According to ESPN, newly-promoted Wolves are interested in West Brom’s freshly relegated Egyptian centre-back, Ahmed Hegazi.

Hegazi spent some of his summer in Russia, starting all three of Egypt’s group games as they failed to escape amid the likes of Uruguay, Russia and Saudi Arabia. With his adventure in Russia brought to a premature end, he now potentially faces the considerably less arduous journey across Birmingham, from West Brom to Wolves.

Nuno Espirito Santo, the Wolves manager, is currently preparing for life in the Premier League and is clearly prioritising ensuring defensive stability.

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Despite the recent misfortunes of his teams – relegation, early World Cup exit – Hegazi has regularly emerged with some credit on an individual basis. He was also central to Darren Moore’s late, and ultimately futile, revival of West Brom last season. 

As exciting as this current Wolves squad is, they lack Premier League experience. Nuno then will be hoping Hegazi can come in and become a leading, marshalling presence amongst his back line. 

The Egyptian’s aerial prowess could also become a key asset for Wolves, making them more of a threat from set pieces. He chipped in with a couple of goals last season, and was often to be seen giving opposition defenders a hard time in their own penalty area. 

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Wolves’ recent capture of Willy Boly from Porto on a permanent deal could signal that Nuno has settled his defensive business for the summer, but it could be that he is still looking to bring in some more depth at the back.

If that is the case then the acquisition of Hegazi, valued at £4.5 million by Transfermarkt, would signal the completion of a mean-looking collection of centre-backs set to ply their trade at Molineux in the Premier League this season.

On Gurunath MeiyappanFacing criminal charges and a judicial custody for a period of about 10 days rather shows the seriousness of the misconduct committed by him. His habit of regularly placing bets in IPL matches renders the argument of his being first offender and unblemished antecedents in previous IPL tournaments of no worth.That he lost up to Rs 60 lakhs in bets shows that he engaged himself in heavy bets. It is his bad luck that he did not make money out of these bets. Any agony suffered by him because of media coverage or any hardship that may have been caused to him is too small in comparison to the huge injury he caused to the reputation and image of the game, IPL and BCCI. If the reputation and image of the sport are lost, what remains? Being 40 years of age, he is not young but middle-aged. It is difficult to accept that he has passion for the game…The committee imposes following sanctions:

• He is declared ineligible for participation in the sport of cricket as explained in the anti-corruption code for a maximum of five years under article 2.2.1
• He is suspended for life from the activities as explained in Article 7.5 under Level 4 ( first offence ) of Article 2.4 of the Code of conduct
• He is suspended for life from being involved in any type of cricket matches under Section 6, rule 4.2(b) read with (j) of the Operational Rules.

Raj KundraAs part owner, having 11.4% of share-holding by his family and investment vehicle, and team official, Raj Kundra was required to conduct himself in comformity with the rules, regulations and codes framed by the BCCI. Being UK citizen, he had heavy responsibility on him to ensure that his acts and actions were not in conflict with the laws of a foreign country. Betting is a crime punishable under the Indian Penal Code. Besides that, it is an offence, corrupt practice under the BCCI’s rules regulations and codes. With so much of information available online, it is very difficult to accept that as a UK citizen, he believed betting to be legal in India. It is no secret that some of the players of the Rajasthan Royals of which he was the team official were found enmeshed in a web of match fixing . When a part owner (team official) indulges in corrupt practices, unsavoury individuals and bad elements become bold enough to involve vulnerable elements including players in all sorts of corruption. The findings by the Hon Supreme Court of the acts of betting have affected the image of the BCCI, IPL and the game of cricket and brought each one of them to disrepute and involvement in betting by team officials is against the spirit of the game, reflect the grave nature of misconduct he is found to be involved with.Sanctions:

• He is declared ineligible from participation in the sport of cricket as explained in Anti Corrupton Code for the maximum period of 5 years under Article 2.2.1
• He is suspended for life from activities as explained in Article 7.5 under Level 4 ( first offence ) of Article 2.4 of the Code of Conduct.
• He is suspended for life from being involved with the BCCI in any type of cricket matches under Section 6, rule 4.2(b) read with (j) of the Operational Rules.

