It used to be said that a player never recovers from the disappointment of a poor Ashes tour. What are the prospects for the senior England players who failed to deliver?It used to be said that a player never recovers from the disappointment of a poor Ashes tour. There is plentiful evidence in this England side to suggest otherwise: Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, James Anderson and Kevin Pietersen were...
NZ aim to bury brittle Windies
Match Facts December 19-23, 2013, HamiltonStart time 10.30am (2130GMT previous day) The Big Picture It was always suspected that New Zealand would be too good against West Indies in home conditions. Then came the Dunedin fightback. Perhaps the visitors could offer a sterner challenge. Then came Wellington. No they couldn't, at least over those three days. There is nothing to be ashamed about...
Warner, Smith, Bailey released to BBL
Victory in the Ashes has allowed Cricket Australia to make a concession to the start of the Big Bash League, releasing David Warner, Steven Smith and George Bailey to take part in the opening round of the Twenty20 competition this week. Warner, Smith and Bailey were all key contributors to Australia's series-clinching win at the WACA Ground, the two New South Welshmen each making centuries while...
'I'd love to spill my guts' - Sammy
Darren Sammy, the West Indies captain, has bit his lip over the suspension of offspinner Shane Shillingford due an illegal action but admitted there was a lot he would like to say about the issue. There is a strong sense that West Indies feel harshly treated over Shillingford, whose doosra and traditional offspinner were found to breach the 15-degree limit laid down by the ICC. Before the report...
Dec
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India's next gen gear for torrid test
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....
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