Month: October 2016

File photo: Dinesh Karthik’s counter-attack put Tamil Nadu in a strong position © PTI Centuries from Abhinav Mukund, the captain, and Dinesh Karthik helped Tamil Nadu set Railways an improbable 401 for victory in Bilaspur. Railways, who took the first-innings honours, were driven by Saurabh Wakaskar (54) and Shivakant Shukla (52) as they ended on 108 without loss. Tamil Nadu, who resumed on 161 for 1 after conceding a 52-run…

Chandika Hathurusingha faces a selection challenge © BCB Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said that finding new players less than a week before the first Test against England is a formidable challenge. It was a brutally realistic assessment of the home team’s prospects in their first Test in more than 14 months which they will play without three of their top fast bowlers Mashrafe Mortaza, Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed….

Western Australia 6 for 268 (Voges 90*, Marsh 70, Kingston 3-44) beat Tasmania 8 for 267 (Doolan 93, Michael 89, Agar 2-46) by four wicketsScorecard Adam Voges struck an unbeaten 90 to lift his team to third place in the Matador Cup © Getty Images Western Australia beat Tasmania by four wickets in Sydney to pip New South Wales and move to third place in the Matador Cup points table….

Canada 216 (Dutta 43, Jasdeep 4-51, Hutchinson 2-20) beat USA 199 (Dodson 73, Babar 62, Dhindsa 4-37, Pervez 3-42) by 17 runsScorecard Wicketkeeper Hamza Tariq celebrates the final wicket as Canada retain the Auty Cup © Peter Della Penna Another superb spell by Cecil Pervez helped Canada stave off USA’s lower order and retain the Auty Cup, as they secured a 17-run win in the second match at Woodley Park…

Anya Shrubsole will miss the remainder of the tour © Getty Images Anya Shrubsole has been ruled out of any part in England Women’s tour of the Caribbean after picking up a series of injuries Shrubsole, the Somerset opening bowler, had hoped to be fit for the third ODI in Kingston after being ruled out of the first two matches in Montego Bay. However, upon returning to training, Shrubsole developed…

England Women 220 (Winfield 79, Sciver 58) beat West Indies Women 108 (Gunn 2-8) by 112 runsScorecard Lauren Winfield restored England’s series lead © Getty Images Lauren Winfield top-scored with 79 and Nat Sciver made 58 as England’s women reclaimed the lead in their ODI series against West Indies in Jamaica with a crushing 112-run victory at Sabina Park. Despite a repetition of the batting frailties that cost England dearly…

Giles Clarke will renew his relationship with the PCB © Getty Images Giles Clarke, the ECB president, is set to renew his relationship with the Pakistan Cricket Board, after being tasked alongside Dave Richardson, the ICC chief executive, to explore ways to boost the board’s economy in the absence of any home international matches. The decision was taken at the quarterly ICC board meeting that concluded in Cape Town on…