubsole’s final bowling figures. On a pitch on which every other bowler had come across as cannon fodder, not least Mackay and Masabata Klaas, both of whom conceded a record 59 runs in their spells, Shrubsole wheeled through her four overs for a cost of just eight runs.

Follow the action with our live report on the second double-header from Taunton in the Women’s T20 Triangular

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Jun-20181:42

Bates: That was probably the best I’ve seen the ball

Welcome to our live blog for the second double-header in the Women’s T20 Triangular between England, South Africa and New Zealand. We will be bringing you updates, stats and colour from the first two games at Taunton, starting with England v South Africa at 1pm, and continuing with England v New Zealand at 5.40pm

Gloucestershire returned to the top of the South Group after scrambling to a four-wicket win over Sussex Sharks in the Vitality Blast at Hove

ECB Reporters Network01-Aug-2018

ScorecardGloucestershire returned to the top of the South Group after scrambling to a four-wicket win over Sussex Sharks in the Vitality Blast at Hove.A slow pitch was perfect for their pace-off attack who set up their fifth win from seven games by restricting Sussex to 127 for 8 after Luke Wright had won the toss.Spinners Rashid Khan and Danny Briggs bowled with predictable accuracy to share four wickets but Gloucestershire, having been briefly displaced as leaders by Somerset’s win earlier in the day, enjoyed the extra pace provided by the rest of the Sussex attack and reached their target with ten balls to spare.Sussex never recovered from a poor powerplay when they slumped to 27 for 4. Phil Salt (1) was run out by Michael Klinger’s direct hit from mid-wicket before David Payne picked up two wickets in seven balls including Wright (16) who hit four boundaries before mis-timing a drive to mid-on.When Michael Burgess fell for a single to Andrew Tye the Sharks were reeling but Laurie Evans briefly revived their hopes with 46 from 36 balls. Evans was just getting into his stride, having taken Kieran Noema-Barnett for a six and two fours in the 13th over, when he holed out to long-on in the 14th off former Sussex slow left-armer Tom Smith.Sussex didn’t find the boundary again until Jofra Archer cleared the ropes off the penultimate ball of the innings, the only boundary not scored by either Wright or Evans.Archer’s unbeaten 26 gave Sussex a glimmer of hope but even he was becalmed by an excellent attack with Payne and the experienced Tye outstanding. They were backed up by a tigerish Gloucestershire fielding display.Sussex needed early wickets to have any chance and Khan struck with his first ball when Klinger (13) edged behind in the fifth over before deceiving Ian Cockbain (4) with a ball that skidded on in his next over. When Miles Hammond (35), who hit five fours and a six, was lbw to Danny Briggs trying a switch-hit, Gloucestershire had lost 3 for 16 in 3.2 overs.Noema-Barnett (16) hit Briggs for two sixes but was bowled off a bottom edge in the same over and when Archer returned to the attack in the 15th over he immediately had Howell (13) taken at point.Jack Taylor settled Gloucestershire nerves by hitting successive boundaries off Jordan in the 17th over to effectively settle the outcome and although Higgins (21) holed out to deep cover in the 19th over Gloucestershire were only three short of their target and Gareth Roderick drilled the next ball to the long-on rope to seal a deserved victory.

A crucial 71-run stand helped Loughborough Lightning begin their Kia Super League title mount with back-to-back wins

ECB Reporters Network 25-Jul-2018Loughborough Lightning 109 for 4 (Jones 35, Villani 35) beat Southern Vipers 105 (Beaumont 37) by six wickets
ScorecardAmy Jones and Elyse Villani carefully claimed a crucial 71-run stand helped Loughborough Lightning begin their Kia Super League title mount with back-to-back wins.The third-wicket stand saw both Jones and Villani score 35 as the Lightning beat last year’s runners-up Southern Vipers by six wickets.Sophie Devine skippered in place of Georgia Elwiss, who wasn’t available for selection for personal reasons, and won the toss – and decided to bowl on a sun-drenched dry wicket.Devine justified her own selection straight away as she won the battle of the New Zealand openers when she had Suzie Bates lbw, attempting to play through the leg side.Bates’ opening partner Danni Wyatt departed three overs later when she creamed a drive straight to former Vipers teammate Georgia Adams at cover.Despite the wickets, Tammy Beaumont was looking assure as she continued her form – having begun the campaign with an unbeaten 62.The England star got off the mark with a streaky inside-edge for four but started to ooze quality with a 36-ball 37 and wagon-wheel full of boundaries.Meanwhile, the slow nature of the pitch forced frustrated shots out of Mignon du Preez, caught splicing to point, Beaumont snaffled at cover and Sara McGlashan lbw.That left the Vipers 73 for five after 14 overs, with hopes of a recovery slim due to accurate bowling – especially from Sarah Glenn, who boasted impeccable figures of one for 14.Arran Brindle attempted to steady the ship with a calming 19, but Amelia Kerr was well caught at cover, before Brindle was run out and Paige Scholfield was snared on the long-on boundary.The collapse concluded with Carla Rudd bowled attempting a scoop to hand Devine a analysis of three for 21, and then Fi Morris was stumped as the Lightning bowled the Vipers out with four balls to spare.Chasing 105, Devine crashed the game’s first six with a massive flick over the square-leg ropes.Rachael Haynes also got off to a flier with a pair of boundaries, but she and Devine both fell in back-to-back balls.Haynes was caught by Wyatt at cover as she skewed leg-spinner Kerr, before Devine was leg before to Natasha Farrant.Scoring then resumed to its slow rate, mainly due to Kerr’s miserly bowling which only saw six runs come off her four overs, as Jones and Villani re-built.The pair methodically went about completing the chase, with Jones getting dropped on 20 by Brindle the only blemish in a 71-run stand.But with 11 runs required Villani was stumped off Morris, and Jones was run out in the space of three deliveries.But Jenny Gunn and Adams overcame the stumble and saw their side home with seven balls to spare to keep up their 100 per cent record.

