Month: October 2016

Brendon McCullum was the first pick at the PSL draft held in Dubai on October 19 © AFP The security risk for foreign players travelling to Pakistan remains “unmanageable” according to independent consultants, the international players’ association FICA has said, after the PCB announced that the 2017 Pakistan Super League final would be held in Lahore. The league stage and the semi-finals of the PSL, the PCB’s T20 tournament along…

West Indies women celebrate their World Twenty20 victory in India earlier this year © AFP Cricket officials have promised to give women cricketers equivalent travel rights to their male counterparts during the Women’s World Cup in London next year. The decision is a shift of policy since World Twenty20 in India earlier this year when ICC paid for all the men’s teams to fly business class, while the women’s teams…

New Zealand 242 for 9 (Williamson 118, Bumrah 3-35, Mishra 3-60) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kane Williamson’s boundaries were well calculated as he made his second ODI century as captain, and eighth overall © BCCI India wouldn’t have expected a target of 243 to trouble them. But it did. Their top order tends to finish games off. Not this time. That left MS Dhoni and a set of…

File photo: Sayan Mondal’s maiden first-class century helped Bengal dominate Punjab on the opening day © PTI The bowlers called the shots in Lahli where 17 wickets fell on the opening day between Gujarat and Railways in the third round of the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy. After being put in, Gujarat were shot out for 187, before fighting back to leave Railways at 63 for 7. Gujarat were wrecked by left-arm…

Jason Holder: ‘We need to sharpen up on the mistakes we made in the field. And we should cut out on those no-balls as it cost us’ © AFP Following their gritty fight in the second innings in Dubai, Jason Holder, the West Indies captain, has said his team is confident of dealing with Pakistan and their key bowler, legspinner Yasir Shah, at their “fortress” in Abu Dhabi. However, they…

File photo – Smit Patel scored his second successive hundred as Tripura finished the day on 305 for 2 against Himachal Pradesh © ICC/Getty Left-arm spinner Ajay Mandal‘s second four-wicket haul helped Chhattisgarh bowl Haryana out for 178 in Guwahati. After Haryana elected to bat, the early damage was caused by seamer Pankaj Rao – who removed opener Nitin Saini and Himanshu Rana – and Mandal, who left them struggling…

S Aravind proved effective through minute deviations on a green Eden Gardens surface © BCCI As many as 13 wickets fell in Kolkata as Karnataka took the opening-day honours, taking a 41-run lead with seven wickets intact after bowling Delhi out for 90 in less than a session in their Group B fixture at Eden Gardens. Stand-in captain Karun Nair’s decision to bowl first was vindicated by the new ball…

Coach Pubudu Dassanayake said he expected Timroy Allen to have a big impact in the WCL Division Four © WICB Media/Ashley Allen USA coach Pubudu Dassanayake has picked the team’s batting as the area in need of the biggest improvement, heading into their first match at the World Cricket League Division Four – the ICC’s 50-over tournament for Associates and Affiliates – in Los Angeles. USA lost the first two…

New Zealand 242 for 9 (Williamson 118, Bumrah 3-35, Mishra 3-60) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kane Williamson’s boundaries were well calculated as he made his second ODI century as captain, and eighth overall © BCCI It took five matches, but a New Zealand batsman finally recorded a hundred on this tour. Kane Williamson came to the crease in first over and would’t budge until the 43rd. By that…

Match facts October 21-25, 2016Start time 10am local time (0600 GMT) West Indies will hope Darren Bravo’s outstanding form in Asia continues in the remainder of the series © Getty Images Big Picture After lop-sided T20 and ODI series, West Indies fought to make the day-night Test in Dubai a thriller. While Pakistan eventually won in the last hour of play on the fifth day, they had to work hard…