Play 02:02 ‘Openers’ position seen as an opportunity rather than pressure scenario’ – Kohli Returning from a shoulder injury, batsman KL Rahul is taking “nervous” steps forward as India prepare for their first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle next week. In his first competitive fixture in four months – a two-day tour game that ended in a draw – he smashed a 58-ball 54 – but felt there was…
Sri Lanka women ended up on the right end of a thriller against Pakistan © Getty Images/ICC Sri Lanka may have won only one match out of seven in the Women’s World Cup, but coach Hemantha Devapriya believes the experience of playing against the top seven countries was an invaluable learning curve. “The tournament enabled our players to really see the standards of the other teams,” he said. “It’s a…
Play 03:46 What exactly is Australia’s pay dispute about? Australia’s cricketers have offered to commit around A$30 million to the game’s lower levels and accept Cricket Australia’s revenue forecasts for the next five years under a compromise proposal that would serve to end a damaging pay war. However the “terms sheet” brought to negotiations on Wednesday to provide a basis for the next collective agreement between the board and the…
It’s not a crisis but there will be some thinking for Australia to do as the dust settles on their World Cup campaign © Getty Images It seems ridiculous that anything less than a trophy would be seen as abject failure but anyone who saw the faces of the Australian players after their loss to India in the Women’s World Cup semi-final was left in no doubt how much this…
ODI cricket came into being in 1971. Initially it faced harsh resistance from the traditional school of thought. Since then this version has sustained all the odds to establish itself as a most entertaining package of the game. This format gave birth to the initial version of the world cup in 1975 which further opened more avenues of entertainment and excitement. The odi format has seen countless moments of glory…
Surrey 156 for 7 (Finch 40, Pope 31) beat Middlesex 141 for 7 (Franklin 38, Morgan 32, S Curran 3-28) by 15 runsScorecard Kevin Pietersen needed a runner after a run-out mishap © Getty Images Kevin Pietersen played one of the most jaw-dropping turns of his career in front of more than 23,000 at Kia Oval: an innings nine balls long, strewn with misfortune, that seemed to last a lifetime….
Northants 165 for 8 (Levi 41, Keogh 37, Pillans 3-33) beat Leicestershire 107 for 3 (Cosgrove 41) by two runs (D/L method)Scorecard Rob Keogh was influential in Northants’ win [file picture] © Getty Images Northamptonshire ended Leicestershire’s 100 per cent record in this year’s NatWest T20 Blast with a two-run Duckworth/Lewis win at Grace Road. The Foxes, batting second, had only themselves to blame, having been ahead of the D/L…
Nottinghamshire 227 for 3 (Wessels 110, Taylor 67) beat Derbyshire 221 for 5 (Madsen 85*) by six runsScorecard Riki Wessels’ rapid hundred proved just enough © Getty Images A stunning century from Riki Wessels helped Notts Outlaws get their NatWest T20 Blast campaign up and running with a narrow six-run victory over Derbyshire Falcons on a Trent Bridge night strewn with records. Wessels made 110 as Notts powered their way…
Surrey 156 for 7 (Finch 40, Pope 31) beat Middlesex 141 for 7 (Franklin 38, Morgan 32, S Curran 3-28) by 15 runsScorecard Kevin Pietersen needed a runner after a run-out mishap © Getty Images Surrey overcame London rivals Middlesex by 15 runs in front of a full house at the Kia Oval on an incident-packed night in the NatWest T20 Blast. Surrey’s defence of a total of 156 for…
Essex 129 for 3 (Lawrence 47, Wheater 44*) beat Hampshire 124 for 9 (Carberry 30, Bopara 4-19) by xx wicketsScorecard Ravi Bopara’s four wickets sunk Hampshire © Getty Images Ravi Bopara took 4 for 19 in a parsimonious four-over spell, which coupled with Dan Lawrence’s NatWest T20 Blast best of 47 helped Essex thrash top-of-the-table Hampshire with six overs to spare to climb off the bottom of South Group. Bopara’s…