Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s rusty form is not helping India. © AFP At 277 for one in the 38th over and chasing 349 runs for victory – few would bet against the chasers. But when it’s India involved anything can happen. And ‘the anything’ did happen, as the two-time world champions somehow managed to throw the match away when it was probably more difficult to lose. India lost nine wickets for…
Cash-Strapped Danish Kaneria Seeks BCCI Help To Get Ban Lifted
Danish Kaneria is frustrated and his financial affairs are very bad. © AFP Karachi: Banned spinner Danish Kaneria says he is frustrated at being isolated and victimised in Pakistan cricket but there should not be any doubt about his integrity as a Pakistani just because he feels BCCI can help him. Kaneria wants BCCI to connect him to ICC so that he can get his ban lifted, imposed on him…
India to Play 3-Match Twenty20 Series vs Sri Lanka at Home
The upcoming India versus Sri Lanka series will prepare the teams for the Asia Cup in Bangladesh from February 24-March 6. © AFP India and Sri Lanka are scheduled to play a three-match Twenty20 international series in February. The series will be in preparation for the Asia Cup and the ICC World Twenty20 in March-April. (Click here for latest Cricket stories) February 9 (Pune), February 12 (Delhi) and February 14…
Mashrafe defends plan to try new players
Mosaddek Hossain, Mukhtar Ali, Abu Hider and Mohammad Shahid (left to right) made their debuts in the third T20I against Zimbabwe © BCB Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has defended his team’s plan of trialing players against Zimbabwe, after the hosts lost the third T20 international by 31 runs in Khulna. There were four debutants and Imrul Kayes replaced Tamim Iqbal at the top of the order, as Bangladesh searched for…
Bravo takes T&T into third straight Super50 final
Trinidad & Tobago 259 for 9 (Bravo 95, Ramdin 43, Permaul 3-56) beat Guyana 205 (Bramble 51, Jaggesar 3-36) by 54 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:26 Bishop: Credit to Bravo and Ramdin Darren Bravo‘s second-consecutive half-century ensured Trinidad & Tobago advanced to their third consecutive Nagico Super50 final with a 54-run win over Guyana on Wednesday night at Queen’s Park Oval. Bravo anchored the innings and added 85 for…
Compton craving strong finish
Nick Compton is hoping both himself and England can finish their Test series against South Africa with a flourish. The number-three batsman has contributed 220 runs at an average of 36.66 in three Tests on his return to the England side following more than two-and-a-half years away from international cricket. Despite the tourists having already won the series heading into the match at Centurion, following convincing victories in Durban and…
England's Test prospects for 2016
England’s impressive Test series victory against South Africa will move them above New Zealand to fifth in the ICC Test rankings, regardless of the outcome of the fourth and final match at Centurion. Just how far Alastair Cook’s emerging side can go remains to be seen, but beating the top-ranked Proteas on their own patch, allied with last summer’s Ashes triumph and a feelgood factor around the team, means further…
Mixed feelings for Craig Overton
Craig Overton relished his return to the England Lions on the day his bad luck with injuries spread to his twin brother Jamie. Craig had been ruled out of the five-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan A before Christmas with an elbow injury, and was also forced home from the Lions tour of South Africa in early 2015 with calf and ankle problems. So he had some mixed feelings as his…
Vince leads by example in Lions win
James Vince led from the front as England Lions bounced back from a double injury blow to claim a comfortable win in the first game of their one-day series against Pakistan A in Dubai. The Lions were without two members of their pace attack after Jamie Overton was ruled out for the whole series with a foot injury, and Liam Plunkett was also unavailable for the opener because of a…
Madras High Court dismisses plea challenging CSK suspension
A plea from Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd that the Lodha committee suspended Chennai Super Kings on unfair grounds was dismissed by the Madras High Court © BCCI The Madras High Court dismissed a petition from Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd challenging the Lodha Committee order to suspend IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings for two years. The first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice PS Sivagnanam, who…