Worcestershire may be heading back to Division Two, but they do so in the knowledge that they have a crop of young players who promise better times around the corner

George Dobell at New Road23-Sep-2015
ScorecardTom Fell passed 1,000 runs for the season in the course of his unbeaten 167•Getty Images

Rarely has relegation tasted so sweet. Worcestershire may be heading back to Division Two, but they do so in the knowledge that they have a crop of young players who promise better times around the corner.It was a sense underlined on day two of this game when two men aged 21 dominated against an attack that proved too good for Yorkshire last week and a side that has been beaten just once this season. Really, if you had arrived at the ground not knowing which side was relegated and which was fighting for second place, you would have done well to guess Worcestershire were the stragglers.The two Toms – Kohler-Cadmore and Fell – have so far added 219 for the fourth wicket. It is by far Worcestershire’s highest stand of the season and takes their lead over Middlesex to 231. It is a fine effort from men who were born two years after Glen Chapple made his first-class debut.Fell, with his third century of the campaign, became the tenth man this season to 1,000 runs in Division One and the youngest by some distance. He didn’t give a chance until he had reached 158 – and even then his sliced drive off Tim Murtagh may not have carried to Nick Compton running in from the cover boundary – though, perhaps, had Murtagh been on the rope rather than a few yards in, his pull for six off James Harris when he had 76, might have been taken. It is the second time this year he has recorded a career-best score against Middlesex.Especially strong on the drive – some of his front-foot strokes through cover were a delight – he also showed some nice strokes on the back foot, with the cut and late cut deployed effectively. And, if he may have to develop his leg-side play – 111 of his runs have been scored on the off side – it bodes well for his future that he deals with deliveries on or just outside off stump so capably.Kohler-Cadmore, who only came back into the team when Alex Gidman broke his finger the day before the Durham match last week, was three short of his maiden first-class century when bad light ended play with 29.5 overs unbowled. It may result in a nervous night in a flat these two young batsmen share. Kohler-Cadmore has been close to the landmark before but, having reached 99 two years ago against Leicestershire, was bowled by the part-time spin of Dan Redfern.Not unlike a right-handed Graeme Smith, Kohler-Cadmore joined the Worcestershire academy from Malvern College. But, before that, he represented Yorkshire in age-group cricket, where he broke the U15 record for most runs in a season. It was a record previously held by Michael Vaughan. He generally plays admirably straight, but has the ability to whip anything back of length through the leg side. He did not give a chance, but reached his fifty with an edge through vacant third slip off Toby Roland-Jones and saw another edge fall just short of the cordon.In other circumstances, Worcestershire might worry about retaining such players. But both these two are signed up for the long-term, with Moeen Ali having spoken to them, and other promising players, and convinced them that they were part of something special developing at New Road. As his own career illustrates, it is quite possible to achieve international ambitions while remaining with the club.Shaaiq Choudhry and Gareth Andrew, however, have been released by Worcestershire; the latter largely due to his injury issues, though he hopes to continue his career elsewhere. Some doubt remains about the future of Richard Oliver, too. He has been offered a contract but on the condition he remains in England this winter to work on his game. For a man with a long and happy association with Geelong City CC in Victoria, that may prove a sacrifice too far.Perhaps, had Middlesex had a bowler of extreme pace available – as Worcestershire do in Shannon Gabriel – it may have been different. This pitch is now slow and, while there remains some movement available, the edges are not carrying and there was little to prevent the batsmen waiting on the front foot and putting away the over-pitched ball. Gabriel may prove more adept at exploiting any assistance that remains.Middlesex’s three main seamers will reflect that they did not maintain the tight line and length that they managed against Yorkshire, however. Murtagh has already conceded more than 100, while Harris has gone for in excess of five an over. By 4pm, the early wickets of Brett D’Oliveira, who mis-hit a long-hop to mid-on, and Joe Clarke, outstandingly well caught by Ollie Rayner diving low to his right at second slip, seemed a long time ago.It leaves Middlesex uncomfortably placed as they fight to retain second place in the table; a difference of £81,000 in prize money over the third-placed team. They were unfortunate with the toss, for sure, with conditions now more favourable for batting and their bowlers drawn into chasing the game. But with only 16.5 overs left in which to gain bowling bonus points, they have so far gained just one point from the match and, well behind on their over-rate (-3 at present) and facing the possibility they will not have an opportunity to make it up in the second innings, they may come to look back on this match as an expensive end to the season.

