Play 01:21 ‘We expect New Zealand to bounce back’ – Parnell In their most dominant performance on the tour of New Zealand so far, South Africa regained the one-day series lead with the kind of showing that coach Russell Domingo believes typifies their new style of play. It is a brand of cricket built on shared responsibility with new members of the squad as able to contribute as some of…
Sri Lanka A 333 for 3 (Samarawickrama 177*, Karunaratne 140*) trail England Lions 353 (Livingstone 105, Westley 68, Pushpakumara 8-127) by 20 runsScorecard Dimuth Karunaratne found form ahead of the Test series against Bangladesh © AFP England Lions were put to the sword by an unbroken stand of 303 on the second day in Dambulla. Test opener Dimuth Karunaratne and 21-year-old Sadeera Samarawickrama gorged themselves during the latter two sessions…
Peshawar Zalmi 130 for 8 (Afridi 45*, Mills 3-20, Mahmudullah 3-31) beat Quetta Gladiators 128 (Pietersen 41, Rossouw 38, Asghar 3-33) by two wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 04:04 Highlights – Peshawar take over first place with two-wicket win In a nutshell For a large number of people, this was the day the PSL finally fulfilled its purpose: giving Shahid Afridi the platform to win a game for his side…
England XI 379 for 8 (Morgan 95, Roy 79, Root 71, Stokes 61, Levy 4-100) beat UWI VC XI 262 (Walton 121) by 117 runsScorecard Ben Stokes was in the runs, but the bowling wasn’t quite so successful © Associated Press What a great leveller this game can be. A few days after becoming the most expensive overseas player in the IPL’s history, Ben Stokes saw his only complete over…
Martin Guptill has overcome his hamstring problems © Getty Images New Zealand’s bruised top order will welcome back Martin Guptill for their must-win fourth ODI in Hamilton and are set to hand Luke Ronchi the wicketkeeping duties ahead of Tom Latham. The coach Mike Hesson did not confirm whether Latham would retain a spot as a batsman, but the hints were that he could be dropped after a run of…
Karachi Kings 158 for 5 (Babar 49, Pollard 45*) beat Lahore Qalandars 155 for 6 (Rizwan 32*, Malik 2-21) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Mohammad Rizwan top-scored for Lahore Qalandars © PCB/PSL In a nutshell T20 run fests are great fun, but nothing quite beats a nail-biter, specially when a team has something at stake. This was the format at its raw, cruel best, where one swing of the…
File photo – MS Dhoni’s 50-ball knock included three fours and two sixes © AFP Hyderabad seamer Ravi Kiran and left-arm spinner Mehdi Hasan took three wickets each to help their side bowl out Jammu & Kashmir for 228 and set up a 29-run win. A 70-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Parvez Rasool and Ahmed Bandy, which came at more than eight runs an over, had put J&K’s…
Play 01:11 ‘Conceding such a lead on such a pitch criminal’ – Kohli Lowest match total for two all-out innings in India. Quickest end to two all-out innings in India. India’s fourth-lowest match total. The third-quickest they have taken to be bowled out. If India asked for this pitch, they have been hoisted by their own petard. India’s captain Virat Kohli, though, insisted that he had not asked for this…
File photo – Dinesh Karthik razed Delhi with his ninth List A century © BCCI Dinesk Karthik‘s 118 off 97 balls took Tamil Nadu to 314 for 8 and set up their eventual 42-run win over Delhi at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. After being put in, Tamil Nadu’s openers Kaushik Gandhi (41) and Ganga Sridhar Raju (33) came good, which took the team to 94 for 2 when Karthik…
File photo – Deepak Hooda cantered to his maiden List A century with the help of eight fours and four sixes © ICC At the Palam Grounds, Deepak Hooda began the tournament with his maiden List A century that set up Baroda’s 30-run win over Railways. Hooda’s 106-ball 119 lifted Baroda to 259 for 9 before their bowlers hunted in a pack to dismiss Railways for 229. Railways gained the…