Month: October 2016

KL Rahul is currently undergoing rehabilitation in Bangalore © BCCI Karnataka squad unchanged for Assam clash KL Rahul will not feature for Karnataka in their fourth-round Ranji Trophy fixture against Assam in Mumbai, starting on Thursday. Rahul, recovering from a hamstring injury he picked up during the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur, is undergoing rehabilitation and is yet to go through a fitness test, according to the Karnataka…

The BPL is scheduled from November 4 to December 9 © BCB Bangladesh’s first-class competition, the National Cricket League, has been postponed till the end of the Bangladesh Premier League T20 tournament, which ends on December 9. Three rounds of NCL matches in both the first and second tier were held before October 11, but rain affected every match in the third round. The BCB had announced that matches from…

Tasmania 4 for 93 trail Victoria 415 (Harris 115, Handscomb 78, Wade 78, White 64, Bird 3-75, Milenko 3-98) by 322 runsScorecard Simon Milenko picked up 3 for 98 © Getty Images Jackson Bird and Peter Siddle both performed admirably in their Test auditions on a rain-affected second day at the MCG, where play continued until 10.30pm in an effort to make up lost overs. At stumps, Tasmania were struggling…

Debutant Sabbir Rahman made an unbeaten half-century in Bangladesh’s closely contested chase in Chittagong © AFP Sabbir Rahman will be fit for the second Test against England, which begins on October 28, according to Bangladesh physio Bayjidul Islam. Sabbir will join training at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday to prepare for the game. Sabbir, who debuted in the first Test in Chittagong and made a half-century…

Tamim Iqbal made 78 and 9 in the first Test against England © Associated Press Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has said the team has to shake off any satisfaction of having been competitive in the Chittagong Test against England in order to focus on the second Test in Mirpur. The buzz from the 22-run defeat was still present, however, as the team trained on Wednesday. “Everyone is saying that we…

New Zealand 260 for 7 (Guptill 72, Williamson 41, Mishra 2-41) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Martin Guptill’s 72 off 84 balls contained 12 fours © AFP New Zealand, assessing the slow, dry Ranchi surface tactfully, ran away to a 96-run opening stand off 93 balls, but India’s spinners hit back to limit them to 260 for 7. The visitors managed all of three boundaries in the last ten…

New South Wales 7 for 327 dec and 0 for 51 lead Queensland 6 for 330 dec (Burns 129, Khawaja 79, Labuschagne 76, Hazlewood 4-70) by 48 runsScorecard Joe Burns gave the selectors a reminder of his presence with a timely century at the Gabba © Getty Images A Joe Burns hundred and 79 from Usman Khawaja gave Australia’s selectors significant food for thought on the second day of Queensland’s…

The Sri Lanka women’s team have a new coach and assistant coach © ICC/Getty Images Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed former first-class wicketkeeper Hemantha Devapriya as the head coach of the national women’s team. Former SLC spin coach, Oshadi Weerasinghe, has been given the role of assistant coach. A coach for the past 15 years, Devapriya had roles with Colombo Cricket Club, Nondescripts and Fingara Cricket Academy, before most recently…