‘We would have liked another spinner. But with the side we had, we had opportunities to bowl India out for 400’ – Alastair Cook © AFP Alastair Cook was left ruing missed chances in the field as England succumbed to an innings defeat in Mumbai. While Cook admitted England had erred in selection – picking four seamers on a pitch where India’s spinners claimed 19 wickets – he felt the…

‘Their batsmen have hardly blocked six balls in a row and we’ve worked on our defence’ © AFP Virat Kohli has called the series win over England the “sweetest” of India’s recent Test successes. It was their fifth series win in a row but their first in four attempts against England with their previous series victory back in 2008. They wrapped up victory in eight overs on the final morning…

Mike McKenna (extreme right) will oversee Perth’s new stadium with assistance from Chris Loftus-Hills © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Mike McKenna’s departure as operations chief at Cricket Australia has led to another exit, with the long-serving head of events, Chris Loftus-Hills, also quitting to help McKenna oversee Perth’s new stadium. In more than a decade at CA, Loftus-Hills pulled together events at a moment’s notice, and managed such intricate functions as…

India 631 (Kohli 235, Vijay 136, Jayant 104) beat England 400 (Jennings 112, Buttler 76, Moeen 50, Ashwin 6-112, Jadeja 4-109) and 195 (Root 77, Ashwin 6-55) by an innings and 36 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details India’s match-winners: R Ashwin took two five-fors, Virat Kohli struck a double-ton © AFP With a victory over England by an innings and 36 runs, India have secured their fifth consecutive series and regained…

File photo – Farhaan Behardien struck the fastest half-century in the competition’s history © AFP In a top-of-the-table, rain-affected clash, Titans secured their place in the final with a narrow win over Warriors, who will host Lions in the qualifier. The match was reduced to five overs a side and Titans prevailed thanks to Farhaan Behardien’s 55 off 15 balls – the fastest in the competition’s history. Titans lost their…

File photo – Farhaan Behardien struck the fastest half-century in the competition’s history © AFP In a top-of-the-table, rain-affected clash, Titans secured their place in the final with a narrow win over Warriors, who will host Lions in the qualifier. The match was reduced to five overs a side and Titans prevailed thanks to Farhaan Behardien’s 55 off 15 balls – the fastest in the competition’s history. Titans lost their…

Farhaan Behardien struck the fastest half-century in the competition’s history © AFP In a top of the table, rain-affected clash, Titans secured their place in their final with a narrow win over Warriors, who will host Lions in the qualifier. The match was reduced to five overs a side and Titans prevailed thanks to Farhaan Behardien’s 55 off 15 balls – the fastest in the competition’s history. Titans lost their…

WAPDA 244 for 5 (Salman Butt 125) lead HBL 236 (Aziz 90, Rehman 53, Asif 4-21, Irfan 3-34) by eight runsScorecard File photo: Salman Butt struck 18 fours in his 234-ball knock © AFP Salman Butt’s 20th first-class century, his third of the season, helped drive Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) into the lead, but Habib Bank Limited (HBL) hit back with three late strikes including that of Butt…

Nikita Miller claimed career-best innings figures of 9 for 41 © WICB Jamaica captain, left-arm spinner Nikita Miller, took 9 for 41 in the second innings as his team beat Trinidad & Tobago by 132 runs at Sabina Park in Kingston. Miller had taken nine consecutive wickets, the last of which came in the 55th over, but narrowly missed out on a possible ten-wicket haul when Roshon Primus was trapped…