Month: November 2016

Pakistan 133 and 171 (Sohail 40, Azhar 31, Azam 29, Wagner 3-34, Boult 3-37) lead New Zealand 200 (Raval 55, Nicholls 30, Rahat 4-62, Amir 3-43, Sohail 3-78) by 104 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Neil Wagner, New Zealand’s second-fastest to 100 Test wickets after Richard Hadlee, took three wickets © Getty Images In 181 innings across recognised cricket, Sohail Khan’s best effort with the bat fetched him 56. And…

Apart from scoring a century to guide West Indies’ chase, Shai Hope also kept wicket for the side today © AFP West Indies’ tie against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo took some of the gloss off what was otherwise an adventurous maiden hundred by West Indies batsman Shai Hope. Playing his second ODI, Hope marshalled West Indies’ chase along with Kraigg Brathwaite, the pair putting on 162 for the third wicket, and…

Comilla Victorians 152 for 5 (Nazmul 41, Sammy 2-34) beat Rajshahi Kings 120 (Mominul 53, Tanvir 4-18) by 32 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Nazmul Hossain Shanto struck four boundaries in his 40-ball 41 © BCB Comilla Victorians ended a string of five successive losses with a 32-run victory over Rajshahi Kings. The defending champions scored their highest total while batting first in this season, to give their bowlers enough of…

Andre Russell said he found the allegations “stressing and depressing”. © BCCI A decision on whether West Indies allrounder Andre Russell breached the World Anti-doping Agency code by being negligent about filing his whereabouts is likely to be announced by the independent anti-doping tribunal in the next two-three weeks. In March this year, the Jamaica Anti-doping Commission (JADCO) alleged that Russell had failed to file his whereabouts on three occasions…

Neil Wagner was at his pitch-pounded best to make crucial inroads © Getty Images Trent Boult and Tim Southee may be the spearheads of the attack, but on Saturday, it was Neil Wagner who first rattled Pakistan, and in so doing, beat his more illustrious team-mates to a milestone. Babar Azam and Azhar Ali had settled into a partnership, when Wagner began to direct balls at their ribs. One of…

Khulna Titans 157 for 5 (Mahmudullah 62, Bravo 2-27) beat Dhaka Dynamites 148 (Prasanna 53, Mosharraf 3-31) by nine runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Dwayne Bravo picked up two wickets but fell at a crucial juncture of Dhaka Dynamites’ chase for 4 © BCB Khulna Titans survived Seekkuge Prasanna‘s six-hitting spree to beat Dhaka Dynamites by nine runs in Chittagong. Khulna moved to eight points and joined Rangpur Riders and Dhaka…

Innings Zimbabwe 257 (Ervine 92, Raza 77, Carlos Brathwaite 4-48) v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Craig Ervine hit six fours during his 100-ball 92 © AFP Craig Ervine and Sikandar Raza showed attacking enterprise during their 144-run partnership for the third wicket, but a flurry of late strikes set Zimbabwe back to 257 in the tri-series match against West Indies in Bulawayo. Once Raza holed out to long-off…

Western Australia 262 and 5 for 275 (Wells 107*, Whiteman 104) lead Tasmania 402 (Doolan 202*, Behrendorff 5-80) by 135 runsScorecard Sam Whiteman scored his third first-class hundred © Getty Images Centuries to Jonathan Wells and Sam Whiteman gave Western Australia hope on the third day against Tasmania, where they turned a 140-run first-innings deficit into a 135-run lead by the close of play. Wells finished the day unbeaten on…

Tabraiz Shamsi was expensive in his 12 overs against the Victoria XI, but he also picked up four wickets © Getty Images Just like Kyle Abbott is not exactly sure when he is going to be able to make the move ball move, Tabraiz Shamsi does not really know whether the Australian batsmen can pick him, but as long as the wickets come, he does not mind the uncertainty. “That’s…