Play 04:55 Ugra: Expect an unsettling environment in the ICC now Shashank Manohar has resigned from his post as ICC chairman after eight months in office, citing personal reasons. In a letter addressed to ICC chief executive David Richardson, Manohar said: “I have tried to do my best and have tried to be fair and impartial in deciding matters in the functioning of the Board and in matters related to…
Henry signs up for Derbyshire Blast campaign
Matt Henry has played 30 ODIs and six T20 internationals for New Zealand © Getty Images Derbyshire’s new T20 coach, John Wright, has made his first contribution to the club’s NatWest Blast campaign by identifying New Zealand quick Matt Henry as an overseas signing. Henry is expected to be available for the duration of the T20 Blast in July and August. Henry is a regular in New Zealand’s white-ball squads…
Sharp Bangladesh keep Sri Lanka in check
Sri Lanka 238 for 7 (Chandimal 86*, Mustafizur 2-32, Mehedi 2-58) v BangladeshScorecard and ball-by-ball details Dinesh Chandimal brought up his 12th Test fifty, and played a sheet anchor’s role for Sri Lanka © Associated Press Sri Lanka fought back in the last 75 minutes of the first day in Colombo, through an obdurate eighth-wicket partnership between Dinesh Chandimal and Rangana Herath, but Bangladesh claimed the day in their landmark…
Tough Bengal, clinical Jharkhand through to semi-final
File photo – Shreevats Goswami’s 74 at the top helped Bengal chase down Maharashtra’s target of 319 with one ball to spare © AFP A last-over thriller saw Bengal chase down Maharashtra’s target of 319 to complete a four-wicket win at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla. Half centuries from opener Shreevats Goswami (74 off 88 balls), Anustup Majumdar (66 off 59 balls) and Sudip Chatterjee (unbeaten on 60 off 51 balls)…
India, Bangladesh, SL to play tri-series in 2018
The three-nation tournament will celebrate Sri Lanka’s 70th year of independence and the 70th anniversary of Sri Lanka cricket © AFP India and Bangladesh will play in a ‘Nidahas Trophy’ triangular series in Sri Lanka in March next year but, as per Sri Lanka Cricket, it is not yet clear if the matches will be T20Is or ODIs. “The [SLC] technical committee and cricket committee is looking into it, but…
Back to the cricket after a week of controversy and change
Match facts March 16-20, 2017Start time 0930 local (0400 GMT) Play 03:50 Chappell: Will be quite a turnaround if Australia pick Maxwell Big Picture Is a week a long time in cricket? Not really. Not unless the match is being played on Venus, where a day lasts for nearly eight Earth months and a week would thus drag on for almost five of our years. Probably explains why day-night cricket…
Taylor's absence could be a hole too big for New Zealand
Ross Taylor’s absence removes a significant part of New Zealand’s batting core © AFP Take Michael Hussey or Mohammad Azharuddin out of Australia in the 2000s or India in the 1990s and it would have left a hole. Take Jason Gillespie and Javagal Srinath out of the same sides at the same time and, if they didn’t have the likes of Ricky Ponting and Glenn McGrath or Sachin Tendulkar and…
Manohar resigns as ICC chairman
Play 04:55 Ugra: Expect an unsettling environment in the ICC now Shashank Manohar has resigned from his post as ICC chairman after eight months in office, citing personal reasons. In a letter addressed to ICC chief executive David Richardson, Manohar said: “I have tried to do my best and have tried to be fair and impartial in deciding matters in the functioning of the Board and in matters related to…
Sharp Bangladesh keep Sri Lanka in check
Sri Lanka 238 for 7 (Chandimal 86*, Mustafizur 2-32, Mehedi 2-58) v BangladeshScorecard and ball-by-ball details Dinesh Chandimal brought up his 12th Test fifty, and played a sheet anchor’s role for Sri Lanka © Associated Press Sri Lanka fought back in the last 75 minutes of the first day in Colombo, through an obdurate eighth-wicket partnership between Dinesh Chandimal and Rangana Herath, but Bangladesh claimed the day in their landmark…
Smith tags Kohli comments 'completely wrong'
Play 03:02 ‘Saying we do it consistently, that’s complete rubbish’ Steven Smith has challenged Virat Kohli‘s suggestion that Australia broke DRS protocols repeatedly in the second Test in Bengaluru, describing some of Kohli’s post-match statements as “disappointing” and “completely wrong”. Kohli, speaking ahead of the third Test in Ranchi, stood by his claims while remaining elusive about what those claims actually constituted. After the Test, the BCCI made a complaint…