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The custodians of EagleEye have stood by the projection that led to Mitchell Marsh being dismissed in Perth, despite a chorus of criticism from former players and captains

Daniel Brettig09-Nov-2016Mitchell Marsh’s hotly-debated LBW on the final day of the Perth Test was correctly tracked from its initial point of impact on the allrounder’s front toe, the custodians of EagleEye have confirmed.The decision, which was reversed from Aleem Dar’s initial verdict of not out due to the widening of the zone in which the stumps can be projected to hit by the ICC earlier this year, was openly questioned by a succession of television commentators and also Australia’s captain, Steven Smith, who said it was like Kagiso Rabada was bowling “leg-spin”.The former captain Michael Clarke stated on Channel Nine’s cricket coverage that he was certain the ball was going down the leg side. “I was certain that was missing the stumps,” Clarke said. “When you look at that replay, I thought it was definitely swinging too far and missing the leg stump.”He’ll be really disappointed with that. It has clipped his toe, then clipped his pad, and then got onto the bat. But what I don’t agree with is the line of the delivery once the ball hits him on the toe … I believe the line of that delivery is going down and missing leg stump.”Similar sentiments were echoed by Clarke’s predecessor Ricky Ponting, while another former captain in Mark Taylor – until recently a member of the ICC cricket committee that has long advocated the use of the DRS and ball-tracking – offered his own criticism of the projection.However Ian Taylor, head of the New Zealand company Animation Research that provides EagleEye for Nine’s broadcast, told ESPNcricinfo that the tracking used for Marsh’s dismissal had been reviewed and not found to be in error, either in terms of the projection reached or the process used to get there.”I talked to my guys [in Perth] and we talked to the ICC and showed the process we went through, and we’re happy with it,” Taylor said. “They had a really good pitching point off the pitch, and a really good contact point on the shoe, it wasn’t on the pad. They felt confident they could extrapolate from those two points to make the prediction.”They have the choice there of saying they think there was insufficient data, but they saw it really clearly and it didn’t continue out on that line [down leg], it hit the foot right in front of middle stump. We saw the impact on the toe before anyone else did, and we saw the impact on the toe with our four cameras, and our guys confirmed it with the HotSpot guys sitting with them. That’s where the projection was made, the line from the bounce to the foot, to the stumps.”Taylor offered an open invitation to any sceptical commentators, officials or even umpires to visit the technology operators and see things for themselves – not unlike the process by which the BCCI recently approved the use of ball-tracking as part of the DRS, a system to be used in the just-begun Test series between India and England.”What surprises me is so many people can make a call straight away with just seeing the replay from the end-on view, when we’re going through four super slo-mo cameras and HotSpot,” Taylor said. “That was the process they went through. I fully respect the guys who spent their whole careers out in the middle, it’s an instinct they have and that umpires have.”We definitely don’t dismiss that and we take very seriously the views of those people. Our doors were open to all of the commentators to come down at lunchtime – we had people wait there because we thought someone might. We’ve also re-affirmed to the ICC and all the umpires as well that the door is always open, come on down and talk it through so we all learn from it.”Technology operators have advocated for some time that either the third umpire or an ICC-accredited official sit alongside those working HotSpot, EagleEye/HawkEye or other devices to provide clearer lines of accountability.”The issue for us is if we did this properly with a third umpire who was trained and there [with the technology operators], he could have made the call that my guys made,” he said. “That’s what we talk about – here’s all the information we’ve got, and you make a call whether you want us to project this on or not, because you’re an umpire.”The argument we have about a third umpire or ICC-accredited person who sits with our guys, the third umpire sitting up in the box does not know what’s going on down in our room. Who’s talking, what we’re seeing, what we’re looking at, what we’re replaying and what our thought process is. We’ve always argued if we had a fully qualified person from the ICC sitting in that room with everybody, we would go with that.”

Moeen Ali says England’s final-day rally has proved to Pakistan that they are under threat in the last two Tests

Andrew McGlashan20-Oct-2015Moeen Ali believes Pakistan have been given a “nudge” after England finished the first Test within touching distance of victory. The pre-series reckoning made England distant second-favourites, but they put 598 on the board and produced a remarkable final-day performance before bad light thwarted them.The scales were evened significantly before a ball was bowled when legspinner Yasir Shah was ruled out with a back injury and he is set to return for the second Test in Dubai on a pitch, prepared by Australian groundsman Tony Hemming, that is being tipped to offer more assistance although that could be a relative term.

