File photo – Paras Dogra headlined Himachal Pradesh’s dominant batting display against Jammu & Kashmir © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Right-arm medium pacer Rituraj Singh bagged 6 for 60 as Chhattisgarh squandered a strong start to be bowled out for 198 against Goa. But their bowlers fought back to reduce Goa to 127 for 6 at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Chhattisgarh had put up 103 for 2 on a curtailed first…

Rock-star royalty graced the USA squad during Saturday’s final as Sir Mick Jagger visited Woodley Park © Peter Della Penna Medium-pacer Jessy Singh scored a crucial 37 not out at No. 10 after entering at 141 for 8 and followed it with 3 for 29 to help USA defend 208 and beat Oman by 13 runs to win the final of ICC WCL Division Four at Severn Cricket Field. Jessy…

File photo: Abhinav Mukund’s century studded Tamil Nadu’s dominance against Baroda on the second day © PTI Abhinav Mukund‘s 25th first-class century, and half-centuries from B Indrajith and Dinesh Karthik gave Tamil Nadu a 244-run first-innings lead over Baroda on the second day of their 2016-17 Ranji Trophy fixture in Raipur. Tamil Nadu’s bowlers had backed Abhinav’s decision to put Baroda in by knocking them over for 93 on the…

The USA squad were graced by the presence of rock star royalty during Saturday’s final as Sir Mick Jagger visited Woodley Park © Peter Della Penna Medium pacer Jessy Singh scored a crucial 37 not out at No. 10 after entering at 141 for 8 and followed it with 3 for 29 to help USA defend a target of 209 as the hosts beat Oman by 13 runs to win…

File photo – Ishan Kishan scored his maiden first-class double-century to set up a dominant position for Jharkand © International Cricket Council Group B Ishan Kishan moved to a career-best 273 on day two in Thumba, propelling Jharkand to 493, before Delhi captain Unmukt Chand (89*) and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant (107*) revived the side from 74 for 3 to 225 for 3 by stumps. Kishan added 111 to his overnight…

Tea Sri Lanka 187 for 4 (Tharanga 50*, Dhananjaya 40*, Masakadza 2-13) v ZimbabweLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Upul Tharanga’s sixth Test fifty helped Sri Lanka recover from a shaky start © AFP Zimbabwe did what they haven’t managed to do in recent times in the longer format – tie the opposition down by stringing together dots, build pressure and then sustain it through tidy bowling, sprightly fielding and aggressive…

Though the sun came out on the opening day, it failed to penetrate the dense layers of smog and the players complained of burning eyes © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Rising levels of pollution and smog have forced the cancellation of two Ranji Trophy fixtures in New Delhi. The BCCI is now working towards rescheduling the Group A clash between joint table-toppers Gujarat and Bengal at the Feroz Shah Kotla, and the…

Toss Zimbabwe chose to bowl v Sri LankaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details It remains to be seen if Zimbabwe’s bowlers will justify Graeme Cremer’s decision © Associated Press Graeme Cremer, the Zimbabwe captain, elected to bowl in the second Test against Sri Lanka on a Harare Sports Club surface that had some live grass. The hosts kept their faith in the same XI that did duty in the first Test,…

Shahadat Hossain was acquitted of charges of torturing his domestic help © AFP Bangladesh cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife were exonerated on Sunday in the case filed over the alleged torturing of their housemaid. Judge Tanjina Ismail of the chief tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression of Dhaka acquitted the couple as the prosecution failed to prove the allegations against them. On October 27, Shahadat and his…

File photo – Rain wrecked havoc on the opening games of the Bangladesh Premier League 2016-17 © AFP All seven franchises of BPL 2016-17 have agreed to rematches and have relinquished the shared points from the first four matches, which were washed out. This means that the points table will be wiped clean as the tournament is set for a restart from November 8. The tournament was forced to restart…