Delhi 138 for 5 (Rana 60*, Aaron 3-27) beat Jharkhand 134 for 7 (Virat Singh 45, Jaggi 42, Awana 3-28) by five wicketsScorecard File photo – Varun Aaron rocked Delhi’s top order and finished with figures of 3 for 27 © Getty Images An unbeaten half-century from Nitish Rana helped Delhi overcome a poor start and pull off a five-wicket win over Jharkhand at the Bandra Kurla Complex. Rana walked…
Sixers Women go seven in a row with derby win
Sydney Sixers Women 6 for 172 (Gardner 55, McGlashan 49*) beat Sydney Thunder Women 9 for 151 (Carey 53, Kapp 4-18, Sthalekar 3-34) by 21 runsScorecard Ashleigh Gardner struck five fours and two sixes in her 36-ball 55 © Getty Images Sydney Sixers are on the charge. After losing their first six games in the WBBL, they now have seven wins on the spin and a win in their last…
Series on the line for under-pressure India
Match facts January 17, 2016Start time 1420 local (0320 GMT) Play 04:26 Chappell: Don’t see India winning while chasing either Big picture You travel 7286 kilometres, two-and-a-half hours ahead in time, to arguably the most isolated city in the world, where your batsmen pile up runs but you don’t come close to defending 309. So you travel another 4338 kilometres from Perth to Brisbane, another two hours ahead in time,…
New Zealand hope for middle-order revival
Match facts January 17, 2015Start time 1900 local (0600 GMT) Colin Munro has made 106 runs off 41 balls across his last two T20 innings © Getty Images Big Picture Sri Lanka and Pakistan have become used to rubbing each others’ backs over the past few years, as their boards have buddied up and organised tours an annual basis. In New Zealand, Sri Lanka have gone the extra mile to…
Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy: Gautam Gambhir Flops Again as Delhi Outplay Jharkhand
Gautam Gambhir of Delhi in action during a match against Jharkhand at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Mumbai. © PTI Delhi outplayed Jharkhand by five wickets for their first win in the Super League stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, riding on Nitesh Rana’s unbeaten half-century to pull things back after being precariously placed at one stage in Mumbai. (Read More in Cricket) Put into bat, Jharkhand…
John Hastings Says Australia Thinking About Playing Three Seam-Bowling Allrounders for Melbourne
John Hastings bowled at a crucial period during the Brisbane ODI when Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were building a partnership. © AFP Melbourne: Brought in for a game originally but retained after a strong show, Australian pacer John Hastings says there is scope for him to again make the XI in the third ODI against India as the hosts mull playing three all-rounders. (Melbourne ODI: India Look to Arrest…
T & T trounce ICC Americas to clinch semis berth
Play 02:14 Bishop: ICC Americas not deep enough batting-wise Imran Khan made the most of his first appearance of the tournament for Trinidad & Tobago, claiming 4 for 25 in a nine-wicket win over ICC Americas at Queen’s Park Oval to clinch a semi-final spot for the defending champions in the Nagico Super50. ICC Americas were rolled over for 81 after electing to bat at the toss. Srimantha Wijeratne top-scored…
Awesome Root puts pressure on Proteas
Joe Root struck a wonderful unbeaten century to drag England back into contention to secure a series win in Johannesburg after South Africa had applied the pressure early on the second day of the third Test at the Wanderers. The Yorkshireman defied some high-quality fast bowling on a lively pitch to complete the first fifty of the match before advancing to his ninth Test ton, off 126 balls, in the…
Root craves good night's sleep after ton
“Chuffed to bits but it’s about getting us in the lead tomorrow.” @root66 after his wonderful 106* in Joburg. https://t.co/WeW1JwFyGO — England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 15, 2016 Joe Root hauled England away from danger with one of the finest Test centuries of his young career and then revealed he did it on hardly any sleep. Root reached his ninth Test century, and just his second on foreign soil, as he…
Anderson's frustations boil over
Play 01:28 Butcher: Something missing from Anderson’s game The England camp have admitted that James Anderson had been warned twice for running on the pitch before he was removed from the attack for a third transgression in the third Test against South Africa in Johannesburg. Anderson, England’s record wicket taker in Test cricket, appeared incensed when Aleem Dar, the umpire, notified the England captain that Anderson was to be withdrawn…