According to the London Evening Standard, Kieran Trippier will reject interest from Napoli to sign a new contract with Tottenham Hotspur ahead of the 2018-19 campaign.

Trippier, 27, registered nine assists in 35 appearances for Tottenham last term.

There were stages of the season where the Spurs supporters criticised the right-back, but he can be pleased with his overall campaign.

The defender’s form saw him earn a spot in the England squad for the 2018 World Cup, and he is being tipped to start his nation’s tournament opener against Tunisia in a wing-back role.

Trippier, who is valued at £18m by transfermarkt.co.uk, is wanted by Napoli in this summer’s transfer window, according to the London Evening Standard.

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However, it is being reported that the Englishman is not interested in a move to Serie A, and will look to pen a new contract with Tottenham as soon as possible.

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Punjab U-14 humiliated Haryana U-14 by 323 runs in their North Zoneleague tournament at the Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium, Rohtak. Punjab,put into bat, made 198 in 77.3 overs in their first innings withopener K Goel being the top scorer with 91. For Haryana Pratik was themost successful bowler, and he scalped 4 wickets. In response Haryanawere dismissed for 81 in 47.2 overs in their first innings. Onlyskipper D Saini lasted for a long time at the crease by making anunbeaten 31.In the second innings Punjab declared at 295 for 8 in 80.1 overs withgood scores from opener A Vinayak (68), M Bhatia (82) and skipper TGupta (84). Needing 413 runs to win, Haryana in their final inningsmade 89 in 34.4 overs with only D Saini (28) and S Kumar (18) reachingdouble figures. New ball bowler Hardavinder Singh claimed threewickets for Punjab.In completing their victory, Punjab notched up 8 points.

Sri Lanka has usually offered climes and conditions roughly familiar to India’s cricketers.  On the face of it, this tour is their best chance to snap a four-year stretch in which they have not won a series overseas. Batsmen may have arrived on the island slavering at the idea of playing a foreign Test with the sun on their backs and a tawny surface underfoot.But they have arrived at the Premadasa Stadium one day ahead of their tour-match here, and, oh dear, the sky is grey. Worse, the pitch is green. Not the washy subcontinent green, which unveils the brown beneath as soon as the first hour is done. This is proper, nausea-inducing, vomit-coloured stuff.It is not a venue reputed for its seaming surfaces, so there is a chance the India batsmen find something to like about it, in the end. But on looks alone, it may set off warning bells in the dressing room. In Colombo, at least, Sri Lanka seem to be preparing seaming tracks in the belief that therein lies their best hope of taking 20 India wickets.But if the India batsmen are worried, their young squadron of quicks are probably excited by the grass. Bowling coach Bharat Arun said his charges have the means to thrive on any surface. Ishant Sharma is the default leader of the seam attack, and with him he has the pace of Varun Aaron, the bustling intensity of Umesh Yadav, and the skill of Bhuvneshwar Kumar.”There is great potential in this fast bowling unit,” Arun said. “We have a couple of guys who can clock 145-plus on a consistent basis and also the fact that we have Ishant who is pretty experienced. He can extract extra bounce off the wicket and of late, Ishant has been extremely consistent. That’s a very, very encouraging fact.”Bhuvi has had a wonderful tour in Zimbabwe where he has rediscovered himself. He is moving the ball pretty well both ways. So we do have the variety. We have somebody who can move the ball and seam the ball, and someone who can extract that extra bounce, and a couple of bowlers who can clock 145-plus. That gives us enough variety to battle any conditions.”Bhuvneshwar’s series in Zimbabwe featured a 4 for 33 in the second ODI in Harare, in which he drew the edge of two frontline batsmen with away-seaming deliveries. But it was the rejuvenation of another delivery that envenomed him, his coach said.”There were no problems with Bhuvi as such, but the ball that he could bring it back in – he was having trouble with that,” Arun said. “So I guess it was just a question of the release point. He worked pretty hard on that and I guess that made a huge difference – the fact that he could bring the ball back in like he used to earlier. That made him a lot more potent.”For Umesh and Aaron, both of whom have exciting pace, but also Test economy rates close to 4.5, Arun has not recommended a safe-but-sure philosophy.”Something that I would definitely not want is sacrificing pace,” he said. “It is a wrong concept sometimes that people who bowl fast are generally erratic. As you get more and more efficient in your action and your thought process, I think you can be fast and accurate like many of the other bowlers in the world have proved. The challenge for these two would be to not compromise on their speed but get a lot more accurate.”With India having repeatedly spoken of strapping five bowlers to their Test plough this series, hopes are likely to be high that the bowling unit will deliver 20 wickets. But it also means the tail will be expected to produce runs. “I guess if you look at any Test team that has dominated world cricket, they have always had five bowlers in it,” Arun said. But I think if you could probably have a batting allrounder, that would be very, very beneficial for the side.”But now we have three bowlers who can bat well. R Ashwin has two hundreds in Tests, so has Harbhajan Singh. And Bhuvi is more than a capable bat. Our lower order needs to live up to this challenge and contribute and I think the five-bowler concept is the best that you can look forward to.”

