Mumbai tune in to the Prithvi show
January 6th, 2017 | by
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Three years after breaking India’s schoolboy record, Prithvi Shaw, still only 17, has piloted Mumbai into the Ranji Trophy final with an astonishingly mature debut hundred Ahead of the semi-final clash against Tamil Nadu,...
Shaw debut hundred seals Mumbai’s final berth
January 6th, 2017 | by
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Mumbai 411 (Tare 83, Suryakumar 73, Nayar 58, Thakur 52, Shankar 4-59) & 251 for 4 (Shaw 120) beat Tamil Nadu 305 (Indrajith 64, Nayar 4-66, Thakur 4-75) & 356 for 6 dec (Indrajith 138, Abhinav 122) by six wickets That...
Lynn’s six-heavy 98* flattens Scorchers
January 6th, 2017 | by
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Brisbane Heat 174 for 1 (Lynn 98*, McCullum 50*) beat Perth Scorchers 173 for 6 (M Marsh 70, Swepson 2-27) by nine wickets Chris Lynn bulldozed the Perth Scorchers in the willing company of Brendon McCullum to offer the Brisbane...
Brathwaite replaces injured Russell in BBL
January 6th, 2017 | by
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Andre Russell’s problematic Big Bash League campaign has been ended by a combination of hamstring and knee injuries, with the Sydney Thunder calling up his West Indies T20 team-mate Carlos Brathwaite to replace him. Having...
A reputation staked on bold decisions, Dhoni makes one more
January 5th, 2017 | by
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From the time he tossed the ball to Joginder Sharma for that final over in Johannesburg, MS Dhoni marked himself as a free thinker. Nearly ten years later, not much has changed There is a great little story, almost confirmed, but...
Bumrah six-for propels Gujarat into final
January 5th, 2017 | by
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Gujarat 390 (Panchal 149, Parthiv 62, Ajay Yadav 3-69) and 252 (Juneja 81, Gandhi 51, Nadeem 5-69) beat Jharkhand 408 (Jaggi 129, Kishan 61, RP Singh 6-90) and 111 (Bumrah 6-29, RP Singh 3-25) by 123 runs A 23-year-old...
Hughes’ mini-masterclass drives Sixers home
January 4th, 2017 | by
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Sydney Sixers 7 for 191 (Hughes 85) beat Brisbane Heat 6 for 186 (Burns 51*, Peirson 44, Abbott 3-38) by three wickets With just two balls to spare, a top-edged six over the wicketkeeper’s head by Sean Abbott off Ben...
Mumbai in command after Nayar, Tare fifties
January 4th, 2017 | by
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Mumbai 406 (Tare 83, Suryakumar 73, Nayar 58, Shardul 52, Shankar 4-59) lead Tamil Nadu 305 (Indrajith 64, Shankar 50, Gandhi 50, Nayar 4-66, Thakur 4-75) by 101 runs Captain Aditya Tare and Abhishek Nayar, Mumbai’s chief...
Tare, Iyer steady Mumbai after quick wickets
January 3rd, 2017 | by
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Mumbai 171 for 4 (Suryakumar 73, Waghela 48) trail Tamil Nadu 305 (Indrajith 64, Shankar 50, Gandhi 50, Nayar 4-66, Thakur 4-75) by 134 runs For three-fourths of the day, Tamil Nadu were run ragged and faced the risk of being...
Christian’s five-for underpins Hurricanes’ win
January 3rd, 2017 | by
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Hobart Hurricanes 2 for 144 (Short 60, Paine 41) beat Adelaide Strikers 143 (Hodge 55, Christian 5-14) by eight wickets As the BBL group stage approaches its halfway point, both Hobart Hurricanes and Adelaide Strikers arrived at...
