Month: December 2016

File photo – Colin Ingram helped Warriors recover from an early loss and steered their chase with a half-century © Getty Images Andrew Birch‘s five-wicket haul helped Warriors close in on Titans‘ top position in the table with a six-wicket win in Centurion. After Titans were restricted to 147, the Warriors chase was steered by half-centuries from Colin Ingram and Colin Ackermann. Put in to bat, Aiden Markram (23) and…

Glenn Maxwell has been fined by Australia’s team leadership group © AFP Australia’s captain Steven Smith has criticised Glenn Maxwell and the team leadership group have fined him an undisclosed amount for comments deemed disrespectful to the team’s gloveman and Victoria captain Matthew Wade. In what Smith clearly hoped would be the end of an unseemly episode that began when ESPNcricinfo reported Maxwell had tried to leave the Bushrangers for…

Dhaka Dynamites 135 for 4 (Sangakkara 35, Alauddin 33*, Russell 31*, Nabi 1-2) beat Chittagong Vikings 134 for 6 (Tamim 74, Malik 33, Bravo 3-27) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Andre Russell took the wicket of Chris Gayle and scored an unbeaten 18-ball 31 © BCB Dhaka Dynamites ensured a first-place finish in the league phase of the BPL with a six-wicket win over Chittagong Vikings. They stretched their…

File photo – BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke has said the board members have reiterated the stand they had made during the October 1 SGM © AFP Notwithstanding the strong missive sent by the Lodha Committee to the Supreme Court asking it to disqualify all ineligible office bearers with immediate effect, the BCCI and its members have reiterated that they continue to oppose some of the committee’s recommendations. At a special…

Alviro Petersen will be suspended until investigations are completed © Getty Images Alviro Petersen has until December 9 to respond to charges relating to match-fixing during the South African domestic T20 competition in 2015. Petersen was charged by Cricket South Africa on November 12 and was initially given 14 days to respond. But his lawyer, Robin Twaddle, confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that an extension has been granted.. While Twaddle hasn’t given…

Daniel Hughes was the first player to be replaced by the concussion substitute rule © Getty Images New Zealand Cricket is set to introduce the concussion substitute rule in this season’s domestic limited-overs competitions – the McDonald’s Super Smash T20, which begins on December 4, and the 50-over Ford Trophy, which begins on January 15, 2017. The move came after two players – Canterbury opener Chad Bowes and Otago wicketkeeper-batsman…

Comilla Victorians 142 for 5 (Samuels 69*, Howell 2-25) beat Khulna Titans 141 for 6 (Mahmudullah 40*, Mashrafe 3-16) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Marlon Samuels struck eight fours in his 57-ball 69 © BCB Comilla Victorians continued their late charge in the BPL by beating Khulna Titans by five wickets in Mirpur. Marlon Samuels struck a match-winning, unbeaten 69 off 57 balls that included eight…

File photo – Smit Patel’s 54 in the second innings wasn’t enough for Tripura © PTI Kerala registered their first outright win of the season as they chased down 183 against Tripura in the first session of the final day in Cuttack. Kerala’s opening pair of Bhavin Thakkar and Mohammed Azharuddeen extended their overnight stand of 117 to 151, before Azharuddeen was dismissed for 99, one short of his maiden…

AB de Villiers last played a competitive match in the Caribbean Premier League in July © CPL/Sportsfile AB de Villiers and Morne Morkel will be available for their franchise, Titans, in a bid to prove their fitness for the home series against Sri Lanka later this month. Both de Villiers and Morkel have been out of action since the CPL with an elbow and back injury respectively, but are expected…