Month: October 2016

India news October 15, 2016 Raunak Kapoor and Nagraj Gollapudi It is learnt Anurag Thakur would submit a personal affidavit to the Supreme Court clarifying if he had asked the ICC’s help to avoid implementing the Lodha Committee’s recommendations © AFP At the conclusion of an emergency meeting in Delhi on Sunday, the BCCI said its members have cited “practical difficulties” as the reason for not implementing all the recommendations…

Tea West Indies 211 for 3 (Bravo 56*, Blackwood 14*, Yasir 2-71) trail Pakistan 579 for 3 dec (Azhar 302*, Aslam 90, Bishoo 2-125) by 368 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Marlon Samuels was strong on the cut and the drive © Getty Images Having enjoyed the first two days of their 400th Test, piling on runs on another Dubai featherbed, Pakistan were made to toil for their gains on…

Ben Duckett maintained his good form as he switched to whites © Getty Images England XI 137 for 4 (Duckett 59) drew with BCB XI 136 for 4 (Nafees 51)Scorecard On the first day of their warm-up schedule, England were reminded that, for Thursday’s first Test against Bangladesh, they must go one way or another at the top of the order. Sure, Ben Duckett or Haseeb Hameed is a choice…

Tea West Indies 138 for 2 (Samuels 50*, Bravo 30*, Yasir 2-42) trail Pakistan 579 for 3 dec (Azhar 302*, Aslam 90, Bishoo 2-125) by 441 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Marlon Samuels was strong on the cut and the drive © Getty Images Pakistan, with a cushion of more than 500 runs at the start of the third day, took early steps to make themselves even more comfortable, with…

Tea West Indies 138 for 2 (Samuels 50*, Bravo 30*, Yasir 2-42) trail Pakistan 579 for 3 dec (Azhar 302*, Aslam 90, Bishoo 2-125) by 441 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Marlon Samuels was strong on the cut and the drive © Getty Images Starting the day with a cushion of over 500 runs, Pakistan took early steps to make themselves even more comfortable, with Yasir Shah removing Kraigg Brathwaite…

File photo – Pankaj Singh and Aniket Choudhary delivered Rajasthan their first win of the season © PTI Rajasthan claimed their first win of the season after thrashing Assam by an innings and eight runs on a 17-wicket third day in Visakhapatnam. Fast bowlers Pankaj Singh and Aniket Choudhary shared nine wickets between them to help Rajasthan bowl Assam out for 69 in a little over 20 overs. This was…

South Australia 7 for 420 (Ferguson 154, Weatherald 141, O’Donnell 3-84) beat Cricket Australia XI 318 (Carder 93, Gibson 68, Iglis 68, Valente 4-49) by 102 runsScorecard Callum Ferguson made his highest List A score of 154 © Getty Images South Australia amassed the highest total in the history of one-day domestic cricket in Australia. Their 420 for 7, fuelled primarily by centuries from captain Callum Ferguson and opener Jake…

File photo: Parvez Rasool took 5 for 89 for J&K against Goa © BCCI Jammu & Kashmir beat Goa by 116 runs in their second-round Group C match in Surat. This was Goa’s second outright loss this season. They began the day on 22 for 0 in chase of 412. Openers Darshan Misal (42) and Swapnil Asnodkar (47) put on 87 before Samiullah Beigh separated them to trigger a collapse…