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England have named three uncapped players in their squad of 15 for the Women’s World T20 in the Caribbean next month

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Oct-2018England have named three uncapped players in their squad of 15 for the Women’s World T20 in the Caribbean next month, as they look to add the 20-over title to the 50-over crown that they won in memorable circumstances on home soil last year.Nottinghamshire’s Kirstie Gordon and Sussex’s Linsey Smith – both left-arm spinners with Loughborough Lightning in the Kia Super League – have been named for the first time, while the 20-year-old batsman and legspinner Sophia Dunkley is also included after impressing this season for Middlesex and Surrey Stars.Smith was a breakthrough player for Southern Vipers when they won the inaugural Kia Super League in 2016, and has continued to star for Loughborough Lightning this year, alongside Gordon, who was regularly in the wickets as they reached this year’s final.

England WWT20 squad

Heather Knight (Berkshire, capt), Tammy Beaumont (Kent), Katherine Brunt (Yorkshire), Sophia Dunkley (Middlesex), Sophie Ecclestone (Lancashire), Tash Farrant (Kent), Kirstie Gordon (Nottinghamshire), Jenny Gunn (Warwickshire), Dani Hazell (Yorkshire), Amy Jones (Warwickshire, wk), Nat Sciver (Surrey), Linsey Smith (Sussex), Anya Shrubsole (Somerset), Lauren Winfield (Yorkshire), Danni Wyatt (Sussex)

“It’s always an exciting time when any England squad is announced but especially when there are three newcomers included,” said Mark Robinson, England’s head coach.”Sophia, Kirstie and Linsey have all had outstanding summers domestically and impressed when they have been in and around the group. All three will bring something different to the squad.”Everyone is looking forward to the challenges ahead and we can’t wait to get out there and get started.”England will travel to the Caribbean without the services of Sarah Taylor, their world-class wicketkeeper-batsman, who was withdrawn from consideration last week in the ongoing management of her anxiety condition.Amy Jones has been named as the squad’s first-choice wicketkeeper in Taylor’s absence, and may vye with Lauren Winfield for an opener’s berth alongside Tammy Beaumont and Danielle Wyatt.

The Australia coach will skip the limited-overs tour of India to come up with solutions for the team’s batting wobbles ahead of the Ashes