ScorecardMichael Yardy wants to ensure Sussex’s safety before he retires•Getty Images

This is an uncertain time of year. Three clubs – two of them playing here – are locked in the real relegation battle; Worcestershire, to the neutral’s disappointment, are all but gone. Hampshire are still fighting. But Sussex and Somerset know a win at Hove saves tricky seasons.For players too, it’s an uncertain time. Take Ashar Zaidi. Out of contract at season’s end, this, like the retiring Michael Yardy, could be his final home game for Sussex. Time, then, to make an impression. Things are uncertain for Yardy too, as he prepares for life after cricket. After a day delayed by – then twice interrupted by – blustery rain, and with Sussex looking vulnerable at 171 for 6, the pair came together to share an unbeaten 132 at upwards of four an over, securing three vital bonus points.There are, at first glance, uniting factors. Zaidi is a roly-poly sort of fellow, while Yardy these days is not svelte, and neither could be accused of haring between the wickets. Both are left-handed and both – Yardy for his extravagant crab across the crease and Zaidi for his compulsive fidgets – are downright awkward to bowl to. On Monday, both scored fine, fun half-centuries with Zaidi so defiant that he finished only 10 runs short of a century.But there are vast differences too. Yardy is a club stalwart, while many wonder exactly what Zaidi’s role is – part-time spinner, No 8 batsman, often hidden in the field – and few would be particularly surprised to see him released. The celebrations of their respective half-centuries told of this: fifties can seldom have been greeted as warmly as Yardy’s – a rainbow even appeared to the east as Zaidi came down to offer his partner a warm handshake. Zaidi’s brought smiles for its brevity, and sheer joyfulness.In method, Yardy is heavy footed with his double foot-plant across from on side to off, while Zaidi is fleeter, dancing around, down and across the crease depending on who is flinging the ball at him. If Yardy’s technique is idiosyncratic, he uses it watchfully and sensibly, while Zaidi swings from the hip. By day’s end, with one playing for stumps and the other appearing to believe they required eight an over, they looked a rather odd couple.On a day when rain was never far away and the wind blew so hard that the floodlights, switched on early, swayed in the gusts, Somerset would not have been unhappy to have been invited to bowl by Ed Joyce. It did not take long for Luke Wells to be squared up by Tim Groenewald and edge to second slip, where Marcus Trescothick was as safe as ever.Joyce was Sussex’s securest batsman. Strong on the cut, flicking to leg, and when leaving, he survived two sessions as flightier, more temptable partners came and went. Matt Machan looked in sublime touch, straight driving and bunting to leg, before slapping Jamie Overton to cover. Peter Trego probed and Chris Nash nibbled to Trescothick at second, while Luke Wright fell in the same manner to Jim Allenby’s medium pacers after also looking at ease, playing a magnificent flamingo through midwicket. Joyce’s fine innings ended when he was strangled down the legside by Overton with the afternoon session’s final delivery.It was Ben Brown’s wicket, just after tea, that brought Yardy and Zaidi together. Brown, who has had a fine season, had somehow contrived to turn a shin-high, leg-stump full toss from Jack Leach to cover, off his leading edge. Craig Overton barely had to move but that delivery’s cricket had hitherto been so poor that he really should have shelled it.Zaidi set about trying to cause more trouble than the 40mph winds, which sent detritus onto the field, blew off fielders’ caps and played with bowlers lines. He was away with a cut and an on-drive off Jamie Overton and never let up. For every handsome drive there was a loose waft and for every time the third man boundary was peppered intentionally, there was one that made it there by accident. With the close minutes away, he provided his innings in microcosm, deciding to amble down the track to Allenby and deposit him over wide mid-on for six.Yardy was as perversely elegant as ever, rolling his wrists delicately on cover drives and dabbing across the line. On a pitch that has a little spice, he was a good deal more straight-laced, but such was the fun had by Zaidi, it’s hard to believe Yardy was able to keep a straight face at the non-strikers. Thanks to the odd couple, Sussex’s position – in the match and that relegation scrap – looks strong.

