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Sometime on Friday evening, the final details regarding the annual central contracts for India’s cricketers will be decided. Sharad Pawar, the BCCI president, Niranjan Shah, the secretary, Kiran More, the chairman of selectors, and Greg Chappell, the coach, will meet in Mumbai and finalise the list of players who will receive contracts for the forthcoming year. However an announcement from the board on the list of contracted players will only happen on Saturday morning, after the selectors pick the squad for the Pakistan tour.The players are guaranteed a sizeable raise in payments. But this is only to be expected, as the players’ salaries are a percentage of the overall profits of the board, and this sum has gone up every year. At the moment the BCCI has allocated 26% of total profits towards payment of players’ salaries. Of this, 13% goes towards payments to the national team, while 13% goes to payments of domestic cricketers, cricketers who go on A-tours etc. It is expected that the premier slab A will fetch Rs 80 lakh to 1 crore (previously Rs 50 lakh), the second slab Rs 60-70 lakh (previously 35 lakh) and the last slab Rs 30-40 lakh (previously 20 lakh).Irfan Pathan is likely to be the only addition to the premier category, while it is not clear whether Sourav Ganguly will remain in the A grade. “It is too early to say anything at this stage. It has not even been decided how many people will get contracts or in which category. So we can’t really say where a specific individual stands,” a BCCI source told Cricinfo. “Everything will be discussed in detail at the meeting on Friday evening.”Ganguly was an automatic selection for the A grade last year, as captain of the team, but currently he figures neither in the Test team nor in the ODI team. If he continues to be out of the team, and does not figure in the long-term plans of the management, there’s every chance he will lose out on top billing. It is, however, expected that he will get a B-grade contract.On Friday another high-powered committee – the marketing committee – is set to meet, at a suburban hotel in Mumbai at 11am, to open the bids for the logo sponsorship on the non-leading arm of t-shirts of India’s cricketers. The main sponsorship, for the leading arm, has already gone to Sahara, who will fork out Rs 313 crore over four years.

ScorecardSean Clingeleffer carried on the good work done by Michael Bevan and Daniel Marsh on the first day, as Tasmania were finally dismissed for 500 in their first innings against Western Australia at Hobart. Adam Griffith, the Tasmanian medium pacer, got rid of both WA openers cheaply but a 132-run third-wicket partnership between Murray Goodwin and Marcus North lead the revival and took them to 2 for 177 when stumps were drawn.Earlier Clingeleffer made 92 to prop up the innings after Bevan (190) and Marsh (121) were out without adding substantially to their overnight total. He added 68 for the sixth wicket with George Bailey before stitching together another useful stand of 81 with Damien Wright (36). Steve Magoffin was the most successful bowler for the Warriors, taking 5 for 76.