Adam Collins08-Sep-2017Collapses. Why do they happen? It is a question the Australian leadership leaves Bangladesh with, in urgent need of a solution. By taking time out from the India ODI tour preceding the Ashes, much as he did in 2013, the coach Darren Lehmann has given himself the chance to ponder this question in some detail.In Chittagong, it was a 7 for 79 stumble that should have had a greater influence on the final result than it did. In Dhaka, 6 for 41 was fatal in the final innings, while 4 for 33 and 4 for 42 set up the failure in their first.In the aftermath of the squared series, the captain Steven Smith was not shy in airing his frustrations. Stating that they had again let themselves down, citing 15 collapses in their previous 14 Tests according to their internal team metrics. “That’s not good enough for an Australian cricket team,” he added bluntly, adding they would have to sort it out before the Ashes.Lehmann echoed the sentiment. “It’s happening too often for a young group,” he said. “The first part of the batting collapses was with an older group if you like, and then we changed it around and we’re still having them. It’s seriously not their preparation or how they go about it. It’s more the mental side of the game. We’re working through that with a young group and trying to come up with some solutions.”Inevitably, the personnel involved are coming under selection scrutiny. Glenn Maxwell is an interesting example. He earned a start in each innings in Bangladesh, and after a mini-wobble chasing 86 smashed an unbeaten 25 to finish off the job in Chittagong. Yet it is his position that appears most under threat.”With No. 6 in Australia, it is totally different to Asia,” Lehmann said, hinting to Australia’s preference of picking a seam-bowling allrounder in the slot at home. “We’ll certainly be looking at that position and anyone can jump out of the pack in the three Shield games and what we think the best make-up is for that first Test. Glenn is there at the moment, like everyone else, he’ll have to perform.”Technically, Maxwell wasn’t there in the second Test, shuffled to No. 5 after Usman Khawaja was dropped. But Lehmann all but confirmed Khawaja will be back at first drop for the Ashes, averaging 76 in Australasia since his return to international ranks in November 2015.”I would think Usman would play the first Test, although I’m only one of four selectors,” Lehmann said. “Obviously for the make-up of the side we changed it here, but we think he’s a pretty special player and obviously he’s got a really good record in Australia.”If Maxwell has to sing for his supper in the three Sheffield Shield rounds that lead into the first Test, another such case is wicketkeeper Matthew Wade. He had a stellar game with the gloves after coming excruciatingly close losing his position to part-timer Peter Handscomb. But with the bat he had another failure, trapped leg before for 8 in his one hit.”Wade did a great job behind the sticks this game after the criticism he copped,” Lehmann said. “We obviously want runs from our keeper as well so for him and all the other keepers around the country, the Shield games are going to be important.”Of altogether less concern for the coach is how his bowlers accounted for themselves across the two Tests, bowling out Bangladesh four times for an average of 236 runs an innings. The talisman was Nathan Lyon, who took a staggering 22 wickets – one victim short of Rangana Herath’s all-time record for a two-Test series.”Obviously, after Sri Lanka, he had to change a little bit,” Lehmann said, as one who levelled specific criticism at the spinner last August following that misadventure. “He’s done that and he’s bowled in well each series on the subcontinent since, so I’m really pleased for him.”As for sole-fast bowler Pat Cummins, his pace was crucial to opening up the home side at the time they had a chance to get back into the game in Chittagong, after ending Australia’s first innings in a hurry. “Exciting wasn’t he?” Lehmann said. “I don’t think we’ve done it for however long with one quick. He did a great job. For him, holding up, Steve used him really well in short spells. From our point of view, just pleased he got through.”Which begs the question – where does he fit in come Brisbane, with Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and James Pattinson all expected to be fit and ready? In the XI, there is no doubt about that. But do all four get rolled out in an effort to shock and awe the English tourists in a similar fashion to the way Mitchell Johnson did in the corresponding 2013 fixture?It was a topic Lehmann was happy to entertain in March at the end of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, but is less forthright now, with Lyon having locked in his own spot. “Nathan is going to play there’s no doubt about that,” he confirmed, adding they would look at conditions and assess accordingly.In the event of a more solid middle order, maybe it would be the case that five specialist bowlers could be considered. Or another way of taking that: if a brittle spine is just that, then what is lost by playing to their strengths? Some more questions for Lehmann to ponder away from the Indian spotlight, with all roads now leading to the the Gabba.

The hosts begin a busy period of ODI cricket by welcoming a somewhat battered opposition for a pair of matches in Malahide

The Preview by Alan Gardner15-Jun-2016

Match facts

Thursday, June 16
Start time 10.45 local (0945 GMT)William Porterfield and Angelo Mathews pose with the series trophy•Getty Images

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Ireland begin what they hope will be a busy period of ODI cricket by welcoming a somewhat battered Sri Lanka across the Irish Sea for a pair of matches in Malahide. The series will provide a useful test of their progress after John Bracewell’s first year in the job of head coach.Although Ireland have theoretically been given a pathway to reaching the 10-team 2019 World Cup, a lack of fixtures means they face an uphill struggle to reach the top eight and secure automatic qualification (West Indies, currently ranked No. 8, are 52 points clear of Ireland in 12th). But the visit of Sri Lanka, ahead of a five-match series against England, will allow Ireland to return their focus to the format that has given them greatest exposure on the world stage after a disappointing World T20.It is only by playing the top sides that Ireland can be expected to progress and these two ODIs will be their first against a Full Member since a one-off game with Australia last August; Pakistan will also visit later in the summer, with a five-match series against fellow Associates Afghanistan in between. This all represents vital competitive game time for Ireland.As they look for a first major victory in Dublin, Ireland might be tempted to view Sri Lanka as wounded prey. Heavily beaten in the Tests against England, they have brought in several new faces (and some not so new) for the ODIs and their first challenge will be in working out a first-choice XI. Since Sri Lanka played five one-dayers against New Zealand in December-January, injuries, withdrawals and a change in selectors mean that only five of the side that played at Mount Maunganui are available here.Sri Lanka have a reputation as hardened Associate-beaters, however, as well as experience of playing Ireland in Dublin, having won with reasonable comfort in 2014. Graham Ford will be hoping a change to white-ball cricket can bring out some of their native belligerence once again.

