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Internal disputes have cropped up between the members of USACA regarding the management of the association’s website,

Peter Della Penna01-Oct-2012Internal disputes have cropped up between the members of USA Cricket Association regarding the management of the association’s website, , as shown in emails obtained via sources by ESPNcricinfo. An email from USACA first vice-president Rafey Syed, the man who runs , was sent on September 17 to three members of USA’s management team at ICC WCL Division Four in Malaysia to admonish them for not sending any information/content for him to post on the website. Syed left USACA executive secretary Kenwyn Williams and interim chief executive Nabeel Ahmed off the email but cc’d the rest of the USACA board.Williams responded by voicing his displeasure, not only at being left out of the chain of communication but that he had been denied access to manage the website in his role as USACA executive secretary.”I hope that my non inclusion on the below email was accidental,” Williams wrote to Syed while copying in Ahmed and the rest of the board. “I am definitely not defending Shelton [Glasgow, USA’s manager in Malaysia] here. But I do recall sending you a link to all the pictures and updates from the ICC. You never posted any of the pictures. Again – my call for access to the USACA website is resounding here. I don’t quite understand your insistence that you have control of our website. It’s clear that you do not have the time to upate [sic] the site. It’s obsolete.”Later that same day, a message appeared on the USACA Twitter feed, which is run by Williams, announcing that, “USA Cricket has just today become a new brand. In planning for the future – USA Cricket is developing a new website and establishing a new brand. USACA is now USA Cricket. Our new website is . The page is of course under construction and will be supported by social media until its unveiling in the very near future.”The front page of the new site declares that is, “The official web page of the future of cricket in the United States of America” and features an image of the Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia. Other than links to USACA’s social media pages run by Williams, the website currently has no original content accessible from the home page.A day after was launched, Williams sent an email to Syed and the rest of the board on September 18 saying, “Usaca.org web site is moot. We are moving to a new direction and format. I will need the old USACA name servers to move to usa-cricket.org in the very near future!”In addition to the website conflict, several sources have indicated that Ahmed has grown dissatisfied once again with the direction the organisation is heading under USACA president Gladstone Dainty. Few if any of the goals, including the appointment of a permanent chief executive, earmarked in the USACA’s 100-day plan published in May have been reached.”It’s been months and we have no agenda in place and no one knows of the plans of said committee. A plan that was apparently ‘blessed’ by the ICC. A status on the progress, the members and the minutes of said committee meetings would be appreciated,” Williams wrote to the board in an email dated September 17.Meanwhile, the upstart American Cricket Federation is scheduled to hold its first ever National Twenty20 tournament from October 6-8 in Los Angeles at Woodley. Representative sides from leagues including the Southern California Cricket Association, Minnesota Cricket Association, Michigan Cricket Association and Washington Metropolitan Cricket Board among other leagues will be participating in the event. The ACF Twenty20 tournament fills the domestic tournament void left by USACA, which has not held a national tournament at women’s, men’s or junior level since July 2011.

When you have scored Test hundreds against the likes of James Anderson and Graeme Swann, domestic first-class cricket becomes a breeze, according to Cheteshwar Pujara

