Magnificent death-over bowling by Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya helped India snatch the T20 World Cup at Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday. The trio’s heroics denied South Africa a win despite the almost-33-year-old Heinrich Klaasen playing the innings of his career. Klaasen had left South Africa needing 30 off 30 balls, but once he […]
CHENNAI: India set a new record for the highest team total in Women’s Test cricket on Saturday, during the second day of the one-off Test against South Africa, surpassing Australia’s previous best of 575/9 set in Perth this February. The milestone was reached when Richa Ghosh hammered a four off the opening ball of the […]
CHENNAI: Tryst with destiny. Date with glory. Chance to make history… the one-liners will keep coming as the match looms ever closer on Saturday. After all, it is the big final of the Men’s T20 World Cup final at Kensington Oval. And walking out for the toss would be two men — Rohit Sharma and […]
Crikey. Afghanistan coach, Jonathan Trott, didn’t want to sound bitter but he was also pretty categorical in his assessment of the 22 yards. “I don’t want to get myself into trouble… I don’t want to come across as bitter,” he said. “But that’s not the pitch you want to have a match on, plain and […]
CHENNAI: Test cricket. You would hear most cricketers call it an ultimate form of cricket. Contest with skills, temperament and patience at the core of it has to be the ultimate. A handful of cricketers- men and women- have had the experience of representing the country in the longest format. A few of them belong […]
CHENNAI: Indian shooting has garnered considerable interest over the years. However, the Olympics has been a riddle in the last two editions of the mega event with the shooters flattering to deceive. Twenty one shooters (all-time high for the country), who’ll be travelling for the upcoming Paris edition, will be aiming to end that jinx. […]
FRANKFURT: Romania and Slovakia got the 1-1 draw that sent both teams into the round of 16 at the European Championship on Wednesday, with the Romanians topping Group E ahead of Belgium. During a thunderstorm and pounding rain midway through the second half, both teams chased a winning goal in a frenetic spell of play […]
NEW DELHI: English statistician and one of the inventors of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method, Frank Duckworth died at the age of 84, according to a report. Duckworth passed away on June 21, according to a report in ESPNcricinfo.com. The Duckworth-Lewis method, devised by Duckworth and fellow statistician Tony Lewis, was introduced to determine results in […]
CHENNAI: By the time Afghanistan finished playing their first official fixtures in an Asian Cricket Council Trophy in Malaysia in 2004, there was already a buzz back home. The side, some of whom were refugees from Pakistan, gave a good account of themselves as they finished sixth in that tournament (refugees coming from Pakistan and […]
KINGSTOWN: Afghanistan qualified for the semifinals of the T20 World Cup after beating Bangladesh by eight runs in the rain-hit final Super 8 game here. In a must-win match which saw frequent rain interruptions, Afghanistan scored 115 for 5 in their 20 overs and then returned to bowl out Bangladesh for 105 in 17.5 overs. […]
