Month: July 2017

Ravi Shastri is known to have had cordial relations with captain Virat Kohli © AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi The three-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman meets in Mumbai on Monday to scrutinise candidates for the high-profile job of India’s coach. Former team director Ravi Shastri has emerged as the frontrunner. The BCCI received 10 applications – from Shastri, Virender Sehwag, Tom Moody, Richard Pybus, Dodda…

Toss Zimbabwe opt to bowl v Sri LankaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Sri Lanka opted for Nuwan Kulasekara’s experience over Asitha Fernando © AFP Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bowl first in the deciding ODI, at Hambantota. The previous four matches in the series have been won by chasing sides. Sri Lanka made two changes to the attack that failed to defend 219 off 31 overs on Saturday,…

West Indies 194 for 1 (Lewis 125*) beat India 190 for 6 (Karthik 48, Taylor 2-31) by 9 wicketsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Evin Lewis celebrated his second T20I hundred emphatically © AFP Evin Lewis in his last T20I against India: 100 off 49. Evin Lewis in the whole ODI series against India: 67 off 121. Evin Lewis back in this T20I against India: 125 not out off 62 balls,…

West Indies 194 for 1 (Lewis 125*) beat India 190 for 6 (Karthik 48, Taylor 2-31) by 9 wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Chris Gayle returned to an otherwise expected West Indies XI which included other T20 specialists © AFP Evin Lewis in his last T20I against India: 100 off 49. Evin Lewis in the whole ODI series against India: 67 off 121. Evin Lewis back in this T20I against India:…

Russell Domingo has made another trip back home © Getty Images South Africa’s coach Russell Domingo has had to leave the tour of England for a second time after his mother was rushed to hospital following a car accident last month. Domingo returned home at the time of the incident – during the T20 series against England late last month – and then traveled back to the UK during the…

Glamorgan 198 for 3 (Ingram 101*, Rudolph 49) beat Sussex 180 for 6 (Wright 101) by 18 runsScorecard Colin Ingram achieved Glamorgan’s fastest T20 hundred © Getty Images A record-breaking century by Colin Ingram at Arundel on Sunday propelled Glamorgan to their first victory in this season’s NatWest T20 Blast. Glamorgan, who were beaten by Hampshire in their opening fixture on Friday, beat Sussex by 18 runs, despite the almost…

Kent 169 for 3 (Bell-Drummond 90*) beat Essex 166 for 8 (Chopra 47, Bopara 45, Neesham 3-37) by seven wicketsScorecard There was no big debut for Tamim Iqbal © Getty Images England Lions batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond spanked an unbeaten 90 from 55 balls to steer Kent Spitfires to a comfortable seven-wicket NatWest T20 Blast win over Essex Eagles in Beckenham. Bell-Drummond put his poor championship form behind him by hitting…

Surrey 181 for 7 (Finch 61, S Curran 39, van der Merwe 3-27) beat Somerset 177 for 9 (Anderson 81) by four runsScorecard Sam Curran added zest to Surrey’s innings © Getty Images An explosive 81 from 45 balls by Corey Anderson, with seven sixes and three fours, and a dramatic 12-run penalty, could not prevent Surrey from squeaking home by four runs in a remarkable Nat West T20 Blast…

Leicestershire 178 for 7 (Ackermann 62*, Lamb 3-30) beat Lancashire173 for 9 (Livingstone 48, McKay 3-29) by three wicketsScorecard Jos Buttler was one of two big scalps for Callum Parkinson [file picture] © Associated Press Three-time champions Leicestershire got their latest NatWest T20 Blast campaign off to a flyer by beating Lancashire at Liverpool, chasing down 174 off the last ball. The Foxes have not qualified out of the North…