ScorecardOlly Stone could only manage seven balls in the second innings•Getty Images

Northamptonshire and Glamorgan played out a leisurely draw on the final day of their LV= County Championship Division Two match at Wantage Road, after the weather had scuppered any chance of a positive result, although there was the concerning sight of Olly Stone walking off with an injury.Stone pulled up after bowling only seven balls, limping off holding his side just a day after being named in the England Performance Program squad.After less than 85 overs were possible in the opening three days, morning discussions were held between captains Alex Wakely and Graham Wagg, the latter standing in for the injured Mark Wallace, but no agreement on a contrived finished could be reached.Instead the match petered out into a draw with both sides going through the motions for much of the day, Northants taking their overnight 128 for 5 onto 278, with half centuries for Adam Rossington and David Murphy, before Glamorgan reached 99 for 3 before the teams shook hands.The draw means Northamptonshire take ten points to Glamorgan’s nine, but with Essex looking likely to beat Leicestershire, a third place finish looks beyond both sides heading into the final round of fixtures.Overnight rain caused a 30 minute delay to proceedings, but once play got underway Rossington doubled his overnight 25 to move to a seventh half century of the season, scoring at a run a ball before chipping Dewi Penrhyn Jones to mid-off on 59, Penrhyn Jones finishing with 3 for 55 on debut.Rory Kleinveldt also fell before lunch, bowled by Michael Hogan for 7, but either side of the interval Murphy completed a composed unbeaten 58, in what could be his last innings at Wantage Road with the wicketkeeper out of contract and unlikely to be offered a fresh deal.He enjoyed support from Stone and Mohammed Azharullah, who both made 20 in stands of 37 and 29 for the eighth and ninth wicket respectively, before Wagg, deputising after Wallace injured his calf batting on the second day, removed Azharullah and last man Richard Gleeson to claim 4 for 77.With Wallace also unable to bat second time around, Andrew Salter joined James Kettleborough in opening the batting, but could make just 4 before edging Azharullah to first slip,Richard Gleeson was making his Championship debut for Northants, having also played against the Australians, and took his first two wickets either side of tea, Kettleborough caught behind and Colin Ingram lbw, both having made 14.The latter would prove be the last meaningful action of any note before the teams shook hands shortly after 4.20, Adam Rossington sending down the final over, his first in professional cricket, six deliveries of tame medium pace that summed up the day’s proceedings.

With PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan set to meet BCCI president Shashank Manohar in Mumbai on Monday, there is expectation that a decision will be made on India’s proposed bilateral series with Pakistan in December.According to a report, Shaharyar, accompanied by PCB executive committee head Najam Sethi, will meet Manohar and BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur along with other government officials.”The PCB is mentally prepared to even settle for a shorter series but want it to be Pakistan’s home series and in the UAE,” a PCB source was quoted as saying by .Meanwhile, it is understood that the BCCI, as reported by ESPNcricinfo on Saturday, had discussed the possibility of a tri-series featuring Pakistan and Bangladesh in its working committee meeting, but was apprehensive about the viability of non-India games played in India.”The BCCI does intend to promote tri-series, but non-India games are not attracting revenue and BCCI’s cost of production is so high it’s not remunerative. We’re trying to work out how it can be done,” a BCCI member privy to the discussions told ESPNcricinfo.He also said that should Bangladesh be the third team in the tournament certain games would have to be played in the country. “If Bangladesh were to be involved, then we’ll have to work out things in a way where Bangladesh’s matches will have to be played in Bangladesh,” he said.BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury said that although his board hadn’t received any proposal about the tri-series from the BCCI, there were informal discussions. “It was not a formal proposal. We had a discussion about matches,” Chowdhury told reporters in Dhaka.”Since we have a slot [after December 15], the possibility of it [tri-series] cannot be ignored,” Chowdhury said. “The host country will decide who will be the participating nations. Not just the BCCI, we spoke with a few other boards too regarding playing some matches in December. It can be at home or away.”

