The former captain has put his vote of confidence on left-hand batsman Shan Masood to open for Pakistan at this year’s T20 World Cup in Oman and UAE, starting October 17. Inzamam-ul-Haq has cited form shown by Masood in the Pakistan Super League and Kashmir Premier League this year to back his case for T20 World Cup selection. Playing for Multan Sultans in PSL 2021, Masood produced 209 runs in his seven innings at a strike-rate of 142.17. In the maiden KPL that followed, he scored 254 runs from five innings at an average of 50.80 and strike-rate of 144.31. Credit: Getty Images “I saw him (Masood) playing at the PSL and the…
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Contrary to wider consensus on his form and spot in the Test side, the Indian team management stand right behind vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, with batting coach Vikram Rathour saying they back him to return to scoring ways quickly. Credit: Getty Images Rahane didn’t disturb the scorers on Day 4 at the Oval, getting out LBW to what was mostly a straight incoming ball from Chris Woakes. This was Rahane’s sixth failure in seven innings for the ongoing Test series in England. Either side of the right-hander’s crucial second-innings 61 in the victory at Lord’s, he has had scores of 5, 1, 18,…
Half-centuries from Rishabh Pant and Shardul Thakur helped push India’s second-innings lead past 350 on Day 4 at The Oval. However, England made an inspiring start with the bat to set-up the final day wonderfully on what remains a batting surface. The home team’s openers Rory Burns (31*) and Haseeb Hameed (43*) made a confident start, wiping out 77 of the 368 runs England require for a victory in the third session. Despite left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja testing their resolve in the latter half of his elongated spell, with some rough spots to work with outside the left-hander’s off-stump, Burns and Hameed held their own and didn’t allow…
Going down despite a strong fight in the opening one-dayer, the Proteas came roaring back into the ODI series with a fantastic victory in the 2nd match played on Saturday and levelled up 1-1 with hosts Sri Lanka. The tourists clinched a win by 67 runs on the DLS method in what was a game marred by bad weather at the R Premadasa. With their win, Proteas set up the summit clash for the three-match series on Tuesday and earned themselves some crucial points in the ICC Super League. The victory gave South Africa 10 important points in the leagu,e which determines direct qualification…
A fantastic bowling performance helped Zimbabwe clinch a thriller in the fifth and final T20I against Ireland on Saturday despite posting a score of only 124 in the first half. The tourists won by five runs, dismissing the hosts for 119 in their allotted 20 overs to end with a consolation victory in their 3-2 series defeat. Luke Jongwe (3/29) and Donald Tiripano (3/31) shared six wickets between them, while Blessing Muzurabani (0/18), Richard Ngarava (1/14) and Wellington Masakadza (1/15) kept things extremely tight through their respective spells. Credit: Twitter / ZimrCricketv Ireland’s longstanding batting issues were once again exposed, as 22 from Neil Rock was the top score from their batting unit. Opening batsman Paul Stirling was…
The Proteas made a resounding comeback in the ODI series against Sri Lanka, dominating the second one-dayer in Colombo on Saturday to level things up 1-1 heading into the decider. The visitors came out triumphant by 67 runs on the DLS method in a rain-marred game at the R Premadasa stadium. As it happened, South Africa won the toss and opted to bat first. They posted a total of 283/6 in 47 overs, thanks largely to an exceptional hundred from opening batsman Janneman Malan. He produced a fantastic knock of 121 off 135 deliveries, including nine fours and one six. Reeza Hendricks (51) and Heinrich Klaasen (43) also contributed useful knocks as the tourists…
India’s top-order had one of their most fruitful days on the road in the last three years as they took the game back to England on Day 3 at The Oval to allow their team to breathe more comfortably in the game and send some jitters down the opposition camp. Rohit Sharma was the star of the show as he produced a magnificent century, his maiden away Test ton in a career that is now starting to flourish in all conditions through sheer consistency and assurity of his place. The ever-elegant right-hand batsman scored 127 runs off 256 deliveries, showing an exemplary…
On Friday, pitch invader gaining fame by the name of ‘Jarvo’ was on arrested for his inappropriate behaviour during the fourth Test against India at The Oval. The English fan invaded the playing arena during the first session of Day 2 in the penultimate England-India Test of the summer. This spectator dressed in whites suddenly got on the ground and started running close to England batsmen and the Indian fielders. He then attempted to deliver a fake ball at Ollie Pope and, in the process, ended up bumping hard into Jonny Bairstow, nearly hurting the batter. The non-striker then obviously had an angry exchange with…
The Joe Root-led side recovered from early hiccups and a position of vulnerability at 62/5 to reach 290 all out on Day 2 of the fourth Test and take an important lead of 99 runs. This meant that despite India’s fightback with the ball and solid batting from their openers in the closing passage of play, the hosts still had a 56-run deficit and kept their noses ahead in the game. The play on Friday began very promisingly for India as pacer Umesh dismissed nightwatchman Craig Overton (1) and overnight not out Dawid Malan (31) quite early in the piece. Resuming play at 53/3,…
After a disappointing last season, CSK will be eyeing their fourth title during the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League 2021. The MS Dhoni-led three-time champions have been a unit resurrected since the start of the year, where they began the first part of IPL 2021 on a surprisingly good note. When everyone expected the ageing CSK line-up to wilt again under pressure, they came roaring back and responded to their naysayers in the best way possible. Suffering the ignominy of a league stage exit for the first time in IPL 2020, CSK returned with a strong statement, winning…