Tom Hardman, an allrounder with Leeds/Bradford MCCU, has died aged 21. Hardman, who had been part of Lancashire's academy and played second-XI cricket for the county, was found dead at his house in Leeds on Wednesday afternoon. His death is not being treated as suspicious by police. Hardman played in two first-class matches, against Surrey and Yorkshire last season, and had been named as Leeds/Bradford...
We believed we could cause an upset - Anderson
James Anderson has said a desire to prove their critics wrong was at the heart of England's improved performance in the second Test in Mumbai. Anderson, a member of the team that was beaten by nine wickets at Ahmedabad before winning by 10 wickets in Mumbai, accepted that England had "slipped up" in the first Test but felt that the motivation to "prove a point" had inspired them in the second. "The...
Smith wins toss, bats at WACA
South Africa's captain Graeme Smith won the toss and chose to bat first against Australia in the series-deciding third Test in Perth. The visitors made three changes, bringing in Dean Elgar, Robin Peterson and Vernon Philander for Imran Tahir, Jacques Rudolph and Rory Kleinveldt. Australia welcomed back the vice-captain and allrounder Shane Watson after injury, while also calling in a completely...
Windies bat, four debutants for Bangladesh
Toss West Indies chose to bat v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details West Indies chose to bat in the first game of the five-match ODI series against Bangladesh. Their squad for the limited-overs contests has been modified. Lendl Simmons will open the batting, Devon Thomas will keep wicket, allrounder Andre Russell comes back and so does Kemar Roach, who missed the Test series against...
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New fielding rules hard on spinners, captains
Kieron Pollard, the West Indians' stand-in captain for the warm-up game against BCB XI in Khulna, has said the new playing conditions for fielding restrictions in ODIs were challenging for bowlers and captains. West Indies and Bangladesh will be the third and fourth teams to experience the amended playing conditions when they begin the five-ODI series on November 30. "It was very challenging," Pollard...
Bahawalpur new addition to Faysal Bank T-20
The PCB has announced a new format and a new team for its domestic Twenty20 tournament, and created a window for it in the 2012-13 season by indefinitely pushing back the President Trophy final, which was scheduled to begin on December 3. Bahawalpur is the new team in the T20 competition. The Faysal Bank T-20 Cup will begin on December 1 and its final will be on December 9, and it will be held entirely...
Tredwell to join England squad
James Trewell, the Kent offspinner, will fly out to India and join up with the England Test squad on December 1. The 30-year-old Tredwell, who was appointed captain of Kent earlier this month, was not selected as part of the England Performance Programme - who are currently in India playing their first match on tour - but he will join the Test squad as back-up for the first choice spinners, Monty...
England role was unsustainable says Flower
Andy Flower, who has relinquished his day-to-day involvement with England's one-day side, has admitted that he found the conflicting demands of his coaching role "unsustainable" as he agonised over his need to contribute to a family life with his wife and three young children. Flower, according to an estimate from England's managing director of cricket, Hugh Morris, has spent around 60% of his life...
Nov
28
Southee happy to hunt wickets with Boult
Unlike Sri Lanka's attack, New Zealand's has supported their spearhead effectively at the P Sara Oval. Their spearhead, Tim Southee, has claimed another heavy haul in Colombo, after his four wickets in the first innings in Galle, and he has attributed this to the others in the attack. Southee had removed Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara on the second evening, and he dismissed Angelo Mathews...
Stop questioning Nehra's absence, says Dahiya
Delhi are now at the halfway stage of their Ranji Trophy campaign and are looking for outright victories in two of their four remaining games. Central to their chances of progressing to the quarters is the fitness of their most experienced and skillful bowler, left-arm swing man Ashish Nehra. An injury to Nehra's hamstring meant he bowled only six overs in Delhi's previous Ranji game against Baroda...
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