Paul Grayson was Essex head coach for eight years © PA Photos Paul Grayson has been named as the new head coach of Yorkshire Diamonds on a three-year deal. Grayson, 45, spent six seasons as a player at Headingley between 1990 and 1995, before moving south to Essex where he was head coach for eight years until his departure in 2015. He takes over as Diamonds boss from Richard Pyrah,…
File photo – Mahesh Rawat fell for 27 as Railways collapsed in their chase of 126 © Fotocorp A miserly spell of 3 for 6 in four overs from legspinner Shubham Agarwal helped Chhattisgarh eke out a six-run victory over Railways in Jaipur. Chhattisgarh have now won two matches out of four and sit in third place in the Central Zone group table. Railways were 93 for 3 in the…
File photo – Pragyan Ojha took two wickets during Bengal’s defence of 145 © BCCI Sayan Ghosh‘s 3 for 25 and Pragyan Ojha‘s 2 for 29 helped Bengal restrict Odisha to 121 after setting them 146 to win at the Eden Gardens. Odisha’s debutant Subhranshu Senapati (41 off 42) was their only batsman from the top six who got into double figures as they were reduced to 39 for 5…
File photo – Pragyan Ojha took two wickets during Bengal’s defence of 145 © BCCI Sayan Ghosh‘s 3 for 25 and Pragyan Ojha‘s 2 for 29 helped Bengal restrict Odisha to 121 after setting them 146 to win at the Eden Gardens. Odisha’s debutant Subhranshu Senapati (41 off 42) was their only batsman from the top six who got into double figures as they were reduced to 39 for 5…
S Aravind finished the league states of the tournament with nine wickets © PTI Sreenath Aravind’s four-wicket haul set up Karnataka’s six-wicket win over Goa in Chennai. Karnataka, who lost Mayank Agarwal early in their chase of 121, coasted to victory in the 12th over courtesy an unbeaten 13-ball 32 from Pawan Deshpande. R Vinay Kumar, the captain, who promoted himself to open the innings top scored with 34. Karnataka…
India Under-19s 216 for 3 (Gill 138*, Desai 37*, Rawlins 2-30) beat England Under-19s 215 (Rawlins 96, Bartlett 55, Chahar 4-33, Roy 3-39) by seven wicketsScorecard File photo – Delray Rawlins fell four short of a second century in the series, but his rescue act wasn’t enough for England © PTI Shubman Gill‘s maiden hundred and an accurate bowling display from India Under-19’s bowlers, led by legspinner Rahul Chahar and…
Match facts Saturday, February 4, 2017Start time 1330 local (1130 GMT) Sri Lanka’s young batsmen have struggled but coach Graham Ford has been encouraged by the starts © Gallo Images/Getty Images Big picture Two matches in, Sri Lanka are already faced with having to save the five-ODI series, and are yet to crack 200. Instead of being concerned by the lack of runs from his top order, coach Graham Ford…
Kevin Pietersen played for the new Pune franchise in IPL 2016 © AFP Kevin Pietersen will not play the 2017 season of the IPL, citing a busy winter as a reason for not entering the player auction scheduled for later this month. Pietersen, 36, was part of the Rising Pune Supergiants franchise in 2016 but played only four games before missing the rest of the tournament with a calf injury….
Victoria 258 and 4 for 78 (Dean 35*, Harper 1*, Abbott 2-8) trail New South Wales 523 (Cowan 212, Nevill 118, Holland 4-155) by 187 runsScorecard Ed Cowan, who walked in at No. 3, faced 386 deliveries for his 212 © Getty Images Ed Cowan converted his 23rd first-class century into a double ton to sustain New South Wales’ domination on day three of their Sheffield Shield fixture against Victoria…
Kevin Pietersen will not play the 2017 season of the IPL, citing a busy winter season as a reason for not entering the player auction scheduled for later this month. “I won’t be going into the IPL auction,” Pietersen said on Twitter. “My winter has been too busy with all my travel & I don’t want to spend April/May away too!” More to follow … © ESPN Sports Media Ltd….