‘I knew it would be a good auction for me. I was confident of being picked up, but didn’t expect this price’ – Deepak Hooda © BCCI Deepak Hooda, Sunrisers Hyderabad, INR 420,000 I didn’t follow it closely. When one of my relatives told me [that I was picked] I went blank for a while. I instantly hugged all my friends who were with me. I knew it would be…
Shane Watson had recently smashed his maiden Twenty20 century against India during the three-match series in Sydney. © AP New Delhi: Australia’s Shane Watson became the costliest player of the 2016 Indian Premier League Auction, as he was snapped up by Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping Rs 9.5 crore ($1.39 million), after an intense bidding war. (IPL Auction 2016 Blog) Watson, who played for now-banned Rajasthan Royals in the…
Mohammad Amir recently returned to competitive cricket after serving five-year fixing ban. © AFP Dubai: Fast bowler Mohammad Amir, steadily rebuilding his career after being convicted of spot fixing, claimed a stunning hat-trick in the Pakistan Super League on Friday and admitted he is feeling great about his form. (Pakistan Cricket Board Considering Central Contract For Mohammad Amir) The 23-year-old removed West Indian Dwayne Bravo with the second ball of…
The Feroz Shah Kotla is slated to host several World Twenty20 matches, including a semifinal. © AFP New Delhi: Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Anurag Thakur on Friday confirmed that a final decision will be taken on February 8 whether Feroz Shah Kotla can host four matches of World Twenty20. (ICC World Twenty20: Feroz Shah Kotla in Danger of Not Hosting Matches) Delhi is scheduled to host…
Mitchell Marsh had a day to remember after steering Australia to a series-levelling win over New Zealand and being handed a new lucrative Indian Premier League deal. The hard-hitting all-rounder was named man of the match in Wellington after his unbeaten 69 helped Australia home with four wickets and 21 balls to spare. Marsh’s innings came just moments after he was purchased by new IPL franchise Rising Pune Supergiants for…
50 overs South Africa 262 for 7 (de Villiers 73, Topley 4-50) v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details AB de Villiers made 73 but fell when well set © Getty Images AB de Villiers, the hard yards done and his form flooding back, signalled his intentions as South Africa reached the last 10 overs by lashing Chris Jordan over midwicket for six. At 198 for 3, they must have had…
Alex Hales en route to scoring 99 against South Africa. © AFP Port Elizabeth: Alex Hales fell one run short of a century but did enough to set up a five-wicket win for England over South Africa in the second one-day international at St George’s Park on Saturday. (Scorecard) The victory gave England a two-nil lead in the five-match series after a game where batsmen from both sides struggled to…
International Cricket Council chairman Shashank Manohar, who is also president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, earlier said the dominance of the ‘Big Three’ needs to change. © AFP Dhaka: International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Shashank Manohar is mulling the option of giving away six percent of India’s 22 percent share of revenues back to the apex body, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan said on…
Logan van Beek has not played for Netherlands since the 2014 T20 World Cup in Bangladesh © Getty Images Canterbury-born allrounder Logan van Beek has been named in Netherlands’ 15-man squad for the World T20 in India, which starts from March 8. Van Beek had played seven matches in the previous T20 World Cup in Bangladesh for five wickets and 78 runs, but has not played for Netherlands since. In…
India Under-19s 349 for 6 (Pant 111, Sarfaraz 76, Jaafer 64) beat Namibia Under-19s 152 (Dagar 3-25, Anmolpreet 3-27) by 197 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Rishabh Pant slammed 14 fours and two sixes for his century © ICC Rishabh Pant continued his fine run of form in the Under-19 World Cup, slamming his third successive fifty-plus score to guide India into the semi-finals following a 197-run win against Namibia. Pant,…