Category: Cricket

Zimbabwe beat Afghanistan by 7 wickets to level series 2-2

A collective bowling effort from Zimbabwe bowled out Afghanistan for 111 following which Zimbabwe chased down the revised target of 105 with seven wickets in hand in a rain affected fourth One-Day International in Harare. As a result of their win, Zimbabwe brought themselves level at 2-2 in the series and now have a chance to complete an incredible come-from-behind series victory in the fifth and final ODI on Sunday.

Starc strikes twice to leave India reeling before lunch

PUNE, India: Australia paceman Mitchell Starc ripped the heart out of India’s top order with two wickets in three balls to help reduce the hosts to 70 for three at lunch on the second day of the opening test on Friday. Cheteshwar Pujara was dismissed for six, while India captain and batting mainstay Virat Kohli was despatched for a two-ball duck as the touring side fought back strongly in the first of the four-match series between the world’s top two sides.

Sport24.co.za | Bangladesh recall Mustafizur for SL Tests

Bangladesh on Tuesday recalled their left-arm fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman in a 16-man squad for the upcoming two-Test series in Sri Lanka after his prolonged injury lay-off. The 21-year-old has not played a Test since his debut series against South Africa in 2015 after suffering a series of injuries.

Wynyard perform escape act

Ladder leaders Wynyard have survived a major scare from bottom side Latrobe in Sunday’s round of Cricket North West women’s games. Ladder leaders Wynyard have survived a major scare from bottom side Latrobe in Sunday’s round of Cricket North West women’s games.

$2.33 million deal: Bolters making IPL fortunes

Approximately $A17.722 million was spent at Monday’s auction in Bengaluru, and although Ben Stokes’ $2.82 million contract was the biggest of the day it arguably was not the most eye-catching deal. In 2015, Tymal Mills was not sure he would ever play cricket again.

Grant Elliott six completes thrilling Pakistan Super League win

Grant Elliott has once again proven he’s the man to step up in the most dramatic moments after hitting a six to complete a thrilling one-wicket win in the Pakistan Super League in Sharjah this morning. Elliott’s Lahore Qalandars looked to be cruising, needing 12 runs off the final two overs with four wickets in hand in their chase of Islamabad United’s 145 for eight.

2017 IPL auction: England’s Ben Stokes is first multi-millionaire

England allrounder Ben Stokes has emerged the biggest of purchases by the halfway mark of bidding at the 2017 IPL auction in Bangalore, finding his first franchise in Rising Pune Supergiants who forked out Rs 14.5 crore for his services – more than seven times his base price. Stokes, 25, has played 77 Twenty20 matches in which he has scored 1272 runs at an average of 22.71.

Joe Root named Ben Stokes as his vice captain

Root prizes his deputy’s presence not just for his born match-winning ability with bat, ball and in the field – but because they have spent much of the past 15 years sharing a cricket field with one another, initially in opposition and increasingly as hugely familiar and trusted team-mates. For those reasons, Root had no hesitation nominating the mercurial all-rounder as his preferred vice-captain after he himself was offered the top job last weekend to succeed Alastair Cook – and happily, England and Wales Cricket Board director Andrew Strauss was of like mind too.

Cummins backs Stanlake after tough T20I debut against Lanka

Melbourne [Australia], Feb.18 : Australian paceman Pat Cummins has called on his teammate Billy Stanlake to put his poor Twenty20 international debut behind and back his pace in the remaining two games of the three-match series against Sri Lanka. Unlike fellow debutants Michael Klinger and Ashton Turner, Stanlake had a forgettable debut during his side’s five-wicket defeat at the hand of Sri Lanka in the opening T20 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground .

Cricket: NZ soundly beaten by the best

An hour and a half after South Africa had bounced New Zealand around Eden Park in the only T20 of this tour, the players and team officials gathered on the pitch. A small wager would suggest it wasn’t to mark victory in the T20 ‘series’ but a way of banishing for good the ghost of Eden Park from their last visit to the ground.

