Glenn Maxwell and David Warner smashed the form book out of the window and Australia to a series-levelling victory in a thrilling T20 International against South Africa in Johannesburg. South Africa had won their last five completed T20 matches, while the tourists came into the game having lost five on the bounce. There looked little prospect of an upset when Faf du Plessis’ 79 guided the Proteas to 204 for…
Models take a selfie next to the World Twenty20 trophies. © Reuters Mumbai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has put in place checks and balances to eliminate corruption during the upcoming World T20 Championship starting in two days’ time in the country, said the world governing body’s Anti-Corruption Unit’s chairman, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, on Sunday. (Click here for latest Cricket stories) Saying that like in the past major ICC events,…
Shikhar Dhawan’s half-century and Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s barn-storming finish guided India to Asia Cup success via an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in a rain-shortened final. Sabbir Rahman made an unbeaten 32 and Mahmudullah thrashed a quick 33 not out as Bangladesh posted 120 for five in a match reduced to 15 overs a side. Openers Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal put on 27 in four overs and Shakib Al Hasan…
Heavy rain lashed Mirpur in the Asia Cup final between Bangladesh and India. Will the rain relent before the cut-off time? Catch all the live cricket score and live updates of the match here. (Live Scorecard | News | Photos | Videos | World Twenty20) 19:46 hrs IST: Most of the covers have been removed. The umpires will have a look at 20:00 hrs IST and after that, there will…
06 March 2016 | David Clark Tweet Scotland were frustrated by the weather as just 15 overs were possible in their ICC World Twenty20 warm-up against the Netherlands. Stephan Myburgh’s half-century guided the Dutch to 133 for three before the rain arrived in Mohali, with Ben Cooper left stranded on 49 from 38 deliveries. Safyaan Sharif took 2-30 for the Scots, while Josh Davey ousted…
Jack Brooks has no doubt the arrival of old mate David Willey will significantly boost Yorkshire’s hopes of ending their limited-overs silverware drought this season. The White Rose have claimed two consecutive County Championship titles, the first in 2014 ending a 13-year wait, but have not won a trophy in white-ball cricket since 2002. The Vikings have reached one final since then, in the 2012 Friends Life t20 when they…
The Pakistan men’s and women’s team are scheduled to depart for India next week, but will wait for a security clearance before doing so © AFP The Pakistan government has constituted a three-member security delegation, headed by a senior director of the Federal Investigation Agency, to assess the security arrangements for the Pakistan team in India for the upcoming World T20. The security team will leave for India on Monday…
Mumbai will be trying to win their first Irani Cup since 1997-98, to add to their tally of 15 Irani Cup titles © PTI If the nature of the competition in the Irani Cup over the last two editions were to be assessed, it wouldn’t reflect too well on the Rest of India sides. Karnataka swamped them by an innings and 222 runs in 2013-14 and followed it up with…
Play 03:44 ‘Passionate, emotional, genius, inspirational’ Ross Taylor has said that a letter from Martin Crowe late last year inspired him and played a key role in his knock of 290 against Australia in Perth. Taylor spoke of a one-and-a-half-page note as he and Martin Guptill fondly remembered Crowe, their mentor, who died on Thursday after a prolonged battle against cancer. Crowe’s name has often found mention when Taylor and…
Play 02:48 Ajit Agarkar: Can’t look beyond India in the final Match facts Sunday, March 6, 2016Start time 1930 local (1330 GMT) Big picture India have an opportunity to lift the Asia Cup and live up to the ‘World T20 favourites’ billing, but it won’t be an easy ride against an improved Bangladesh who will have a boisterous Mirpur crowd behind them. Neither side thinks this will be an uneven…