File photo – Tabraiz Shamsi kept Warriors from crossing 300 in either innings © Caribbean Premier League Tabraiz Shamsi‘s match haul of 12 for 173 and centuries from Dean Elgar (130) and Qaasim Adams (167) in the first innings lifted Titans to an eight-wicket win over Warriors, a result that helped stretch their lead at the top of the table. Titans were set 140 to chase in the final innings,…
Match facts Tuesday, March 22, 2016Start time 1930 (1430 GMT) Play 02:24 ‘Don’t expect spin to play a major part’ Big picture It was not that long ago that New Zealand were seen as dark horses at nearly every world tournament. In this one though, they’ve been a bit like chameleons, changing their colours to suit their surroundings and hoodwink those higher on the food chain. A victory against Pakistan…
It is learnt that the BCB’s notice of review appealing Taskin Ahmed’s suspension is based on a procedural issue © Associated Press The BCB is filing a notice of review with the ICC to appeal against Taskin Ahmed‘s suspension due to an illegal action, the board’s chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said. The BCB’s move comes a day after it lodged an appeal with the ICC; board president Nazmul Hassan spoke…
Toss Australia chose to bowl v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – An unwell Tamim Iqbal was ruled out of the match against Australia, adding to Bangladesh’s woes © AFP Australia’s captain Steven Smith won the toss and chose to send Bangladesh in to bat in a vital World Twenty20 fixture for both sides at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Australia brought John Hastings in for Ashton…
MCC 282 for 6 (Foakes 83*, Clarke 56*, Burns 51, Bresnan 3-52) lead Yorkshire 275 by seven runsScorecard Karl Carver celebrates dismissing Ian Bell © Getty Images Ian Bell could not quite make the same early statement as Gary Ballance managed in Abu Dhabi but a lower-order fightback by Ben Foakes and Rikki Clarke lifted the MCC to a first-innings lead against Yorkshire. Bell was dropped from the England Test…
New Zealand Women 104 for 4 (Priest 34, Bates 23) beat Australia Women 103 for 8 (Perry 42, Jonassen 23, Kasperek 3-13, Bermingham 2-23) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Offspinner Leigh Kasperek tied Australia into knots © IDI/Getty Images Suzie Bates, the New Zealand Women captain, applied the same principle on a pitch where Kane Williamson and company pulled off a coup against India last week, by fielding three…
Shahid Afridi: “We are batting well, bowling well, but cricket matches are won by sides that make fewer mistakes.” © AFP Pakistan cricket team at a world event. Chaos. Defeat. Politics. Criticism. Over-reaction. The PCB chairman saying don’t expect much of this team. That the captain’s future is “evident”, that the coach’s contract ends in June, and that a reconsideration is imminent. In the meantime, on the field, Pakistan need…
Shahid Afridi: “We are batting well, bowling well, but cricket matches are won by sides that make fewer mistakes.” © AFP Pakistan cricket team at a world event. Chaos. Defeat. Politics. Criticism. Over-reaction. The PCB chairman saying don’t expect much of this team. That the captain’s future is “evident”, that the coach’s contract ends in June, and that a reconsideration is imminent. In the meantime, on the field, Pakistan need…
Match facts Tuesday, March 22, 2016Start time 1930 (1430 GMT) Corey Anderson has been used at No. 4 for New Zealand in the hopes of maintaining right-left batting combinations © Getty Images Big picture It was not that long ago that New Zealand were seen as dark horses at nearly every world tournament. In this one though, they’ve been a bit like chameleons, changing their colours to suit their surroundings…
Pakistan have won one match so far in the 2016 World T20 © AFP Mohali: Pakistan will be desperately looking to ensure the painful defeat to India becomes a distant past when they run into an in-form New Zealand here on Tuesday with an aim to bounce back into the World T20 and pacify their bitter fans back home. (Virat Kohli Fifty Helps India Make it 5-0 vs Pakistan in…