Sick Stokes misses training

Ben Stokes missed England’s training session on Tuesday with an upset stomach but is expected to be available for the second Test. Stokes took four wickets in Abu Dhabi, scored 57 in the first innings and produced a run-out of Mohammad Hafeez which Trevor Bayliss, the England coach, called “magic”.

Whatever, in Abu Dhabi Pakistan had the early advantage of winning the toss and produced a first innings of 523 only to be the side pushed into a corner on the final day.”It’s given us a lot of confidence and probably given Pakistan a bit of a nudge as well that we are here to be serious,” Moeen said. “We probably caught them off guard a bit in that last session, but I’m sure they’ll come back stronger and be well aware of it now. They know we are here for the challenge and have a good chance of winning the series.”For Moeen, the Test marked his first occasion opening the batting in first-class cricket. After more than five sessions in the field he helped England see out the second evening without loss before eventually contributing 35 off 131 balls to an opening stand of 116 with Alastair Cook. He said his presence at the top aids the balance of the team but knows he will need substantial scores to stay there.Moeen’s scoring rate was in stark contrast to his counter-attacking batting from No. 8 in the Ashes – where he had a strike-rate of 71.46 – and, although he said it was not a conscious effort to rein himself in, it was a further example of the adaptability which has seen him take up a variety of roles across all three formats of the game.”I didn’t mean to play slower than normal, I thought they bowled well, bowled straight, and when the spinners came on and they had men back probably knowing I like to attack the spinners,” he said. “It’s one of those things, the odd innings I’ll play a little slower and then I’ll be quicker than the other day. It was just nice to just leave or defend a few balls.”I really enjoyed it and feel like I can play properly, more like a batter again, rather than coming in later and playing a few shots.”If the Dubai surface does encourage spinners earlier in the contest, Moeen’s other role – his offspin – could have a greater impact. He admitted “I didn’t feel like I would take a wicket” during the first innings, where he had none for 121 from 30 overs, but added that he enjoyed the scalp of Misbah-ul-Haq on the final afternoon when the Pakistan captain charged and missed to prompt hasten their dramatic slide.”I was a bit surprised when he came down the wicket,” he said. “It’s always nice to get big players out in the opposition, I found it tough bowling at him. It would be nice if they had a few left-handed batsmen as well. The way we bowled at the end they may come at us a different way.”Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid talk tactics in Abu Dhabi•Getty Images

For the first time in his Test career, Moeen was operating as part of a specialist spin pairing with Adil Rashid (previously he has only had Joe Root alongside him). The two are extremely close, and though Moeen did not want to over-play his role in helping Rashid, who responded to none for 163 in the first innings with 5 for 64, there is little doubt the friendship will have helped Rashid spirits.”We just went out, get some food like we do every night and just talked about how we are going to bowl in the second innings and maybe what he should have done,” Moeen said. “But it was a very tough pitch to bowl spin on. We felt he’d bowled alright, it was just that they attacked him on debut. He’s not someone who gets down. We both have similar characters – don’t get down or get too over-excited.”There was also one other subtle role that Moeen played which may have had a key bearing on the first Test: being able to understand Pakistan’s chat in the field. “When they had a plan for Cooky I was telling him what they will do,” he said.Although Moeen fell before lunch on the third day, by then Cook was on 75 and well into the rhythm that would see him compile a 14-hour 263. Perhaps Pakistan will want to be a little discreet with their on-field chats from now on.

