Kerala 175 for 7 (Vinod 63) beat Andhra 154 for 7 (Bhui 48, Thampi 3-18) by 21 runsScorecard File photo: Vishnu Vinod struck his first half-century batting at the top of the order © BCCI Vishnu Vinod‘s maiden T20 fifty lead Kerala to 21-run victory over Andhra in Chennai. With him lasting as long as the 15th over, making sure both the first and the second wicket partnerships totalled 50…
Madhya Pradesh 156 for 5 (Ojha 54, Raghav 32) beat Railways 155 for 4 (Rawat 63*, Faiz 40) by five wicketsScorecard File photo – Naman Ojha’s 54 set up MP’s chase against Railways © BCCI Half-century stands for the first two wickets helped Madhya Pradesh chase down Railways‘ 155 with five wickets in hand at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. MP’s chase was led by captain Naman Ojha‘s 54,…
Services 131 for 6 (Pachhara 48*, Jaiswal 3-33) beat Himachal Pradesh 128 by four wicketsScorecard File photo: Rishi Dhawan’s cameo down the order was not enough for Himachal Pradesh © Getty Images Amit Pachhara, the 21-year old on T20 debut, led Services to a four-wicket victory off the penultimate ball of a 15-overs-a-side game against Himachal Pradesh in Dharamsala. Pachhara came to the crease with his team on 48 for…
File photo – Amit Verma’s unbeaten fifty took Assam past Jharkhand’s 133 with nine balls to spare © Fotocorp Amit Verma‘s all-round performance helped Assam overcome Jharkhand by four wickets at the Eden Gardens. Verma hit an unbeaten fifty to follow his 3 for 17 that had restricted Jharkahand to 133 for 9 in their 20 overs. After they were put in, Jharkhand went off to a quick start, posting…
Rajesh Sawant, the India Under-19 trainer, was found dead in his hotel room in Mumbai on Sunday. According to BCCI sources, the cause of death seemed to be a heart attack. Sawant was in Mumbai helping the team prepare for the series against England Under-19, which begins tomorrow. “What I have gathered so far,” BCCI joint secretary Amitabh Choudhary was quoted as saying by Sportstar, “is he did not report…
Mitchell Starc’s last visit to Eden Park was at the World Cup, when he confounded the New Zealand batsmen with late swing © AFP Never has Mitchell Starc been more destructive with the ball than on his only previous visit to Eden Park. In a World Cup pool match, his scorching, swinging yorkers fetched him a career-best 6 for 28 and very nearly allowed Australia to defend a puny total…
Veerasammy Permaul took three wickets to help spin out CCC for 129 © WICB Media/Randy Brooks of Brooks LaTouche Photo Guyana won their first game in three tries by knocking off the previously unbeaten Combined Campuses & Colleges by eight wickets at Kensington Oval on Saturday afternoon. CCC were bowled out for 129 after choosing to bat as left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul took 3 for 19 to decimate the CCC…
Matthew Wade will step in as captain in the absence of the injured Steven Smith © Getty Images Match facts January 30, 2017Start time 1100 local (2200 GMT) Big Picture After nearly six years without a standalone Chappell-Hadlee series, Australia and New Zealand are about to embark on their third in 12 months. Last February, New Zealand won at home. In December, Australia swept their own home series 3-0. And…
Giles Clarke arrived in Pakistan to inspect possible security arrangements for visiting teams © PCB Giles Clarke, president of the England and Wales Cricket Board and chairman of the ICC’s Pakistan Task Force, has cautioned that bringing international cricket back to Pakistan will be an arduous process requiring “a lot of time and hard work”. Clarke arrived in Lahore on Saturday – his first visit to the country as head…
‘In T20s, momentum is such a big thing and you always want to start well and in more games than not, we didn’t’ – Moises Henriques © Cricket Australia The Sydney Sixers didn’t deserve to win the BBL because throughout the season they failed to play a full match to their potential, according to their captain Moises Henriques. Henriques felt the Sixers could have rescued the final against the Scorchers…