Victoria 230 and 0 for 44 (Harris 30*, Dean 13*) need 317 runs to beat Tasmania 203 and 9 for 387 dec (Webster 122*, Silk 76, Milenko 51)Scorecard Beau Webster scored his third first-class hundred © Getty Images An unbeaten hundred from Beau Webster set Victoria a stiff target of 361 out of which they scored 44 without losing a wicket by the end of the third day in Hobart….
Sayers trumps Stobo in thrilling SA win
South Australia 236 (Raphael 61, Lyon 3-63, Stobo 3-69) and 8 for 121 (Lehmann 47*, Stobo 4-46) beat New South Wales 269 (Maddinson 80, Lyon 61, Richardson 3-64, Sayers 3-66) and 87 (Cowan 45, Sayers 5-27, Richardson 3-23) by two wicketsScorecard Chadd Sayers’ five-wicket haul razed New South Wales © Getty Images Chadd Sayers‘ five-wicket haul helped South Australia bowl out New South Wales for 87 in their second innings…
Bowlers lead Haryana's fightback on 14-wicket day
File photo – Harshal Patel took two early wickets to set the tone for Haryana’s fightback Fourteen wickets fell at the Eden Gardens where Haryana reduced Tripura to 70 for 4 after getting bowled out for 231. After Tripura elected to field, their pace trio of Manisankar Murasingh (3 for 53), Sanjay Majumder (3 for 53) and Bunti Roy (2 for 44) shared eight wickets, while left-arm spinner Gurinder Singh…
Rabbi called up to preliminary squad for NZ tour
Kamrul Islam Rabbi picked up seven wickets in eight matches for Barisal Bulls in the BPL © BCB Fast bowler Kamrul Islam Rabbi has been named as a replacement for Shafiul Islam in Bangladesh’s 22-man preliminary squad that will train in Sydney from December 11 in preparation for the tour to New Zealand. Shafiul was ruled out after he injured his left hamstring while fielding for Khulna Titans in Qualifier…
Westley and Foakes revive England Lions
England Lions 279 for 9 (Westley 84, Foakes 70, Alsop 40, Rashid Khan 4-48) v AfghanistanScorecard Tom Westley played a controlled innings to revive England Lions after an early stutter © Getty Images Tom Westley and Ben Foakes relished an absorbing contest with Afghanistan’s spinners on a hard-fought first day of England Lions’ first-class match in Abu Dhabi. Westley made the most of his first Lions appearance of the winter…
Patel, Sabbir, Franklin take Rajshahi into final
Rajshahi Kings 129 for 3 (Sabbir 43*, Franklin 30*) beat Khulna Titans 125 for 9 (Ariful 32*, Patel 3-19) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Samit Patel finished with 3 for 19 from four overs © Raton Gomes/BCB Rajshahi Kings made light work of Khulna Titans in the second qualifier on their way to the BPL final, against Dhaka Dynamites, completing a seven-wicket win in Mirpur. In…
Western Australia sniff turnaround victory after Mackin six-for
Western Australia 265 and 2 for 170 (Wells 85*, Voges 51*) require 57 to win against Queensland 353 and 138 (Khawaja 61, Mackin 6-33)Scorecard File photo – Jonathan Wells led Western Australia’s chase as he finished not out on 85 © Getty Images Queensland lost their advantage of a first innings lead after Simon Mackin‘s six wickets – his best first-class bowling figures – saw them fold for 138 and…
Panchal creates Gujarat history; UP tail wags
File photo – Priyank Panchal followed up his double and triple-centuries with a hundred © ESPNcricinfo Opener Priyank Panchal became the first batsman from Gujarat to aggregate 1000 runs or more in a Ranji season en route to his century against Tamil Nadu at the KSCA Stadium in Belagavi. Panchal reached the mark in his 11th innings, the fewest taken by a player since the 2000-01 season. It was Panchal’s…
Send-off law to target poor behaviour in lower-level cricket
Mitchell Starc and Kieron Pollard had a heated confrontation during the IPL in 2014 © BCCI Behaviour at lower levels of cricket has “got completely out of hand,” according to former Australia captain Ricky Ponting. Ponting is a member of the MCC world cricket committee that recommended the introduction of an in-game disciplinary sanction, which aims to combat poor behaviour by allowing umpires to send players off if they are…
Delhi take lead after dismissing Saurasthra for 92 in must-win game
Vinay Kumar overtook Madan Lal to become the leading wicket-taker among seamers in Ranji Trophy history © Getty Images A total of 18 wickets fell in Vadodara as four wickets each from medium-pacers Sumit Narwal and Pradeep Sangwan saw Saurashtra fold for 92 before Delhi went to stumps on 194 for 8 with a 102-run lead. Delhi, who need an outright win to be assured of a playoff spot, chose…