B Aparajith’s maiden List A ton booked South Zone a semifinal spot against East Zone on March 12

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Mar-2013
ScorecardA maiden List A century from B Aparajith led South Zone to victory over East Zone by 11 runs in the Deodhar Trophy quarterfinal in Guwahati. Through this win they advanced to the semifinal against West Zone, to be played on March 12.National selectors Sandeep Patil and Roger Binny were in attendance, as South Zone chose to bat. They started poorly, with KL Rahul being dismissed for a golden duck, after his attempted flick carried to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha down the leg side. Opener Robin Uthappa and Aparajith revived the innings with a solid stand, before Uthappa was forced to retire hurt when he began suffering cramps, and could no longer walk. He was helped off the field by the team’s physio. Contributions from Dinesh Karthik (33) and Sachin Baby (33) helped push South Zone’s total to 284 for 5. Aparajith finished with 121 off 129 balls.Abhimanyu Mithun picked up the first East Zone wicket – that of Pallavkumar Das – with the score on 21. Ishank Jaggi came in next and combined with opener Sibsankar Roy to put on 56 for the second wicket. Saha struck a fluent 77, and along with Jaggi, who finished with 55, provided sizeable contributions. Mithun, along with some important run-outs, helped keep East Zone in check, as the required run-rate continued to climb. Gokul Sharma struck an unbeaten 40, and despite some late fireworks from Abu Nechim, East Zone fell short of the target by 11 runs. Mithun was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 40.

Shane Watson will happily return to Australia’s Test team as a No. 3 batsman, having reasoned that he is no longer in a position to demand the opening spot he vacated due to injury in 2011

Daniel Brettig15-Mar-2012Shane Watson will happily return to Australia’s Test team as a No. 3 batsman, having reasoned that he is no longer in a position to demand the opening spot he vacated due to injury in 2011.Since Watson fell prey to hamstring and calf injuries, the contrasting David Warner and Ed Cowan have begun a fledgling top order partnership that shows all the signs of developing into a fruitful union. They are now set to resume opening duties in the Caribbean, as Watson slips into the No. 3 spot vacated by an under-performing Shaun Marsh.A year ago Watson could have named his place – and his price – in an Australian team struggling to find successful practitioners in most positions. However now the team led by Michael Clarke has completed a successful home summer without him, Watson said he was grateful to have any kind of place in the team, and would have no qualms about walking out at No. 3.”I’m happy to play anywhere to be honest after sitting out all the summer and seeing how successful the Test team was, there’s no doubt that I’d love to fit in wherever I possibly can,” Watson said in St Vincent. “I have really enjoyed opening the batting in Test cricket and all forms of the game, but in the end batting at No. 3 you’re still certainly in the engine room with a newer ball potentially.”So I’m happy to try and compliment the team wherever I possibly can, because it has been an extremely exciting and successful Test summer and I’d love to be a part of that.”Watson was given the first hint of his future position when he returned to the ODI XI at No. 3 during the home triangular series. He may yet return to opening in the West Indies in limited overs formats, as he and the coach Mickey Arthur formulate the best plan to attack the hosts.”That’s where I finished up this summer, batting at No. 3, and what we’re working through at the moment is what’s going to be the best balance for our batting line-up, not just with me but with the other guys we’ve got at our disposal as well,” Watson said. “So that’s what we’re talking through at the moment, what’s going to be the best balance and what we think the West Indies are going to throw at us as well.”Australia’s reduced reliance on senior players has been part of the coaching and selection strategy across the summer, which Arthur said had been geared at building a squad of about 22 players capable of stepping into action at any given moment. He pointed to current absentees including Pat Cummins, Clarke and Mitchell Johnson as proof the team was now better equipped to cope with a relentless cycle of fixtures.”One of the briefs at the start of the summer was to create depth, and I think that’s really important to create a depth pool that you can choose from,” Arthur said. “With the amount of cricket we play, there’s injuries always crop up and obviously loss of form. I think we’ve realised that we need to manage our best players better in order to get better results from them, so we needed to create that depth.”We wanted to create a depth pool of 22 players by the end of the summer and we’ve prettymuch done that, and that has been reflected in the Test selections. I’m very confident that every player who steps up now to the side has had the opportunity and knows what is expected of him, so it has been a pretty successful summer in that regard.”The West Indian team, led by Darren Sammy, can call on a strong record at the Arnos Vale Ground for confidence ahead of their first meeting with Watson’s team. Sammy has enjoyed two of his better international displays at the venue, 4 for 26 in an ODI against Zimbabwe in 2010, and 5 for 70 against Bangladesh in a Test in 2009.”So far St Vincent has been a very good ground for us, as a West Indies team we always get results in our favour here, and for me personally it is a happy hunting ground,” Sammy said. “The last three games we’ve played here we won all three, so obviously what happened against India and Pakistan we’re looking to repeat that and start this series off on a winning note.”We know we’re playing Australia and we’re not going to go out and play names, we’re just going to play good, positive cricket, and hopefully we can come out on top.”

