Match facts June 18, 2017Start time 1030 local (0930GMT) Play 02:05 ‘Anything is possible with Pakistan’ Big picture How is it that we have got here? It seems surreal. In the age of skirting around stereotypes and upending norms, here comes a contest almost as old as partition itself: Pakistani bowling v Indian batting, and still, though we have all tasted this masala and read some version of this script, it…
N Srinivasan and MS Dhoni during the launch of the inaugural edition of the TNPL last year © TNPL The BCCI has sought clarity from the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) over the participation of outstation players, including Suresh Raina and Yusuf Pathan, in the upcoming season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League starting July 22. The board’s letter to the TNCA on Friday (June 16) came a after 88…
Play 00:59 Raees or Amir, doesn’t matter – Mahmood Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir is likely to be fit for selection for the Champions Trophy final against India on Sunday, after completing an entire training session at The Oval on Friday. A back spasm had ruled Amir out of the semi-final against England on June 14, after he failed a fitness test shortly before the toss. Azhar Mahmood, Pakistan’s bowling…
Toss: Scotland chose to bat v ZimbabweLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Josh Davey replaced Safyaan Sharif in Scotland’s bowling attack © Getty Images Under mostly sunny skies and with a bagpiper blaring on the steps of The Grange pavilion, Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer won the toss and elected to bat first for the second match in a row as his team pursues its maiden ODI series victory over a Full…
Galle will host its first ODI since 2000 when Zimbabwe arrives at the end of June © AFP ODI cricket is set to return to Galle after a 17-year hiatus, with the first two of Zimbabwe’s five ODIs to be played there on June 30 and July 2. Zimbabwe’s first bilateral tour of Sri Lanka since a two-ODI, three-Test tour took place in December 2001-January 2002. A total of seven…
Nottinghamshire 373 for 5 (Patel 122*, Mullaney 111, Porter 3-56) beat Essex 370 for 5 (Cook 133, ten Doeschate 102*) by five wicketsScorecard Alastair Cook made his third hundred of the competition but to no avail © Getty Images This was an enthralling game, deserving the accolade as one of the finest one-day matches in the history of English domestic cricket. It fell to Nottinghamshire who pulled off a record…
Match facts June 17, 2017Start time 10:45 local (09:45 GMT) Con de Lange and Malcolm Waller, who played huge roles for their respective teams in the first ODI, once again figure to be crucial to their teams’ success © Peter Della Penna Big Picture The far north of the UK is a place where chilly, damp weather is a common occurrence round the year. Regardless of what Zimbabwe may have…
Kyle Coetzer played a big part in Scotland picking up their first ODI win over a Full Member by cracking his fourth ODI century © Peter Della Penna Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer and vice-captain Con de Lange were yearning for divine intervention during Malcolm Waller‘s late surge that took their first-ever ODI against Zimbabwe down to the wire. Their prayers were answered when Waller, in his attempt to strike a…
A back spasm had ruled Mohammad Amir out of the semi-final against England on the morning of the match © Getty Images Mohammad Amir is likely to be fit for selection for the Champions Trophy final against India on Sunday, after completing an entire training session at The Oval on Friday. A back spasm had ruled the Pakistan fast bowler out of the semi-final against England on June 14, as…
The wait for a new MOU between the Australian players and the cricket board continues © Getty Images Time is fast running out to avoid damaging dislocation to Australian cricket, after precious little progress was made in two days of meetings between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers Association ahead of the June 30 expiry of the MOU. The negotiating teams for CA – led by Kevin Roberts – and…