Ashish Nehra is “loving” being back in India colours © BCCI He arrived in Colombo, at the Asian Test Championship in February 1999, a slippery, 19-year-old left-armer with a wispy pencil moustache. Four years later, in Durban, he bowled with a swollen ankle and picked up 6 for 23 against England at the World Cup. Eight years after that, he played another World Cup, bowled a match-winning spell in the…
England World T20 preview: Afghanistan
England’s tournament-reviving win over South Africa was bordering on unfathomable. Set a whopping 230 for victory, Eoin Morgan’s side required the highest run chase in World T20 history, the second highest run chase ever in T20i cricket and 40 more than their previous best to avoid an ignominious early exit. Powerful, accurate Jason Roy set the tone with a blistering start – England had 50 up in 17 balls –…
Arafat switches to Somerset on season's loan
Yasir Arafat’s experience includes a stint in the Big Bash League © Cricket Australia Somerset have signed Yasir Arafat on a season-long loan deal from Hampshire as a non-overseas player. Arafat, 34, returns to the county where he became a firm favourite with Somerset fans in 2013. He will also be available for all white ball cricket this season, although it remains to be seen if Somerset will also make…
World T20: Mahendra Singh Dhoni Urges Team India to Lift Run Rate Against Bangladesh
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has urged his big-hitters to come good against Bangladesh, if India were to qualify for World T20 semi-finals. © PTI Highlights Bengaluru: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni urged his big-hitters to improve their run rate dramatically against Bangladesh on Wednesday or face the prospect of a humiliating early exit from the World Twenty20 on home soil. (World T20: Under Favourable Conditions, We Are Hard to Beat, Says…
Pakistan face rampant Black Caps in must-win T20
Mohali (India) – A resurgent New Zealand will be eyeing a semi-final berth when they take on a deflated Pakistan in a World Twenty20 group match in Mohali Tuesday. Shahid Afridi’s Pakistan are desperate for a win against New Zealand to keep their World Twenty20 hopes alive © AFP/File Prakash Singh Live Score: Pakistan vs New Zealand in World T20 2016 Smarting after a six-wicket defeat to arch-rivals India, Shahid…
ICC World Twenty20 Group Analysis: New Zealand In Pole Position For Semis, Battle On For Second Spot in India's Group
West Indies and New Zealand are the only unbeaten teams so far in the World T20. © NDTV Highlights The ICC World Twenty20 is nearly two weeks old. In that period, there have been some surprises, some dominant individual performances, some records and some electrifying matches. At the end of all this, West Indies and New Zealand have emerged as the leaders in Group 1 and Group 2, respectively. World…
Uncertainty grows over Delhi WT20 semi-final
The Delhi High Court reiterated the RP Mehra Block will not be open for public use without a completion certificate © BCCI The Delhi High Court has refused to permit the contentious RP Mehra Block of the Feroz Shah Kotla ground to be used for the first semi-finals of the World Twenty20, on March 30. This puts a question mark over the match venue, and officials of the Delhi &…
World T20: New Zealand Rule The Spinning Tracks as Hard Times For Sri Lanka Continue
New Zealand’s Rookie spinner Mitchell Santner tops the wickets chart at World T20. © AFP Highlights New Delhi: The group stages of cricket’s World T20 have reached the half-way mark with every team having played two of their four matches. AFP looks at the lessons learned so far: Aussies still to master Twenty20 World champions in ODI cricket and number one in Tests, the Australians arrived in India determined to…
Knight turns the screw on India
An excellent bowling display saw England women restrict India to 90 for eight in their ICC Women’s World Twenty20 contest. Having convincingly won their tournament opener against Bangladesh, England were looking to maintain their 100 per cent record in Group B. Heather Knight took 3-15 with her off-breaks, striking in the first over on a slow, turning Dharamsala wicket when Vallaswamy Vanitha skied the third ball of the match to…
World T20: Shafqat Amanat Ali Blames Weather for his 'Poor' National Anthem Performance
Shafqat Amanat Ali sang the Pakistan national anthem ahead of World T20 match vs India. © AFP Highlights New Delhi: Pakistani singer Shafqat Amanat Ali, who is being criticised for a botched up rendition of his country’s national anthem at the India-Pakistan match in Kolkata, says only the weather can be blamed for the ‘technical problem’ that played spoilsport in the ‘great moment’. The popular singer faced the ire of…