South Africa are one wicket away from wrapping up the second Test swiftly according to AB de Villiers. Despite Pakistan being only four wickets down at the end of the third day, de Villiers said one more scalp would open them up. "With the new ball around the corner we just need to be patient tomorrow. We feel if we get one more and then we have the wicketkeeper in there, we can run through them,"...
Hafeez agrees to BBL contract with Renegades
Mohammad Hafeez, the Pakistan allrounder, has agreed to a Big Bash League contract with the Melbourne Renegades. He will miss the first two games of the tournament due to international commitments with Pakistan in the UAE. This will be the first time he will play in the Australian T20 league, which begins on December 20. "I have agreed [to] a deal with Melbourne Renegades," Hafeez told ESPNcricinfo....
West Indies tour game set to be shifted from Cuttack
Incessant rains are likely to deal a double-blow to cricket fans in Cuttack: the fifth ODI between India and Australia is set to be washed out, and now the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) is likely to lose out on hosting West Indies' three-day tour game, starting from October 31. It is understood that OCA secretary Asirbad Behera and president Ranjib Biswal have already communicated their association's...
Tough task for defending champions
Mumbai: Likely to face a challenging season By Nagraj Gollapudi Where they finishedAs Ranji Trophy champions. However Mumbai's journey was not a smooth one: they could muster only two outright victories in eleven matches. Big PictureUntil Zaheer Khan delivered an inspired match-winning, and season-turning, spell against Madhya Pradesh in the penultimate group match, Mumbai's ride last season...
Oct
25
CCS demoted after arriving late to match
Cricket Coaching School has been demoted from the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League for arriving late for their match against Brothers Union on October 8 . They will play First Division Cricket League next season, and all points scored against them or by them will be removed from consideration as had happened last season when Surjo Tarun were relegated for a similar reason. They were reportedly...
Kenya to play seven Twenty20s against Sri Lanka A
Kenya will play seven Twenty20s against Sri Lanka A in Colombo ahead of the World Twenty20 Qualifiers in Dubai. The series, which begins on Sunday after being organised at short notice, will also serve as match practice for several Sri Lanka players, ahead of New Zealand's limited-overs tour of the country. Sri Lanka Twenty20 captain Dinesh Chandimal will lead the A team, as he did on New Zealand...
Pune Warriors' fate set to be decided
The working committee of the BCCI is set to decide the fate of the Pune Warriors franchise during its meeting in Chennai on October 26. On May 21, a day after BCCI encashed the bank guarantee due to non-payment of franchise fees, Sahara Pariwar, the owners of the franchise, announced their intention to pull out of the IPL. Despite a public announcement, Sahara still has not conveyed its decision...
Mominul lends spine to Bangladesh batting
Mominul Haque's defiant century ensured Bangladesh, for once, did not collapse in the third innings of a Test matchMominul Haque surprised a lot of people today. Not because he batted like a dream, as Tamim Iqbal described it, or because he outpaced the more experienced Tamim in a defiant 157-run stand. The sense of surprise came from seeing him remain not out at the end of day's play, after having...
Oct
24
Ashes spot not on Bailey's mind
Australia captain George Bailey has said it is "ridiculous" for him to think about an Ashes spot in the Australian summer on the basis of his one-day form in India - 318 runs in four innings. He also said he felt "frustrated" during his 98 against India in the washed-out Ranchi ODI and said Glenn Maxwell took the pressure off him in cracking 92 off 77 deliveries. Although he's played 33 ODIs and...
'Deceptive' Shami earns praise
Mohammed Shami, the India fast bowler, has drawn praise from both captains, MS Dhoni and George Bailey, for his performance in his first game of the ODI series in Ranchi. Bowling consistently around the 140 kph mark, Shami ran through the Australia top order with a first spell of 6-1-21-3, accounting for Aaron Finch, Phillip Hughes and Shane Watson. "Shami is deceptive," Dhoni said after the game...
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