Chris Gayle gets bowled by Jasprit Bumrah as West Indies, the 2012 champions, lost by 45 runs to India in their warm-up game in Kolkata. © AFP West Indies pacer Jerome Taylor feels that the loss to India in their World Twenty20 warm-up fixture here has given his team a reality check ahead of the tournament-proper which gets underway from March 15. (Rohit Sharma 98 Helps India Thrash West Indies)…
Matt Dixon had a successful outing for Perth Scxorchers in the BBL © Getty Images Essex have completed their commitment to strengthening their pace bowling resources by signing the Western Australian fast bowler Matt Dixon on a two-year deal. Dixon, 23, holds a British passport, and will be available across all three formats, subject to ECB Registration approval. He is the second pace bowler with dual nationality to be snapped…
Corey Anderson, who smashed a quick fifty in the warm-up game against Sri Lanka, has said New Zealand know how to beat the defending World Twenty20 champions. © AFP Corey Anderson says New Zealand have a fair idea of how to beat Sri Lanka if they face them in the semifinals of the World Twenty20. (Colin Munro Blitz Flattens Sri Lanka in Warm-Up Game) New Zealand scored a resounding 74-run…
Shreyas Iyer was the only batsman to score over 1000 runs in the 2015/16 Ranji Trophy Season. © PTI Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar heaped praise on talented Mumbai batsman Shreyas Iyer, terming him as a special talent after the 21-year-old emerged as a prolific run scorer in the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy season. (Shreyas Iyer Ton Gives Mumbai Ranji Title) Iyer finished as the highest run-getter in the 2015-16 Ranji…
The Pakistan players were apprised of the security situation in India by PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan on Thursday © PCB The Pakistan government has received two letters, from the West Bengal state government and Kolkata’s police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, assuring special security measures for Pakistan’s men’s team while in Kolkata. These letters are likely to be evaluated by Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Khan, who will take the call on…
Rohit Sharma was in destructive form, smashing seven sixes and nine fours in his 57-ball unbeaten 98 against the West Indies. © AFP Kolkata: Rohit Sharma smashed a scintillating 98 not out at the Eden Gardens as India recorded a comprehensive 45-run win over the West Indies in their World T20 warm-up match in Kolkata on Thursday. (Highlights) Continuing with his love-affair at a venue where he had scored an…
Mohammed Shami picked up 2/30 against West Indies in his first competitive game for a year after a string of injuries © AFP Mohammed Shami played in his first competitive match in more than a year in the warm-up game against the West Indies on Thursday. Following a chronic knee injury which required surgery and a hamstring issue, Shami missed most of 2015 and the start of 2016. (World T20:…
Match abandoned Oman v NetherlandsScorecard Heavy rain forced a washout in Dharamsala © International Cricket Council The first international match between Oman and Netherlands was washed out, without a ball being bowled, after persistent rain led to heavy puddles on the field in Dharamsala. The result meant that Netherlands, who had launched themselves to the tournament proper in the previous World Twenty20 with a stirring run-chase, were knocked out, just…
The Bangladesh vs Ireland ICC World T20 tie had to be stopped after 8 overs after rain another intervention. © AFP Dharamsala: Ireland and the Netherlands crashed out of the World T20 on Friday after rain forced their respective matches in Dharamsala to be abandoned with Bangladesh and Oman setting up a Group A decider to make the Super 10s. (Netherlands Crash Out After Washout Against Oman) While the Netherlands’…
The ECB would like to place on record a tribute to Don Robson, who played a leading role in the establishment of Durham as the 18th first-class county, and in taking regular international cricket to the north-east. Robson, who was the chairman when Durham received first-class status in December 1990 having led the substantial fundraising drive necessary to achieve it, has died at the age of 82. Gordon Hollins, the…