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Cricket: Kohli, Jadhav centuries help India beat England

PUNE, India: Skipper Virat Kohli and Kedar Jadhav hit blistering centuries to help India chase down 350 and beat England by three wickets in the first one-day international in Pune on Sunday . Kohli , who was leading the limited overs side for the first time, and Jadhav put on 200 runs for the fifth wicket as India achieved the target with 11 balls to spare.

Kohli, Jadhav centuries guide India to three-wicket win chasing 351

India 356-7 beat England 350-7 by three wickets First One-Day International in Pune Scorecard Virat Kohli and Kedav Jadhav scored blistering centuries as India completed a massive chase of 351 against England with three wickets in hand in the first One-Day International in Pune. The duo shared a 200-run stand between them after India were in deep trouble at 63 for four at one stage.

SA take 16 wickets to beat SL, win series 3-0

Wayne Parnell and Duanne Olivier damaged Sei Lankan batting line-up in the second innings as they shared seven wickets. South Africa’s fast bowling quartet rifled through 16 Sri Lankan wickets on the third day to wrap up an innings victory in the third test at the Wanderers on Saturday.

Super Sunil

FLASHBACK: West Indies spinner Sunil Narine appeals for a wicket. -Photo by WICB Media/Randy Brooks of Brooks Latouche Photography Despite coming out on the losing end in Melbourne yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago Twenty20 star Sunil Narine reached a personal milestone after taking his 250th T20 wicket as his team, the Melbourne Renegades, went under against Hobart Hurricanes in the KFC Big Bash Down Under.

Super Sunil

FLASHBACK: West Indies spinner Sunil Narine appeals for a wicket. -Photo by WICB Media/Randy Brooks of Brooks Latouche Photography Despite coming out on the losing end in Melbourne yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago Twenty20 star Sunil Narine reached a personal milestone after taking his 250th T20 wicket as his team, the Melbourne Renegades, went under against Hobart Hurricanes in the KFC Big Bash Down Under.

Kiewa must adjust to match it with leaders

ROCK SOLID: Sean Taylor has led the way for Kiewa in the batting department so far this season, notching up 395 runs at an average of 49.38. CAW District resumes from its Christmas break this weekend, with the competition’s top two sides to lock horns immediately.

Amla feels scoring runs more important than the occasion

Johannesburg : Hashim Amla marked his 100th Test match with a century on Thursday, then said scoring runs after a lean period was more important than the occasion. Amla was unbeaten on 125 after he and JP Duminy put South Africa in command as they reached 338 for 3 at the close on the first day of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Wanderers Stadium.

Reconnecting with Wynyard

WYNYARD FAVOURITES: Adrian Dixon, Shannon Bakes, Darcy Leno, Barry Davis, Rhys London and Matthew Kinch are ready for Saturday. Picture: Supplied A desire to connect the past, present and future of the Wynyard Cricket Club is the motivation behind the club’s past players, administrators, supporters and sponsors day on Saturday.

SA vs SL: Hashim Amla seeks form in 100th Test

Hashim Amla’s career average of 49.46 in nine matches at the Wanderers almost exactly replicates his career average of 49.45. Hashim Amla will become the eighth South African to appear in 100 Test matches in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka starting at the Wanderers Stadium tomorrow.

Ranji Trophy final: Prithvi Shaw shines but Gujarat bowl out Mumbai for 2283 min ago

Indore, Jan 10: Gujarat batsmen have hogged the limelight for the entire season but their unheralded bowling line-up, sans India stars Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah, came to the party by dismissing defending champions Mumbai for a paltry 228 on the first day of the Ranji Trophy final, here. On a Holkar Stadium track that had some juice for the seamers, Parthiv Patel called it right and then his military medium trundlers led by veteran Rudra Pratap Singh bowled with a lot of discipline to script downfall of the mighty Mumbai batting line-up.

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly receives death threat

Kolkata, Jan 9 : Former captain of Indian cricket team and current president of Cricket Association of Bengal , Sourav Ganguly, on Monday claimed that he has received a letter with death threat. [NK Cricket] According to reports, an anonymous letter was sent to his address via courier on Jan 5, where he was threatened to be killed if Sourav visits West Medinipur in future.

Mixed bag at carnival

COUNTRY week cricket continues this week, with teams from the Wimmera in Portland to compete in the under-13 carnival. Teams have been sent to represent the Horsham, Wimmera-Mallee and West Wimmera Cricket Associations.

O’Keefe to prepare for India

Steve O’Keefe’s hopes of joining the Australian slow-bowling attack in the four-test series in India from next month have been boosted after the left-arm spinner was withdrawn from the remainder of the Big Bash League to prepare for the tour. The 32-year-old returned home injured after playing his third Test in Sri Lanka last July and was only recalled to the national team for last week’s final Test of the home summer against Pakistan.

Under-19 champions to tour S/AfricaJan. 8, 2017, 9:47 PM Ast

Young West Indies will tour South Africa later this year as they prepare for their title defence of the International Cricket Council’s Under-19 World Cup in early 2018. The Caribbean side will play five 50-overs games against the South Africa Under-19s and two warm-up matches against local opposition, in a tour set to run from June 30 to July 27. Rawl Lewis, the WICB’s project officer who oversees the Under-19 programme, said the series, which will be played in Durban, would be key preparation for next January’s showpiece in New Zealand.

Graf’s Gift makes history

Sydney runner Elly Graf made history on Saturday at Cricket Willow by becoming the first woman to win the Daylesford Gift in its 12-year history. Sydney runner Elly Graf made history on Saturday at Cricket Willow by becoming the first woman to win the Daylesford Gift in its 12-year history.

