Feb
20

SA triumph in straightforward D/L chase

South Africa Under-19s 157 for 4 (Fortuin 62) beat England Under-19s 205 for 8 (Velani 78, Jackson 62, Sigwili 4-34) by six wickets D/LScorecard South Africa moved a step closer to a series whitewash with a six-wicket victory at Stellenbosch but their run chase was given a generous donation by the Duckworth-Lewis method. The game's second interruption for rain came as South Africa required 84 to...
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Dhaka's different match-winners

Shakib Al Hasan and Mosharraf Hossain, two stars of Dhaka Gladiators' 43-run win against Chittagong Kings in the final of the BPL, faced dissimilar questions after the victory, for both are at different stages of their careers. Shakib was asked questions about cars he had won, and what makes they were. Mosharraf, the 31-year-old left-arm spinner, faced questions on stage fright, playing with stars...
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Warner confident of playing first Test

David Warner is preparing to bat with a splint - and through pain - in the first Test in Chennai as he continues his recovery from a fractured thumb. Warner faced pace bowling in the nets on Tuesday and was due to take part in a full fielding drill on Wednesday in what was effectively the final hurdle he needed to clear to prove his fitness after sitting out of cricket since he was struck on the thumb...
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NZ steady after early Anderson blows

25 overs New Zealand 89 for 2 (Taylor 37*, Williamson 32*) v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ross Taylor, beginning to find form after his self-imposed international exile, and Kane Williamson dragged New Zealand up from an uncertain start on a good batting pitch in Napier, after Alastair Cook had won the toss and chose to bowl. James Anderson and Steven Finn applied a chokehold...
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Feb
19

India lack BCCI support - Connor

Clare Connor, the ICC women's committee chairman and former England Women's captain, has blamed the BCCI for India's poor showing at the Women's World Cup. India finished in seventh place after failing to qualify for the Super Six stage with just one victory from the group phase. Connor has said the team did not receive the support they deserved from their board. Connor is now head of women's cricket...
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Baroda win thriller after Yusuf ton

West Zone Yusuf Pathan found his touch again with a typically aggressive 116, off only 102 balls to help Baroda overhaul Saurashtra's 299 at the Poona Club Ground, but it was a tense affair with Baroda getting there by one wicket. It was a terrific knock under pressure as Baroda were in trouble at one stage at 29 for 3 and later 127 for 5. Jyot Chhaya joined Pathan at the fall of the fifth wicket...
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Dhaka Gladiators vie for second title

Match Facts February 19, 2013Start time 1800 (1200 GMT) Big Picture Dhaka Gladiators will play with a Chris Gayle-sized hole in their line-up for the final. But credit to the make-up of their team. They take on Chittagong Kings, against whom they first lost a match before winning one. It is shaping up to be a close contest as the Kings have picked up momentum at the right time, but the Gladiators...
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Ajantha Mendis takes 11 in innings win for Army

Army Sports Club strengthened their position atop the Group A ladder, while Tamil Union and Sinhalese Sports Club moved to the top of the Group B table, after the third round of the Premier League Tournament. Army recorded their second innings victory on-the-trot ,against the Lankan Cricket Club, while SSC took first innings points in their clash with NCC. Tamil Union won by eight wickets for the...
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Feb
18

Semi-final postponed after washout

Chittagong Kings v Sylhet Royals - Match abandoned without a ball bowledScorecard Heavy rain in Mirpur from Sunday afternoon forced the semi-final of the BPL between Chittagong Kings and Sylhet Royals to be shifted to Monday. The match will now be contested from 6:00pm, according to the BPL governing council secretary Ismail Haider Mallick. The unseasonal rain began on Saturday evening, and even...
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'Australia's technique found wanting' - Tiwary

Manoj Tiwary sounded the first unofficial salvo of an otherwise far 'kinder, gentler' run-up to an India-Australia series in a long time when he said that a good number of Australian batsmen had been "wanting" in their technique against the India A spinners on day two of their three-day practice match at the ICL Guru Nanak College Ground in Chennai. Tiwary, a free-spirited batsman, became the second...
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