Who will be the BCCI’s representative(s) at the ICC meetings? It’s not yet clear © AFP Almost exactly a year ago – on February 19, 2016 – the BCCI held a special general body meeting (SGM) in Mumbai. The meeting was chaired by then BCCI president Shashank Manohar and in attendance were board secretary Anurag Thakur, former BCCI and ICC president Sharad Pawar, and other senior BCCI and state association…
Neil Wagner picked up his injury while playing in the Ford Trophy for Otago on February 1 © Getty Images New Zealand fast bowler Neil Wagner has fractured his left ring finger while playing in the domestic List A tournament, the Ford Trophy, putting him in doubt for New Zealand’s Test series against South Africa in March. Wagner picked up the injury while fielding off his own bowling on February…
Despite averaging 50-plus in three of the past four domestic one-day tournaments, Cameron White has only played one ODI since 2011 © Getty Images On Tuesday, Cameron White pointed out a few things during an interview on Melbourne radio station RSN. He pointed out that he was worried about the future and strength of Australian cricket due to the national selectors, in his eyes anyway, overlooking strong performances at state…
File photo – Irfan Pathan took 2 for 24 and then rescued Baroda by scoring 65 not out off 32 balls against Saurashtra © Getty Images Irfan Pathan took two wickets and then rescued Baroda with the bat to complete a three-wicket win over Saurashtra in Vadodara. Chasing the 161 target set by Saurashtra, Irfan came in to bat with his team at 38 for 4 in the ninth over…
David Miller’s injury has come at a time when he is in prime form © AFP David Miller, fresh off his second century in three ODI innings, will not be available for the rest of the series against Sri Lanka because of a finger injury. Miller sustained a cut to the little finger of his right hand during the second ODI in Durban when he could not quite get underneath…
Jhulan Goswami’s absence is a blow to an India squad that has already lost Smriti Mandhana to injury © Getty Images Seamers Jhulan Goswami and Sukanya Parida have been ruled out of the Women’s World Cup Qualifiers to be played in Colombo from February 7 to 21. Soni Yadav and Mansi Joshi will replace the injured pair in India’s squad. The loss of Goswami (10 Tests, 151 ODIs and 60…
File photo – Shikhar Dhawan hit 11 fours and three sixes in an unbeaten 47-ball 82 © Getty Images Shikhar Dhawan struck an unbeaten 47-ball 82 to power Delhi to a six-wicket win against Services in Dharamsala. Dhawan hit 11 fours and three sixes as Delhi swept past their target of 132 with 39 balls remaining. Delhi were in a bit of trouble at 43 for 3 before Dhawan and…
File photo – Mahesh Rawat has struck three fifties in as many matches in this tournament so far © Fotocorp Uttar Pradesh were bowled out for 58 in their 90-run defeat to Railways in Jaipur. Their chase began on a poor note – by the first nine balls of UP’s chase, seamers Amit Mishra and Anureet Singh had reduced them to 0 for 3. Sarfaraz Khan (18) and Rinku Singh…
The McLean Park outfield was deemed too dangerous for the players © Getty Images The Napier City Council is set to launch an inquiry* into the abandonment of the second Chappell-Hadlee ODI at McLean Park on Thursday, according to a stuff.co.nz report. Not a ball was bowled despite there being no rain for four hours after the scheduled start of play. A series of inspections were made by Kumar Dharmasena…
File photo – Manan Vohra’s fifty at the top of the order helped Punjab recover well from a poor start © BCCI Manan Vohra‘s 60 and a 16-ball 34 from Gurkeerat Singh set the foundation of Punjab‘s 23-run win over Himachal Pradesh, leading the team to a score of 162 for 7. Punjab’s bowlers, led by Harbhajan Singh (2-25) and seamer Baltej Singh (3-33), then pinned Himachal to 139 for…