On India Cements
Moreover, Mr Gurunath Meiyappan was in the position of owner. He is the son-in-law of Mr N Srinivasan, managing director of India Cements, which is a franchise of the team CSK, and Mr Gurunath Meiyappan was considered to be the face of the owner due to his actions. Therefore, offences of the persons who are the face representative of the owner would have to be considered as acts of the owner for the purpose of the operational rules with reference to IPL league matches and consequently the actions of such persons which bring the game, BCCI into disrepute.
Not only that no urgent action was taken by India Cements against Gurunath Meiyappan but as a matter of fact no action has been shown to have been taken against him. The order of suspension passed by the BCCI against Gurunath Meiyappan after his arrest is not an action by India Cements against its official. The plea by India Cements regarding long history to contribution of cricket and cricketers cannot be accepted in view of the fact due to the act of Gurunath Meiyappan, team official of CSK who happened to be son-in-law of Mr N Srinivasan, MD of India Cements, the then BCCI president the purity of the game has been affected and the contribution if any made by the franchise has also been wasted because millions of people, true lovers of the game feel cheated. Moreover, disrepute has been brought to cricket, BCCI and IPL to such an extent that doubts abound in the public consciousness about whether games are clean or not.
Having regard to the findings recorded by the Hon’ble Supreme Court and on taking into consideration all relevant facts and circumstances as noted and discussed above, the Committee proposes to impose sanction on India Cements Ltd (Franchisee) under Section 6,rule 4.2(c) of the Operational Rules by suspending it from the League for a period of two years. The period of suspension shall commence from the date of this order.On Jaipur IPL Cricket Private Limited
Mr Raj Kundra was indeed part owner and also team official and therefore for the purpose of operational rules with reference to IPL matches Mr Raj Kundra’s actions that brought the game, the BCCI and the IPL into disrepute have to be considered actions of the franchise. We do not think that Jaipur IPL can shirk its responsibility by terming the acts done by Mr Raj Kundra as having been done in his personal capacity. If those who indulge in corrupt practices forbidden by the rules of the game are an integral part of the franchise in view of their accreditation, part ownership, close relationship and also being team official, the argument that these acts were personal and as a consequence of them if the image of the game, the BCCI and the league got affected, the franchise cannot be held responsible does not merit acceptance. Such a technical approach is legally unsustainable because of the very nature of relationship between the franchise and the wrongdoer.The general omissions by all franchises found in the ACSU report deserve various attention by the BCCI but in so far as Jaipur IPL is concerned its omissions are grave in as much as its part owner and team official have been found to have indulged in betting and that has affected the image of the game, the BCCI and the league and brought each one of them into disrepute. Jaipur IPL claims that it is highly celebrates as nursery for players but the fact remains that three RR players were arrested and charged with spot-fixing in the 2013 IPL season. The committee can also take notice of the fact that there has been allegation of approach to one of its players for corrupt practices in 2015 IPL season as well. This shows that all is not well with Jaipur IPL in handling anti-corruption issues. It is true that Mr Raj Kundra has relinquished his shares somewhere in the month of March but it is too late. No urgent action was taken by Jaipur IPL against Raj Kundra when his acts of betting became known. Once it is accepted that cricket is greater than individuals or a body of individuals and financial loss may be caused to a few players and franchises may not be a significant consideration while taking disciplinary action or for imposition of punishment for wrongdoing.On consideration of all relevant aspects of the matter, the Committee imposes sanction on JIPL (Franchisee) under Section 6, rule 4.2(c) of the Operational Rules by suspending it from the League for a period of two years. The period of suspension shall commence from the date of this order.

