Month: October 2016

West Indies 224 and 171 for 4 (Brathwaite 67, Blackwood 41*, Yasir 2-60) need a further 285 runs to beat Pakistan 452 and 227 for 2 dec (Shafiq 58*, Younis 29*)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kraigg Brathwaite scored 67 before falling lbw to Mohammad Nawaz © Getty Images Declaring at lunch to give themselves five sessions to bowl West Indies out, Pakistan took emphatic strides towards taking an unassailable 2-0 lead,…

Brendon McCullum: The public selection process for Daniel Vettori’s captaincy successor was not good for “our relationship, or any team with the two of us in it” © AFP Brendon McCullum has written of the uninspiring leadership of Ross Taylor and how the tension and mistrust during his captaincy left the New Zealand team on the verge of imploding. In his book Declared, McCullum has devoted a whole chapter to…

England are keen to keep their coaches fresh so Trevor Bayliss will have a break next year © AFP Paul Farbrace will take charge of England’s ODI tour to the Caribbean next year with head coach Trevor Bayliss taking a break. While it is a relatively short trip – England leave at the end of February, play three ODIs and return to the UK on March 10 – the decision…

BCCI president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke were asked to submit affidavits of compliance to the Supreme Court by December 3 © AFP The opening of the bids for the IPL broadcast rights is set to be delayed after the Lodha Committee told BCCI president Anurag Thakur to submit a letter stating that the board will “unreservedly comply” with the Supreme Court order of October 21. The Committee, on…

Tea West Indies 224 and 86 for 2 (Brathwaite 55*, Samuels 9*) need a further 370 runs to beat Pakistan 452 and 227 for 2 dec (Shafiq 58*, Younis 29*)Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details Asad Shafiq’s unbeaten 58 was his second half-century of the Abu Dhabi Test © AFP West Indies lost two wickets to avoidable shots after being asked to survive five sessions to save the Abu Dhabi Test…

BCCI president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke have been asked to submit affidavits of compliance to the Supreme Court by December 3 © AFP The opening of the bids for the IPL broadcast rights is likely to be delayed after the Lodha Committee told BCCI president Anurag Thakur to submit a letter stating the board will “unreservedly comply” with the Supreme Court order of October 21. The Committee, on…

Imran Tahir played for Nottinghamshire in 2015 and 2016 © Getty Images Imran Tahir will equal Marcus North’s record of playing for six different counties after signing for Derbyshire. Tahir, the South Africa legspinner, is expected to be available from June onwards, depending on his international commitments. Derbyshire have begun overhauling their squad after a disappointing season, with chairman Chris Grant signalling a move to making more experienced signings. Ireland…

Innings Pakistan 452 and 227 for 2 dec (Shafiq 58*, Younis 29*) lead West Indies 224 by 455 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Asad Shafiq’s unbeaten 58 was his second half-century of the Abu Dhabi Test © AFP Asad Shafiq scored his second half-century of the Abu Dhabi Test as Pakistan declared to set West Indies a target of 456 with five sessions still remaining. They declared at the stroke…