Month: April 2017

Match facts Kings XI Punjab v Sunrisers HyderabadMohali, April 28, 2017Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT) Will Darren Sammy get a game against his former team? © BCCI Head-to-head This season: Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s 5 for 19 eclipsed Manan Vohra’s 50-ball 95 and helped Sunrisers defend 159 at home. Overall: Sunrisers have an enviable 7-2 win record. In the news West Indies allrounder Darren Sammy who missed the first three weeks…

Match facts Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi DaredevilsKolkata, April 28, 2017Start time 1600 local (1030 GMT) Nathan Coulter-Nile is likely to return to Knight Riders’ starting line-up © BCCI Head-to-head This season: Kolkata Knight Riders completed a stunning comeback, from 21 for 3, to chase 169 with one ball to spare at the Feroz Shah Kotla. With eight runs required off the last three balls, Manish Pandey struck a six,…

ICC chairman Shashank Manohar (right), ECB chairman Giles Clarke (left) and CA chairman David Peever once again offered the BCCI a settlement © Getty Images The door has not yet been completely shut on the BCCI as far as the ICC’s finance model is concerned. ESPNcricinfo understands that immediately after the BCCI was outvoted at the ICC Board meeting on Wednesday, the ICC chairman Shashank Manohar informed Amitabh Choudhury, the…

Mehedi Maruf struck his third List-A century to help Prime Bank move to the top of the DPL table © Raton Gomes/BCB Prime Bank Cricket Club joined Gazi Group Cricketers at the top of the Dhaka Premier League points table after crushing Victoria Sporting Club by 130 runs at the BKSP-4 ground in Savar. Victoria are one of two teams who are still without a win in the league so…

Bangladesh have not toured Pakistan last in 2007-08 © AFP Pakistan’s decision to call off their tour of Bangladesh in July and August has taken the BCB by surprise, though the board said it was yet to receive official communication from the PCB. “We are really surprised. Even a month ago we knew that the tour was on,” BCB’s media committee chairman Jalal Yunus said. “There was a discussion between…

Battles over the ICC events financial model have been drawn out over a period of years, starting with the ascension of Shashank Manohar as the governing body’s chairman © Getty Images It started with money, and it has ended with money. The “Big Three” financial model drawn up by the boards of India, England and Australia unveiled amid much consternation three years ago is no more, replaced by a plan…

“I back myself and I am really confident and sure about my batting” © BCCI A greater sense of assurance about his game has instilled in Robin Uthappa the hope of a return to national colours. The Kolkata Knight Riders batsman’s 47-ball 87 highlighted an already productive evening that had seen him effect three stumpings, as his team sauntered past Rising Pune Supergiant by seven wickets at the MCA Stadium…

Adam Griffith is returning to his home state as coach © Getty Images Adam Griffith, the former Tasmania fast bowler, has been named as the state’s new head coach. Griffith has spent six years as an assistant coach at Western Australia and in returning to his home state will replace Daniel Marsh, who was sacked as head coach in February. Griffith faces a significant challenge to lift Tasmania’s performance after…