New Zealand's inability to deal with the heat is what worries their beleaguered coach Mike Hesson most. After a second successive substandard performance with the bat in the first innings of a Test match, Hesson was let down equally by his team's lack of application as he was by their lack of heart but he does not seem to have a fix either. "It's a very disappointing 24 overs," Hesson said in his...
Root role revives childhood memories
Joe Root's debut winter with England could not have turned out more strangely. If his first Test appearance might have been designed for him as he had licence to bat as cautiously as he liked, his one-day debut was quite different as he found himself asked to provide a crucial role with the ball. Root has not been more valued for his bowling since he was 12 years old, a slip of a lad experiencing...
All-round Lions complete big win in three days
Lions 270 (Deacon 71, Williams 4-62) and 125 for 2 (de Kock 55) beat Cape Cobras 224 (van Zyl 44, de Bruyn 5-39) and 169 (Adams 88, de Bruyn 3-16) by eight wicketsScorecard Lions beat table-toppers Cape Cobras within three days at Newlands on the back of an all-round team performance and are now just 15 points adrift of Cobras. Lions bowled out Cobras for 169 in the second innings which gave them...
Ajmal sweeps Pakistan awards
Saeed Ajmal, who was a notable omission from the ICC Test Cricket of the Year award list, has swept the bowling awards at the inaugural PCB annual awards function. Apart from being named the best bowler in all three categories - Tests, ODIs and T20s - Ajmal also won the PCB special prize for Best Bowler of the Year. "Around the cricketing world, Pakistan over the years has been known for its bowling...
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North, Central Zone to meet in BCL final
North Zone 291 (Sajidul 76, Sanjamul 73, Ziaur 4-32) and 362 for 7 dec (Mushfiqur 89, Razzak 3-129) beat South Zone 205 (Soumya 51, Saqlain 6-74) and 278 (Sohag 85, Saqlain 4-90) by 170 runsScorecard North Zone qualified for the Bangladesh Cricket League final after a 170-run win over South Zone in Mirpur. The game would have shaped into a thrilling finish but it tapered into a one-sided contest...
Rasool takes Lahore Ravi to innings win
Lahore Ravi 414 for 4 (Abid Ali 202*, Adnan Akmal 86) beat Quetta 236 (Abbas 117, Rasool 5-67) and 106 f/o (Khalil 5-44, Rasool 4-22) by an innings and 72 runsScorecard Lahore Ravi got their first win of the season after Adnan Rasool took nine wickets in the match to inflict an innings defeat on Quetta at the Lahore City Cricket Association Ground. Quetta were 213 for 7 in their first innings when...
Confidence the main plus for Cook
It will be a big stretch to compare England's Rajkot ODI win to the famous Mumbai Test victory in November but the common factor in both is that Alastair Cook and his men have beaten India in conditions where the home side were expected to flourish. The Rajkot victory also gains in significance given England's abysmal recent ODI run in India; James Tredwell showing again that there is talent besides...
Starc's sore calf opens door for Richardson
Mitchell Starc is out of the second ODI against Sri Lanka on Sunday and may miss further matches beyond after complaining of calf soreness following Australia's opening win at the MCG. The South Australian fast bowler Kane Richardson has been called into the squad as cover. As the most durable of Australia's young fast bowlers over the past year, Starc has played successfully for the national side...
Jan
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Pakistan T20 League not to be underestimated - Lorgat
Haroon Lorgat, the former ICC chief executive, has said the value of the upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL), Pakistan's franchise-based Twenty20 competition, could be in "excess of $100 million". Lorgat, who was involved by the PCB to assist the board in setting up the league, was speaking during a PCB ceremony in Lahore to unveil the logo for the PSL which is scheduled to be launched on March 26...
Plenty of Indian problems to resolve
One of India's major problems in the just-concluded ODI series against Pakistan was the repeated top-order collapses against some high-quality bowling from Junaid Khan and Mohammad Irfan. Even Virat Kohli, who has had as purple a patch in ODIs as anyone has ever had, faltered. Virender Sehwag is already a casualty, and his limited-overs career is at a crossroads, if not an end. Gautam Gambhir's weakness...
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