Play 01:48 England look to move on from ODI setback It is a rare scenario for a Man of the Series not to be assured a starting place when the team he starred for next takes the field. But that’s the situation James Vince finds himself in ahead of the T20 series against South Africa which acts as preparation for the World T20 in India next month. Vince scored 125…
Quetta Gladiators 203 for 8 (Bismillah 55, Sangakkara 37, Nabi 30) beat Lahore Qalandars 201 for 2 (Azhar 61, Gayle 60, Akmal 55) by two wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Chris Gayle smoked 60 off 34 balls to lead Lahore Qalandars to 201 for 2 © PCB Over 400 runs were scored in Dubai, 58 boundaries were struck, and four batsmen raised fifties. In the end, Mohammad Nabi emerged the hero…
Play 09:25 Archive: Chris Lewis speaks after his release from prison in June 2015 Chris Lewis, the former England allrounder, has worked in cricket for the first time since his release from prison in June last year having served six years of a 13-year sentence for smuggling liquid cocaine in the UK. Lewis, who played his last professional match in 2008 after a brief comeback for Surrey at the age…
New South Wales 316 and 1 for 107 (Patterson 49*, Hughes 45*) trail Western Australia 8 for 511 dec (Bancroft 144, Harris 120, Turner 96, Sandhu 3-110) by 88 runsScorecard File photo: Cameron Bancroft stroked his sixth first-class hundred © Getty Images Opener Cameron Bancroft scored his sixth first-class century to give Western Australia a 195-run first-innings lead in Perth. New South Wales, however, hit back, courtesy an unbroken 86-run…
KL Rahul had played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013 © BCCI Offspinning allrounder Parveez Rasool and batsman KL Rahul will play for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2016. The pair had represented Sunrisers Hyderabad in the previous two seasons. Rahul was picked up for Rs 100 lakhs ($166,000) while Rasool went for Rs 95 lakhs ($158000) during the 2014 IPL auction. Rahul had an underwhelming 2015 season with Sunrisers,…
United Arab Emirates 133 for 7 (Patil 31, Rankin 3-17) beat Ireland 128 for 9 (Porterfield 72, Shahzad 2-10) by five runsScorecard File photo – Mohammad Naveed helped UAE defend 133 with figures of 4-0-16-2 © ACC United Arab Emirates completed a stunning comeback to defend 133 against Ireland and level the two-match series 1-1, in Abu Dhabi. Chasing 134 for victory, Ireland were coasting at 91 for 1 after…
Alex Hales’ sensational form in the one-day international series against South Africa has elevated him to the top of the England ODI MVP Rankings. The opening batsman cracked a century and four fifties in the five 50-over matches, which the Proteas edged 3-2. Hales has struck 554 runs at a strike rate of 88 per 100 balls in nine ODI knocks this winter, passing fifty on six occasions and contributing…
Madhya Pradesh 227 (Naman Ojha 79, Dane 44, Sandhu 5-43) and 99 for 2 (Shrivastava 53*) need another 472 runs to beat Mumbai 371 (Iyer 90, Tare 68, Sakure 5-137) and 426 (Suryakumar 115, Tare 109, Nayar 73*)Scorecard File photo – Suryakumar Yadav top-scored for Mumbai with 115 © PTI Centuries by Suryakumar Yadav and Aditya Tare helped Mumbai set Madhya Pradesh a mammoth target of 571 on day four…
South Australia 224 and 4 for 126 (Head 35*, Fawad 2-10) need 282 to beat Victoria 325 and 5 for 306 dec (Handscomb 102, Maxwell 63, Zampa 2-54, Valente 2-90)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Peter Handscomb hit 17 fours during his 102 © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Victoria closed in on an outright victory over their nearest challenger South Australia on the penultimate night of the floodlit Sheffield Shield…
Tasmania 300 and 7 for 179 (Triffitt 39*, Silk 33) lead Queensland 374 (Hopes 94, Hartley 68, Webster 3-49) by 105 runsScorecard Chris Hartley’s patient 68 guided Queensland to a 74-run lead © Getty Images Chris Hartley guided Queensland to a handy first innings lead over Tasmania before claiming his 500th catch as the Bulls put themselves in a strong position to claim outright points on the final day of…