Sri Lanka put up one of their better fielding performances to level the three-match series against Bangladesh © Associated Press Sri Lanka captain Upul Tharanga said that fearlessness helped his team tighten up their fielding, after their athletic defence of 280 in the third ODI. Sri Lanka have been routinely woeful in the field over the past two years. The standards hit new lows in 2017, in series against South…
SL break ODI drought to level series
Sri Lanka 280 for 9 (Kusal 54, Thisara 52, Mortaza 3-65) beat Bangladesh 210 (Shakib 54, Mehedi 51, Kulasekara 4-37) by 70 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kusal Mendis, who top scored for Sri Lanka with 54, was named Player of the Series for his 160 runs in three innings © Associated Press Sri Lanka rode a fast start and a fast finish to a competitive score, bowled with discipline, and…
Bowlers 'went into defensive mode' – Mashrafe
Mehedi Hasan brought up his maiden ODI fifty but Bangladesh had too much left to do © Associated Press Mashrafe Mortaza suggested the lack of an early breakthrough made his bowling unit impatient and defensive in their 70-run loss to Sri Lanka in Colombo. Bangladesh conceded 76 runs in the first ten overs before Mehedi Hasan broke the opening partnership in the first over of the second Powerplay. There were,…
Unchanged Pakistan bat; WI hand debut to Jason Mohammed
Toss Pakistan chose to bat v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Jason Mohammed, who impressed with back-to-back fifties against England in ODIs, has been drafted into the West Indies side © AFP An unchanged Pakistan side has chosen to bat at Queen’s Park Oval in a bid to win back-to-back T20I series over West Indies. That meant Ahmed Shehzad, who was suspected to have an injury to his neck…
Auckland's loss hands Canterbury third Shield
Tom Blundell and Peter Younghusband’s sixth-wicket 184-run partnership was pivotal to Wellington’s victory © Getty Images The winners of the Plunket Shield were decided in the last hour of the last round of matches as Auckland, who needed a win to lift the trophy, went down to Central Districts by three wickets and Canterbury clinched their third title in four years. Canterbury were leading the table with 101 points before…
Uncapped Mohammad Saifuddin in Bangladesh T20I squad
Mohammad Saifuddin first caught the selectors’ eye in the Under-19 World Cup in 2016 © ICC Allrounder Mohammad Saifuddin has received a maiden-call up to the Bangladesh squad for the two-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in Colombo from April 4. The 16-member team also included offspinner Mehedi Hasan and left-arm spinner Sunzamul Islam, who too were yet to represent their country in the shortest format. Saifuddin, a 20-year old…
Run out rule change in focus, again
Sloppy running left Sri Lanka shortchanged © Associated Press For the second time in three days, a batsman has been given out despite the bulk of his body having crossed the plane of the crease. Dinesh Chandimal did initially ground his bat behind the crease as he sauntered in to complete a second run, in the 26th over, but he briefly raised it again as his body passed the line….
Mathews unlikely for Bangladesh T20s, IPL's start
‘He has to be 100% fit. Angelo has to make that call with the physio, because if he’s not 100% fit, we will not let him go’ © Associated Press Angelo Mathews will almost certainly miss the T20s against Bangladesh next week, and is also unlikely to be fit for the start of the IPL, SLC cricket manager Asanka Gurusinha has confirmed. Mathews has been sidelined since sustaining a hamstring…
G Vivekanand elected HCA president
G Vivekanand has been elected president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), taking over from former offspinner Arshad Ayub; the results of the election were declared on Friday night. The HCA is the one of the first state associations to conduct its elections as per the Lodha Committee’s recommendations.* Vivekanand, an industrialist and a former member of parliament, secured 136 votes to defeat his opponent Vidyut Jaisimha, who managed 69….
Tharanga puts improved fielding down to fearlessness
Sri Lanka put up one of their better fielding performances to level the three-match series against Bangladesh © Associated Press Sri Lanka captain Upul Tharanga said that fearlessness helped his team tighten up their fielding, after their athletic defence of 280 in the third ODI. Sri Lanka have been routinely woeful in the field over the past two years. The standards hit new lows in 2017, in series against South…