This was Shreyas Iyer’s second century of the season © John Michel Shreyas Iyer ended his season with a century as Mumbai put up 227 for 4 after being asked to follow on by Punjab at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. Though they conceded first-innings points, Mumbai finished on top of the table, while Punjab missed out on a berth in the quarterfinals, finishing fourth with 21 points….

File photo – Kaushik Gandhi struck his maiden first-class double century as TN took first-innings points against Gujarat © PTI Centuries from Shivam Chaudhary and Akshdeep Nath highlighted the final day’s action in Nasik where Uttar Pradesh ended their campaign with first-innings points against Baroda. Both teams are out of the knockouts. The day began with UP on 117 for no loss in their second innings, after they had already…

England Lions 279 (Westley 84, Foakes 70, Alsop 40, Rashid Khan 4-48) and 210 (Foakes 89*, Gubbins 53, Rashid 8-74) beat Afghanistan 273 (Stanikzai 51, Nabi 51, Roland-Jones 6-73) and 168 (S Curran 3-13, T Curran 3-54) by 48 runsScorecard Tom Curran completed a satisfying tour © Getty Images Tom Curran reflected on “the perfect end to a great trip” after teaming up with his younger brother Sam to fire…

Saurashtra salvaged their season with back-to-back wins over Karnataka and Delhi © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Saurashtra completed a remarkable turnaround as they sent Delhi crashing out of the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy in Vadodara. They won by five runs to record their second win of the season. That meant Odisha will join Karnataka and Jharkhand as the third qualifier from Group B irrespective of the result in their final group fixture against…

File photo – S Badrinath saw Hyderabad through to stumps to secure their qualification to the knockout stage © Sivaraman Kitta Hyderabad held on after being aided by a fog delay draw their match against Andhra in Lucknow and seal the second knockout qualification spot from Group C. Hyderabad had gone to stumps at 13 for 1 after a bold declaration by Andhra – who would have qualified with an…

Match Abandoned Northern Districts 137 for 6 (Brownlie 43, Rance 3-30) v Central DistrictsScorecard File photo – Dean Brownlie’s 43 included three fours and two sixes © PA Photos Northern Districts and Central Districts shared two points each after rain caused their Super Smash match to be abandoned in New Plymouth. Only 20 overs were bowled in the match, that too with two interruptions. After Seth Rance‘s double-strike in the…

© AFP Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladesh’s limited-overs captain, has said their upcoming tour of New Zealand offers a tough challenge for his side because they have played mostly at home in the last two years. That better ranked teams have often struggled in New Zealand, Mashrafe said, made it a harder for Bangladesh. “In the last couple of years, we played mostly at home and won many of those matches too,”…

Rajshahi Kings revelled in their ‘selfie’ celebration © Daily Star Tournament overviewDarren Sammy ended the press conference after the final saying that the young Bangladeshi players in Rajshahi Kings had learned aplenty from the senior local and overseas players. But the season was more than just a learning experience for this first-time franchise. They made the final in an inspired campaign after being bottom of the league at one stage….