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has held his fast bowlers responsible for making his decision to insert India backfire spectacularly

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Feb-2011Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has held his fast bowlers responsible for making his decision to insert India backfire spectacularly.”I thought we could have bowled better” Shakib – downcast but not desolate – said. “We bowled too many boundary balls, and that cost us the game.”The opening ball of the World Cup, short and wide from Shafiul Islam, yielded a boundary as Virender Sehwag crunched it through extra cover. Shafiul went on to concede eight more runs in his first over, including a four off the last ball. By the end of the third over, the Indian openers had hit six boundaries and raced to 32. It led to the introduction of spin in the fifth over.”I thought we had a better chance of winning the game chasing,” Shakib said repeatedly. “It would have been a different game had we got two early wickets. That was our plan. Our fast bowlers didn’t execute the plan, that was the main problem.”I thought our fast bowlers have been bowling really well for the last 12 months. Today wasn’t their day but hopefully they will come back strongly.”He said he was satisfied, however, with the effort with the bat despite his team finishing 87 runs short of the target. “The plan was to bat properly, playing cricketing shots. We knew the wicket was good, and if one of Tamim (Iqbal) and Junaid (Siddique) had kept going, we could have got a very good total.”That was our plan, and I thought we executed our plan very well. We didn’t try to hit too many slogs, we played all cricketing shots, and got close to 300. I thought we batted really well and sensibly.”He refused to be drawn into discussing the non-selection of Mohammad Ashraful, who has spent more time on the bench than in the playing XI under his captaincy, and to a pointed question on whether he had a problem with the senior players, his response was a cryptic and dismissive “no comments.”

MS Dhoni has been sidelined from the IPL for 10 days after picking up an injury during Chennai Super Kings’ victory against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on Tuesday

Cricinfo staff17-Mar-2010MS Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings captain, could be sidelined for a few days after picking up an injury during his team’s victory against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on Tuesday. Suresh Raina has been named captain in his absence.Dhoni was hit on the arm by a rising delivery from Shane Bond during Chennai’s innings but continued batting, scoring an unbeaten 66 off 33 balls to lead his team to a match-winning 164. He kept wickets as well during Kolkata’s unsuccessful chase but was seen wearing an ice pack during the post-match presentation ceremony.”Dhoni has been advised rest for a few days. The physio will assess him again on March 21 in Chennai and take a call on his return,” a team official confirmed.Chennai will face Delhi Daredevils in their away match on March 19.

Oshane Thomas concedes 33 runs in a ten-ball over (the 15th of the Amazon Warriors innings) – the most expensive figures by a St Lucia Kings bowler in the CPL

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Ackeem Auguste played a blinder•CPL T20 via Getty Images

Twenty-one-year-old Ackeem Auguste enthralled the St Lucia Kings home fans, with his family members in attendance, by smashing 73 off just 35 balls which scripted their four-wicket win over Guyana Amazon Warriors in their CPL 2025 match on Tuesday.Kings’ lower order added the finishing touches in the chase of 203, sealed by captain David Wiese with 11 balls to spare, which helped them jump to second place, only one point behind Antigua and Barbuda Falcons with one game in hand. Only three points separate five out of the six teams now after Kings made it 3-0 over Warriors in their most recent contests. It was also the first time in the CPL that Amazon Warriors have scored 200-plus and lost, winning each of the last ten times they got there.After opting to bat, Amazon Warriors were given a blazing start by Ben McDermott before Keon Gaston had the two openers, Kevlon Anderson the other, caught by Tim David in the space of three balls in the fourth over. Moeen Ali then lost his middle stump to Khary Pierre for a duck in the next over and Amazon Warriors finished the powerplay on a precarious 44 for 3. The fall of Shimron Hetmyer, who had two fifties in his last three T20 knocks, added to their woes – he called for a second run in the seventh over, but his partner Shai Hope dropped his bat on the way; Hetmyer had to turn back to the striker’s end but his dive wasn’t enough.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

