Sri Lanka may have lost three of the four most prolific batsmen in their side on the second evening at the P Sara, but Rangana Herath says Sri Lanka will give little thought to avoiding the follow on. New Zealand made 412 in their first innings, with Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson both making hundreds, but Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene could only manage nine among...
Championship returns to late September in 2013
County cricket will return to the latter half of September in 2013, with the fixture list confirming that the window in the ICC's Future Tours Programme reserved for the T20 Champions League will not be kept free. The final round of the Championship will begin on September 24, 2013, meaning that the season will not be subject to the record early starts of recent years. For the last three seasons,...
Pressure on Sri Lanka - Williamson
On a surface that even New Zealand's tail made seem friendly, three of Sri Lanka's big four batsmen could not manage better than single figures, and Kane Williamson said the value of those wickets could not be understated, given the pitch remained good for batting. New Zealand amassed 412 on the P Sara surface, thanks in the main to a 262-run partnership between Ross Taylor and Williamson, which...
Punjab continue relentless march
Punjab 205 (Jiwanjot 61, Trivedi 5-64) and 120 for 2 (Goel 75*) beat Saurashtra 90 (Sandeep 7-25) and 233 (Jogiyani 76, S Kaul 6-63) by eight wicketsScorecard A solid all-round showing from Punjab on Monday helped them ease past Saurashtra by eight wickets in Mohali with over a day to spare, and record their third win in four games in the Ranji Trophy this season. While medium pacer Siddarth Kaul...
Nov
26
Asnodkar century gives Goa advantage
Kerala 47 for 1 trail Goa 512 for 8 dec (Kamat 107, Asnodkar 100*, Shahid 4-147) by 465 runsScorecard An unbeaten century from Rohit Asnodkar, batting at No. 7, and useful lower-order contributions led Goa to a strong first-innings total against Kerala in Malappuram. Overnight batsman Ravikant Shukla scored 87 and Asnodkar made his maiden first-class century in his 13th match. Goa declared on 512...
Murad spins Khulna to big win
Khulna Division 367 (Imran 156, Kayes 62, Haque 4-145) and 8 for 0 beat Sylhet Division 244 (Imtiaz 108, Mabud 43, Razzak 3-65) and 130 (Ahmed 41, Murad 6-64) by ten wicketsScorecard Khulna Division have taken a big lead in the National Cricket League after they crushed Sylhet Division by ten wickets in Rangpur. Sylhet narrowly avoided an innings defeat as Left-arm spinner Murad Khan took six wickets...
Ontong, Vilas lead Cape Cobras to tight win
Cape Cobras 246 for 3 (Vilas 78*, van Zyl 57, Ontong 52*) beat Lions 245 for 5 (Cook 59, Morris 49*, Bodi 43) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details An unbeaten 85-run partnership between Dane Vilas and Justin Ontong in 8.2 overs took Cape Cobras to a seven-wicket win against Lions with one over to spare in a tight chase in a 37-overs-a-side contest Potchefstroom. After a wet outfield...
Du Plessis and de Villiers keep stonewalling
Lunch South Africa 388 and 4 for 126 (du Plessis 49*, de Villiers 31*) need another 304 runs to beat Australia 550 and 8 for 267 decLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers gave South Africa hope of salvaging a draw at Adelaide Oval, where they stone-walled until lunch on the fifth day and left Australia needing six wickets in the final two sessions. Runs were...
Nov
25
Chand and Dhawan score centuries
Delhi 287 for 1 (Chand 134*, Dhawan 104) v Tamil NaduScorecard Unmukt Chand is one of many prodigies almost mysteriously produced by Delhi cricket. Now only 19, he has already played 16 first-class games since his debut in 2010. That his second century came in his 17th match brought relief to the young man. In this Ranji season Chand must, at double speed, graduate from being India's under-19...
Best jumps hurdles to hurt Bangladesh
West Indies fast bowler Tino Best is having a fruitful Test series in Bangladesh. On the fourth day in Khulna, he once again blew away the hosts' top order, but not through raw pace alone, like he had in Mirpur. Best bowled only ten overs in the first innings, after aggravating a hamstring injury that has been troubling him since his county stint with Yorkshire in 2010. Having undergone a scan on...
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