An ICC security assessment team, led by CEO David Richardson, has arrived in Dhaka to assess arrangements for the Under-19 World Cup in January next year

Mohammad Isam04-Nov-2015An ICC security assessment team, led by CEO David Richardson, has arrived in Dhaka to assess arrangements for the Under-19 World Cup in January next year. The team includes ICC’s head of events, Chris Tetley, and security consultants Sean Norris and Reg Dickason.On Thursday, the team will meet the High Commissioners of UK and Australia before the BCB presents its event security plan. They will leave for Cox’s Bazar on Friday and upon returning to Dhaka, they will meet two security agencies, the country’s home minister and have a final wrap-up meet with the BCB.During their October meeting, the ICC ratified Bangladesh as the Under-19 World Cup host. BCB media committee chairman Jalal Yunus said the board is confident the ICC delegation will leave Bangladesh satisfied with the arrangements.”This is a regulation inspection,” Jalal told ESPNcricinfo. “These take place before every big event. They also came before the ICC World T20 last year. It is quite obvious to require a security assessment. We are very much confident that they will be satisfied with our preparation. I am also confident that the event will be held properly in Bangladesh.”The Richardson-led security assessment team is scheduled to leave on November 7.

Shahadat Hossain was sent back to jail after completing a three-day remand in Dhaka on Tuesday

Mohammad Isam13-Oct-2015Bangladesh fast bowler Shahadat Hossain was sent back to jail after completing a three-day remand in Dhaka on Tuesday. Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate Kazi Kamrul Islam denied him bail after the probe officer Shafiqur Rahman, the officer-in-charge (investigation) of Mirpur model police station, appealed for the cricketer’s confinement during investigation of a case filed against him for allegedly torturing a housemaid.He was arrested on October 5 after he surrendered before a Dhaka court and had sought bail. His wife was arrested the day before from her father’s house.On September 6, the case had been filed against the couple under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. The 11-year old girl was found by a journalist in Mirpur and was taken to the police station where the case was filed, and she was sent to the Dhaka Medical College for treatment.

Neville Madziva was pumped up after taking 18 runs off the final over to seal a much-needed Zimbabwe victory, and he animatedly expressed how that felt

Mohammad Isam in Mirpur15-Nov-2015You could see the excitement in his big eyes. Neville Madziva was pumped up – and rightly so – after taking 18 runs off the final over to seal a much-needed Zimbabwe victory, against Bangladesh, and he animatedly expressed how that felt.”Whoa! Whoa!” he said, and took a deep breath, when asked whether he could put in words how he felt after his penultimate-ball six clinched a three-wicket win. “Before the game, as a team we wanted to win this game. Right from the hotel to warm-ups, our first innings bowling… everyone was pumped up for a win. I am still chuffed that we won.”With Malcolm Waller, Zimbabwe’s highest scorer of the innings and the best batsmen from the previous game, caught at long-on off the first ball of the final over, you would not have been blamed had you thought things would go differently. But Madziva relished the sight of spinner Nasir Hossain, and what followed next was spectacular: six over cover, two to long-off, four over backward point and then a mighty high hit over long-on. The ball hadn’t dropped beyond the advertising board before Madziva started to jump in celebration.”When I saw Nasir bowling, I told myself to get on strike. I had that self-belief that we will win this game,” Madziva said. “I enjoy facing spinners more. I said to myself, this is it. I will go back to my country with a win.Madziva believed the chase first changed course in the 19th over, when he was caught behind off Mustafizur Rahman but the TV umpire declared a no-ball after watching five replays. “I think that’s where we won this match. I don’t have much to say about it. It happened, we won.”He admitted that had Mustafizur bowled the final over, things might have been different, as he had trouble reading him. “If you see the 19th over, when I was facing Mustafizur, I was struggling to read his slower balls. I had that belief in me against all the other bowlers though.”His captain Elton Chigumbura wasn’t as bubbly, perhaps weighed down by the other losses on the tour to Bangladesh. But he was happy nonetheless, especially at the way they finished off the game. “We were looking for this win when we came here. It is a good feeling to finally win again in Bangladesh. We did well in all departments. The guys worked hard.”Chigumbura said he had asked Madziva to target the slow bowlers. “We thought maybe Nasir will bowl the second-last over. Before he [Madziva] went in, I told him that one spinner will bowl in the last three overs. We had to take as many as we could from that spinner.”Chigumbura had praise for his bowlers too, for keeping Bangladesh to 135 for 9. “The good thing today was that we kept getting wickets. I think the way we bowled in the last three overs, it was a bit easier. We didn’t go for many and this made a big difference as well.”To draw a series is a big positive for Zimbabwe. It was disappointing to lose the ODI series. This win will give us confidence and hopefully we can carry on from here.”

