Yasim Murtaza was among the 10 UBL players who were residing at the location of the accident © PCB Two players from United Bank Limited, a Pakistan first-class team, were injured in a fire that broke out at the Regent Plaza Hotel in Karachi on Monday. In an accident that left at least 11 people dead and 45 injured, allrounder Yasim Murtaza fractured his heel while 20-year-old legspinner Karamat Ali…
Yasim Murtaza was among the 10 UBL players who were residing at the location of the accident © PCB Two players from United Bank Limited were injured after a fire broke out at the Regent Plaza Hotel in Karachi on Monday. In an incident that left at least 11 dead and injured 45 others, allrounder Yasim Murtaza fractured his heel while 20-year-old legspinner Karamat Ali suffered a hand injury in…
BCCI president Anurag Thakur has not yet submitted the affidavit of compliance that was due on December 3 © IDI/Getty Images The hearing of the matter regarding the BCCI not implementing the Lodha Committee’s recommendations in total, as directed by the Supreme Court, has been rescheduled from December 5 to December 9. It was reported that the Chief Justice of India, TS Thakur, who is part of the bench hearing…
Match facts December 6, 2016Start time 1420 local (0320 GMT) Lockie Ferguson had a forgettable debut in Sydney and may make way for Tim Southee © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Big Picture New Zealand must have left the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday night thinking, “if only”. If only they had asked for a review when Steven Smith was given not-out by umpire Mick Martell after being trapped lbw on 14,…
Dean Jones on Glenn Maxwell: ‘At the top of his game, he’s in our team, first pick, and I think he’s going to India’ © Getty Images Former Australia batsman Dean Jones believes that Glenn Maxwell needs to find a mentor he can trust in order to make better decisions about what he says and also how he bats. Left out of the Australia ODI team that defeated New Zealand…
Play 00:34 Smith admits he was lucky Steven Smith, Australia’s captain, praised Travis Head for taking his opportunity at No. 6 in Australia’s 68-run victory over New Zealand in the first match of the Chappell-Hadlee series. Smith said the decision to prefer Head in the middle order had nothing to do with Glenn Maxwell‘s comments about team-mate Matthew Wade ahead of the match, describing Head’s batting as “beautiful” after the…
Khulna Titans 159 for 4 (Mahmudullah 50, Bopara 2-17) beat Dhaka Dynamites 158 for 7 (Sangakkara 59, Junaid 3-22) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Mahmudullah hit five fours and two sixes in his 28-ball 50 © Raton Gomes/BCB Khulna Titans, having to win their last league game to qualify for the playoffs, did so emphatically courtesy Mahmudullah’s half-century. They finished the group stages in second position to ensure the…
Comilla Victorians 170 for 6 (Kayes 52, Sunny 2-29) beat Rangpur Riders 162 for 8 (Shahzad 45, Rashid 3-13) by eight runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Imrul Kayes hit seven fours and two sixes in his 35-ball 52 © BCB Rangpur Riders fell short by eight runs to effectively hinge on a favour from Dhaka Dynamites in the final BPL league fixture on Sunday evening. But Mahmudullah’s half-century meant Rangpur were…
File photo – Hardus Viljoen took 3 for 16 to help Lions defend 157 against Warriors © Getty Images With three league games left in the T20 competition, Lions kept themselves in contention for a playoffs berth with a five-run victory over Warriors in Durban. Lions defended 157 to rise to third, while Warriors remained in second place, seven points ahead. Lions were off to a flier after Dominic Hendricks…
Australia 8 for 324 (Smith 164, Head 52) beat New Zealand 256 (Guptill 114, Hazlewood 3-49) by 68 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Steven Smith’s 164 was the highest score ever made in an ODI at the SCG © Getty Images For the first time this summer, Steven Smith could do no wrong. In the Tests against South Africa, he didn’t win a single toss, didn’t manage a hundred, didn’t lead…