West Indies continued to slice through Australia’s middle order but Andrew Symonds provided some resistance at Sabina Park, where wickets to Daren Powell and Dwayne Bravo kept Australia to 93 for 6 at lunch on the fourth day. Symonds was on 30 and Brad Haddin had 10 and with only the bowlers to come the […]
Monty Panesar produced his best Test bowling figures of 6-37 as England fought back on an intriguing third day against New Zealand at Old Trafford.
They appeared to have no hope at all after losing their last six wickets for 50 to concede a first innings lead of 179, as Daniel Vettori claimed 5-66.
But Panesar struck […]
Non-appeal of the day
New Zealand clearly felt so confident of knocking England over that they didn’t need to appeal for all the edges. Early in the day Iain O’Brien brought a ball back into Kevin Pietersen, who stretched forward to play it. The ball ballooned into the slips, where it was caught, but the appeal […]
Kumar Sangakkara and Shaun Marsh yet again built a solid foundation as Kings XI Punjab reached 174 for 6, the highest total at Eden Gardens in the tournament. It was the final game for the Kolkata Knight Riders - already out of the reckoning for the semi-finals - in front of their home fans but […]
Sixteen wickets fell on the third, enthralling day of the second Test at Old Trafford as New Zealand set England a daunting 294 to win, on a crumbling pitch. It was a spinner’s day, with five-wicket hauls for Daniel Vettori and Monty Panesar, and both sides suffered horrendous collapses as the advantage swung back and […]
18th Over: Sreesanth back into the atttack. Two runs off the first two balls. Now, a dot ball. FOUR! Gul powers that through mid wicket. Kolkata still in the hunt. SIX! Gul is on fire. He picks up the slower one and launches it over the ropes. Four leg byes
17th Over: SIX! Dada goes ballistic. […]
The new spirit of the West Indies team, so encouragingly confirmed over the first two and a half days of the most daunting challenge in international cricket, was, yet again, squandered by individual rashness. One man stood above the negligence that led to the collapse of four wickets for eight runs just before tea that […]
Still searching for their first victory at home, Deccan Chargers decided that batting first would give them the best chance of doing so against Bangalore Royal Challengers. The pitch looked a belter, while the sweltering afternoon heat would have been one of the reasons why Adam Gilchrist decided to have a bat. Read […]
The West Indies coach John Dyson praised his side’s fighting qualities after they hit back from a 119-run first-innings deficit to reduce Australia to 17 for 4 at stumps on the third day. Following an inspirational 118 by Shivnarine Chanderpaul, West Indies finished superbly with Daren Powell and Fidel Edwards picking up two wickets.
“We go […]
19th Over: SIX! Rao gets a beamer from Kumar and edges it to across the ropes. WICKET! Rao looking to up the ante perishes to an easy catch at mid off. Arjun Yadav is the new man in. WICKET! Bangar jas been run out. Vaas on strike. Hyd are 164-7
18th Over: Teja plays Kohli away […]
Matthew Hayden offers Australia many things, but in this Test they have missed his stability at the top of the order. Strong starts are expected by the team when Hayden is involved and after a disastrous opening to their second innings they need him to recover from his heel injury for the second Test in […]
Graeme Smith, the Rajasthan Royals’ opener, is likely to miss their next match against the Mumbai Indians on Monday after pulling a hamstring during the Chennai game, said captain Shane Warne.
“We have good depth and we can make it up for Smith’s loss and send [Kamran] Akmal up the order,” Warne said. “We will continue […]