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ScorecardWestern Australia sealed their highest run-chase in domestic history with a stunning 4 for 397 against Tasmania at Bellerive Oval. Led by the captain Mike Hussey and backed by fine contributions from Chris Rogers and Marcus North, Western Australia leaped to the top of the Pura Cup table with a win sealed with nine balls remaining.Hussey made 95 and put together 133 for the first wicket with Rogers (74), while North concluded with an unbeaten 94 after Tasmania had set them a daunting 396 in less than a day. Western Australia’s previous highest sucessful chase was 390 against South Australia in 1992-93.”It was just basically assessing what Tasmania set us and then going out there until there were 50 overs remaining and treating it like a one-day game,” North said. “It worked out we were roughly five an over from that point so we were in a good position.”Western Australia required 182 in 35 overs at tea, but their efforts were hindered by the dismissals of Hussey and Rogers, who both fell lbw to Dan Marsh. However, North, Shaun Marsh and Adam Voges, who added 105 with North, pushed the Warriors, who now have a two point lead over Queensland and New South Wales, to victory.Michael Bevan completed his second century of the match when play resumed this morning, and had moved to 114 when the declaration arrived, adding to his first-innings 190.

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A Gagan Khoda hundred saw Rajasthan end the opening day of their fiveday Ranji Trophy KnockOut against Bengal at a respectable 242 forfive.Playing at the KL Saini Ground, Jaipur, Rajasthan decided to bat aftercaptain PK Krishnakumar won the toss. Khoda and the other opener,Vineet Saxena, had only put on 33 before Saxena was out lbw. The nexttwo batsmen also departed early before Khoda found an able ally in hiscaptain. The two put on a patient 143 runs for the fourth wicketbefore Krishnakumar was dismissed for a well-made 64 off 166 balls.Khoda went on to raise his hundred in the company of Kuldeep Singh. Hewas looking good for many more when he run-out for 114 off 261 balls.The Rajasthan opener’s hundred meant the home team had put themselvesin line for a respectable total against the Rohan Gavaskar-ledvisiting team.For Bengal, new-ball bowler Laxmi Rattan Shukla claimed two wickets.Kuldeep Singh, batting on 23, and wicket-keeper Rohit Jhalani, yet toopen his account, were set to resume battle for Rajasthan on Thursday.

Valuable contributions by Vidya Bhaskar, Kanwaljeet Singh and AjayJadeja helped Jammu & Kashmir to a position of some strength at stumpson the second day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy league matchagainst Haryana at the Maulana Azad stadium in Jammu on Tuesday.Resuming at 24 for one in reply to Haryana’s first innings total of174, J&K lost Md Aslam early. But opener Vidya Bhaskar and KanwaljeetSingh added 91 runs for the third wicket off 24.5 overs. Bhaskar wasout at this stage. He batted about 2-1/2 hours for his 62. The openerfaced 96 balls and hit eleven fours and a six. Aswin Gupta (2) did notlast long but Kanwaljeet and Jadeja then took J&K comfortably past theHaryana total. They added 111 runs for the fifth wicket off 54.4 oversbefore Kanwaljeet was out in the last over of the day for 93. Hebatted 350 minutes, faced 274 balls and hit eleven fours. Jadeja wasunbeaten on 58. He has so far batted 202 minutes, faced 169 balls andhit eight fours. At close, J&K were 247 for five – a lead of 73 runs.

Liverpool forward Divock Origi is expected to leave the club this summer and will not extend his contract, according to journalist Fabrizio Romano.

The Lowdown: Origi a bit-part player

The Belgian has enjoyed a unique Reds career, rarely being a regular starter but scoring some truly iconic goals against the likes of Everton, Barcelona and Tottenham.

Origi has struggled for playing time this season, however, appearing for just 75 minutes in the Premier League and finding himself well down the attacking pecking order.

The 26-year-old’s current Liverpool deal expires at the end of the season and his exit now feels inevitable.

The Latest: Romano makes definitive claim

That’s certainly the opinion of Romano, who took to Twitter to claim that Origi will definitely not extend his stay, with AC Milan eyeing up a move for him:

“AC Milan have already made a proposal to sign Divock Origi on a free transfer. He’s not extending the contract with Liverpool, current deal expires in June and AC Milan are pushing to complete the agreement. Club confident – working on the deal as reported yesterday.”

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The Verdict: Time to move on

Liverpool fans will always have a special place in their heart for Origi, considering the cult hero he has become, playing his part in a glorious period of success under Jurgen Klopp.

