Karachi – Pakistan’s departure for their New Zealand tour late Saturday night was hit by a one-match ban on dashing batsman Umar Akmal, punished for violating the dress code in a domestic match earlier this week. Pakistan’s Umar Akmal bats during the first T20 cricket match between Pakistan and England at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on November 26, 2015 © AFP/File Ineke Zondag Team manager Intikhab Alam…
Indian court issues arrest warrant for cricket’s Dhoni
Hyderabad (India) – A court in southern India has issued an arrest warrant for one-day international captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni over a magazine cover depicting him as a Hindu god. A Hindu nationalist has accused Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni of hurting religious sentiments © AFP/File Indranil Mukherjee The court in Andhra Pradesh state granted the non-bailable warrant Friday saying skipper Dhoni failed to answer repeated summons in the case,…
Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo and Darren Sammy Dropped From West Indies Cricket Board Contracts List
Darren Sammy, who led the West Indies to the World Twenty20 title in 2012 and Dwayne Bravo have not been included in the WICB contracts list for 2015/16. © BCCI West Indies’ Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy and all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Andre Russell have been dropped from the list of centrally contracted players by the WICB for the season 2015-2016. (Dwayne Bravo Calls West Indies Cricket Board Too Political) Sammy…
New Zealand prepping Taylor for WT20 finishing role
Mike Hesson sees Ross Taylor playing an important role in the World T20, when it comes to finishing innings © Getty Images Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill are opening the batting. Colin Munro has come in at No. 3. But it may be Ross Taylor who has made the most significant move in the top order, as New Zealand attempt to fill the firepower void left by Brendon McCullum’s effective…
Joel Paris in line for ODI debut at WACA
Joel Paris has taken 14 wickets at 16.85 at WACA, which also happens to be his home ground © Cricket Australia/Getty Images In the months after the 2011 World Cup, James Pattinson made his ODI debut. So did Pat Cummins. So did Mitchell Marsh. All players who have impacted international cricket, and who got their first chance near the start of a new World Cup cycle. Selectors view one-day cricket…
Dominant India Register 64-run win Against Western Australia XI
India’s Ravichandran Ashwin (centre) celebrates with teammates after dismissing batsman Darcy Short (right) during the one-day in Perth. © AFP Rohit Sharma and Manish Pandey sparkled with half-centuries but rest of India’s batsmen put up a lacklustre performance before the bowlers came good to hand the team a 64-run win over a second string Western Australia XI in the warm-up one-day cricket match in Perth. (Highlights) Having won the first…
Sammy, Russell cut from WICB contracts list
West Indies’ T20 captain does not feature on their list of centrally-contracted players for 2015-16 © AFP West Indies’ Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy has not been contracted by the WICB for 2015-2016, along with allrounder Andre Russell and spinner Sulieman Benn. Chris Gayle, who had previously turned down West Indies contracts more than once, including last year, is not on the list of centrally contracted players which was increased from…
Afghanistan hold nerve to clinch high-scoring thriller
Afghanistan 187 for 7 (Ghani 42, Naib 37, Cremer 3-17) beat Zimbabwe 182 for 7 (Waller 49*, Dawlat 3-32) by five runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Mohammad Shahzad’s 63-run opening stand with Usman Ghani set the base for Afghanistan’s imposing 187 © Chris Whiteoak It was a clash where both sides were far from their best on the field. While that didn’t translate into a high standard of cricket, it made…
Adelaide striking it lucky with Rashid
Adil Rashid might just be the lucky charm to inspire Adelaide Strikers to their first-ever Big Bash League title. The Strikers comfortably saw off bottom-place Brisbane Heat by eight wickets at the ‘Gabba today, to go back to the top of the BBL table, with their Yorkshire leg-spinner again proving why he is being regarded as one of the best overseas players at the tournament. Rashid claimed an economical 2-17…
Proteas squad unchanged for final two Tests
South Africa have named an unchanged 16-man squad for the last two Tests against England. Fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Kyle Abbott were ruled out of the drawn match in Cape Town through shoulder and hamstring injuries respectively, but will join the team in Johannesburg and both are expecting to be available. Their replacements in the XI for the Cape Town Test, Kagiso Rabada and Chris Morris, have been retained,…