Namibia Under-19s reached the quarter-finals with a sensational upset, pulling off a two-wicket win over South Africa Under-19s in Cox’s Bazar. Defending champions South Africa, who also lost their opening game against Bangladesh, are now out of contention for the quarter-finals. The match-winner in a low-scoring game was Lohan Louwrens, who came in at 10 for 2 and scored an unbeaten 58 to steer Namibia to a target of 137….
Coetzer fifty gives Scotland T20 split in HK
Scotland 161 for 9 (Coetzer 70, Amjad 3-21, Nadeem 3-23) beat Hong Kong 124 (Afzal 56, Wheal 3-20, Berrington 3-22) by 37 runsScorecard File photo – Man-of-the-Match Kyle Coetzer struck 70 for Scotland in the win, a career-best in T20Is © Peter Della Penna Scotland rode Kyle Coetzer‘s powerful batting at the top of the order to a 37-run win over Hong Kong at Mission Road, earning a split of…
Amir 'not at his best, but getting there' – Waqar
Mohammad Amir picked up five wickets across his first two ODIs in five years, while conceding only 3.9 runs an over © Getty Images Mohammad Amir claimed 5 for 67 across his first two ODIs in five years, and was described as the “pick of Pakistan’s bowlers” by Martin Guptill, but Waqar Younis believes he is still some distance from his best. Amir’s efforts in the T20 series had been…
Raina seals series sweep from final ball
India completed a clean sweep of their three-match Twenty20 series against Australia following a thrilling last-ball victory in Sydney. Suresh Raina cut the final ball from Andrew Tye to the point rope to complete victory after India had started the last over needing 17 runs. Stand-in captain Shane Watson had earlier become the first Australian to record a century in all three formats when he clubbed 124 from 71 balls…
Yuvraj Singh Must Be Part of Playing XI For ICC World Twenty20: Sunil Gavaskar
Yuvraj Singh smashed two big hits to ensure India completed a 3-0 clean sweep over Australia in the Twenty20 series. © AP Sydney: India were gunning for a clean sweep in the third and final Twenty20 match against Australia in Sydney. Chasing a mammoth 198, India looked to be in course thanks to fifties from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. However, the quick dismissals of Rohit and Kohli turned the…
Talent Like Kevin Pietersen Needed to be Handled With Care: David Gower
Kevin Pietersen was sacked from the England team. © AP Chennai: Former England Captain David Gower feels that an “extraordinary talent” like Kevin Pietersen needed to a good captain, who could have guided him in right direction.(Pietersen’s Omission Helping England: Strauss) “Captains like Mike Brearley, Ray Illingworth or Ian Chappell may be have taken him by neck little earlier. There was a chance to keep him under control. He is…
Reduce Test Matches to Four Days to Make Them Interesting: David Gower
David Gower is calling for the evolution of Test cricket. © AFP Chennai: Former England captain David Gower suggested reducing the Test matches to four days, limiting the first innings to certain time and keep the pace of the game up to make Test cricket more interesting.(All the Latest Cricket Updates) “Probably we need to do something to reinvent Test cricket to make it more appealing,” said Gower, who delivered…
Namibia Dump Defending Champions South Africa Out of 2016 U-19 World Cup
Namibia defeated South Africa by two wickets to dump the defending champions out of the U19 World Cup. © ICC Dhaka: Namibia upset defending champions South Africa by two wickets in a thrilling chase to join hosts Bangladesh in the quarterfinals from Group A of the ICC Under-19 cricket World Cup in Dhaka on Sunday. (Latest Cricket News) Bangladesh beat Scotland by 114 runs here for their second win and…
Khawaja, Bancroft debut as Australia choose to bat
Toss: Australia chose to bowl v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Shaun Tait returned to Australia’s side after missing the second T20I in Melbourne © Getty Images Australia’s stand-in captain Shane Watson chose to bat against India in the third Twenty20 match at the SCG after the visitors wrapped up the series in Melbourne. The hosts made another five changes to their team, bringing in Usman Khawaja and the part-time…
Scotland hit back to draw T20 series
Kyle Coetzer provided a reminder of his talent with a swashbuckling innings of 70 that helped Scotland beat Hong Kong by 37 runs to draw the two-match Twenty20 international series. The 31-year-old, released by Northamptonshire last year, smashed five fours and six maximums in a brutal 40-ball knock in Mong Kok. Coetzer, dismissed for a duck in the Scots’ defeat yesterday, and Matthew Cross overcame the third-ball loss of George…