Shikhar Dhawan during India’s practice session ahead of warm-up games vs Western Australia XI. © BCCI Perth: The Indian cricket team would get into the groove for the short limited-overs series against Australia with a couple of warm-up games against a Western Australia XI at the WACA ground on Friday and Saturday. While the first match on Friday is slated to be a T20 affair, the second match scheduled the…
Afghanistan Enter International Cricket Council Top-10 After Series Win vs Zimbabwe
Afghanistan cricket team has made rapid strides in international cricket over the past couple of years. Gulbadin Naib hit a career best, unbeaten 82 as Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by two wickets to win the fifth one-day international and take the series 3-2 in Sharjah on Wednesday. The win also ensured that Afghanistan enter top 10 in the International Cricket Council ODI ranking. (Scorecard) Naib smashed six sixes and three boundaries…
Yasir Shah Took Prohibited Drugs by Mistake, Says Pakistan Cricket Board
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shahryar Khan said that Yasir Shah had taken his wife’s blood pressure medicines by mistake. © AFP The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday said it will appeal against leg-spinner Yasir Shah’s provisional suspension for an anti-doping code violation, adding he had taken his wife’s blood pressure medicines by mistake. (Pakistan Leg-Spinner Yasir Shah Banned After Failing Doping Test) The 29-year-old tested positive for a banned…
Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli Waiting to Fire in Balmy Perth
Virat Kohli (left) and Ajinkya Rahane sweat it out in a training session in Perth ahead of India’s first tour match on Friday. © BCCI The Indian summer has most foreigners on their knees when they visit the country. However, this time it was the Indian cricket team which was on the receiving end as it toiled hard to get in shape for the upcoming limited overs series starting in…
Guptill and Williamson set up New Zealand win
A century opening stand between Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson laid the foundations for New Zealand’s three-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 international at Mount Maunganui. Guptill picked up where he left off in the one-day international series by smashing 58 off 34 deliveries, while Williamson compiled a 42-ball 53 in New Zealand’s imposing 182 for four. The Black Caps looked set to enjoy a comfortable win after leaving Sri…
Warner blasts 82-ball ton in inevitable draw
Australia 2 for 176 (Warner 122*) drew with West Indies 330 (K Brathwaite 85, C Brathwaite 69, Ramdin 62, O’Keefe 3-63, Lyon 3-120)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details David Warner struck the fastest Test hundred ever recorded at the SCG © Getty Images After two days of constant rain in Sydney, David Warner produced a torrent of runs on the fifth day to entertain the faithful with the quickest Test century ever…
New Zealand cling on for three-run win
New Zealand 182 for 4 (Guptill 58, Williamson 53) beat Sri Lanka 179 for 9 (Gunathilaka 46, Siriwardana 42, Boult 3-21) by three runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Trent Boult’s economical 3 for 21 put the brakes on Sri Lanka’s chase © Getty Images With overs from their frontline bowlers exhausted, New Zealand were forced to turn to Grant Elliott’s gentle seamers to defend 13 runs from the last over in…
Mohammad Amir granted New Zealand visa
Mohammad Amir had served three months in jail for his role in the 2010 spot-fixing case © AFP Fast bowler Mohammad Amir has been granted a visa by Immigration New Zealand (INZ) on Thursday and will travel with the Pakistan side for the limited-overs tour of New Zealand, which starts from January 15. Amir, who has been picked in the ODI and T20 squads for the tour, will travel to…
Warner makes quick 90 before rain returns
Tea Australia 1 for 126 (Warner 90*, M Marsh 10*) trail West Indies 330 (K Brathwaite 85, C Brathwaite 69, Ramdin 62, O’Keefe 3-63, Lyon 3-120) by 204 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details David Warner raced to 90 not out from 72 balls at tea © Getty Images David Warner appeared set to light up the dreary Sydney Test with a hundred in a session on the final day, but…
Gayle to take legal action against Fairfax
Chris Gayle was fined $ 10,000 for his controversial remarks in an interview with Ten Sports presenter Mel McLaughlin © Cricket Australia Chris Gayle‘s management have retained the services of a “leading Australian media lawyer” with the intention of “immediately” launching defamation action against Fairfax Media over allegations that he indecently exposed himself to a woman in Sydney during the World Cup last year. The allegation arose following Gayle’s widely…