Nicholas Pooran’s breezy half-century and Wayne Parnell’s hat-trick helped Northern Warriors register a 32-run victory over Delhi Bulls in the Abu Dhabi T10 on Saturday. Warriors posted the highest total of this season when Nicholas Pooran hit a quick-fire 54 off 21 balls with five sixes and as many boundaries. Rovman Powell and Fabian Allen
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Bangla Tigers displayed a spirited all-round game to defeat defending champions Maratha Arabians by six wickets, in the seventh match of the Abu Dhabi T10 at the Abu Dhabi Zayed Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Arabians, despite not losing any wicket, could muster only 103 runs in their ten overs. Mohammad Hafeez’s unbeaten 61 off 30
BCCI Secretary Jay Shah who was on Saturday elected President of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), said that the organisation has done pioneering work in the women’s and age-group cricket and it needs to be continued further. Shah has taken over from Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) chief Nazmul Hussain, the previous chief of the ACC.
Sourav Ganguly was hospitalised for the second time in a month due to his cardiac condition.© AFP BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is stable and he is likely to be discharged from the hospital on Saturday if the results of the medical examinations to be conducted on him return normal, an official of the establishment where
Baroda rode on skipper Kedar Devdhar’s fighting 64 and bowlers’ impressive show to beat Punjab by 25 runs and enter the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Friday. Put into bat at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Baroda posted a competitive 160 for 3 and then restricted Punjab to 135 for 8. Half centuries from
Graham Thorpe saluted Joe Root‘s “work ethic” as the England captain prepared to join him in a select group of players who have played in 100 Tests for the Three Lions. Root is set to reach the landmark when he leads England in the first of a four-match series against India in Chennai next week.
Nitin Menon was included in ICC Elite Panel of Umpires last year.© Twitter India’s three ICC-panelled umpires will be up for their biggest assignment so far in next month’s four-Test series against England during which Virender Sharma and Anil Chaudhary are set to make their on-field debut in the longest format. While Chaudhary and Sharma
Rohit Sharma is among the Indian players who have reached Chennai and are quarantining. (File Photo)© AFP The Indian cricketers on Thursday cleared their first round of RT-PCR tests and will be undergoing two more rounds before starting training from February 2 for the upcoming Test series against England. The four-match series starts in Chennai
Pakistan’s spinners Yasir Shah and Nauman Ali grabbed three wickets in the space of ten runs to halt South Africa’s fightback on the third day of the first Test in Karachi on Thursday. When it looked like South Africa would end the day at parity after wiping out Pakistan’s big 158-run first innings lead, Yasir
Rishabh Pant, India wicketkeeper-batsman, seems to be on a lookout for a new place and he took to Twitter on Thursday to ask his fans for suggestions. Pant, who was the hero of India’s memorable series win Down Under, said that ever since he came back home from the Australia tour, his family is urging
Mahipal Lomror smashed 78 runs off just 37 deliveries to help Rajasthan post a strong total.© Twitter Mahipal Lomror was the standout performer as Rajasthan defeated Bihar by 16 runs in the fourth quarterfinal of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Wednesday here at the Motera Stadium. While Bihar has been knocked out, Rajasthan has
Fawad Alam gave further evidence of his considerable patience with a grafting century which helped Pakistan take a useful first innings lead over South Africa on the second day of the first Test in Karachi on Wednesday. The 35-year-old left-hander, who returned to the side last August after a decade in the international wilderness, scored
Rishabh Pant was among the Indian players nominated for ICC Player of the Month award for January.© AFP India’s senior off-spinner R Ashwin and swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant were on Wednesday nominated for the newly-introduced player of the month awards by the International Cricket Council. Besides Ashwin and Pant, two other Indians — Mohammed Siraj
Baba Aparajith and Shahrukh Khan played unbeaten knocks of 52 and 40 respectively as Tamil Nadu defeated Himachal Pradesh by five wickets in the second quarterfinal of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Tuesday, at the Motera Stadium. While Himachal Pradesh has been knocked out, Tamil Nadu progressed to the semi-finals. Tamil Nadu will now
Rishabh Pant poses for a photo with MS Dhoni and his wife.© Instagram Just after helping India to a historic victory against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Rishabh Pant spent some quality time with MS Dhoni and his wife Sakshi. Pant played an unbeaten knock of 89 runs on Day 5 of the fourth Test
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has to wait for the next 24-hour before knowing the full extent of the groin injury he picked up during the third ODI against West Indies. Shakib pulled up while bowling his fifth over, and left the field after receiving the physio’s attention, leaving Soumya Sarkar to complete the over. Bangladesh
Bangladesh beat West Indies 3-0 in the three-match ODI series.© AFP Bangladesh have kicked off their qualification campaign for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in style, sweeping their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League series against the West Indies. Bangladesh displayed a spirited all-round game to defeat West Indies by 120 runs
Coronavirus restrictions and thousands of security staff made for challenging conditions for South Africa on their tour of Pakistan, head coach Mark Boucher said Monday. The team is on its first tour of the country in 14 years, after international cricket in Pakistan was suspended in the aftermath of terror attacks on the Sri Lankan