Match Facts March 3, 2013Start time 1430 local (1230 GMT) Big Picture After the first T20 was washed out in Durban, the T20 trophy is up for grabs with just one match to be played. Unlike in the Tests, the gulf between the two teams hardly exists and Pakistan may have an upper hand in this format given their record and a new line-up for the new series. A win for Pakistan will be a much-needed...
Kings XI Punjab sign Sandeep Sharma, Manan Vohra
Kings XI Punjab added two India uncapped players - Manan Vohra and Sandeep Sharma - to their squad for the sixth IPL season. Vohra and Sandeep are the two new players after Aniket Choudhary was signed by Kings XI in February. Both from Punjab, Vohra is a right-handed batsman and Sandeep a right-arm medium pacer. Sandeep was a part of India's Under-19 squad in the 2012 World Cup which India won. He...
SLC locks out 23 top players
Sri Lankan cricket is headed towards a major crisis with the board on Saturday night freezing out 23 of its top players over a contracts deadlock, less than a week before the start of the home series against Bangladesh. SLC, which met the players earlier in the day, has told its selectors not to consider those cricketers for any international cricket, including the Bangladesh series, until they agree...
Blazing Simmons gives West Indies easy win
West Indies 131 for 2 (Simmons 63*, Dwayne Bravo 38*) beat Zimbabwe 130 for 8 (Waller 49, Ervine 34, Best 3-18) by eight wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details West Indies may have been without Chris Gayle, but they were not exactly missing his presence at the top as Lendl Simmons matched him for destructiveness, making a chase of 131 look ridiculously simple against a listless Zimbabwe at...
Mar
02
Laxman launches ESPNcricinfo's Talking Cricket
Talking Cricket, a compilation of in-depth interviews with the greats of the modern era - from the Nawab of Pataudi to Mark Taylor - on various aspects of cricket, was launched in Hyderabad on Friday by VVS Laxman, the former India batsman. The book, which was launched in the company of commentator Harsha Bhogle and ESPNcricinfo editor Sambit Bal, brings together selected long-form interviews covered...
Warks tempt Hain to Britain
Warwickshire may have pulled off something of a coup by signing Sam Hain. Hain broke into the Australia U19 squad aged just 16 and was regarded by some as the best young batting prospect in the country. But now he has committed himself to England and has agreed a contract with Warwickshire. 17-year-old Hain was born in Hong Kong but has a UK passport - both his parents are British - and will accompany...
Practice helped me master spin - Laxman
VVS Laxman, in his 16-year Test career, established himself as one of the best players of spin bowling in the world but, by his own admission, it wasn't a talent he had acquired when he first picked up the bat. Failures early in his career taught him to respect spin bowling more and after hours of practice his batting had evolved to the point where he could master any attack. Laxman was speaking...
Wagner added to NZ Test squad
Neil Wagner, the left-arm quick, has been added to the New Zealand squad for the first Test against England in Dunedin after impressing in the tour match in Queenstown. Wagner claimed six wickets in the match and produced some lively spells in the second innings to trouble England's top order. New Zealand could yet decide to field an all-pace attack in the first Test which would mean Wagner, who...
Mar
01
Teams start even in new format
Match Facts March 1, 2013Start time 1800 local (1600GMT) Big Picture South Africa's summer of Test cricket is over but the sunshine and good times are not. Another three weeks of activity awaits and it is up to the limited-overs formats to turn what has been a one-sided series into a competitive, two-way street. The balance has definitely tipped. It is no longer a No.1 ranked team in conditions...
We played like a family - Manzoor
The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is back in Karachi after two seasons, as Karachi Blues outclassed Sialkot in a one-sided contest to win Pakistan's premium first-class tournament. Blues captain Khurram Manzoor credited the all-round effort of his side, which wasn't too formidable on paper, for the winning the title. Although there were no fireworks or cheers in the deserted stands of Gaddafi Stadium, there...
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