Lower grade results for Saturday were:Senior 2: Well Coll 272-9& 182-4( A Newdick 68. N Angus 43, C Spring 36) mer Karori 179-7( N Hearn 33*) & 136-5 (B West-Walker 46*, N Hearn 40, G Roach 3-18); Brooklyn 160 & 113 ( M Perry-Lewis3-8, K Forde 3-24) lost to Onslow 93 & 181-8 ( A Judson 66, E Jones 36,L Moore 3-42); Taita 141 & 211-8 ( J Peters 118) met Hutt 208 (Murphy 71*, C Tohiariki 4-69) & 114-5( Jensen 38, Solomon 48)Senior 3: Univ 139 & 192 ( D Ranchhod 4-35, N Dahya 4-55) lost to Indians 304-8d & 28-1; Hutt 82 & 235-9 ( M Barratt 75*, S Adrian 36,A Pryor 31, R Townley 3-58) lost to Petone/Riv 175-8 & 146-6 ( A Levenger 63, S Adair 43*, G Lemon 3-15); Eastbourne 177 & 159 ( C Reed 64, G Rutherford 5-50) lost to Karori 259 ( M Wigg 164, S Young 4-67 ) & 80-4 ( D Reed 3-15);Naenae 97 & 139 ( Burns 59, Ball 36 D Kershaw 4-29( lost to Colls 118-8 & 119-4 ( S McCosh 41)Super 8sSection One: Naenae 94 lost to Collegians 95-4; Upper Valley N Barr 44*, L Poole 3-2) lost to Taita 89-0 ( S Moore 47*); Pet/Riv 95-6( B Bridger 42) tied with Johnsonville 95Section Two:U Hutt B 149-6 ( S Girling 30, K Bremner 30*) beat Onslow 65 ( S Girling 3-5); Univ 119-4 ( R McKenzie 43*, J Bailey 35) lost to Naenae 121-1; Tawa defaulted to Wainui.Hutt Valley 2A: Taita Red 64 & 71( R Bowater 4-7) lost to Taita Black 167-4; U Hutt 136 & 150 ( Lloyd 35, Dodson 34, Smith 34, S Williams 5-57, Ghandi 4-28) beat S Valley 131 & 132 ( Ghandi 38, Marshall 34, McMichael 4-33, Treder 3-19, Flocktonh 3-35);N Park 169 beat Tokel;au 43 & 99 ( T Lino 30, B eastham 3-13, R Bradbury 3-21); Wainui A 77 & 211-9 ( A Russell 54*,M Asif 3-43) beat Wainui B 83 & 121 ( I Matheson 4-45, M Williams 3-47)2B: S Valley 190 & 162 (Gapper 60, B Smith 31) beat Pet/Riv 107 & 130 ( G Stewart 5-30); Naenae 168-8 & 160-6 (Sandbrook 55*) met U Hutt 158-6d & 55-8 (Arthur 5-24; Taita Black 185-4 & 70-7 (Thompson 30 H McKay 5-36) met Eastbourne 50(Bevan 5-5) & 237 (P Pohio 68*, A Martin 30, Willis 3-17, Bevan 3-39)4A: U Hutt 310-9 ( J Fellows 103, S Fuller 51,C Billmore 43 ,M Boniface 3-54, J Churchman 3-82) met Taita 190 K Dick 34,K Stephen 4-36, G Sanders 3-17) Te Aroha 201 ( S Reeves 87) lost to S Valley 203-6 ( J Williamson 49).4B: U Hutt 209( N Russell 85, M Smithson 33( beat Petone/Riv B 138 ; Naenae Gold 112 ( N Saunders 4-20,P geraghty 3-6) lost to Hutt A 113-4( C Hanson 46); Naenae Soccer 69-7 beat Wainui 67; Petone/Riv A 125 beat E’bourne 90; Hutt B 180( Crichton 41*, M Rennie 4-36) beat S Valley171 ( C Elder 91, Priest 4-16)4C: Hutt defaulted to Te Aroha : U Hutt 144( J Ingle 39, T Walters 33, L Fitzgerald 4-25) lost to Wainui 145-4( M Johanson 47)’ ; Naenae Green 140-9 ( E Chatfield 64) beat Pet/Riv 94(J Noble 5-22); S Valley 171-4 (D Huaki 46, C Wilkinson 44) met Naenae Silver 170-9Wellington2A: Onslow 165 & 218-6( J Chen 37, A McKenzie 61*,B Wallace 35, A Whiteman 3-70) beat Colls 136 & 102 ( A McKenzie 3-12, R Grosvenor 3-26, B Wallace 3-26); Univ 143-7 & 135( G Pointer 4-28, S Rennie 3-26) lost to Easts Panthers 108 & 172-3 ( S Wiringi 62, M Neal 34); SLS 185 & 149 ( C Lokusi 44, A Bull 5-3, M Mahoney 3-45) lost to Easts Roosters 282-3 & 53-0;2B: Onslow 232-6 beat Brooklyn 93 & 93 ( Hughes 3-14)2C: Brooklyn 92 & 93 lost to Univ 180 ( T Grace 4-16) & 6-0; Tawa 95 & 90( M Fowler 3-12, A Parnell 3-20) lost to Onslow 148-7 & 39-0; Karori 186-6 & 67 (Dossett 4-26, Keats 4-31) lost to Mana 140-8 & 116-2(Ruddick 52*)2D: Tawa 253-8 & 159-6 beat Newlands 161 & 108 ( B McIvor 4-8); Easts 85 & 195-8 ( A Ware 68, J Bateson 48, J Johns 34) met SLS 168-9 & 128-7( C Gill 4-19)3A: Easts B 201-6 & 208-1 ( L Corkery 80*, D Garland 63*, P Elenio 44) beat Newlands 193 & 85; Easts A 234-7 & 92-7 (M Vernon 4-40) met Univ A 105 & 241 ( G Parry 52, J Meerman 34, M Vernon 42, J Crook 46, P Ross 5-46); Univ B 136 & 256-7 met Brooklyn 200 ( D Slevin 49) & 87-54A: Onslow B 127 (Newton 3-10,Prain 3-55) lost to Univ 131-4 (Ryan 44, Seed 30); Mana 74-6( Holbrook 32*) beat Sikhs 73 ( T Ramshaw 5-24); Karori 170 ( JK Jones 3-24) lost to Thorndon 172-4 ( K Giles 125*); Onslow A 293-6 ( J Pavey 88, D Adams 44, M Patterson 36*, C Patterson 30) beat Colls 235-7 ( G Neal 63, A Graham 55, G Miller 46)4B: Univ A 317-9 ( M Tait 60, B Robertson 47*, D Marshall 32, D Herd 32,) beat Easts A 94 ( K Ericson 8-15); Onslow B 330-9 ( P Robinson 185* Lu 4-62) metKarori 235 (Lu 54, Fawkes 34*, R Foubister 3-24, A Nexx 3-18); Tawa 212 beat Onslow A 153 ( R Maxwell 49, C Gay 57); Colls 201( S O’Donnell 3-23) beat J’ville 131; Easts B 266-7 (M McKenzie 72, S Daly 35) beat Univ B 177( A Smith 31,); J’ville B 73-0(D Hutchings 53*) beat Karori B 70

