Month: February 2017

Vikram Limaye (left) had little time to prepare for the ICC meetings once he was appointed to the committee of administrators by the Supreme Court © Getty Images Vikram Limaye, a member of the committee of administrators overseeing the BCCI, has said there is a need for greater trust between the Indian board, other member boards, and the ICC. Limaye, who represented the BCCI at the ICC Board meeting in…

Mark Wallace has called time on a long-serving career © Getty Images Mark Wallace has announced his retirement from first-class cricket after an 18-year career with Glamorgan to join the Professional Cricketers’ Association’s team of personal development and welfare managers. Wallace will still be involved with Glamorgan. His new role will involve helping his former team mates, as well as players at Gloucestershire and Somerset, to help improve their performance…

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl v South AfricaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details The return of Jeffrey Vandersay was one of two changes for Sri Lanka © Getty Images Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first in the fifth ODI, perhaps owing to a preference to chase – their better performances through the limited-overs series having come when batting second. AB de Villiers said South Africa would…

File photo – Javeria Khan scored a 146-ball 100 that included 11 fours © WICB Media/Randy Brooks of Brooks LaTouche Photo A 212-run opening stand by Ayesha Zafar (115) and Javeria Khan (100) helped Pakistan to 276 for 5 before Nashra Sandhu returned figures of 5 for 11 to dismiss Papua New Guinea for 40, completing a 236-run win in Colombo. Zafar and Javeria batted for 38 overs before the…

South Australia 5 for 80 (Lehmann 25*, Holland 1-0) trail Victoria 184 (Finch 49, Sayers 4-40) by 104 runsScorecard File photo – Chadd Sayers’ 4 for 40 included wickets of Victoria’s top scorers Aaron Finch and Cameron White © Getty Images Fifteen wickets fell at the Adelaide Oval as Chadd Sayers ran through Victoria’s top order to dismiss them for 184. South Australia lost regular wickets in reply, ending the…

Tea India 620 for 6 (Saha 83*, Jadeja 16*) v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Virat Kohli reeled off his fourth double-hundred in seven months © AFP Another series. Another double-hundred for Virat Kohli. The opposition buried under a mountain of runs. The theme first unfolded in North Sound in July 2016, then in Indore and Mumbai. On Friday in Hyderabad against a listless Bangladesh attack, Kohli became the first…

New South Wales 4 for 328 (Henriques 102*, Patterson 88, Larkin 86) v QueenslandScorecard Moises Henriques struck 13 fours en route to his unbeaten ton © BCCI Moises Henriques, the New South Wales captain, struck an unbeaten century to spearhead a sturdy batting display against Queensland on day one of the Sheffield Shield match at the SCG. On a day of high temperatures in Sydney, with more forecast for Saturday…

‘This is not a decision we take lightly’ – Cricket NSW CEO Andrew Jones © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Forecast temperatures of up to 40 degree celsius have compelled Cricket New South Wales to cancel this weekend’s round of Sydney club cricket games. While the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and Queensland at the SCG began, the decision for club cricket was reached on Friday afternoon after it was determined…