Month: May 2017

File photo – Harmanpreet Kaur scored 296 runs at an average of 59.20 during her BBL stint with Sydney Thunder in 2016-17 © Associated Press Harmanpreet Kaur is set to become the first Indian to play in the Kia Super League, England’s domestic T20 tournament. The 28-year old was signed up by Surrey Stars for the upcoming season starting in August 2017. Harmanpreet has played 139 international matches, scoring 2915…

Kiran Ashar played seven first-class matches and scored 306 runs, including a century © Clayton Murzello Kiran Ashar, the former Mumbai wicketkeeper, died in Mumbai on Saturday afternoon after a prolonged illness. He was 69. Ashar had been hospitalised since last December, following a brain hemorrhage, and also suffered from heart and kidney-related ailments. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. Ashar, a former India schools…

Afghanistan were the first international team to tour Pakistan after the 2009 Lahore attack © AFP Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed in principle to play T20 friendlies – as opposed to internationals – as part of their efforts to renew ties with each other. The matches are set to take place in Kabul and Lahore sometime in July and August. A delegation led by ACB chairman Atif Mashal met with…

Afghanistan were the first international team to tour Pakistan after the 2009 Lahore attack © AFP Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed in principle to play T20 friendlies – as opposed to internationals – as part of their efforts to renew ties with each other. The matches are set to take place in Kabul and Lahore sometime in July and August. A delegation led by ACB chairman Atif Mashal met with…

File photo – Liton Das played his second successive match-winning knock for Abahani © AFP Left-arm spinners Manan Sharma (4 for 21) and Saqlain Sajib (3 for 24) combined to dismantle Mohammedan Sporting Club for 100 and set up Abahani Limited’s five-wicket win at the BKSP-3 Ground in Savar. The performance vaulted Abahani to the top of the Dhaka Premier League points table; they are ahead of Gazi Group Cricketers…

England 330 for 5 (Stokes 101, Buttler 65*, Morgan 45) v South AfricaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ben Stokes showed no ill-effects of his knee injury as he reached his second ODI hundred © Getty Images Ben Stokes’ second ODI hundred lifted England out of trouble at the Ageas Bowl and allowed them to post another impressive total after being put in to bat for the second match running. Dropped…

File photo – Liton Das played his second successive match-winning knock for Abahani © AFP Left-arm spinners Manan Sharma (4 for 21) and Saqlain Sajib (3 for 24) combined to dismantle Mohammedan Sporting Club for 100 and set up Abahani Limited’s five-wicket win at the BKSP-3 Ground in Savar. The performance vaulted Abahani to the top of the Dhaka Premier League points table; they are ahead of Gazi Group Cricketers…

File photo – Liton Das played his second successive match-winning knock for Abahani © AFP Left-arm spinners Manan Sharma (4 for 21) and Saqlain Sajib (3 for 24) combined to dismantle Mohammedan Sporting Club for 100 and set up Abahani Limited’s five-wicket win at the BKSP-3 Ground in Savar. The performance vaulted Abahani to the top of the Dhaka Premier League points table; they are ahead of Gazi Group Cricketers…

‘We have confirmed programmes with New Zealand and England’ – Hassan © BCB The BCB chief Nazmul Hasan has declared that they will not discuss any tours to Pakistan upon learning the PCB had postponed their senior team’s visit to Bangladesh in July. Hasan said there had been talks – in April – of sending the High Performance or Under-19 team to Pakistan but those plans have been put to…

South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl against EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ben Stokes was fit, but Chris Woakes sat out for England with a niggle © Getty Images South Africa’s captain AB de Villiers won the toss and chose to insert England for the second match running on an overcast morning in Southampton. South Africa made three changes to their XI, as they look to level…