Shane Watson was Islamabad United’s leading run scorer at the time of his injury © PSL Allrounder Shane Watson has suffered an abdominal injury less than five weeks out from Australia’s opening match of the World Twenty20. The injury occurred while Watson was bowling for Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League on Friday; he was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament and was to fly home for…
Lahore Qalandars hang on for four-run win
Lahore Qalandars 164 for 3 (Delport 78, Akmal 52*) beat Peshawar Zalmi 160 for 7 (Malan 42, Tamim 30, Delport 3-18, Cooper 3-25) by four runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Cameron Delport blasted his third half-century of the season and also picked up three wickets © PSL Cameron Delport slammed his third half-century of the season and picked up three crucial wickets, setting up a four-run win for Lahore Qalandars against…
Zimbabwe name Chatara, Panyangara in World T20 squad
Tendai Chatara has not played for Zimbabwe since the 2015 World Cup © ICC Fast bowler Tendai Chatara is back in Zimbabwe’s squad for the first time in nearly a year, after the selectors named him in the 15-man squad for the World T20. Chatara, whose last international appearance came during the 2015 World Cup, suffered a fractured left leg in April 2015 and only returned to competitive cricket this…
Zhuwao, Mugochi help Eagles clinch title in eliminator
File photo: Tendai Chatara conceded just four runs off the last over to force a tie and a subsequent eliminator © AFP Mashonaland Eagles beat Mountaineers in the eliminator to clinch Zimbabwe’s domestic T20 competition at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. Chasing 17 in the one-over shootout bowled by Bright Mugochi, the left-arm spinner, Mountaineers fell one short. This despite Hamilton Masakadza’s power hitting delivered a boundary and a…
Brunt out of tour with back injury
Katherine Brunt will miss the rest of England’s tour of South Africa after injuring her back © Getty Images England will be without fast bowler Katherine Brunt for the rest of their tour of South Africa after she suffered a back injury during the ODI defeat in Centurion. Tash Farrant has been called up to replace her. Brunt was only able to bowl five overs in the second ODI after…
Quetta thump Karachi to seal playoff spot
Quetta Gladiators 127 for 5 (Shehzad 41, Mir 2-27) beat Karachi Kings 126 for 9 (Malik 45, Elliott 4-15) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Grant Elliot collected 4 for 15 to rip through Karachi Kings’ top order © PSL Grant Elliott picked up his second consecutive Man-of-the-Match award, helping Quetta Gladiators become the first team to seal a spot in PSL playoffs following their five-wicket win against Karachi Kings…
'We let the batsmen commit errors' – Unadkat
‘It was moving a lot and there was some moisture in the wicket in the first hour’ – Jaydev Unadkat © Getty Images Saurashtra might have been lucky with the toss which gave them first use of a pitch responsive to fast bowling, but it was the bowling line-up’s patience and attention to detail that produced results for much of the day. It must have been tempting to be swayed…
Watson ruled out of remainder of PSL
Shane Watson was Islamabad United’s leading run scorer at the time of his injury © PSL Islamabad United allrounder Shane Watson has been ruled out of the remainder of his team’s Pakistan Super League campaign due to an abdominal injury. The PSL’s official Twitter handle confirmed the news: “JUST IN Bad news for @IsbUnited as their star player @ShaneRWatson33 is out of the #HBLPSL with an abdominal injury.” The injury…
Hard-fought contest goes the distance
Match facts Sunday, February 14Start time 10am local (0800 GMT) England thought they had the series won with South Africa eight down – until Chris Morris intervened © Getty Images Big Picture There was more “To me, to you” about the Johannesburg ODI than an episode of Chucklevision, as both teams traded the advantage back and forth. England appeared to have thrown the game away, going from 87 for 1…
Verma grinds but Saurashtra take opening day honours
Assam 193 for 7 (Verma 74*, Arun Karthik 59, Rathod 3-37, Unadkat 3-60) v SaurashtraScorecard Amit Verma’s unbeaten 74 helped Assam stay afloat, but by only just, on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy semi-final in Vadodara © Fotocorp Saurashtra’s seam bowling has been an underrated virtue this season largely because of the havoc created by the Jadejas – Ravindra and Dharmendrasingh – on the raging turners of Rajkot….