Posts Tagged ‘Cricket’
Gayle, Narine shine as WI sweep NZ aside
Chris Gayle smashed his 2nd successive 50 and Sunil Narine claimed 4 for 12 as West Indies romped to a 61-run victory over New Zealand to win 2-0 in the T20 series in Florida9 balls while tail-ender Doug Bracewell smashed two sixes in a busy 11-ball 20 with defeat already in sight Bravo rounded off a fine all-round performance by taking two for [...]
Bopara drives England home
Ravi Bopara's 82 along with Ian Bell's conscious 75 helped England's batting effort against Australia at The Oval and allowed them to take a 2-0 lead This was England’s eighth consecutive win and they lead the five match series 2-0 Earlier in the day, Australia decided to bat first after winning the toss and lost Warner very early in their [...]
BCCI imposes heavy penalties for spot-fixing
The Disciplinary Committee of the BCCI, comprising Mr5 May 2012 [subscribe2]
U-19 Asia cup: India to meet Pakistan in final
Unmukt Chand's century has helped India U-19 beat Sri Lanka U-19 by six wickets at the Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lumpur on Friday and set up a mouth-watering Asia Cup clash with Pakistan off 71 balls41-ball 116 and Vijay Zol’s 2 to end as the highest wicket taker of the tournament so far9s 244 for 7 wickets 29, Harmeet Singh 2/549s 247 for 4 wickets [...]
Indian companies buy all 7 teams in SLPL
Indian business enterprises bought all SLPL's seven franchises on offer, even the BCCI has prohibited its cricketers from signing up with the Sri Lankan Premier League0, with the final scheduled for August 318 players, including six foreign cricketers, for registration However, unlike in the IPL, a team can field only two foreigners SLPL teams' [...]
Alan Isaac takes over as ICC President
Alan Isaac, the former Chairman of New Zealand Cricket, has been elected as the eighth President of the International Cricket Council 0 years1 Annual Conference for failing to comply with the ICC’s membership criteria and remaining unable to do so by the 2012 Annual Conference06 Members of the ICC [subscribe2]
India A go down in last-over thriller
35-run ninth wicket stand between captain Veerasammy Permaul and tail-ender Nikita Miller fired West Indies A to a thrilling two-wicket win over India A in the first one-dayer here yesterday91 for victory, West Indies were 158 for eight before Permaul and Miller combined to steer the hosts to 193 without further loss, with three balls remaining [...]
WI team to beat at ICC World T20: Watson
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has named the West Indies as the team to beat at the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 20120 event in the Caribbean “It is a format in which we still haven’t been able to play well consistently against other countries in the world We made the final in the last ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies and in the [...]
Lanka revises India tour itinerary, Team selection on July 4
India's limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka starting next month has been revised with the first one-dayer now scheduled for July 21, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Tuesday: First one-dayer, Hambantota July 24: Second one-dayer, Hambantota July 28: Third one-dayer, Colombo July 31: Fourth one-dayer, Colombo Aug 4: Fifth one-dayer, Pallekele Aug 7: [...]
U-19 Asia Cup: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in semi-finals
India play Sri Lanka in the second semifinal on Friday, a day after Pakistan take on Afghanistan in Under-19 Asia Cup cricket tournament-run win over Nepal under the Duckworth Lewis method to qualify for the semi-final in reply to India's 176 all out73 in 47 overs after a brief interruption In the other games, Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by [...]
Arjun Tendulkar in Mumbai’s U-14 probables
Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun is among the list of 32 probables to be selected for the Under-14 team by the Mumbai Cricket Association4 selection trials held at the Cross Maidan in Mumbai on May 264 boundaries and a six in his innings of 124 Arjun is an all-round talent and has proved himself as a hard hitting batsman and medium fast bowler [...]
SA to host Champions League T20
South Africa was chosen as the host of this year's Champions League T20 tournament by cricket chiefs meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday0 [subscribe2]
ICC pushes again for DRS, BCCI says no
BCCI on Monday refused to change its stance on the controversial Decision Review System 200% in agreement with the outcomes produced from his assessments CEC accordingly recommended to the ICC Board that, subject to the Members' ability to finance and obtain the required technology, DRS should be mandatory for all Tests and ODIs [...]
Sri Lanka beat Pakistan in first Test
Sri Lanka completed their largest win over Pakistan on the fourth day in first test at Galle0, Pakistan didn't even come close00 in its first innings37-5 after Dilshan smashed 56 off 58 balls with nine fours99 not out99*, Dilshan 101, M Jayawardene 62, Ajmal 5-14637 for 5 dec 00 3, Herath 3-30 and 300 Younis 87, Shafiq 80, Kulasekara 3-80, Randiv [...]
England name unchanged squad for Australia ODIs
England named an unchanged squad on Monday for their five-match one-day series against Australia starting at Lord's on Friday5 ICC Cricket World Cupst ODI, Lord's July 01: 2nd ODI, The Oval July 04: 3rd ODI, Birmingham N0: 5th ODI, Manchester
Pak v Aus: ICC approves six-match T20 series
The ICC has approved a six-match Twenty20 series between Pakistan and Australia, which, if it goes ahead will be the longest bilateral T20 series ever staged by international sides The Pakistan Cricket Board PCB requested support for the flexibility to stage a six-match Twenty20 International series against Australia potentially in the United [...]
England top Windies in T20
Opening batsman Alex Hales blasted 99 on his home ground at Trent Bridge as England reached an imposing target of 173 with seven wickets and two balls to spare59, before he played around Ravi Rampaul's yorker to end his innings on 9973 at Trent Bridge, England reached the total shortly after Hales and Bopara made way when Eoin Morgan hit the [...]
India A beat West Indies in 2nd T20
India A clinched the final unofficial T20 to level the series with a win in the one-over eliminator in Port of Spain on Monday54 for five as Suleiman Benn finished with two for 23 West Indies A replied in resounding fashion as Nkrumah Bonner slammed 82 off 65 as the hosts went on to tie the match Going into the one-over eliminator, the [...]
Windies call up Badree for T20s
Leg-spinner Samuel Badree was included in the West Indies squad announced Sunday for two Twenty20 internationals against New Zealand in Florida5, merited his selectionst Twenty20, Central Broward Regional Park, United States Jul 01: 2nd Twenty20, Central Broward Regional Park Jul 05: 1st ODI, Sabina Park, Jamaica Jul 07: 2nd ODI, Sabina [...]
Zimbabwe crush South Africa in T20 final
Zimbabwe dominated South Africa to surprisingly win the final of the Twenty20 tri-series at Harare Sports Club by nine wickets on Sunday46 for six from their 20 overs with Morkel unbeaten on 34 off 23 balls18 for the second wicket insured a historic victory against a quality side runs off his first over with Taylor hitting two fours and a six off [...]
