South Africa Women 119 for 3 (Lee 33*) beat West Indies Women 115 for 8 by four runsScorecard Lizelle Lee helped South Africa over 100 and in the end it proved enough (file photo) © Getty Images South Africa staged a sensational comeback in defence of a below-par total to claim a first T20 series win over West Indies and sound a warning ahead of the World T20. South Africa’s…
Mumbai – All-rounder Ben Stokes led calls among teammates Wednesday for England to form its own franchise-based Twenty20 league, saying the pioneer of the game’s most popular format was now lagging behind its rivals. Ben Stokes wants English cricket chiefs to rethink the structure of the domestic Twenty20 competition (AFP Photo/Paul Ellis) While nearly all the other Test-playing nations now have city-based T20 leagues featuring no more than eight teams,…
Charlotte Edwards has seen the women’s game come a long way and expects the advances to continue © Getty Images Charlotte Edwards has led England to World Cup and World T20 titles and has been in charge of her team for the last 10 years but at her arrival press conference in Chennai she was, briefly, mistaken for an ICC official. Soon the questions on the challenge posed by competing…
Toss Ireland chose to bat v OmanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ireland picked Craig Young in their pace attack and left out George Dockrell © Matthew Lewis-IDI/ID Ireland captain William Porterfield chose to bat, unlike what Netherlands did earlier in the day on the same ground, in their opening match of the World T20 against Oman in Dharamsala. Porterfield did not give any specific reasons behind his decision, apart from,…
Toss Ireland chose to bat v OmanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ireland picked Craig Young in their pace attack and left out George Dockrell © Matthew Lewis-IDI/ID Ireland captain William Porterfield chose to bat, unlike what Netherlands did earlier in the day on the same ground, in their opening match of the World T20 against Oman in Dharamsala. Porterfield did not give any specific reasons behind his decision, apart from,…
Bangladesh 153 for 7 (Tamim 83, van der Gugten 3-21) beat Netherlands 145 for 7 (Borren 29, Al-Amin 2-24, Shakib 2-28) by eight runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:30 Watch – Tamim Iqbal’s unbeaten 83 Taskin Ahmed bowled a high-quality last over, giving away eight runs when the Netherlands required 17 to win, to help Bangladesh start their World T20 campaign with an eight-run win in Dharamsala. The game swung…
Rest of India 306 and 100 for 1 (Bharat 42) need 380 runs to beat Mumbai 603 and 182 (Lad 60, Jayant 4-93, Unadkat 3-16)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Jaydev Unadkat took 3 for 16 as Mumbai were bowled out for 182 in the second innings © Getty Images Rest of India regained some lost ground on day four of the Irani Cup by bowling out Mumbai for…
England Deaf have turned their attention to Pakistan after today’s opening Deaf ICC Championship ODI game against South Africa was abandoned following heavy rain. The match at the ICC Academy Oval in Dubai was called off without a ball being bowled and, with no possibility of the fixture being arranged during the tournament, each team was awarded one competition point. Heavy rainfall in Dubai has forced the abandonment of England’s…
Oman overcame a mid-innings wobble to stun Ireland and earn a thrilling two-wicket win on their ICC World Twenty20 debut. Chasing 155 in the Group A fixture, Oman appeared to be cruising on 69 for none in the ninth over only to collapse to 90 for five. Aamer Ali came to the crease with 65 needed from six overs but hit his third ball for six before putting Oman back in the driving seat…
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson says the team is planning to pay tribute to Martin Crowe in the first T20 World Cup match vs India on March 15. © PTI Mumbai: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson on Tuesday said his side would pay tribute at the ICC T20 World Cup 2016 to legendary batsman Martin Crowe, who died last week aged just 53. (India Will Have to Deal With Enormous…