Shreyas Iyer struck six fours and four sixes in his unbeaten 79 © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten 79 helped Mumbai beat Gujarat to register their second win in the west zone leg of the inter-state T20 competition for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Mumbai breezed to their 132-run target with five wickets in hand and 10 balls to spare. Iyer, who opened the innings, hit six fours and…
Shreyas Iyer struck six fours and four sixes in his unbeaten 79 © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten 79 helped Mumbai beat Gujarat to register their second win in the west zone leg of the inter-state T20 competition for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Mumbai breezed to their 132-run target with five wickets in hand and 10 balls to spare. Iyer, who opened the innings, hit six fours and…
Mark Wood, recovering from ankle surgery, is currently in South Africa with the Pace Programme © Getty Images Mark Wood is set to make his return to competitive action earlier than anticipated, when England Lions take on Sri Lanka A in five one-day matches in March, after he was added to the original 14-man squad, alongside the Northamptonshire spinner Graeme White. Wood, who is currently in South Africa with England…
Times are more stable at the Fischer County Ground © Getty Images Leicestershire have emerged from a troubled financial period to announce a net profit for the second year in a row. They returned a net profit of £8,813 for the year ended September 30, 2016, following another small profit of £4,315 the previous year. This follows cumulative losses of more than £500,000 in the previous three years. Total income…
The Supreme Court has appointed the former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai, the historian and cricket writer Ramachandra Guha, the former India women captain Diana Edulji, and the CEO and managing director of IDFC (Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation) Vikram Limaye to the panel of administrators to supervise the BCCI, until the board holds fresh elections for office bearers as per the Lodha Committee’s recommendations. The committee of…
File photo – Manpreet Gony took the big wickets of Shikhar Dhawan and Gautam Gambhir at the start of Delhi’s innings © BCCI Punjab scraped to a two-wicket win with four balls to spare in a chase of 104 against Delhi in Dharamsala. Punjab’s chase got off to a poor start after Ishant Sharma and Navdeep Saini reduced them to 3 for 3 by the second over, with Saini taking…
File photo – Mayank Agarwal scored 67 as Karnataka posted 192 against Kerala © K Sivaraman Mayank Agarwal top-scored with 67 and put on 102 off 52 balls with pinch-hitter Krishnappa Gowtham, who scored a 29-ball 60, as Karnataka defeated Kerala by 19 runs at the Guru Nanak College Ground in Chennai. Karnataka lost R Samarth for a duck in the first over after electing to bat, but Gowtham took…
File photo – Ishwar Pandey conceded 25 in his four overs as Madhya Pradesh defended 159 against Rajasthan © BCCI Madhya Pradesh‘s bowlers defended a total of 159 by 17 runs against Rajasthan for the side’s second win in the tournament. Starts from the Rajasthan top order had left them at 101 for 3 after 14 overs in a chase of 160, with 17-year-old Mahipal Lomror set at the crease….
Marcus Stoinis appeared to have occupied the “zone” in the latter part of his innings © Getty Images Marcus Stoinis played the innings of his dreams at Eden Park – only to have reality bite him hard with the closing run-out of Josh Hazlewood, to ensure Australia fell narrowly short of the most unlikely of pursuits. There were decidedly mixed emotions in Stoinis’ voice as the 27-year-old spoke of his…
File photo – Alzarri Joseph took four of the first five wickets in Windward Islands’ chase, with two dismissals each in successive overs © CPL/Sportsfile Kieran Powell‘s return to the West Indies professional circuit following a brief attempt at playing Major League Baseball continued to pay off for Leeward Islands. Powell struck a career-best 135, which was followed by fast bowler Alzarri Joseph‘s 6 for 31 as they completed a…