James Anderson has been ruled out of the Boxing Day Test against South Africa in Durban due to a calf strain

George Dobell24-Dec-2015James Anderson has been ruled out of the Boxing Day Test against South Africa in Durban due to a calf strain.Anderson reported tightness in his right calf muscle on Monday evening and underwent a scan on Tuesday morning. The strain was confirmed on Thursday, following the ECB medical team’s evaluation of the scan.It is not thought to be a serious injury and England remain hopeful that he will be fit for the second Test, which starts in Cape Town on January 2, although there are only two days between the Tests which puts time at a premium.Anderson joined his team-mates on the outfield on Thursday morning but did not join in a jogging session at the start of the session. Instead, he glumly kicked a football around with the bowling coach Ottis Gibson.The rest of the squad, including Steven Finn, were declared fit for the Test match though Joe Root missed training on Thursday due to an upset stomach.”If you talk to Jimmy, he feels he could have played here,” Stuart Broad said. “It’s just a slight niggle, but the management decided it really wasn’t worth the risk in the first Test. There’s a feeling he’ll be okay for Cape Town.’We do know this is a four-Test series and we want him to play a part in it. We’ve got such depth in the squad there’s not the need to take a risk. He’s disappointed but with the strength in depth we’ve got in this group it’s not a hammer blow to us.”It seems the beneficiary of Anderson’s injury is likely to be Chris Woakes. Woakes, who played the last of his four Tests in August 2014, trained with the likely team on Thursday, while Mark Footitt, Chris Jordan and Gary Ballance trained in a separate group for part of the session.Head coach Trevor Bayliss said that much onus now rested with Broad to lead the attack. “From Stuart’s point of view we’ve got an obvious replacement as leader of the attack there and I’m sure he would show that he could handle that as he did
against Australia in the fourth Test,” Bayliss said. “It’s always a concern if your leading bowler or leading batter misses a game, but the last time Jimmy missed one we did pretty well.”James Anderson has his sights set on Cape Town•Getty Images