When Hope skewed one to mid-off after crawling to 23 off 27, Amazon Warriors were in real trouble at 78 for 5 in the 13th over. But the arrival of Romario Shepherd changed things straightaway as he smashed a six first ball before smoking three more in a row against the same bowler – Oshane Thomas – in what was a disastrous over for Amazon Warriors. After being hit for a four on the second ball, Thomas overstepped, and followed that with a wide, which kept the Free Hit in place, and Shepherd walloped him for two sixes on the leg side, which also turned out to be no-balls, and kept the Free Hits coming. Thomas finally delivered a legal delivery, and Shepherd lined him up for a 95-metre six. Iftikhar Ahmed ended the over with another six to make it 33 from the over. Thomas eventually finished with 4-0-63-1. These are the most expensive figures by a Kings bowler in the CPL, going past Wahab Riaz’s 3-0-61-0 from CPL 2021.Warriors’ run rate had shot up from 6.78 to 8.53 now with five overs to go. Wiese conceded only 18 from his last two but Shepherd went after Gaston for a 27-run over with two fours and two sixes, along with six wides in it. Gaston got the last over too and a wide after three balls might have sent shivers through the Kings dugout, but he ended things nicely with just three runs off the last three. Warriors had posted 202 thanks to Shepherd’s 23-ball fifty that was studded with seven sixes, and Gaston’s night ended with 4-0-57-2.Johnson Charles and Tim Seifert started things nicely in the chase and even though Charles fell in the second over, Seifert and Auguste joined hands to power them to 86 in the powerplay by taking on Jediah Blades, Moeen and Imran Tahir.Motie and Tahir slowed things down by conceding just 25 in the next four while Auguste got his maiden CPL fifty, the fastest of this season overall, off only 19 balls. Tahir and Motie pegged Kings back with the wickets of Seifert and Chase, although they needed a comfortable 67 from the last 48 balls. Auguste soon holed out for 73 off 35 before Aaron Jones and David brought the asking rate under six an over. David and Jones also fell towards the end before consecutive boundaries from Pierre and Wiese finished things off.

Hawk-Eye accepts that ball tracking for the delivery in question did not reflect the path of the actual delivery that had been sent up for review

Danyal Rasool23-Feb-2024Hawk-Eye has apologised to the PCB in a letter after acknowledging an error made during Islamabad United’s three-wicket loss to Quetta Gladiators on Thursday, ESPNcricinfo understands.The incident occurred during the 11th over of the Gladiators’ innings. Off the final delivery of the over, Gladiators captain Rilee Rossouw moved across and attempted to sweep Salman Ali Agha but missed, with the ball hitting his front pad. Aleem Dar upheld an enthused appeal from the fielding side, and Gladiators promptly reviewed it.Hawk-Eye eventually determined not only that the ball had hit the left-hander outside the line of the stumps, but that it would also have gone on to miss off stump. When it was shown on the big screen, both the fielding side and umpire Dar looked visibly surprised, because the slow-motion replay appeared to show the ball straightening instead of gripping and turning. Static images of the impact on the pad also suggested a potential disparity between where the ball had hit Rossouw, and where the ball Hawk-Eye was tracking declared it to be hitting, with the former much more plausibly in line with the stumps.The letter addressed to the PCB Chief Operating Officer Salman Naseer and the Production Department, accepts that ball tracking for the delivery in question did not reflect the path of the actual delivery that had been sent up for review. It is not yet clear what caused the error.After the game, during an on-screen interview, Shadab Khan, the captain of Islamabad, made little attempt to conceal his frustrations.”I think technology made a mistake,” he said. “The ball-tracking showed a different delivery, and it was a match-changing moment. These sorts of things should be sorted out properly in such a big tournament. These mistakes should not happen. I bowled four overs here as a legspinner, and I don’t think the ball was spinning here. And they showed Agha [Salman]’s delivery hitting outside off stump and spinning away. I don’t buy that.”Compounding Shadab’s frustration was how delicately the match was poised. The Gladiators were building up a partnership after the loss of four early wickets, with Sherfane Rutherford and Rossouw rebuilding. The Gladiators were 82 for 4 with nine overs to go and needed a further 57 to win. What made them particularly vulnerable was a long tail, with United believing they could crack the game open with a breakthrough there.As things panned out, the duo put on a partnership that put the game out of United’s reach. They put together 62 for the 5th wicket, with Rossouw unbeaten on 34 right to the end.

