Sep 28, 2017 Tea Sri Lanka 403 for 7 (Chandimal 151*, Karunaratne 93, Dickwella 83, Yasir 3-119) v Pakistan Dinesh Chandimal drives on the up Tom Dulat/Stringer Having sapped Pakistan in the desert for nine hours, having gritted their way past 300 for the second time in seven innings, this was the session in which Sri Lanka gained a grip on the match. Dinesh Chandimal‘s progress became less strained as he…
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6:52 AM ET Arun Venugopal The 2017-18 Ranji Trophy is set for a high-profile start, with India regulars R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara and M Vijay expected to play the first round of matches. While Ashwin and Vijay are known to have communicated their availability to the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, Jadeja and Pujara have been named in the 15-man Saurashtra squad for their first match against Haryana in…
3:00 AM ET Lunch South Africa 411 for 1 (Elgar 172*, Amla 137*) v Bangladesh Hashim Amla used Bangladesh’s field placements to his advantage Gallo Images/Getty Images It was hard to tell which of the two – the pitch or Bangladesh’s approach – was flatter during the morning session of the second day in Potchefstroom. Hosts South Africa scored at a higher run-rate than the first day as Dean Elgar and…
Sep 28, 2017 Lunch Sri Lanka 322 for 5 (Chandimal 109*, Dickwella 83, Hasan Ali 2-80) v Pakistan Dinesh Chandimal drives on the up Tom Dulat/Stringer Sri Lanka fans had hoped their team would suck less in this series than they had against India, but not even the most optimistic would have thought Sri Lanka would fail to suck for quite this length of time. They have put together seven good…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Queensland 6 for 282 (Renshaw 67, Labuschagne 61, Steketee 3-48) beat Cricket Australia XI 7 for 279 (Bryant 60, Pengelley 53) by 4 wickets Marnus Labuschagne shapes up to play through the off side Getty Images Marnus Labuschagne helped steer Queensland to a four-wicket win, but also became the first fielder penalised under cricket’s new rule against “fake fielding”. The Cricket Australia XI received five penalty…
Yasir Shah became the joint second quickest bowler overall and quickest spinner to take 150 Test wickets after picking a wicket against Sri Lanka. Pakistan’s right-arm leg spinner, Yasir Shah, became the joint second quickest bowler overall and quickest spinner to take 150 Test wickets. Yasir achieved this feat on Day one of the first Test of the two-match series against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Yasir equalled…
Dimuth Karunaratne fell seven runs short of a deserved century as he anchored Sri Lanka’s fightback on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Opener Dimuth Karunaratne fell seven runs short of a deserved century as he anchored Sri Lanka’s fightback on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. The left-hander was run out for 93…
Ben Stokes and Alex Hales have been suspended by England Cricket and will not to be considered for selection until further notice. England suspended all-rounder Ben Stokes and opener Alex Hales from international cricket until further notice on Thursday after the pair were involved in an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub. The announcement came a day after Stokes, England’s highest-profile cricketer and vice-captain of the Test side, was named in…
PCB imposed a hefty fine of one million rupees with additional sanction on playing his trade in private T20 leagues. The Pakistan Cricket Board banned controversial batsman Umar Akmal for three matches followinbg breach of central contract. The parent body imposing a hefty fine of one million rupees with additional sanction on playing his trade in private T20 leagues. The PCB announced that chairman Najam Sethi had reviewed the recommendations of the inquiry committee,…