Month: February 2017

Barbados 271 for 9 (Hope 101, Holder 69 108*, Powell 2-27) beat Jamaica 212 (Powell 65, Benn 3-33) by 59 runsScorecard Shai Hope followed a century in the semis with another in the final for Barbados © WICB Media/Randy Brooks of Brooks LaTouche Photo Barbados wicketkeeper-batsman Shai Hope backed up his 125 in the tournament semi-final win over Leeward Islands with another century in the final against Jamaica to lay…

Islamabad United 137 for 5 (Smith 72*, Watson 30) beat Peshawar Zalmi 136 for 9 (Morgan 28, Sami 3-26) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Dwayne Smith top-scored with an unbeaten 72 in Islamabad’s victorious chase © AFP In a nutshell Islamabad United scraped to a win on the final ball of the contest against Peshawar Zalmi after having strolled through most of the chase. With all…

Injuries have beset offspinner Leigh Kasperek so badly that she last played for New Zealand in March 2016 © IDI/Getty Images Leigh Kasperek, the New Zealand Women’s offspinner, has been sidelined from the rest of the 2016-17 season with multiple fractures on her left little finger. The injury occurred in Melbourne on Friday, when she played the T20I against Australia but couldn’t prevent a 40-run defeat of her side. Although…

Quetta Gladiators 202 for 5 (Pietersen 88*, Sarfraz 45, Tanvir 2-47) beat Lahore Qalandars 200 for 3 (Roy 51, Zaman 47, Hasan 2-28) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Kevin Pietersen smashed 39 off his last nine balls to shock Lahore Qalandars © Chris Whiteoak In a nutshellQuetta Gladiators smashed 63 runs off their last 17 balls – led by Kevin Pietersen at his world-beating best –…

Misbah-ul-Haq has been practicing his range-hitting and he is happy with the outcome © AFP Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan Test captain, has said he is “most likely” to be on the tour to West Indies in March with the PCB open to his playing another series before taking a call on his retirement. Misbah has been under immense scrutiny having led the team to six successive defeats in Test cricket, although…

Mark Wood bowls at the ECB’s Pace Programme training camp in Potchefstroom © Gallo Images/Getty Images England have withdrawn fast bowler Mark Wood from the Lions’ one-day series against Sri Lanka A next month, a move that will raise concerns about his ability to return from a third round of ankle surgery. The ECB has suggested that his recovery remains on track following an operation on a severed bone in…

Sharjeel Khan has played one Test, 25 ODIs and 15 T20Is for Pakistan © AFP The PCB has charged Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif for a number of alleged breaches of its anti-corruption code. Under the code, the pair potentially face lifetime bans from cricket. Sharjeel was found in violation of four major articles in the anti-corruption code while Khalid Latif is also facing a severe charges. The pair were…

East Zone 153 for 2 (Virat 58*, Jaggi 56, Thakur 2-31) beat West Zone 149 for 5 (Jackson 52, Bhatt 36*, Das 2-25) by eight wicketsScorecard Virat Singh delivered East Zone the title with his unbeaten 58 © Prakash Parsekar Virat Singh and Ishank Jaggi zoomed to half-centuries as East Zone chased down 150 in just 13.4 overs against West Zone to clinch an eight-wicket win and the 2016-17 Syed…

‘After six years of hard work such things happening again is a matter of great concern and disappointment’ – Misbah-ul-Haq © PCB Misbah-ul-Haq, who did so much to steer Pakistan away from the 2010 spot-fixing scandal, has spoken of his disappointment at having to face up to another case of corruption in Pakistan cricket. Six years ago, Misbah had taken over a Test side gutted by the sudden loss of…