Melbourne Stars 3 for 140 (Pietersen 62, Stoinis 44) beat Perth Scorchers 7 for 139 (Voges 52, Klinger 44, Worrall 3-25) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kevin Pietersen hit five fours and two sixes during his 36-ball 62 © Cricket Australia/Getty Images On Thursday, one of the BBL’s hoodoos rolled on, as Adelaide Strikers became the fourth consecutive table-toppers to fail to make the final. A day later, one…
Malan hundred helps Lions to another victory
England Lions 314 for 5 (Malan 114, Whiteley 50*) beat Pakistan A 245 (Zaman 61, Nawaz 51) by 69 runsScorecard Dawid Malan’s impressive England Lions form continued with a century © Chris Whiteoak Dawid Malan continued his productive few months for England Lions as his 114 set-up a 69-run victory against Pakistan A to put them 2-0 up in the series. Malan’s hundred led a complete batting performance, anchored by…
Pietersen hails Stars' carefree mindset
‘On that wicket to bowl them out for 139 was sensational, absolutely brilliant’ – Kevin Pietersen © Getty Images Kevin Pietersen looked relaxed when he walked out to bat at the MCG, and he looked relaxed when he left the ground – 36 balls and 62 runs later – with the Big Bash League semi-final all but won. It seems the life of the freelancer, away from the prying eyes…
Cook and Amla plunder wayward England
Tea South Africa 224 for 1 (Cook 91*, Amla 102*) v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:58 Stephen Cook helps SA to strong start Hashim Amla preyed upon a flaccid England bowling performance with one of his less taxing Test hundreds on the opening day at Centurion and, by tea, Stephen Cook was threatening to join him, as he moved within nine runs of joining the ranks of those…
North Zone stay top despite rain-affected draw
File photo: Shamsur Rahman top-scored for Central Zone with 103 in the first innings © BCB North Zone remained on top of the Bangladesh Cricket League table despite a rain-affected draw against East Zone in Bogra. All four days were marred by showers, with no play possible at all on the second and fourth. Batting first, East Zone were bowled out for 214, with Tasamul Haque top scoring with 45…
Maxwell clarification adds to milestone debate
Glenn Maxwell tweeted that his statements that spurred the debate of India’s batsmen being selfish were “taken out of context” © Getty Images Glenn Maxwell has compared the Indian batsmen’s approach unfavourably to the Australians’ when nearing a milestone, but Australia have been quick to do damage control. It began after the third ODI in Melbourne with a question quoting Matthew Hayden from 10 years ago. Maxwell, who had scored…
Supreme Court to Take up Lodha Panel Report on Board of Control for Cricket in India Restructuring Soon
The Lodha Panel, which submitted its final report on January 4, had recommended several suggestions for the Board of Control for Cricket in India. © NDTV The Supreme Court said on Friday it will soon take up the Lodha panel report on restructuring the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The panel was formed by the apex court in the wake of the 2013 IPL fixing and betting scandal…
Masakadza, Madziva help Zimbabwe level series
Zimbabwe 180 for 4 (Masakadza 92*, Waller 36) beat Bangladesh 162 (Mahmudullah 54, Madziva 4-34, Chisoro 3-17) by 18 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details First it was Hamilton Masakadza, who scored a record-breaking 93 to help Zimbabwe post a formidable total. Then came Tendai Chisoro’s three-wicket haul that applied the brakes on Bangladesh’s chase of 181 as the visitors levelled the series at 2-2 with an 18-run win in Khulna. More…
Pietersen fifty guides Stars into the final
Kevin Pietersen hit five fours and two sixes during his 36-ball 62 © Cricket Australia/Getty Images On Thursday, one of the BBL’s hoodoos rolled on, as Adelaide Strikers became the fourth consecutive table-toppers to fail to make the final. A day later, one was lifted, as the Melbourne Stars, after the pain of losing four semi-finals, finally made the final. On Sunday, the Big Bash League will have a new…
Willey and Carberry cannot stop Stars
22 January 2016 | Callum Dent Tweet David Willey and Michael Carberry could not keep Perth Scorchers’ Big Bash League defence alive as Luke Wright and Kevin Pietersen’s Melbourne Stars ended their last-four hoodoo at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Pietersen was named man of the match after his 62 off just 36 balls helped the Stars, who have exited in the semis in the last…