Form guide

Ireland: WLLLL (last five matches, most recent first)
Sri Lanka: LWLLW

In the spotlight

Boyd Rankin‘s last ODI appearance came in an England shirt, at the end of the ill-fated Ashes tour of 2013-14. His time as an England-qualified Irishman was not the happiest but he remains a classy bowler, reliably effective with his county Warwickshire and set for a first home appearance in green in almost four years. The last time Rankin played at Malahide, he took 4 for 46 – but that was for England against his countrymen.Upul Tharanga has 13 ODI hundreds to his name but has played only nine matches in the last two years (one of which was against Ireland in Dublin). His last significant contribution was even further back in time, an unbeaten 174 against India in 2013 that stands out like a lighthouse amid the rocky returns of the latter half of his career. Recalled after strong domestic form at the age of 31, he will add vital experience to a transitional side.

Team news

Ireland lost Niall O’Brien, due to a calf strain, and Stuart Thompson (personal reasons) from their original squad of 13, while Craig Young was not considered due to injury. Durham seamer Barry McCarthy looks set for a debut, unless Max Sorensen is preferred. John Anderson provides another batting option but played the last of his three ODIs in 2014.Ireland (possible): 1 William Porterfield (capt), 2 Paul Stirling, 3 Ed Joyce, 4 Gary Wilson (wk), 5 Kevin O’Brien, 6 Stuart Poynter, 7 George Dockrell, 8 Andy McBrine, 9 Barry McCarthy, 10 Tim Murtagh, 11 Boyd RankinTillakaratne Dilshan made himself unavailable for the tour but Sri Lanka do have Kusal Perera back after his now-rescinded doping ban. Kusal Mendis could make an ODI debut, with Lahiru Thirimanne struggling for runs – although ODIs are his strongest format. Sri Lanka have several all-round options, including the uncapped (in ODIs) Dasun Shanaka, Danushka Gunathilaka and Farveez Maharoof, whose last international appearance came in 2012.Sri Lanka (possible): 1 Kusal Perera, 2 Upul Tharanga, 3 Lahiru Thirimanne/Kusal Mendis, 4 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 5 Angelo Mathews (capt), 6 Dasun Shanaka/Danushka Gunathilaka, 7 Farveez Maharoof, 8 Seekkuge Prasanna, 9 Suraj Randiv, 10 Shaminda Eranga, 11 Suranga Lakmal

Pitch and conditions

The surface is unlikely to be chock-full of runs, with 250 the par score in recent years and some assistance likely for seam bowling. There has been some rain around but the forecast is reasonably good for Thursday

Stats and trivia

• Sri Lanka and Ireland have met four times in ODIs, with two wins for Sri Lanka and two abandonments.
• Ireland’s lowest all-out ODI total came against Sri Lanka during the 2007 World Cup, when they were dismissed for 77 in Grenada.

Quotes

“There’s a big opportunity for us to get a series win against one of the top-ranked sides. There’s no reason why we can’t come away from this with a 2-0 win.”

Stuart Broad has lost the England T20 captaincy to Eoin Morgan, but his limited-over ambitions remain and he retains the desire to be play in the 2019 World Cup in England

David Hopps18-May-20151:27

Stuart Broad has lost the T20 captaincy, but he is not ready to be written off just yet

Stuart Broad is concentrating on the start of an arduous Test programme involving 16 Tests in a year when New Zealand roll up for the first Test at Lord’s on Thursday – some of them presumably with flight tags still tied to their bats – but at the back of his mind will be a creeping uncertainty about his one-day future.Almost unnoticed during the official traducing of Kevin Pietersen, Broad has been replaced as England’s Twenty20 captain. That has encouraged the impression that Broad might struggle to remain a fixture in England’s one-day sides, leaving a central role in the 2019 World Cup in England a distant ambition.Strauss, England’s director of cricket, prefers to recognise the growing affinity between the 50-over and 20-over games and has therefore opted for Eoin Morgan to take charge of both formats. As for Broad, four World Cup wickets in Australia and New Zealand at 63.50 and a batting approach that has disintegrated, even extending to an admission of nightmares about being hit by a short ball, and his place is far from secure.Broad, though, has no thought of winding down and concentrating on a future – a very busy one at that – as a Test specialist. A World Cup in England matters.”I certainly want to be a part of that,” he said. “World Cups are very special, especially in your own country and I feel I have things to offer in white ball cricket still, at the age of 28. But it is such a busy year with the red ball that you can only look at that in the months to come.”It’s disappointing to lose any sort of captaincy especially an England captaincy but the way Andrew Strauss spoke to me was like how Straussy does: he was logical, he had thought out all his points and he made a lot of sense.”He potentially sees a slightly different make-up in the white ball / red ball teams and Morgs would be a good man to lead the one-day and T20 stuff forward in that, having played a lot of cricket around the world in that format.”I fully agree with him. I think Morgs, although he didn’t score the runs he would like to in the World Cup 50-over, he led the team well and he had the respect of the team in the changing room and I wish him all the best in taking that team forward.”Stuart Broad fell victim to the pantomime season on the last Ashes tour in Australia•Getty Images

