Month: April 2017

Tom Blundell and Peter Younghusband’s sixth-wicket 184-run partnership was pivotal to Wellington’s victory © Getty Images The winners of the Plunket Shield were decided in the last hour of the last round of matches as Auckland, who needed a win to lift the trophy, went down to Central Districts by three wickets and Canterbury clinched their third title in four years. Canterbury were leading the table with 101 points before…

Sri Lanka 280 for 9 (Kusal 54, Thisara 52, Mortaza 3-65) v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kusal Mendis struck his second successive fifty-plus score © Associated Press Sri Lanka set off at a canter, looked good for 300, then were incrementally slowed by a resurgent Bangladesh, before a late rally saw them make a competitive 280 for 9. The hosts may feel that total is a little light after…

Sloppy running left Sri Lanka shortchanged © Associated Press For the second time in three days, a batsman has been given out despite the bulk of his body having crossed the plane of the crease. Dinesh Chandimal did initially ground his bat behind the crease as he sauntered in to complete a second run, in the 26th over, but he briefly raised it again as his body passed the line….

Tom Blundell and Peter Younghusband’s sixth-wicket 184-run partnership was pivotal to Wellington’s victory © Getty Images The winners of the Plunket Shield were decided in the last hour of the last round of matches as Auckland, who needed a win to lift the trophy, went down to Central Districts by three wickets and Canterbury clinched their third title in four years. Canterbury were leading the table with 101 points before…

Sri Lanka 280 for 9 (Kusal 54, Thisara 52, Mortaza 3-65) v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kusal Mendis struck his second successive fifty-plus score © Associated Press Sri Lanka set off at a canter, looked good for 300, then were incrementally slowed by a resurgent Bangladesh, before a late rally saw them make a competitive 280 for 9. The hosts may feel that total is a little light after…

Sloppy running left Sri Lanka shortchanged © Associated Press For the second time in three days, a batsman has been given out despite the bulk of his body having crossed the plane of the crease. Dinesh Chandimal did initially ground his bat behind the crease as he sauntered in to complete a second run, in the 26th over, but he briefly raised it again as his body passed the line….

Tom Blundell and Peter Younghusband’s sixth-wicket 184-run partnership was pivotal to Wellington’s victory © Getty Images The winners of the Plunket Shield were decided in the last hour of the last round of matches as Auckland, who needed a win to lift the trophy, went down to Central Districts by three wickets and Canterbury clinched their third title in four years. Canterbury were leading the table with 101 points before…

Sri Lanka 280 for 9 (Kusal 54, Thisara 52, Mortaza 3-65) v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kusal Mendis struck his second successive fifty-plus score © Associated Press Sri Lanka set off at a canter, looked good for 300, then were incrementally slowed by a resurgent Bangladesh, before a late rally saw them make a competitive 280 for 9. The hosts may feel that total is a little light after…

Sloppy running left Sri Lanka shortchanged © Associated Press For the second time in three days, a batsman has been given out despite the bulk of his body having crossed the plane of the crease. Dinesh Chandimal did initially ground his bat behind the crease as he sauntered in to complete a second run, in the 26th over, but he briefly raised it again as his body passed the line….

Tom Blundell and Peter Younghusband’s sixth-wicket 184-run partnership was pivotal to Wellington’s victory © Getty Images The winners of the Plunket Shield were decided in the last hour of the last round of matches as Auckland, who needed a win to lift the trophy, went down to Central Districts by three wickets and Canterbury clinched their third title in four years. Canterbury were leading the table with 101 points before…