Nathan Alder Correspondent (Sport) Australia’s eight-match limited overs tour of India sparked into life after a record breaking run chase by the hosts levelled the one day series at one a piece, leaving the travellers stunned going into the third clash in Mohali in two days’ time. The tour started off poorly for the Australians as they were comprehensively beaten in the first and only Twenty20 match of the series. India won the game […]
Joe Paley, Correspondent (Sport) Harbhajan Singh took 4-32 to lead Mumbai Indians to their second Champions League title on Sunday night, in what was Sachin Tendulkar’s last limited overs’ game in the sport. West Indian opener Dwayne Smith had earlier propelled Mumbai to a mammoth total of 202-6 from their 20 overs, hitting 44 from 39 balls, which included five fours and one six. Australian Glenn Maxwell also proved his worth to the Indians, […]
Joe Paley, Correspondent (Sport) Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club surged to victory at Lords on Saturday afternoon, beating Glamorgan Dragons by 87 runs in an exhilarating end to the YB40 competition in London. Chasing an unlikely 248 for victory, Glamorgan fell prey to the left-arm spin of England international Samit Patel, who took 3-21 inside 7 overs to claim the man of the match award and lead his team to victory. Nottinghamshire (Notts.) had earlier […]
Tom Parry-Jones, Correspondent (Sport) CHESTER-LE-STREET — England had the typical British summer weather to thank as they limped to a draw against Australia on Monday to retain the Ashes after just 14 days of cricket — the fastest Ashes victory in 108 years. After amassing 527 runs in their first innings and then bowling England out for 368, Australia batted on to the end of the fourth day to set England a target of […]
Joe Paley, Correspondent (Sport) HARARE – India sealed a comprehensive series win in Harare on Sunday afternoon beating Zimbabwe by seven wickets to continue their recent good form having won the ICC Champions Trophy and a Tri-Series in the Caribbean. Opting to bowl first, Virat Kohli’s men had the host’s batting line-up in chaos from the start with Vinay Kumar (1-32) and Mohammed Shami (2-25) dismissing Vusi Sibanda (0) and Sikandar Raza (1) […]
Joe Paley, Correspondent (Sport) Kumar Sangakkara smashed 169 from only 137 balls to give Sri Lanka the perfect start to their ODI series against South Africa in Colombo, winning by 180 runs. AB De Villiers’s side has no answer to Sangakkara, whose knock included 18 fours and six sixes. After making 66 from 91 balls, Sangakkara moved through the gears late on, smashing 103 from the last 46 balls he faced to drive Sri […]
Joe Paley, Correspondent (Sport) Shahid Afridi made a remarkable return to international cricket as he top scored with 76 with the bat before taking 7–12 with the ball to lead Pakistan to victory by 126 runs over West Indies in the first ODI of their tour. After losing the toss and being forced to bat first, Misbah Ul-Haq’s side failed to come to terms with a tricky pitch in Guyana. Jason Holder (4–13) […]
Joe Paley, Correspondent (Sport) The final group games of the ICC Champions Trophy took place across England and Wales this week. Pakistan vs South Africa — South Africa won by 67 runs. After losing to India in the opening game of the tournament, South Africa took maximum points against an underwhelming Pakistan side last Monday at Edgbaston. Batting first, vice-captain Hashim Amla led the way hitting a composed 81 of 97 balls as […]
Joe Paley, Correspondent (Sport) The ICC Champions Trophy kicks off this week across England and Wales with the opening game between India and South Africa taking place at the Swalec Cricket Stadium in Cardiff. The tournament was last held in 2009 in South Africa and was won by Australia who ran out winners for the second time after winning in 2006. Despite winning the last two tournaments, Australia enter the 2013 edition with low […]
Joe Paley, Correspondent (Sport) Kieron Pollard powered Mumbai Indians to their first Indian Premier League title on Sunday afternoon, hitting Chennai Super Kings’s attack to all parts of Eden Gardens. Bowlers Lasith Malinga and Mitchell Johnson were also impressive with the ball, proving to be too good for Chennai’s acclaimed batting order as Mumbai won the final by 23 runs. Despite losing openers Dwayne Smith and Aditya Tare within the first 7 balls […]
