Innings close England 255 (Pietersen 71, Johnson 5-63) v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Australia lost the early wickets of David Warner and Shane Watson after Mitchell Johnson rumbled England out for 255 on day two of the fourth Ashes Test at the MCG. Warner fell to a presumptuous pull shot at James Anderson and Watson edged an attempted drive off Ben Stokes to leave the hosts...
Steyn's drought hurts South Africa
On an unusually dry Kingsmead surface, South Africa's attack struggle to cope with their talisman's longest-ever wicketless streak Match Point: 'Disappointed to see Steyn bowl slower' Dale Steyn began his fifth over the way he may have wanted to start his first. He delivered a snarling bouncer that soared towards M Vijay at almost 146 kph. Having already faced 17 balls and made some assessment...
An administrative farce
The Sri Lankan board's continuing ineptness meant a paucity of Tests, alienation of senior players, and another cancelled T20 league Andrew Fidel Fernando December 27, 2013 The 4-1 ODI victory over South Africa was one of the few positives for Sri Lanka in 2013 © Associated Press If Sri Lanka's 2013 had remained as the Future Tours Programme had intended, fans would now be reflecting...
Ashraful cries, Johnson terrifies
Australia's Ashes revival, Afghanistan's fairy tale, player boycotts and more in our staff's picks of the best and worst of the year gone by Australia's fightback in the Ashes made the contest interesting but ten back-to-back Tests was overkill © Getty Images Alan Gardner Assistant editor Best: Afghanistan qualify for the World CupWhile the ICC's Full Member nations seem content to...
Dec
26
England lay base after being put in
Lunch England 1 for 71 (Carberry 26*, Root 11*) v Australia England's batsmen fought, nudged and scraped their way to a sound platform at lunch after being sent in to bat by Australia's captain Michael Clarke on the first morning of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. As a crowd of more than 84,000 settled into their seats, Peter Siddle claimed Alastair Cook for the only wicket of the morning,...
Punjab complete stunning turnaround
Punjab 74 (Nehra 4-31) and 402 (Jiwanjot 147, Mandeep 80) beat Delhi 150 (Chand 55) and 228 (Bhatia 100, Gony 3-51, Jaskaran 3-45) by 98 runsScorecard Punjab, who had been bowled out for 74 in their first innings, capped a remarkable recovery to defeat Delhi by 98 runs and keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the knockouts. Needing 327 to win, Delhi were all out for 228 in 91.3 overs, despite...
SL visit could prove crucial to hosting Asia Cup, World T20
Sri Lanka's tour of Bangladesh could be crucial to the host's prospects of holding the Asia Cup and the ICC World Twenty20. Sri Lanka are scheduled to arrive on January 24 for a month-long tour, which is the first of three major international cricket events in Bangladesh, stacked one after another. Four days after the Sri Lanka tour, the Asia Cup is scheduled to begin on February 24. The Asian Cricket...
Ryder returns for NZ, WI bowl
25 overs New Zealand 83 for 6 (McCullum 37*, Neesham 6*, Rampaul 2-9) v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details A new-look West Indies bowling attack, led by Ravi Rampaul, scythed through the New Zealand top order to leave the home side in huge trouble at Eden Park. Brendon McCullum was alone in putting up a resistance, going past 5000 ODI runs during his innings, but he was fast running...
Dec
25
BCCI to meet over Rajasthan Cricket Association status
The BCCI has convened a working committee meeting in Chennai on December 28 to decide the fate of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) in the wake of Lalit Modi's possible return to cricket administration as RCA president. Modi, the founding IPL chairman, was banned for life from Indian cricket in September following an internal inquiry that found him guilty on eight charges. However, the court...
Rajpoot, Imtiaz dismiss MP for 115
Uttar Pradesh 250 and 78 for 3 (Raina 41*) lead Madhya Pradesh 115 (Rajpoot 5-37, Imtiaz 4-39) by 213 runsScorecard Uttar Pradesh's pace duo of Ankit Rajpoot and Imtiaz Ahmed took nine wickets between them to dismiss Madhya Pradesh for 115. By close of play, UP had extended their 135-run lead to 213, with Suresh Raina unbeaten on 41. The second day of the match was lost to bad weather, but Rajpoot...
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