Abhishek Purohit in Rajkot31-Dec-2012When you have scored Test hundreds against the likes of James Anderson and Graeme Swann, domestic first-class cricket becomes a breeze. So feels Cheteshwar Pujara, who displayed a little-seen side of his batting in Rajkot as he went from 150 to 200 in just 17 deliveries against a hapless Madhya Pradesh attack. Pujara said the belief gained from playing Anderson’s reverse swing had enabled him to hit this Ranji season’s leading wicket-taker Ishwar Pandey for five successive fours during his fifth first-class double hundred.”When you have faced Anderson, it gives you a lot of confidence,” Pujara told ESPNcricinfo. “When you can play his reverse swing, this becomes easy. It is also about the experience of playing against some of the best spinners in the world, Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar. When I batted in the second Test in Mumbai [he made 135 in the first innings], the wicket was a square turner. If you face those kinds of spinners in those conditions, then this is easier.”Pujara was India’s leading run-getter in the four home Tests against England, making 438 at an average of 87.60. He repeatedly used his feet against Swann and Panesar and drew praise for his assured manner of handling quality spin. In Rajkot, he displayed his flexibility on a slow, low and slightly uneven pitch, not committing early against the MP spinners, and playing them late with deft wrists.”The plan was to play late,” Pujara said. “Actually my initial thinking was to play on the front foot because the odd ball was keeping low. But they were bowling a bit short, so I could get singles and also hit the odd boundary in an over. I had a very good partnership with Aarpit Vasavada. We were under a bit of pressure [at 23 for 3]. Once we had the partnership, which was really important, we knew we could get runs.”The MP spinners were a bit inexperienced on how to go about bowling on this wicket and how to bowl in the right areas. They were allowing me to reach to the ball and I could play my shots. If they had continued bowling on the right length for a longer time, things might have been different.”Pujara said his main aim was to get some quick runs with Saurashtra intending to declare at tea, and that reaching a double was not on his mind. “I knew I had only about a couple of overs to score my runs. I thought of going after the bowling and having some practice for the remainder of the season. And once I had hit two boundaries in an over against their left-arm spinner, I thought if I keep hitting like this I might end up scoring a double hundred. But still, I never believed I could do it. And I got more than 127 runs in a session in the end.”In the 17 deliveries that he took to zoom from 150 to 200, Pujara hit ten fours and a six, including a reverse-sweep and a reverse-paddle off the left-arm spin of Rameez Khan. “They were bowling on the leg stump and the field was set on the leg side. I have practised that shot (the reverse-sweep). Even a couple of years ago, when a left-arm spinner tried bowling from over the wicket outside leg stump, I played that shot.”That (the reverse-paddle) was surprising. Even I never thought I could play that. I knew there was no slip, and I could at least try that shot. These are the shots you can try after scoring a hundred. You can try new things and even if you end up getting out, there is no trouble for the team.”Such a dazzling display of strokes moved one to ask why he still does not find a place in the India ODI side. Pujara, who averages 56.97 in List A one-dayers, felt it was a just a matter of when, and not if. “That is something that is not in my control. I have always performed in domestic one-dayers. I don’t need to worry about it. My time will come. One way or the other I will get my chance to play in the ODI team. I just need to keep performing.”

A round-up of the Caribbean T20 matches that took place at Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad on January 12

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Jan-2013
ScorecardDarren Bravo hit his highest Twenty20 score as Trinidad & Tobago crushed Guyana in Port of Spain to move to the top of the table. Guyana asked T&T to bat and removed their openers Lendl Simmons and William Perkins cheaply. They even managed to restrict Dwayne Bravo to a run-a-ball 19 but Darren Bravo kept the runs coming for T&T. Guyana hadn’t allowed T&T to blaze away, though, and when Denesh Ramdin became the fourth wicket to fall, the score was 127 in the 16th over.Kieron Pollard came in, and took the game further away from Guyana. Pollard blitzed five sixes in making an unbeaten 44 off just 17 deliveries. Darren Bravo himself swung four sixes in his 51-ball stay, which also brought him eight fours.An asking rate in the region of ten runs an over much was to prove much beyond Guyana, who failed to build any momentum during the chase. Most of the T&T bowlers were among the wickets, with Rayad Emrit taking two, and Sunil Narine returning 1 for 12 from four overs. Shivnarine Chanderpaul played a lone hand with a half-century at the top of the order, but the next highest score was 14 by Narsingh Deonarine. Guyana were left to reflect upon a heavy defeat, which hurt their net run-rate and sent T&T’s soaring.
ScorecardLiam Sebastien’s four wickets helped Windward Islands beat Leeward Islands in a low-scoring game. Windwards batted first, but managed a highest individual score of 29, by Miles Bascombe, despite all their top five batsmen getting starts. Windwards did have a base of 50 for 1 after nine overs but lost regular wickets after that. Three Leewards bowlers had two wickets each, with Chesney Hughes returning 2 for 8 from three overs.Leewards were to find scoring more difficult than Windwards had, with a slow opening stand of 33 between Lyndel Richardson and Kieran Powell. After Delorn Johnson made the initial breakthrough by dismissing Powell, Sebastien got four of the next five batsmen to fall, including Devon Thomas for 20. Leewards were soon reduced to 64 for 7 and even though Justin Athanaze tried with a 15-ball 24, it was too late.

