Missing out on yet another century for the second successive time would rankle any player but Sachin Tendulkar said he would not complain as long as the team was winning.
Tendulkar had fallen one run shy of a century in the first one-dayer on Tuesday and today, he was out for 93, dragging a Thandi Tshabalala […]
India made heavy weather of a modest target and survived a mini-collapse before inflicting a six-wicket defeat on South Africa with five balls to spare in the penultimate game of the three-match cricket series here on Friday.
India were cruising to an easy victory when the old opening firm of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly rolled […]
Kyle Coetzer has withdrawn from the Scotland squad for the ODI against Pakistan, opting to stay with Durham. With Dougie Brown already missing because of an Achilles injury, Scotland are struggling.
Durham are not playing on Sunday, the day of the match, but they do have Twenty20 Cup matches on Saturday and Tuesday. According to a […]
Morne van Wyk’s career-best 82 notwithstanding, Indian bowlers did a decent job to restrict South Africa to a modest 226 for six wickets in the second cricket one-dayer here on Friday.
Besides van Wyk, Mark Boucher (55) came up with a breezy, run-a-ball cameo and Jean-Paul Duminy contributed 40, to swell the team total past 200. […]
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly gave India just the right start chasing a modest target of 227.
Tendulkar being more fluent of the two openers, took his chances to hit some fine boundaries around the park as India reached 60 for no loss at the end of 15th over.
Earlier, Opener Morne van Wyk bailed South Africa […]
India legend Sachin Tendulkar passed 15,000 one-day runs as his team raced to 90-0 in search of 227 to beat South Africa in the second ODI in Belfast.
Tendulkar got off the mark with a four and pulled Andre Nel for six before reaching his 79th fifty - and the landmark - courtesy of four overthrows.
Opener […]
A fine 98 from Alexei Kervezee and a crucial all-round performance from Mudassar Bukhari gave the Netherlands a positive start on the first day of the Intercontinental Cup match against Canada at Toronto. Canda closed on 65 for 2 in reply to Netherlands’ 297.
Canada won the toss and stuck Netherlands in, a decision that they […]
Tanmay Srivastava, the Uttar Pradesh middle-order batsman, will lead the Indian Under-19 side for the tour of Sri Lanka next month. The tour includes a one-day tri-series also featuring Bangladesh, followed by two three-day games.
The squad includes KP Appanna, the promising Karnataka left-arm spinner, and allrounder Ravi Jadeja, a regular in India’s recent U-19 tours. […]
Opening batsman Matthew Hayden has declared he has no intention of retiring from Test and one-day cricket and wants to help shepherd Australia into a new era.
Hayden, 36 in October, said he still had the desire to tackle what looms as a gruelling period for the Australian team.
Australia are due to play up to 27 […]
Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach, has said that Sourav Ganguly’s presence in the Indian team has lent more stability to the batting line-up. Speaking ahead of the second one-day international between India and South Africa at Belfast, Arthur said that he couldn’t comprehend why Ganguly wasn’t included in the one-day squad which toured South […]
Darrell Hair made his return to international cricket on Thursday when he officiated on the first day of the Intercontinental Cup clash between Canada and the Netherlands in Ontario.
Hair, a veteran of 76 Tests, was voted off the ICC’s panel of elite umpires in November last year, following his handling of the Oval Test against […]