Month: January 2017

Rest of India 266 for 4 (Saha 123*, Pujara 83*) and 226 need a further 113 to beat Gujarat 358 and 246 (Panchal 73, Gandhi 70, Nadeem 4-64)Scorecard File photo: Wriddhiman Saha marked his return from injury with a counterattacking hundred – his 11th in first-class cricket © AFP Wriddhiman Saha‘s mind has had a lot to process lately. This is his first first-class match in two months – one…

Karachi Whites 375 for 6 (Shahzaib 171, Saad 61, Azam 3-81) beat Islamabad 305 (Masood 136, Abid 59, Anwar 5-49) by 70 runsScorecard File photo – Shahzaib Hasan drilled 18 fours and seven sixes during his 171 off 117 balls © PCB It was tale of two centuries at the National Stadium in Karachi with Karachi Whites opener Shahzaib Hasan‘s 171 trumping Islamabad opener Shan Masood‘s 136. In a 680-run…

The London Stadium could become a venue for the 2019 World Cup © Getty Images The Olympic Stadium in London is moving closer to hosting matches in the 2019 World Cup after a full inspection of the ground, conducted by the ICC, found that the pitch dimensions complied with requirements for one-day internationals. A final decision on the use of the stadium is expected in the coming months, but the…

Play 01:22 Butcher: Reasons for optimism in England’s ODI series defeat England are hopeful that left-armer David Willey will be able to play some part in the T20 series against India after scans did not reveal significant damage to his left shoulder. Willey was only able to bowl two overs in the final ODI in Kolkata before leaving the field although England’s remaining bowlers successfully covered for his absence to…

India have added legspinner Amit Mishra and offspinner Parvez Rasool to their squad for the three T20s against England, choosing the rest their first-choice spin pair of R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja for the series. Ashwin and Jadeja had been part of the initial 15-man squad named for the series, which also includes legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal. The series begins on January 26 in Kanpur, rounding off England full tour of…

In their first innings in Christchurch, New Zealand lost their tenth wicket in unusual circumstances, when the third umpire ruled Neil Wagner run out despite his having grounded his bat before wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan‘s flick had disturbed the bails. Rather than drag his bat past the crease, Wagner had plonked it in and then lifted it; at the point when the bails came off, Wagner’s entire body was past the…

New Zealand 354 (Nicholls 98, Taylor 77, Latham 68, Shakib 4-50) and 111 for 1 (Latham 41*) beat Bangladesh 289 (Sarkar 86, Shakib 59, Southee 5-94, Boult 4-87) and 173 (Wagner 3-44, Southee 3-48, Boult 3-52) by nine wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Neil Wagner was one of three New Zealand quicks to take three-fors in Bangladesh’s second-innings collapse © AFP For the second time in successive Test matches, Bangladesh imploded…

Usman Khawaja and David Warner will both miss next week’s Chappell-Hadlee Series in New Zealand © Cricket Australia/Getty Images David Warner will be rested for the Chappell-Hadlee Series in New Zealand, while Usman Khawaja will also not be part of the squad as he heads to Dubai early for a training camp ahead of the Test tour of India. Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh have both been called in to…