Month: October 2016

ESPNcricinfo provided in-depth coverage of the Specsavers County Championship © Getty Images ESPNcricinfo has been named Online Publication of the year for the fifth year running in the ECB’s County Journalism awards, after another season of in-depth coverage of the English domestic game, which concluded with the thrilling final day of the Specsavers County Championship, involving the County Cricket Live blog and extensive reports from staff and freelancers writers. Will…

Match facts Wednesday, October 26, 2016Start time 1330 local (0800 GMT) Ross Taylor will have to contend with patchy form, off-field distractions and the memory of a costly spill when he takes the field in Ranchi © AFP Big picture At the start of the series, India had eight ODIs – five against New Zealand and three against England – to get their combination right before the Champions Trophy next…

Misbah-ul-Haq: “It’s really tough to get wickets [on slow pitches in the UAE], and you have to grind oppositions sometimes” © Getty Images Misbah-ul-Haq has hailed Pakistan’s bowlers for the effort they have put in to win matches on the slow and batting-friendly pitches they have often had to play on in the UAE. Pakistan’s 133-run win in the second Test against West Indies in Abu Dhabi was their eighth…

Match facts Wednesday, October 26, 2016Start time 1330 local (0800 GMT) Ross Taylor will have to contend with patchy form, off-field distractions and the memory of a costly spill when he takes the field in Ranchi © AFP Big picture At the start of the series, India had eight ODIs – five against New Zealand and three against England – to get their combination right before the Champions Trophy next…

Victoria 4 for 351 (Harris 115, Handscomb 78, Wade 56*, White 50*) v TasmaniaScorecard Glenn Maxwell started the Sheffield Shield season as 12th man © Getty Images Glenn Maxwell was a surprise omission from Victoria’s first match of the Sheffield Shield season, but the Bushrangers enjoyed a strong day on the field with new opener Marcus Harris scoring a century. The Victorians went to stumps on 4 for 351 on…

‘It’s really tough to get wickets [on slow pitches in the UAE], and you have to grind oppositions sometimes’ – Misbah-ul-Haq © Getty Images Misbah-ul-Haq has hailed Pakistan’s bowlers for the effort they have put in to win matches on the slow and batting-friendly pitches they have often had to play on in the UAE. Pakistan’s 133-run win in the second Test against West Indies in Abu Dhabi was their…

Queensland 1 for 39 trail New South Wales 7 for 327 dec (Smith 117, Patterson 111, Feldman 5-68) by 288 runsScorecard Steven Smith made 117 for New South Wales © Getty Images Usman Khawaja and Joe Burns survived a tense period late in the evening after Steven Smith earlier struck a century in the Sheffield Shield clash between Queensland and New South Wales at the Gabba. Mitchell Starc was also…

Pakistan 452 (Younis 127, Misbah 96, Gabriel 5-96) and 227 for 2 dec (Azhar 79, Shafiq 58*, Aslam 50) beat West Indies 224 (Yasir 4-86, Rahat 3-45) and 322 (Blackwood 95, Brathwaite 67, Yasir 6-124) by 133 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Yasir Shah now has eight five-wicket hauls and two ten-wicket match hauls in 18 Tests © Getty Images Bowling nearly unchanged from the start of the day’s play, Yasir…

Darren Lehmann on Usman Khawaja’s exclusion in Sri Lanka: “Being on the selection panel for the [third] Test match, it was warranted.” © AFP Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann has said Usman Khawaja is not out of favour with selectors, despite the batsman’s recent comments that he and Joe Burns had been made “scapegoats” on the recent tour of Sri Lanka. Khawaja also labeled the selectors “fickle” for dropping the pair…

Darren Lehmann on Usman Khawaja’s exclusion in Sri Lanka: “Being on the selection panel for the [third] Test match, it was warranted.” © AFP Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann has said Usman Khawaja is not out of favour with selectors, despite the batsman’s recent comments that he and Joe Burns had been made “scapegoats” on the recent tour of Sri Lanka. Khawaja also labeled the selectors “fickle” for dropping the pair…