The following players have been named by the WA Selectors to represent the Western Warriors in an ING cup game v the NSW Blues at the SCG on Sunday 3rd February 2002.The Western Warriors are currently placed in second position on the ING cup table. A win against the NSW Blues place them in a strong position to make the ING cup final.

• JUSTIN LANGER (Capt)
• JO ANGEL
• ROB BAKER
• RYAN CAMPBELL
• MICHAEL CLARK
• KADE HARVEY
• MICHAEL HUSSEY
• BRAD HOGG
• SIMON KATICH
• SCOTT MEULEMAN
• DARREN WATES
• BRAD WILLIAMS

SelectionsThe changes to the Western Warrior’s ING cup team that defeated the Victorian Bushrangers by 116 runs last Wednesday at the WACA ground, are Luke Ronchi and Sean Cary replaced by Ryan Campbell and Brad Williams.Cary and Ronchi are unfortunate to lose their place in the team as replacements Brad Williams and Ryan Campbell are returning from national duties. Campbell and Williams both impressed during their international debuts and will make welcome returns to the Warrior’s line-up.Cary and Ronchi made solid contributions to the Warrior’s win over the Bushrangers. Ronchi impressed on debut with his clean glove-work and Cary bowled tight to return career best one-day figures of 2-25 from 8 overs.

Karachi, July 5: India defeated Pakistan by 33 runs in a match ofacademic interest in the Asia Cup Under-15 cricket tournament at KualaLumpur on Wednesday.Both the teams qualified for July 9 final.Batting first, Indian teenagers slumped to 79 for five before reaching181 for seven from the allotted 40 overs. An unbeaten 52 bywicketkeeper-batsman Abhinav Kumar, who starred in a 83-run sixthwicket partnership with N.Chaudhary (28) was the feature of theinnings.In reply Pakistan could manage only 148 for 9. Brief scores: India181-7 in 40 overs Pakistan: 148-9 in 40 overs on Tuesday, Pakistanbeat Bangladesh team by seven wickets in its fourth pool match.After being put in to bat first, the Bangladesh could score 131 forthe loss of eight wickets in the stipulated 40 overs. Mahmoodullahtop-scored with 39 consuming 48 balls and hitting two fours. AnwarHosain scored 15. Pakistan’s paceman Talal Zia and Muhammad Azhar Alitook three wickets, each.Pakistan won the match by scoring 132 for the loss of three wickets in26.1 overs. Opener Syed Sibtain Raza remained not out at 44, consuming81 balls and hitting four boundaries. The other opener Shahid Yousufalso scored 44 but on 39 deliveries and hit one six and four fours.Mahmood Asim Butt scored 15.Mahmoodullah (Bangladesh) was declared the Man-of-the-Match.