PSL 2017 spot-fixing: Exemplary punishment will be given to players, asserts Shahryar Khan

PCB chairman Shahryar Khan said the two had been called by the ACU chief to hear their version of the story for PSL 2017 spot-fixing Getty Images Karachi: A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday said that the need to form a commission to decide the level of disciplinary action against Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif will not be required if the duo admit to the charge of their involvement in spot-fixing. The two players who were sent back home from the Pakistan Super League second edition in Dubai on charges of spot-fixing met head of the PCB’s Anti-Corruption Unit, Colonel Azam in Lahore on Thursday.

NZ vs Sa, Live Streaming on Osn Play, Foxtel Go, Sky Go: T20I at Auckland

It is ironic that South Africa start their full series in New Zealand with a T20I on Friday at the very ground where they suffered the massive heartbreak in the semi-final of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Getty Images Hosts New Zealand get set for their final home series of the season, as they take on the mighty visiting South Africans in the one-off Twenty20 International , at the Eden Park Stadium in Auckland on Friday. The live cricket streaming of the match will be officially available on OSN Play, Foxtel Go and SKY GO .

Glenn Maxwell: Australia are trying to form a game plan for Virat Kohli

Glenn Maxwell , a regular in the Indian Premier League , sounded wary about taunting Virat Kohli with verbal volleys Getty Images & IANS Mumbai: The Australian cricket squad will be confronted by the red-hot form of Virat Kohli during the upcoming four-Test series and touring all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is hoping that the roll of the dice would go against the Indian skipper. “Guys can go through a run of form like that where they just get on a roll and everything seems to click for them, and that’s happened for him at the moment.

‘Disappointed’ by IPL snub, Jaggi holds no grudges but proves a point

He has enjoyed prime form in first class cricket this season, but despite being excluded from the IPL auctions list, Jharkhand’s Ishant Jaggi tells Rediff.com ‘s Harish Kotian that he is mentally strong and will continue to perform. He also reckons that the auditions and the simulation tests conducted by the IPL franchises to identify players is not the right way to go about things.

PSL 2017: Rameez Raja trolls Kamran Akmal

Pakistan Super League ambassador Rameez Raja who is also the part of the tournament’s commentary team recently trolled Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal , making a joke out of his habit of dropping catches. The second season of the famous T20 tournament has seen some smart innovations.

Pakistan mourns 13 killed in Lahore suicide bombing

Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore on Tuesday mourned the victims of a suicide bombing the previous day that killed 13 people. Markets and businesses remained closed across much of the country’s eastern Punjab province while flags at government buildings were at half-staff.

Ex-Pakistan opener Jamshed suspended by PCB for ‘violating anti-corruption code’

Former Pakistan batsman Nasir Jamshed is the latest cricketer to be suspended as investigations continue into a potential match-fixing plot at the Pakistan Super League. Unlike Islamabad United pair Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif – suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board last week – or three other players since questioned, Jamshed is not taking part in the ongoing 2017 edition of the Twenty20 competition in Dubai.

India pick up three wickets, Bangladesh struggle at 103-3

Hyderabad, Feb 12 : India positioned themselves in a strong place in the ongoing Test match against Bangladesh as the visitors were reduced to 103 for the loss of three wickets at the end of the fourth day’s play here on Sunday. Bangladesh still need 356 runs to win the Test while India have to take seven more wickets to register their first home Test series victory against the Asian side.

India vs Bangladesh Live Score

India were not able to bowl out Bangladesh in the first innings on the third as Bangladesh were propelled by a score of 322 for 6 after a brilliant innings by Shakib Al Hasan and later followed by unbeaten fifties from Mushfiqur Rahim and Mehedi Hasan. Indian pacer Umesh Yadav was on top of his game and picked up a couple of wickets and then Ishant Sharma , R Ashwin and Jadeja chipped in with a wicket each before Mushfiqur and Mehedi struck an unbeaten 87-run stand to take Bangladesh to stumps.

