Upul Tharanga has been in and out of the ODI side this year © Associated Press Sri Lanka have named Upul Tharanga as captain of the ODI side for their tri-series in Zimbabwe, with Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal both absent through injury. Kusal Perera will fill the role of vice-captain, while veteran seamer Nuwan Kulasekara has been recalled to the 15-man squad. Tharanga scored a century in Sri Lanka’s…
Rain forces Bangladesh Premier League restart
Four games in Mirpur have been abandoned without a ball being bowled © Associated Press The BPL has been forced to restart on November 8 with rain having played havoc with the tournament’s opening fixtures – the first four games have been washed out in Mirpur without a ball bowled. The matches from the new start date will take place according to the existing schedule, while four of the first…
Zimbabwe Cricket set to embrace DRS
The presence of Hawk-Eye in recent broadcasts has highlighted a number of incorrect decisions against Zimbabwe © Associated Press The Decision Review System will make a long-awaited debut in Zimbabwe during their second Test against Sri Lanka after some last-minute additions to the available technology have made its implementation possible. Having borne the brunt of a catalogue of poor umpiring decisions in their past three Tests, Zimbabwe are hopeful that…
J&K bowled out for 162, Services crawl to 170 for 3
Left-arm spinner Mayank Dagar took 4 for 71 against Jammu & Kashmir © Getty Images Mayank Dagar and Pankaj Jaiswal took seven wickets between them as Himachal Pradesh bowled Jammu & Kashmir out for 162 on the first day in Ranchi. Parvez Rasool, who took over the captaincy from Mithun Manhas, won the toss and elected to bat. Jaswal removed opener Umar Nissar in the second over, before 19-year-old spinner…
Zimbabwe in need of top-order solidity
Match facts November 6-10, 2016, HarareStart time 10.00 am (0800 GMT) Sean Williams’ dismissal for 40 on the final day of the first Test hastened Zimbabwe’s loss © Associated Press Big Picture In July, Zimbabwe hosted New Zealand for two Tests in Bulawayo. Considering this is only the third time in 11 years that they’re playing four Tests in a season at home, Sri Lanka’s tour ought to have provided…
Smog stops play
Pragyan Ojha and Manoj Tiwary leave Feroz Shah Kotla with masks to counter Delhi’s pollution © ESPNcricinfo Ltd The rising levels of pollution in Delhi have affected the cricket too, claiming the whole day’s play between Bengal and Gujarat at Feroz Shah Kotla and between Hyderabad and Tripura at Karnail Singh Stadium. The sun came out but failed to break through the dense smog hanging in India’s capital. The light…
Kishan ton powers Jharkhand
File photo: Ishan Kishan struck his third first-class century on Saturday © International Cricket Council Ishan Kishan’s second century this season, an unbeaten 162, helped Jharkhand recover from 80 for 4 to end up with 359 for 6 at stumps on the opening day of their fifth-round Group B fixture against Delhi at the St Xaviers College ground in Thumba. Unmukt Chand, leading in Gautam Gambhir’s absence owing to national…
J&K bowled out for 162; Services crawl to 170 for 3
File photo – Left-arm spinner Mayank Dagar took 4 for 71 against Jammu & Kashmir © Getty Images Mayank Dagar and Pankaj Jaiswal shared seven wickets between them as Himachal Pradesh bowled Jammu & Kashmir out for 162 on the first day in Ranchi. Parvez Rasool, who took over the captaincy from Mithun Manhas, won the toss and elected to bat. Jaswal removed opener Umar Nissar (2) in the second…
Baroda collapse from 71 for 1 to 93 all out
Karn Sharma struck vital blows for Railways © Getty Images Baroda collapsed sensationally against the medium pace of Aswin Crist and K Vignesh in Raipur to go from 71 for 1 to 93 all out. In the previous game, their main batsman Deepak Hooda alone had scored 293. In Raipur he was run out for a duck and became the second wicket of the collapse that began with Vignesh’s dismissal…
Smith hopeful of fourth-innings heist
Steven Smith was confident of Adam Voges being ready to bat despite a hamstring strain © Getty Images Australia’s captain Steven Smith has not given up hope of a redemptive fourth-innings chase at the WACA, particularly as South Africa have been shorn of Dale Steyn’s speed by a shoulder injury. The hosts were sustained by thoughts of putting pressure back onto South Africa’s bowlers, even as JP Duminy and Dean…