Imran Tahir has joined Nottinghamshire until the end of the season, replacing Ben Hilfenhaus as the club’s main overseas player. Hilfenhaus returned to Australia last month after suffering a hip injury.Nottinghamshire will be Tahir’s fifth county, having previously played for Hampshire, Warwickshire, Yorkshire and Middlesex. He is expected to make his debut in the Royal London Cup fixture against Essex on Sunday and will be available to play in the Championship as well, either side of his South Africa commitments.”Imran is experienced, he’s played lots of cricket in England and we know how effective international-class spinners can be during the business end of a county season,” Nottinghamshire’s director of cricket, Mick Newell, said. “We were always open to replacing Ben with a spinner, Imran was available and looks a good option for us.”We’ve started to play on some increasingly dry pitches this season, surfaces on which an extra spin option might help us win some matches. With the signing of Imran, we’ll have that in most of our matches between now and the end of the season.”Tahir is an experienced campaigner in county cricket, having taken almost 200 wickets across all formats for Hampshire, who he last represented at the back end of the 2014 season. He has also represented South Africa in Test, ODI and T20 cricket and was a member of the team that got to the World Cup semi-final earlier this year.”We see him as someone who can have success for us in both red and white ball cricket,” Newell said. “A world class legspinner is a valuable commodity to any side in any form of the game, particularly one of Imran’s quality and experience.”We’ve built some momentum with the cricket we have played in recent weeks. Hopefully this addition will help us maintain that through to the end of the season.”Nottinghamshire were joint bottom of the Championship at the end of June but have risen to mid-table after two wins from their last three games. They missed out on a T20 quarter-final after a rain abandonment in their final match but have started well in the Royal London Cup, with two wins and a no result so far.Dan Christian, who signed as Nottinghamshire’s second overseas player for the NatWest T20 Blast, has been filling in for Hilfenhaus during the Royal London Cup and will continue to be available when Tahir is on international duty. South Africa play New Zealand in two T20s and three ODIs between August 14 and 26, which Tahir is expected to be involved in.

Philip Amm, who played 118 first-class matches and 138 List-A games between 1982 and 1998, died in Grahamstown, aged 51.A Cricket South Africa release noted that Amm was “one of the outstanding opening batsmen of the 1980s and early 1990s.” He had his finest hour when he struck 214 against Clive Rice’s “Mean Machine” attack, helping Eastern Province seal their first Currie Cup title in the 1988-89 season.Amm represented SA Schools and SA Universities besides plying his trade for Eastern Province and Border. He scored 6860 first-class runs, including 12 centuries and 39 fifties, to add to 4117 List-A runs.His elder brother, Peter, also played for SA Schools and turned out for Eastern Province B in first-class cricket.”On behalf of the CSA Family I extend our deepest condolences to his family, his friends and his cricketing colleagues”, CSA chief executive Haroon Lorgat said.

Sam Northeast has been named as Kent’s captain for 2016, succeeding Rob Key in the role. Northeast led the side in Key’s absence during much of the 2015 season and was the unanimous choice to step up from vice-captain, which he has held for the past two seasons.While Key dropped himself from the Championship side, Northeast was Kent’s outstanding batsman, scoring more than 1000 first-class runs for the first time. He was also their leading run-scorer in the T20 Blast, as Kent reached the quarter-finals in both limited-overs competitions.”It’s a great honour to become club captain of a team I’ve supported from a young age and follow in the footsteps of some great captains,” Northeast said. “Hopefully the future is bright for Kent and I can help bring some silverware back to the club.”I would like to congratulate Keysy on an excellent job as captain and am sure he will have a large input going forward.”Key was in his second spell as captain, having been in charge between 2006 and 2012, then resuming the job after Kent spent a season under James Tredwell.The former England batsman has indicated he will continue to play on in 2016, when he will be 37, for which he is already under contract. He finished the season in good form, scoring consecutive hundreds in Kent’s final two Championship matches against Lancashire and Glamorgan.Of Northeast’s appointment, Kent chairman of cricket, Graham Johnson, said: “Sam has been seen as a potential leader as he has developed through the Kent cricket system. He has shown maturity in the role, without it affecting his form, and he commands the respect of the dressing room.”He is ambitious both personally and for the Kent team. The next stage of Kent cricket development at the highest level is in good hands.”

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Quality won out in the day/night Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide Oval, with New South Wales obliterating South Australia in three days that served as a dry run for the floodlit Test to be played there next month.After Steven Smith and Ed Cowan continued on their merry way to set SA a distant target, the Blues bowlers shared the wickets to end the match early.Mitchell Starc was again a fiendish proposition, but he was well supported by Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon, a combination that will next be seen against New Zealand at the Gabba.Starc’s dismissal of Travis Head for a duck maintained his recent domination of SA’s new captain, and though Callum Ferguson frustrated the Blues with a defiant 96, the result always seemed likely to be sealed a night early.

