According to Shai Hope, a cricket captain’s career-defining century should be enough to win a game of cricket. And he wasn’t talking about himself. “Temba Boma – an innings like that deserves to be a winning innings but it just so happened that we came out on top at the end, the way he controlled …
South Africa wicketkeeper Trisha Chetty has retired from all cricket, bringing the curtains down on a 21-year domestic and 16-year international career. Chetty retired due to a recurring back injury that also ruled her out of last month’s T20 World Cup at home. She finished with a record 182 dismissals with gloves in women’s ODIs, …
Global giants 139 for 7 (Gale 57, Watson 26, Yousuf 2-14) Maharajah of India 136 for 9 (Raina 49, Bisla 36, Lee 3-18) Chris Gayle’s 46-ball 57 made light work of the world giants’ chase of 137 after Brett Lee (3 for 18) bowled a game-changing final over against India Maharaja on Wednesday. The global …
During the Rolling Stones’ tour of Australia, legendary drummer and famous cricket enthusiast Charlie Watts followed the well-worn path of many a tourist in Perth. He had his picture taken in front of the WACA ground. “He was taking a picture on a corner outside the ground because he didn’t think he would be allowed …
Australia Draw with 480 and 175 (Head 90, Liebschen 63*) for 2 Dec. India 571 (Kohli 186, Gill 128, Axar 79, Murphy 3-113, Lyon 3-151) The comatose pitch at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium called out in the final as Travis Head and Marence Leboschgen held Australia to a comfortable draw in front of huge but …
India’s efforts to close in on Australia’s first innings total of 480 in Ahmedabad forced Shreyas Iyer to stop batting on the morning of the fourth day due to lower back pain. Ravindra Jadeja batted ahead of Iyer on the third day, and while it was not unusual – India often use the left-handed Jadeja …
Royal Challengers Bangalore slipped to the bottom of the table with their fourth straight defeat.
Laura Wolvardt has been signed by Gujarat Giants as a replacement for the injured Beth Mooney for the remainder of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Wollwardt, who was in Pakistan to take part in the PCB’s Women’s League exhibition matches, has been released by her team Super Women and replaced by compatriot Sun Luce in …
A 200-plus run cushion can be a double-edged sword for a defense in a T20 match. While this certainly puts the chasing team under pressure, it can also tempt the bowlers to take it easy – or the opposition is leading the game with little to lose. Alyssa Healy did just that, giving UP Warriors …
West Indies’ Hayley Mathews went unsold in the first round of the WPL auction, which took place at the start of the Women’s T20 World Cup, before Mumbai Indians picked her up in an accelerated round. As amazing as it was, you could attach a logic to it. Mathews was leading a West Indies team …
