Bangladesh have run impressive campaigns in the 2016 Asia Cup and the 2015 World Cup over the last two years © AFP Coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said he would like to leave Bangladesh in the position Sri Lanka had been in 1996, and that he would happily work with Sri Lanka after his present contract ends in 2019. The mid-1990s were effectively Sri Lanka’s coming of age in international cricket….
Krunal, GS Raju star in quarter-final wins
File photo – Krunal Pandya bagged three wickets and scored 70 runs in the quarter-final against Karnataka © BCCI Krunal Pandya‘s all-round performance – a three-for coupled with a half-century – set up an emphatic seven-wicket victory for Baroda against Karnataka in the first quarter-final at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Chasing 234, Pandya struck a 79-ball 70 after Baroda’s Kedar Devdhar and Aditya Waghmode replicated Karnataka’s opening stand of 64…
'Batsmen need to make better decisions' – Hathurusingha
Chandika Hathurusingha has said Bangladesh’s bowlers need more experience if they are to develop the game intelligence required to set up dismissals © AFP Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said his batsmen have to take better decisions and make technical adjustments for an improved performance in the Colombo Test starting later this week. The visitors were back in business on Sunday with those on the bench training in the steaming…
Du Plessis surprised no action taken in Bengaluru DRS-incident
Play 01:17 ‘Good to be on the other side of it’ – du Plessis Faf du Plessis has admitted to being “surprised” that neither Virat Kohli nor Steven Smith were charged with any breaches of the ICC’s code of conduct in the aftermath of the Bengaluru Test. After an intense match, Kohli had accused Smith of looking to the dressing room for help when making DRS decisions. Du Plessis thought…
Wade 'shocked' at India's comeback aggression
“When you’ve got a caged lion you expect them to come out pretty hard, to get away” © Associated Press Australia wicketkeeper Matthew Wade has expressed “shock” at the level of aggression India showed in the second Test in Bengaluru, a testy game the hosts won by 75 runs to level the series. Wade said while it wasn’t entirely in their control, Australia will try to get ahead in the…
Miller, Smuts tons deliver Knights and Cobras big wins
File photo – David Miller cracked a 94-ball century © Associated Press A century from David Miller and three new-ball wickets from Marchant de Lange overshadowed a quickfire hundred from Titans captain Albie Morkel to help Knights climb their way to fourth place from the bottom, with a resounding bonus-point victory of 111 runs in Kimberley. Both teams now have 14 points each. Chasing 303, Titans were in tatters when…
Warner shelves switch-hit due to apparent misinterpretation of law
Play 00:23 David Warner on why he did not try the switch-hit off R Ashwin in Bengaluru David Warner is among the few batsmen in the world capable of successfully executing a switch-hit. It was an option he could have used against R Ashwin in Bengaluru, when the offspinner bowled over the wicket to him, targeting the rough outside his leg stump. Warner, however, has said he chose not to…
Broom called up for injured Taylor
Play 01:33 ‘Losing Taylor a big loss’ – Williamson Neil Broom is in line for his Test debut after being called up to replace Ross Taylor who was ruled out of the second Test against South Africa in Wellington due to his calf strain. Taylor will be reassessed ahead of the final match of the series in Hamilton. Kane Williamson and Mike Hesson said that Broom, who returned to the…
Krunal, GS Raju star in quarter-final wins
File photo – Krunal Pandya bagged three wickets and scored 70 runs in the quarter-final against Karnataka © BCCI Krunal Pandya‘s all-round performance – a three-for coupled with a half-century – set up an emphatic seven-wicket victory for Baroda against Karnataka in the first quarter-final at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Chasing 234, Pandya struck a 79-ball 70 after Baroda’s Kedar Devdhar and Aditya Waghmode replicated Karnataka’s opening stand of 64…
Du Plessis surprised no action taken in Bengaluru DRS-incident
Faf du Plessis was found guilty of ball-tampering and fined his entire match fee in the Hobart Test in November last year © Getty Images Faf du Plessis has admitted to being “surprised” that neither Virat Kohli nor Steven Smith were charged with any breaches of the ICC’s code of conduct in the aftermath of the Bengaluru Test. After an intense match, Kohli had accused Smith of looking to the…