Sam Curran was the second-youngest debutant for Surrey last season, when he was plucked out of the Second Eleven Championship to play T20s Clint Hughes / © Getty Images Sam Curran is living the dream of every young cricketer: suddenly picked out of nondescript cricket to play in the big leagues with a great of the game, and now touring abroad to represent his country at an international tournament. It’s…
Sarfaraz hungry for bigger scores
Sarfaraz Khan says that batting at No. 4 has pushed him to look at adapt and take on more responsibility © ICC India Under-19s batsman Sarfaraz Khan, who scored 74 in India’s 79-run win against Ireland in Mirpur, has expressed disappointment at not being able to convert his fifty into a bigger knock. Sarfaraz’s 70-ball effort was the top score in India’s win but the batsman said he would have…
Stokes tops winter Test MVP
Ben Stokes’ exploits in South Africa have seen him top this winter’s Test MVP after he scored 499 runs and took 17 wickets against the Proteas. The Durham all-rounder blasted 258 from 198 balls in Cape Town and backed up that performance with bat and ball throughout the series as England emerged 2-1 winners. That took Stokes’ MVP tally to 161 across seven Tests, with most of his scoring unsurprisingly…
Memories of 2006 inspire Nepal to another triumph over NZ
Nepal Under-19s coach Jagat Bahadur Tamata worked hard on the side’s fielding, evident in the three run-outs against New Zealand Under-19s © BCB Dipendra Singh Airee‘s throw from the deep-extra cover boundary struck the stumps on the full, running Dale Phillips out and ending New Zealand’s chase against Nepal. In the previous over, Airee had swung the match for Nepal, dismissing Nigel Smith and Talor Scott. Near the boundary line,…
Memories of 2006 inspire Nepal to another triumph
Dipendra Singh Airee‘s throw from the deep-extra cover boundary struck the stumps on the full, running Dale Phillips out and ending New Zealand’s chase against Nepal. In the previous over, Airee had swung the match for Nepal, dismissing Nigel Smith and Talor Scott. Near the boundary line, where the reserves were standing, Nepal manager Sudeep Sharma was ecstatic. Sudeep was elated that Airee, Nepal’s finisher with the bat and ball,…
Pakistan A take series to a decider
Pakistan A 182 for 4 (Asif Zakir 68*) beat England Lions 181 (Malan 56) by six wicketsScorecard Dawid Malan’s impressive form continued but England’s batting slumped © Chris Whiteoak Pakistan A set up a series decider against England Lions with a six-wicket victory in the fourth one-dayer in Dubai. They cut off a promising England start to dismiss them for 181 then survived a batting wobble of their own to…
Hong Kong pick ex-Australia keeper Campbell for WT20
Ryan Campbell retired from domestic cricket in Australia in 2006. © Getty Images Hong Kong have included 43-year-old former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Ryan Campbell in their squad for the upcoming World Twenty20, which starts from March 8 in India. Campbell, who has a Hong Kong-Chinese lineage, played two ODIs for Australia in 2002 and has been a part of Hong Kong’s domestic set-up since 2012. He is also the national team’s…
Pakistan versus India in Asia Cup Clash on February 27
India and Pakistan will be playing each other for the first time since the 2015 ICC World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. © AFP The explosive India versus Pakistan Asia Cup match will be played in Mirpur on February 27. This will be the first time the traditional rivals will be playing each other after the 2015 ICC World Cup Down Under. This edition of the Asia Cup in…
Persistent Rain Forces Napier ODI Between New Zealand and Pakistan to be Abandoned
Trent Boult inspects the outfield as persistent rain washed out the Napier ODI against Pakistan without a ball being bowled © AFP Rain washed out the second one-day international between New Zealand and Pakistan in Napier on Thursday. (Latest Cricket News) Umpires Bruce Oxenford and Billy Bowden waited more than four hours for the weather to clear. Three inspections took place between 04:30 PM local time till 6:30 PM local…
Control top priority for Mohsin, the legspinner-turned pacer
Hasan Mohsin exploited the early morning moisture to pick up three wickets and set up Pakistan’s easy win in their tournament opener © ICC Hasan Mohsin, the Pakistan Under-19 pacer who claimed 3 for 24 in his team’s easy win in the tournament opener over Afghanistan Under-19, can be mistaken for pace spearhead. Truth be told, he’s far from being one. Interestingly, the batting allrounder wasn’t even a pace bowler…