Month: March 2017

Sri Lanka’s fielding standards have dropped across formats over the last few years © Associated Press Sri Lanka’s fielding woes are deep-rooted, and will only be fully solved through long-term emphasis on fielding in junior and emerging cricket, coach Graham Ford has said. Once considered the best fielding side in Asia, Sri Lanka’s fielding standards have declined substantially through the last few years, across all formats. A lack of catching…

File photo – Ankush Bains was one of the five Himachal Pradesh batsmen to score more than 0 © ACC Tripura needed only two bowlers – pacers Abhijit Sarkar and Ajoy Sarkar – to sweep Himachal Pradesh away for 68 in 15 overs in their 138-run victory in Cuttack. Abhijit was on a hat-trick twice in Himachal’s innings. He began the innings with two wickets off the first two balls…

Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi are among five Afghanistan players in the CPL draft © Peter Della Penna England T20 specialist Tymal Mills and a clutch of Afghanistan players – including IPL-bound Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi – are among the high-profile names to be included in the draft for this year’s Caribbean Premier League. Mills, who was picked up for USD1.8m in the IPL auction last month, is one…

Rohit Sharma scored a match-winning 70 in his last outing with the bat © Associated Press Rohit Sharma, who was out of action since November 2016 after suffering a thigh injury, is set to make a return to cricket. The 29-year old opener tweeted that he was available for Mumbai’s 50-over matches in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on March 4 and 6. Rohit, who last played for India in October…

Sri Lanka’s fielding standards have dropped across formats over the last few years © Associated Press Sri Lanka’s fielding woes are deep-rooted, and will only be fully solved through long-term emphasis on fielding in junior and emerging cricket, coach Graham Ford has said. Once considered the best fielding side in Asia, Sri Lanka’s fielding standards have declined substantially through the last few years, across all formats. A lack of catching…

File photo – Ankush Bains was one of the five Himachal Pradesh batsmen to score more than 0 © ACC Tripura needed only two bowlers – pacers Abhijit Sarkar and Ajoy Sarkar – to sweep Himachal Pradesh away for 68 in 15 overs in their 138-run victory in Cuttack. Abhijit was on a hat-trick twice in Himachal’s innings. He began the innings with two wickets off the first two balls…

Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi are among five Afghanistan players in the CPL draft © Peter Della Penna England T20 specialist Tymal Mills and a clutch of Afghanistan players – including IPL-bound Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi – are among the high-profile names to be included in the draft for this year’s Caribbean Premier League. Mills, who was picked up for USD1.8m in the IPL auction last month, is one…

Rohit Sharma scored a match-winning 70 in his last outing with the bat © Associated Press Rohit Sharma, who was out of action since November 2016 after suffering a thigh injury, is set to make a return to cricket. The 29-year old opener tweeted that he was available for Mumbai’s 50-over matches in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on March 4 and 6. Rohit, who last played for India in October…

Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi are among five Afghanistan players in the CPL draft © Peter Della Penna England T20 specialist Tymal Mills and a clutch of Afghanistan players – including IPL-bound Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi – are among the high-profile names to be included in the draft for this year’s Caribbean Premier League. Mills, who was picked up for USD1.8m in the IPL auction last month, is one…

File photo – Ankush Bains was one of the five Himachal Pradesh batsmen to score more than 0 © ACC Tripura needed only two bowlers – pacers Abhijit Sarkar and Ajoy Sarkar – to sweep Himachal Pradesh away for 68 in 15 overs in their 138-run victory in Cuttack. Abhijit was on a hat-trick twice in Himachal’s innings. He began the innings with two wickets off the first two balls…