With just nine Tests under his belt, Trent Boult is suddenly the leader of New Zealand’s attack but it’s a role he’s encouraged by

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Jan-2013New Zealand may be at a particularly low ebb but their young bowling attack is the main cause of optimism for the future. To demonstrate their current predicament, the bowler leading their attack has just nine Tests under his belt.Trent Boult is accustomed to the new ball, having opened the bowling in eight of his Tests, but now, with Tim Southee absent from the tour through injury, Boult has assumed the senior role, forging a new partnership with Doug Bracewell – his third opening partner.The pair first shared the new ball at Kingston in August and, along with Southee and the remainder of Chris Martin’s career, should provide a stable base for New Zealand to try and rebuild.”I’m only nine or 10 Tests in but to be leading the attack is pretty special and something I feel quite good about,” Boult said. “I’ve grown a lot and although it’s only a handful of international fixtures I’ve made pretty big strides in developing as a bowler. I’m not looking too far ahead but I’ve got that job with the new ball which I love.”I’ve opened the bowling a few times although Tim or whoever else has been there in the past. I don’t feel any more pressure than normal or any more emphasis that I’ve got to be the man to do the job. We’ve got a good bowling unit that works well together and as a long as we do our jobs and back each other up we’re going to continue to be pretty successful.”Boult has been successful in his fledgling Test career with 29 wickets at 28.79. He is part of a young attack who have proved they can deliver results. Victories over Australia in Hobart in November 2011 – Boult’s debut – and Sri Lanka in Colombo 12 months on were significant feathers in the caps of Boult, 23, Bracewell, 22 and Southee, 24 – a young trio who Boult enjoys playing with.”It’s definitely a collective thing. We’re lucky to be three pretty good mates and we played a lot of cricket together growing up. Tim’s very good, he’s injured but I’m still talking to him and bouncing ideas off him back in New Zealand. He’s played a lot of cricket and I really respect the way he thinks. He’s tactically a pretty smart cricketer.”We work together. I don’t think you can say ‘this is how I do it, this is the best way’. It’s selfish thinking you’re going to do it on your own and I think it’s pretty important that you work as a group.”Regrouping is essential for New Zealand after the embarrassment in Cape Town. New Zealand were fired out for their third-lowest Test total of 45, from which no amount of youthful exuberance could conjure a recovery. Worse still, South Africa’s reply came at a healthy run rate of above four-an-over on the first afternoon.”It’s hard with that score we had on the board,” Boult said. “Maybe a couple of guys were guilty of going out there searching a bit and trying to swing the game and get wickets quickly. I don’t think that’s the way to go.”We need to stick to our plans and what we’ve been talking about, and that’s being patient and trying to outlast our opponents. Although the intensity has been high at training, it’s all about keeping it simple and not getting too far ahead of ourselves.”The swinging ball will again be a factor in the second Test but Boult expects conditions to be different in Port Elizabeth from Cape Town. “There’s swing there with the new ball but I’m not sure how much it’s going to hang around, like the conditions in Sri Lanka or India. It’s a crucial part of it to swing that new ball and use it effectively as possible.”

India have found what their captain MS Dhoni calls a “settled batting and bowling combination” for the remainder of the three Tests in the series against Australia

