Month: January 2016

Hamilton Masakadza replaces Elton Chigumbura as Zimbabwe skipper. © AFP Harare: Batsman Hamilton Masakadza has been appointed Zimbabwe’s new cricket captain, replacing Elton Chigumbura who resigned on the recent tour of Bangladesh. The 32-year-old Masakadza is the most experienced player on the Zimbabwe team having played 29 tests and 165 one-day internationals. Leg-spinner Graeme Cremer is the new vice-captain. Masakadza will captain in both tests and limited-overs games, with Zimbabwe…

BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said the DDCA needed to procure all the necessary clearances by Sunday if they were to continue as the hosts of the March 8-April 3 tournament. © BCCI Stung by the snub from the Delhi High Court and a subsequent strong stance by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the beleaguered Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) officials are now thinking of approaching Justice…

Group D Legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane‘s 5 for 27, which included a hat-trick, set up Nepal Under-19s‘ eight-wicket win over Ireland Under-19s, taking the side closer to a place in the quarter-finals. Ireland opted to bat first and found their openers back in the pavilion by the 18th over with the score at 42 for 2. Lamichhane then stepped up to carve out the middle order. He dismissed Gary McClintock in…

Waqar Younis told the Pakistan Cricket Board that he had no plans of quitiing his job as coach of the Pakistan side. © Getty Images Karachi: Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis has been forced to rebut media reports about him having tendered his resignation to the Board after growing speculation about disquiet in the national team dressing room on the tour to New Zealand.(Pakistan Lose First ODI) Waqar in an…

Match facts Sunday, January 31, 2016Start time 1938 local (0838 GMT) Play 04:08 Agarkar: India would like to keep the same team Big Picture Friday was a good day for India. In the afternoon, their women’s team wrapped up their first ever bilateral series win against Australia in any format, and in the evening their men completed a second T20 victory to ensure their first series win in Australia in…

Nepal Under-19 players celebrate after picking up a wicket. © ICC Nepal rode on leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane’s five-wicket haul, which included the first hat-trick in the tournament, to beat Ireland by eight wickets and book their maiden berth in the Super League quarterfinals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Fatullah. (Sarfaraz Khan, Avesh Khan Take India to Under-19 World Cup Quarterfinals) Besides Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka advanced…

Match facts Sunday, January 31, 2016Start time 1938 local (0838 GMT) Play 04:08 Agarkar: India would like to keep the same team Big Picture Friday was a good day for India. In the afternoon, their women’s team wrapped up their first ever bilateral series win against Australia in any format, and in the evening their men completed a second T20 victory to ensure their first series win in Australia in…

Former Hampshire and South Africa batsman Neil McKenzie has announced his retirement from first-class cricket. The 39-year-old decided to call time on his playing career after hitting an unbeaten double-hundred for Lions against Warriors. His 19,041 runs came at an average of 45.77, and McKenzie shared in two record breaking partnerships. A stand of 415 with Graeme Smith against Bangladesh in 2008 remains the highest in Test cricket for the…