Month: April 2017

© ESPNcricinfo Ltd Amitabh Choudhary, the BCCI’s acting secretary, has said the $400 million offer the ICC has left on the table is not “anywhere even close” to the Indian board’s contribution to global cricket revenues. Choudhary contended that the Indian market contributed 70 % of the global cricket revenue and that it was natural for India to get the lion’s share. Under the ICC’s new finance model, the BCCI’s…

‘What I’ve earned is precious to me’ © BCCI The downside of not featuring in the IPL is likely to be most telling on any contemporary cricketer’s bank balance, but if one were to look at it from Cheteshwar Pujara‘s perspective, the perks of not being part of the tournament are few, but fulfilling. Having finished India’s protracted home season as the leading run-getter for the country, with a haul…

Match facts April 30, 2017Start time 10:00 local (14:00 GMT) Misbah-ul-Haq could add yet another chapter in his captaincy book in Bridgetown © AFP Big picture Now that the buzz around Younis Khan’s 10,000th run is over, the focus shifts to the dreary business of the Test series unfolding around it. Weather delays and uninspiringly sedate batting at times from both sides give the first Test a dreary, old-fashioned feel….

Yorkshire 191 for 3 (Root 75*, Handscomb 46) beat Nottinghamshire 185 (Taylor 60, Wessels 41, Bresnan 3-22) by seven wicketsScorecard Joe Root and his younger brother Billy had fielded together for England © Getty Images Joe Root began his preparations for the ICC Champions Trophy with his highest and, he felt, best List A innings to help Yorkshire to a comfortable victory at Trent Bridge. In a match containing 18…

Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils, IPL 2017, Mohali April 29, 2017 The Preview by Annesha Ghosh Delhi Daredevils’ bowlers have the best economy rate in the last five overs this IPL © BCCI Match facts Kings XI Punjab v Delhi DaredevilsMohali, April 30, 2017Start time 1600 local (1030 GMT) Head-to-head This season: Delhi Daredevils handed Kings XI Punjab a 51-run drubbing in their first home game at Feroz Shah…

Match facts Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight RidersHyderabad, April 30, 2017Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT) Can Kolkata Knight Riders put their heads down and continue their winning streak? © BCCI Head to head This season: Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 for 20, Yuvraj Singh struck two sixes in his innings with a strike rate of 162.50 but Sunrisers Hyderabad only managed 155 in pursuit of their 173-run target. Overall: Kolkata…

Gujarat Lions chose to bat v Mumbai IndiansLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Can Irfan Pathan impress upon his return to the IPL fold? © BCCI Suresh Raina won the toss and surprised everybody by choosing to bat first at the chase-friendly Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. Only thrice has an IPL match been won there by a side batting first, and not even once by Gujarat Lions. The reason…

Rising Pune Supergiant 157 for 3 (Smith 45, Tiwary 44*) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 96 for 9 (Kohli 55, Ferguson 2-7) by 61 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Apart from VIrat Kohli, every other RCB batsman could only manage single-digits © BCCI An utterly wasteful batting performance left Royal Challengers Bangalore closer to the brink than ever before in IPL 2017. They needed 158 to win the first of five games…