In a special general meeting in Delhi on Tuesday, the BCCI’s member units passed a unanimous resolution to ask the ICC Board to retain the ‘Big Three’ revenue model until its annual general meeting in London in June. It is learnt that Amitabh Choudhary, the acting BCCI secretary, will present the Indian board’s point of view at the ICC’s Board Meeting in Dubai next week. “A resolution has been passed…
Toss Gujarat Lions chose to bowl v Royal Challengers BangaloreLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details AB de Villiers had to sit out because of a suspected back injury © BCCI Royal Challengers Bangalore, sent in to bat by Suresh Raina, the Gujarat Lions captain, were without AB de Villiers and Samuel Badree in their quest to arrest a three-match losing streak. Both Badree and de Villiers were ruled out due to…
Boyd Rankin won’t be part of Ireland’s ODIs against England © Peter Della Penna Pace bowler Boyd Rankin has been ruled out of Ireland’s two one-day internationals against England next month but Kevin O’Brien and Paul Stirling have recovered from their recent injuries. Rankin, who played one Test, seven ODIs and two T20Is for England between 2013 and 2014 before resuming his career with Ireland, is suffering from a back…
Vijay Mallya with Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli during IPL 2013 © BCCI Vijay Mallya, former owner of the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise, was arrested, and later granted bail, in the UK on Tuesday following an extradition warrant from Indian authorities. The warrant in the UK was issued in relation to accusations of fraud surrounding his failed Kingfisher Airlines company, which is reported to owe banks over a billion dollars….
Al-Amin notched up his highest List-A score of 106 © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Al-Amin‘s unbeaten century helped Prime Bank Cricket Club defeat Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity by 59 runs at the BKSP-3 ground in Savar. Having elected to bat, Al-Amin‘s 94-ball 106 helped Prime Bank get to 307 for 6 in 50 overs. The 23-year-old’s century was his highest List-A score, and only his second ton in the format. He added…
Play 01:55 We lost our way in in the early stages of the chase – Vohra Manan Vohra is only 23 but has been part of the Kings XI Punjab set-up for five years now. While seen as a batsman of promise Vohra has, by his own admission, not converted his starts often enough. Against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday though, Vohra did just that, scoring at a much faster pace…
Play 01:06 ‘We have a really good middle order’ – Coulter-Nile Kolkata Knight Riders had planned to score a boundary in every over and rotate strike during their chase against Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla, and Yusuf Pathan said they had largely succeeded in pulling it off despite a poor start. Coming into bat with KKR on 21 for 3, Yusuf scored a 39-ball 59 and put on…
M Vijay was India’s third highest run-scorer in their 2016-17 home season © BCCI Opening batsman M Vijay played through a part of India’s long home season with a “fractured wrist,” which limited his range of shots and the power with which he could play them. As a result of the injury, Vijay was ruled out of the ongoing IPL and travelled to the UK for surgery; he returned to…
Kieran Powell is in line to play his first Test since June 2014 © AFP Leeward Islands batsman Kieran Powell is in line to play his first Test in nearly three years after being recalled to the West Indies squad for the first match against Pakistan at Sabina Park beginning on Friday. The uncapped batting pair of Vishaul Singh and Shimron Hetmyer have also joined Powell in the 13-man squad,…
West Indies President’s XI 419 (Vishaul Singh 135*, Hetmyer 97, Powell 58, Amir 3-66) and 152 for 2 (Powell 84*) drew with Pakistan 192 (Shehzad 55, Sarfraz 50, Jacobs 4-45)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan did not make runs in the practice game © Getty Images Pakistan had a poor outing in their only warm-up game in the lead up to the first Test against…