Sharda Ugra26-Feb-2013MS Dhoni has said India have found a “settled batting and bowling combination” for the remaining three Tests in the series against Australia. It is every indicator that India will go ahead with playing five bowlers, including Ravindra Jadeja as the third spinner, for the remainder of the Test series.Under Dhoni, India have rarely gone in with five bowlers, even if including an allrounder, but the last two Tests – against England in Nagpur and Australia in Chennai – have been different. Dhoni said that playing at home had made the five-bowler choice “a big plan”. Due to the conditions at work, he said, they can perfect the combination at home.Playing overseas with Dhoni as the sixth batsman makes the batting look “weak.” At home, though, including Jadeja in XI has worked, Dhoni said. “With three Tests to come this looks like a very settled batting and bowling combination.”The three spinners put into use on the way to India’s eight-wicket win over Australia in Chennai did not include left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha, who had taken 20 wickets in the last series against England. The closer the Hyderabad pitch resembles the one in Chennai, the greater the chances of Ojha sitting out of a match on his home ground. Jadeja, who bowls left-arm spin and has far greater batting credentials than Ojha, Dhoni said, had made it into the team as a third spinning option.The choice of Jadeja over Ojha, Dhoni said, had worked for two reasons. Offspinners R Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh had been brought in because Australia had four left-hand batsmen in their top six. “They had lots of left-handers and we assumed the wicket will turn and often it is said the away-going spinner is quite difficult to play,” Dhoni said. The inclusion of Jadeja came about due to his batting abilities over Ojha’s and because he could “bowl long spells and can be conservative in that he can bowl tight”.”That was one of the reasons we said let’s go with two offspinners and one left-arm with Jadeja doing the job.”Jadeja’s presence in the XI, Dhoni said, had automatically meant the captain would come in to bat at No.6, one spot up from his otherwise established slot at No. 7. “Till Jadeja is playing I will have to bat at No. 6 and till he gets comfortable and used to international Test cricket,” Dhoni said. “If he really starts to do really well according to the amount of talent he has, we will think about it [where Jadeja should bat] later.”Dhoni’s elevation to the No.6 spot for the second Test in succession produced his maiden Test double-century, 224 scored at a strike rate of over 84. He was run out in the Nagpur Test for 99. The two innings are different due to the demands of the game, but his approach to batting has stayed the same.”This game was evenly poised and Nathan (Lyon) was bowling well,” Dhoni said. “It was important that you get rid of that extra catching fielder that is around you. So that if you misread a flighted delivery or you go back to a ball that is pitched slightly up, you don’t have that one extra catching fielder to take that inside edge or that bad pat. And it worked well.”Dhoni said the rest of the batting line-up too had played its role even though neither Cheteshwar Pujara got to 50 nor Sachin Tendulkar hundred. “They played for a considerable period of time and the humidity over here, we all know Chennai gets quite humid and bowlers get quiet tired… we were able to bat for more than four sessions, so overall it was a very good effort both by the bowlers and the batsmen.”

“You can’t make three or four spinners bowl the exact number of overs. You don’t see the number of overs bowled by them before you make a bowling change, you see who looks effective and make a bowling change.”MS Dhoni

India’s two medium-pacers in the Chennai Test, Ishant Sharma and debutant Bhuvneshwar Kumar, may have bowled between them only 33 of India’s 226 overs in the Test but have given their team, Dhoni said, the options and variety it needed, which as good as ruled out the idea of packing another spinner in Ojha in the XI in Hyderabad. “You have to be sure the wicket will turn,” Dhoni said. “On the first day most of us assumed it will be a turning track. There will be plenty for the spinners. But we saw it was a decent wicket. That’s why you want to be prepared in a situation where you think this is what may happen, but it goes the other way around.”Dhoni said Bhuvneshwar’s ability with the bat had given India another lower-order option and that the extra spinner would have made it difficult to juggle him around the other three. “You can’t make three or four spinners bowl the exact number of overs,” Dhoni said. “You don’t see the number of overs bowled by them before you make a bowling change, you see who looks effective and make a bowling change.”MS Dhoni could likely retain the winning combination for the upcoming games•BCCIIf there was an element of the Indian batting that appeared weak in Chennai it was the opening combination of Virender Sehwag and M Vijay, but Dhoni said he would wait before drawing conclusions. “You need to give them a fair amount of time,” he said. “So let’s hope for the best… Let’s continue with him (Vijay) and give him some time and that comfort of saying he is wanted over here.”When asked whether the memory of the Nagpur 99 had played on his mind, Dhoni said, “I’ve got five 90s so it doesn’t weigh any more – I personally believe it’s the top six batsmen who worry about the 100s. I’ve never thought a lot about hundreds.”Dhoni said he was asked by Dilip Vengsarkar after he had scored 92 at The Oval whether he would have done something different with reference to his dismissal. “I said no, I would bat the same way if I get a chance to hit, I’ll hit. So nothing much has changed… what’s your speciality remains your speciality.”This has been the shakiest period in Dhoni’s captaincy following a home series defeat to England and he said he dealt with the pressure by not reading the newspapers or watching television. “It’s not like I don’t read newspapers,” he said. “But third page from the behind is the sports page, so you try to get rid of it. Because otherwise you don’t know what’s happening in India.

