Month: September 2017

49.4 overs: Sri Lanka 238 (Thirimanne 67, Mathews 55, Tharanga 48, Bhuvneshwar 5-42) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Bhuvneshwar Kumar‘s maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs led an impressive bowling effort from India to bowl Sri Lanka out for 238 in the fifth ODI at the Premadasa Stadium. Sri Lanka failed to build on their first century stand of the series – 122 for the fourth wicket between Lahiru Thirimanne…

Dharmang Patel’s 93 off 79 balls propelled Qatar to a commanding total © Getty Images Germany marked their return to WCL Division Five for the first time in nine years with a nail-biting one-wicket win over Ghana. Chasing a target of 159 to win, Germany were 10 runs away from victory with four wickets in hand when Obed Agbomadzie took his third wicket of the day in the 37th over…

Pierre de Bruyn became Leicestershire head coach in late 2016 © Getty Images Pierre de Bruyn has left his role as Leicestershire’s head coach with immediate effect after tensions in the dressing became too much to resolve. He had been named in the role a year ago and began last October as Andrew McDonald’s replacement. Leicestershire reached the quarter-finals of the NatWest T20 Blast this season but are currently bottom…

Leicestershire 70 for 1 (Dearden 42*) drew with West Indians 377 for 7 dec (Hetmyer 128*, Dowrich 108*, Powell 82) Miguel Cummins delivered a fiery spell © Sarah Ansell / Stringer Bad light meant only 12.1 overs were possible on the second day between Leicestershire and the West Indies at Grace Road. Even so, there was time for Harry Dearden and Sam Evans to compile a half-century opening partnership for…

49.4 overs: Sri Lanka 238 (Thirimanne 67, Mathews 55, Tharanga 48, Bhuvneshwar 5-42) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Bhuvneshwar Kumar finished with career-best figures of 5 for 42 © AFP Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs led an impressive bowling effort from India to bowl Sri Lanka out for 238 in the fifth ODI at the Premadasa Stadium. Sri Lanka failed to build on their first century stand…

A banner for Birmingham’s bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games © Getty Images Plans to include cricket in the Commonwealth Games of 2022 have been abandoned. While women’s cricket was originally set to be included when the Games were awarded to Durban, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is determined to achieve ‘gender parity’ and is reluctant to include disciplines which will not be contested by men and women. Now, with…

Pierre de Bruyn became Leicestershire head coach in late 2016 © Getty Images Pierre de Bruyn has stepped down as Leicestershire’s head coach with immediate effect. He was named in the role a year ago and began last October as Andrew McDonald’s replacement. Leicestershire reached the quarter-finals of the NatWest T20 Blast this season but are currently bottom of Division Two in the County Championship without a victory and did…

Mushfiqur Rahim is wary of an Australian backlash © Getty Images Bangladesh’s captain Mushfiqur Rahim has insisted that his side will continue to play aggressive cricket in a bid to secure their first series win over Australia. “There is no way we will play safe cricket,” Mushfiqur said. “We always play to win against every side. We could have played for a draw against England, by using a flat surface,…

Dan Christian was covered in champagne after getting the trophy in the eye © Getty Images Dan Christian was left with a sore head after Nottinghamshire’s NatWest Blast triumph, but not in the way he would have expected. Christian, Nottinghamshire’s T20 captain, was sporting a black eye having been caught in the face by the trophy when it was handed to him at the presentation “That’s why you play. Thanks…

Brendon McCullum retired hurt after copping a painful blow on his arm © Ashley Allen – CPL T20 / Getty Brendon McCullum has been ruled out of the remainder of the Caribbean Premier League because of an elbow injury. McCullum was batting on 26 during Trinbago Knight Riders’ chase when he was struck on the left arm by Barbados Tridents’ pacer Wayne Parnell, forcing him to retire hurt. “CPL over…