Evin Lewis’ nine sixes where the joint third-most for West Indies in a T20I innings © AFP Evin Lewis has played eight T20Is for West Indies, a short-format team traditionally known for its power-hitters. He has crossed ten only two times in those eight matches; the first time he went on to a hundred with nine sixes; the second time, he struck 91 off 51 with nine sixes. Only Marlon…
Evin Lewis’ nine sixes where the joint third-most for West Indies in a T20I innings © AFP Evin Lewis has played eight T20Is for West Indies, a short-format team traditionally known for its power-hitters. He has crossed ten only two times in those eight matches; the first time he went on to a hundred with nine sixes; the second time, he struck 91 off 51 with nine sixes. Only Marlon…
Evin Lewis’ nine sixes where the joint second-most for West Indies in a T20I innings © AFP Evin Lewis has played eight T20Is for West Indies, a short-format team traditionally known for its power-hitters. He has crossed ten only two times in those eight matches; the first time he went on to a hundred with nine sixes; the second time, he struck 91 off 51 with nine sixes. Only Marlon…
Evin Lewis’ nine sixes where the joint second-most for West Indies in a T20I innings © AFP Evin Lewis has played eight T20Is for West Indies, a short-format team traditionally known for its power-hitters. He has crossed ten only two times in those eight matches; the first time he went on to a hundred with nine sixes; the second time, he struck 91 off 51 with nine sixes. Only Marlon…
West Indies 138 for 3 (Lewis 91) beat Pakistan 137 for 8 (Kamran 48, Babar 43) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Evin Lewis belted nine sixes in an innings of 91 off 51 balls © AFP In a nutshell The batting performance everyone was waiting for from the world champions. West Indies had only 138 to chase down – but it was still six runs more than the target…
Toss Pakistan chose to bat v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Jason Mohammed, who impressed with back-to-back fifties against England in ODIs, has been drafted into the West Indies side © AFP An unchanged Pakistan side has chosen to bat at Queen’s Park Oval in a bid to win back-to-back T20I series over West Indies. That meant Ahmed Shehzad, who was suspected to have an injury to his neck…
Mohammad Saifuddin first caught the selectors’ eye in the Under-19 World Cup in 2016 © ICC Allrounder Mohammad Saifuddin has received a maiden-call up to the Bangladesh squad for the two-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in Colombo from April 4. The 16-member team also included offspinner Mehedi Hasan and left-arm spinner Sunzamul Islam, who too were yet to represent their country in the shortest format. Saifuddin, a 20-year old…
Sloppy running left Sri Lanka shortchanged © Associated Press For the second time in three days, a batsman has been given out despite the bulk of his body having crossed the plane of the crease. Dinesh Chandimal did initially ground his bat behind the crease as he sauntered in to complete a second run, in the 26th over, but he briefly raised it again as his body passed the line….
‘He has to be 100% fit. Angelo has to make that call with the physio, because if he’s not 100% fit, we will not let him go’ © Associated Press Angelo Mathews will almost certainly miss the T20s against Bangladesh next week, and is also unlikely to be fit for the start of the IPL, SLC cricket manager Asanka Gurusinha has confirmed. Mathews has been sidelined since sustaining a hamstring…
G Vivekanand has been elected president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), taking over from former offspinner Arshad Ayub; the results of the election were declared on Friday night. The HCA is the one of the first state associations to conduct its elections as per the Lodha Committee’s recommendations.* Vivekanand, an industrialist and a former member of parliament, secured 136 votes to defeat his opponent Vidyut Jaisimha, who managed 69….