Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians, IPL 2016, Delhi April 23, 2016 The Report by Sirish Raghavan Toss Mumbai Indians chose to bowl v Delhi DaredevilsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details South African legspinner Imran Tahir was brought in for West Indies allrounder Carlos Brathwaite © Delhi Daredevils Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to field on a hot afternoon at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla. While Mumbai are…
Injury-crippled Hampshire turn to Young
Craig Younr is making a second attempt to break into county cricket © Getty Images Ireland’s seam bowler Craig Young has joined Hampshire on a short-term loan deal in their first response to a crippling early-season injury crisis. Young, 26, will get an outing in Hampshire’s Second XI Championship match against Somerset at the Ageas Bowl, starting on Monday, in the hope of forcing himself into contention for the home…
Injury-crippled Hampshire call up Young
Craig Younr is making a second attempt to break into county cricket © Getty Images Ireland’s seam bowler Craig Young has joined Hampshire on a short-term loan deal in their first response to a crippling early-season injury crisis. Young, 26, will get an outing in Hampshire’s Second XI Championship match against Somerset at the Ageas Bowl, starting on Monday, in the hope of forcing himself into contention for the home…
Former 'Beyond The Test World' curator Tony Munro dies
Tony Munro, wearing the orange cap, was admitted to a hospital in Sydney for a stroke last week and never recovered © Tony Munro/ Facebook Tony Munro, who covered Associate and Affiliate cricket for more than a decade with ESPNcricinfo, died on Saturday morning in Australia at the age of 52. He was admitted to a Sydney hospital on April 15 after suffering a stroke and never recovered, according to…
Arun Lal in recovery after battling cancer
Arun Lal, who is in recovery after a fight against cancer, hopes to be back commentating in two months’ time © AFP Arun Lal, the 60-year old former India opener, is in recovery after battling jaw cancer and is hopeful of a return to the commentary box in “two months.” Lal’s cancer, which he described as “rare and dangerous,” was identified in January and he had to undergo intensive treatment,…
KP injury 'blessing in disguise' – Dhoni
Kevin Pietersen retired hurt after facing only one ball © BCCI Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen may be ruled out of Rising Pune Supergiants’ coming matches, after injuring his right calf during their match against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Pune on Friday. Pietersen came to the crease at No. 3, but retired hurt after facing only one ball when he hurt his leg taking off for a single. He called…
Bairstow named Player of the Week
VOTE: Who do you think was the best player in the second round of Championship cricket? #ProperCricket — County Championship (@CountyChamp) April 22, 2016 Yorkshire and England wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow has been voted Specsavers County Championship Player of the Week following his fine performance during the second round of 2016 fixtures. The 26-year-old took Yorkshire from a perilous position of 41 for three to 593 for nine declared with a…
Stokes and Root seek cross-format gains after World T20 heroics
Ben Stokes and Joe Root at Woburn Golf Course © Investec You’d have thought that Ben Stokes would be sick of the sight of batsmen teeing off after the agonies he endured at the hands of Carlos Brathwaite in the World T20 final in Kolkata earlier this month. And yet, after spending the morning in the company of Joe Root at Woburn Golf Course in Buckinghamshire, it is safe to…
Stokes and Root regroup for Sri Lanka challenge
Ben Stokes and Joe Root at Woburn Golf Course © Investec You’d have thought that Ben Stokes would be sick of the sight of batsmen teeing off after the agonies he endured at the hands of Carlos Brathwaite in the World T20 final in Kolkata earlier this month. And yet, after spending the morning in the company of Joe Root at Woburn Golf Course in Buckinghamshire, it is safe to…
De Villiers and Kohli set up Royal Challengers win
File photo – South African chinaman bowler Tabraiz Shamsi was handed his IPL debut by Royal Challengers Bangalore © Caribbean Premier League Rising Pune Supergiants captain MS Dhoni opted to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their first home game of the season. They made one change with Rajat Bhatia replacing Irfan Pathan. Royal Challengers made two changes. Mandeep Singh got a game in place of Travis Head, who made…