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has suffered a major injury blow ahead of his team’s Premier League clash against West Ham on Sunday afternoon.

What’s the story?

A statement posted on the club’s official website revealed: “Japhet Tanganga has undergone surgery on his right knee and will be out for the remainder of the season.

“The England Under-21 international will undergo a period of recovery and is expected to return to training during the pre-season period.”

Blow for Tanganga

After making his breakthrough into the Spurs first-team squad under Jose Mourinho, things haven’t quite progressed as Tanganga may have hoped or expected.

The 22-year-old’s versatility has been one of his biggest strengths and arguably one of his biggest weaknesses too, failing to really nail down a place as either a right-sided full-back or a central defender.

Indeed, former Spurs midfielder Michael Brown had previously suggested that Tanganga’s long-term future could remain more infield, tipping him for big things.

He said of the 22-year-old: “He’s gone right-sided, he’s been in a three, he’s gone wing-back, he’s gone left-sided centre-half. It’s a wonderful position. You’re thinking would central defence be that one he’d mature in, to lead, to try and make that his own? I saw it with Phil Jagielka when I started playing with Sheffield United.

“He was a midfield player who then dropped back, like many do, into a right-back situation and we knew he had pace. As that maturity came in he slotted inside and ended up playing 40-odd games for England. It could be as he matures more he becomes that leader at central defence.”

However, this season under Conte and former boss Nuno Espirito Santo has seen Tananga play just 11 times in the Premier League, totalling 739 minutes of football in the top flight.

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His knee injury came at a time just when it seemed like he might have broken into Conte’s plans, having played the full 90 minutes against Leicester and then playing just under an hour against Chelsea.

While Spurs have coped without Tanganga for the past few weeks, the news that his season is now officially over is bound to have left Conte gutted.

AND in other news – Paratici masterclass: Spurs now eyeing 6 ft “phenomenon”, he’s perfect for Conte

The foreign secretary David Miliband has given the strongest hint yet that the British government does not want Zimbabwe’s planned tour of England next year to go ahead, but he left the door open for Zimbabwe to be allowed to participate in the ICC World Twenty20 later in 2009.Speaking to , Miliband said government ministers would be holding talks with the ECB about the proposed tour in mid-2009 which, at the moment, includes two Tests and three one-day internationals, although Zimbabwe have still to regain their Test status.”The situation in Zimbabwe is obviously deeply concerning. I think that bilateral cricket tours at the moment don’t send the right message about our concern,” he said. “This is something that needs to be discussed with the ECB and others.”The key word used by Milliband is bilateral. It means that while the government would ban Zimbabwe from playing a series against England, it would allow them to take part in a multi-team competition such as the ICC World Twenty20.That solution would appease the government’s well-publicised conscience on Zimbabwe and also public opinion – a poll in The Guardian at the weekend showed 93% opposed playing cricket against Zimbabwe – but would avoid the tournament being moved abroad by the ICC with resulting massive financial losses to the ECB.Miliband’s comments follow a newspaper report last week which said Gordon Brown, the prime minister, was prepared to pull the plug on the tour, although his official spokesman said it is too early to make a decision. Any ban would be the latest snub by Britain to Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe.Brown stayed away from a key summit of European and African leaders last month in protest at what he said was Mugabe’s human rights abuses and responsibility for the country’s economic freefall.

