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…
Coetzer 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. Coetzer and Matthew Cross overcame the third-ball loss of George Munsey with a second-wicket partnership of 71 to set the platform for…
New Zealand win series in tense, rain-hit finish
New Zealand 265 for 7 (Williamson 84, Guptill 82) beat Pakistan 290 (Azam 83, Hafeez 76) by three wickets (D/L method)Scorecard and-ball-by-ball details Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson added 159 for the second wicket © Getty Images There was a large top-order stand and a middle-overs collapse from either team, and perhaps it was an umpiring error that separated the sides in the end. New Zealand needed 53 from 45…
Perry's all-round brilliance denies India clean sweep
Australia Women 5 for 136 (Perry 55*) beat India Women 8 for 121 (Perry 4-12) by 15 runsScorecard Ellyse Perry finished with career-best figures of 4 for 12 © Getty Images Ellyse Perry played a dominant part in the Southern Stars’ consolation victory over India, in the third match of the women’s Twenty20 series, at the SCG. Having chosen to play in the third T20 match rather than appear in…