Month: November 2016

Match facts Wednesday, 23 NovemberStart time 0930 local (0730 GMT) West Indies are currently ranked ninth, but are just one point behind Pakistan, which heightens the importance of a win against Sri Lanka © AFP Big Picture Despite West Indies’ big win in Harare, on paper, these are two well-matched teams with plenty to play for: the winner will be guaranteed their place in the tri-series final. The relative inexperience…

Bhuvneshwar Kumar proved his match-fitness by bowling 36 overs across two innings for Uttar Pradesh against Mumbai © BCCI India have brought Bhuvneshwar Kumar back into their squad for the last three Tests against England. They have also left out Gautam Gambhir, leaving M Vijay and KL Rahul as the only two specialist openers in the squad. Gambhir, released from the squad during the second Test in Visakhapatnam, is playing…

Chadd Sayers has been the most prolific Sheffield Shield wicket-taker of the past four seasons © Getty Images and Cricket Australia Chadd Sayers is set to make it four of a possible four debutants for Australia in the day/night Test at Adelaide Oval on Thursday. ESPNcricinfo understands Sayers will join Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb and Nic Maddinson as part of the most drastically changed Australian Test team in more than…

Rangpur Riders 129 for 3 (Mithun 49*, Shahzad 37) beat Khulna Titans 125 for 7 (Taibur 32, Sunny 2-16) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Shahid Afridi took two wickets and struck a 20-ball 26 in Rangpur’s win © Raton Gomes/BCB Rangpur Riders cruised to a seven-wicket win over Khulna Titans and replaced them at the top of the points table. A strong bowling performance restricted Khulna…

West Indies Women 139 for 4 (Matthews 47, Taylor 44*) beat India Women 124 for 3 (Kaur 60*, Krishnamurthy 31) by 15 runsScorecard File photo – Stafanie Taylor shared a 61-run opening partnership with Hayley Matthews, who scored a 22-ball 47 © AFP West Indies Women completed a 3-0 sweep of the T20I series against India by comfortably defending 139 in Vijayawada. The hosts, chasing 140, lost opener VR Vanitha…