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Doug Bollinger has been included in Australia’s Test squad to tour the West Indies as a replacement for Ben Hilfenhaus, who is suffering from a recurrence of a stress fracture in his lower back. Bollinger will make the trip as part of the 15-man squad as long as he can prove he has recovered from a broken foot he sustained in February.The news came while Bollinger was on his honeymoon, and barely a week after he was offered his first Cricket Australia contract. “I’m just wondering if they might bump me up to first class,” Bollinger told AAP before leaving Sydney for Honolulu. “It’s probably been the best week of my life. I’m so happy that it’s happened and I’m just so excited at the moment.”Bollinger, who was married to Tegan Sutherland on Friday, was unlucky not to be chosen in the original group for the Caribbean campaign following a breakthrough Pura Cup season. He topped the wicket tally with 45 at 15.44 despite missing the last three games with the injury.”I’ve had a bit of a bowl,” Bollinger said. “I’ve been running and I’ve been in the gym, so I feel really well at the moment.”Alex Kountouris, the Australia team’s physio, said Bollinger should be fine to make the trip. “Doug has recovered well from his fractured foot,” Kountouris said. “He has been bowling for the last couple of weeks with no complaints and, as long as he completes the final fitness test, we believe he will be fully fit to take part in the Test tour of the West Indies.”Hilfenhaus’ injury means he cannot bowl for several months, which rounds off a disappointing year after he collected 28 Pura Cup wickets at 43.82 and struggled to have the same impact as in his outstanding 2006-07. However, he did retain his Cricket Australia contract and the selectors said he would remain in the frame for future series.”Obviously this is very disappointing for Ben,” Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, said. “However, given the amount of cricket facing the Australian side in all forms of the game over the next 18 months, a conservative approach to the management of his back injury is best to ensure he makes a full recovery.”Kountouris said the aim was to have Hilfenhaus fit and fresh for the start of 2008-09. “Ben had some lingering back pain towards the end of the Pura Cup season and recent scans have revealed a possible recurrence of an old stress fracture to the vertebrae,” he said.”His recovery will involve not bowling for the next few months but continuing on with a rehabilitation and strength program. We believe this will be his best preparation for the beginning of the 2008-09 season.”The squad gathers in Brisbane for a training camp in early May ahead of the three-Test series against West Indies. Five ODIs and a Twenty20 international follow before the players return to Australia in July.

Match facts

Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Start time 1000 local (0430 GMT)

Big Picture

“We’re both young teams,” has been the phrase of the tour so far. “Both teams are rebuilding,” captains, players and team directors have said. All of this is another way of saying neither team is particularly good at present. There is a lot of chatter about potential and talent. Less about Test form and recent record.India are further down the transition track, and so appear the more polished outfit. KL Rahul is the least experienced batsman in the top order, but he already has a ton in Australia. Rohit Sharma is an unproven Test no. 3, but he has sent Sri Lanka bowlers into therapy in other formats. Between Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, there is enough quality in that top order to hurt Sri Lanka, as long as the visitors can overcome their aversion to batting well away from home.After years of seeking a partner for Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka’s opening partnership has emerged as one of the hosts’ strengths. Dimuth Karunaratne still plays the snazzy legside flicks, but has recently discovered the offside, and added a few points to his batting IQ. Kaushal Silva hangs on like a limpet, rarely punishing the opposition, but often annoying them.There are the flakier batsmen – Jehan Mubarak and Upul Tharanga are yet to prove they can be Test performers. But offsetting this uncertainty is Angelo Mathews, who after Kumar Sangakkara is becoming Sri Lanka’s sure thing.The attacks are evenly matched, even if Sri Lanka’s pace stocks are again diminished by injury. Dhammika Prasad and Nuwan Pradeep are improving bowlers, and in Rangana Herath and Tharindu Kaushal Sri Lanka have a varied spin threat. They will hope Sri Lanka stay within reach of India for the first three days, before the Galle surface’s cantankerous mood takes hold on days four and five.It isn’t a Galle match without a late batting collapse, and as India appear intent on fielding five bowlers, Sri Lanka will hope to expose the lower middle order. Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri will feel the opposite. The extra bowler in the side will help put pressure right back on the Sri Lanka’s batsmen.

