Month: September 2017

2:39 PM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando SLC has slapped former Sri Lanka player Chamara Silva with a two-year ban from all “cricket-related activities” for his supposed role in a Tier B first-class match that featured unusual scoring rates. The ruling comes after a seven-month inquiry into events of the third day of the Panadura Cricket Club v Kalutara Physical Culture Club match played from January 23 to 25. Many others…

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India Red 383 (Indrajith 200*, Rajpoot 3-56) and 133 for 5 (Pant 46) drew with India Blue 444 (Hooda 133, Vihari 105, Unadkat 57, Karn Sharma 5-94)Scorecard Karn Sharma bowls Getty Images A century from Deepak Hooda, and lower-order fireworks from Jaydev Unadkat and Bharghav Bhatt, ensured India Blue took first-innings points from a drawn match against India Red in Kanpur. Hooda’s 174-ball 133 was the…

9:38 AM ET A tendency to detach himself from individual landmarks is the secret behind Virat Kohli‘s staggering collection of international hundreds.This was the Indian captain’s own assessment when asked if the pursuit of 100 international centuries – a feat that only Sachin Tendulkar has managed – spurred him on to big scores consistently. At 28, Kohli already has 47 international hundreds. Thirty of those coming in ODIs, only Tendulkar…

8:56 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket West Indies president Dave Cameron said it was a “challenge” to convince the West Indies players that it was safe to visit Pakistan. Cameron was on a two-day trip to the country to watch the final T20I of the World XI series, an event which the PCB hopes will convince other nations to send their teams for international tours. “I have enjoyed my two…

8:40 AM ET Osman Samiuddin Did Darren Sammy snub Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Dave Cameron at the post-match presentation ceremony at Gaddafi Stadium on Friday? Sammy was a member of the World XI that played three T20s in Lahore this week, and on Friday his side lost the final game, and with it the series. Cameron was in Lahore to discuss a potential tour to Pakistan by West Indies…

7:48 AM ET Umar Farooq The World XI series became especially important to Pakistan, their captain Sarfraz Ahmed has said, because of the presence of a number of star players in the opposition line-up. The tourists were led by South Africa captain Faf du Plessis and included his team-mates Hashim Amla, Imran Tahir, David Miller and Morne Morkel. Two-time World T20 winner Samuel Badree was there. And so were former…

7:34 AM ET Mohammad Isam Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has made a request to put less pressure on Imrul Kayes, Sabbir Rahman and Soumya Sarkar during the upcoming tour of South Africa. His request came at the end of the press conference which at times veered into the polemic when he poked, with a smile on his face, at Shakib Al Hasan. All three players had a tough time in…