Extra grass may be left on the Adelaide Oval pitch in an attempt to help preserve the condition of the experimental pink ball in this week’s Sheffield Shield “rehearsal” between South Australia and New South Wales, to be played in front of a host of key observers.ESPNcricinfo understands that the oval’s ground staff will be encouraged to leave more grass on the surface than they otherwise would, in order to avoid the sort of abrasive conditions that played havoc with the ball during the Prime Minister’s XI match in Canberra. Should the gambit prove successful, a similar strip can be expected for the third Test of the Trans-Tasman series between Australia and New Zealand.Such a surface may offer more early assistance to pace bowlers than might have otherwise been the case, while also affecting the drop-in pitch’s capacity to deteriorate and take spin later on in the game. However the prospect of the pink ball not being able to last the distance in a Test match is considered the greater concern.Ground and pitch conditions have been shown to be critical to the way the ball behaves, as demonstrated by the contrast between Manuka and the more lush surrounds in which the New Zealand tourists used the ball during their recent practice sessions in Hamilton. The touring wicketkeeper BJ Watling said the ball held up far better in New Zealand conditions than those seen in Australia’s capital.”We had a good couple of days in Hamilton where it was quite lush and the ball held up alright there,” Watling said in Sydney. “It didn’t rip up like it did in Canberra, so there’s going to be different situations and we’re going to have to deal with whatever happens.”Representatives from Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers Association, plus production crew from Channel Nine, will all be in Adelaide watching how things progress and preparing for the Test match to be played at the same ground in a month’s time. They will be as interested in proceedings as the players themselves, many of whom have never played a game with a pink ball.Like Australia’s captain Steven Smith, the deputy David Warner will be making his pink ball debut in Adelaide, at the same time as he seeks to prove his fitness for the first Test of the series at the Gabba after being out for two months with a thumb fracture. Warner said he was getting into the headspace of being prepared for anything come Wednesday and wanted to be able to bat under lights.”I haven’t played with it yet,” he said. “We’ll have to wait and see when I get to bat, hopefully I can bat under lights and see what it’s actually like. I’m excited about it and I think so should everyone else be.”In general it doesn’t matter what ball you play with, if you’re preparing for a game, any time you play whether it be 50 overs or four-day form, you’re still in your own mind of trying to score runs and build an innings. It’s irrelevant what ball you use, you need to gain time to get up and ready for a Test match.”We play one-day cricket and we play red-ball cricket, you throw a pink ball in there, it’s all the same game. Yeah it’s day-night, we’ve played day-night with a white ball, but the game is cricket, we have to play how we know. If there is a little bit of uncertainty about being able to see that ball, I’m sure the issues will be raised afterwards.”As for his not-quite-healed thumb, Warner said he was prepared to play through pain to take his place as one of only a handful of senior players left in the Australian Test side. “I think I got hit against India in Brisbane on the same thumb last season as well and the pain is always going to be there,” Warner said. “It is about me getting through that pain. You speak to any wicketkeeper in the world – they are playing with broken fingers so I am not complaining at all. Unless I cop another one on the thumb while I am practising or batting out in the middle, that is the only thing that will hinder my selection for the first Test.”Two weeks ago the doctor said to me come three or four days before the first Test it should be completely healing. You are never worried about getting hit, the thing about cricket is you always have to go in there with a positive frame of mind.”

Tamil Nadu made a superb recovery on the opening day of their RanjiTrophy Super League Group C match against Orissa at the Barabatistadium in Cuttack on Saturday and symbolising this was a record lastwicket partnership of 137 runs off 34.3 overs between No 10 RajatBhatia and No 11 J Gokulakrishna.The two came together shortly before tea with Tamil Nadu in trouble at190 for nine. They took the score to 222 at tea and dominated thebowling in the last session. Both went boldly for their strokes. The20-year-old Bhatia was slightly more aggressive and hit 72 in 166minutes. He faced 93 balls and hit nine of them to the ropes. The27-year-old Gokulakrishna who remained unbeaten with 59 batted 147minutes. He faced 126 balls and hit five boundaries. Bhatia was outshortly before the scheduled close.The partnership is the fourth highest for the tenth wicket in the66-year-old national competition. It surpassed the previous best forthis wicket for Tamil Nadu, 130 between NJ Venkatesan and CRRangachari against Madhya Pradesh in 1951.Tamil Nadu made a poor start losing five wickets for 74. A sixthwicket partnership of 58 runs off 15 overs between skipper SridharanSarath (60) and Vasanth Saravanan (27) retreived the innings. Sarathplayed the sheet anchor role, batting 196 minutes, facing 115 ballsand hitting 12 fours. Coming in at 47 for three, he was ninth out at190. Wicketkeeper Reuben Paul chipped in with a valuable 22. Then camethe last wicket stand that boosted the Tamil Nadu total to327. Mohanty, A Barrick and Bipin Singh all took three wickets each.