Form guide

(last five matches, most recent first)

Sri Lanka: LWLLL
India: DDDLL

In the spotlight

A day out from the match, Kumar Sangakkara already smiles down from almost as many hoardings as the politicians contesting in the election, in under a week. Fans in Galle will hope he can give the venue he calls his “favourite ground to play in” a final Test to remember. As big scores are rare at the P Sara, the first three days of this Test present his best chance of matching Don Bradman’s double-century record. It remains to be seen if he will be back to his hungriest in this series, after a lower-intensity outing against Pakistan.Virat Kohli had an outstanding tour of Australia, but has been short of runs across formats since the World Cup. Two failures in the practice match won’t have done him much good. The early stages of this Test should present conditions he is more comfortable in, but with all the talk of leading an aggressive team, and trialing new ploys to fit the new philosophy, will the focus on his own run-making persist?

Team news

Dushmantha Chameera has been bowling in the nets, but it appears as if the selectors would prefer to preserve him for the Tests in more seam-friendly conditions in Colombo. Lahiru Thirimanne has a weak grip on his no. 4 position, and could easily be replaced by Upul Tharanga. Tharindu Kaushal will likely play ahead of Dilruwan Perera.Sri Lanka (probable): 1 Kaushal Silva, 2 Dimuth Karunaratne, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Upul Tharanga, 5 Angelo Mathews (capt.), 6 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 7 Jehan Mubarak, 8 Dhammika Prasad, 9 Tharindu Kaushal, 10 Rangana Herath, 11 Nuwan PradeepM Vijay is out with a hamstring injury, which means Rahul will open alongside Shikhar Dhawan. India will likely prefer the pace of Varun Aaron and Umesh Yadav to the skill of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The spin attack will probably comprise R Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh.India (probable): 1 KL Rahul, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Virat Kohli (capt.), 5 Ajinkya Rahane, 6 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 7 R Ashwin, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 Varun Aaron, 11 Umesh Yadav

Pitch and conditions

There have been intermittent rains in the days preceding the match, so expect a stop-start game. Despite the bad weather, however, the pitch seems to be a typical Galle track, which will dry out considerably over the course of the game.

Stats and trivia

• The match will be Angelo Mathews’ 50th Test.
• Once the hosts’ fortress, Sri Lanka have lost two of their last three matches in Galle.
• India have not won a series in Sri Lanka since 1993.
• None of India’s top six have played a Test in Sri Lanka.

Quotes

“In the last eight years of my career, Kumar Sangakkara has helped me personally. He is always willing to help the young guys and whenever you play a bad shot he comes up to us and says that we can play it in a better way. He gives confidence to the youngest and not only for the batsmen – for the bowlers as well. We learnt a lot from him and we are thankful for who he has been for the team on and off the field. He is your go-to man. You can always go to him and get an honest opinion.”
“It’s a great opportunity to create some momentum, knowing it’s a three-match series. Even if it’s an off day, you still have time to re-group and think about what went wrong. If it’s a good day you can learn from it.”

Scorecard

Sachin Tendulkar emulated Inzamam-ul-Haq’s Karachi heroics with a dazzling 141, but it wasn’t enough to inspire India to an improbable victory after they were set 330 to win by Pakistan at Rawalpindi. Shoaib Akhtar, playing his 100th one-day international in front of his home crowd, winkled out India’s lower order as they fell 12 runs short at the finish.As long as Tendulkar was at the crease, India were favourites to pull it off. He batted magnificently, passing 13,000 runs along the way, and adding 105 with Rahul Dravid to set the game up for India. The slow bowlers were cut, swept and paddle-swept deftly, while the pace bowlers were creamed through the covers, and lofted over midwicket with ease.Ironically, it was that shot that proved his downfall, when he slog-swept Shoaib Malik down to Abdul Razzaq at deep midwicket (245 for 4). His 141 took just 135 deliveries, and gave the remaining batsmen the perfect platform to make a charge.Dravid eased to 36 before some extra pace from Mohammad Sami bowled him (260 for 5). And Yuvraj Singh then reeled off 19 in quick time before striking a Shahid Afridi delivery straight to Shabbir Ahmed at deep midwicket (282 for 6).With Shoaib back into the attack, Mohammad Kaif scooped one to point (284 for 7) and Zaheer Khan was trapped leg before first ball to leave Pakistan on the verge of victory. But Ramesh Power, the debutant, and L Balaji gave them a real fright, smashing 30 from just 15 balls to set up a thrilling climax. When Balaji was run out, and Ashish Nehra bowled by Sami, it was all over, with eight balls still to be bowled. The gallant Powar, unbeaten on 18, could only watch in frustration.Virender Sehwag and Tendulkar had started the pursuit by treating Shoaib with some respect, while going after Shabbir, who had come into the team to replace Naved-ul-Hasan. Sehwag went after him first, tonking one over midwicket and then smacking him over cover for four more.By then, Tendulkar had his eye in, as he proved when he cut Shoaib over point,before flicking him past the square-leg fielder. Shabbir then pitched one in the slot, and Tendulkar played a glorious cover-drive, following up with a clever glance off his pads for four more.

