Bangladesh 133 for 8 (Mithun 47, Mahmudullah 36, Naveed 2-12) beat UAE 82 (Usman 30, Mustafizue 2-13, Mashrafe 2-12) by 51 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Mahmudullah’s crucial 36 lifted a struggling Bangladesh innings in the death overs. © AFP Like Sri Lanka on Thursday, Bangladesh were given a scare by UAE before their efficient bowling attack led the hosts to an easy win in Mirpur. Mahmudullah’s last-gasp effort with the…
BK Garudachar, India's oldest first-class cricketer, dies aged 99
BK Garudachar, India’s oldest first-class cricketer, who represented Mysore (as Karnataka was called till 1974), United Province and Bombay, died in Bangalore on Friday aged 99. A right-hand batsman and a leg-break bowler, Garudachar scored 1126 runs at an average of 29.63 from 27 matches in first-class cricket between 1935 and 1946. Born on January 13, 1917 in Chikamagalur, Karnataka, Garudachar graduated in engineering from the Benares University, and started…
Female umpires to stand in Women's World T20
Australia are the holders of the Women’s World T20 © Getty Images Two female umpires will officiate at the Women’s World T20 for the first time in the tournament’s history next month, after Kathy Cross and Claire Polosak were named in a 31-person list of officials for the concurrent men’s and women’s events in India. Cross, from New Zealand, has prior experience of an ICC event, having officiated at three…
Mumbai seal 41st Ranji Trophy title with innings win
Mumbai 371 (Iyer 117, Lad 88, Unadkat 4-118) beat Saurashtra 235 (Vasavada 77, Mankad 66, Kulkarni 5-42, Thakur 3-89) and 115 (Pujara 27, Thakur 5-26) by an innings and 21 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 04:29 ‘Heartening to see young Mumbai players deliver’ – Hattangadi The Ranji Trophy final was delicately poised at the start of the third day. By lunch, it was dead and buried. Mumbai’s first-innings lead was…
Tried too many things in the field – Saurashtra coach
Saurashtra coach Sitanshu Kotak was disappointed with the performance of his batsmen, but said the conditions would have challenged any top-quality batter. © PTI There’s a reason why orthodox fields work. They both demand and reward a good line and length. Repeatedly, however, teams deviate from that template while bowling to a top-order batsman marshalling the tail. Repeatedly, teams suffer, just like Saurashtra did on the third day of the…
India, Pakistan meet in another one-off contest
Match facts Saturday, February 27, 2016Start time 1930 local (1330 GMT) Play 06:16 Agarkar: Contest between Pakistan’s bowling and India’s batting Big picture The teams trained with a glint in their eyes. The media swarmed around them, hoping to pick up on something; anything that can be used to enhance coverage. Smartly-dressed security personnel were out on patrol; ten of them to one player from either XI. No one wanted…
Naman Ojha to lead Rest of India in Irani Cup
Naman Ojha peeled off four successive fifty-plus scores in the Ranji Trophy knockouts © PTI Madhya Pradesh wicketkeeper-batsmanNaman Ojha, who finished the Ranji Trophy season with 645 runs including four successive fifty-plus score in the knockouts, has been named as the captain of the 15-man Rest of India squad. They will play 41-time Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai in the Irani Cup at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, starting March 6….
UAE win toss, put Bangladesh in to bat
Toss UAE chose to bowl v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Bangladesh left out Imrul Kayes in place of Nurul Hasan © AFP UAE captain Amjad Javed decided to field against Bangladesh in Mirpur and hoped his team could reproduce their bowling effort against Sri Lanka on Thursday. He also urged his team to put up a better batting performance. Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza said they would have batted had…
Lasith Malinga Hints at Retirement After Starring in Sri Lanka's Win vs UAE in Asia Cup 2016
Lasith Malinga has played 62 Twenty20 internationals for Sri Lanka, taking 78 wickets at an economy rate of 7.26 © AP Dhaka: Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 captain, has hinted that he might call time on his international career after the ICC World Twenty20 in India. (Malinga Admits he is Not Fully Fit) At the post-match media conference, Malinga was asked if he would like to quit after the upcoming…
Asia Cup: Lasith Malinga Admits he is Not Fully Fit After Guiding Sri Lanka to Win
Lasith Malinga played his first match for Sri Lanka on Thursday, since November. © AP Mirpur: Lasith Malinga, after picking up a match winning four-wicket haul in his first outing since November, said he is still not fully fit, raising questions on his participation further in the Asia Cup. (Asia Cup Twenty20: Lasith Malinga Guides Sri Lanka to Victory over United Arab Emirates) “I am not alright. I have still…