Port-of-Spain – While Christians around the world celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ, nearly 20 000 at the Queen’s Park Oval and many more around the region mourned the West Indies’ death in the Caribbean’s first-ever triangular limited-overs competition yesterday.Unpredictable Pakistan, beaten twice by the same opponents in the preliminary phase of the competition, were the ones who rose to the occasion to complete a hard-fought victory by four wickets in the third and decisive final.It was complete misery for West Indians watching their side capitulate to their lowest total in 33 One-Day Internationals at the ground, an inadequate 114 which the Pakistanis overhauled for the loss of six wickets.’I think we were about 60 runs short of having a competitive total. We tried our best to defend it, but in the final analysis, we didn’t get enough runs,’ captain Jimmy Adams admitted.’Without getting too technical, the bottom line is that we did not score enough runs.’You talk about keeping wickets for the last ten overs. That did not happen and we paid the price for that.’We have accepted the fact that we made mistakes. We have to face them and we have to make sure that they don’t happen again.’The hosts defended their paltry total gallantly, with Reon King at the forefront of an absorbing battle.The improving Guyanese fast bowler brushed aside both openers before the lunch break and added the scalp of Abdur Razzaq just after. But his four wickets for 25 runs from ten overs were not enough to stage a remarkable resurrection on Easter Sunday.Pakistan survived the early discomfort of 19 for three, and although it took them 45.1 overs to attain the target, it was a deserved success for the Asians to follow up their capture of the Sharjah Champions Trophy just before coming to the Caribbean.Inzamam-ul-Haq was by far their leading light with the bat. He ignored the discomfort of a foot injury that necessitated a runner for most of the afternoon and held things together with a composed unbeaten 39 that carried his series aggregate to 295 runs (ave. 59.00).Few would disagree with his being chosen to receive the Man-Of-The-Series prize of a Rover vehicle.Unlike so many previous occasions, West Indies’ demise was not caused by careless, irresponsible strokes after they predictably maintained the pattern by batting first on winning the toss.It was orchestrated by the craft and guile of the dangerous leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed and a sensational over from Shoaib Akhtar in which he twice sent stumps flying all over the place.The combination of Musthaq and Shoaib triggered the deterioration from 71 for two to 97 for eight, which meant that six wickets were swept side for the addition of 26 runs after the best opening stand of the series between Philo Wallace and Sherwin Campbell.Mushtaq, a constant threat throughout a series in which his economy rate was second to none, finally gained a big haul.He snared four wickets, including the three young Jamaicans in the 23rd over of the innings that virtually settled the outcome of the match.After Razzaq induced Campbell into flicking a catch to mid-wicket with the total on 61, Mustaq started the West Indies’ problems by having Wallace stumped, a decision which television replays suggested could have gone either way.The memorable Mushtaq over followed. The victims, in order, were Wavell Hinds, Chris Gayle and Ricardo Powell, the trio falling within two balls of each other.The left-handed Hinds was left clueless about a delivery which he expected to spin away. Instead, it spun onto him and bowled him. Both Gayle and Powell were outfoxed by flight, the former clipping a catch to mid-wicket and the latter slicing one to backward point.When Ridley Jacobs was dismissed to a bat-pad catch off off-spinner Saqlain Musthaq, there was still some hope of a West Indies revival, but that was quickly snuffed out by the irrepressible Shoaib.Still not yet fully recovered from the groin injury that kept him out of the series until now, Shoaib was not at his best. But he gave a hint of what will come in the Test series by knocking over the stumps of Adams and Curtly Ambrose.Earlier, Ambrose was typically tight with the new ball, but it was King who made the breakthroughs that were needed by finding the edge of Imran Nazir’s tentative bat and removing Shahid Afridi to a tumbling catch by Franklyn Rose.Razzaq was another casualty to an edged catch to the keeper, but Pakistan consolidated by way of a partnership of 42 in 15 overs between Inzamam and Younis Khan.Adams broke the stand with his left-arm spin when Younis hit a loose delivery back to the bowler.Adams struck another blow by having Yousaf Youhana snapped up at silly-point,h and King kept the match alive when Jacobs caught Moin Khan inches off the ground.Pakistan were then 93 for six, but the experience of Inzamam and Wasim Akram prevailed.