Month: May 2017

Mahela Jayawardene has become a sought-after coach now © Getty Images Mahela Jayawardene has effectively ended his playing career in Bangladesh after being signed for two seasons as head coach of BPL franchise Khulna Titans. Jayawardene featured in two games for Dhaka Dynamites alongside his former Sri Lankan team-mate Kumar Sangakkara in 2016. Jayawardene’s signing comes a week after he coached Mumbai Indians to an IPL crown in his first…

Arjun Mutreja scored the first century of the tournament © Peter Della Penna Arjun Mutreja‘s unbeaten 101 capped Singapore‘s dramatic seven-wicket win over USA on Friday. Mutreja shared in an unbroken 162-run fourth-wicket stand with captain Chetan Suryawanshi to carry Singapore to victory with 26 balls to spare. It was Singapore’s joint second-best partnership in the World Cricket League behind the 209 put on by Mutreja and Anish Paraam against…

Australians 319 for 8 (Finch 137, Head 85*, Pradeep 3-57) beat Sri Lankans 318 for 7 (Mathews 95, Gunaratne 70*, Henriques 3-46) by two wicketsScorecard Aaron Finch raised a century off only 76 balls © Getty Images After weeks of pay talks with their board, there was some cheer for the Australians, on the field, as they warmed up for the Champions Trophy with a two-wicket win over Sri Lanka…

Kent 316 for 8 (Denly 119, Wiese 3-54) against SussexScorecard Joe Denly’s century was the bedrock of Kent’s innings © Getty Images Joe Denly may play finer innings for Kent but he will make no century more precious than that which he completed just before five o’clock on an afternoon borrowed from Elysium. Denly’s hundred was constructed in the style of former Kent openers: Wally Hardinge, Arthur Fagg, Brian Luckhurst….

Australians 319 for 8 (Finch 137, Head 85*, Pradeep 3-57) beat Sri Lankans 318 for 7 (Mathews 95, Gunaratne 70*, Henriques 3-46) by two wicketsScorecard Aaron Finch raised his century off just 76 balls © Getty Images After weeks of pay talks with their board, there was some cheer on the field for the Australians as they warmed up for the Champions Trophy with a two-wicket win over Sri Lanka….

Hamilton Masakadza has been surplus to Zimbabwe’s requirements lately © AFP Hamilton Masakadza had played only one of Zimbabwe’s five ODIs this year, but having been selected among the touring party to go to the Netherlands, Scotland in June and Sri Lanka later, he could hope for a little more game time. Opener Chamu Chibhabha, who last played 50-over cricket for his country in November 2016, and has only made…