Manish Pandey had to be pulled out of the Karnataka side after receiving a late call-up to join the Indian Test team in Mumbai © PTI A day after denying Karnataka a replacement for Manish Pandey, Maharashtra had a change of heart as David Mathias was allowed to bat on the second day of the Group B clash at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. Pandey was pulled out of Karnataka’s…

Fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera has not played international cricket since May 2016 © Getty Images Uncapped fast bowler Vikum Sanjaya was the surprise inclusion in Sri Lanka’s Test squad to South Africa, which also sees the return of captain Angelo Mathews, wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal, and fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera. Batsman Upul Tharanga, who made a successful return to Tests on the tour of Zimbabwe, was also named, but there was…

Paul Reiffel took a blow on the head while standing at square leg © AFP Umpire Paul Reiffel has been cleared of injury after a throw from deep square leg hit him on the back of his head during the first day of the Mumbai Test. Reiffel was sent to hospital for a scan and, though he returned to the Wankhede Stadium, he was advised rest for the remainder of…

Compare and contrast: ASC’s survey found out that cricket contributed to only 562,669 combined senior and junior club sport participants as opposed to soccer’s tally of 1,086,986 © Getty Images Australian cricket has been warned it may not be the grassroots participation powerhouse it thinks it is, via the release of the most comprehensive national survey yet of sport down under. The Australian Sports Commission’s inaugural AusPlay survey, released on…

Tea England 196 for 2 (Jennings 103*, Moeen 25*) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Keaton Jennings reached his century with a reverse sweep © AFP The early buzz about Keaton Jennings often had him associated with someone or something. How he has South African roots. How his father Ray was a former head coach. How he became Alastair Cook’s 11th partner in four years. On the first day of…

Paul Reiffel (left) took a blow on the head while stand at square leg (file photo) © Getty Images Umpire Paul Reiffel had to come off the field and was sent to hospital for a scan after a throw from deep square leg hit him on the back of his head during the first day of the Mumbai Test between India and England. The England medical team looked after the…

Western Australia 265 (Turner 100) and 2 for 227 (Wells 113*, Voges 78*) beat Queensland 353 (Khawaja 157, Mackin 5-68) & 138 (Khawaja 61, Mackin 6-33) by eight wicketsScorecard File photo – Jonathan Wells finished unbeaten on 113 © Getty Images Jonathan Wells and Adam Voges led Western Australia to a comeback victory over Queensland, their first of the season, in the day-night Sheffield Shield match at the WACA Ground….

Compare and contrast: ASC’s survey found out that cricket contributed to only 562,669 combined senior and junior club sport participants as opposed to soccer’s tally of 1,086,986 © Getty Images Australian cricket has been warned it may not be the grassroots participation powerhouse it thinks it is, via the release of the most comprehensive national survey yet of sport down under. The Australian Sports Commission’s inaugural AusPlay survey, released on…

Match facts Friday, December 9, 2016Start time 1815 local (1215 GMT) Dhaka’s Shakib Al Hasan and Dwayne Bravo will need to display their all-round skills in the final © BCB Big Picture Though there are in-form specialist batsmen and bowlers in both line-ups, the BPL final between Dhaka Dynamites and Rajshahi Kings could boil down to one set of allrounders edging out the other. Dhaka’s firepower is led by Andre…

ASC’s survey found out that cricket contributed to only 562,669 combined senior and junior club sport participants as opposed to soccer’s tally of 1,086,986 © Getty Images Australian cricket has been warned it may not be the grassroots participation powerhouse it thinks it is, via the release of the most comprehensive national survey yet of sport down under. The Australian Sports Commission’s inaugural AusPlay survey, released on Thursday, contradicted Cricket…