Luke Wright smacked 86 off 53 balls as he starred in Quetta Gladiators’ eight-wicket victory over Islamabad United in the opening match of the inaugural Pakistan Super League. The Sussex captain, fresh off a productive stint with Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash, hit 11 fours and four sixes to help wrap up the win with 24 balls to spare as Quetta were set 129 for victory after Islamabad reached…
Fresh from qualifying for the quarter-finals of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, the England Under-19 team visited Mirpur Technical School in Dhaka today (Thursday 4 February) to see how the UK aid funded Underprivileged Children’s Educational Programme (UCEP) has helped thousands of children from some of the poorest communities in Bangladesh to access education, skills training and employment. To date, UK aid support to UCEP has allowed over 45,000…
Sarfaraz Khan and Ricky Bhui are two of the mainstays of India’s batting. © PTI Mirpur: Unbeaten India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and England will start as favourites in the Super League quarter-finals stage of the ICC U19 World Cup. The last eight stage starts from Friday. (Sarfaraz Khan, Avesh Khan Take India to Under-19 World Cup Quarterfinals) These four teams topped their respective groups in the preliminary league with an all-win…
Jos Buttler reached his 100 off 73 balls and incidentally it was the slowest of his four one-day international hundreds. © AFP Bloemfontein: Jos Buttler’s century helped England beat South Africa by 39 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis method in the first one-day international at the Mangaung Oval on Wednesday. (Broad Takes Over Top Spot From Ravichandran Ashwin in ICC Rankings) Buttler’s 105 was the main contribution as England piled up…
New Zealand Under-19s strolled to a comfortable seven-wicket win in their ninth-place playoff quarter-final against Scotland Under-19s in Cox’s Bazar. Glenn Phillips thrashed a 40-ball 89, an innings laden with 11 fours and six sixes, in the chase of 182 to help NZ romp to the target with 23 overs to spare. Phillips added a 98-run opening stand off 70 balls with Daniel Stanley, who contributed 9 of those. Christian…
South Australia 5 for 252 (Lehmann 92*, Raphael 65, Ludeman 26*, Swepson 3-64) trail Queensland 6 for 474 dec (Renshaw 146, Wildermuth 100*, Heazlett 75, Andrews 3-106) by 222 runsScorecard Jake Lehmann (pictured playing in the BBL) was on 92 at stumps on the second day in Adelaide © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Jake Lehmann was within sight of a second first-class century at stumps on the second day at Adelaide…
Tasmania 241 and 3 for 62 (Doran 18*, Doolan 7*) lead Victoria 271 (Christian 95, Handscomb 50, Rainbird 4-66, Fekete 3-43) by 32 runsScorecard Peter Handscomb and Daniel Christian were both in the runs for Victoria (file photo) © Getty Images Daniel Christian fell just short of a sixth first-class century but ensured Victoria took a first-innings lead over Tasmania on the second day at the MCG. Christian’s entertaining 95…
Virat Kohli’s domination in all three formats is unprecedented, according to Indian team director Ravi Shastri. © PTI New Delhi: In awe of Virat Kohli’s meteoric rise, Indian team director Ravi Shastri on Thursday said the swashbuckling batsman seems like a mirror-image of West Indian great Viv Richards and “wields his willow like a fencer does to his sword.” (Virat Kohli Flexes His Muscles at Home; India Test Captain’s Love…
All the ten Bengal wickets to fall were shared by the Madhya Pradesh medium pace trio of Ishwar Pandey, Puneet Datey,and Chandrakant Sakure. © BCCI Mumbai: On a day dominated by pace bowlers from both sides, Madhya Pradesh held the upper hand over Bengal by taking a first innings lead of 227 runs in their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal at the Brabourne Stadium. (Read More in Cricket) Choosing not to enforce…
Mitchell McClenaghan: ‘It went very, very close to going into my brain, had fragments in the sinus cavity’ © Getty Images New Zealand fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan is hoping to begin training again in a “couple of days”, as he recovers from the blow he took above the left eye while batting ten days ago, in the series against Pakistan. McClenaghan was floored when a bouncer burst through his helmet…