Ashish Nehra grimaces in pain during Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Indian Premier League game against Royal Challengers Bangalore. © BCCI Highlights Bengaluru: Ashish Nehra will be out for a couple of Indian Premier League games due to a groin injury he suffered during the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, according to Sunrisers Hyderabad Captain David Warner. (IPL 2016: David Warner’s 50 in Vain as Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers Power RCB to…
BCCI Cries Foul, Says Indian Premier League is Being Targeted
Indian Premier League chairman Rajeev Shukla said the BCCI will have work out on a strategy considering 13 out of 19 matches will have to be moved out of Maharashtra. Highlights New Delhi: Stumped by Bombay High Court’s order of shifting 13 Indian Premier League matches from drought-hit Maharashtra, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said the cash-rich league is being targeted unfairly and it won’t be easy…
Former West Indies pacer Rose deported from Auckland
Franklyn Rose was first served deportation notice in 2014 © Getty Images Franklyn Rose, the former West Indies pacer, was deported to Jamaica from New Zealand on Tuesday after spending five weeks in prison for overstaying on a work visa which expired in 2012. Rose, 44, played for University Cricket Club’s premier team apart from serving as a volunteer cricket coach for school kids in Auckland since moving to New…
World T20 loss to India was my fault – Mahmudullah
Mahmudullah fell when Bangladesh required two off the last two balls © Getty Images Bangladesh allrounder Mahmudullah has taken responsibility for his team’s one-run loss to India in Bangalore during the World T20 last month. With two runs required off as many balls, a set Mahmudullah tried hitting a full toss for a six in the region of midwicket, but was caught on the boundary. The previous ball a set…
Regret retiring back in 2008 – Brad Hogg
Brad Hogg on his feelings towards cricket: ‘I just love it, I still have the passion of a five-year-old kid’ © Getty Images Chinaman bowler Brad Hogg has said he regrets having given up international cricket in 2008, just when it looked like he might have a good run in Test cricket given Shane Warne’s first-class career was at an end then. Hogg gave up ODIs and Tests in February…
Legspinner Cameron Boyce joins Tasmania
Cameron Boyce played only one Sheffield Shield game in 2015-16 © Getty Images Legspinner Cameron Boyce has moved from Queensland to Tasmania, signing with the Tigers for the 2016-17 season. Boyce, who has played for the Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL for the past three seasons and played in Australia’s T20 side this summer, has completed the move south after being chosen for only one Sheffield Shield match for the…
Watson happy for new home comforts on RCB debut
Play 01:30 ‘Privilege to watch AB’ – Watson Shane Watson played his first game for Royal Challengers Bangalore Tuesday night – a 45-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad – and enjoyed something he hadn’t had for a couple of IPL seasons: a home crowd. His old team, Rajasthan Royals, had to shift their home games from Jaipur to Ahmedabad in 2014 and 2015 due to a dispute between the Rajasthan Cricket…
James Taylor – the big short
There was a mixture of shock and sympathy at the Ageas Bowl this morning, as at each of the other five grounds where Specsavers County Championship fixtures were scheduled, as news of James Taylor’s enforced retirement began to spread. Taylor has become as popular a character on the county circuit as he is respected as a player – a combination summed up in a tweet from Yorkshire’s Jack Brooks, who…
Taylor forced to retire
England and Nottinghamshire batsman James Taylor’s career has been sadly brought to an end by a serious heart condition. Taylor originally withdrew from last week’s fixture against Cambridge MCCU with what was believed to be a viral condition. However, specialist scans revealed yesterday that the 26-year-old has the very serious heart condition, ARVC (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Arrhythmia). Taylor played the first of his seven Tests against South Africa in 2012…
New Road outfield like 'jelly-blancmange'
Worcestershire v Kent – No play due to wet outfield A waterlogged outfield again prevented play at New Road (picture from second day) © PA Photos Worcestershire and Kent suffered a third consecutive blank day in their ill-fated Division Two fixture at New Road. Further rain after Monday’s call-off topped up the saturated ground and despite bright sunshine this morning, umpires Ian Gould and Richard Illingworth ruled out any play…