Month: June 2019

Ginn, Oliver to take on Pat Howard's former CA role

June 16, 2019
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Cricket Australia head office © Getty Images Triple Olympic gold medal-winning rower Drew Ginn and longtime Justin Langer collaborator Ben Oliver have been formally commissioned as the new high performance executives for Cricket Australia, taking joint control of an area that sprawled into such vast territory under the former czar Pat Howard that the governing body deemed it too large for one person to run. Howard was sacked by the…

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Samiuddin: Pakistan need to first figure out what their best XI actually is

Losing 4 for 12 was the turning point – Sarfaraz Ahmed (1:02) The Pakistan captain was not pleased with the way the middle order performed in the pressure game against India (1:02) 5:33 PM ET Asif Ali made 51, 52, 17 and 22 and he made his way into Pakistan’s World Cup squad. These 142 runs came in four games against the top-ranked side in ODI cricket at their home….

June 16, 2019
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Rohit Sharma and Kuldeep Yadav put India 7-0 ahead

3:00 AM ET India 336 for 5 (Rohit 140, Kohli 77, Rahul 57, Amir 3-47) beat Pakistan 212 for 6 (Fakhar 62, Kuldeep 2-32) by 89 runs by the DSL methodAs it happened Seven-nil. On its biggest stage, cricket’s most fraught rivalry really hasn’t lived up to its billing. None of the six previous World Cup meetings between India and Pakistan produced anything approaching a tight finish, but most of…

June 16, 2019
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Ajinkya Rahane endures torrid day as Simon Harmer, Ravi Bopara show Hampshire how it's done

June 16, 2019
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Simon Harmer in action © Getty Images Essex 147 for 3 (Bopara 50*) lead Hampshire 118 (Harmer 5-23) by 29 runs India vs Pakistan in the World Cup in front of a capacity crowd at Old Trafford. One cricket writer exulted that he felt at the centre of the sporting world. Ajinkya Rahane often imagined he would share in the most overwrought occasion that cricket can deliver. Instead, he was…

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Sam Robson settles in on return to Radlett, as Middlesex make solid start against Glamorgan

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Middlesex 151 for 3 (Robson 85*) v Glamorgan Middlesex opener Sam Robson demonstrated his penchant for batting at Radlett again as he hit his highest first-class score of the season against Glamorgan. Robson – who scored a century at the same venue against Somerset in the Royal London One-Day Cup – was closing in on a second ton for the season, having compiled an…

June 16, 2019
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West Indies grasping at elusive semi-final spot

12:18 PM ET Jarrod Kimber in Taunton The big three seem to have already pre ordered their semi-final births. And so many see the rest of the round robin as a chance for one more team to slip into fourth. Most believe New Zealand is the most obvious team for that. New Zealand have won three games, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, and their biggest challenge should’ve been India, but…

June 16, 2019
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Hamstring injury puts Bhuvneshwar out of Pakistan game

12:19 PM ET In a big blow to India’s plans against Pakistan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar had to go off the field after bowling just 2.4 overs, and it has since been confirmed that he will play no further part in the game after reporting tightness in his left hamstring. Bowling the fifth over of the Pakistan innings after India had ended on 336 for 5, Bhuvneshwar pulled up after bowling his…

June 16, 2019
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Mashrafe wants players, not outsiders, to assess pitches

June 16, 2019
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Shakib Al Hasan is caught behind by Tom Latham © Getty Images Mashrafe Mortaza has asked his teammates to rely on their instincts in assessing pitches – starting with the one in Taunton, where Bangladesh play West Indies on Monday – and not go by “outside” opinions. The playing surface in Taunton is quite green, but there’s also the knowledge that it is traditionally a batsman-friendly pitch. And that has…

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Bangladesh, West Indies seek to turn campaign around

June 16, 2019
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With 'peg in the ground', South Africa look to begin semi-final charge

10:13 AM ET Alan Gardner in Cardiff If you thought you heard a rumbling noise coming from the Welsh valleys late on Saturday, it might just have been South Africa finally clearing their throat and announcing themselves at the World Cup. Okay, it could have been the Elton John concert taking place in Cardiff that same night, but South Africa, at the very least, are still standing in this competition….

June 16, 2019
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