For the next few months, though, it is a New Zealand Test series followed by the Ashes, with Broad already revelling in what he called “the pantomime stuff” as every Australian cricketer who gets near a microphone speculates about how England will be debilitated by the controversial exclusion of Kevin Pietersen and former Australian captains, Ian Chappell on these pages among them, wonder if Alastair Cook can possibly survive the summer as captain.”It’s what the Ashes is about – this hullabaloo,” said Broad, who had to withstand a fierce media assault on England’s last tour of Australia as retribution was taken for his butter-wouldn’t-melt failure to walk for a thick edge in the Trent Bridge Test.
“I have grown up with the pantomime of the Ashes. It’s what fans want to hear – Glenn McGrath predicting 5-0 wins, Warne naming players he wants to get out. It’s what the Australians do. I don’t know if they think it builds their confidence or whether it takes chunks out of England’s confidence.”It’s not something we comment on, it’s not in our culture particularly, but I do enjoy the pantomime. But cricket isn’t played with words is it? It’s not played in the media, it’s played on the field and we will only find out whose tactics work when those Investec Ashes are lifted at the end of the summer.”Stuart Broad was speaking in his capacity as an Investec Test cricket ambassador

A round-up of the second day’s action of fourth round Group B matches in the Ranji Trophy

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Nov-2012
ScorecardAn unbeaten century from Rohit Asnodkar, batting at No. 7, and useful lower-order contributions led Goa to a strong first-innings total against Kerala in Malappuram. Overnight batsman Ravikant Shukla scored 87 and Asnodkar made his maiden first-class century in his 13th match. Goa declared on 512 for 8, giving themselves a strong chance of taking a first-innings lead. Kerala lost VA Jagadeesh for 19 before stumps.
ScorecardA century from AG Pradeep and fifties from Syed Sahabuddin and Rajesh Pawar led Andhra to a 237-run lead in the first innings against Jammu and Kashmir. Resuming on 118 for 4 on the second morning, Andhra lost Amol Muzumdar before a run was scored, and were further reduced to 163 for 6, before the lower order lifted them to 390. Ram Dayal took 5 for 63 for J&K, his maiden five-wicket haul.J&K had to face four overs before stumps and their openers scored 13 without being dismissed.
ScorecardA 154-run partnership between Himachal Pradesh’s openers, Aakash Chopra and Prashant Chopra, laid a solid platform for their team to take a first-innings lead against Jharkhand. Prashant, who was part of the India Under-19 team that won the World Cup, scored a century, while Aakash made 61. Himachal suffered a slide towards the end of the day, with three wickets falling for 21 runs, but trailed by only 35 runs.That batting effort came after fast bowler Rishi Dhawan took a career-best 6 for 63 to dismiss Jharkhand for 236. The visitors had begun the second day on 176 for 5 and Dhawan trapped Sunny Gupta lbw early. Saurabh Tiwary, who was 65 not out overnight, went on to make 102. He was the last man dismissed as Jharkhand lost five wickets for 60 runs on the second day.
ScorecardRajat Paliwal scored his second hundred in consecutive games to give Services the first-innings lead against Assam. Replying to Assam’s 182, Services began the second day on 11 for 0, and slipped to 113 for 6, with seamer Arup Das taking three wickets. Paliwal held one end up, making an unbeaten 143, and 20s from Suraj Yadav and Shadab Nazar led Services past 300. They ended the day on 302 for 8, ahead by 120 runs.

