England Lions 316 and 112 for 6 (S Curran 14*, T Curran 13*) lead Sri Lanka A 167 (Weerakkody 68, Roland-Jones 4-51) by 261 runsScorecard File photo – Dilruwan Perera scored 37 and then claimed two top-order wickets © AFP Sri Lanka A fought back on the second day of their match with the England Lions in Pallekele, initially through a bright half-century from Sandun Weerakkody and then with the…
‘When you go to England, you will take at least four fast bowlers’ – Ashish Nehra © AFP Ashish Nehra has expressed a strong desire to make a comeback to India’s ODI team. Nehra, who last played in the format in the 2011 World Cup semi-final against Pakistan, has said he retains hopes of playing fifty-over cricket for India when they land in England in June for the Champions Trophy….
‘When you go to England, you will take at least four fast bowlers’ – Ashish Nehra © AFP Ashish Nehra has expressed a strong desire to make a comeback to India’s ODI team. Nehra, who last played in the format in the 2011 World Cup semi-final against Pakistan, has said he retains hopes of playing fifty-over cricket for India when they land in England in June for the Champions Trophy….
India A 176 for 4 (Iyer 85*) trail Australians 469 for 7 dec (Smith 107, Shaun Marsh 104, Mitchell Marsh 75, Wade 64)Scorecard File photo: Mitchell Marsh made his 17th first-class half-century © Associated Press Mitchell Marsh followed in his brother Shaun’s footsteps, with a fifty-plus score in the tour game against India A to perhaps bolster his chances of a Test recall. He spent over three hours at the…
Netherlands 314 for 9 (Cooper 78, Rippon 53, Ehsan Khan 3-59) beat Hong Kong 301 for 8 (Hayat 86, Rath 50, van der Merwe 2-36, Rippon 2-57) by 13 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Babar Hayat was run out for 86 to start the 48th over, decimating Hong Kong’s chances of pulling out a win © Panda Man Michael Rippon and Ben Cooper scored half-centuries for Netherlands before the visitors held…
Former Karnataka batsman K Sriram died at the age of 43 in Bangalore on February 16, following a cardiac arrest. Sriram, who was unwell for the last two months, is survived by his wife and two children – a son and a daughter. Sriram played 15 first-class matches for Karnataka and scored 644 runs, including a hundred and a fifty. He was also part of the Anil Kumble-led Karnataka team…
File Photo – Robbie Frylinck brought up his 50 off only 19 balls © BCCI Robbie Frylinck‘s 20-ball 54 powered Dolphins to a five-wicket victory against Titans in the final over of the opening game of the Momentum One Day Cup at SuperSport Park. Frylinck, who was playing his first List A game since January 2016, came in to bat in the 45th over and strung an unbroken 66-run partnership…
Sri Lanka head coach Graham Ford is hopeful of Lasith Malinga’s presence in the Champions Trophy later this year © Associated Press Injury robbed Lasith Malinga of the chance to contribute to Sri Lanka’s World Twenty20 last year. A promising display on his return to the side for the first time in a year at the MCG marks the start of his effort to be a force at the Champions…
Canterbury 199 for 3 (Fulton 116*) beat Wellington 171 (Marshall 59, Ellis 4-28) by 28 runsScorecard File photo – Peter Fulton and Andrew Ellis played key roles in Canterbury’s triumph © Getty Images Peter Fulton surged to the fastest century in New Zealand List A cricket as Canterbury ended an 11-year wait for one-day silverware with a 28-run victory in the Ford Trophy final at Rangiora. After steady drizzle throughout…
Match facts February 19, 2017Start time 1920 local (0820 GMT) Adam Zampa bowled well on Friday night and Australia need more of the same to keep the series alive © Cricket Australia Big Picture Australia’s ostensible home advantage against Sri Lanka was diminished at the MCG on Friday night by two factors: the unsettled and makeshift nature of the Twenty20 team with the Test team concurrently preparing in India, and…