With India ahead of the asking rate, Shoaib struck with a beautiful delivery. It was full, and knocked back the off stump when Sehwag played around it (56 for 1).Soon after, India were rocked again, when VVS Laxman, who made just 4, was trapped leg before by Sami, as he tried to shuffle across the crease (71 for 2). Ganguly then enjoyed a reprieve, when Shoaib put down a sitter at mid-off after he had given Shabbir the charge.His luck didn’t last though, and when he gave Afridi the charge after a patchy 15, he was stumped by yards (140 for 3). That got Tendulkar and Dravid together. Singles and twos were scampered, despite Tendulkar appearing to suffer from fatigue, and fours plundered when the bowlers erred in line or length.Pakistan’s own run feast was the result of a stunning opening partnership. With Afridi back in the side, and back to his wood-cutting best, the new-ball pairing of Balaji and Zaheer were given a pummelling. Afridi started with an inside-edged four off Balaji, but then calibrated his sights to smash some splendid strokes straight down the ground and through midwicket.Yasir Hameed’s approach was more orthodox, with a couple of gorgeous cover-drives giving the Indians plenty to chew on. Only Nehra, who came on as first change, kept the runs down, as Ganguly was compelled to call on his slow bowlers.Sehwag, though, was targetted for special treatment, with Afridi slamming sixes over midwicket and long-off. Powar wasn’t scared to flight the ball, and he got appreciable turn at times. As for Yuvraj, he made an impact with just his second delivery, inducing a reckless heave across the line from Afridi, whose rollicking 80 had taken just 58 balls (138 for 1).Yousuf Youhana compiled an elegant 24 before Yuvraj struck again. Youhana played outside the line, and edged one back on to his stumps (191 for 2). But Inzamam came in next, and thumped Powar for a straight six, as Pakistan appeared on course for a huge total.The next break came courtesy some calamitous running. Hameed, who made 86, played one to short third man, and by the time he responded to Inzamam’s call, Nehra’s throw to Yuvraj had beaten him (225 for 3).That set the stage for Nehra. Included only after a late fitness test, the first ball of his new spell bowled Inzamam (28) off a thin edge, and the next trapped Moin Khan in front for 0. Malik jammed down on a superb yorker to ensure that there would be no hat-trick.Nehra’s intervention proved only a temporary respite as Younis Khan – who made 28 before tickling a catch behind off Nehra – Malik and Razzaq, the consummate finisher, took Pakistan past 320 with aggressive running, cleverly placed shots, and a little help from Indian fumbles in the field. It proved to be just about enough, despite an unforgettable knock from Tendulkar.