It makes perfect sense for the Belgium international to find a fresh challenge this summer, though, especially with Luis Diaz’s arrival now arguably making him the sixth-best attacking option at the club.

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Minutes will continue to be hard to come by and he is at an age where he should be leading the line elsewhere, writing the next chapter in his intriguing career.

In other news, a new Liverpool transfer claim has emerged. Read more here.

	Andrew Symonds: “To be brutally honest, as players we just can’t understand the stance they’ve [Cricket Australia] taken” © AFP

Andrew Symonds’ latest column for News Limited papers, in which he has attacked Cricket Australia, was pulled after it was not approved by the board for publication. Symonds was instead interviewed by the , where the column was to run, and he spoke of the frustrations of the players over CA’s sponsorship restrictions for the Indian Premier League (IPL), which, he felt, could hamper their participation in the tournament.”Right now a lot of the boys in the Australian side are excited about maybe taking part in the Indian Twenty20 series called the IPL in April,” Symonds said. “But we can’t quite work out what’s going on with the chiefs at Cricket Australia, who seem to be trying to run interference by putting up a heap of red tape.”To be brutally honest, as players we just can’t understand the stance they’ve taken. We’re all keen to have a hit if the tour of Pakistan gets called off, but Cricket Australia have played what looks like a bit of a trick shot.”Peter Young, the CA media director, said there were inaccuracies in Symonds’ column and there would be a player briefing in the coming week. “Cricket Australia is working hard to ensure the IPL is a success and we are keen to see it go ahead with Australian player participation,” he said. “That is subject to some complex issues still being negotiated with India which will be detailed to players next week.”The Australian body had earlier said it could veto its contracted players’ participation in case of competing sponsorship issues. CA had expressed concerns over players endorsing products during the IPL that could clash with its own sponsors’ interests. However, Lalit Modi, the chairman and commissioner of the IPL, warned the Australian players’ participation would be at risk if CA didn’t soften its stance.Symonds said he couldn’t get the logic behind CA’s stance. “It’s my understanding Cricket Australia are trying to say that Aussie players can’t play for teams who are sponsored by competitors to Cricket Australia sponsors,” Symonds said.”The way I see it, Queensland are sponsored by XXXX and South Australia are sponsored by WestEnd – but Cricket Australia is sponsored by Foster’s. So CA is trying to say that’s a conflict of interest and because of that we can’t play.”The weird thing is for years the Pura Cup sponsors have always conflicted with CA sponsors. And it’s the same for blokes like Warney [Shane Warne], Simon Katich and Justin Langer who play county cricket in England.”Symonds’ comments come after Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain, said interference on part of the board would be unfair. Like Symonds, Ponting too felt CA’s stance on sponsor protection was odd since the IPL was a domestic tournament, similar to the county season in England.The allrounder suggested that the tournament was being taken seriously by him and his team-mates. “This is a pretty big deal for us as players because the IPL looks like being a sensational tournament where the world’s best cricketers get to have a crack at Twenty20,” Symonds said. “As players, we can’t work out whether CA are deliberately trying to be difficult or what the problem is.”Hopefully common sense prevails and Cricket Australia don’t try and stand in the way of what’s an exciting opportunity and a great concept for cricket. In relation to the Pakistan tour, the Australian players just want to make sure that, if it’s called off, then we can still play in the IPL. The players’ association are working hard to try and clear the way so hopefully we can work something out.”

Mashrafe Mortaza’s heroics clinched a thriller for Bangladesh © Getty Images

Habibul Bashar, the Bangladesh captain, is taking plenty of confidence from his side’s two-wicket warm-up win over New Zealand and hopes to beat either India or Sri Lanka at the World Cup. “The boys are confident after that match and we are hoping to provide more upsets along the way,” he told reporters in Port-of-Spain.Bangladesh easily defeated Scotland by seven wickets in their second practice game, with Bashar leading the way with an unbeaten 57. Bashar added that the side looked forward to competing with fellow Group B rivals India and Sri Lanka and felt Bangladesh – who have scored one-day wins over both teams – had a shot at making the Super Eights.”We have two tough sides in India and Sri Lanka in our group, but we are confident. We are looking to get a win against at least one of them,” he said. “We have been preparing for this tournament for quite a while and we are here to play good cricket.”Bangladesh open their World Cup campaign against India at the Queen’s Park Oval on Saturday.

