Tom Poynton should have been playing this match. He should have been training hard for the coming three days, big days considering how bleak things have been for Derbyshire of late. The India Test team is in town for a tour game, and this is a great opportunity for the county and its players to be in the news for positive reasons. Derbyshire's 24-year-old wicketkeeper, though, sits on the sidelines,...
Indians prepare for another gentle workout
Just a week ago, Rahul Dravid was a former India captain and a cricket pundit. He was speaking about the need for intense and competitive warm-up games. Although Dravid mentioned only the recent trend of counties putting up their 2nd XIs, it has not helped that India insist on using their whole squad as opposed to picking an XI, robbing these matches of their first-class status. A week later, Dravid...
Sethi hopeful of huge revenue gains for PCB
Sethi eyes amendment to Amir ban Najam Sethi, the PCB chairman, has said the Pakistan board stands to gain US$450 million (PKR 44.4 billion approx.) over the next eight-year cycle. Speaking on his return from the ICC meeting in Melbourne, where the governing body was restructured, Sethi said that more than half that revenue would come from the proposed series' with India. "Until last year,...
Shortened BBL season announced
The Big Bash League season has been cut by eight days and will run from December 18 to January 28 this season, fitting mostly within the school holiday period. And the Sydney Showground Stadium will host its first BBL matches as part of this season's fixture, with the Sydney Thunder to play two games there in January, while the ANZ Stadium is being used for Asian Cup football matches. The tournament...
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Jubair in Bangladesh preliminary squad for WI tour
Legspinner Jubair Hossain has been included in Bangladesh's preliminary squad for the tour of the West Indies, the biggest surprise among the 25 players named. Jubair, an Under-19 player, will now report to trainer Mario Villavarayen on July 1, with the rest of the preliminary squad, to begin preparing for the mid-August tour. Although he didn't play a game in the Under-19 World Cup earlier this...
Ishant heckled as Robson, Smith flay rusty Indians
Indians 333 for 4 dec (Dhawan 60 [ret hurt], Pujara 57, Gambhir 54) drew with Leicestershire 349 for 5 (Robson 126, Smith 101, Redfern 58)Scorecard Angus Robson, the younger brother of England's new opening batsman Sam, and Greg Smith hit run-a-ball centuries as their 221-run second-wicket stand ensured a chastening time in the field for the Indians' seven-strong fast-bowling attack on the final...
Solanki helps lay foundations
Surrey 68 for 1 (Solanki 44*) v HampshireScorecard Whether county cricket affords its paying customers sufficient regard is oft debated. The turgid pitches used in T20 are a particular current concern and The Oval, despite the huge crowds it attracts, is not immune to these charges: the top first innings score in the last nine T20s at the ground is 152. So it was unfortunate that cricket should...
Fletcher's yorkers dent Yorkshire's hopes
Nottinghamshire 143 for 9 (Taylor 52*, Sidebottom 3-24) beat Yorkshire 121 for 9 (Lees 37) by 22 runsScorecard Roy keeps his supporters thrilled Yorkshire's decisive week of T20 cricket - five matches in eight days - has not begun well: a washout in the Roses match to do further damage to their precarious finances and defeat at Trent Bridge less than 24 hours later as they came...
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