Pakistan A 208 for 3 (K Akmal 104*) beat Afghanistan 207 for 9 (Naib 100, Imran 3-35, Riaz 3-40) by seven wicketsScorecard A collective bowling effort was backed up by an attacking century from wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal as Pakistan A clinched the second unofficial ODI against Afghanistan by seven wickets, and thereby the series 2-0. Afghanistan were behind for most of the game, after their...
NCC, SL Army dominant after second round
A comprehensive performance from Nondescripts Cricket Club (NCC) set up their second big win in two matches and sent them to the top of the Group B table, while Sri Lanka Army topped group A, having won a low-scorer, in the second round of the Premier League Tournament. Ports Authority Cricket Club (PACC) recorded the only innings victory of the round, which yielded two draws and eight outright results....
Former Somerset captain Brian Langford dies
Brian Langford, a former Somerset captain and one of the most respected players the county has ever produced, has died at the age of 76. No-one has played more than his 504 first-class games for Somerset and only Jack White and Arthur Wellard have taken more than his 1,390 first-class wickets for the club. Langford was born in Birmingham, but he moved west to Bridgwater when he was just four and...
Dananjaya in Sri Lanka's emerging squad
Sri Lanka's new selection panel has chosen Angelo Perera, Tharindu Kaushal and Akila Dananjaya along with 21 other young players in an emerging squad from which the team for the warm-up match against Bangladesh in Matara will be chosen. Perera, a 22-year-old middle order batsman, has been in stunning form in the Premier League tournament, having made two aggressive hundreds and an 87 in his three...
Feb
12
Robin Peterson looks for his place
Robin Peterson was feeling restless. While most of Test team-mates took a break after their victory over Pakistan at the Wanderers, he and his namesake Alviro, chose to play for their franchises in the final round of the first-class competition. For Alviro, it may have been important to contribute in what was set up as a championship decider for a team desperate for silverware (which they did not...
Shamsur keeps Rangpur in semi-final race
Rangpur Riders 179 for 8 (Shamsur 51, Mukhtar 3-25) beat Duronto Rajshahi 160 (Ziaur 36, O'Brien 3-17) by 19 runsScorecard Rangpur Riders returned to contention, riding on Shamsur Rahman's sixth half-century in this season of the BPL. They beat a weakened Duronto Rajshahi by 19 runs, and replaced them in fourth place on net run-rate. Without Tamim Iqbal (rested after being advised by BCB) and...
'Mature' Dhawan looks to grab Test chance
Shikhar Dhawan, the left-hand opener, was told he had been picked in the India Test squad for the series against Australia shortly after the tea break during the just-concluded Irani Cup. He welcomed the news, he said, with a big smile, but knowing he was a slightly changed cricketer than he was when picked to represent India for the first time, more than two years ago in an ODI against Australia....
Toughest test of my captaincy - Clarke
Haywire scheduling, key retirements and a stubbornly stiff right hamstring. Even before the vagaries of the subcontinent could be considered, Michael Clarke departed for India with the palpable sense that he is embarking upon the most difficult task of his captaincy so far. Clarke was at pains to keep his selection options as open as possible before setting off to join the squad assembling in Chennai....
Feb
11
'Rohit and I should have scored' - Nayar
Abhishek Nayar rued his and Rohit Sharma's failure with the bat in the first innings while looking back at Mumbai conceding a lead that ultimately sealed the title for Rest of India. Mumbai, who haven't won the Irani Cup since 1997-98, were bowled out for 409 while chasing Rest of India's 526 despite an unbeaten century from Sachin Tendulkar; Nayar was caught at slip for 1, and Rohit was dismissed...
Praveen suspended from Vijay Hazare Trophy
Praveen Kumar, the India seamer, has been suspended for the one-day zonal league, the preliminary stage of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The decision comes days after he was fined 100% of his match fees for a serious breach of the players' code of conduct during a Corporate Trophy match last week. "Praveen Kumar has been issued a show cause notice by the Board," BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in a...
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