Report Half-century from Gayle not enough as Udana holds his nerve It may have taken a week but finally, after five wins out of five, the winning streak of Team Abu Dhabi came to an end courtesy of the Bangla Tigers. That was despite a thrilling knock from none other than Chris Gayle, who –
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News Batter hadn’t played red-ball cricket in a while but came good when India needed him Shreyas Iyer went to bed at around 11pm on Thursday hoping for and expecting a good night’s sleep. He had batted the best part of two sessions in less-then-ideal air so it wasn’t really an unrealistic expectation. However, he
Report All four of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Hasan Ali, Faheem Ashraf and Sajid Khan got a wicket each in first session On a day in Chattogram that began with an earthquake and saw smoke from a nearby fire billowing above the stadium, Pakistan rocked the Bangladesh top order and blazed through the middle to get
News Non-white female chair steps down with immediate effect as ECB postpone plan to tackle racism The ECB has been forced to postpone the publication of its plan to improve diversity in English cricket, amid the abrupt departure on Thursday of one of the only two non-white chairs of a first-class county. Mehmooda Duke, who
News Balbirnie to open with Stirling, Getkate and McClintock recalled to add middle-order power Ireland have left Kevin O’Brien out of their T20 squad for upcoming tours to USA and West Indies. O’Brien, 37, opened for Ireland during a disappointing T20 World Cup campaign in which they failed to qualify for the Super 12s. Having
Report Both sides pick three spinners each Toss India chose to bat vs New Zealand On a clear morning in Kanpur, India captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and chose to bat in the first Test against New Zealand. Rahane’s expectation was for the pitch to play “slow and low”, and both teams picked three
Report Jamie Overton smashes last two balls for six each to make it five wins out of five Team Abu Dhabi 124 for 4 (Salt 56, Overton 20*) beat Delhi Bulls 121 for 4 (Shepherd 39*) by six wickets It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster year for Phil Salt. After breaking his foot in
News “It is a firm track and won’t break down easily,” says Shiv Kumar The 22-yard strip at Green Park, which will be used for the first Test between India and New Zealand, may be devoid of any grass, but won’t show ready signs of wear and tear, according to local curator Shiv Kumar. There
Report The second day of England’s first warm-up match was washed out Experts are warning to expect more than the usual afternoon thunderstorm in Brisbane as rare weather patterns threaten to spoil the Ashes build-up for both Australia and England and the first Test itself. Play was abandoned without a ball bowled on day two
Bangla Tigers 91 for 1 (Charles 36) beat Chennai Braves 90 for 6 (Perera 26, Howell 2-22) by nine wickets On a night where most batters struggled on a much slower and trickier wicket in Abu Dhabi, Johnson Charles and Hazratullah Zazai of the Bangla Tigers made it look like they were playing on a