The PCB’s governing board has endorsed its chairman Shaharyar Khan’s view to not play their home series against India in India. The board reaffirmed its stance and expected the BCCI to fulfill its agreement to play Pakistan in the UAE between December 8 and January 9.”The BoG has reaffirmed its position regarding the scheduled Pakistan-India series,” Shaharyar said after the meeting in Lahore. “BoG has restated that the BCCI has signed an agreement with the PCB to play the series in UAE. Under the circumstances the BoG insists that the BCCI should honour its pledge to play in the UAE. There is no reason to justify the BCCI asking the PCB to play the series in India because there’s no security issue involved playing the series in UAE.

Misbah, Younis appointed to PCB cricket committee

The PCB has announced the addition of Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan to the board’s cricket committee. This will be the first time that active players will be a part of the PCB committee.
“This is a very important decision that the Board of Governors has taken,” PCB chief Shaharyar Khan said. “Younis and Misbah will be offering their input purely on cricketing matters whenever they are available.”
Shaharyar said the decision was taken for the PCB to get a better understanding of the modern game. Misbah and Younis have both retired from the limited-overs cricket and only play for the Test side.

“They should adhere to that agreement and we should not go to India. So that’s what BoG discussed today and after that they have advised us. In reality where MoUs are signed, it’s not binding but there’s a legal opinion that it’s an agreement as you have given something against it.”A day after Shaharyar had revealed that BCCI president Shashank Manohar had offered to host Pakistan in India in December, he made it clear the bilateral series would only be possible if India toured the UAE. The BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur on the other hand had said the Indian government would not grant permission for India to play Pakistan in the UAE.Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had also expressed his disapproval regarding Pakistan playing in India. “This is not about money; it’s an issue that involves Pakistan’s dignity and honour,” he said. “Though the final decision is to be taken by the Prime Minister, I will oppose any tour to India under the present circumstances if it comes under discussion at a cabinet meeting or some other forum.”The PCB said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the BCCI to play six bilateral series between 2015 and 2023. Four of those series will be hosted by Pakistan and the six tours will include up to 14 Tests, 30 ODIs and 12 T20s.”We won’t play against them,” said Shaharyar said, when asked what if the BCCI refuse to play in the UAE. “Some people think that if Pakistan doesn’t play against India, whether in UAE or in India, then we will go bankrupt. But we have not been playing for the last eight years and still we have survived. We won’t be getting a bonus, but it’s all right if you are not playing against us.”We will suffer a loss and we understand we have to tighten our belts and have to do downsizing but we have to pass through it. We have to sacrifice this because of the country but at the same time we are doing fine with our finances and can continue.”The MOU with the BCCI was a result of the PCB’s conditional support for the ICC revamp, a move pushed for by the BCCI, CA and ECB that restructured the power and revenue structure of the governing body. When asked if supporting the revamp was the wrong move, Shaharyar said commitments were made to be fulfilled at this level.

