11:17 PM GMT A bristling Melbourne Stars coach David Hussey insisted he has the squad to win the Big Bash League for the first time in the club’s nine attempts, and declared his team would be more decisive and entertaining in their second and final chance at getting to the decider after an abject batting display against the Sydney Sixers on Friday night. Clearly angry at the performance of his…
3:12 PM GMT Sidharth Monga When Manish Pandey first made a name in top-flight cricket, he was, in all the glorious irony, a top-order batsman in a team where Virat Kohli batted at No. 6. The year was 2009, and Pandey became the first Indian to score a century in the IPL. Eleven years on, Pandey is yet to find himself a safe stay in any Indian international side, and…
8:00 AM GMT Pakistan Under-19s 190 for 4 (Mohammad Huraira 64, Noor Ahmad 2 for 32) beat Afghanistan Under-19s 189 (Zakhil 40, Abdul Rahman 30, Mohammad Amir Khan 3 for 58) by six wickets In what was built up as a tense clash between two neighbouring countries, Pakistan’s all-round bowling effort combined with a solid batting performance, led by half-centurion Mohammad Huraira, to consign Afghanistan to a six-wicket defeat in…
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2:51 PM GMT Sreshth Shah at Benoni Afghanistan left-arm wristspinner Noor Ahmad ran out Pakistan opener Mohammad Huraira at the non-striker’s end in the fourth Super League quarter-final at the Under-19 World Cup, whipping the bails off in his delivery stride with the opener having left his crease. On-field umpire Sam Nogajski referred the matter to Roly Black, the third umpire, and replays confirmed Huraira was out of his crease…
1:47 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Having not played a Super Over until Wednesday, and then clawing their way back in to chase 17 and 14 in back-to-back Super Overs in the third and fourth T20Is against New Zealand, was an “unbelievable” experience, according to Virat Kohli. “There’s something new I’ve learnt in the last couple of games, which is: when the opposition is playing that well, you’ve just got to…
Ashwell Prince is the Cobras head coach © Getty Images Ashwell Prince has blamed Cricket South Africa for the departure of Cobras’ batsman David Bedingham to Durham for the 2020 season. Bedingham has obtained the right to work in the UK through an ancestral visa, not a Kolpak deal, and is unavailable to play for Prince’s Cobras in the domestic one-day competition, which started today. Bedingham was in second season…
1:31 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The BCCI has appointed former India cricketers Madan Lal, RP Singh and Sulakshana Naik as the new members of the Cricket Advisory Committee on Friday. The appointments are for one year. Lal, 68, played 39 Tests and 67 ODIs from 1974 to 1987, and was a crucial part of the team that triumphed at the 1983 World Cup, his all-round skills proving valuable.. He was…
1:24 PM GMT Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna A document accessed by ESPNcricinfo states that the decision to sack Steven Taylor as USA vice-captain was made after the player and at least two of…
1:04 PM GMT Nearly two months after Wasim Khan stepped down as head of the PCB’s cricket committee, the board recalled Iqbal Qasim back to the set-up to take over the key position. The panel is now entirely independent from figures that hold other roles in the PCB, with one exception – Urooj Mumtaz, the PCB women’s chief selector, is still a part. The other three members on the panel…