Mohammad Shahzad felt that with the wicket good to bat on and the ball coming on nicely, Steyn’s pace would have made him easy to face © Getty Images Mohammad Shahzad, the opening batsman, whose belligerent 19-ball 44 briefly gave Afghanistan hope of a shock victory over South Africa in Mumbai, believes his side would have come even closer to their first win of the Super 10s had Dale Steyn…
West Indies Women 148 for 4 (Matthews 41, Taylor 40, Akter, 3-27) beat Bangladesh Women 99 (Sultana 27, Taylor 3-13) by 49 runsScorecard West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor had a good all-round day © ICC/Getty Images West Indies Women put in a dominant performance to hand Bangladesh Women a 49-run loss in Chennai, thereby knocking them out of the Women’s World T20. Stafanie Taylor, Hayley Matthews and Deandra Dottin starred…
Nazmul Hassan – “We are not convinced about Taskin as of now. We don’t have any reason to be satisfied with the report” © AFP The BCB has made an appeal to the ICC to reconsider Taskin Ahmed‘s suspension from bowling in international cricket. The communication was made personally by the BCB president Nazmul Hassan, who said that he spoke to the ICC chairman Shashank Manohar and chief executive Dave…
Gary Ballance made an immediate impact in Abu Dhabi © Getty Images Gary Ballance has attracted little attention since he was dropped by England midway through last summer’s Ashes series, but he made an immediate statement in the traditional curtain-raiser to the English county season with a century against MCC in Abu Dhabi. Yorkshire, who will be chasing a hat-trick of Championship titles when the season gets underway on April…
Toss West Indies chose to bowl v Sri LankaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo: Andre Fletcher was playing his first T20I since November 2015 © West Indies Cricket A well-oiled West Indian batting machine will be chasing again in Bangalore, and there was a new cog added to it tonight. Andre Fletcher came into the XI at the expense of fast bowler Jerome Taylor. Darren Sammy thought they had…
South Africa 209 for 5 (De Villiers 64, De Kock 45, Hamza 1-25) beat Afghanistan 172 (Shahzad 44, Morris 4-27) by 37 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details AB de Villiers looted 29 runs off an over from Rashid Khan © Associated Press An unconvincing South Africa survived a spirited Afghanistan chase to defend a 200-plus score and get their World Twenty20 campaign back on track. In the absence of Dale Steyn,…
The New Zealand team had to overcome a 12-hour travel day just to get to Nagpur from Chandigarh © IDI/Getty Images With two wins in two matches, New Zealand couldn’t have expected a better start to their Women’s World T20 campaign, but a bizarre logistical nightmare has left the team exhausted, Haidee Tiffen, their coach, said. Even as Australia, based in Nagpur for the last four days, enjoyed an off…
Nazmul Hassan – “We are not convinced about Taskin as of now. We don’t have any reason to be satisfied with the report” © AFP The BCB has made an appeal to the ICC to reconsider Taskin Ahmed‘s suspension from bowling in international cricket. The communication was made personally by the BCB president Nazmul Hassan, who said that he spoke to the ICC chairman Shashank Manohar and chief executive Dave…
Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led India defeated Pakistan by six wickets in World T20. © AFP Kolkata: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India captain, feels the unbeaten run against Pakistan in ICC world events also adds to the pressure on his team, which is mindful of the fact that the streak is bound to end someday. (Virat Kohli Fifty Helps India Make it 5-0 vs Pakistan in World T20s) India beat Pakistan by six…
The New Zealand team had to overcome a 12-hour travel day just to get to Nagpur from Chandigarh © IDI/Getty Images With two wins in two matches, New Zealand couldn’t have expected a better start to their Women’s World T20 campaign, but a “bizarre logistical nightmare” has left the team exhausted, Haidee Tiffen, their coach, said. Even as Australia, based in Nagpur for the last four days, enjoyed an off…