Deepak Hooda struck his maiden T20 century in a match-winning effort © BCCI Deepak Hooda struck the third fastest T20 century in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to helped Baroda beat Gujarat by 15 runs and register their first win in the inter-state T20 competition. Hooda struck three fours and nine sixes in his 51-ball 108 to fire Baroda to 201 for 8. A majority of those runs were accrued during…
File photo – Gautam Gambhir struck 11 fours during his 44-ball stay at the crease © Shailesh Bhatnagar Gautam Gambhir‘s 44-ball 61 set up Delhi‘s five-wicket win over Haryana in Dharamsala. Gambhir controlled most of Delhi’s chase after they were set 115, striking 11 fours in his knock before falling with the side nine runs away from victory. Earlier, Haryana had a modest performance with the bat as they put…
File photo – Shahbaz Nadeem conceded 22 off his four overs but it wasn’t enough to restrict Tripura © AFP Jharkhand slumped to their third straight defeat in the Inter-State T20 tournament, falling short by 24 runs against Tripura at the Eden Gardens. They had raced to 106 for 2 by the 13th over in pursuit of 193, but lost three wickets in three overs from that point. Opener Shasheem…
File photo – Shahbaz Nadeem conceded 22 off his four overs but it wasn’t enough to restrict Tripura © AFP Jharkhand fell to their third straight defeat in the Inter-State T20 tournament, falling short by 24 runs against Tripura at the Eden Gardens. They’d posted 106 for 2 by the 13th over in pursuit of 193, but lost three wickets in three overs from that point. Opener Shasheem Rathour scored…
Batsman Liton Das has been recalled to Bangladesh’s squad for the one-off Test in India from February 9 after he scored a first-class double-century in the Bangladesh Cricket League. Squad: Tamim Iqbal, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mehedi Hasan, Taijul Islam, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Soumya Sarkar, Taskin Ahmed, Subashis Roy, Imrul Kayes, Liton Das, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shafiul Islam More to follow … © ESPN Sports Media Ltd. …
Queensland 6 for 251 (Burns 83, Labuschagne 60, Perrin 3-48) v TasmaniaScorecard File photo – Joe Burns and Marnus Labuschagne shared a stabilising partnership of 127 for the third wicket © Getty Images Joe Burns and Marnus Labuschagne underpinned a solid day’s batting by Queensland against Tasmania on day one of the Sheffield Shield match at the Gabba in Brisbane. Having been dropped by the Australian selectors earlier in the…
South Australia 4 for 156 (Lehmann 55*, Mackin 3-55) trail Western Australia 201 (Inglis 49, Sayers 5-68, Richardson 4-55) by 45 runsScorecard File photo – Chadd Sayers found useful movement through the air and off the pitch during his five-for © Getty Images and Cricket Australia Chadd Sayers and Kane Richardson prospered with the Dukes ball on a green pitch before Jake Lehmann and Alex Ross helped South Australia close…
Henry Nicholls struck 13 fours and four sixes in his 125-ball 140 © Getty Images Canterbury staved off a fightback from Northern Districts to clinch a two-run win with three balls to spare at Hagley Oval. Defending 275, Canterbury’s bowlers, particularly Tim Johnston (3-47) reduced Northern Districts to 98 for 5 in 24 overs. But a 104-run partnership between Daryll Mitchell and Tim Seifert kept the batting side in the…
New South Wales 0 for 0 trail Victoria 258 (Dean 67, Conway 3-25) by 258 runsScorecard File photo – Travis Dean played out 182 balls for his 67 © Getty Images Travis Dean‘s 67 was the most substantial innings for Victoria as New South Wales restricted the Bushrangers to a mediocre first innings on day one of the Sheffield Shield match at the MCG. Resuming the Shield season after the…
Michael Klinger is the all-time leading run-scorer in the Big Bash League © Cricket Australia It was the moment Michael Klinger thought might never come. When his state coach Justin Langer – who is also Australia’s stand-in coach for the upcoming T20 series against Sri Lanka – pulled Klinger aside before Western Australia state training on Tuesday, the news was good. Klinger was in Australia’s squad. After 19 seasons at…