File photo – Kyle Hope hit fours sixes and ten fours in his maiden List A century © WICB Media/Ashley Allen A maiden List A century from Kyle Hope and a strong all-round effort from Rovman Powell studded West Indies A’s 109-run victory over Sri Lanka A in Kurunegela. The win gave the visitors a 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Hope hit four sixes and ten fours in his…
CA security chief in Dhaka to examine England tour arrangements
Australia cancelled their Test tour of Bangladesh in 2015 due to a security threat © STR/AFP Cricket Australia’s head of security Sean Carroll has arrived in Dhaka to observe the security measures in place for England’s ongoing tour of the country. Australia are due to arrive in Bangladesh in August 2017 to fulfil the two-Test tour of 2015 that was postponed due to security concerns. Nizamuddin Chowdhury, the BCB chief,…
Marsh all but seals spot for SA Tests with WACA ton
South Australia 9 for 505 dec (Cooper 138, Ferguson 101, Behrendorff 3-70) and 0 for 32 need 37 more to beat Western Australia 9 for 271 dec (Shaun Marsh 73, Klinger 61, Mennie 3-56) and 302 (Shaun Marsh 110, Cartwright 80, Sayers 4-57)Scorecard Shaun Marsh aggregated 183 in two innings against South Australia at WACA © Getty Images Shaun Marsh struck a century to follow up from his first-innings 73…
CA's security chief in Dhaka to examine England tour arrangements
Australia cancelled their Test tour of Bangladesh in 2015 due to a security threat © STR/AFP Nizamuddin Chowdhury, Bangladesh Cricket Board’s chief executive officer, has termed the arrival of Cricket Australia’s head of security Sean Carroll in Dhaka on Thursday as “encouraging.” Australia are due to arrive in Bangladesh in August 2017 to fulfill the two-Test tour of 2015 that was postponed due to security concerns. Carroll travelled with the…
Umar Akmal, Ahmed Shehzad demoted in PCB's contract list
Yasir Shah and Sarfraz Ahmed have been given category A contracts by the PCB © AFP Batsmen Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad have been dropped to category D, the lowest level of contracts, by the PCB while Shahid Afridi, Junaid Khan and Fawad Alam were cut from the contracted list of players altogether. Legspinner Yasir Shah and wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed have been awarded category-A contracts. The PCB announced on Thursday…
Fourteen wickets tumble in Dharamsala; Hooda dominates Punjab
File photo: Anureet Singh headlined a dominant display by bowlers in Dharamsala with 4 for 66 Abhijit Addya / © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Group A Fourteen wickets fell in Dharamsala in the fourth-round clash between Bengal and Railways. Railways’ bowlers vindicated their captain’s decision to field by dismissing Bengal for 205. But their batsmen couldn’t hold on to the advantage as they slipped to 37 for 4 by the close. Four…
Amit Verma ton revives Assam after Aravind's five-for
File photo – Amit Verma scored an unbroken century against his former team © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Group B An unbeaten century from Amit Verma helped Assam recover from an early wobble to post 268 for 6 against Karnataka by stumps on day one in Mumbai. S Aravind had struck thrice in the first ten overs to reduce Assam to 16 for 3, before Verma’s unbeaten 125 off 259 led Assam’s…
Amit Verma century helps Assam weather Aravind five
File photo – Amit Verma scored an unbroken century against his former team © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Group B An unbeaten century from Amit Verma helped Assam recover from an early wobble to post 268 for 6 against Karnataka by stumps on day one in Mumbai. S Aravind had struck three times in the first ten overs to reduce Assam to 16 for 3, before Verma’s unbeaten 125 off 259 led…
Rahul Singh's maiden ton drives Services; Chhattisgarh impress
File photo: Chhattisgarh came from behind to end the opening day in a strong position © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Chhattisgarh, led by Abhimanyu Chauhan in Mohammad Kaif’s absence due to a neck injury, reduced Kerala to 194 for 8 before bad light forced early stumps at the Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur. Pankaj Rao, the right-arm medium pacer, and Sumit Ruikar, the left-arm spinner, picked up three wickets apiece in the 65…
'Challenge is to perform consistently' – Mushfiqur
Play 01:36 Mushfiqur hopes pitch leaves England clueless Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has said that consistency will be their main target in the second Test against England, even though their fighting performance in the Chittagong Test raised expectations of a better result in Dhaka. Recent history, however, suggests that Bangladesh have a hard time following up on a good performance in home Tests. Against Pakistan last year, they were hammered…