Scorecard
Points table

Brad Hodge celebrated his 100th one-day game with Victoria with a dominant century that virtually guarantees the Bushrangers a spot in the FR Cup final. In a match reduced by three overs due to rain, Hodge patiently steered the team out of trouble and then accelerated as they reached the required 209 with seven wickets and four overs to spare.The Bulls had started the defence well, dropping Victoria to 3 for 52 in the 15th over, but there was no more joy as Hodge combined with the captain Cameron White in an unbroken stand of 157. White picked up a confidence-boosting 64 while Hodge starred with 119, which included 10 fours and a six.Hodge stayed for 134 balls and while he was around the Bushrangers always remained in control. They have one match remaining to seal their spot in the decider – they are five points ahead of the third-placed South Australia – and could host it if the leaders Tasmania falter.Queensland fought for their 214 in 48.4 overs after Chris Simpson started the target-setting with 42. While none of the top seven failed badly, the batsmen were unable to reach a significant total. The Bulls were in big trouble at 5 for 110 before Craig Philipson (32) and Aaron Nye (39) combined to add some respect.Bryce McGain, the leading wicket-taker for Victoria this summer, picked up two crucial victims, bowling Clinton Perren after taking care of Nathan Reardon. The double-blow continued the good work of Clint McKay and he finished with 3 for 42. McKay captured the captain Jimmy Maher and Ashley Noffke early in the innings before returning for Nye.

Duncan Fletcher was pleased with his team’s perseverance after they hadlost the toss and were asked to field first on the opening day of thethird Test at Newlands. Despite 74 from Graeme Smith and a serene 81 notout from Jacques Kallis, South Africa were restricted to 247 for 4 in the day’s 90 overs."We’re quite happy with our performance on that wicket," said Fletcher. "Ithink the guys have done a good job, because it’s quite a flat track and afast outfield and it’s not offering the bowlers anything. From our pointof view, we’d have looked to have scored over 300 if we were only fourdown on the first day, so it was pleasing to restrict them to around 250.I think if we can restrict them to around 350 or 400 that would be a goodeffort.”It was a tough ask for England’s bowlers to get back out into the field sosoon after their victory charge in the second Test was scuppered by badlight, but Fletcher conceded that the conditions here are much morepleasant than at Durban. “I don’t think the guys looked too tired at theend of the day, but it’s totally different to Durban and it’s a lot morepleasant playing cricket here temperature-wise.”It’s not easy and it would have been asking too much if we were playingin Durban today, but you have that cool breeze here which helps. It’sdifficult to maintain that intensity over two days, but we’ve playedback-to-back Tests in Sri Lanka and that is a hard ask – it’s not as hardplaying this one."England’s day began with a late selection drama, as Mark Butcher – who hadbeen under pressure for his place – was ruled out at the last minute witha troublesome wrist injury. "He felt a twinge while he was batting inDurban," explained Fletcher. "He saw a doctor yesterday, but when we goton the bus this morning, I thought he was playing." Butcher’s place hasbeen taken by Robert Key.

Preparations for the inaugural Stanford 20/20 tournament stepped up this week as a US$2.75 million promotional and marketing campaign, due to start in May, was announced.Billionaire Allen Stanford and 13 of his West Indies legends took part in a shoot for a TV commercial in Antigua this week. The entire tournament will be shown on TV throughout the Caribbean, and it is being widely reported that there has also been considerable interest from around the world.”The Stanford 20/20 is a new spin on an old game. It’s the game we love like we’ve never seen it before,” Stanford said when asked to explain the tournament’s slogan The Game We Loved. Evolved.. “It’s big names with big career statistics and new names and lesser-known heroes. It’s heavy favourites and come-from-behind underdogs. This tournament is unique in so many ways, not only because of the prizes up for grabs but also for the different elements that we are going to add to the game that will make it even more exciting. I don’t want to reveal too much but I hope everyone will come out and see what we have in store.”Stanford is investing in the region of US$28 million in the event and there is a $1 million prize for the winning team, with $500,000 for the runners-up. Stanford’s longer-term aim is to establish a professional Super League in the Caribbean with two $5 million winner-takes-all games featuring a Caribbean Super Stars XI against world-class opponents.Meanwhile, the tournament committee met in St Kitts where the rules and regulations were nailed down and progress reports received from the 19 participating countries. Most countries have received the first three months of funding – totalling around US$45,000 – and most have also started spending the US$100,000 allocated to them as capital investment monies.The Stanford 20/20 begins on Tuesday, July 11 at the Stanford Cricket Ground in Antigua.The countries due to take part are Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Maarten, St Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands.