A century partnership between Tanmay Mishra and Rakep Patel saw Kenya fightback against Canada on the second day in Dubai.

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Mar-2013
ScorecardA century partnership between Tanmay Mishra and Rakep Patel saw Kenya fightback against Canada on the second day in Dubai. At 95 for 3 Kenya were facing a sizable deficit but Mishra and Patel got together to put their side in a strong position.Both players made half-centuries with Patel’s the livelier, coming in just 54 balls with seven fours and a six. Mishra was more sedate and had faced 119 balls by the close for his 57 not out. Together, the pair had got Kenya back into the game.They had made a poor start in reply to Canada’s solid total, losing openers Irfan Karim and Duncan Allan after both had made starts. Captain Collins Obuya also settled with six fours but he fell top-edging Nikhil Dutta’s off spin to leave his side struggling.At that stage Canada were right on top having added 112 to their overnight total with useful contributions from the tail, the pick of which, 32 from No. 11 Henry Osinde, included three fours and two sixes. The tenth wicket added 57 as Canada took control of the game before the response from Mishra and Patel.

Akbar-ur-Rehman’s all-round performance helped Karachi Zebras humble Karachi Dolphins by 81 runs, taking them to the final of the Faysal Bank One Day Cup

Umar Farooq21-Mar-2013
ScorecardAkbar-ur-Rehman’s all-round performance helped Karachi Zebras humble Karachi Dolphins by 81 runs, taking them to the final of the Faysal Bank One Day Cup. The Zebras will take on Lahore Lions in the final on Saturday.The Dolphins, with Mohammad Sami and Sohail Khan in their side, won a good toss and opted to bowl. The Zebras had a steady start as Khurram Manzoor (60) and Akbar-ur-Rehman (63) built a solid foundation with a second-wicket stand of 89 runs after the loss of opener Fakhar Zaman (22). The middle order didn’t consolidate well and kept losing wickets regularly. A late cameo from Javed Mansoor (33) propelled the Zebras to a formidable score.Dolphins, with a more experienced line-up, had a wobbly chase as opener Khalid Latif (2) was dismissed by Anwar Ali in the third over and Saeed Bin Nasir (3) was run out in the fourth over. They soon lost five wickets for six runs, going from 82 for 3 to 88 for 8. Top-scorer Shahzaib Hasan (42) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (36) tried to negotiate the Zebras’ disciplined bowling but were bogged by Akbar-ur-Rehman (3-13) and Misbah Khan (3-38). The Dolphins were dismissed for 158 in 43.1 overs.The victory has made the Zebras the most successful side in the ongoing domestic season – they were unbeaten in their title victory during the Quaid-e-Azam trophy in Lahore last month and will now look to maintain their unbeaten streak by beating Lahore Lions in Rawalpindi on Saturday.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan has responded to criticism of his election to the ICC’s cricket committee by pointing to his 33-year association with the game, first as an international cricketer and then as a commentator

ESPNcricinfo staff06-May-2013Laxman Sivaramakrishnan has responded to criticism of his election to the ICC’s cricket committee by pointing to his 33-year association with the game, first as an international cricketer and then as a commentator. Sivaramakrishnan was elected over FICA president Tim May in a hotly contested election that saw hectic lobbying by both sides.”I am sure there are a lot of cricket-related matters that are going to be discussed,” Sivaramakrishnan told . “And I think I have been around for a long time. I’ve been associated with the game for around 33 years and I have a lot of contribution to make.”He was non-committal about the controversial Decision Review System (DRS) issue. The BCCI has been opposing ICC’s attempts to introduce DRS, which was recommended by the cricket committee in 2011.”I don’t know whether it is a part of the agenda. If it is on the agenda, then we will look into the matter. I am not the sole person who controls the committee, I just have an opinion,” he said. “I will say whatever I feel about the DRS in the meeting and it’s the final consensus of the committee whether to take the decision to implement DRS or leave it optional. So, it’s not entirely my call.”He has also responded to charges of proximity to the Chennai Super Kings franchise by saying his association with its parent company, India Cements – owned by BCCI president N Srinivasan – goes back 16 years, well before the franchise was created.”I am not an employee of Chennai Super Kings,” Sivaramakrishnan said. “I have been an employee of India Cements for the last 16 years and India Cements owns Chennai Super Kings. That has happened in the last six years. I have served India Cements as an employee and played cricket for them and I see no attachment with the Super Kings at all. In fact, I have done nothing at all for the Super Kings.”

