Big picture: Rohit Sharma vs Hardik Pandya Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan vs Rashid Khan. Hardik Pandya vs Jofra Archer. Wriddhiman Saha vs Piyush Chawla. Well, it’s also Rohit versus Hardik, only the second time in the IPL. The only two Indian players in this competition who have tasted success on their debut season as captains will go head-to-head in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Mumbai Indians lost their first two matches,…
The interim management committee currently running the PCB has been granted an extension of two months by the prime minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, who is also the patron of the cricket board. The length of the extension is more than had been expected. Over the weekend, ESPNcricinfo had reported that the Inter-provincial coordination (IPC) ministry, which acts as a conduit between the board and government, had recommended that an…
Ireland 319 for 4 (Balbirnie 95, Tucker 78*, Stirling 74) vs Sri Lanka Led by Andy Balbirnie‘s 95, Ireland’s batters put together their best day yet on their tour of South Asia, finishing on 319 for four, though they’d been 89 for 3 in the first session. The 115-run stand between Balbirnie and Paul Stirling for the fourth wicket forged the recovery, and formed the bedrock of Ireland’s fight. They…
April 24 was chosen as the date to unveil the gates to mark Tendulkar’s 50th birthday, and also the 30th anniversary of Lara’s 277 at the SCG, his first Test century, though that Test was played in January 1993. In a statement, Cricket Australia said that the gates, situated between the members pavilion’s away dressing room and the Noble Bradman Messenger Stand, are the ones visiting players will take to…
Middlesex 274 (Stoneman 76, Higgins 53, Broad 4-58) and 249 for 6 (Malan 61, Holden 53, Broad 3-83) beat Nottinghamshire 364 and 158 for 6 declared (Clarke 52, Bamber 2-26) by four wickets Even the darkness paused to take in the final throes of a thrilling day four at Lord’s. It was vital it stopped when it did, with night encroaching, threatening an anticlimax. Middlesex required eight runs from three…
Chennai Super Kings 235 for 4 (Rahane 71, Conway 56, Dube 50, Khejroliya 2-44) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 186 for 8 (Roy 61, Rinku 53, Theekshana 2-32, Deshpande 2-44) by 49 runs For a while, the IPL record for most sixes in an innings (21), which was coincidentally set on this day in 2013, was in danger of being toppled. Chennai Super Kings fell just three short of that mark,…
Somerset 441 (Abell 151, Rew 117, Anderson 5-76) and 256 for 6 (Aldridge 58*, Rew 47, Abell 40, Bailey 3-49) drew with Lancashire 554 (Jennings 189*, Bohannon 85, Wells 82) It was never easy, it was never serene and until Kasey Aldridge drove James Anderson for a couple of dreamy back-foot fours quite late in the evening session, it never looked anything like certain, but Somerset’s batters secured a draw…
“I think this counterattack was even better than [the one in the] Chennai game,” Kohli said at the post-match presentation. “Because, the Chennai game, the conditions were brilliant to bat on, but today, I got out first ball, so that pushed us back a little bit; then Shahbaz [Ahmed] tried to get going [but] he got out, and then the pitch wasn’t so easy. “The way Maxi came out and…
Glamorgan 305 (Carlson 119, van der Gugten 54, Raine 4-65) and 104 for 6 (Lloyd 31, Coughlin 3-27) f/o drew with Durham 471 for 9 dec (Carse 91, Trevaskis 79, Robinson 73, Jones 69, Borthwick 59, Labuschagne 4-81) Glamorgan secured a draw despite being forced to follow on with Kiran Carlson‘s hundred the highlight for the home side in their LV= Insurance County Championship match against Durham in Cardiff. A…
Worcestershire 157 (Dale 6-41, T Price 4-58) and 51 for 4 (Libby 22, T Price 2-19) drew with Gloucestershire 231 (T Price 109, Leach 4-49) and 226 for 4 dec (Dent 83, Bracey 51) Gloucestershire were denied probable victory by the elements after ripping out the Worcestershire top order on the final day of the LV=Insurance County Championship encounter at New Road. The visitors resumed on 172 for 3 in…