Month: February 2017

South Australia 4 for 158 (Lehmann 43*, Cooper 38*) and 156 require 121 runs to beat Queensland 216 (Peirson 71, Zampa 4-57)Scorecard File photo – Adam Zampa’s four wickets in the second innings helped him achieve his first ten-wicket haul in first-class matches © Getty Images Jake Lehmann (43*) and Tom Cooper (38*) gave South Australia some chance of a successful fourth-innings pursuit against Queensland, who were all out for…

South Australia 4 for 158 (Lehmann 43*, Cooper 38*) and 156 require 121 runs to beat Queensland 216 (Peirson 71, Zampa 4-57)Scorecard File photo – Adam Zampa’s four wickets in the second innings helped him achieve his first ten-wicket haul in first-class matches © Getty Images Jake Lehmann (43*) and Tom Cooper (38*) gave South Australia some chance of a successful fourth-innings pursuit against Queensland, who were all out for…

Jason Roy 79 off 43 balls with 66 of his runs in boundaries © Getty Images Jason Roy is set to play only white-ball cricket until the end of the ICC Champions Trophy. Roy, England’s limited-overs opener, retains ambitions to play Test cricket. But, with the Champions Trophy identified as one of England’s prime goals for the summer, he is likely to be encouraged to concentrate on his white-ball skills…

Karachi Kings 127 for 4 (Gayle 44, Shadab 3-13) beat Islamabad United 123 for 7 (Smith 49) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Karachi Kings qualified for the playoffs and beat Islamabad United in the final league game © PCB/PSL In a nutshell In basketball, it’s called a wire-to-wire loss. Islamabad United received the cricket equivalent as the Karachi Kings dominated the final league game from the…

File photo – Rory Kleinveldt sealed Cape Cobras’ win with four balls to spare © Getty Images Cape Cobras climbed from the bottom of the table to the first half with a slim three-wicket against Dolphins in Pietermaritzburg. Their second win of the tournament was led by an all-round performance from Rory Kleinveldt who took 4 for 48 and struck a four and six when they needed 10 from the…

Afghanistan 253 for 9 (Rahmat 50, Nabi 48, Mpofu 3-46) beat Zimbabwe 54 (Nabi 3-14, Hamza 3-20) by 106 runs (D/L Method)Scorecard File photo – Mohammad Nabi put in a fine all-round performance to help Afghanistan win the final ODI © Peter Della Penna Afghanistan’s bowlers combined to roll Zimbabwe over for 54, helping the visitors seal a 3-2 series win with a 106-run D/L victory in the final ODI…

File photo – Hanuma Vihari fought nerves to deliver a win for his team in a low-scoring thriller © ICC/Getty At Chepauk, Andhra captain Hanuma Vihari struck an unbeaten 58 to take his team to a tense two-wicket win in a chase of 128 against Madhya Pradesh. Four of Andhra’s top-five batsmen, Vihari excepted, were dismissed for single-digit scores. Vihari then steadied them from 26 for 4 with a 38-run…

File photo – Amit Verma’s fifth List A half-century steered Assam’s chase of 244 © Fotocorp At the Feroz Shah Kotla, Amit Verma and Arun Karthik starred with half-centuries in Assam’s successful chase of 244 against Punjab. Pallavkumar Das dominated the early part of Assam’s chase with 48 off 49 balls, before they went from 75 for 1 to 90 for 3. Karthik, the captain, and Verma shared a fourth-wicket…

File photo – Kedar Jadhav’s 71 helped Maharashtra post a total of 311 in their mammoth win over Kerala © AFP Prashant Chopra‘s career-best List A score of 159 helped Himachal Pradesh thrash Delhi by 185 runs in Bhubaneshwar. Chopra, whose third List A century included 24 fours and three sixes, took HP finish at 339 for 8 before their bowlers, led by debutant spinner Dheeraj Kumar (5-24), bowled Delhi…

Mushfiqur Rahim has been in good form, striking centuries in each of his last two Tests against India and New Zealand © Associated Press Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has said that his team has a chance to challenge home side Sri Lanka during the two-Test series that begins on March 7. Mushfiqur lined up a number of reasons that would be to the visitors’ advantage including the lack of senior…