Ready for rest: Adam Gilchrist deserves a break © Getty Images

Brendon Julian, the former Test bowler, believes Australia’s hopes of regaining the Ashes would be boosted if Glenn McGrath and Adam Gilchrist walked away from the one-day game. Managing the workloads of the mid-30s players has become a key issue for the selection panel as they plan for next summer’s five-Test England series and McGrath was allowed to miss the Chappell-Hadlee Series in December while Gilchrist is currently on a week off.Julian, who is now a television commentator, expected Gilchrist, his former team-mate, to benefit from the time at home as he deals with a worrying batting streak and he felt his case would need further monitoring. “I would hate to see McGrath and Gilchrist not be ready for the Ashes series coming up,” Julian said in The Age. “I tend to think if it means them stepping out of the one-day arena to further lengthen their Test career, maybe that’s something that needs to be done.”Gilchrist, 34, was initially approved for a break for the three-match Chappell-Hadlee Series but his holiday request was over-ruled by the Cricket Australia board and he has scored less than 500 runs in his 15 international matches this summer. His need for a rest may also have been shown in his heated argument with Aleem Dar in Sunday’s five-wicket loss to South Africa that resulted in him being charged with dissent.Julian said the effects of last winter’s Ashes loss on the players could have been underestimated and he believed Gilchrist would have bounced back for the South Africa Test series if he had not gone to New Zealand. “I think it is weariness,” he said. “I think he definitely needs that rest and around that New Zealand tour he probably should have been rested. It’s well overdue, he’s the type of player that will respond really well to that. It’s such a heavy workload, batting and wicketkeeping at the same time.”Trevor Hohns, the chairman of selectors, is mindful of the need to rest players performing in both the Test and one-day sides. More senior squad members are expected to be given short periods at home as the VB Series continues over the next four weeks.

The Pakistan board has maintained that their team will not play in Ahmedabad on the forthcoming tour to India. The Indian government had earlier sent a letter asking them to reconsider their decision, but the PCB insisted that Ahmedabad was a no-no, while also doing a volte-face and insisting that the decision was based on security concerns, and not political ones as was stated earlier.Calling the earlier reports speculative, the Pakistan board said in a media release: “The PCB hereby clarifies that after receiving the report of the security team that recently visited India, the PCB has requested the BCCI to change the venue of the Test from Ahmedabad to any other venue of Test status in India on grounds of security. The PCB contradicts reports suggesting any motive other than security in making the request.”Shaharyar Khan, the chairman of the PCB, told The Times of India: “We’re not going to play in Ahmedabad. As of now, even if the government of India or the BCCI asks us to reconsider, we will stick to our decision. We are concerned about only two things – firstly, the safety of our team, and secondly, the fear that the improving bilateral ties might be derailed even if there is a minor incident.”The newspaper also reported that the Pakistan board had come up with an alternative solution to solve the problem, suggesting a one-dayer at Mumbai instead of Delhi. Mumbai has in the past been a sensitive venue as well, due to the strong anti-Pakistan stand by the local Shiv Sena Party, but the PCB indicated that a match there would send out a clear signal that there were no political reasons for backing out of Ahmedabad.Meanwhile, the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) has demanded that the tour be cancelled if Pakistan refuse to play in Ahmedabad. “I will raise this issue in the next BCCI meeting on February 16,” Narhari Amin, the GCA president, told Press Trust of India. “Our message [to the PCB] is clear – either play in Ahmedabad or call off the entire series.” With so much at stake for the Indian board, it is highly unlikely that the BCCI will take any such step.Rajiv Shukla, the vice-president of the BCCI, is already in Lahore and is expected to meet Shaharyar in an attempt to resolve the issue. According to reports in various sections of the media, Chennai will get to host the Test if Ahmedabad is found unsuitable by the Indian board and the government.

