Virat Kohli smashed his fourth consecutive fifty against Australia. © AFP Highlights Virat Kohli proved to the cricketing world why he is special. In the match against Australia, Kohli stamped his brilliance by smashing yet another fifty in a tense chase to help India win the match by six wickets to enter the semi-finals of the World T20. (Kohli Proves His Era Has Begun) In the course of his amazing…
Bangladesh returned winless in the main draw of the World T20 © Getty Images/ICC Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has said the major gain from the 2016 World T20 was the belief within the team that they can win in this format. The Bangladesh squad arrived in Dhaka on Sunday following their 75-run defeat to New Zealand in Kolkata the previous evening, their last game of the tournament. Having made it…
Virat Kohli smashed an unbeaten 82 to help India defeat Australia by six wickets and enter the World T20 semi-finals © AFP Highlights Virat Kohli, minutes after masterfully powering India into the World T20 semi-final, credited the thrilling six-wicket win over Australia on Sunday to “a wonderful team batting effort.” He added that his 82* against Aussies is among his ‘top three’ innings. (India enter World T20 semifinals after win…
Mohammad Hafeez was ruled out due to knee injury in the matches against New Zealand and Australia. © AFP Highlights Karachi: A furious Mohammad Hafeez hit back at the critics who had alleged that he had faked injury to skip the last two matches of the ICC World T20, terming them as “mentally sick people”. (Pakistan Team Arrives to Hostile Reception After World T20 Heartbreak) The top-order batsman was ruled…
Toss West Indies chose to bowl v AfghanistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:57 Afghanistan seek final hurrah West Indies captain Darren Sammy decided to bowl against Afghanistan in Nagpur because he did not want to change the strategy that has been working for his side in this World T20. West Indies have won all their group matches chasing. Chris Gayle was rested and was replaced by Evin Lewis, who…
Javed Miandad earlier criticised Shahid Afridi for his ‘loved in India’ comment. © AFP Highlights Karachi: Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad has refused to attend meetings of the fact-finding committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board to probe into the national team’s poor performance in the Asia Cup and World T20. (Pakistan Team Arrives to Hostile Reception After World T20 Heartbreak) “Every time we do badly in a big tournament, the…
Victoria 4 for 269 (Dean 111, Handscomb 79*, Worrall 3-51) trail South Australia 340 (Ross 72, Weatherald 66, Carey 50, Tremain 3-73, Holland 3-86) by 71 runsScorecard © Getty Images Back in October, Travis Dean was the talk of Australian cricket, as only the second man after Arthur Morris to make dual centuries on his state debut. As Victoria sought to squeeze South Australia, Dean joined another select group by…
Travis Dean also showed resilience in making the hundred days after losing his grandmother © Getty Images Travis Dean hopes he has proven himself as something more than a hundreds-on-debut trivia question by constructing a fine century in the Sheffield Shield final. Following his twin hundreds for Victoria against Queensland in October he had not reached three figures again, but fought his way to 111 on a day when South…
Shahid Afridi has failed to inspire Pakistan team during the World T20. © AFP Highlights Lahore: The Pakistan cricket team, sans captain Shahid Afridi, returned to a hostile reception in Lahore and Karachi after their disastrous World Twenty20 campaign which also included a loss to arch-rivals India. (Shahid Afridi Admits He’s Not Fit to Lead Pakistan After Loss to Australia in World T20) The team returned home in batches in…
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews throws his bat in frustration following the his team’s loss to England in the World T20. © AFP Highlights New Delhi: Defending champions Sri Lanka were knocked out of the World T20 following their loss to England and skipper Angelo Mathews said that the senior players did not do enough to inspire the inexperienced teammates. (England Enter Semi-Finals, Dump Sri Lanka out of World T20)…