Month: November 2016

Preston Mommsen scored his second ODI hundred in August © Peter Della Penna Preston Mommsen, Scotland’s captain and one of their leading batsmen, has announced his retirement from international cricket to pursue a career outside of the game. Mommsen, who has been a vocal advocate of Associate nations being given greater support, said he had received “a very exciting and attractive opportunity in the corporate world”. Mommsen, 29, took on…

File photo – Ashok Dinda took 6 for 45 to bowl Baroda out for 97 before Bengal’s batting collapsed © PTI Seamers picked up all 23 wickets to fall on the opening day of the Group A match between Baroda and Bengal in Lahli. Baroda, who were dismissed for 97 in the first innings, finished the day with a lead of 84 runs after seamer Atit Sheth‘s 7 for 36…

13.3 overs Zimbabwe 55 for 2 (Ervine 23*, Raza 4*) v Sri LankaScorecard and ball-by-ball details Craig Ervine struck a fluent 23 not out before heavy rain ended the fourth match of the tri-series © AFP A heavy thunderstorm and a damp outfield forced the abandonment of the fourth game of the tri-series after just 13.3 overs in Bulawayo. Despite overnight rain and overcast conditions, Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer chose…

File photo – S Badrinath crossed 10,000 first-class runs on the opening day in Valsad © Sivaraman Kitta Right-arm medium pacer DP Vijayakumar‘s six-wicket haul studded Andhra’s dominant display with the ball against Kerala at the Baraspara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Vijaykumar’s 6 for 37 reduced Kerala to 188 for 8 after Andhra had sent them in. Six of Kerala’s top seven fell to Vijaykumar after his new-ball partner B…

File photo – Kedar Jadhav hit 15 fours and three sixes in his 106-ball 115 © PTI A rollicking hundred from Kedar Jadhav and a near-hundred from Naushad Shaikh led Maharashtra to 352 for 5, at nearly four runs an over, against Assam at the IIT-Chemplast ground in Chennai. Having chosen to bat, Maharashtra made a solid start through their captain Swapnil Gugale, who added 54 for the first wicket…

Rajshahi Kings 184 for 7 (Patel 75, Mominul 56, Bravo 3-35) beat Dhaka Dynamites 182 for 4 (Sangakkara 66, Reza 2-22) by three wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Samit Patel belted five fours and six sixes during his 39-ball 75 © Getty Images Rajshahi Kings edged Dhaka Dynamites by three runs in a tense last-over finish to secure their second win in this season’s BPL. Opener Mominul Haque…

Misbah-ul-Haq had previously missed only one Test after being appointed captain in 2010 © AFP Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has been given a one-match suspension by the ICC for his side’s slow over rate during the first Test against New Zealand last week, meaning he has to miss the second Test in Hamilton. Misbah, however, was set to miss the Hamilton Test anyway, after returning home on Sunday evening following the…