Rising Pune Supergiants have replaced MS Dhoni with Steven Smith as captain for the tenth season of the IPL, which starts on April 5. The switch emerged on the eve of the IPL...
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Feb 2017
Gunaratne 84* caps stunning series win for Sri Lanka
Australia
Asela Gunaratne orchestrated a remarkable heist to seal the T20 series for Sri Lanka with a match to play, stealing an outrageous victory over Australia in the first international...
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Feb 2017
De Villiers, Phehlukwayo steer SA through jittery chase
New Zealand
34 overs a side South Africa 210 for 6 (de Kock 69, de Villiers 37*, Santner 1-33, Sodhi 1-36) beat New Zealand 207 for 7 (Williamson 59, Morris 4 for 62) by four wickets South...
19
Feb 2017
Mir repels Afridi heroics to secure win for Karachi
Cricket Worldwide
Karachi Kings 174 for 4 (Malik 51*, Babar 46, Iftikhar 2-8) beat Peshawar Zalmi 165 (Afridi 54, Sohail 3-28, Usman 3-32) by nine runs In a nutshell Karachi Kings fought off a...
19
Feb 2017
Lyon, O’Keefe among wickets in drawn game
Australia
Australians 469 for 7 dec (Smith 107, Shaun Marsh 104, Mitchell Marsh 75, Wade 64) and 110 for 4 drew with India A 176 for 4 (Iyer 202*, Gowtham 74, Lyon 4-162) The Australian...
17
Feb 2017
IPL player auction – New faces and where they could end up
Cricket Worldwide
ESPNcricinfo takes a closer look at the skillsets of some of the first-timers at the IPL player auction Colin de Grandhomme Allrounder, New Zealand De Grandhomme’s career...
03
Feb 2017
Kohli unveiled as Wisden cover star
Cricket Worldwide
Virat Kohli has been unveiled as the latest cover star of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, following his leading role in India’s clean sweep of trophies in all three...
26
Feb 2017
How good was Australia’s Pune victory?
Australia
There was a high degree of difficulty, but series will tell tale of just how great a Test win Pune was “How good was that”, or simply “how good”, is a...
26
Feb 2017
Afghanistan raze Zimbabwe for 54 to seal series
Afghanistan
Afghanistan 253 for 9 (Rahmat 50, Nabi 48, Mpofu 3-46) beat Zimbabwe 54 (Nabi 3-14, Hamza 3-20) by 106 runs (D/L Method) Afghanistan’s bowlers combined to roll Zimbabwe over...
26
Feb 2017
Karachi Kings qualify with clutch victory
Cricket Worldwide
Karachi Kings 127 for 4 (Gayle 44, Shadab 3-13) beat Islamabad United 123 for 7 (Smith 49) by six wickets In a nutshell Karachi Kings dominated the final league game from the...
26
Feb 2017
Roy retains white-ball focus ahead of Champions Trophy
India
Jason Roy is set to play only white-ball cricket until the end of the ICC Champions Trophy. Roy, England’s limited-overs opener, retains ambitions to play Test cricket. But,...