Match facts February 22, 2013Start time 0930 local (1330 GMT) Big picture Think of a match involving Zimbabwe in 2012 and you could be forgiven if you failed to recall a single one. Bizarrely, Zimbabwe played just eight internationals in total (three ODIs, four T20s and a Test), losing all, in a forgettable year. Their last one-dayer was 11 months ago, on the tour of New Zealand. They...
Australia calm despite Hyderabad blasts
Cricket Australia has denied reports the team will refuse to travel to Hyderabad for next week's second Test after bombings in the city on Thursday night. The two blasts, which killed at least 11 people, came on the eve of the first Test in Chennai and nine days out from the second Test in Hyderabad. Although it is too early to determine whether the second Test will be shifted to a different venue,...
Rankin hopes to reach Test heights
Being big and bad has helped many bowlers to a successful Test career and Boyd Rankin hopes his main selling points can help him become the next. At 6ft 7in, Rankin is brushing shoulders with contemporaries whose ability to look down on others has helped them into Test cricket. Steve Harmison, Chris Tremlett and Steve Finn have all recently been picked for England on their height and aggression (at...
BBL chief McKenna's dual roles under spotlight
Mike McKenna's contentious dual role as Cricket Australia's chief of commercial operations and custodian of its disciplinary codes is expected to be placed under the spotlight as part of the former AFL executive Adrian Anderson's review of CA integrity. While McKenna's job as CA's commercial head and executive in charge of the Big Bash League is not in question, ESPNcricinfo understands there have...
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Tiger Pataudi 'liberated Indian cricket' - Gavaskar
Mr. N Srinivasan (president, BCCI), Mr. Wally Edwards (chairman, Cricket Australia), David Richardson (chief executive, ICC), chief executives of the Australian and Sri Lankan Cricket boards, Michael Clarke and the Australian cricket team, Mahi [MS Dhoni] and the Indian team, some of my former team-mates and other former cricketers, ladies and gentlemen. That was the easy part. Now comes the difficult...
Langer hopes to halt Hogan deal
Justin Langer, the Western Australia coach, will do "everything he can" to stop Michael Hogan joining Glamorgan for the English season. Hogan, a 31-year-old fast bowler, is set for a move to Glamorgan on a two-year deal as a British passport holder. The contract requires him to forego playing as a domestic cricketer in Australia. But Langer is desperate to keep him in Perth, describing him as a...
Sialkot go top after innings win
Karachi Blues 265 (Zaman 64, Haroon 61, Irshad 5-81) and 121 for 2 (Zaman 61, Rehman 47) beat Lahore Ravi 175 (Akmal 56) and 209 (Mirza 70, Akmal 54, Anwar 5-61) by eight wicketsScorecard With an all-round performance, the Karachi Blues secured an eight-wicket victory against Lahore Ravi at the Gaddafi Stadium. Lahore, after being put into bat, stumbled to 6 for 3. After a 48-run stand for the...
Gavaskar stresses primacy of Tests
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has called for balanced pitches to make sure Test cricket remains the prime format of the game. He said the shorter formats might be good for the globalisation of the game and might provide financial security to the players, but Test cricket remained the pinnacle. Gavaskar was speaking at the inaugural annual MAK Pataudi lecture in honour of former India captain,...
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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...
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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