Preview of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Pune Warriors in Ranchi

The Preview by Nikita Bastian14-May-2013Match factsMay 15, 2013
Start time 1600 (1030 GMT)Can Pune Warriors’ season get any worse?•BCCIBig PictureIt’s hard for the average fan to find much significance in this game, but Kolkata Knight Riders would disagree. Their chances of progressing to the playoffs are mighty slim at the moment, but it’s still mathematically possible. And they have been keeping that flickering hope alive by winning their previous two matches, while others have done their bit for them, too – Mumbai Indians came from behind to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Kings XI Punjab, who are also trying to fight their way out of a very tight corner, handed Royal Challengers Bangalore their first defeat of the year at the Chinnaswamy stadium. Knight Riders have to win their remaining two matches now, and do it with as big a margin as possible to boost their net run rate, and hope Sunrisers and Royal Challengers keep losing.Knight Riders will be glad that one of their two upcoming must-wins is against Pune Warriors. Bottom-of-the-table Warriors have long since been out of this tournament, and have looked clueless more often than not. For them, this match is all about preventing their losing streak from extending into double digits: they have lost nine in a row since showing so much promise by beating Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk. Considering they have lost 33 out of 44 IPL matches (10 wins, 1 no result) overall, and 21 off the previous 23, any victory however insignificant would be most welcome.Form guideKolkata Knight Riders: WWLWL (most recent first)
Pune Warriors: LLLLLIn the spotlightHow will the pitch at the JSCA International Stadium play? On IPL debut, the Ranchi track proved to be quite hard for Knight Riders and Royal Challengers to handle, with the latter scratching to 115 for 9 before the ‘hosts’ got across the line with only four balls to spare. While Murali Kartik said it was difficult to judge with its slowness and two-paced nature, Jacques Kallis said the surface wasn’t quite fit for T20 cricket. Even Royal Challengers franchise owner Siddharth Mallya was critical of the pitch, tweeting “The JSCA int’ stadium in Ranchi is simply outstanding…Best in India after Chinnaswamy by far…Shame about the wicket tho…” But curator Shyam Bahadur Singh, while defending the pitch, has confirmed that the same strip will be used on Wednesday; the teams, and the fans in Ranchi, will be hoping it plays a bit better this time round.Stats and trivia Pune Warriors’ win/loss ratio in the IPL is a woeful 0.30. That’s far worse than even the two now-defunct franchises, Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Deccan Chargers, who had ratios of 0.75 and 0.63 respectively After four matches, Warriors are yet to beat Knight Riders Fourteen games into their season, none of the Knight Riders batsmen have an average of 30 or more (three matches minimum)Quotes”Today we didn’t make enough runs. Last match we went for too many runs in the death. It’s a mixture of a lot of things.”
“Be it any situation, we as a team enter the ground thinking about a victory. We do not play to participate.”

Kyle Coetzer, the Northamptonshire opener, has been named as Scotland’s new captain

ESPNcricinfo staff14-May-2013Kyle Coetzer, the Northamptonshire opener, has been named as Scotland’s new captain, after Gordon Drummond stepped down last week. His first match in charge will come on Friday, when Scotland take on Pakistan in the first of two ODIs.Coetzer, 29, has represented Scotland since Under-15s level, captained the side at the Under-19 World Cup in 2004 and was their leading run-scorer at the 2009 World Twenty20. Although he has not been in good form for Northants, with 109 runs in eight innings this season, he recorded his maiden ODI century against Afghanistan in March and averages 49.45 in the format.He will lead the side in all formats, with Preston Mommsen appointed vice-captain. Mommsen will take over captaincy duties during the YB40 and whenever Coetzer is retained by Northamptonshire.”This is a massive year for Scottish cricket, and personally a huge honour to captain my country,” Coetzer said. “I will be trying my very best to help Cricket Scotland continue to move forward in world cricket.”Scotland will host Pakistan in two matches in Edinburgh over the weekend, as part of Pakistan’s preparations for the Champions Trophy, which starts next month. Cricket Scotland will announce their squad on Wednesday.