The absence of India’s captain will give Pakistan the edge in the Asia Cup, the fast bowler has said

Umar Farooq06-Sep-20181:57

Kohli’s absence gives Pakistan the edge – Hasan Ali

In just under two weeks’ time, Pakistan will face India for the first time since last year’s Champions Trophy final. Hasan Ali picked up three wickets in Pakistan’s 180-run win in that match, but he didn’t get to bowl to Virat Kohli, who fell early to Mohammad Amir. Hasan won’t get to bowl to Kohli during the Asia Cup either, with India resting their regular captain for the tournament. Hasan is a little disappointed that Kohli won’t be lining up against him on September 19.”Virat Kohli is a very good player. Everybody knows that he is a match-winner,” Hasan said, speaking to the media during Pakistan’s pre-tournament camp at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. “Despite his absence from the squad, India still have a very good team. They have many more players. The advantage to us is that the way Virat Kohli can handle the pressure, someone else who comes in his place might not be able to.”As a youngster, everybody wants to take Virat Kohli’s wicket but unfortunately he isn’t coming. The next time we compete, I will definitely try to take his wicket.”Like Kohli, Hasan is growing a reputation for his fitness standards. His recent fitness test made headlines back home, when he achieved a score of 19.8 in the yo-yo test, well above the benchmark of 17.4 that Pakistan’s team management has set for players to be eligible for selection.Getty Images

Hasan said he was working hard on his fitness with a view to performing consistently in all three formats.”As a youngster, you want to keep yourself fit and look after yourself,” he said. “I have played all three formats and playing all three formats is a burden on the body. On top of that, you need to perform as well.”Looking at all three formats, you need to increase the level of your fitness which is why I have focused more on my fitness. There is no need for comparison with Virat Kohli. He is my senior. He is a legend. He himself is fit. I focus on my fitness because that brings me consistency.”Pakistan will face India at least twice in the Asia Cup, and three times if both reach the final. Hasan believes India will be under more pressure because of their defeat in the Champions Trophy final, and that playing in the UAE will give Pakistan ‘home’ advantage. He also said he wanted “all ten wickets” to give his fans the pleasure of watching his trademark celebration multiple times.”We are on top right now. They [India] are under pressure from the previous defeat,” Hassan said. “In UAE, these are our conditions, we have the home advantage as we have been playing here for long, and are aware of how to use the conditions. India are a good side and I wish to take all ten wickets rather than a five-for, and make my fans across the world happy with my celebration style. There is definitely pressure but I feel good when pressure mounts on me because that is where I try to perform and help my side win.”

The charges relate to failure or refusal to cooperate with an ACU investigation and obstructing or delaying an investigation

Nagraj Gollapudi and Andrew Fidel Fernando15-Oct-2018Sanath Jayasuriya has been charged with two counts of breaching the ICC’s anti-corruption code.The charges relate to failure or refusal to cooperate with an Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) investigation and obstructing or delaying an investigation, including concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information which may be relevant.The charges have been laid following more than a year of ACU focus on Sri Lanka’s 2017 ODI series against Zimbabwe.Jayasuriya, a former Sri Lanka captain, was chairman of selectors until he and his committee resigned in September 2017, following widespread criticism of the committee’s performance. He had also been chief selector in a previous two-year stint, that ran from early 2013 to the end of the 2015 World Cup.The charges are understood to relate to alleged incidents that occurred during the second of those stints. It is also understood that the ACU had asked Jayasuriya to hand over a phone in his use at some time last year, and that Jayasuriya had not immediately complied. Jayasuriya now has 14 days from October 15 to respond to the charges.Concerns had surfaced over a year ago in the media about Sri Lanka’s performance during their home ODI series against Zimbabwe last September. The five-match series, closely fought, was eventually won by Zimbabwe 3-2.It is understood that there were specific concerns about the fourth ODI of the series, in Hambantota, which Zimbabwe eventually won on the basis of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method despite Sri Lanka setting a 301-run target initially.In September-October last year, several people comprising players, team officials and administrators came under investigation.Under the code, signed by all member cricket boards, the ACU can make a number of demands which includes seeking bank details, phone records and assets including the immediate handover of the communication devices. If someone fails or refuses to do that the person can charged.Earlier this month, ACU general manager Alex Marshall issued an update on the ACU’s probe, stating that a team was on the island “as part of [their] ongoing investigations into serious allegations of corruption in cricket in the country”.The ACU had also briefed the nation’s president, prime minister as well as the sports minister – who oversees Sri Lanka Cricket – though it is likely that the ACU did not divulge the names of those they were investigating.11PM IST – This story was updated to add background information

