Baroda 153 for 9 (Hooda 53, Tambe 3-26) beat Mumbai 151 for 5 (Suryakumar 57*, Bhatt 2-25) by one wicketScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo: Deepak Hooda’s 35-ball 53 kept Baroda’s chase on track until the 17th over © ICC Baroda survived three wickets in the penultimate over of their chase and managed to knock Mumbai out with a slender one-wicket win to book a final berth. Baroda’s pursuit of…
Plunkett replaces Finn for ODI, T20 leg
Liam Plunkett impressed during England’s T20 series win in the UAE © Getty Images Liam Plunkett has been called into England’s limited-overs squad in South Africa after the ECB confirmed that Steven Finn‘s side strain has ended his tour. Plunkett, currently with the England Lions in the UAE, was unfortunate to miss out on selection originally. He bowled with impressive pace and hostility in the two T20s he appeared in…
Head stifles Renegades chase despite Gayle heroics
Adelaide Strikers 5 for 170 (Ludeman 49, Dean 48, Doherty 2-30) beat Melbourne Renegades 143 (Gayle 56, Head 3-16) by 27 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Chris Gayle’s 12-ball half-century was the lone bright spark for Melbourne Renegades as their BBL campaign came to a grinding halt © Getty Images Melbourne Renegades needed to chase down Adelaide Strikers’ 170 in 16 overs to set up a rematch in a Big Bash…
Hampshire miss out on Watson
Shane Watson has returned to Australia’s T20 reckoning – but won’t be signing for Hampshire © Cricket Australia Shane Watson‘s mooted return to Hampshire will not happen in 2016, the Australian allrounder has confirmed to ESPNcricinfo. Watson held preliminary talks to join the county for the Natwest T20 Blast and Royal London Cup after his retirement from Test cricket following Australia’s 2015 Ashes defeat, but the move has not progressed…
Dwivedi 49* seals UP final berth with three-wicket win
Uttar Pradesh 159 for 7 (Dwivedi 49*, Saini 2-24) beat Delhi 158 for 6 (Chand 48, Negi 41*, Mishra 2-25) by three wickets File photo: Unmukt Chand’s 35-ball 48 went in vain for Delhi © BCCI Uttar Pradesh will face Baroda in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final after completing their eighth win on the trot, by beating Delhi by three wickets at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai. Chasing 159, UP…
Australia-India Third Twenty20 International in Sydney To Go Pink for McGrath Foundation
The Pink Test between Australia and West Indies in Sydney was ruined by rain, thus the third Twenty20 international between Australia and India will go pink. © AFP The third and final match of the upcoming Twenty20 series in Sydney between India and Australia will turn pink to support the McGrath Foundation after rain washed out a large part of the annual Pink Test. (Rare Double Washout Blights Australia-West Indies…
Sri Lanka Suspend Bowling Coach Over Alleged Fixing Bid
Anusha Samaranayake has played a key role in the emergence of several Sri Lankan bowlers. (Image: http://www.srilankacricket.lk/) Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket on Monday suspended its fast bowling coach over alleged attempts at bribing players to under-perform in a Test match to ensure a surprise victory for the West Indies. Anusha Samaranayake was suspended for two months after Sri Lanka’s sports minister ordered a probe into allegations of an attempt to…
Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera Retires From Tests
Sri Lanka all-rounder Thisara Perera will continue to play limited-overs cricket. © AFP Colombo: Sri Lanka’s all rounder Thisara Perera will retire from Test cricket, but will continue playing one-day international and Twenty20 games, officials said Monday. (Click here for latest Cricket stories) The 26-year-old sent his retirement letter to Sri Lanka Cricket confirming the end of his Test career, an official from the board said, asking not to be…
Chris Gayle blasts 12-ball fifty
Chris Gayle needed only 12 balls to get his half-century against Adelaide Strikers, equalling the record for fastest T20 fifty set by Yuvraj Singh in 2007. Here’s how our ball-by-ball commentators described the carnage Chris Gayle hit four sixes in the opening over © Cricket Australia/Getty Images 0.1 West to Gayle, 2 runs, full and straight on middle, tucked to deep midwicket for a couple. Gayle 2 (1) 0.2 West…
Akshay Karnewar, Vidarbha's Ambidextrous Spinner, Weaves Magic With Rare Ability
Akshay Karnewar began as a right-arm offspinner, when he started playing cricket as the age of 13. © NDTV Ambidextrous bowlers are a rarity in the world of cricket. Akshay Karnewar of Vidarbha has that talent and he put that to good effect in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Twenty tournament. (Click here for latest Cricket stories) Karnewar can bowl off-spin and he can bowl left-arm spin with equal efficiency….