Melbourne Renegades 7 for 179 (Finch 63, Ferguson 38) beat Sydney Thunder 131 (Gibson 39, Cummins 37) by 49 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Aaron Finch was on the money, with the bat and as a captain, as he led Renegades to a win in their first match of the season © Cricket Australia/Getty Images After failing to win a game on their own deck last season, Melbourne Renegades began their…
Imran's record-breaking ton gives Khulna full points
Tushar Imran’s 19 centuries is the most by a Bangladesh batsman in first-class cricket © TigerCricket.com Khulna Division crushed Barisal Division by 10 wickets at the BKSP-3 ground to bring up the first result in Tier-1 of the 2016-17 National Cricket League. After Tushar Imran hit a record 19th hundred, debutant seamer Ashiquzzaman skittled out Barisal with a match haul of nine wickets. Barisal were bowled out for 171 runs…
Papps, Ronchi help Wellington break deadlock
Wellington 173 for 5 (Ronchi 79, Papps 63) beat Auckland 140 (Munro 38, Verma 3-28, Arnel 3-31) by 33 runsScorecard Luke Ronchi struck seven fours and four sixes in his 39-ball 79 © Getty Images Half-centuries from Michael Papps and Luke Ronchi helped Wellington record their first win of the 2016-17 Super Smash at the Basin Reserve. Having posted 173 for 5 after electing to bat, they bowled Auckland out…
Bangladeshis lose, but Mustafizur shines on return
New Zealand XI 247 for 7 (Horne 60*, Shakib 3-41) beat Bangaldeshis 245 for 8 (Mushfiqur 45, Hicks 2-30) by three wickets Scorecard Mustafizur Rahman bowled seven overs in his first competitive game in five months © AFP Bangladesh’s tour of New Zealand got off to an inauspicious start as they went down by three wickets against the New Zealand XI in a rain reduced 43-overs a side practice match…
Ashwin named ICC Cricketer of the Year, Test Player of the Year
India offspinner R Ashwin has claimed the top ICC awards for 2015-16, having been named the ICC Cricketer of the Year and the Test Cricketer of the Year. Ashwin is the third Indian, after Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of the Year. South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock was named ODI Player of the Year, while West Indies’ T20 captain Carlos…
Pakistan unfazed by Misbah's dip in form
More than the scores of 4 and 5, the nature of Misbah-ul-Haq’s innings and dismissals in Brisbane would have caused some concern © Cricket Australia Seven years is a long time as it is, but for Misbah-ul-Haq, it probably feels like a lifetime. Seven years ago he came into the Boxing Day Test at the end of a year in which his second coming was grinding to a halt. He…
Top-order finds 'a real bonus' – Farbrace
Play 03:04 Trott: Spin is the issue for England, not captaincy England left India on the end of the a 4-0 defeat in the Test series but having found potential solutions to “a couple of gaps in our batting order”, according to Paul Farbrace – although England’s assistant coach conceded the players still need to work on their catching. Alastair Cook’s future as captain remains uncertain but he could well…
Christian returns for Notts Outlaws in the Blast
Dan Christian’s big-hitting exploits have also served Hobart Hurricanes © Getty Images Dan Christian, who averaged 41 with an explosive strike-rate of 159.51 as Notts Outlaws won nine matches in a row in last year’s NatWest T20 Blast, has signed on for 2017. Notts eventually lost at the semi-final stage. Christian, 33, will fill the first of two overseas player positions throughout the revamped competition, which will take place predominantly…
CSA hands Petersen two-year ban
Alviro Petersen has been banned from cricket for two years © Getty Images Alviro Petersen, the former South Africa opener, has been banned for two years by CSA after admitting to 13 breaches of the anti-corruption code in relation to the 2015-16 domestic T20 match-fixing scandal. Among Petersen’s transgressions are four counts of failing to disclose details of an approach to engage in corrupt conduct; four of failing to disclose…
'No question of perjury' – Anurag Thakur
Anurag Thakur has defended the BCCI by calling on the success of the Indian team in recent times © BCCI BCCI president Anurag Thakur has strongly denied that he had lied under oath to the Supreme Court. He addressed reporters in Jaipur on Wednesday and said “there is no question of perjury and I have not lied.” In October, Thakur had submitted an affidavit saying he had not sought the…