Sunrisers Hyderabad 137 for 0 (Warner 74*, Dhawan 53*) beat Gujarat Lions 135 for 8 (Raina 75, Bhuvneshwar 4-29) by ten wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan struck fifties in an unbroken 137-run opening stand © BCCI David Warner‘s third half-century of the season paved the way for Sunrisers Hyderabad’s ten-wicket win over Gujarat Lions in Rajkot. Warner, who slammed 74 off 48 balls, combined with Shikhar…
Warner and Dhawan flatten Sunrisers
Sunrisers Hyderabad 137 for 0 (Warner 74*, Dhawan 53*) beat Gujarat Lions 135 for 8 (Raina 75, Bhuvneshwar 4-29) by ten wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan struck fifties in an unbroken 137-run opening stand © BCCI David Warner‘s third half-century of the season paved the way for Sunrisers Hyderabad’s ten-wicket win against Gujarat Lions in Rajkot. Warner, who slammed 74 off 48 balls, combined with Shikhar…
Willey craves more than limited-overs tag
David Willey’s bowling impressed at the World T20 but he also has the longest formats in his sights © Getty Images David Willey‘s worldwide reputation has never been higher after his part in England’s journey to the World T20 final in India. As England’s leading wicket-taker he displayed an ability to remove top-order players with the new ball and hold his nerve in the closing overs. But anybody casually describing…
Nadir Shah returns to umpiring in Dhaka Premier League
File photo: Umpire Nadir Shah (third from right) will be one of the on-field umpires for one of the first matches in the Dhaka Premier League Umpire Nadir Shah will return to competitive cricket on Friday, two months after the BCB lifted its 10-year ban on him. Shah had been banned on charges of corruption alleged by a TV sting operation in October 2012. He had filed a plea of…
BCB dragging its feet over suspect actions
Arafat Sunny will be part of the Dhaka Premier League even though the ICC has found his bowling action to be illegal © AFP If it hadn’t been for the international sanctions on Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny during the World T20, the BCB, by its own admission, would not have taken suspicious bowling actions seriously. The Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, the domestic one-day tournament that begins on Friday,…
BCCI waives $42m penalty on WICB
BCCI president Shashank Manohar said the issue was ‘sorted out’ when the WICB agreed to tour India to play the ‘unfinished’ games from the 2014 tour © AFP BCCI president Shashank Manohar has said that the $41.97 million claim imposed by the previous BCCI administration on the WICB for abandoning the 2014 tour to India mid-way has been waived. West Indies, he said, will tour India in 2017 to complete…
Ben Stokes and WWE superstars shine in Newcastle
“He’s my hero. It makes me proud that he’s from the North East like us.” You know it is going to be an enjoyable afternoon when excitable school children start cheering at their first sight of local hero Ben Stokes and beaming wrestling superstar The Miz immediately announces to the kids: “this is my chance to shine.” Along with England Women’s Dani Hazell and fellow WWE wrestling superstar Dolph Ziggler,…
'I broke my leg,' says Fidel Edwards
Fidel Edwards faces a lengthy time out of action © PA Photos Fidel Edwards has suffered a fractured right ankle after injuring himself during a football game in warm-ups ahead of the final day of Hampshire’s County Championship match against Yorkshire at Headingley. Edwards will see a specialist on Thursday which will give a clearer idea of the length of time he faces on the sidelines but he is set…
Stumbling sides seek revival
Match facts Friday, April 22, 2016Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT) In 16 T20s since 2016, Virat Kohli has scored 812 runs at an average of 101.50 © BCCI Big picture Rising Pune Supergiants’ inaugural IPL season got off to the perfect start with a thumping win over defending champions Mumbai Indians in the tournament opener. Supergiants have lost two games since, and require a victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore…
Sunrisers bowl; Steyn in for Lions
Toss: Sunrisers Hyderabad opt to bowl v Gujarat LionsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ravindra Jadeja was back in Gujarat Lions’ XI after missing their previous match because of his marriage © BCCI David Warner, the Sunrisers Hyderabad captain, won the toss and chose to bowl against Gujarat Lions on a surface with a smattering of grass. That went well with Lions’ captain Suresh Raina who said he was thinking of…