Pakistan 176 for 4 (Akmal 64, Steyn 2-29) beat South Africa 170 for 4 (Amla 48, Afridi 3-28) by six runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details A 102-run stand between Mohammad Hafeez and Umar Akmal allowed Pakistan to put on their most competitive batting display in limited-overs matches against South Africa in the last month and break a six-match winless streak. With both batsmen enjoying their...
Farhat, Masood fifties set up Habib Bank win
Fifties from Imran Farhat and Shan Masood powered Habib Bank to 294 before a comprehensive bowling performance helped the side defeat United Bank by 94 runs in the President's One Day Cup Tournament. Farhat and Masood shared an opening stand of 129 in a little under 21 overs after the side were put into bat. Masood was dismissed for 65-ball 50, while Farhat scored a pacy 87 off 78 balls with 11 fours...
Judge defers Rajasthan Cricket Association elections
Justice NM Kasliwal, the judge appointed by Supreme Court as principal observer for the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) elections, has deferred the poll dates decided on by the two main factions. CP Joshi, the current RCA president, had announced November 24 as the election date after his rival Sanjay Dixit, the RCA secretary who has teamed up with banned BCCI administrator Lalit Modi, notified...
Warner and Clarke build Australia's advantage
Australia 295 and 2 for 145 (Warner 83*, Clarke 34*) lead England 136 (Carberry 40 by 304 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Michael Clarke survived a none too torried examination against the short ball to enter lunch unscathed as Australia reached lunch on the third day in a dominant position at the Gabba. England's aggressive tactics against Australia's captain, not short of initial...
Nov
22
Unbeaten Rawalpindi maintain top place
Group I Rawalpindi Rams registered their fourth successive win and cemented their place at the top of the Group I battle with a narrow two-wicket victory over Sialkot Stallions. Rawalpindi were comfortable in a chase of 220 at 124 for 3 but a few quick wickets pegged them back. However, they went past the target in the 43rd over. Babar Naeem, top-scored for the side with 68 off 74 balls, including...
Laxmi Shukla 155 in Bengal 303
Saurashtra 0 for 0 trail Bengal 303 (L Shukla 155) by 303 runsScorecard Bengal captain Laxmi Shukla scored more than half his team's runs on day one in Kolkata, hitting 155 as Saurashtra bowled the hosts out for 303. Saurashtra had to bat one over before stumps, and their openers safely negotiated that. The visitors had chosen to bowl and enjoyed early success, reducing Bengal to 20 for 2 within...
CSA likely to hold 'festival of cricket' at Newlands
Cricket South Africa is planning a festival of cricket to replace the New Year's Test in Cape Town in the first week of 2014. The festival is likely to feature Twenty20 matches spread over three days between January 3 and January 6, 2014, and may include some of the country's best known sportspeople. One idea being proposed is to start the festival with a T20 game between the national rugby team,...
Johnson, Australia rattle England
Lunch England 2 for 55 (Carberry 31*) trail Australia 295 (Haddin 94, Johnson 64, Broad 6-81) by 240 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Australia made productive use of their first sight of England's batsmen in the opening Ashes Test at the Gabba, as they dismissed Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott within 17 overs to strike back impressively at the Gabba. Cook built his Ashes reputation...
Nov
21
Rare clear forecast for SL-NZ finale
Match facts Thursday, November 21, 2013Start time 1900 local (1330 GMT) Big Picture Fans who have followed this series so far may want to sit down before reading the following sentence: rain is not expected to affect the second Twenty20. By even Sri Lankan monsoon standards, New Zealand's tour has been a miserably soggy one. Fewer than half the scheduled overs have been played, and two of...
TN batsmen face UP bowling test
Meerut may have a reputation as a crowded industrial place, but the sprawling Victoria Park adds a much-needed expanse of green to the town. It houses the Bhamashah Stadium, which is surrounded by more open spaces for Meerut's young cricketers to train in, much like the city's two most famous cricketers, Praveen Kumar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, did over the past few years. Several knots of cricketers...
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