Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the NDTV Indian of the Year Awards function in New Delhi. © PTI New Delhi: Sourav Ganguly has said that he was not in a position to take up the job of Indian cricket team’s coach at present even if offered to him. (Mahendra Singh Dhoni Has ‘Fantastic’ Ability to Stay Calm Under Pressure: Sourav Ganguly) “I really don’t know…
Sachin Tendulkar Feels India Are Favourites For World Twenty20
Sachin Tendulkar said India’s team combination was formidable going into World Twenty20. © PTI New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar feels India have a “very good chance” to win the World Twenty20 at home. (Sachin Tendulkar Says Singing National Anthem Ahead of Pakistan Game is ‘Different’ Experience) “We have a very good chance. In Twenty20, I think the team is well balanced with senior members in the squad. Then there are youngsters…
Manish Pandey Says Sydney Ton 'Big Boost' to His International Career
Manish Pandey unbeaten 104 off 84 balls against Australia in Sydney. © AFP New Delhi: Manish Pandey believes a coming of age performance in Australia has provided a fillip to his international career and he hopes to build on the exploits Down Under in the upcoming three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka. (Sydney ODI: Manish Pandey’s Heroics Give India Thrilling ODI win Over Australia) Some thought Pandey will stay on…
Katey Martin back for NZ Women in World T20 squad
Katey Martin provides New Zealand Women with a fresh wicketkeeping option © ICC/Getty Wicketkeeper-batsman Katey Martin has been picked in New Zealand Women’s World T20 squad, almost two years after last representing the team. Seamer Felicity Leydon-Davis also gains a recall for the tournament, after recovering from a back injury. The only player to miss out from the squad that played New Zealand Women’s previous T20 assignment – against Sri…
Ranji Trophy: Jaydev Unadkat Fifer Helps Saurashtra Skittle Vidarbha for 151
Jaydev Unadkat cleaned up Vidharbha’s tail, who were unable to handle left-armers pace and swing. © AFP Vizianagaram: Saurashtra took firm control as India discard Jaydev Unadkat grabbed a five-wicket haul to skittle out Vidarbha for a paltry 151 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinals in Vizianagaram. (Read More in Cricket) After Unadkat’s 5/70 saw Subramanium Badrinath’s side being bowled out in just 50.4 overs, Saurashtra batted…
Henry and Boult dismantle Australia
Trent Boult and Matt Henry ran riot as New Zealand thrashed Australia by 159 runs in the opening one-day international at Eden Park. The home side racked up 307 for eight in their 50 overs in Auckland, and then reduced Australia to 41 for six. Matthew Wade and James Faulkner briefly threatened an unlikely comeback, but the revival stalled and they were all out for 148 after just 24.2 overs…
New Zealand crush Australia by 159 runs
New Zealand 307 for 8 (Guptill 90, Nicholls 61) beat Australia 148 (Boult 3-38, Henry 3-41) by 159 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Martin Guptill top scored with 90 © Getty Images At Eden Park last February, New Zealand secured the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy with a tense one-wicket victory in a low-scoring contest, one of the most thrilling matches of the World Cup. At Eden Park this February, New Zealand have gone…
Bangladesh Recall Nasir Hossain, Mohammad Mithun For ICC World Twenty20
Bangladesh will play in ICC World Twenty20 qualification Group A alongside Ireland, the Netherlands and Oman. © AFP Dhaka: Bangladesh on Wednesday recalled batsman Mohammad Mithun and all-rounder Nasir Hossain in their 15-member squad for the ICC World Twenty20 trophy that begins in India next month. (Rubel Hossain Dropped as Bangladesh Name Asia Cup) Mithun and Nasir were not part of the Bangladesh squad that drew 2-2 with Zimbabwe in…
Western Australia rally after NSW top order fires
New South Wales 6 for 293 (Patterson 75, Maddinson 69, Hughes 65, Cowan 57, Moody 3-62) v Western AustraliaScorecard Nic Maddinson top-scored for New South Wales with 75 off 155 balls © Getty Images The New South Wales top order put together a quartet of solid innings without anyone going on to a hundred in the ground-breaking Sheffield Shield match at Lincoln, near Christchurch. It was the first time in…
O'Brien brothers carry Ireland past PNG
Ireland 289 (N O’Brien 63, Vanua 5-59) and 244 for 5 declared (K O’Brien 75, Joyce 58) beat Papua New Guinea 188 (Vala 120, Murtagh 4-33) and 200 (Bau 45, Rankin 3-31) by 145 runsScorecard File photo: Kevin O’Brien set up Ireland’s second innings declaration with 75 off 95 balls © Getty Images Ireland maintained their flawless run in the current edition of the Intercontinental Cup, once again claiming the…