A promising 128-run partnership between Runako Morton and Shivnarine Chanderpaul pushed West Indies towards the follow-on mark but a loose shot from Morton just before lunch let Australia finish what had been a frustrating session for them on a high. For most of the day the visitors could not get the Sabina Park pitch to […]
18th Over: Jayasuriya back into the attack. Karthik punches it off the backfoot. A single. FOUR! Karthik fetches the ball from outside the off stump and uses his wrist to work it away on the on side. Karthik retains strike with a single.
17th Over: SIX! Karthik carves it over mid wicket as Kulkarni comes back […]
20th Over: Tanveer to bowl the last over. New man in Gony on strike. A no ball for height. A single gets Morkel on strike. Morkel gets a single. They now need to get three boundaries on the trot. Now nothing short of two six’s. WICKET! Morkel has been caught by Singh inside the thirty […]
New Zealand dominated the second day’s play at Old Trafford with Ross Taylor’s magnificent 154 providing the backbone to a solid first innings of 381. Taylor was given excellent lower-order assistance from Kyle Mills, whose Test-best 57 ensured New Zealand seized momentum in an enthralling seventh-wicket stand of 89. For England, the wheels hadn’t so […]
The Mumbai Indians have launched an official complaint against Suresh Shastri, the third umpire, over two ‘contentious’ run-out decisions that went against them in their match against Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday. Mumbai lost the crucial encounter by one run in the last over, a result which has made their chances of qualifying for the […]
All-rounder Andrew Symonds took the opportunity to seek advice from the world’s fastest man prior to this week’s first Test with the West Indies at Sabina Park in Kingston.
The 32-year-old is widely regarded as one of the world’s most explosive and complete cricketers, but he demonstrated his willing to always improve by meeting 100 metres […]
Sri Lanka Cricket have announced they have no plans to conduct doping tests on players before the Asia Cup.
India and Pakistan, who are also taking part in the competition which begins on June 24, have previously stated they will conduct tests on their selected players. Read more
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Chennai coach Kepler Wessels has said that the hosts will bounce back against Jaipur in the crucial IPL match at the M A Chidambaram stadium on Saturday.
“It is an excellent opportunity for us to measure ourselves against the tournament’s top team. We are not under pressure, I am aware that we need to win one […]
Mumbai skipper Sachin Tendulkar has said his side will target Delhi’s middle order when the two teams take on each other in a race to grab a semi-final berth at the Feroze Shah Kotla ground on Saturday.
“Sehwag and Gambhir are two key players and they have played very well so far in the tournament. The […]
Ross Taylor struck an unbeaten 67 as New Zealand made 202-4 before bad light ended play after just 54 overs on day one of the second Test at Old Trafford.
Taylor and Jacob Oram (22 not out) steadied things after England had taken four wickets either side of lunch.
Ryan Sidebottom (2-33) did the damage after the […]
Stuart Clark took three wickets to leave the West Indies struggling 316 runs adrift of Australia’s first innings total in Kingston.
Clark produced a devastating spell of 3-18 to leave the West Indies on 68-3, before they rallied to 115-3 at close.
Australia, resuming on 301-4, moved to 431 all out, thanks to a belligerent knock from […]
Corey Collymore and Mushtaq Ahmed took the bowling honours against Notts at Trent Bridge as Sussex completed their first Championship win of the summer.
Collymore claimed 4-60 and Mushtaq picked up two wickets as the defending champions won by 73 runs. Read more
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