For many ardent West Indian followers and supporters over the age of45 or so, remembering the great batting traits of Guyanese RohanBabulall Kanhai is like a very pleasant dream, especially when he waspaired, in the mind and on the field of play, with the incomparableBarbadian, (Sir) Garfield Sobers. These guys operated mostly in the60’s. One such situation developed in 1968 when England were thetourists. Kanhai made 150 and Sobers made 152 in the Bourda Testmatch. Believe me, the grass actually became brown after such ashellacking.Of course, younger supporters would also remember that other greatpair of batsmen of the 70’s too, Guyanese Alvin Kallicharran andJamaican Lawrence Rowe, who so dominated proceedings and tormentedopposition’s bowlers, and had many a friendly tussle betweenthemselves, before the advent of the “Master Blaster”, (Sir) VivianRichards. One would get that impression that, like fast bowlersoperating “in fours”, especially in the Caribbean, batsmen in theseparts seem to come in at least “twos”, or pairs, except Richards ofcourse, who was basically on his own, but superlative.Well, I am here to tell you that the same will again happen sometimein the not too distant future. Ramnaresh Sarwan of Guyana andSylvester Joseph of Antigua & Barbuda and the Leeward Islands, two ofthe youths of the future West Indies cricket team, would most probablyemulate their legendary counterparts. These guys, young as they are,inexperienced as they are, will be very special in their own way whenthey eventually take center stage, which is already here, in a way.Let us see what we find when we put the microscope on Sarwan.In June, 2000, Ramnaresh Sarwan will be 20 years old. That is as gooda time as any to start one’s “real” international cricket career,”playing with the big boys.” Sobers started his career much youngerthan that, and so too, recently, did Shivnarine Chanderpaul. After hisshowing so far this year, and hopefully, continuing from there, oneshould not be too far wrong if one suggested that Sarwan would beselected in the West Indies squad for the tour of England this Englishsummer. What a birthday present that would be for the young Guyanese.Indeed, with his selection to the 14-man West Indies squad for the 1stand ultra important Test against Pakistan at Bourda, Sarwan at leasthas an opportunity, even if he does not actually play, to learnsomething of the “big leagues” by rubbing shoulders with the “bigones.” Since Sylvester Joseph has already made his One DayInternational debut against the Pakistanis in Grenada last month,Sarwan could also be allowed to get his true international colors.Guyanese fans would rejoice!!Many of the older supporters have already suggested that Sarwanreminds them so much of the budding “Lall”, Rohan Kanhai. Theslight, but very loose frame, the liquidity of movement, the standardseemingly effortless, but effective ability of dispatching bowlers,fast and slow, to all parts of the field, yet the nonchalance ofseemingly not being involved at all, are all there. If anything,Sarwan seems so confident, something I knew was very much part of themake-up of Kanhai, that perhaps he still thinks that cricket is agame. Soon, he will probably understand it is his job, and thereforemore thought would have to be put into the effort, if his career is toblossom from the bud it is now, and take off to being the wonderfulfruit is can become, and last some considerable time too.Sarwan has been playing for Guyana since 1995, as a Youth player, andsince 1996, as a regular member of the senior Busta Cup squad. He hasactually done quite a lot since his arrival on the cricket scene. Notonly has he impressed everyone with his obvious poise, even if he hasnot yet really produced scores, before this year, to really impresswith statistics, but he has already been on two tours, almostsimultaneously. In 1997, he was selected to that ill-fated YouthWorld Cup in South Africa, then asked to stay on for the West Indies”A” team tour there. He impressed all with his poise andunderstanding of the game.Amazingly, he is the first batsman anywhere in the Caribbean recentlythat anyone could have suggested, after just seeing him bat once,that, all things being equal, he will definitely play for the WestIndies. The last person to have such an accolade was Chanderpaulhimself. If anything is sure, then, after those two classy centuries,100 and 111, against Zimbabwe while playing for the West IndiesCricket Board President’s XI, in which he displayed all of hisabilities of driving, cutting and stroking, it was a certainty thatSarwan had pencilled in his name for future, higher honors. The 1stinnings 100 against Zimbabwe at Guaracara Park was one of thoseinnings that will probably be remembered by all who saw it for sometime to come. “Classy” just begins to describe that innings.There was a feeling that Ramnaresh Sarwan could have been somewhat”big-headed” in the past. That is as maybe. Perhaps he nowunderstands that cricket at its highest level is not played withwords, but by deeds.”Look, I know that I have a lot to learn. Okay, so I have made twocenturies in the same game, and I am very proud to have done so. Ieven hear that I have broken a record or something, as since 1968, Ithink, when Roy Fredericks also got separate centuries in a firstclass game, I am the next person to do the same feat. I hear that Iam the first to do so for a President’s XI representative game againsttouring teams. That is good for me, and my confidence is up.However, I also know that I have not really gone anywhere yet, and Ihave so much more I need to do. I can only learn and, hopefully, getbetter.”Ramnaresh Sarwan is nobody’s fool. He knows where he wants to go.Somehow, he also gives the impression that he knows where he is. Allhe needs now is to take the journey upwards. Those two centuriesagainst Zimbabwe have certainly put him on his way!!If he is selected in the final XI for the 1st Test against Pakistan atthe weekend, it would be the icing on a career which has startedrather young, stuttered a bit for production, but may have come tofruition at the correct time. Like no other time in the past, theWest Indies batting line-up need personnel, both gifted anddetermined.With Chris Gayle, Ricardo Powell and Wavell Hinds joining the battingranks recently, the young brigade of batsmen have a chance to makenames for themselves, and more importantly, enable the West Indianbowlers to do their jobs without the immense pressure they have hadrecently. The West Indian bowlers need help from the batsmen badly.Let us hope that Ramnaresh Sarwan, along the other recently cappedplayers, understand this need and do their part to help out here!!