Mal Loye, 34, could be set for his ODI debut © Getty Images

England’s 17th and 18th squad members were paraded this afternoon and in the Australian sections of the room the new figures were so anonymous there were thoughts of asking the ready-to-act security guards to uncover their identity. A deep knowledge of county scorecards will never form part of a Down Under citizenship test, but in the locals’ defence Mal Loye and Ravi Bopara would not be feted on an open-top bus tour through Manchester or Chelmsford.The size of England’s entourage has bulged again following injuries to Kevin Pietersen (cracked rib) and Michael Vaughan (hamstring), so the two men who arrived in ECB gear might well have been the overworked medical staff. But there was no vertical file of explanations or the repetitive use of “scan”, “MRI” or “replacement”.Loye, an opening batsman for Lancashire, landed in Brisbane on Wednesday night from New Zealand, where he scored 51 runs in two State Championship matches for Auckland as their overseas pro. Bopara, the Essex allrounder, joined the squad after being part of England’s back-up brigade in Perth. Both men are uncapped, but the claims of Loye for a debut at the Gabba on Friday are stronger after Vaughan’s problem flared in Hobart.Aged 34 and the owner of 214 first-class appearances, Loye has shown that like Leo Sayer it is possible to reinvent yourself for a fresh generation. He felt he was good enough to play for England five and ten years ago, but only since his move from Northamptonshire to Lancashire has he become a seriously attractive proposition.Starting as a dour, straight-bat accumulator more suited to Tests, Loye has flourished since the introduction of Twenty20 into a free spirited opener whose most eye-catching manoeuvre is dropping down to slog-sweep the new-ball bowlers. Brett Lee returns from a chest complaint at the Gabba and if he receives that sort of treatment he may use his recently cleared lungs to call for a dentist to be added to the visitors’ support staff. Unless they have one already.Loye does not know whether he will need to tone down his inventive approach with the rise in standard. “I can only take it when I’m out there,” he said. “My plan has just been to be as positive as I can through the first 15 overs at home and bat through an innings. Ultimately I’ll look to do that if I get an opportunity. My game plan may differ with certain bowlers but I can only do that when I’m out there.”Text messages during the week prepared Loye for the official announcement of his inclusion and he is on the verge of justifying a decision not to represent Ireland, which would have earned him a World Cup passage. He has Irish parents but remained true to his English roots after growing through the system from under-19 to “A” level. Named in the 30-man preliminary squad for the Caribbean, he is a couple of encouraging performances away from gaining an orthodox journey to the World Cup.The scenario is similar for Bopara, a 21-year-old top-order batsman and medium pacer. He spent six weeks with the Academy squad working on his bowling and picking up tips from Vaughan. “I do like to experiment,” Bopara said. “At my pace you’ve got to have a few things up your sleeve. Just like Paul Collingwood, who is very smart and very clever.” England have been forced into trying new things as well and are faced with more untested hypotheses just two months before the main event.

The Special General Meeting of Zimbabwe Cricket scheduled to take place on December 1 has been postponed. It is the latest in a series of meetings delayed by the board, who have yet to hold a committee meeting following a controversial AGM almost three months ago.The SGM was called to discuss the highly-controversial move to affiliate five new provinces – Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South. Opponents of the board have made it clear that they see this as little more than an exercise to give the ruling group, led by chairman Peter Chingoka, enough votes to head off a revolt by the established provinces.The unease with the move has been exacerbated by the revelations that Themba Mliswa, the chairman of Mashonaland West and a man with very limited cricketing credentials, was identified as the person who threatened Tatenda Taibu and his wife. “We have said people like Mliswa are not good for the game of cricket,” Taibu said. “It appears to me that he is so close to Chingoka that there is nothing that will be done to him.”The board statement said that some documentation had not been received in time and so the meeting had been rearranged for December 23.

The reward for bowling well on return from injury? Enforced rest© Getty Images

Mashrafe Mortaza, or the Norail Express as he is known in these parts, is the talk of Dhaka after his rousing comeback to Test cricket against the Indians. However, speculation is rife that he will be rested for the second Test in order to facilitate a smooth comeback to international cricket. Mortaza, who dismissed Rahul Dravid, induced several chances and was easily the pick of the bowlers, missed more than a year of international cricket after suffering a knee injury in the second Test against England at Chittagong in November last year.Dav Whatmore, the Bangladesh coach, confirmed that there was thought of resting Mortaza for the second Test against India that starts at Chittagong on December 17. “The decision to play or not to play Mashrafe will be based on the best interests of Mashrafe’s long-term return to international cricket,” he explained. “You know that we have three one-dayers one day after the next Test match, and within less than three weeks we have another two Test matches and five one-dayers against Zimbabwe. So you have to understand that there is good reason to have lot of discussion about Mashrafe in the best interest of him.”The Dail Star newspaper reported that Mortaza was set to sit out the second Test, and that Nazmul Hossain, the 17-year-old fast bowler, would make the playing XI in his place.The Bangladesh squad for the second Test will be named later on December 13.