When Sachin Tendulkar was not a former India player, he always took the front left seat on the team bus. Nobody used to sit next to him. It was always Tendulkar and his thoughts. Two days before India go into a big test of their transition, Virat Kohli was in that seat on the team bus. It was perhaps symbolic that while Kohli might have sat in that row, he didn't take the Tendulkar seat. He sat in...
Israrullah double-ton gives Peshawar innings win
Group I Peshawar jumped to second place with an innings win over Lahore Ravi in Peshawar. Israrullah's double hundred was the highlight of the match which gave Peshawar a 279-run lead in the first innings. Lahore opted to bat but managed only 239 despite good starts from Abdul Wahab Dar (40), Jahangir (51) and Tanzeel Altaf (52). However, Azizullah's four wickets restricted them before Israrullah...
Jogiyani ton leads Saurashtra reply
Saurashtra 362 for 3 (Jogiyani 137*, Jackson 84, Pathak 81) trail Madhya Pradesh 619 for 8 dec by 257 runsScorecard Saurashtra rallied from losing a wicket in the second over of the day's play through Sagar Jogiyani's unbeaten century but, despite a strong day's performance - 313 runs for the loss of three wickets - Madhya Pradesh are still a considerable distance ahead. A misfiring Jogiyani...
WACA faces uncertain future
The WACA faces an uncertain future as an international venue after a major redevelopment plan was abandoned on Monday. The project had been intended to provide the venue with financial security by linking an upgrade of the ground to the construction of commercial and residential buildings on site, but disappointing pre-sales for that development has led to the scrapping of the plan. That means...
Dec
16
Delhi dominate, Sehwag strikes form
Delhi 448 for 9 (Manha 100, Yadav 81, Nehra 57, Sehwag 56) lead Vidarbha 88 by 360 runsScorecard Virender Sehwag showed glimpses of his shot-making prowess for an hour and 49 minutes as Delhi's batsmen took apart a below-par Vidarbha attack. On the same Roshanara track where Vidarbha were shot out for 88 on the first day, Sehwag hit his first half-century of the season. While Sehwag will take...
Prasanth 199 sets up Andhra's 417
Himachal Pradesh 24 for 3 (Vijaykumar 2-17) trail Andhra 417 (Prasanth 199, Dhawan 5-125, Malik 4-73) by 393 runsScorecard Prasanth Kumar played a captain's innings with his 199, missing a maiden double ton, as Andhra put on 417 in Visakhapatnam. Resuming from their overnight tally of 224 for 4, Prasanth and Ricky Bhui added just two runs to the score before Bhui was caught behind off Rishi Dhawan....
Johnston accepts dual coaching role
Trent Johnston will continue to play an influential role in Ireland cricket following his retirement. He has accepted a new dual role that will see him take charge of the Ireland women's team and also become fast-bowling coach at the recently-formed national academy. Johnston, 39, ended his 198-cap international career on Friday when he was part of the side that lifted the ICC InterContinental Cup...
Innings wins for Islamabad, Karachi Whites and Rawalpindi
Group I Rawalpindi thrashed Karachi Blues by an innings and 140 runs to continue leading the table with the help of left-arm pacer Nasir Malik's 11 wickets in the match. Their batting was led by a hundred from Awais Zia (123) which gave them a huge first-innings lead. Karachi started well with Naved Khan (48) and Abdul Jabbar (85) but only one more batsman, Faraz Ahmed (43), managed a decent score...
Dec
15
Munaf, Yusuf put Baroda in command
Baroda 62 for 0 (Mistry 33*, Wakaskar 24*) trail Services 191 (Swain 62, Munaf 4-38, Yusuf 3-19) by 129 runsScorecard Munaf Patel and Yusuf Pathan shared seven wickets between them to give Baroda the advantage on the first day against Services in Vadodara. While Munaf removed the top-order batsmen, Yusuf took three from the middle and lower order to restrict Services to 191. Put in to bat, Services...
Nehra six-for decimates Vidarbha for 88
Delhi 96 for 2 (Gambhir 49) lead Vidarbha 88 (Nehra 6-16) by eight runsScorecard Ashish Nehra turned the clock back with some incisive swing bowling as his six-wicket haul decimated Vidarbha on a proverbial green-top at the Roshanara Club ground in Delhi. Nehra, who finished with figures of 6 for 16 - his 14th five-for in first-class cricket - took a wicket in each of his first six overs, running...
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