Month: February 2017

Tea Australia 153 for 4 (Renshaw 38, Marsh 2) v IndiaLive Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Steven Smith fell minutes before the tea break for 27 off 95 balls. © AFP The Australian batsmen kept exchanging smiles. Bemused ones, as if they were saying ‘why did you stick me at this end?’ And yet it was their diligence in picking up singles whenever they were available and putting away bad balls…

Ross Taylor had crossed 6000 ODI runs recently © AFP New Zealand coach Mike Hesson is unsure about Ross Taylor‘s future as a T20 cricketer, but he has no doubt that the batsman should be considered one of their greats in the 50-over game. Taylor became New Zealand’s leading ODI century-maker with his 17th hundred in Christchurch and completed a unique set of centuries against all Full Member teams. He…

Matt Renshaw scored 36 runs before retiring hurt © AFP After giving Australia a solid opening partnership, both David Warner and Matt Renshaw walked off almost together. Warner was bowled by Umesh Yadav in his first over, but Renshaw walked off before another ball was bowled. Australia team management confirmed he had to “retire hurt” with an “upset stomach”. As soon as Warner played on to end the opening stand…

File photo – Richard Levi’s 73 was studded with 11 fours and a six © BCCI Cape Cobras earned their first points of this season’s Momentum Cup when half-centuries from Richard Levi and Omphile Ramela and four wickets from right-arm quick Jason Smith led them to a comprehensive 57-run win against Warriors in East London. Cobras marched to 319 for 6, with middle order contributions too, after opting to bat…

Australia won the toss and chose to bat v IndiaLive Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Australia have resisted the urge to play to the conditions and instead picked their strongest XI, with Josh Hazlewood in ahead of a third spinner © Getty Images Minor miracles have followed Australia over the past 24 hours. Since managing to be in two places almost at once, they gained significant advantage by winning the toss…

Suryakumar Yadav wrote a letter of apology to the Mumbai Cricket Association © BCCI Suryakumar Yadav has been added to Mumbai’s 14-member squad for the 50-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy after he tendered an apology to the Mumbai Cricket Association for retweeting a post on Twitter that questioned his exclusion from the team for the Inter-state T20 tournament. “The president has accepted his apology and he has been cleared to play…

Suryakumar Yadav has been at the wrong end of controversies in the past as well © BCCI Suryakumar Yadav has been added to Mumbai’s 14-member squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy after he tendered an apology to the Mumbai Cricket Association for retweeting a post on Twitter that questioned his exclusion from the team for the Inter-state T20 tournament. “The president has accepted his apology and he has been cleared…

Haseeb Hameed impressed on debut for England © Associated Press Haseeb Hameed will miss MCC’s season curtain-raising fixture against the Champion County, Middlesex, next month, to undergo a sinus operation. Hameed, who made a strong impression in three Test appearances for England against India last year, before leaving the tour early with a broken finger, is currently in Sri Lanka with the England Lions squad. His intention is to play…

Central Zone players celebrate their first win of the tournament © Milton Ahmed Surviving a draw against South Zone on the last day helped North Zone retain their position on top of the BCL points table. Asked to follow on after trailing by 259 runs in the first innings, Farhad Hossain and Naeem Islam added 136 runs for the third wicket, as their individual centuries helped North Zone survive the…