West Indies bowler Jermaine Lawson has been reported for a suspect bowling action, the ICC confirmed on Sunday. Lawson’s action was called into question by the match officials after the first Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, and they immediately reported him.The report was submitted by the umpires Simon Taufel, Nadeem Ghauri, third umpire Peter Manuel and fourth official Ranmore Martinez who were concerned about the angle of Lawson’s elbow.”The match officials had concerns with potential elbow flexation when viewing the bowler’s action with the naked eye,” explained the ICC match referee, Mike Procter. “This assessment has led the team of officials to request the ICC to commission a biomechanical report into the bowler’s action in accordance with the new process introduced earlier this year.”In accordance with the ICC’s recently revised bowling review process, Lawson’s action will now be analysed by a human movement specialist at the ICC within the next three weeks. Video tapes of the match will also be submitted for analysis. After the analysis is completed, the biomechanical expert will report back to the ICC, confirming if the action is legal. Lawson will be free to play international cricket in the meantime.

South Africa Cricket Association (SACA) chief executive Tony Irish said South Africa could lose two of its premier fast bowlers, Charl Langeveldt and Andre Nel, because of political interference in selection.”Charl Langeveldt’s request to be removed from the squad to tour India is the desperate unhappiness of a player who knows that he has been selected for this tour for quota reasons,” he said.Langeveldt, absent from the Test side since early 2006, replaced Nel, who took 13 wickets at 26.23 in the three Tests against West Indies earlier this year, under Cricket South Africa’s transformation policy, which mandates at least six players of colour in a 14-man squad.”As players we all have a good idea of when we are clearly in the running for selection and when we aren’t,” Langeveldt said. “You just have to look at Andre’s Test record compared to mine and the fact that he has been part of all the Test match plans while I haven’t played a Test match for two years.”I have always fought for a place in the team but I don’t want to be put there because of my colour. Up to now I have been very happy in my role in the ODI team and I know my value there. I’m quite upset by this now and I’m going to need a bit of time to consider my future.”Nel also expressed his unhappiness with the situation. “I’m as upset for Langes as I am for myself,” he said. “We are good team-mates and I have a lot of respect for him. We are both passionate about playing for South Africa and neither of us deserves to feel like this. It is hard to just shrug it all off.”Irish reiterated SACA’s stance that there should be no “veto, interference or involvement in the selection of the Proteas by anyone who is not a selector”. “The players believe in the goals of transformation but all of them, black and white, are adamant that this should not be achieved by interfering in the selection of the national team,” he said.No replacement has been named as yet for Langeveldt in the squad, which arrives in India later this week.

On Wednesday it appeared as if the dispute between the Kenya Cricket Association and the striking players had been resolved. But following talks yesterday, it looks as if it is more of a ceasefire than an armistice.The two stumbling blocks remain salaries and contracts. “We want all our oustanding allowances and the salaries from last month to be paid in full before we start everything on a clean sheet,” Steve Tikolo said. “We don’t want the same scenario to repeat itself in the future.”Tikolo estimated that each player is owed around $4000, and this includes bonus money still owed from the World Cup. Kenya were not expected to progress very far and so the board offered to let the players keep any prize money. As it was, they reached the semi-final. Almost all that money remains outstanding, even though it was paid to the KCA shortly after the event. The board maintains that there are tax issues which need resolving before it can pay out.This raises questions as to whether the KCA, which is known to be financially strained, can afford to meet this demand.Tikolo also said that the players wanted one-year extensions to their contacts which expired on September 30 – the board offered two-month extensions, explaining that it did not have sufficient funds to make any longer commitment.

