Nayeen Qadir Bhatt, a schoolboy cricketer who represented Jammu & Kashmir, has died after being shot during a demonstration in Handwara, in the state, on Tuesday. Bhatt, a batting allrounder, had been shortlisted for an Under-19 camp organised by the Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association in 2015. He was 18. Bhatt had captained the Jammu & Kashmir team in the National School Championship in Delhi in 2015. He played for…
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma raises his bat after scoring a fifty during the Indian Premier League match against Mumbai Indians. © BCCI Highlights Kolkata: Skipper Rohit Sharma led from the front with a sparkling 84 as an inspired Mumbai Indians cruised to a six-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders to open their account in the ninth season of Indian Premier League. (Scorecard | Blog) Chasing a challenging target of…
Ashish Nehra grimaces in pain during Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Indian Premier League game against Royal Challengers Bangalore. © BCCI Highlights Bengaluru: Ashish Nehra will be out for a couple of Indian Premier League games due to a groin injury he suffered during the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, according to Sunrisers Hyderabad Captain David Warner. (IPL 2016: David Warner’s 50 in Vain as Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers Power RCB to…
Indian Premier League chairman Rajeev Shukla said the BCCI will have work out on a strategy considering 13 out of 19 matches will have to be moved out of Maharashtra. Highlights New Delhi: Stumped by Bombay High Court’s order of shifting 13 Indian Premier League matches from drought-hit Maharashtra, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said the cash-rich league is being targeted unfairly and it won’t be easy…
Franklyn Rose was first served deportation notice in 2014 © Getty Images Franklyn Rose, the former West Indies pacer, was deported to Jamaica from New Zealand on Tuesday after spending five weeks in prison for overstaying on a work visa which expired in 2012. Rose, 44, played for University Cricket Club’s premier team apart from serving as a volunteer cricket coach for school kids in Auckland since moving to New…
Mahmudullah fell when Bangladesh required two off the last two balls © Getty Images Bangladesh allrounder Mahmudullah has taken responsibility for his team’s one-run loss to India in Bangalore during the World T20 last month. With two runs required off as many balls, a set Mahmudullah tried hitting a full toss for a six in the region of midwicket, but was caught on the boundary. The previous ball a set…
Brad Hogg on his feelings towards cricket: ‘I just love it, I still have the passion of a five-year-old kid’ © Getty Images Chinaman bowler Brad Hogg has said he regrets having given up international cricket in 2008, just when it looked like he might have a good run in Test cricket given Shane Warne’s first-class career was at an end then. Hogg gave up ODIs and Tests in February…
Cameron Boyce played only one Sheffield Shield game in 2015-16 © Getty Images Legspinner Cameron Boyce has moved from Queensland to Tasmania, signing with the Tigers for the 2016-17 season. Boyce, who has played for the Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL for the past three seasons and played in Australia’s T20 side this summer, has completed the move south after being chosen for only one Sheffield Shield match for the…
Play 01:30 ‘Privilege to watch AB’ – Watson Shane Watson played his first game for Royal Challengers Bangalore Tuesday night – a 45-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad – and enjoyed something he hadn’t had for a couple of IPL seasons: a home crowd. His old team, Rajasthan Royals, had to shift their home games from Jaipur to Ahmedabad in 2014 and 2015 due to a dispute between the Rajasthan Cricket…
There was a mixture of shock and sympathy at the Ageas Bowl this morning, as at each of the other five grounds where Specsavers County Championship fixtures were scheduled, as news of James Taylor’s enforced retirement began to spread. Taylor has become as popular a character on the county circuit as he is respected as a player – a combination summed up in a tweet from Yorkshire’s Jack Brooks, who…