Month: January 2016

Afghanistan 187 for 7 (Ghani 42, Naib 37, Cremer 3-17) beat Zimbabwe 182 for 7 (Waller 49*, Dawlat 3-32) by five runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Mohammad Shahzad’s 63-run opening stand with Usman Ghani set the base for Afghanistan’s imposing 187 © Chris Whiteoak It was a clash where both sides were far from their best on the field. While that didn’t translate into a high standard of cricket, it made…

Adil Rashid might just be the lucky charm to inspire Adelaide Strikers to their first-ever Big Bash League title. The Strikers comfortably saw off bottom-place Brisbane Heat by eight wickets at the ‘Gabba today, to go back to the top of the BBL table, with their Yorkshire leg-spinner again proving why he is being regarded as one of the best overseas players at the tournament. Rashid claimed an economical 2-17…

South Africa have named an unchanged 16-man squad for the last two Tests against England. Fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Kyle Abbott were ruled out of the drawn match in Cape Town through shoulder and hamstring injuries respectively, but will join the team in Johannesburg and both are expecting to be available. Their replacements in the XI for the Cape Town Test, Kagiso Rabada and Chris Morris, have been retained,…

Toss Afghanistan 187 for 7 (Ghani 42, Naib 37, Cremer 3-17) beat Zimbabwe 182 fpr 7 (Waller 49*, Masakadza 33, Zadran 3-32) by 5 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Mohammad Shahzad’s 63-run opening stand with Usman Ghani set the base for Afghanistan’s imposing 187 © Chris Whiteoak Gulbadin Naib and Mohammad Nabi are as different as chalk is to cheese. Naib is all muscle and brute force, while Nabi is…

Ali Waqas hopes to return to playing after receiving a kidney transplant © PCB Sui Northern Gas and Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), who retained the Quaid-e-Azam trophy earlier this week, have dedicated their title to Ali Waqas, their middle-order batsman who collapsed last year due to kidney disease. Waqas missed the 2015-16 season to undergo a successful kidney transplant in Rawalpindi. Waqas, 26, was among the leading run-scorers with 1065 in…

Ali Waqas hopes to return to playing after receiving a kidney transplant © PCB Sui Northern Gas and Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), who retained the Quaid-e-Azam trophy earlier this week, have dedicated their title to Ali Waqas, their middle-order batsman who collapsed last year due to kidney disease. Waqas missed the 2015-16 season to undergo a successful kidney transplant in Rawalpindi. Waqas, 26, was among the leading run-scorers with 1065 in…

Toss Afghanistan chose to bat v ZimbabweScorecard and ball-by-ball details Afghanistan would be hoping for Mohammad Shahzad to continue his good run of form in the two T20Is in Sharjah © Chris Whiteoak Asghar Stanikzai won the toss as Afghanistan opted to bat in the first of two T20s against Zimbabwe in Sharjah. Afghanistan are high on confidence following a 3-2 ODI series win that helped them enter the top…

Worcestershire have secured the services of New Zealand paceman Matt Henry as their overseas player for the first half of the 2016 campaign. The 24-year-old, whose deal is subject to receiving a no-objection certificate from New Zealand Cricket, will arrive at New Road in early April. He will then depart at the end of June to make way for South Africa international Kyle Abbott to fill in for the rest…