A muscle tear had kept Ross Taylor out of the ODI and Test series against Australia © Getty Images New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor is in line to make a return from injury at the Island of Origin match on February 28 in Wellington, which is being seen as a warm-up game before the team’s departure for the World Twenty20 in India. The batsman had suffered a muscle tear in…
World Twenty20: India-Pakistan Game Will be High-Scoring, Says HPCA Curator
India lead Pakistan 4-0 in World Twenty head-to-head encounters. © AFP Dharamsala: The much-awaited World Twenty20 match between arch rivals India and Pakistan at the picturesque Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium here will have a batsman-friendly pitch and is expected to be a high-scoring game, the ground’s curator said here on Tuesday. (Click here for latest Cricket stories) India and Pakistan will lock horns at the HPCA Stadium, which…
New Zealand Want Greener Wicket for Second Test vs Australia
New Zealand’s decision to opt for green top in Wellington backfired as Australian bowlers exploited the seaming conditions. © AFP Wellington: Despite being thrashed in the first Test against Australia after batting first on a green wicket, New Zealand want an even greener surface for the second Test. New Zealand asked for a green top in Wellington, lost the toss and paid the ultimate price as the Australian bowlers exploited…
Hesson wanted greener pitch at Basin Reserve
Australia capitalised on early seam movement that did not linger long into the afternoon © Getty Images New Zealand’s coach Mike Hesson has expressed his disappointment that the Basin Reserve pitch offered little seam movement for the fast men after the first session of the match. In the lead-up to the Test it was at times hard to determine which strip on the pitch square was to be used, such…
Hales ready to lay down Twenty20 marker
Alex Hales insists a good display against South Africa in the upcoming Twenty20 international series will provide England a great platform in the format’s global showpiece. With the World Twenty20 taking place in India next month, England will look to lay down a marker by beating South Africa in the two-match series starting this Friday. They will face a South Africa side rejuvenated by their thrilling efforts in the recent…
Illingworth 'distraught' by wrong no-ball call
Play 02:39 ‘Credit to Voges for making umpiring decision count’ – McCullum Umpire Richard Illingworth was “distraught” when he discovered that he had incorrectly called a no-ball that reprieved Adam Voges on the first day in Wellington, according to match referee Chris Broad. Voges went on to score 239 in a match-defining innings; he was on 7 at the time when he left a delivery and was bowled off the…
'I'd be lying if I say I've moved on' – Dhoni
MS Dhoni at the jersey launch of the Rising Pune Supergiants in New Delhi on Monday © AFP MS Dhoni has admitted to feeling “a little different” when asked about the prospect of representing a new franchise in the IPL after eight years of association with Chennai Super Kings. “I would be lying if I say I have moved on,” Dhoni was quoted as saying by PTI at the jersey…
Difficult to represent another team – Dhoni
MS Dhoni at the jersey launch of the Rising Pune Supergiants in New Delhi on Monday © AFP MS Dhoni has admitted to feeling “a little different” when asked about the prospect of representing a new franchise in the IPL after eight years of association with Chennai Super Kings. “I would be lying if I say I have moved on,” Dhoni was quoted as saying by PTI at the jersey…
Bancroft set for spell in Bristol
Gloucestershire have signed Australian Cameron Bancroft as their overseas player for the first two months of the upcoming season. Subject to being granted a visa, the 23-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman will fill in at the Bristol County Ground for the first five County Championship games of the season until Michael Klinger rejoins the club at the end of May. Bancroft was the third highest scorer in last year’s Sheffield Shield, and the…
England pay for Wile E. Coyote moment
England’s bold approach to one-day cricket is laudable, but the batting needs to find a touch finesse © Getty Images It felt like a case of one step forward, two steps back for England. Or perhaps that should be two steps forward, three steps back, after they became only the fourth side to be defeated in an ODI series having taken a 2-0 lead. Football sages sometimes call that the…