The opener, who has been out of action with a wrist fracture and then a side strain, has been included in the BCB XI squad that will face the West Indians in a one-day warm-up match

Mohammad Isam01-Dec-2018Tamim Iqbal comes out to bat with a fractured left hand•Associated Press

Tamim Iqbal is set to return from multiple injuries after he was named in the BCB XI squad for the one-day practice match against the visiting West Indians, which is scheduled to be played on December 6 at the BKSP ground. Tamim suffered a fractured wrist during the Asia Cup opener against Sri Lanka in September, and had just begun batting in the nets again when a side strain earlier this month cut short his bid to return in time for the Test series against West Indies.The BCB XI side will be led by ODI captain Mashrafe Mortaza, who is also short of game time, having been restricted to only training sessions since the third ODI against Zimbabwe in Chittagong in late October. The squad also includes Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Ariful Haque, Rubel Hossain and Nazmul Islam, who have featured in the ODI side recently.The selectors have also included Bangladesh U19 captain Towhid Hridoy and his teammates Akbar Ali, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury and Sahin Alam.The first ODI of the three-match series is scheduled for December 9 in Mirpur.BCB XI squad: Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Towhid Hridoy, Ariful Haque, Akbar Ali, Rubel Hossain, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Shahin Alam, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Nazmul Islam

The spinner picked up 4 for 29 before the two batsmen made short work of the 199 chase

The Report by Mohammad Isam in Sylhet14-Dec-2018Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal chose the scenic route to Bangladesh’s eight-wicket win over West Indies in Sylhet to clinch the three-match ODI series 2-1. Soumya’s attacking 80 was complemented by Tamim’s unbeaten 81, which came after Mehidy Hasan dipped his offbreaks to perfection in a career-best bowling performance.It was Bangladesh’s eighth bilateral series win (out of 12) since the 2015 World Cup, with two of those now coming against West Indies this year. Shai Hope’s unbeaten century was West Indies’ only moment of happiness as the visitors lost both Tests and ODI series in Bangladesh, a first for any major side touring the country.Bangladesh first sparked a batting collapse during the middle overs as West Indies lost three wickets for three runs in 22 balls. They slipped from 96 for 2 in the 23rd over to 99 for 5 in the 26th. Hope, who made an unbeaten 108 playing the full 50 overs, had to rely on the lower order to reach his fourth ODI hundred, but it was hardly going to take the control out of Bangladesh’s grip.Tamim then did what an experienced batsman should do in a 199 chase. He batted sensibly, while Liton Das and Soumya blasted the bowlers at the other end. At times, Tamim too drove down the ground and flicked off his pads for fours but he largely focused on collecting singles.Liton’s punches through cover and mid-off fetched him four of his five fours. But his impulsive strokeplay – this time a swipe across the line that was caught at mid-on – cut short his stay at the crease, for a 33-ball 23.Soumya, who had started off with a sublime on-drive off Keemo Paul, was otherwise devastating against spin. He lifted Marlon Samuels, Fabien Allen and Devendra Bishoo for five sixes.Samuels was hit over midwicket and long-off, while the two off Allen were sent high over the midwicket boundary. In the 34th over of the innings, he launched Bishoo over cover for his fifth six, before striking him for two fours to finish off the over. Paul eventually got him for an 81-ball 80, ending the 131-run second-wicket stand.Mushfiqur Rahim struck two fours and an upper-cut six before Tamim’s two fours off Rovman Powell in the 39th over got Bangladesh to the win. But the foundation of this win was laid down when Mohammad Saifuddin sparked the collapse with Samuels driving aimlessly at an offcutter, to be bowled for 19. It ended a promising 39-run third-wicket stand between Samuels and Hope before Mehidy got into the act.Having already removed Chandrapaul Hemraj and Darren Bravo, Mehidy dismissed Shimron Hetmyer for the sixth time in seven innings on this tour, this time lbw for a duck. It ended a poor ODI series for Hetmyer who was sparkling in the Test series. Powell’s wicket was his fourth, caught behind to a delivery that he expected to turn. Powell made just 16 runs in the series, making it a dreadful subcontinent tour on which he scored 77 runs in eight innings at an average 9.62.Shakib Al Hasan then removed Roston Chase and Allen, both caught in the deep. Chase mis-hit one to long-off, while Mohammad Mithun dived forward at deep midwicket to complete Allen’s catch.Hope meanwhile stood firm at the other end, having carried the confidence from his unbeaten 146 in the second game, which led to a hard-fought four-wicket win. He struck four boundaries through the covers, one through midwicket and two down the ground.Hope moved from 94 to his hundred with a straight six off Shakib. All the Bangladesh players shook hands with him at the end of the West Indies innings, while the Sylhet crowd was generous in applaud. But all the cheers for the rest of the day went to the homeboys.