The Pakistan Junior League (PJL) has been scrapped by the PCB’s new administration. Instead, the PCB plans to “revive junior series on a home and away basis” going forward. These decisions were taken at Saturday’s meeting of the PCB’s managing committee, led by Najam Sethi. The brainchild of recently sacked head Ramiz Raja, the PJL is understood to have hit the board with big financial losses. The two-week tournament, a…
The BCCI’s top brass will review India’s underwhelming performance in the 2022 T20 World Cup with captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid on January 1. NCA chief VVS Laxman, who has also been with the Indian team in Dravid’s absence, is expected to be part of the meeting as well. The meeting in Mumbai is scheduled ahead of the limited-overs against Sri Lanka, which begins on January 3. England…
Melbourne Stars 186 for 7 (Stoinis 74, Clarke 42, Wes Agar 3-27) beat Adelaide Strikers 178 for 5 (Hose 56*, Hunt 49, Hatcher 2-29) by eight runs Marcus Stoinis bludgeoned his way back to top form before Luke Wood held his nerve with the ball to steer Melbourne Stars to an eight-run BBL victory over Adelaide Strikers. Stoinis crunched 74 off 35 deliveries, including six sixes, to steer the Stars…
Sydney Thunder 228 for 6 (Hales 77, Davies 65, Ellis 4-37) beat Sydney Thunder 166 (Wade 67, Dogget 4-35) by 62 runs Thunder finished 228 for 6 before Matthew Wade‘s own rapid-fire effort had Hurricanes in the contest up to their necks and ready to break the record for largest-ever BBL chase. But after forgotten allrounder Ben Cutting took Wade’s wicket and Brendan Doggett ripped through the tail, Thunder closed…
India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant was rescued from his car crash on Friday morning by a Haryana Roadways employee Sushil Kumar, who was driving a passenger bus on the opposite of the road when the accident occurred. Pant, 25, is being treated for multiple injuries at a hospital in Dehradun, but MRI scans on his brain and spine were normal and his condition was stable. MRI scans on his ankle and…
South Africa batter Theunis de Bruyn will miss the final Test against Australia in Sydney to return home for the first of his first child. De Bruyn was recalled for the second Test in Melbourne in place of Rassie van der Dussen, making 12 and 28 at No. 3 in South Africa’s crushing innings-and-182-run defeat. His absence means South Africa will need to make at least one change for the…
No one knew where the decision had come from, least of all Saud Shakeel. The left-hander had put together 55 runs, chewed up 108 balls, and put on an unbroken 81-ball partnership with Mir Hamza. He was batting out of his skin to keep out Ish Sodhi – a man who’d beat the defences of six of his team-mates. Ajaz Patel, too, was now hitting the sweet spot of the…
The results of India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant‘s MRI of the brain and spine are normal. He has also undergone plastic surgery to manage his facial injuries, lacerated wounds and abrasions suffered in a serious car accident near Roorkee, Uttarakhand, on Friday morning. MRI scans of his ankle and knee have been postponed till tomorrow because of pain and swelling. The doctors at Max Hospital in Dehradun have also given him…
Gautam Gambhir, the former India batter, is clear Ishan Kishan, and no one else, should be India’s first-choice opener alongside Rohit Sharma in ODIs for the foreseeable future. Kishan converted his maiden ODI century into a career-best 210 in his most recent outing in Bangladesh earlier this month. Now, with Shikhar Dhawan out of the ODI squad, Gambhir believes Kishan should be persisted with. “I’m amazed we’re discussing this, because…
Lunch Pakistan 438 and 181 for 4 (Imam 81*, Sarfaraz 49*, Bracewell 2-40, Sodhi 2-47) lead New Zealand 612 for 9 dec by 7 runs Imam-ul-Haq and Sarfaraz Ahmed took Pakistan into the lead with their unbroken 81-run partnership for the fifth wicket on the final morning of the first Test in Karachi. At one stage, the hosts were 100 for 4 – still 74 in arrears – but Imam…