Afghanistan 261 for 5 (Nabi 51) beat Scotland 259 for 9 (Coetzer 133, Davey 64) by five wicketsScorecard Afghanistan drew level with Scotland in second in the ICC's WCL Championship table after a five-wicket win that boosted their hopes of securing automatic qualification for the 2015 World Cup. A second defeat to the same opponents in three days, meanwhile, was a significant blow to Scotland's chances...
Sangakkara issues challenge to new generation
On the first day of a series aimed at regenerating Sri Lanka's Test side, Kumar Sangakkara has laid down a challenge for the young batsmen who are now set for an extended stint. Sri Lanka fielded four batsmen with fewer than ten Tests' experience, including a debutant, all of whom are yet to score a Test hundred. Angelo Mathews, who was recently appointed Test captain, has a solitary century to his...
Samuels returns for Zimbabwe Tests, Narine left out
Allrounder Marlon Samuels returns to the West Indies squad after a two-month injury break, having been picked for the first Test against Zimbabwe that begins on March 12. Offspinner Sunil Narine did not feature in the 13-man squad, and in his place Shane Shillingford came in. Samuels had missed the limited-overs leg of the Zimbabwe series after picking up a facial injury during the Big Bash League,...
Cook and Compton set base with century stand
Tea England 139 for 0 (Cook 64*, Compton 60*) and 167 trail New Zealand 460 for 9 dec (Rutherford 171, McCullum 74, Fulton 55) by 154 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Eventually, England might work out why their batting invariably fails at the start of an overseas Test series. Until they do, they will be left with the sort of battles for survival that they faced against New Zealand...
Mar
08
South Africa abandon one-day experiments
Like a scientist who has decided his analysis has run its course, Gary Kirsten declared the exploratory phase for South Africa's one-day squad over as they begin preparations for their series against Pakistan. The five-match rubber is the last outing the team will have before they travel to England for the Champions Trophy in June. From the outside it seems South Africa have much work to do if they...
Parnell, Rahul Sharma charged in recreational drugs case
South Africa allrounder Wayne Parnell's participation in IPL 2013 is in no doubt, according to his franchise Pune Warriors, despite him being one of 35 "wanted" foreign nationals for allegedly testing positive for recreational drugs following a police raid on a party in Mumbai last year. Parnell's IPL team-mate, Punjabi legspinner Rahul Sharma, who had also reportedly consumed drugs at the party,...
Sachin Baby, Harmeet Singh among Royals' new signings
Rajasthan Royals have announced the signing of four players for the upcoming season of the IPL: Sachin Baby, the captain of Kerala's limited-overs side, wicketkeeper Sanju Samson, Jharkhand seamer Rahul Shukla and Mumbai's left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh. Baby, who made his first-class debut in 2009, was the fourth-highest run-getter in the recently concluded Vijay Hazare trophy, in which his century...
Rutherford's stunning debut builds huge lead
Tea New Zealand 385 for 7 (McCullum 35*, Martin 9*) lead England 167 by 218 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Hamish Rutherford produced one of the most audacious batting debuts in Test history as New Zealand took a firm grip of the first Test in Dunedin. Rutherford's 171, the seventh highest maiden Test innings, left England trailing by 218 runs at tea on the third day of an opening...
Mar
07
BCB to give bonuses for draws
Bangladesh have been given financial incentive to draw a Test match. According to the BCB, the team will get an extra Tk 100,000 ($1250) per drawn Test on top of the Tk 150,000 ($1875) they will receive as Test match fee, which has also increased from Tk 100,000 ($1250). The team drew only seven games in the last 13 seasons, the last one against West Indies in 2011 when rain interrupted play...
Vettori, Patel reprimanded after drinking incident
Daniel Vettori, the former New Zealand captain, and Jeetan Patel have apologised for their conduct after a night out in Queenstown that left Patel unable to take the field for New Zealand XI during the tour match against England. While neither spinner is currently involved with the international side, confirmation of another drinking incident among its players led New Zealand Cricket to release a...
Yorkshire defend 'Vikings' rebranding
Yorkshire have defended renaming their limited-overs side "Yorkshire Vikings", insisting the name reflects the history of the region and will help the club appeal to a new, young audience. While immediate associations with the Vikings might not be positive - Yorkshire are understandably keen not to be seen to endorse pillaging or plundering - the club feel the name will provide a useful marketing...
Wagner and Martin dismantle woeful England
Tea England 167 (Trott 45, Wagner 4-42, Martin 4-43) v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details New Zealand took advantage of one of the most bungling England batting displays of recent vintage to take a form hold of the first Test in Dunedin. New Zealand were disciplined and willing, but they will be realistic enough to know that England made a dreadful mess of it, dismissed in 55...
Mar
06
Yorkshire 'very healthy' despite loss
Yorkshire were unable to return to profit in 2012, despite a sharply increased turnover. The club have declared a post-tax loss for the year of £118,000, against a turnover figure of £7.8m. Both figures are an improvement on the 2011 results, which saw the club declare losses of £460,000 against a turnover of £5.4m. In a statement Yorkshire expressed confidence that they would have declared a surplus...
Wheater denies wicketkeeping guarantee
Adam Wheater, who last week bought out his contract with Essex in order to join Hampshire with immediate effect, has said he received no guarantees of a first-team place as wicketkeeper at West End, despite the claim by his former coach, Paul Grayson, that this was the reason behind his decision to move counties. "I think Paul was trying to cover his own back in saying that," Wheater said during...
