News A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy action on Sunday, March 6, 2022 Mumbai have qualified for the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals for the first time since 2017-18, beating Odisha in the Elite Group D match by an innings and 108 runs in Ahmedabad. The win was set up by Sarfaraz Khan, who scored 165, Armaan Jaffer, who made 125 and Shams Mulani. Mulani finished with a match haul of…
Report Match haul of nine wickets to go with his 175 not out; R Ashwin ends game with six scalps to go past Kapil Dev India 574 for 8 dec. (Jadeja 175*, Pant 96, Ashwin 61, Vihari 58) beat Sri Lanka 174 (Nissanka 61*, Jadeja 5-41) and 178 (Dickwella 51*, Jadeja 4-46, Ashwin 4-47) by an innings and 222 runs It was a day of landmarks and milestones for India….
Report Australia impressively launched their first innings in the series-opener against Pakistan Lunch Australia 138 for 0 (Khawaja 70*, Warner 60*) trail Pakistan 476 for 4 dec (Azhar 185, Imam 157, Shafique 44, Cummins 1-62, Lyon 1-161) by 338 runs Openers Usman Khawaja and David Warner countered a pace barrage with aggressive batting in an absorbing opening session of day three, as Australia impressively launched their first innings in the…
News All the stories and reaction following the death of one of the game’s greatest On March 4 (the early hours of March 5 in eastern Australia), the shocking news came through that Shane Warne had passed away due to a suspected heart attack while on holiday on the Thai island of Koh Samui. It led to an outpouring of tributes from both the cricket world and, in a sign…
Report Wade thumped 86 while Silk stroked 82 before Siddle took 4 for 22 to rout Victoria Tasmania 6 for 295 (Wade 86, Silk 82) beat Victoria 156 (Siddle 4-22) by 139 runs Two brilliant 80s from Matthew Wade and Jordan Silk and a vintage four-wicket haul from Peter Siddle has helped Tasmania vault into March Cup final calculations after thumping Victoria by 139 runs at Bellerive Oval. Wade produced…
News The death of Warne on the Thai island of Koh Samui is not being treated as suspicious Australia’s Ambassador to Thailand Allan McKinnon (centre) outside Bophut police station Shane Warne suffered chest pains before he travelled to Thailand for a holiday, where the cricketing great died from a suspected heart attack on Friday, Thai police said. “He had asthma and had seen a doctor about his heart,” Yuttana…
Report India left out 21-year-old top-order batter Yastika Bhatia despite her impressive recent showings Toss India chose to bat vs Pakistan In the first India vs Pakistan 50-over women’s fixture in nearly five years, and what is also the tournament openers for both teams at the 2022 ODI World Cup, India captain Mithali Raj opted to bat at the Bay Oval in Maunt Maunganui. Raj, making her sixth ODI World…
Ben Stokes is bigger than you realise. Standing there at six foot aplenty, with his biceps glistening with sweat having just run a million laps of the boundary in about two-and-a-half minutes, and his shoulders set as wide as most people are tall, he is, by any metric, physically intimidating. “I would have liked to have been in better physical shape when I was in Australia,” Stokes told the press…
Kemar Roach has been a big part of West Indies’ run of home success against England Kemar Roach, West Indies’ veteran attack leader, believes that the “quite surprising” omissions of James Anderson and Stuart Broad from England’s Test plans give his side a slight advantage going into Tuesday’s first Test, but says that the wickets of Joe Root and Ben Stokes are his team’s truest route to victory in…
News India wicketkeeper recently claimed that he was threatened by a reporter for not responding to an interview request Indian journalist Boria Majumdar has said he will serve a legal notice for defamation on Wriddhiman Saha in connection with recent allegations made by the India wicketkeeper. Majumdar, in a video he put out on social media, said the WhatsApp chat that Saha had put out was a doctored version of…