Hampshire 367 for 6 (Adams 151*, Carberry 62, Vince 52) v WorcestershireScorecard At this level, on this pitch and against this Worcestershire attack, Jimmy Adams will score runs. Just about every time he goes out to bat. The 17th first-class century of his career, and fourth since becoming captain of Hampshire, was made with characteristic application, concentration and an unerring ability to...
Calm Namibia seal title win
Namibia 188 for 5 (Ya France 54, Williams 42) beat Kenya 187 for 5 (Mishra 68, Obanda 30) by five wicketsScorecard Namibia won the T20 Quadrangular title, beating Kenya by five wickets in a last-ball finish. Set a target of 188 to chase, Namibia raced to 68 in the eighth over, before a couple of quick wickets pegged them back. Opener Pikky Ya France guided the chase and once he departed, Craig...
Westfield endures third day of evidence
Mervyn Westfield has endured a third day in the witness box as Danish Kaneria's appeal against a lifetime ban from the game continues. Westfield, a hostile witness forced to attend the hearing after the ECB obtained a High Court summons, spent much of Monday giving evidence and was then cross-examined by Kaneria's legal team on Tuesday and Wednesday. Westfield's testimony was key when Kaneria was...
Jordan Clark hits six sixes in an over
Jordan Clark, a 22-year-old Lancashire batsman who has yet to make his first-class debut, earned himself a place in cricket history by hitting Yorkshire left-arm spinner Gurman Randhawa for six sixes in an over during a 2nd XI match in Scarborough. The feat came on the second day of the contest as Clark latched onto Randhawa's 13th over and struck all his blows over the midwicket area. His modest...
Apr
24
Butt ready to begin rehabilitation process
Salman Butt, the former Pakistan captain, has indicated his availability to the PCB to take part in an anti-corruption rehabilitation program, ESPNcricinfo has learned. Butt met with Pakistan board officials hours after Dave Richardson, the ICC's chief executive, urged him and Mohammad Asif to cooperate with the authorities over their involvement in spot-fixing. The PCB chairman, Zaka Ashraf, had...
Franchises need better support from IPL - KKR chief
"The financial viability of the franchises has to be uppermost on the mind of the league," says Venky Mysore, the Kolkata Knight Riders CEO The IPL could carry out important changes next year with its auction conducted in rupees instead of dollars and for the first time including, in some manner, uncapped Indian players. These would be welcome changes, according to Venky Mysore, the Kolkata...
'Everything went right for me today' - Gayle
Chris Gayle's 175 that demolished Pune Warriors took only 66 deliveries, and included 17 sixes. While that may seem like the very definition of sustained hitting, and makes it hard to imagine a period where the batsman took it easy, Gayle spoke about how he paced his innings. "I didn't want to just get the hundred and continue blasting and blasting and get out, you know how quickly this game can...
Rogers and Faulkner in Ashes squad
Brad Haddin has been confirmed as Australia's vice-captain for the Ashes tour, while the veteran opener Chris Rogers has rocketed back into Test contention five years after his only match in the baggy green. Rogers has been named in the 16-man squad along with the Tasmanian fast-bowling allrounder James Faulkner, who was preferred ahead of the teenage spinner Ashton Agar for the final bowling position,...
Apr
23
Who will captain Pune Warriors?
Match facts Tuesday, April 23, 2013Start time 1600 (1030 GMT) Big Picture Five of the nine franchises are captained by foreign players, leading to the debate about whether foreign captains are a liability when they don't perform well. Seven games into this tournament, Pune Warriors have already had three captains - Angelo Mathews, Ross Taylor and Aaron Finch (all foreigners). One was an enforced...
Pitch questions for back-to-back Tests
Others may have taken it as a rest day but neither Zimbabwe nor Bangladesh opted to put their feet up on what would have been the fifth day of the first Test with both camps were back at work on Sunday. Grant Flower held a net with his players who had not featured in the Test while Bangladesh were engaged in a full session after they crushing 335-run defeat. But they were not the only ones getting...
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