Mumbai 323 for 5 (Jaffer 171, Shah 82) lead Gujarat 244 (Parthiv 101, Chavan 3-54) by 79 runsScorecard Wasim Jaffer has been Mumbai's go-to man for the better part of his 17 seasons with the domestic giants. As a result, it was unusual for the prolific batsman to go into the last game of the league stage of a Ranji Trophy season without a century under his belt. But when Mumbai required Jaffer...
Four-wicket over not enough for South Zone
South Zone 343 (Rahman 152*, Mosharraf 5-52) and 216 (Imran 65, Mosharraf 4-68) drew with Central Zone 433 for 9 dec (Ayub 125, Gazi 4-162) and 93 for 6 (Mahmudullah 50*, Islam 5-17)Scorecard The match that began with Ziaur Rahman hammering an unbeaten 152 in South Zone's first innings ended with Robiul Islam's four wickets in one over. But the two slow days in the middle, which were also hampered...
Misbah keen on a more clinical showing
While captain Misbah-ul-Haq was happy Pakistan managed to get off to a winning start in the three-match ODI series against India, he believes the team still has a lot to work on, especially in the field. Pakistan, he said, were fortunate to walk away with the six-wicket win in Chennai. "Today we were lucky, India gave us a tough time in this situation. They lost five wickets early but still went...
Cheema leads Shalimar to big win
Lahore Shalimar 254 (Salahuddin 63, Sami 5-77) and 59 for 0 beat Karachi Whites 170 (Alam 53, Cheema 6-62) and 142 (Saad Ali 58, Cheema 4-36) by 10 wicketsScorecard Aizaz Cheema's ten-wicket match haul set up a crushing win for Lahore Shalimar against Karachi Whites. Shalimar bowled out Whites for well under 200 twice in the game, ensuring the comfortable win. Whites had chosen to bat, but could...
Dec
30
Bowlers give Mumbai fine start
Mumbai 24 for 1 trail Gujarat 244 (Parthiv 101, Chavan 3-54) by 220 runsScorecard Zaheer Khan had a fruitful first day as captain of a first-class side, as Mumbai bowled out Gujarat for 244 in what is a virtual pre-quarter-final. Had hosts Mumbai not lost opener Kaustubh Pawar in the last over of the day, the smile on Zaheer's face at stumps would have been even wider. It didn't come as a surprise...
Young batsmen make New Zealanders work hard
South African Invitation XI 274 for 6 (Petersen 47*, Liebisch 4*, Boult 2-46) trail New Zealanders 311 for 6 declared (McCullum 65, Ackermann 3-46) by 37 runsScorecard Two potential future stars announced themselves in Paarl as the South African Invitational XI made the New Zealanders work hard on the second day of their warm-up match. Rassie van der Dussen and Matthew Kleinveldt scored seventies...
Madhya Pradesh's Rajput called for suspect action
After a day on which they dominated beyond expectations, the mood in the Madhya Pradesh camp was quite sombre and centred around one issue: the no-balling of debutant offspinner Ajay Rajput for a suspect action, once each by the on-field umpires K Srinath and R Subramanium. The no-balls came in the 56th and 69th overs of the Saurashtra innings. Rajput did not bowl after completing the latter over,...
Pitch makes life hard for Saurashtra, MP
Saurashtra 212 for 9 (Vasavada 54, Jackson 53, Pandey 3-37) v Madhya PradeshScorecard Going by day one, the Rajkot pitch confounded both sides, who were expecting it to turn early, and turn big. In the end, the innate slow nature of the pitch didn't allow that. The lack of watering and rolling of the pitch over the last two days, in the presence of a BCCI curator, somehow added variable, largely...
Dec
29
League president protests against USACA AGM
Leighton Greenidge, the president of the Southern Connecticut Cricket Association and regional director of the currently suspended North East Region, has spoken out against the USA Cricket Association (USACA) for the way the Annual General Meeting was handled on December 15 in New York. According to sources, only two league presidents belonging to member leagues in good standing attended the meeting,...
Williamson, McCullum make it NZ's day
New Zealanders 311 for 6 (McCullum 65, Ackermann 3-46) v South African Invitation XIScorecard The New Zealanders could not have asked for a more hospitable welcome as the one they got in the Winelands to begin their Test preparation. Temperatures hovered around the upper 20 degrees at Boland Park and the South African Invitation XI provided a tame attack to help the tourists get their eyes...
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