Month: October 2017

Former Hyderabad cricketer MV Sridhar passes away

October 30, 2017
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ICC World T20 tournament director MV Sridhar talks to the media in Dharamsala © Associated Press Former Hyderabad cricketer MV Sridhar, who recently resigned as BCCI’s general manager of cricket operations, passed away on Monday morning. Sridhar, who was 51-years-old, suffered a massive stroke at his home, and was declared dead upon arrival at the hospital. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. More to follow……

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Gibson to take over bowling coach role from Langeveldt

5:27 AM ET Charl Langeveldt will not be retained as South Africa’s bowling coach when Ottis Gibson, the head coach, chooses his support panel in the next few weeks. While Gibson did not confirm who is on his list for support-staff positions, he made it clear that he will take on the bowling coach role in addition to his duties as head coach. He will appoint four other support personnel…

October 30, 2017
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Kohli reclaims No. 1 ODI batting ranking; Bumrah climbs to third in bowling chart

4:28 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli has reclaimed the top position in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen ten days after losing the spot to AB de Villiers. The India captain’s prolific form in the ODI series against New Zealand, where he scored two hundreds in three matches, helped him reach 889 rating points, the best ever for an India batsman. Kohli surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’s highest career rating of…

October 30, 2017
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Ramdin among runs as T&T open with draw

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Trinidad & Tobago 300 (Ramdin 101, Warrican 4-67, Greaves 4-67) and 257 for 5 dec (Jangoo 63, Ramdin 56*) drew with Barbados 310 for 9 dec (Carter 85, Imran 3-68) and 117 for 4 (Jones 52*, Primus 2-9)Scorecard Denesh Ramdin cuts on the off side Associated Press Denesh Ramdin struck a hundred and an unbeaten fifty as Trinidad & Tobago began their first-class season with a…

October 30, 2017
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Leeward end with upper hand in draw

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Windward Islands 233 (Cato 90, Louis 4-36) and 331 for 3 dec (Smith 185*, Edwards 64) drew with Leeward Islands 343 (Hughes 89, Lewis 3-51) and 112 for 6 (Carty 48, Shillingford 2-41)Scorecard Leeward Islands walked away with the majority of points in their drawn game against Windward Islands after taking a big first-innings lead. Set a fourth-innings target of 222, Leeward then played out…

October 30, 2017
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Permaul, Paul steer Guyana to opening win

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Guyana 266 (Bramble 62, Green 4-63) and 315 for 8 dec (Paul 107, Bulli 5-104) beat Jamaica 99 (Fudadin 39, Permaul 6-29) and 219 (Morrison 68, Permaul 4-55) by 263 runsScorecard Guyana began their defence of the Regional 4-Day title with a 263-run win over Jamaica, set up by Veerasammy Permaul‘s match-haul of ten wickets, and a lower-order century from Keemo Paul. Permaul’s 6 for…

October 30, 2017
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Chris Gayle wins defamation case in Australia

October 30, 2017
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Chris Gayle at training ahead of an ODI in Old Trafford © Getty Images Chris Gayle prevailed in his defamation case against Fairfax Media, after a four-person jury in the New South Wales Supreme Court found that there was insufficient evidence to prove he exposed himself to a massage therapist in a Sydney dressing room during the 2015 World Cup. After deliberating for a little less than two hours, the…

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'Negativity spread like a virus' – Shakib Al Hasan

October 30, 2017
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Shakib Al Hasan celebrates with his team mates © Getty Images The negativity among the Bangladesh players spread like a “virus” as they got thrashed one game at a time on their South Africa tour, according to Shakib Al Hasan, . The four weeks of woeful cricket finished with the 83-run defeat in the second T20 in Potchefstroom. Shakib said that once they were handed the drubbings in the two…

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'Had hoped if I got another start, I would push through' – Masakadza

2:19 PM ET Hamilton Masakadza and Peter Moor‘s 142-run stand revived Zimbabwe on the first day of the second Test in Bulawayo, but while Masakadza was pleased to finally convert a good start, Moor was surprised to be batting at all. “It was great to manage to convert,” Masakadza said, who made scores of 42 and 57 in the first Test. “I had been thinking about those starts [in the…

October 29, 2017
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'Our middle order batting the highlight' – Williamson

October 29, 2017
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© AFP New Zealand got five full tosses and two half-volleys in the last two overs. Only one of those was hit for a six. In a game that featured 668 runs, it is extremely rare for a side defending to get away with so many errors. Perhaps if one of those had been connected cleanly, India would have been under more pressure and thus more prone to more mistakes….

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