Ross Emerson took his three young children to the Perth Water Slides on Friday, as far away from the WACA and another confrontation with the Sri Lankans as he could find in his homecity and the perfect place to begin the rest of his life.The umpire at the centre of the latest crisis to hit cricket has experienced too much trauma and real danger to become worked up about the week that could end his involvement in the first-class game.Emerson is a man alone. For the last week the cricket world has been in a stampede as players and officials have sought to distance themselves from him. Yet the umpire who rocked the sportby deciding to call Muttiah Muralitharan for chucking in Adelaide last Saturday has no regrets. His decision, he insists, was something that “came from the heart”.Emerson is not prepared to go into detail about the events of the last week; about the shameful behaviour of Arjuna Ranatunga, the Sri Lanka captain, that shattered the calm of the Adelaide Oval; about the revelation that he has been on sick leave from work at the Ministry of Fair Trading in Perth for eight weeks; about the decision to stand him down for Friday’s rematch between England and Sri Lanka. And he will not comment about the arrogant way in which Ranatunga chose to bulldoze through the International Cricket Council’s code of conduct by threatening to drag cricket through the courts if he was suspended. Emerson is not prepared to jeopardise what little chance he still has of officiating in an international match again – but it is clear that he feels let down, angry and bitter.”I can’t imagine why you’ve rung me,” he laughed when he was tracked down on Friday just as Muralitharan was preparing to bowl his first ball at the WACA. While umpire Peter Parker stood inthe square leg position that was supposed to be occupied by Emerson, the former policeman was spending the day with his young family and was doing his best to get away from it all. “I’m not thinking about cricket today,” insisted Emerson. “When you’ve been through as much as me you learn to compartmentalise your life.”Emerson’s colourful background is the key to understanding theman. For whatever is felt about his motives for repeating hispublic humiliation of Muralitharan of three years ago and abouthis reputation as being confrontational, cocky and a’grandstander’, it is clear he has lived a fascinating life.It is one that saw him driven away from his Sydney home by deaththreats during a distinguished career as a police officer. He waseven praised in the Australian parliament as a “very fineofficer” for his part in investigating internal corruption in theNew South Wales force. More recently, however, his life hassuffered a new setback in Perth where the cause of his”stress-related” condition remains a mystery. It is said thatEmerson has clashed with his superiors over their failure toprosecute companies he has investigated and is furious with themfor revealing that he was away from his desk. He plans to returnto work this week for yet another showdown with his employers,after which he will discover whether he still has an umpiringfuture.Emerson, approaching his 45th birthday, has never officiated in aTest match and almost certainly never will. After a stormymeeting with Denis Rogers, chairman of the Australian CricketBoard, on Tuesday, even his place in Shield matches may now be indoubt. Apparently, the pair parted on poor terms after Rogerstold Emerson he was standing him down from England’s match onFriday, ostensibly on health grounds but surely related to theevents of Adelaide.But not everyone has turned against him. Since the events of lastweekend, Emerson, whose brother-in-law is the former Australianfast bowler Terry Alderman, has received a number of messages ofsupport, including a call from Geoff Marsh, the Australia coach.He also received words of encouragement from several Englandplayers who witnessed at first hand his bitter confrontation withRanatunga. All this is likely to count for little, though. It isalmost certain that the ACB and the ICC will decide that tore-appoint such a controversial figure would be simply too muchtrouble.Emerson, who shot to prominence when he called Muralitharan forthrowing seven times during his first international umpiringappearance at the Gabba three years ago, is not the only officialnursing private grievances. Darrell Hair, the Australian whostarted the Muralitharan ball rolling in the Boxing Day Test of1995 at Melbourne, is still waiting to hear when he will becalled to account by the ICC for bringing the game into disreputeby calling Muralitharan’s action “diabolical” in hisautobiography.The only communication Hair has had from the ICC since he wascharged was a fax at home telling him not to wear his ICCNational Grid panel jacket until the hearing. Australia will haveone umpire at this year’s World Cup, with Hair in theory the hotfavourite to fill the place. Do not be surprised, however, ifDaryl Harper, of South Australia, gets the nod instead.Law 24.2 stipulates that an umpire must call a bowler forchucking if there is any doubt in his mind that a delivery islegal. Looking at it in cold terms, it is easy to see why Emersonand Hair felt it necessary to no-ball Muralitharan. But they arepaying a heavy price for their conviction.England, meanwhile, arrived in Sydney last night after theirthumping victory over Sri Lanka on Friday with David Graveney,the manager, saying he felt “more emotional about watching thatEngland victory than any other game”. Graveney added: “We hadlost a couple of games and we had had a demanding few days. Then,at 34 for four, we were looking down the barrel. To then win bythe margin we did was extraordinary.”England have been given the next two days off by Graveney, nowthat they are on the brink of qualifying for the final of thetriangular series, and they will be back in action at the SCG onWednesday. Graveney will spend the time briefing the England andWales Cricket Board about his observations on the Adelaideaffair.”I am fully confident as a result of all this that theregulations of the ICC will be altered to try to keep lawyers outof disciplinary hearings,” he said. “The situation has to bemoved on from here.”