Toronto, Canada – Argentina failed in a brave bid to cause one of the biggest upsetsin cricket history in going down by 5 wickets to Canada yesterday. After being put into bat, Argentina weathered everything Canada threw at them and compiled 158 for 9 intheir 50 overs. With rain threatening in the afternoon, Canada were intent on rollingover Argentina, but to no avail, thanks to some sensible and determined batting. Inreply, Canada were struggling at 120 for 5, but a defiant sixth wicket partnershipsaw them home. The Argentine management described it as one of the best everArgentine performances.When one considers that Canada have 4000 players, and are considered one of thefavourites to qualify for the 2003 World Cup, this was indeed an outstandingperformance. Two half-chances during the Canada innings that just escaped thefired-up Argentines might have had Canada at 120 for 7, and with almost 40 runs stillrequired, who knows? Still, I am not satisfied with glorious defeats, but mostimportant, Argentina are beginning to sincerely believe that they can compete againstany team at Associate level, and the rate of progress bodes well for next years ICCTrophy. One more game, versus the United States, and should we win, we could endthird!

Inspired by Mathew Inness’ six-wicket haul, Victoria has finished well on top after the first day of its first-class match against West Indies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.Bowled out for 167, the West Indians’ batting woes continued today. The teamscored at a snail’s pace all day, accumulating a mere forty-nine and forty-seven runs respectively during the first two sessions. The third session, where they stepped up the pace to a rate of 2.84 runs per over, was better, but is still a far cry from what could be expected from an international team playing against the bottom-ranked domestic side. Especially when the international team has someone like Brian Lara.Even Lara could not do much today, falling to Test spinner Colin Miller for a painful 19 that lasted fifty-five deliveries. After going to lunch at 1/49, the West Indians promptly lost six batsmen for forty-seven in the second session, including two wickets in two balls off Inness.Reflecting on the regularity with which his batsmen have fallen to catches behind the wicket (there were four today and seven in last week’s match against Western Australia), disappointed vice-captain Sherwin Campbell conceded his team’s batting has not been at its best on this tour.”Maybe they’ve been balls that we shouldn’t have played at, maybe the balls were a bit too wide, maybe we can be a bit more patient,” he said. “We’ve been discussing it but it’s something we have to go out there and do in the middle, so that’s what we need to work on. You can always say you’re goingto learn from your mistakes but you’ve got to keep reminding yourself that you’re not going to play at the balls outside the off-stump. I mean, you can do that in here, but when you go out there, you’ve sort of got to keep reminding yourself. And it’s something we’ve got to focus on and concentrate on daily.”The tourists finally brought up their hundred at the start of the final session, with Ridley Jacobs striking a boundary off Miller. He and Mahendra Nagamootoo then set about building some handy resistance, compiling thirty-eight runs at nearly two and a half runs an over. Considering the team run rate was less than two an over and the highest partnership was the forty-two runs produced by Lara and Campbell, this association went a long way to building a semi-respectable total for the tourists.The resistance ended when Inness, already responsible for three West Indian wickets, ran in from mid-on to affect a close run out of Jacobs. Coming off eighty-seven deliveries in an hour and forty-nine minutes, Jacobs’ 28 was the third highest contribution in the tourists’ innings.But it was Nagamootoo (48 off eighty-seven balls) who served up the strongest fight, battling for an hour and three quarters. Instead of trying to defend everything, the twenty-five year-old went after the bowling a little, striking five boundaries, including one off Miller pulled straight over the bowler’s head. That particular over brought the tourists seven runs.In the end, though, it was the Victorians who enjoyed the last laugh, virtuallychoking the once-great West Indies. Inness, who led the way with career-best figures of 6/26 off 20.2 overs, was the man who enjoyed himself most, especially when he had Nagamootoo caught by Miller at mid-on to end the visitors’ innings.Having been on a hat-trick earlier in the day, the left arm paceman again snared two wickets in the same over towards the end of the West Indian batting display, clean bowling Nixon McLean (6) with a full toss and then having Matthew Mott take a brilliant diving catch at gully to dismiss Mervyn Dillon (0).After the day’s play, Campbell praised the twenty-two year-old’s accuracy. “He bowled steady, bowled the off-stump line and stuck to it, stuck to that line and got the rewards,” he said.But he hopes things will be different from tomorrow.”Hopefully our batters will get some scores in the second innings to give us some confidence going to the Test. And hopefully our bowlers will get the line and length they want and land them consistently – those are the things we have to work on in this game,” Campbell said.Going into the second day, Victoria is 0/2 after four overs, with Jason Arnberger (1*) and Shawn Craig (0*) at the crease.