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…
Northants won the 2016 NatWest Blast at a sold-out Edgbaston © Getty Images A new report suggests the popularity of domestic T20 cricket in England rose sharply during 2016. The YouGov SportsIndex Report 2017 places the NatWest Blast among the top 10 sporting events in terms of public perception for the first time. The report comes as the ECB executive continue plans to launch a new T20 competition on top…
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…
Northants won the 2016 NatWest Blast at a sold-out Edgbaston © Getty Images A new report suggests the popularity of domestic T20 cricket in England rose sharply during 2016. The YouGov SportsIndex Report 2017 places the NatWest Blast among the top 10 sporting events in terms of public perception for the first time. The report comes as the ECB executive continue plans to launch a new T20 competition on top…
AB de Villiers: ‘Tonight was a great way to show everyone we can handle pressure, that we can cross the line in tight games with tricky totals’ © AFP While AB de Villiers admitted South Africa enjoyed getting their own back at Eden Park, he stressed there was more to the series win than just erasing bad memories. Victory in the decider has put the Champions Trophy firmly in South…
File photo – Vinay Kumar hit six fours during his unbeaten 35 off 56 balls © BCCI Karnataka skittled Hyderabad for 108 and limped to the target with one wicket to spare in a match that saw 19 wickets fall in 73.2 overs. Vinay Kumar, playing his first match of the tournament after recuperating from injury, marked his return with a match-winning cameo of 35 off 56 balls, including six…
Sri Lanka A 201 for 0 (Gunathilaka 121*, Kusal 70*) beat England Lions 217 (Livingstone 94, Duckett 59, Siriwardana 4-40) by 119 runs (DLS method)Scorecard File photo – Danushka Gunathilaka sauntered to a hundred as Sri Lanka A went 2-0 up © Getty Images For Danushka Gunathilaka, there was the grand satisfaction of a dashing hundred to bring delight to a run-of-the-mill Dambulla day. A day that was not particularly…
Sri Lanka A 201 for 0 (Gunathilaka 121*, Kusal 70*) beat England Lions 217 (Livingstone 94, Duckett 59, Siriwardana 4-40) by 119 runs (DLS method)Scorecard File photo – Danushka Gunathilaka sauntered to a hundred as Sri Lanka A went 2-0 up © Getty Images For Danushka Gunathilaka, there was the grand satisfaction of a dashing hundred to bring delight to a run-of-the-mill Dambulla day. A day that was not particularly…
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….
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…