AUS vs PAK: Australian opener Matthew Renshaw out of Sydney test due to concussion

Umpire Sundaram Ravi watches on as Matt Renshaw and Steve Smith of Australia call for a new helmet after Renshaw was hit on the helmet while fielding during day three of the Third Test match between Australia and Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 5, 2017 in Sydney, Australia The left-handed opener got hit on his head twice during the on-going third Test between Australia and Pakistan in Sydney. Australia opening batsman Matt Renshaw has been withdrawn from the remainder of the third test against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground due to concussion, Cricket Australia said on Friday.

South African pacer Kyle Abbott retires from international cricket

South African bowler Kyle Abbott celebrates the dismissal of Sri Lanka’s batsman Dhananjaya De Silva during the fifth and last day of the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka on December 30, 2016 at St George’s Park ground in Port Elizabeth. / AFP PHOTO Cape Town: South African fast bowler Kyle Abbott announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday to play in England, catching his employers by surprise and highlighting a growing drain of sporting talent from the country.

Ramdas Athawale wants at least 25% seats in BMC polls

A president Ramdas Athawale wants at least 60 of the 227 seats; he also claims many BSP leaders in Uttar Pradesh are ready to join his party before the polls there Ramdas Athawale says he wants a fair share in Mumbai and UP, otherwise his party will fight it out on its own. File pic Boasting of a huge influence among the city’s Dalit voters, BJP ally and union minister of state Ramdas Athawale has sought at least 60 of 227 seats from the party in a pre-poll pact for the BMC polls.

Rare four-Test series

South Africa and Australia will contest a four-test series for the first time in almost 50 years when they clash in March and April 2018, Cricket South Africa announced yesterday. Australia will tour South Africa seeking revenge for their 2-1 home series loss in November and will play four tests for the first time since being humbled 4-0 on South Africa soil in the 1969/70 season.

Holden shines in Sparks’ win

Otago Sparks all-rounder Victoria Holden helped her side seal a six-wicket win against Northern Districts with an impressive performance in a twenty20 match at the University Oval yesterday. Otago coach Rob Walter will have one eye on the future when his team completes its twenty20 campaign with a match against Wellington at the Basin Reserve today.

Graham Ford: Want Dhananjaya de Silva to become a top-order batsman

Dhananjaya de Silva has managed to play just six Tests so far, but has performed reasonably well, scoring 615 runs, along with an average of 55.90 till date Getty Images With Sri Lankan batsman Dhananjaya de Silva showing some good batting skills against hosts South Africa in the ongoing Test series, especially in the middle-order, the selectors are backing him to push up the order and make him a top-order batsman, feels Lankan head coach Graham Ford . De Silva has managed to play just six Tests so far, but has performed reasonably well, scoring 615 runs, along with an average of 55.90 till date.

Why target cricket, asks Niranjan Shah

Rajkot:: With the Supreme Court expected to come up with their verdict in the Justice RM Lodha committee’s recommendations to the Board of Control for Cricket in India case today, the Board’s most experienced active administrator, Niranjan Shah asked, “Why single out cricket?” “You can’t just single out cricket. You should make rules and regulations for any sphere in life, not only for cricket.

Ranji Trophy: Shardul Thakur helps Mumbai take escape route, but not safe

Rajkot: Defending champions Mumbai kicked off the New Year with a fighting performance on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy semi-final against Tamil Nadu at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Khandheri yesterday. Tamil Nadu ended the day with 261 for six, but they could have been in a better position had it not been for Mumbai pacer Shardul Thakur.

SA look to dominate

Another seam-friendly wicket stacks the odds overwhelmingly in favour of hosts South Africa when they take on Sri Lanka in the second Test at Newlands, starting on Monday. The middle contest in a three-match series comes just two days after South Africa completed a 206-run victory at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth in the Boxing Day Test.

Hamstring injury rules Guptill out of Bangladesh T20s

Wellington [New Zealand], Dec.31 : New Zealand opener Martin Guptill has been ruled out of the upcoming T20 series against Bangladesh due to a hamstring strain. [NK Cricket] The 30-year-old sustained the injury while running between the wickets during their crushing eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in the third ODI in Nelson on Saturday.

Irfan aims to target Steven Smith in ODIs

Karachi : Looking forward to playing on the bouncy pitches of Australia, world’s tallest bowler Mohammad Irfan of Pakistan has revealed that he is aiming to target in-form Australian skipper Steven Smith in the five-match ODI series between two sides beginning January 13 at the Gabba, Brisbane. “I am the only bowler with this sort of height so I feel I have an advantage over others which I will use on the bouncy pitches of Australia to take wickets.My main target will be Smith, who is in good form right now but as my bounce is unusual I will try to use it to bowl him out,” the Express Tribune quoted Irfan as saying.

Damani win Nakuru Series

Aziz Damani have more than just one reason to pop the champagne as the world gears up for the New Year celebrations PARTNERSHIP. Damani top order batsman Arnold Otwani steers a delivery off the bowling of Zaid Abbas to the leg-side in his fifth-wicket stand of 83 runs with all-rounder Brian Masaba at Greensteds International School in Nakuru, Kenya on December 27. Otwani’s solidity throughout the tour helped Aziz Damani clinch the series against Rift Valley Sports Club.

Balgobin Ramdeen has diedDec. 29, 2016, 8:53 Am Ast

Balgobin Ramdeen, a former member of parliament for Caroni East who helped form the Opposition when Trinidad and Tobago gained independence, has died. He was part of the Democratic Labour Party headed by Dr Rudranath Capildeo which formed the Opposition against the Peoples National Movement led by Dr Eric Williams.