The last game Anderson missed – and he will now have missed three of England’s last six Tests – was at The Oval where Australia won.But Broad was encouraged by a look at the Durban wicket, which he feels might add seam movement and reverse swing.”I’m useless at judging a cricket wicket,” Broad said. “I wanted to bat at Trent Bridge.”But there is patchiness and that’s interesting as a bowler because when it doesn’t look completely smooth you know there could be some different bounce off the different parts of the wicket. From six years ago, I remember the cracks offered a bit in second innings.”All the talk is about dryness and I remember reverse swing last time. So it’s important we take on the lessons from the UAE because our seamers over there bowled really nicely. If we get any chance to reverse it, then we must throw ourselves into it as a team, because the ball moving sideways means you’re in the game.”Talk from the groundstaff also suggested a hard pitch full of runs, but with some concern that a continuation of the very hot weather could possibly see it break up later. For all the talk about Anderson, the spinners may have a significant say in the outcome of the match.Anderson, even if fit for Cape Town, may be underprepared. He has bowled only five overs in match situations on the tour so far and he would need some flat-out training sessions around the New Year to offset his lack of bowling.It seems Anderson had been aware of a tightness in his calf throughout the tour, but felt the situation deteriorate after attempting to bowl flat out in training on Monday afternoon.Anderson, now aged 33 and a veteran of 110 Tests, was also forced out of the Ashes series at the halfway point due to a side strain. He missed the final two Tests having been forced off the pitch mid-over during the third Test at Edgbaston.While his long-term fitness record remains outstanding – since the start of 2012, only the spinner Rangana Herath has bowled more overs in international cricket – there will be a concern that his heavy workload is starting to catch up with him.Anderson’s status as leader of England’s attack remains unquestioned, however. Although Stuart Broad performed brilliantly in his absence in the Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, Anderson was immaculate during the recent tour of the UAE. In conditions offering him little, he conceded fewer than two runs an over and claimed his 13 wickets – more than any seamer on either side – at just 15.61 apiece.Woakes, the likely replacement, was pencilled in to the side anyway before Finn proved his fitness somewhat ahead of schedule during the tour match at Pietermaritzburg.England’s preparation for the Test series against South Africa had appeared to be progressing remarkably smoothly. They crushed the South Africa A side by an innings in their final warm-up game and, as well as Finn proving his fitness, there have been runs for all the top six and wickets for the spinner, Moeen Ali. Anderson’s absence has taken the gloss off such promising beginnings.Ben Stokes was probably the most impressive batsman in the nets on Thursday. One of the net bowlers was forced to seek medical assistance when struck by an especially fearsome straight drive, while Footitt, bowling at sharp pace, made a late bid for inclusion. Alex Hales, on the brink of his Test debut, looked nervous and was dismissed on a couple of occasions.

The second ODI, in Napier, was abandoned without a ball being bowled, after heavy rain persisted until mid afternoon, and left the ground too sodden for play to begin

The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando28-Jan-2016Match abandoned
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsThe rain left the outfield too wet for play at McLean Park•AFP

The second ODI, in Napier, was abandoned without a ball being bowled, after heavy rain persisted until mid afternoon, and left the ground too sodden for play to begin. The skies had begun to clear well ahead of the game’s cut-off time of 7:19 pm, but with the outfield having received more than 24 hours of persistent rain, umpires Billy Bowden and Bruce Oxenford decided not to risk player safety.The game was called off just before 6:30pm. At that time, portions of the field still appeared waterlogged despite hours of drying with
super soppers. Pakistan can now only draw the series at best, as the action moves to Auckland, for the final match of the tour, on Sunday.

Kings XI Punjab have named South Africa batsman David Miller captain for IPL 2016. Last year the team was captained by Australia’s George Bailey, but the franchise had not retained Bailey this season

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Miller blitzes his way to KXIP captaincy

Kings XI Punjab have named South Africa batsman David Miller captain for IPL 2016. Last year the team was captained by Australia’s George Bailey, but the franchise had not retained Bailey this season.Sanjay Bangar, Kings XI’s coach, said Miller had the right temperament to lead. “I have watched David grow as a player. He has displayed outstanding batting abilities and a cool temperament in many high-pressure situations,” Bangar said. “I am confident in his potential to lead the boys this season.”While he has little captaincy experience on the South African domestic circuit, Miller, 26, is a key batting cog in Kings XI’s line-up. He has been with them since the 2011 season, signed in April 2011 as a replacement player for England allrounder Dimitri Mascarenhas.In 2015, he was the only batsman to score more than 300 runs for them, hitting 357 at 32.45, with a strike rate of 134.21. It was a poor year overall for the team, which finished last in the league stage of the tournament. Ahead of the IPL auction this year, Miller was one of four overseas players retained – the others being Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Johnson.Miller’s appointment comes a few days after Kings XI appointed retired India batsman Virender Sehwag team mentor.Squad: David Miller, Swapnil Singh, M Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, Rishi Dhawan, Kyle Abbott, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pardeep Sahu, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Farhaan Behardien, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Sharma, Manan Vohra, Gurkeerat Singh, Axar Patel, Nikhil Naik, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh, KC Cariappa, Armaan Jaffer

An England implosion that saw their last seven wickets go down for just 14 runs and a sublime performance with the bat, combining the power of AB de Villiers with the elegance of Hashim Amla, saw South Africa seal the two-match T20 series in emphatic fash

