Category: Cricket

Wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow (89) saved England’s blushes as the visitors reached 268/8 at stumps on the opening day of the third Test against India at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) I.S. Bindra Stadium here on Saturday. At stumps, tailenders Abdul Rashid (4) and Gareth Batty (0) were at the crease. Bairstow fell 11 short of what could have been his […]

India defeated Bangladesh by 64 runs in the opening match of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) women’s Twenty-20 Asia Cup at the Asian Institute of Technology ground here on Saturday. Put in to bat, India posted 118/6 in their allotted 20 overs. In reply, Bangladesh was bundled out for a paltry 54. Brief scores: India 118/6 (Mithali Raj 49 not […]

Shakib Al Hasan led from the front with his lower-order pyrotechnics before Dwayne Bravo bowled one of his typical T20 spells as Dhaka Dynamites breezed past bottom-placed Comilla Victorians a Bangladesh Premier League 2016 clash at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday (November 26). Shakib’s 26-ball 41, studded with four fours and a six, in a 46-run […]

The Board for Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced revised dates for the knockout stages of the Ranji Trophy on Friday (November 25). The revision was necessitated after the fifth round clashes between Gujarat and Bengal and Tripura and Hyderabad were postponed due to severe smog in Delhi. No play was possible in the two fixtures after players complained […]

In a ‘Now or Never’ clash, hosts Zimbabwe and West Indies locked horns in a bid to qualify to face Sri Lanka in Sunday’s (November 27) big final. With the two teams having produced oodles of drama in their tied contest on November 19, it was only right to expect this match to be a hard fought contest and both […]

Virender Sehwag, on Wednesday, slammed the British media for levelling allegations of ball tampering against India Test captain Virat Kohli. The former master blaster said England should have gracefully accepted defeat in the second Test in Visakhapatnam. India won by 246 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. “The team that ends on the losing side often […]