Virat Kohli hopes an amicable solution is found between the contending parties on the Indian Premier League (IPL) drought crisis. Highlights Bengaluru: Amid the furore over holding Indian Premier League (IPL) games in drought-hit Maharashtra, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli on Monday said he is awaiting the Bombay High Court verdict and hoped the two contending parties find an amicable solution. (Shift Indian Premier League Matches Out of…
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Admits Playing Indian Premier League Without Wearing CSK Jersey Made Him Emotional
Mahendra Singh Dhoni played for a new Indian Premier League franchise for the first time in his career as he led Rising Pune Supergiants. © BCCI Highlights Mahendra Singh Dhoni, captaining debutants Pune Supergiants in the ninth season of IPL, said he felt emotional while stepping into the field in their Indian Premier League (IPL) opener against Mumbai Indians without wearing the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) jersey. (MS Dhoni Says…
Dolphins end season with big win
File photo – Rilee Rossouw’s match tally of 119 ended in vain © Getty Images A collective effort from Dolphins’ bowlers, led by seamers Rabian Engelbrecht and Craig Alexander, helped them end their season with a 118-run win over Knights at Kingsmead in Durban. The win, however, had no effect on Dolphins’ position in the points table, as they finished fifth, behind Cobras. The result, however, hurt Knights, as they…
TNCA announces franchise-based T20 league
TNCA hopes the proposed franchise-based T20 competition will benefit players from the districts © K Sivaraman The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association has decided to launch its own franchise-based Twenty20 competition to tap into talent from the districts and make up for the absence of high-profile matches in Chennai. The Tamil Nadu Premier League, which is likely to be an eight-team event, has been tentatively scheduled from end of August to…
Durham quick to strike after Jennings' gem
Somerset 30 for 3 trail Durham 256 (Jennings 116, Gregory 4-58) by 226 runsScorecard Keaton Jennings salutes the applause after falling for 116 © PA Photos At exactly eleven o’clock on the first day of this game umpire Rob Bailey dropped his arm to his side and, one may assume, called, “Play”. Behind him at the Finchale End, the Somerset seamer Lewis Gregory composed himself and began his run-up. The…
Mullaney takes advantage of Surrey's slow start
Surrey 7 for 0 trail Nottinghamshire 446 (Mullaney 113, Patel 85, Wessels 81, Read 63*, Rampaul 5-93) by 439 runsScorecard Play 00:50 Who will win the County Championship? Whatever Surrey expected when they asked Nottinghamshire to bat, it was surely not Arun Harinath running in from the Pavilion End six hours later. By then, though, they had accepted that Plan A had not worked. They might also have realised –…
Barker races out of the blocks but McLaren leads recovery
Hampshire 189 for 8 (McLaren 84*, Barker 5-44) v WarwickshireScorecard Keith Barker made an impressive start to the season © Getty Images No one complained when the players left the field at 5.15pm, two minutes and one ball after the umpires had checked the light for a second time. Rikki Clarke, who had bowled that one ball, seemed the only man keen to play on. By 5.20, the full covers…
No clowning around from Roderick on even opening day
Essex 39 for 1 trail Gloucestershire 262 (Roderick 88*, Marshall 51, Napier 3-57, Porter 3-59) by 223 runsScorecard Play 00:48 What effect will one up from Division Two have? It will be with some relief that the ECB will receive reports before too long that this season Carter’s Steam Fair – the world’s largest vintage travelling fun fair – has this time set up its stalls and marquees on the…
Russell and Hogg rout Daredevils
Kolkata Knight Riders 99 for 1 (Gambhir 38*, Uthappa 35) beat Delhi Dardevils 98 (De Kock 17, Hogg 3-19, Russell 3-24) by nine wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Brad Hogg finished with figures of 4-1-19-3 © BCCI On a greenish Eden Gardens pitch, Kolkata Knight Riders responded the way New Zealand had done at the World Twenty20: horses for courses. Allrounder Shakib Al Hasan, who had featured in each of Knight…
Duckett resumes where he left off last season
Northamptonshire 296 for 2 (Duckett 178*, Wakely 51) v SussexScorecard Ben Duckett dominated the Sussex bowlers to lay a perfect base for Northamptonshire © Getty Images Ben Duckett made a sparkling fifth County Championship century as Northamptonshire dominated the opening day against Sussex at Wantage Road, making 296 for 2 having been asked to bat first. Duckett signed off 2015 with a century at The Oval and picked up where…