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TableSurrey 198 for 9 beat Glamorgan 190 by eight runs at Cardiff
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They may have blown the Championship, but Surrey were today crowned the National League champions after beating last year’s winners Glamorgan by eight runs in a low-scoring match. It wasn’t a vintage performance, but it was another allround team display which won them this match, and the title. Mark Ramprakash (53) and Adam Hollioake (51) held Surrey’s innings together after they had stumbled to 61 to 4. Hollioake clubbed five fours and two sixes and gave Surrey some oomph, while Ramprakash dug in to help them up to a respectable 198 for 9. All the bowlers then chipped in with a wicket or two each, but it was Rikki Clarke, England’s newest allrounder, who was the pick of the bunch. Michael Powell top-scored with 40, and Robert Croft and Mike Kasprowicz, who both scored 20, threatened to spoil Surrey’s party, but Clarke kept his cool. He grabbed 2 for 19 and signalled the win when he clean bowled David Harrison to start the celebrations. After the game, a relieved Hollioake said: “We have played some good cricket in the Sunday League this year and we are very happy to come away with it. We are limping over the line as we are on our last legs and to get this side together today was hard work.” He added: “I would like to pay credit to what they have done here. They have stuck to it and got their rewards.” It followed their Twenty20 Cup win earlier this season, but the only strange sight was of Ian Ward, who this morning announced he is to leave Surrey at the end of the season, watching all the fun from the commentary box, well away from the celebrations. Kent 101 for 2 beat Leicestershire 98 by eight wickets at Leicester
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Leicestershire slipped down another slot in the table after they were skittled for only 98 and duly hammered by Kent. Amjad Khan took the first four wickets in quick succession to leave Leicestershire in trouble at 37 for 4 and Kent didn’t look back. Mark Ealham then matched Khan with four wickets as only Paul Nixon put up a fight. Nixon was last man out for a dogged 32, but the fact that he was only one of three to make it to double figures tells its own story. With only 99 to get, Kent made light work of their easy challenge as Rob Key (44*) and Andrew Symonds (45*) got them home in just over 19 overs.National League Division Two
Table Sussex 128 for 1 beat Lancashire 125 by nine wickets at Old Trafford
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Just as Lancashire spoiled Sussex’s Championship celebrations earlier this week, Sussex got their revenge in the National League with a thumping nine-wicket win. A win for Lancashire would have ensured their position as division winners, but Billy Taylor and Mark Davis made sure they will have to wait a little longer. Taylor took the early wickets of Mal Loye and Stuart Law as Lancashire slipped to 39 for 3. Mark Chilton (43) and Chris Schofield (32) then started the rescue act, but after adding 61 to push the score to 101-4, the last six wickets fell for only 24 runs. Most of that was down to Davis, who took 4-14 in a nine-over spell. Chasing 126, Richard Montgomerie (66*) and Murray Goodwin (59) didn’t hang around as Sussex romped to a comfortable win, and only their sixth of the season. Middlesex 278 for 4 beat Hampshire 277 for 7 by six wickets at Lord’s
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Paul Weekes starred for Middlesex with bat and ball as they squeezed past Hampshire with only one delivery left. After being asked to bat, Hampshire rattled up 277 with Nic Pothas and Simon Katich blasting an opening stand of 144. Pothas scored 78 from 77 balls, while Katich creamed 106, including 13 fours. Katich was eventually bowled by Weekes, who went on to take 4 for 45, and then provide the platform for Middlesex’s superb victory. He scored 104, and shared crucial partnerships with Andy Strauss, Chad Keegan and Owais Shah to keep them flowing with the tide. Needing nine runs to win off the final over, Shah hit a six, but was out the next ball. However, Ed Joyce and Jamie Dalrymple kept their nerve to steer Middlesex home.Nottinghamshire 185 for 3 beat Scotland 183 by seven wickets at Trent Bridge
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After such an unexpectedly bright start to their first season in the National League, Scotland’s rapid demise was capped off with another defeat in the final match of their campaign. Nottinghamshire haven’t had a great summer either, but at least Chris Cairns took out some of their frustration with a booming 76, featuring three sixes, in their comfortable win. Cairns earlier grabbed two wickets, and Stuart MacGill three, as Scotland were bowled out for 183, James Brinkley top-scoring with 67. Kevin Pietersen, who could well be leaving at the end of the season, hit a quick 20 before Jason Gallian (43*) and Cairns clubbed together 111 in Notts’ seven-wicket win. Derbyshire 249 for 8 beat Somerset 243 for 9 by two wickets at Taunton
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Derbyshire, led by Michael Di Venuto, hung on to pull off an impressive run-chase against Somerset, sneaking home by two wickets and with one ball to spare. After Ian Blackwell (60 from 47) and Matthew Wood (58) helped Somerset to 243 for 9, Di Venuto played a well-paced knock of 113 to keep Derbyshire in touch. He received support from Andrew Gait, Steve Stubbings and Dominic Hewson, all of whom scored in the 20s, but after Di Venuto was caught off Nixon McLean, Derbyshire still needed 20 to win. Up stepped Nathan Dumelow (28*) to take the responsibility and he made sure of the victory by smashing Simon Francis for six to win the game in style.