An enterprising stand of 204 between Ed Cowan and George Bailey allowed Tasmania to set South Australia 402 for victory on day three of the Sheffield Shield match in Hobart

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Nov-2011
ScorecardAn enterprising stand of 204 between Ed Cowan and George Bailey allowed Tasmania to set South Australia 402 for victory on day three of the Sheffield Shield match in Hobart.After Ben Hilfenhaus’ four wickets had rounded the Redbacks up for 260 in their first innings, opening batsman Cowan and his captain Bailey compiled centuries to leave SA with a steep chase. the visitors reached 0- for 14 in six overs to the close.Cowan’s century was his first in the Shield this summer, while Bailey’s was his second, providing Tasmania with a chance to claim a first set of outright points for the season having won the competition in 2010-11.SA had never looked likely to challenge Tasmania’s first innings 361, though Aaron O’Brien’s determined 51 ensured the tail did not melt away without a little resistance.

Three of Karnataka’s greatest ever cricketers – Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad – will contest the elections to the KSCA

ESPNcricinfo staff02-Nov-2010Three of Karnataka’s greatest ever cricketers – Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad – will contest elections to the state cricket association (KSCA) on November 21. A fourth, Rahul Dravid, will not contest but has indicated to his former team-mates that, if they win, he will be part of the administration in some capacity.”We are all in this together,” Prasad told ESPNcricinfo.Kumble, Srinath and Prasad have all held administrative posts with the BCCI and the ICC. Kumble was named the chairman of the National Cricket Academy in September, while Srinath has been an ICC match referee for the past few years. Prasad, currently the bowling coach with Chennai Super Kings in the IPL, has coached the India Under-19 team and the Karnataka Ranji team and was the bowling coach of the national side for two years. He was reported last week to have accepted an assignment with the Asian Cricket Council to promote the game and groom talent in the non-cricketing parts of the continent.Their entry marks the exit of an earlier generation of cricketers from the KSCA , led by its current secretary Brijesh Patel and including GR Viswanath, Syed Kirmani and Roger Binny. “With the changing times I’m of the belief that fresh energy, new ideas and young feet are always good for an institution,” Patel said in a statement released on Tuesday. “We are lucky that we have Kumble, Dravid, Srinath and others willing to sacrifice their time and energy to take Karnataka cricket forward.”Patel and his generation of players came into administration in 1998, and he’s been secretary since then.”I’ve seen these cricketers closely and I’ve immense faith and utmost confidence in their ability and commitments to make KSCA a model association,” he said. “My team and I have decided to extent unstinted support to this cause. I also appeal to all members of the KSCA to support this young team.”The number of cricketers with India caps and sizeable stature who have entered the labyrinth of Indian cricket politics are small. The most prominent among them is Dilip Vengsarkar, who is a Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) vice-president, and has contested four elections since 2000, winning two against a rival and being voted uncontested in the others. He had contested an lone MCA election in the 1990s shortly after his retirement, but had then been beaten.In 1998, Sunil Gavaskar was co-opted into the MCA as vice-president to fill in the post made vacant following the sudden death of the incumbent, Ramakant Desai. Gavaskar did not contest the next election a few months later because he said he didn’t want to stand against fellow cricketers.In the same year Kapil Dev stood for elections for the post of Haryana Cricket Association, but was beaten by Ranbir Singh Mahendra who went on to become the BCCI president in 2004.India’s most successful captain of the 20th century, Ajit Wadekar, was elected Mumbai Cricket Association president, lost the post to Sharad Pawar in 2001. That election gave Pawar, currently ICC president, his entry into cricket administration. Spin twins, Bishen Singh Bedi and S Venkataraghavan once held office as the secretaries of their home associations, Bedi with the Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) and Venkataraghavan with the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association.Currently, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has former India off-spinner Arshad Ayub as its president, and former India spinners Shivlal Yadav and S L Venkatapathy Raju as its vice-presidents. Yadav is also a former HCA secretary. Former India opener Chetan Chauhan holds office as DDCA vice-president.

