The Pakistan Super League will have a new franchise in 2018 © PCB The PCB has invited bids for a new franchise in the third season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The deadline for the submission of both the financial and technical proposals has been set for May 30, while the financial bids will open the next day. The first two seasons of the PSL had five franchises: Lahore…
Toss Kolkata Knight Riders chose to bowl v Delhi DaredevilsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 19:52 WATCH – Zaheer v Gambhir Considering the heat of a late-April Kolkata afternoon, they may as well not have gone out for the toss.”They are a chasing side, we are a defending side,” Delhi Daredevils captain Zaheer Khan said. Daredevils were always going to bat first against Gautam Gambhir’s Kolkata Knight Riders. For purposes…
Cricket Australia’s pay proposal “disrespects the value of domestic cricketers”, according to the Australian Cricketers’ Association © Getty Images The pay dispute between Cricket Australia and its players is set to continue after the Australian Cricketers’ Association rejected CA’s latest pay proposal. At the core of the ACA’s opposition is CA’s desire to scrap the revenue-sharing model that for nearly 20 years has linked player payments to the amount of…
Play 02:03 ‘It was a conscious effort to attack’ – Finch Royal Challengers Bangalore’s batting in the 2017 IPL has hardly reinforced why they boast three of the five highest totals in IPL history. Out of the eight times they have batted this season, only thrice have they put up a total in excess of 150. On the heels of the lowest-ever IPL total, RCB tumbled to 134 on Thursday…
Warwickshire 162 for 0 (Hain 89*, Porterfield 63*) beat Northamptonshire 151 (Keogh 69*, Hannon-Dalby 3-24) by ten wickets (DLS method)Scorecard File photo – Sam Hain made an unbeaten 89 to lead Warwickshire to victory © Getty Images Sam Hain was in fine form as defending champions Warwickshire got their Royal London Cup campaign started with a win on a wet day at Wantage Road. Hain made an unbeaten 89 as…
Worcestershire 169 for 5 (Whiteley 41*) beat Nottinghamshire 273 for 6 (Lumb 104, Leach 3-50) by five wickets (DLS method)Scorecard Joe Leach led the way with the ball before helping seal a rain-affected chase © Getty Images The hardy spectators that kept the faith through the long hours of rain and cold – and goodness me it was cold – were treated to a minor classic at New Road as…
Glamorgan 277 for 7 (Rudolph 121) beat Gloucestershire 232 for 8 (Klinger 78, van Buuren 51, Taylor 51, Ingram 3-39) by 18 runs (DLS method)Scorecard Jacques Rudolph made a century as Glamorgan started the Royal London Cup with a win © Getty Images Captain Jacques Rudolph passed 10,000 List A runs with a masterly 121 as Glamorgan began their Royal London One-Day Cup campaign with an 18-run South Group win…
Hampshire 260 for 4 (Alsop 112*, Vince 69) beat Kent 258 (Stevens 60, Bell-Drummond 56) by six wicketsScorecard File photo – Tom Alsop made his second one-day hundred © Getty Images Tom Alsop hit an unbeaten century to ensure Kent were outgunned with ball and bat as Hampshire wrapped up an emphatic six-wicket win in their Royal London One-Day Cup South Group opener in Canterbury. Hampshire recovered from a patchy…
Gujarat Lions 135 for 2 (Finch 72, Raina 34*) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 134 (Negi 32, Jadhav 31, Tye 3-12, Jadeja 2-28) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Andrew Tye dismissed Chris Gayle and Travis Head off successive deliveries © BCCI Royal Challengers Bangalore paid the price for another batting meltdown to face early elimination from IPL 2017. On a Chinnaswamy surface that played much better than any other that…
Toss Gujarat Lions opt to bowl v Royal Challengers BangaloreLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details James Faulkner will be playing his second game this season © BCCI Suresh Raina, the Gujarat Lions captain, said his bowlers’ inability to defend totals and dew influenced his decision to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Lions made three changes: James Faulkner, the allrounder, Ishan Kishan and Ankit Soni, the…