Month: March 2016

Oman’s players celebrate their win against Ireland © International Cricket Council Match facts Friday, March 11, 2016, DharamsalaStart time 1500 local (0930 GMT) Big Picture “The lad at the back end played really well,” said William Porterfield, the Ireland captain, after his side’s defeat to Oman. Everybody knows the “lad” now. The 37-year-old marketing manager of an Indian restaurant in Oman. Bespectacled and the antithesis of a modern athlete, Amir…

Spinner Wellington Masakadza took 4-28 as Zimbabwe ended Scotland’s ICC World Twenty20 ambitions with an 11-run victory in Nagpur. The Scots, who needed a win to harbour any hopes of progressing to the Super 10 stage of the competition after losing their opening match against Afghanistan, suffered a top-order collapse in pursuit of 148 for victory. Richie Berrington, Preston Mommsen and Josh Davey made a game of it as the…

File photo – Alok Kapali’s contributions with bat and ball helped East Zone to a thrilling win © AFP East Zone beat North Zone by four wickets in a dramatic last session at the Sheikh Kamal Ground in Cox’s Bazar. East Zone chased down 139 in 22.1 overs, after play was extended by 13 minutes after the mandatory last hour ended at 4.43pm. They were in trouble at 37 for…

Rest of India 306 (Nair 94, Nayar 3-35) and 482 for 6 (Fazal 127, Nair 94, Jackson 59*, Binny, 54, Abdulla 5-154) beat Mumbai 603 (Suryakumar 156, Bista 104, Jayant 4-132) and 182 (Lad 60, Suryakumar 49, Jayant 4-93, Unadkat 3-16) by four wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo: Faiz Fazal set the base for Rest of India’s daunting chase of 480 with a well-crafted 127 © PTI A day…

Empty stands have been a feature of Nagpur’s World T20 fixtures © Getty Images Fans without tickets were turned away from Scotland’s World T20 match against Zimbabwe at the VCA stadium in Nagpur today, as there are no ticketing facilities available at the ground. The tickets for the match are priced at 100 rupees for the East and West stands and 200 rupees for behind the bowler’s arm (approx £1.10…

Arafat Sunny bowled two overs for 10 runs in Bangladesh’s first game against Netherlands © AFP The ICC officials have expressed their concerns about the bowling actions of Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny being suspect, which has left the Bangladesh team livid. Their coach Chandika Hathurusingha informed reporters that his team had received written and official communication from the match officials that they were “concerned” the actions of the duo….