“It’s time for the guys to rise up, time for myself personally to put my hand up and make a massive play for us”

Andrew McGlashan16-Dec-2022Dean Elgar has called on his batters to make a name for themselves, but is also willing to carry the burden of scoring runs on his shoulders as South Africa look to defy the callow statistics of their top order to continue a remarkable run in Australia – they have claimed the last three series there.Elgar and Temba Bavuma are the only specialist batters with previous experience in the country. A huge amount rests on them if South Africa’s strong bowling attack is to have enough runs to work with. But it’s Elgar’s fortunes that are likely to be critical to their chances. He has 13 Test centuries; among the rest of the touring squad there are four. His average of 38.83 is South Africa’s best whereas Australia have two batters – Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith – who stand at over 60.Related

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“All the batters have to stand up,” Elgar said. “It’s been a bit of a talking point that’s been surrounding our batting unit of late. Again, I’ve never shied away from that. It’s time for the guys to rise up, time for myself personally to put my hand up and make a massive play for us. We’ve got a really talented group, they are just a little inexperienced when it comes to Test cricket. They don’t have a lot of baggage coming into the series. They just need to take the opportunities when they come their way.”There has been some controversy around the absence of Ryan Rickelton. He was deemed unfit for the tour, with an ankle surgery at the end of the season provided as the reason, but has been churning out runs in domestic cricket back in South Africa. Elgar, however, remained diplomatic and backed those who had made it to Australia.Elgar was part of South Africa’s 2012 and 2016 series wins in Australia, though his personal contribution to the former was somewhat limited: he bagged a pair on debut at the WACA, albeit in a game South Africa won by 309 runs to decide the series. You only have to look at the names around Elgar in that game to recall the batting riches they did once have: Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis.Since then, Elgar has made two centuries against Australia, but there have been plenty of low scores as well, and his average of 33.55 is below his career level.However, some of his standout performances have secured victories: 83 in Port Elizabeth, 127 in Perth and carrying his bat for 141 in Newlands, an innings that could arguably rank as his best, although that became overshadowed by subsequent events. Five of his Test hundreds came during a stellar 2017 when his batting form peaked and the team need more than the 34.12 he has returned this year, though on some challenging surfaces.”I always carry the weight of scoring runs, I’m the senior batter,” he said. “With my external pressures of being the captain I’ve got to score runs. Very much aware of that. It’s always something I thrive on, think it brings the best out of me.”For the opening Test, the teams were greeted by a pitch that remained very green. Australia were taking it in their stride with the help of local knowledge, while Elgar took the glass-half-full view given where his team’s strengths lie, rather than the weakness.”The wicket does look a little friendly for our bowling unit which is nice, but in saying that the green colour doesn’t really scare us,” he said. “We come from South Africa where the wickets are pretty green and juicy. From a personal point of I don’t really shy away from that and I know our batters don’t either.”Since readmission, South Africa have only played at the Gabba once, on the 2012 tour, which turned into a high-scoring draw. But though Australia’s stranglehold on the venue was ended by India in early 2021, it has remained one of their favourite venues.”We don’t have any dirty laundry in terms of playing at the Gabba,” Elgar said. “The history here is obviously not in our favour and that’s okay. You’ve got to have the mindset of playing to win. Australia’s a really tough place to play cricket but also such a rewarding place if you get things right. You have to go beyond what you are used to and [you] have to savour the moment.”

India batter continuing his recovery from shoulder injury suffered in March

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Jul-2021India batter Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of appearing for Lancashire in the upcoming Royal London Cup. Iyer had signed as an overseas player for the 50-over tournament but required surgery on a shoulder injury suffered during India’s home ODI series against England in March.It has since been decided, following discussions between Lancashire and the BCCI, that Iyer will remain in India to continue rehab ahead of his planned return to cricket.”We are obviously very disappointed, as we were thoroughly looking forward to welcoming Shreyas to Emirates Old Trafford,” Lancashire’s director of cricket, Paul Allott, said. “Ultimately Shreyas’ long-term fitness is of paramount importance and Lancashire Cricket fully respects the decision.