File photo – Ashok Dinda took 6 for 45 to bowl Baroda out for 97 before Bengal’s batting collapsed © PTI Seamers picked up all 23 wickets to fall on the opening day of the Group A match between Baroda and Bengal in Lahli. Baroda, who were dismissed for 97 in the first innings, finished the day with a lead of 84 runs after seamer Atit Sheth‘s 7 for 36…
Heavy rain, wet outfield forces abandonment
13.3 overs Zimbabwe 55 for 2 (Ervine 23*, Raza 4*) v Sri LankaScorecard and ball-by-ball details Craig Ervine struck a fluent 23 not out before heavy rain ended the fourth match of the tri-series © AFP A heavy thunderstorm and a damp outfield forced the abandonment of the fourth game of the tri-series after just 13.3 overs in Bulawayo. Despite overnight rain and overcast conditions, Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer chose…
Andhra start strongly with Vijayakumar's six
File photo – S Badrinath crossed 10,000 first-class runs on the opening day in Valsad © Sivaraman Kitta Right-arm medium pacer DP Vijayakumar‘s six-wicket haul studded Andhra’s dominant display with the ball against Kerala at the Baraspara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Vijaykumar’s 6 for 37 reduced Kerala to 188 for 8 after Andhra had sent them in. Six of Kerala’s top seven fell to Vijaykumar after his new-ball partner B…
Jadhav, Shaikh drive strong Maharashtra display
File photo – Kedar Jadhav hit 15 fours and three sixes in his 106-ball 115 © PTI A rollicking hundred from Kedar Jadhav and a near-hundred from Naushad Shaikh led Maharashtra to 352 for 5, at nearly four runs an over, against Assam at the IIT-Chemplast ground in Chennai. Having chosen to bat, Maharashtra made a solid start through their captain Swapnil Gugale, who added 54 for the first wicket…
First-innings collapse cost England – Cook
Play 01:47 ‘England still very much in this series’ – Cook His words were incongruous in context with the scorecard, but you knew what Alastair Cook meant when he said his England team will leave Visakhapatnam with their “heads held high”. While there should never come a day when a defeat this crushing – in terms of runs, India have only beaten England once by a larger margin than the…
Mominul, Patel tip thriller Rajshahi's way
Rajshahi Kings 184 for 7 (Patel 75, Mominul 56, Bravo 3-35) beat Dhaka Dynamites 182 for 4 (Sangakkara 66, Reza 2-22) by three wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Samit Patel belted five fours and six sixes during his 39-ball 75 © Getty Images Rajshahi Kings edged Dhaka Dynamites by three runs in a tense last-over finish to secure their second win in this season’s BPL. Opener Mominul Haque…
Misbah-ul-Haq given one-match suspension for slow over rate
Misbah-ul-Haq had previously missed only one Test after being appointed captain in 2010 © AFP Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has been given a one-match suspension by the ICC for his side’s slow over rate during the first Test against New Zealand last week, meaning he has to miss the second Test in Hamilton. Misbah, however, was set to miss the Hamilton Test anyway, after returning home on Sunday evening following the…
Kohli surprised by England's defensive tactics
Play 01:53 We knew England would crumble – Kohli Virat Kohli said that England’s decision to stonewall in the second innings played into India’s hands after they secured a 246-run victory in Visakhapatnam. Set 405 on a wearing pitch with considerable variation in bounce, Alastair Cook and Haseeb Hameed dug in for 50.2 overs to put on 75 for the opening stand. It was high-class defensive batting from two batsmen…
Australia's discards and rookies share Adelaide welcome
Play 02:59 ‘We can build something new together’ – Hazlewood While a few metres away Matt Renshaw and Peter Handscomb collected their bags for the very first time as Australian Test cricketers, Callum Ferguson reflected on how he had been picked and discarded in the space of a single week. The scenes at Adelaide Airport – apart from the scuffle between South Africa’s support staff and an eager television reporter…
Spinners wrap up India's 246-run victory
India 455 (Kohli 167, Pujara 119) and 204 (Kohli 81, Broad 4-33) beat England 255 (Stokes 70, Bairstow 53, Ashwin 5-67) and 158 (Cook 54) by 246 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:59 Compton: England should have mixed attack with defence India’s bowlers required just 38.1 overs to wrap up a 246-run victory on the final day of the second Test in Visakhapatnam, as England’s resolve – fatally weakened by…