The issue of West Indies’ poor form was analysed in forensic detail after the first Test

Alex Brown03-Dec-2009The issue of West Indies’ poor form in Brisbane has been discussed in many quarters, but never in more forensic detail than in the tourists’ change-room immediately after the first Test. The crisis meeting in the bowels of the Gabba stretched well into Saturday night, and included extensive video analysis of their various failings and solemn pledges to never again open themselves to such embarrassment and ridicule.It is customary after a Test match for the vanquished to slip away early while the victors entrench themselves at the ground into the wee hours recounting their performances. But whereas Australia’s players took advantage of the three-day finish to return home for a rare mid-season weekend, West Indies’ senior management used the occasion to impress upon their players the gravity of their innings-and-65-run defeat.Chris Gayle, Joel Garner and David Williams all addressed the squad and discussed, among other topics, the need for each individual to take more responsibility at the crease. It was the collective failure of the senior batsmen in the face of disciplined Australian bowling that contributed most heavily to the lop-sided scorecard and Gayle, one of the main culprits, vowed a better display in Adelaide from Friday.”We did have a long discussion about what took place in Brisbane,” Gayle said. “We’ve tried to put that behind us. We all know where we went wrong. It wasn’t any secret at all to debate. That was the situation, we’re looking forward to [Friday] and hopefully we can get away to a better start. We all know where we went wrong with our batting. The display was terrible. A better batting surface here should put us in a good position but we’re not going to take anything for granted.”Travis Dowlin, West Indies’ sole source of resistance in the first innings at the Gabba, looms as the unlucky omission if, as is expected, Ramnaresh Sarwan recovers from a back injury. Sarwan was ruled out of the first Test after an awkward fall on match eve, but has successfully completed two net sessions in Adelaide and is favoured to resume his place at No. 3.The tourists are also considering a double-switch in the bowling department. The uncapped Gavin Tonge is rated the front-runner to take the place of Jerome Taylor, who has withdrawn from the tour with a back injury, while Darren Sammy is placing pressure on Ravi Rampaul for the final place in the XI. Sammy’s all-round skills are viewed by team management as a potential asset on an Adelaide wicket expected to adhere to its batsman-friendly reputation, although a final decision will be delayed until the morning of the match.”One will definitely get an opportunity,” Gayle said of Tonge and Sammy. “We’ll have a selection meeting sometime today. Maybe Gavin Tonge might make his debut and Darren Sammy might fit in as well. We’ll have some discussion about it. The last couple of one-dayers [Tonge] played he looked really good. He got the ball to do a bit. He swings the ball a bit, not at great pace, but he hits good areas.”[Sarwan] said he felt a bit stiff but batting was okay. I’m guessing coming back from the injury automatically these things will happen. Hopefully he’ll be fine. With so many Test matches under his belt, having Sarwan around, who has been in good form, will be a big boost for us.”On a personal level, Gayle is confident of improving upon his modest first-Test returns of 31 and 1 against an Australian attack that, for just the second time since 1986-87, will feature a pair of left-arm pacemen. His 11th hour arrival into Brisbane hardly helped his preparation, and with an extra week to shake out the jetlag, Gayle is expecting better things.”It would have been nice to have Ben [Hilfenhaus] around to even things up a bit more,” Gayle said of the injured Australian paceman, who accounted for him in both innings at the Gabba. “He’s out and it’s tough luck that they have lost their match winner from their last game. Another guy will get his opportunity. The first game was a bit of a rush for me. A lot has been happening. I’m settled down now and acclimatised a bit and I’m back and ready to go again.”

Konstas later brushed the incident aside, but Ricky Ponting said on commentary that Kohli “instigated that confrontation”

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Dec-2024Virat Kohli has been fined 20% of his match fees and awarded one demerit point for his altercation with Australia’s 19-year-old debutant Sam Konstas during the fourth Test at the MCG. The incident occurred after the tenth over of the morning session, when Kohli and Konstas bumped shoulders while moving across the pitch between overs.Both players exchanged words after the contact before Konstas’ opening partner Usman Khawaja and umpire Michael Gough interrupted to cut the altercation short.Kohli was sanctioned for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct that relates to “inappropriate physical contact with a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or any other person (including a spectator during an International Match”. No formal hearing was required as Kohli accepted the sanctions.Replays that emerged later in the session showed Konstas had turned around from the crease after the last ball of the tenth over, and was walking towards the other end while looking at his gloves, whereas Kohli – while tossing the ball in his hand – was looking ahead and went from outside the pitch towards Konstas and bumped into him.”I think the emotions got to both of us,” Konstas later told in the second session. “I didn’t quite realise; I was doing my gloves, then [there was] a little shoulder charge. But it happens in cricket.”