Karachi Kings 178 for 5 (Bopara 71*,Gohar 2-26, Zohaib 2-35) beat Lahore Qalandars151 for 8 ( Delport 55, Gayle 37, Bopara 6-16) by 27 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Ravi Bopara struck six times and recorded the joint ninth-best figures in T20 history © BCCI Ravi Bopara‘s 2 for 31 and 33-ball 67 ended in vain against Peshawar Zalmi on Thursday evening, but he lifted his game to…

South Africa 265 for 5 (Lee 69, Chetty 66, Wolfvaardt 55) beat England 262 for 9 (Knight 61, Ismail 3-32) by five wicketsScorecard Trisha Chetty was on the winning side in Sarah Taylor’s 100th ODI © Gallo Images A century opening stand and some rapid hitting from Lizelle Lee saw South Africa to a five-wicket win in Centurion and levelled the series with England at 1-1. Sarah Taylor, playing her…

Assam coach Sanath Kumar – “Even now I am telling the boys not to get worried about anything. I tell them that we are not here to prove anything to anybody” © PTI Assam are playing their first ever Ranji Trophy semi-final. The players, however, are more excited about something else altogether – this is the first time they will be playing a televised game this year. “It’s the first…

Innings break England 262 (Root 109, Hales 50, Rabada 4-45) v South AfricaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Joe Root made his eighth ODI hundred © Getty Images A century from Joe Root helped England fight back from an almost hopeless position in the fourth ODI of the series against South Africa in Johannesburg. Root, with his second century of the series and the eighth of his ODI career, added 95…

12 February 2016 | David Clark    Tweet                 Ravi Bopara put in a remarkable all-round display to guide Karachi Kings to a 27-run win over Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League. The newly-appointed Essex limited-overs captain followed his 67 from 33 balls in yesterday’s defeat to Peshawar Zalmi with 71 off 43 deliveries. The 30-year-old hit four sixes in a Karachi total of 178 for…

England’s campaign at the ICC Under-19 World Cup ended in disappointment, despite an excellent innings from Surrey’s Sam Curran. The left-handed all-rounder, who had batted consistently throughout the tournament without making a half-century, signed off in style with 83, steering England to a total of 264 for seven in their fifth-placed play-off against Pakistan. But England were unable to defend that total as 93 from Zeeshan Malik, and an unbeaten…

Tillakaratne Dilshan returned to the top of the innings for Sri Lanka, in place of Niroshan Dickwella, after having recovered from a hand injury © Getty Images Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl in Ranchi, having successfully done the same in the first match. The surface appeared to be dry and given to spin, and reverse swing may also come into play, as parts of the Ranchi…

Tillakaratne Dilshan returned to the team, in place of Niroshan Dickwella, after having recovered from a hand injury © Getty Images Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl, having successfully done the same in the first match, in Ranchi. The surface appeared to be dry and given to spin, and reverse swing may also come into play, as parts of the Ranchi outfield have been made bare by…

Shreyas Iyer leads the run charts by some distance with 1056 runs in 15 innings at 70.40 © PTI Three seasons ago, Harpreet Singh, all of 21 and trying to establish himself in first-class cricket, had an opportunity to help Madhya Pradesh clinch their first-ever win in the Ranji Trophy over Mumbai in Indore. Chasing 311 in 78 overs, MP were powered by a Jalaj Saxena century before a middle-order…

Shreyas Iyer leads the run charts by some distance with 1056 runs in 15 innings at 70.40 © PTI Three seasons ago, Harpreet Singh, all of 21 and trying to establish himself in first-class cricket, had an opportunity to help Madhya Pradesh clinch their first-ever win in the Ranji Trophy over Mumbai in Indore. Chasing 311 in 78 overs, MP were powered by a Jalaj Saxena century before a middle-order…