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation pipped New Zealand Cricket Academy atthe post in their MRF-Buchi Babu tournament semifinal at the MAChidambaram Stadium in Chepauk today. Chasing NZCA’s first inningstotal of 329, ONGC looked to be home and dry at 310/6 but leg spinnerAaron Redmond led a fierce counterattack, grabbing three wickets inthree overs to leave the oilmen on the verge of elimination at 318/9.That they finally made it was due to a generous slice of luck, threechances offered by the last wicket pair just eluding the fieldsmen.ONGC closed at 344 and the game was called off at tea by which timeNZCA had blasted 50 from six overs, losing three wickets in thebargain.Resuming at their overnight score of 171/4, ONGC lost Rizwan Shamshad(47) in the ninth over of the day, after the addition of 18 runs.Rahul Sanghvi joined Mithun Minhas and over the next two and a halfhours they resuscitated the cause with some adventurous play. Minhasgave left arm spinner Bruce Martin some rough treatment, hitting himfor a six and a four straight down the ground. Sanghvi was playing agood foil to Minhas, now and then playing a pull shot with flourishthat thudded into the pickets. The partnership had swelled to 71 whenMinhas (43) was enticed into slashing a short of length delivery fromChris Martin to James Marshall at gully. The batsman was rooted to thecrease in palpable disappointment.It was anybody’s call now with ONGC needing another 69 to seize thelead but Sanghvi and Mohammed Saif managed to whittle down therequirement to 47 by lunch and the oilmen appeared to hold thewhiphand as both teams adjourned for refreshments. Although Jacob Oramwas officially leading the NZCA and was on the field, wicketkeeperMartin Sigley had taken over the skipper’s duties in midstream. Sigleypersisted with the double spin attack after lunch and for a while itlooked to have misfired. Soon enough, Saif square drove Bruce Martinthrough the covers for back to back boundaries to herald the 300.At 310, Redmond won a bat-pad decision against Sanghvi, although thebatsman was clearly miffed at the verdict, gesticulating in annoyance.In the same over, the visitors appealed for another catch againstSandeep Dogra by the same fielder, Michael Papps, but this time a waryumpire Murali turned it down. Dogra however didn’t last much longer;in trying to cut Redmond he got an edge which travelled to JamesMarshall at slip off the wicketkeeper’s gloves. Feroze Ghyas was inand out in the same over, going for an ambitious drive which waspouched by Lou Vincent at short gully.It was Redmond’s fifth wicket, leaving ONGC twelve runs short and thegame had undergone one more somersault. Saif lived dangerously, edgingBruce Martin just wide of the lone slip for a couple. The scoremounted to 325/9 when Redmond began what transpired to be the decisiveover. Saif took a single off the first ball to expose last man AmitBhandari who heaved the next delivery high into the onside and, as itturned out, into no man’s land at square leg. Several figuresincluding the wicketkeeper scurried in the direction of the ball butwere foiled by the effects of gravity. At 327, Redmond was called fora wide. The batsman, Saif chanced his arm off the next ball, drivinguppishly through the covers. The fielder thrust one arm up in adespairing attempt but failed to make contact. The ball found its wayto the boundary. It was all over for the NZCA.Saif and Bhandari hit a six each to celebrate the occasion before theinnings came to a halt at 344 in the 110th over. The New Zealandersstarted their second knock in a frenzy of activity. Bhandari’s firstover went for 15 and he promptly disappeared into the comfortingreaches of the dressing room. Ghyas was slapped around for 22 in twoovers. Sanghvi had the intriguing analysis of 2-0-3-3 as NZCA reached50/3 at tea when the contest was consigned to the pages of history.