Shakib, Rahim, Hasan lead Bangladesh fightback

Hyderabad, Feb 11 – Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mehedi Hasan Miraz shone with the bat as Bangladesh recovered from early setbacks to post 322/6 in their first innings at the end of the third day of their one-off cricket Test against India at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Saturday. Bangladesh now trail India’s mammoth first innings total of 687/6 declared by 365 runs.

Livid Sarfraz Nawaz castigates PCB post PSL match-fixing row2 min ago

Former fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has lashed out at the Pakistan Cricket Board after cricketers Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif were found involved in a fresh match-fixing scandal. Blaming the PCB for the same, the 68-year-old insisted that such kind of incidents could not be avoided in Pakistan cricket until the board keeps the tainted players around.

Slam Dunk for Ben as Lynnsanity sidelined

BIG Bash leading run-scorer Ben Dunk has received a national call-up after big-hitting Chris Lynn was ruled out of next week’s Twenty20 Internationals against Sri Lanka. Lynn was forced to miss the final three one-day internationals against Pakistan after he aggravated a bulging disc in his neck.

Buoyant India have the edge

Calcutta: Had this match been pushed three-four years back, one could have easily said that India were the outright favourites. India are still the favourites, but one isn’t sure what their degree of dominance over Bangladesh will be, when the one-off Test begins in Hyderabad on Thursday.

We’ll improve in Tests if we play more: Rahim

Hyderabad: Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim termed the criticism of Bangladesh’s average performance in the longer format a tad unfair, considering most of the top nations do not invite them for bilateral series on regular basis. Bangladesh will, however, be playing 10 Test matches in the coming year, mostly abroad, something that augurs well for the team.

Sethi assures of air-tight security for PSL 2017 final in Lahore

Dubai : Pakistan Super League chairman Najam Sethi on Tuesday met all the overseas cricketers in the league to assure them of the security arrangements for the tournament’s March 5 final, to be held at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Sethi said the Pakistan Cricket Board has received assurances from the Punjab government and other security agencies and is confident they can conduct the match without trouble, according to a espncricinfo report.

Bangladesh post 215 for 6

Fifties from Sharmin Akhter and Fargana Hoque enabled Bangladesh to post 215 for 6 in 50 overs against Papua New Guinea in the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier match at Colombo Cricket Club Ground today. Batting first after winning the toss, Bangladesh lost Sharmin Sultana early, but the second and third wicket partnerships kept the Papua New Guinea bowlers at bay.

Bangladesh post 215 for 6

Fifties from Sharmin Akhter and Fargana Hoque enabled Bangladesh to post 215 for 6 in 50 overs against Papua New Guinea in the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier match at Colombo Cricket Club Ground today. Batting first after winning the toss, Bangladesh lost Sharmin Sultana early, but the second and third wicket partnerships kept the Papua New Guinea bowlers at bay.

India A call-up just the start for Rahul Singh

NEW DELHI: In September last year, Gahlaut Rahul Singh shared a ‘to do list’ on Instagram that had tick marks against 1 Work Hard, 2 Get selected for Services Ranji team and 3 Keeping working hard. Number 4 was ‘Do well in Ranji’ and against it was the remark ‘Preparation in progress’.

India A call-up just the start for Rahul Singh

NEW DELHI: In September last year, Gahlaut Rahul Singh shared a ‘to do list’ on Instagram that had tick marks against 1 Work Hard, 2 Get selected for Services Ranji team and 3 Keeping working hard. Number 4 was ‘Do well in Ranji’ and against it was the remark ‘Preparation in progress’.

Day 2, Tea: India A continue to dominate Bangladesh in warm-up match

Bangladesh have struggled to get breakthroughs at regular intervals in the warm-up match against India A A Getty Images India A dominated yet another session against Bangladesh in the two-day warm-up match being played at the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad. India A were at 390 for 7 at tea on the second and final day, having secured a lead of 166 runs.