Swann out of tour for elbow surgery
Graeme Swann has been ruled out of England's tour of New Zealand and will undergo surgery on his right elbow in America next week as he faces a battle to fit for the start of the Ashes in July. The seriousness of Swann's problem emerged on the first morning in Dunedin when he was left out of the starting XI. James Tredwell, the Kent offspinner, has been called into the squad while Monty Panesar was...
Heavy rain delays start after NZ win toss
Tea New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl against EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Heavy rain which swept in shortly after New Zealand won the toss and put England into bat in the first Test meant no play before tea in Dunedin. The morning was dominated by news of Graeme Swann being forced out of the tour for elbow surgery after Monty Panesar had been named in England's...
Mar
05
Conclave to reflect on changes to domestic cricket
The coaches and captains of all the 27 domestic teams affiliated to the BCCI will participate in a conclave at a five-star hotel in Mumbai on Tuesday. Though the conclave has become an annual fixture for the last half a dozen seasons, it will be the first time all the participating teams will give their feedback to the major changes that were introduced for the 2012-13 season. Some of the major...
Decision on Pune's home ground in a 'day or two'
A decision on Pune Warriors' home games in the upcoming IPL is set to be taken in the next couple of days, with negotiations currently on among all stakeholders. The franchise hopes to play its matches at the Subrata Roy Sahara stadium in Pune which is currently the subject of dispute. "Both Sahara and MCA [Maharashtra Cricket Association] stuck to their guns, but with the IPL set to start in less...
Bracewell ruled out of first Test
Doug Bracewell has been ruled out of the first Test against England due to the foot injury he sustained while cleaning up glass after a party at his home in Napier. Doug Bracewell has been ruled out of the first Test against England due to the foot injury he sustained while cleaning up glass after a party at his home in Napier. Bracewell did not attend New Zealand's final training session at University...
An early chance to catch England cold
Match facts March 6, 2013Start time 10.30am (2130 GMT) Big Picture With crisply starched whites and a spring in their step, Alastair Cook's Test side will begin their first assignment of 2013 looking to continue on the upward curve that they began to forge in India last year. Their opponents, New Zealand (or Not Australia, as some observers keep pointing out), having already experienced the...
Mar
04
World Cup 2015 chairman James Strong dies
James Strong, chairman of the local organising committee for the 2015 World Cup, has died aged 68 after complications from surgery. He died on Sunday evening in a Sydney hospital, having held the tournament chairman's position since August 2011. The tournament chief executive John Harnden said Strong had made a major contribution to the event. "James has been a friend and a mentor to me over a long...
PCB calls for revival of international cricket in Pakistan
On the fourth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore, the PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf has called on the world to stand with Pakistan and help revive international cricket in the country. "It was the tragic episode in the history of Pakistan cricket," Ashraf, who is also a member of the ruling Pakistan People's Party's central executive committee, told ESPNcricinfo. "We...
O'Keefe forfeits NSW captaincy
Steve O'Keefe has forfeited the captaincy of New South Wales in order to more vigorously pursue a place bowling left-arm spin for Australia. Towards the end of his second summer leading the Blues whenever Michael Clarke is not available, O'Keefe volunteered to give up the job ahead of the state's final two Sheffield Shield matches, reckoning it would give him a greater chance of taking the wickets...
Warne's spin on Australian slow bowling
Shane Warne's manifesto for Australian cricket has finally ventured into the area he knows most about: spin bowling. In summing up the underlying reasons for a dreadful dearth in genuinely accomplished spinners around the country, Warne all but acknowledges that his was an impossible act to follow. While offering the novel suggestion that spin bowlers the world over would benefit from an increase...
Mar
03
Pakistan look for victory in comfort zone
Match Facts March 3, 2013Start time 1430 local (1230 GMT) Big Picture After the first T20 was washed out in Durban, the T20 trophy is up for grabs with just one match to be played. Unlike in the Tests, the gulf between the two teams hardly exists and Pakistan may have an upper hand in this format given their record and a new line-up for the new series. A win for Pakistan will be a much-needed...
Kings XI Punjab sign Sandeep Sharma, Manan Vohra
Kings XI Punjab added two India uncapped players - Manan Vohra and Sandeep Sharma - to their squad for the sixth IPL season. Vohra and Sandeep are the two new players after Aniket Choudhary was signed by Kings XI in February. Both from Punjab, Vohra is a right-handed batsman and Sandeep a right-arm medium pacer. Sandeep was a part of India's Under-19 squad in the 2012 World Cup which India won. He...
SLC locks out 23 top players
Sri Lankan cricket is headed towards a major crisis with the board on Saturday night freezing out 23 of its top players over a contracts deadlock, less than a week before the start of the home series against Bangladesh. SLC, which met the players earlier in the day, has told its selectors not to consider those cricketers for any international cricket, including the Bangladesh series, until they agree...
Blazing Simmons gives West Indies easy win
West Indies 131 for 2 (Simmons 63*, Dwayne Bravo 38*) beat Zimbabwe 130 for 8 (Waller 49, Ervine 34, Best 3-18) by eight wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details West Indies may have been without Chris Gayle, but they were not exactly missing his presence at the top as Lendl Simmons matched him for destructiveness, making a chase of 131 look ridiculously simple against a listless Zimbabwe at...
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