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…

‘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…

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…

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…

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….

Yorkshire fast bowler Katherine Brunt has been ruled out of the remainder of England women’s tour of South Africa due to a back injury. Brunt, who only bowled five overs during England women’s second One-Day International against South Africa after suffering from a back spasm, will return to the UK at the start of next week to undergo further investigation and start a rehabilitation programme.  She is expected to be…

Match facts Sunday, February 14, 2016Start time 1930 local (1400 GMT) Dushmantha Chameera’s tight bowling performance was one of the few bright spots in Sri Lanka’s loss in Ranchi © BCCI Big Picture Sri Lanka, with their raw-but-aggressive seam attack, prospered on a greentop, but on the dry Ranchi surface, the visitors were never in the game. Seam and pace appear to be Sri Lanka’s surest route to rattling the…

Mumbai 327 for 7 (Iyer 90, Tare 68, Lad 57*, Sakure 4 for 102) v Madhya PradeshScorecard File photo – Shreyas Iyer’s 90 took his tally of fifty-plus scores in Ranji Trophy 2015-16 to nine © K Sivaraman A brisk 90 from Shreyas Iyer and complementing fifties from captain Aditya Tare (68) and Siddhesh Lad (57*) led Mumbai to a strong 327 for 7 on the first day of the…