Firdose Moonda21-Feb-2016
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsAn England implosion that saw their last seven wickets go down for just 14 runs and a sublime performance with the bat, combining the power of AB de Villiers with the elegance of Hashim Amla, saw South Africa seal the two-match T20 series in emphatic fashion. Victory meant South Africa won both limited-overs series against England, after losing the Test series, and ended the tour in fine style.On a Wanderers pitch packed with runs, England needed a total in excess of 200 but could not get away at the start of the innings, rebuilt with a 96-run stand between Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler and then collapsed. De Villiers and Amla then made England wonder if 300 would have been enough when they polished off 100 runs inside seven overs to set South Africa up for a dominant win.Unlike in the previous matches on this tour, South Africa did not allow England to get away from them early on. Kagiso Rabada and Kyle Abbott kept a lid on things by bowling back of a length. Rabada could have had Jason Roy out first ball but JP Duminy spilled the catch at short cover. Ten balls later, Rabada had his man when Roy tried to smack him down the ground, was beaten for pace and his off stump was uprooted.South Africa continued with their short-ball strategy but it did not work as well against Joe Root. He scored the first boundary of the innings off one of those deliveries and went on to punish Abbott, Rabada, Chris Morris and then David Wiese, who was dealt with even more severely once Root was dismissed.The introduction of spin allowed South Africa to pull things back when Imran Tahir had Root caught on the extra cover boundary and he was on hand to run out Alex Hales when Eoin Morgan seemed to commit a second as Morris raced in from deep midwicket. By the time he sent Hales back it was too late.AB de Villiers went off like a train in the chase•Getty Images

With two new batsmen at the crease, England needed time to rebuild and once Buttler had settled, he took it on himself to accelerate. He found runs with power and placement, particularly off Wiese, who missed the yorker and tried the slower ball without success.
Morgan joined the party and Wiese’s second and third overs cost 30 runs.He was replaced by Duminy, who fared no better. Buttler targeted Duminy, Morgan looked more confident than he has throughout the series and was reading Morris well. With four overs to go, England, on 150, were well on track for a big score.Then, their fortunes changed. Buttler was caught inches off the turf by Faf du Plessis and Morgan was run out at the non-striker’s end in successive balls. England had two new men in again and their luck got no better. Stokes was caught off a ball that he should have hit into the ground but which popped up to Morris, Duminy made up for his earlier blunder with a good catch on the boundary to remove Moeen Ali and England were in free fall.Abbott was rewarded for accuracy with two wickets in two balls at the death and England were bowled out without completing their 20 overs. Rabada took the final wicket in similar fashion to the way he claimed the first when he removed Adil Rashid’s off stump.At altitude and with a fast outfield, South Africa would have known the target was chaseable but may not have expected to get it as quickly as they did. De Villiers was in no mood to stick around. The first ball he faced found the boundary and that was just the beginning.He sent the ball into the stands, the grass embankment and even the parking lot in a display of innovative hitting that the Wanderers has seen before. The ground was the venue of de Villiers’ fastest ODI century and has now also witnessed his fastest fifty in the shortest format. It came off 21-balls.By then Amla, who only had eight runs when de Villiers had 40, had just about caught up. In entirely contrasting style, Amla added 32 runs off nine balls with touches of finesse, like his flick through fine leg, and excellent timing.South Africa’s hundred was up in the seventh over and none of the England bowlers was spared. The attack were all guilty of missing their lines, often bowling too full and on the pads and were overawed by the assault they came under. De Villiers found the boundary six times and went over it another six but finally miscued Rashid to long-off to give England some relief but not much hope.Amla got to fifty soon after, off 27 balls and batted through. He had his highest T20 international score by the time du Plessis finished off to give South Africa victory with 5.2 overs to spare.

Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has received an official reprimand for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct in his team’s five-wicket win against Pakistan in Mirpur

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Mar-2016Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has received an official reprimand for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct in his team’s five-wicket win against Pakistan in Mirpur. Shakib turned around to hit the stumps after being bowled in the 18th over of the chase off Mohammad Amir, after which he immediately apologised to the on-field umpires.Shakib, who was found to have breached Article 2.1.8 relating to “abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings during an International Match”, admitted the offence and accepted the sanction imposed by match referee Jeff Crowe.A level 1 violation imposes a minimum penalty of an official reprimand and a maximum of 50% of the player’s match fees.Bangladesh will play the final of the Asia Cup against India on March 6.

Gujarat Lions, coming off three successive defeats, run into Kolkata Knight Riders in a top-of-the-table clash at Eden Gardens on Sunday night

The Preview by Deivarayan Muthu07-May-2016

Match facts

Sunday, May 8, 2016
Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT)2:39

Cullinan: Gambhir looks hungry for runs

Big Picture

It’s a top-of-the-table clash at Eden Gardens. Kolkata Knight Riders are at No. 1 with six wins in nine matches. Gujarat Lions have an equal number of wins, but have played an extra game and are smarting from three successive defeats.Lions’ struggles are best exemplified by their last three Powerplay scores – 26 for 3, 35 for 3 and 36 for 2. Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum’s failures have added more pressure on a middle order that has yet to fire. And if they were thinking of slotting Aaron Finch back at the top, there is doubt over his fitness again. Finch struck his fourth fifty in six matches in Hyderabad, but did not take the field for the chase.While Lions have a few key batsmen out of form – Suresh Raina has only one fifty in 10 innings and Dwayne Bravo has barely been striking at a run a ball – Knight Riders’ depth has served them well.Gautam Gambhir, who has opened up his stance, and Robin Uthappa have strung five fifty-plus partnerships this season. When they tripped up, against Royal Challengers Bangalore for example, Andre Russell and Yusuf Pathan bashed 96 off 44 balls to secure an unlikely victory.Russell topped that with a breathtaking spell against Kings XI Punjab and with Morne Morkel’s pace and bounce from the other end, Knight Riders have the Powerplay covered.Piyush Chawla has been tidy in the middle overs, with eight wickets in eight games at 23.75. The only worry for the hosts is Sunil Narine’s form and fitness. So far, Narine has been predictable; the ball isn’t spinning both ways anymore. He’s also nursing a finger injury.

Form guide

Kolkata Knight Riders WWLLW (last five completed matches, most recent first)
Gujarat Lions LLLWW

In the spotlight

Bravo and Chawla are currently tied with 117 IPL wickets. Returning from injury on Friday, Bravo impressed with his slower balls again, but managed only 18 off 20 balls with the bat. Lions will want more from Bravo with the bat.Chawla, meanwhile, has mixed his legbreaks and googlies well, and will relish bowling at Eden Gardens. He has 13 wickets in 11 matches for Knight Riders at this venue.

Team news

If Sunil Narine needs more time to regain fitness, Knight Riders are likely to persist with left-arm wrist spinner Brad Hogg.Kolkata Knight Riders (probable): 1 Gautam Gambhir(capt), 2 Robin Uthappa(wk), 3 Manish Pandey, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Brad Hogg/Sunil Narine, 10 Morne Morkel, Umesh YadavLions may consider including James Faulkner if Finch has aggravated a hamstring injury he suffered last month. Left-arm seamer Pradeep Sangwan, who leaked 28 runs in two overs on Friday, is likely to make way for batsman Ishan Kishan or left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati.Gujarat Lions (probable): 1 Dwayne Smith, 2 Brendon McCullum, 3 Suresh Raina(capt), 4 Dinesh Karthik(wk), 5 Aaron Finch/James Faulkner, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Dwayne Bravo, 8 Pradeep Sangwan/Ishan Kishan/Shadab Jakati, 9 Praveen Kumar 10 Dhawal Kulkarni, 11 Shivil Kaushik

Pitch and conditions

The Eden Gardens surface has traditionally been slow and favours spin. Sunday is expected to be a warm day, with chances of showers in the afternoon.

Stats and trivia

• Russell has picked up six Man-of-the-Match awards for Knight Riders since IPL 2015.
• Dhawal Kulkarni has bowled three wicket maidens this season. No other bowler has bowled more than one wicket maiden.