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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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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Cook and Phehlukwayo among new South Africa contracts

March 4, 2017

Andile Phehlukwayo is one of the newly contracted players © AFP CSA has added three players to their usual 18-member men’s contract list, bringing the total number of new deals to five for the 2017-18 season. Stephen Cook, Keshav Maharaj, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo and Tabraiz Shamsi were all awarded deals with Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw, who both signed Kolpak agreements with Hampshire the only two players from the…

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India bat; Abhinav Mukund and Nair in, Vijay out

March 4, 2017

Toss India chose to bat v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Abhinav Mukund was playing his first Test since 2011 © PTI After totalling a mere 212 runs in Pune, India took up the insurance of an extra batsman with the trophy on the line in Bengaluru. Abhinav Mukund, who last played Test cricket in 2011, has come in as opener for an injured M Vijay and…

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Cook and Phehlukwayo among new South Africa contracts

March 4, 2017

Andile Phehlukwayo is one of the newly contracted players © AFP CSA has added three players to their usual 18-member men’s contract list, bringing the total number of new deals to five for the 2017-18 season. Stephen Cook, Keshav Maharaj, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo and Tabraiz Shamsi were all awarded deals with Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw, who both signed Kolpak agreements with Hampshire the only two players from the…

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Cook and Phehlukwayo among new South Africa contracts

March 4, 2017

Andile Phehlukwayo is one of the newly contracted players © AFP CSA has added three players to their usual 18-member men’s contract list, bringing the total number of new deals to five for the 2017-18 season. Stephen Cook, Keshav Maharaj, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo and Tabraiz Shamsi were all awarded deals with Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw, who both signed Kolpak agreements with Hampshire the only two players from the…

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Afridi ruled out of PSL final with finger injury

March 4, 2017

Shahid Afridi had announced earlier in the PSL that he will not be playing any more international cricket © PSL Peshawar Zalmi’s Shahid Afridi sustained a deep cut on his right index finger, which has ruled him out of Sunday’s Pakistan Super League final in Lahore. He picked up the injury while attempting a catch at cover off Kieron Pollard during the third playoff against Karachi Kings on Friday. The…

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Lahore prepares for PSL final amid high security

March 4, 2017

The Gaddafi Stadium will host the final of the second season of the PSL on March 5 © AFP Over the last fortnight the security presence in Lahore has increased significantly, after a spate of bombings rocked Pakistan’s second largest city and other parts of the country too in February. The Gaddafi Stadium, situated in the Nishtar sports complex, has been off limits to the general public over the last…

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SA overcome hiccups to seal series, regain No. 1 spot

South Africa 150 for 4 (Du Plessis 51*, Miller 45*, Patel 2-26) beat New Zealand 149 (de Grandhomme 32, Rabada 3-25, Tahir 2-14) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:35 ‘No foothold for New Zealand after Guptill wicket’ South Africa’s one-day side started in New Zealand as the No. 1 and they will end it there after an oscillating series went their way at a ground that now holds…

March 4, 2017
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