Dwayne Bravo pushed Glenn Maxwell on the back foot with a quick bouncer and followed that up with an accurate yorker. © BCCI Dwayne Bravo, who picked up 4 for 22 to help set up Gujarat Lions’ five-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab on Monday, was pleased with how his bowling plans worked, particularly against Glenn Maxwell and David Miller. Bravo’s dismissals of Maxwell and Kings XI captain Miller, in…
Lodha report won't intrude on your operations, SC tells CCI
The Supreme Court reiterated that the objective of the Lodha panel recommendations was to make the BCCI more transparent. © AFP Mumbai’s Cricket Club of India (CCI), one of the founder members of the BCCI, faced tough questions from the Supreme Court on Monday over its resistance to structural reforms recommended by the Lodha panel. The court reiterated that the purpose of reforms was to make the BCCI more transparent…
Yorkers, slower balls worked well for me – Bravo
Dwayne Bravo pushed Glenn Maxwell on the back foot with a quick bouncer and followed that up with an accurate yorker. © BCCI Dwayne Bravo, who picked up 4 for 22 to help set up Gujarat Lions’ five-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab on Monday, was pleased with how his bowling plans worked, particularly against Glenn Maxwell and David Miller. Bravo’s dismissals of Maxwell and Kings XI captain Miller, in…
Why the World T20 should be played every two years
The viewership for the 2016 World T20 indicates how popular the tournament is © IDI/Getty Images In the heady moments after Carlos Brathwaite’s assault sealed the 2016 World T20, Darren Sammy admitted, “I don’t know when I’m going to be playing with these guys again.” He was not only referring to his disagreements with the West Indies Cricket Board but the long wait until the next World T20, in November…
Jennings' two tons in a match set Durham on victory course
Durham 256 and 223 for 4 (Jennings 105*) lead Somerset 179 (Trego 45, Onions 4-62) by 300 runsScorecard Keaton Jennings became the third Durham batsmen to score two hundreds in the same match © PA Photos The second day of this match dawned cool and heavily clouded, conditions which were unlikely to buck up Somerset skipper Chris Rogers as he made his way down to breakfast. Still 226 runs in…
Cook lays down a marker for England contenders
Essex 287 for 6 (Westley 121, Cook 105) lead Gloucestershire 262 by 25 runsScorecard Alastair Cook and Tom Westley log their first hundreds of the season © Getty Images Alastair Cook had issued a rallying cry to England’s unproductive top order to lay down markers ahead of the first Test – not as much expressing an appetite for change as a simple desire to see consistency of run making from…
Notts quicks show Surrey not yet up to pace
Surrey 225 (Bird 4-56) and 14 for 0 trail Nottinghamshire 446 by 207 runsScorecard Jackson Bird made new-ball inroads which started a tough day for Surrey © Getty Images Ben Foakes admitted Surrey have struggled to adapt to the standard of Division One cricket over the opening couple of days of the season. Foakes, the Surrey and England Lions keeper, top-scored for his side but was unable to prevent them…
Finch, Bravo lift Lions to victorious start
Gujarat Lions 162 for 5 (Finch 74, Karthik 41*) beat Kings XI Punjab 161 for 6 (Vijay 42, Vohra 38, Bravo 4-22) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Aaron Finch’s blistering 74 set up Gujarat Lions’ first IPL win © BCCI Aaron Finch and Dwayne Bravo helped Gujarat Lions ease into the IPL with a thumping win against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali, the third one-sided affair of the season…
Cook starts season in style
Alastair Cook scored his first Specsavers County Championship century since 2014 and shared in a record-breaking stand with Tom Westley before Gloucestershire hit back in their Division Two match at the Essex County Ground. Cook made 105 and Westley 121 before rain brought an end to the day’s play 19 overs prematurely with Essex 287 for six in response to their opponents’ 262. The pair put on 222, an Essex…
Kia extends partnership with England women
Kia Motors (UK) will extend its support of the England women’s cricket team after the ECB today announced a renewal of it’s partnership with the car manufacturer for a further two years, up until the end of May 2018. The agreement, which is an extension of the historic, first ever standalone deal for England women’s cricket signed in 2014, will see Kia increase its investment and build on its commitment…