Month: January 2016

Chamu Chibhabha’s four wickets were instrumental in dismantling Afghanistan for 161. (Photo credit: Chris Whiteoak) Sharjah: Zimbabwe bowled out Afghanistan for 161 as they swept to a commanding 65-run victory on Monday to level the five-match one-day international series at 2-2.(Scorecard) Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first in Sharjah, with half-centuries from openers Peter Moor (52) and Chamu Chibhabha (53) setting a solid platform after a first-wicket…

Faf du Plessis was 51 not out at stumps on Day 3 vs England in Cape Town. © AFP South African batsman Faf du Plessis, believes a that a good performance with the bat is exactly the confidence booster the hosts needed. However, he maintained that the hard work was far from over as they still need 77 to avoid the follow-on against England.(Amla Leads Fightback) “We were behind the…

Lunch South Africa 428 for 3 (Amla 200*, du Plessis 81*) trail England 629 for 6 dec by 201 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:20 Butcher: England missing a legspinner Hashim Amla secured his third Test double-hundred on the fourth morning in Cape Town as he guided South Africa towards safety in the second Test. By lunch, he was 200 not out, the latest interlude in an innings that…

Spectators play cricket as rain prevents any action on the third day of the Sydney Test between Australia and West Indies. © AFP Sydney: The third day of the third Test between Australia and the West Indies was abandoned due to persistent rain in Sydney on Tuesday.(Scorecard) There was no play throughout the day with the pitch and surrounds under the covers. Only 11.2 overs had been possible on Monday,…

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand art to pay tribute to the martyrs of Pathankot terror attack at Puri beach. © PTI New Delhi: Cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday saluted Indian soldiers martyred in the terrorist attack at Pathankot Air Force Base in Punjab. (Click here for more stories) “The real heroes of the country are the security forces who have once again shown their steel in the…

Play 02:24 Ugra: Test record doesn’t amount to selection pedigree Pruning the national selection committee from five to three, as the Lodha report has recommended, would be a bad idea given the size of the country and the number of first-class teams involved. That’s the opinion of three former selectors – Dilip Vengsarkar, Kiran More and Sanjay Jagdale – who say that the increased workload cannot be offset by the…

South Africa’s Temba Bavuma celebrated his century by waving his bat at the crowd in the city where he was born. Bavuma’s family watched from the stands. © AFP Cape Town: Temba Bavuma became the first coloured South African to make a Test century, helping his team defy England in the second Test on Tuesday and respond to the tourists’ huge 629 for six declared with their own mammoth 627…

A sequence of events starting from the IPL 2013 spot-fixing scandal reached its logical conclusion when the three-member Lodha panel submitted its report on the functioning of the BCCI to the Supreme Court on January 4, 2016. Here’s what the panel recommended, and reactions to the same. January 4, 2015 News – Lodha panel recommends severe BCCI shake-upNews – Manohar, Thakur in potential conflict situationsNews – Lodha panel recommends forming…