We have a new Board new opportunities and a chance for new structures to

“We have a new Board, new opportunities and a chance for new structures to be put in place to enable the game to move forward,” Lamb added.To that end, the Board has tightened up regulations to discourage spinners from adopting the negative tactic of bowling into the rough down the leg side. “It should help our bowlers bowl a better line,” Tim Lamb, the TCCB chief executive, said.
Lamb said that the final TCCB meeting -it is replaced on 1 January by the English Cricket Board – was wrapped up in just three hours yesterday, although it was scheduled to run for two days. The new rule, set at the last meeting of the Test and County Cricket Board, brings the penalty in line with no-balls. Bowlers who send down a wide will be penalised by two runs instead of one next season in domestic first-class matches. Venkatesh Prasad bowled Fanie de Villiers for two and Srinath had Paul Adams caught by Azharuddin in the slips for one to end the innings seven balls after lunch.Final day; India won tossINDIA – First Innings 237 (S R Tendulkar 61, W V Raman 57; P R Adams 6-55).SOUTH AFRICA – First Innings 177 (A Kumble 4-71, J Srinath 3-42).INDIA – Second Innings 400 for 7 dec (M Azharuddin 163no, R S Dravid 56).SOUTH AFRICA – Second Innings(Overnight: 127 for 5)B M McMillan c sub (Laxman) b Joshi 18D J Richardson lbw b Srinath 5L Klusener not out 34P L Symcox c and b Joshi 11P S de Villiers b Prasad 2P R Adams c Azharuddin b Srinath 1Extras (lb14) 14Total (96.1 overs) 180Fall (cont): 6-127 7-138 8-167 9-179.Bowling: Srinath 19.1-6-38-3; Prasad 11-5-25-2; Kumble 24-11-27-1; Kapoor 13-8-10-0; Joshi 29-9-66-3.Umpires: S Venkataraghavan (Ind) and D R Shepherd (Eng)..

The left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi, who finished with 3 for 66, had McMillan brilliantly caught by the substitute Vangipurappu Laxman for 18 from the fourth ball of the morning, then Javagal Srinath trapped Richardson leg before for five.Pat Symcox struck Anil Kumble for a six over mid-off before giving Joshi a return catch after making 11. The Indians are thus in good heart for their seven- week tour of South Africa which begins on Thursday, and features a triangular limited-over series with the host country and Zimbabwe.
Any lingering doubts about the outcome on the last day vanished when South Africa, resuming on 127 for 5, lost three early wickets, including the overnight batsmen Brian McMillan and Dave Richardson, who did not add to their scores. India completed a 280-run victory on the final day of the final Test, dismissing South Africa for 180 as the tourists pursued an improbable target of 461 to win. India wrapped up the third and final Test in Kanpur yesterday to complete their first series victory over South Africa.

Resuming on 154 for 4, the home side added 41 runs for the loss of Jerry Cassell.Third day of four; Queensland won tossENGLAND A – First Innings 230 (M A Butcher 72; B N Creevey 6-70).QUEENSLAND – First Innings(Overnight: 154 for 4)M P Mott not out 29J L Cassell c Hegg b Chapple 22W A Seccombe not out 10Extras (lb4, nb10) 14Total (for 5, 75 overs) 195Fall (cont): 5-176.To bat: S A Prestwidge, B N Creevey, P W Jackson, S A Muller.Bowling: Headley 9-1-30-0; Chapple 20-6-52-1; Ealham 5-2-16-1; Giles 9-3-25-0; White 14-4-31-2; Hollioake 8-5-20-1; Gallian 10-2-17-0.Umpires: P D Parker and J F Torpey.. “I would love him to play for Middlesex as soon as he can to develop as a player.”England A’s hopes of continuing their success on the tour were hampered by overnight rain and bad light yesterday as play was restricted to just 85 minutes on the third day of their match against Queensland at the Gabba. It depends how much time you have as I find myself on a few committees back home, and to do those properly as well as other things, you could find yourself with too much on your plate.”If Gatting joined the selection panel he would be in the ideal position to have his say regarding a rule he believes could hinder the development of the teenage batsman, Owais Shah.Shah, 18, will still be eligible to play for England’s Under-19 side next season, despite having leapfrogged that level into the A team, and the rules dictate international fixtures must take precedence over county cricket.”Common sense says he would learn more from county cricket than going back to the Under-19s,” Gatting said. If I could do it properly while still playing then perhaps, yes, but I’m not too sure how well you can do that.”I would have to ask Goochie how hard he found it It didn’t seem to affect his cricket that much. The former England captain, who has successfully coached the A team around Australia, has been tipped as a possible candidate to join David Graveney and Gooch, the latter being the favourite to replace Raymond Illingworth as chairman on the selection panel next season.
“If I could do the job properly I would like to be a selector,” Gatting said “I wouldn’t want to go into it half-cocked. Mike Gatting will sit down with Graham Gooch and discuss the problems involved in combining a playing career with being a selector after confirming his interest in joining the England hierarchy yesterday. But on this evidence the Light Blues will have a fast and efficient crew for the race..