Saurashtra 404 (Vasavada 81, Jani 60, Mukesh 4-111) and 14 for 1 (V Jadeja 10*, Desai 4*, Deep 1-5) beat Bengal 174 (Shahbaz 69, A Porel 50, Sakariya 3-33) and 241 (Tiwary 68, Majumdar 61, Unadkat 6-85) by nine wickets A run-out. Of a key home batter. At the non-striker’s end. At Eden Gardens, much to the anguish of the crowd. Rings a bell? It brought heartbreak to India in…
Ben Stokes, England’s captain, admitted he was “blessed” to be able to call upon a bowling attack led by England’s greatest seam pairing, James Anderson and Stuart Broad, after an emphatic 267-run victory in the first Test against New Zealand. However, he added that the positivity of his batting line-up had been instrumental in allowing the bowlers to thrive under the floodlights at Mount Maunganui. Twice in the Test, on…
England 325 for 9 dec and 374 (Root 57, Brook 54, Foakes 51, Tickner 3-55) beat New Zealand 306 (Blundell 138, Conway 77, Robinson 4-54) and 126 (Mitchell 57*, Anderson 4-18, Broad 4-49) by 267 runs James Anderson provided the fourth-day mop-up after Stuart Broad‘s third-evening blitz, as England put the seal on a crushing 267-run victory in the first Test at Mount Maunganui. Though Daryl Mitchell saved some face…
Even when the St George’s Park brass band pauses for a breather, it’s almost impossible not to keep bopping and swaying in your seat. Much like when Renuka Singh got the ball to swing quite seriously, India rocked along with her to make a convincing start to their T20 World Cup game against England in Gqeberha. But then, just like those catchy tunes that get stuck in your head and…
Quetta Gladiators 168 for 7 (Guptill 117, Imad 3-16, Yamin 3-37) beat Karachi Kings 162 for 5 (Malik 71*, Irfan 37*, Hasnain 2-29) by six runs Martin Guptill smashed a 67-ball 117 against Karachi Kings at their home ground to give Quetta Gladiators their first win of PSL 2023. After being put in, Gladiators were 23 for 4 in the seventh over but Guptill not only helped them recover but…
Toss Australia chose to bowl vs South Africa Australia captain Meg Lanning won the toss and chose to bowl against South Africa in Gqeberha. Australia’s star wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy was ruled out of the game “with some left quad awareness following a high workload on return to play from a significant calf injury,” according to CA. Beth Mooney will keep wicket while pacer Annabel Sutherland has come into the playing…
The PSL is set to continue uninterrupted despite a major terror attack in Karachi on Friday. Both Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators, who will face-off at Karachi’s National Stadium on Saturday, will field full-strength sides for the game, the PCB said. Terrorists from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) launched an attack on the Karachi Police office near one of the city’s main thoroughfares, Shara-e-Faisal, on Friday evening. The combat lasted over…
Toss India chose to bowl vs England India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and put England in; this is the first time England will be setting a target in this World Cup. Harmanpreet’s decision was because of the possible rain around, which will likely assist seam bowlers getting to bowl first. For that reason, India brought in experienced seamer Shikha Pandey for legspinning allrounder Devika Vaidya. Pandey had returned…
Australia 263 and 61 for 1 lead India 262 (Axar 74, Lyon 5-67) by 62 runs India’s formidable lower order, led by Axar Patel, again played a crucial role after Nathan Lyon had taken five wickets to turn what looked like being a significant deficit on a tricky Delhi pitch into a one-innings shootout of a Test with Australia holding the advantage of bowling last. The home side had slipped…
Stumps Bengal 174 and 169 for 4 (Anustup 61, Tiwary 57*) trail Saurashtra 404 (Vasavada 81, Jani 60, Mukesh 4-111, I Porel 3-86) by 61 runs Shahbaz Ahmed and Manoj Tiwary, the man who faced opposition from certain quarters to include this “outsider” in their main squad four years ago, are faced with an uphill battle of keeping Bengal alive in their Ranji Trophy final at Eden Gardens. At 169…