Month: October 2016

Tasmania 7 for 295 (Doolan 79, Michael 57) beat South Australia 267 (Cooper 63, Stevenson 5-32) by 28 runsScorecard Cameron Stevenson picked up 5 for 32 on debut © Getty Images Tasmania fast bowler Cameron Stevenson picked up five wickets on debut at Hurstville Oval to prevent South Australia from reaching the Matador Cup finals. Needing to win with a bonus point in order to reach the elimination final, the…

New South Wales 2 for 210 (Hughes 97, Cowan 66) beat Western Australia 207 (Voges 62, Bancroft 56, Bollinger 3-26) by 8 wicketsScorecard Doug Bollinger picked up 3 for 26 © Getty Images Doug Bollinger helped deliver New South Wales a place in the Matador Cup finals as they secured an eight-wicket win over Western Australia at North Sydney Oval. Set 208 for victory, the Blues made an outstanding start…

Papua New Guinea 311 (Vala 144*, B Scholtz 5-105) and 189 (Morea 61, B Scholtz 6-65) beat Namibia 146 (Burger 52*, Siaka 3-16, Vanua 3-39) and 155 (Kotze 36, Siaka 4-38) by 199 runsScorecard File photo: Assad Vala struck another century for Papua New Guinea to lead them to a win in their first I-Cup match on home soil © IDI/Getty Stand-in captain Assad Vala scored an unbeaten 144 in…

Faf du Plessis walked off unbeaten on 110 off 376 balls on Test debut to save a draw at Adelaide in 2012 © Getty Images After initial hesitation about playing in a day-night Test, South Africa are now anxious to begin preparations for their first fixture with the pink ball that will take place in Adelaide at the end of November. Although the match is the last in the three-Test…

Northamptonshire won the T20 Blast this season, which now looks set to be England’s premier 20-over competition until 2020 © Getty Images The ECB’s proposal for a new city-based T20 competition, which had originally be slated for a launch season in 2018, may now be postponed until 2020 to coincide with a new broadcasting deal. The go-ahead to further explore the eight-team proposal was given by a 16-3 vote at…

If there has been no agreement on a way forward in the situation between Paul Adams and Cobras by November 1, it can go back to the CCMA © Getty Images The Western Cape Cricket (WCC) board will meet before Friday to decide whether they implement a suggestion from dispute resolution body, the Council for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), to appoint an independent assessor in 14 days time to…

Until this week, Mohammad Asif’s comeback had been purely in limited-overs cricket © AFP Asif returns to first-class cricket Mohammad Asif became the last of the three Pakistan cricketers who were jailed for spot-fixing after the 2010 Lord’s Test to return to first-class cricket and that, too, in a match captained by Salman Butt who was in charge of Pakistan on that day. After missing the first two games of…

The new IPL television rights in the Indian subcontinent would be awarded for a 10-year cycle starting from 2018 © BCCI Major non-television entities such as Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Reliance Jio were among 18 companies that have bought the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document for the next cycle of IPL television and digital rights. The interested parties would vie for television rights for the IPL in the Indian subcontinent until…

The new IPL television rights in the Indian subcontinent would be awarded for a 10-year cycle starting from 2018 © BCCI Major non-television entities such as Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Reliance Jio were among 18 companies that have bought the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document for the next cycle of IPL television and digital rights. The interested parties would vie for television rights for the IPL in the Indian subcontinent until…

Brian Vitori’s performance was one of the positives for Zimbabwe A © AFP Shadab Khan followed up his maiden first-class century with a five-wicket haul as Pakistan A knocked off a 37-run target with eight wickets to spare in Bulawayo on Wednesday, thereby taking the series 1-0. Shadab, batting at No. 10, made 132 in Pakistan A’s 512 after Zimbabwe, driven by centuries from Brian Chari and Sean Williams, posted…