Krunal Pandya's all-round show headlines Baroda win

March 4, 2017

File photo – Krunal Pandya hit 72, then picked up 4 for 20 with the ball © BCCI Allrounder Krunal Pandya followed his 72 off 101 balls with career-best returns of 4 for 20 to headline Baroda‘s 92-run victory over Assam at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi. Left-arm spinner Swapnil Singh also impressed with the ball, taking 3 for 37 as Assam were bowled out for 141, chasing 234….

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Nath's 109 powers Uttar Pradesh to victory

March 4, 2017

File photo – Unmukt Chand struck 64 of 85 balls to steer Delhi to victory © BCCI Akshdeep Nath‘s 109, his second List A hundred in three matches, carried Uttar Pradesh to a six-wicket win over Himachal Pradesh in Bhubaneswar. Nath struck 17 fours and two sixes during his 90-ball 109 as Uttar Pradesh chased down 256 in 40.4 overs. Nath’s 119-run partnership with opener Shivam Chaudhary, who hit 75…

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Issues raised over organisation of Bangladesh Test

March 4, 2017

Bangladesh played their first ever Test in India this February © AFP The absence of transparent tender processes, the large number of complimentary tickets distributed, the presence of ineligible office bearers, and problems with vendor contracts were among the issues highlighted by the BCCI observer Ratnakar Shetty against the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), which hosted the one-off India-Bangladesh Test in February. The HCA had conducted elections on January 17 after…

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Lyon reaps reward from India's suffocation

Play 01:35 I studied a lot of Ashwin – Lyon Alongside Nathan Lyon‘s extraordinary 8 for 50, another figure stood out on a day when Australia took a giant leap towards retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. It was 18 – the number of boundaries struck by India’s batsmen in their first innings or, more pointedly, the number Australia restricted them to striking. Lyon could certainly see the correlation between his success…

March 4, 2017
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WI scrap as England search for knockout

Match facts March 5, 2017Start time 0930 local (1330 GMT) Play 01:25 ‘We showed we can compete’ – Mohammed Big Picture If the first ODI was a boxing match, England would have scored a TKO in the final round. The result was pretty much as expected, with a few notable displays in England’s largely workaday performance, but West Indies will have been encouraged by pretty much going the distance. A…

March 4, 2017
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Quetta fully revamp overseas-players roster

March 4, 2017

Former Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura is among the five overseas players who have agreed to join Quetta Gladiators for the PSL final in Lahore © AFP Quetta Gladiators will turn up on the field for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) final with a significantly altered line-up to the one that has seen them through in the first place. On Saturday, the morning after they discovered their opponents for the game…

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Lyon reaps reward from India's suffocation

Play 01:35 I studied a lot of Ashwin – Lyon Alongside Nathan Lyon‘s extraordinary 8 for 50, another figure stood out on a day when Australia took a giant leap towards retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. It was 18 – the number of boundaries struck by India’s batsmen in their first innings or, more pointedly, the number Australia restricted them to striking. Lyon could certainly see the correlation between his success…

March 4, 2017
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Issues raised over organisation of Bangladesh Test

March 4, 2017

Bangladesh played their first ever Test in India this February © AFP The absence of transparent tender processes, the large number of complimentary tickets distributed, the presence of ineligible office bearers, and problems with vendor contracts were among the issues highlighted by the BCCI observer Ratnakar Shetty against the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), which hosted the one-off India-Bangladesh Test in February. The HCA had conducted elections on January 17 after…

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Quetta fully revamp overseas-players roster

March 4, 2017

Former Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura is among the five overseas players who have agreed to join Quetta Gladiators for the PSL final in Lahore © AFP Quetta Gladiators will turn up on the field for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) final with a significantly altered line-up to the one that has seen them through in the first place. On Saturday, the morning after they discovered their opponents for the game…

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Porterfield, Balbirnie fifties lead rout of UAE

March 4, 2017

Ireland 203 for 2 (Porterfield 76, Balbirnie 58*) beat UAE 202 (Anwar 48, McBrine 3-42, Young 3-48) by eight wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – William Porterfield scored his 13th ODI fifty © International Cricket Council Half-centuries from captain William Porterfield and Andy Balbirnie helped Ireland ace their chase of 203 and secure the two-match series against UAE in Dubai. Balbirnie remained unbeaten on 58 off 67 balls as…

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