England won the first ODI against Bangladesh played at Dhaka on Sunday by six wickets. Tamim Iqbal’s century won him the match of the match, but with no-one to support him through the entire duration of the innings, the Bangladeshis lost quite easily. Iqbal’s 125 came off 120 balls, but apart from him, the highest [...]
When Brendon McCullum smashed his 116 not-out against Australia at Christchurch in the second T20I, he became only the second cricketer in the history of T20I cricket to slam a century. The first ever batsman to score a century in T20Is is Chris Gayle, and he still holds the record for the highest individual score [...]
The Australian players may decided to come for the Indian Premier League after it was found that the security threat issued by the extremist elements not very creditable. However, what could still work against the players is that the IPL has yet to provide commitment regarding the security at all the venues. Tim May, the [...]
New Zealand beat Australia in a thrilling second T20I encounter at Christchurch on Sunday via the Super Over. The match ended in a tie after the stipulated twenty overs and went into the Super Over, in which New Zealand chased down the target of seven that was set for them. Batting first, the Kiwis were [...]
Chasing 366 for a win at Ahmedabad was never going to be easy for the Indians, and especially not so in the absence of some of their main guns. No Sehwag, no Tendulkar and no Yuvraj in the batting line-up meant that the Indians capitulated to a 90-run loss in the third and the final [...]
South Africa gave one back to India by smashing 365/2 in the fifty overs thanks to centuries from Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers and half centuries by Hashim Amla and Loots Bosman. Batting first after winning the toss, the South Africans began well thanks to Bosman’s hard hitting 68 off 47 balls. Amla continued [...]
Loots Bosman smashed a 36-ball half century as South Africa took full toll of the weak Indian bowling in the third ODI between India and South Africa at Ahmedabad. He went on to score 68 before succumbing to temptation of hitting another six off Yusuf Pathan in the 16th over of the innings. At the [...]
The South Africans have won the toss and elected to bat first in the third and the final ODI at Ahmedabad. The Proteas have already lost the series 0-2, and will look for a consolation win against India before both the sides get into the T20I mode. It is apparent that the Ahmedabad wicket is [...]
Former Pakistani pace bowler, Waqar Younis has been offered the role of the coach of the Pakistani cricket team. The contract has been offered to him by the PCB till December 2011, and it is widely expected that Younis will accept the offer. The Pakistan Cricket Board chief, Ejaz Butt, confirmed that they would like [...]
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has given the green signal for Dave Warner’s switch-hit on Saturday, saying that he felt it was within the purview of the game. Earlier, there had been a controversy regarding Warner’s ability to switch-hit as the umpires had disallowed him from playing that stroke in the first T20I between Australia [...]
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