Bengal 329 for 4 (Goswami 101, Easwaran 101, Tiwary 75*) beat Jharkhand 288 (Dhoni 70, Jaggi 59, Ojha 5-71) by 41 runsScorecard File photo – Pragyan Ojha’s third five-wicket haul in List A cricket put Bengal into their first final since 2012 © PTI Bengal openers Shreevats Goswami and Abhimanyu Easwaran struck centuries to help them post 329 for 4, before Pragyan Ojha took five of Jharkhand’s last six wickets…
ECB chief backs four-day Test concept
Tom Harrison said four-day Tests could be viable if the conditions were right © AFP Tom Harrison, the chief executive of the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has signalled his support for a move towards four-day Tests, as part of a wider plan to keep the format viable amid the inexorable rise of T20 cricket. Speaking to The Times, Harrison warned there was a “risk of loving [Test cricket]…
Cummins has exceeded expectation – Saker
Play 01:57 Saker: ‘It’s a cut-throat series for everyone’ Pat Cummins exceeded expectations of even Australia’s coaching staff by snaring three wickets on the third day in Ranchi, to add to his one from Friday. Cummins finished the day with 4 for 59 from 25 overs, bowling with pace and venom on a good batting pitch. Among his victims were Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, two key batsmen who fell…
Head returns to Yorkshire for T20 Blast
Yorkshire will hope to see more of Travis Head in 2017 © Getty Images Travis Head, the Australia limited-overs batsman, will return to Headingley this summer as Yorkshire’s overseas player for the NatWest T20 Blast. Head, 23, played four times for the club in last season’s competition, scoring 113 runs at a strike rate of 134.52 before being called up for Australia’s ODI series in Sri Lanka. He has played…
Vijay rues playing a good shot at a bad time
Play 01:21 ‘Game is evenly poised’ – Vijay M Vijay‘s 50th Test was going pretty much the way he must have dreamed it would go – if he had dared to dream that dream. After Australia had posted 451 batting first, he had laid a rock-solid foundation to India’s reply; putting on 91 with KL Rahul for the first wicket and 102 with Cheteshwar Pujara for the second, and was…
Jason Mohammed breaks into West Indies T20I squad
Earlier this month, Jason Mohammed made 70 and 52 after returning to International cricket for the first time in two years © Getty Images Jason Mohammed, one of the only bright spots to emerge from a series whitewash by England, has been called up to the West Indies T20I squad for the first time. The 30-year old batsman struck back-to-back fifties earlier this month and could be vital to a…
Cummins, the fast bowler who flies
Pat Cummins was menacing with the short ball © Associated Press Pat Cummins is flying through a dust cloud. The ball is close enough that he can reach it but high enough he has to reach out. Legs and arms go in all directions as his body jumps towards where he thinks the ball will be. But he miscalculates and now has to change his position in mid-air. Cummins launches…
Cartwright's 170 gives Western Australia hope
New South Wales 309 (Cowan 69, Hughes 69, Henriques 50, Behrendorff 4-70) and 1 for 6 need another 397 runs to beat Western Australia 9 for 436 dec and 4 for 275 dec (Cartwright 170*, Copeland 3-72)Scorecard File photo – Hilton Cartwright smashed his highest first-class score © Getty Images Hilton Cartwright plundered an unbeaten 170 at nearly a run a ball to give Western Australia a fighting chance of…
Umpire Dar's head-nod confuses Bangladesh
Suranga Lakmal was given not out after Bangladesh reviewed a bat-pad appeal off the final ball of the day © AFP The last ball of the fourth day’s play at P Sara Oval was eventful. Bangladesh appealed confidently for a bat-pad catch against the no. 10 Suranga Lakmal, hoping to end the day with their ninth Sri Lankan scalp. Umpire Aleem Dar nodded more than once, and even brought out…
'Loss to Bangladesh could scar SL cricket'
Mustafizur Rahman’s three-wicket haul ripped open the game in the middle session © AFP A home loss to Bangladesh will be a blemish on Sri Lankan cricket, said Dimuth Karunaratne, while his side hung precariously in the Test at the P Sara Oval. Having lost five top-order wickets for 47 runs in the middle session, Sri Lanka are in danger of losing their first Test at home in seven matches….