Ian Bell’s most recent England appearance was on their UAE tour © Getty Images Ian Bell has been named as captain of the MCC side to take on Yorkshire in this year’s Champion County match in Abu Dhabi. Bell, who still hopes to add to his tally of England caps, was handed the Warwickshire captaincy last month. The four-day first-class match between an MCC XI and the reigning county champions,…
Madhya Pradesh 348 & 14 for 0 lead Bengal 121 (Easwaran 48, Pandey 4-45, Datey 3-30, Sakure 3-38) by 241 runsScorecard File photo – Ishwar Pandey led Madhya Pradesh’s charge with four wickets © AFP Madhya Pradesh’s pace pack shredded Bengal’s batting order and secured a 227-run lead in the first innings to sway the match almost decisively in their direction. Ishwar Pandey, Puneet Datey and debutant Chandrakant Sakure needed…
Assam 323 and 23 for 4 (Sran 3-11) lead Punjab 137 ( Sidhana 80, Arup 3-41, Krishna 3-54) by 209 runsScorecard J Syed Mohammad struck his second first-class century to put Assam on top in their quarter-final against Punjab © PTI Sixteen wickets fell on the second day in Valsad, at the end of which Assam gained a significant foothold on a semi-final spot in the Ranji Trophy. J Syed…
Darren Lehmann had reported of a swollen left calf to the team medical staff ahead of the fifth ODI against India at the SCG. © AFP Cricket Australia on Thursday advised that head coach Darren Lehmann will re-join the Australian squad on tour of New Zealand following his episode of Deep Vein Thrombosis. (Lehmann Diagnosed With Deep Vein Thrombosis, to Miss Twenty20 Series) Chief Medical Officer John Orchard said: “Darren…
Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice Ibrahim Kalifullah indicated that the BCCI would need to implement the recommendations made by the Lodha Commitee © AFP The Supreme Court of India has asked the BCCI to let it know by March 3 whether it would implement the recommendations made by the Lodha Committee on January 4. The two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur, and Justice Ibrahim Kalifullah said it was…
Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice Ibrahim Kalifullah indicated that the BCCI would need to implement the recommendations made by the Lodha Commitee © AFP The Supreme Court of India has asked the BCCI to let it know by March 3 whether it would implement the recommendations made by the Lodha Committee on January 4. The two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur, and Justice Ibrahim Kalifullah said it was…
BCCI president Shashank Manohar has been instrumental in the ICC’s change of direction © AFP The ICC has announced it will carry out a complete constitutional review of the changes brought about by the “Big Three” takeover in 2014. Moves have already begun to dismantle the system of governance proposed by the BCCI, ECB and CA two years ago, with confirmation of the expected change to make the ICC chairman…
Rohit Sharma – “It would be great if me and Shikhar as an opening pair can achieve the success that Sachin and Sourav accomplished in their illustrious careers” © BCCI Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan may have formed a solid opening combination at the top of India’s batting order, but Rohit feels that comparisons with the prolific Sachin Tendulkar-Sourav Ganguly duo are premature. Rohit and Dhawan have put up 2763…
Glamorgan have signed Netherlands international Timm van der Gugten on a three-year deal. The Dutch fast bowler has played in four one-day internationals and 19 international Twenty20 matches for the Netherlands including their memorable 45-run victory over England at the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 where he claimed the wicket of Eoin Morgan. His first-class debut came in 2011 for New South Wales and since 2012 he has been playing for…
Scotland closed out their tour of Dubai with a 37-run victory over the Netherlands. Leg-spinner Mark Watt claimed a maiden T20 five-wicket haul as the netherlands failed to register a meaningful partnership as they were skittled out for 103. A 64-run partnership from Matt Machan and Richie Berrington helped Scotland reach 140 for five after opener Kyle Coetzer got them off to a steady start with 30. He did…