England's defeat to the West Indies in the T20 World Cup on Monday raises some questions about the rain rule. Srinivas Bhogle examines them, and comes up with some suggestions.
Chris Gayle (44 not out off 26 balls) has been adjudged the man of the match for the first time in the IPL for registering his best score in the tournament, eclipsing the 10 he made against Deccan Chargers in Cape Town on April 19.
Australia's cricket board gambled that greed would motivate top players into accepting a pay offer and while that bet has backfired the parties are likely to thrash out a deal in time to avert an Ashes boycott, former captain Ian Chappell said.
Images from the World Cup match between West Indies and The Netherlands, played in New Delhi on Monday.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai, on Monday.
Sri Lanka eased to a 26-run victory in the third one-dayer against West Indies to wrap up the series 2-0 on Sunday.
Virat Kohli's unbeaten 56 off 47 balls, Yuvraj Singh's explosive 35 off 18 balls and a clinical bowling performance helped India edge out Sri Lanka by five wickets to storm into the final of Asia Cup. Kohli also equalled the record of Chris Gayle and Brendon McCullum of most number of 50's in T20 cricket.
Himself a game changer who pioneered the controversial switch-hit, England batsman Kevin Pietersen feels destructive Indian opener Virender Sehwag and West Indian Chris Gayle are the other two batsmen capable of turning a match on its head.
Delhi Capitals outclass champions Chennai Super Kings by 20 runs for their first victory in IPL 2024.
"We have got some extremely talented players and we need them to lift a little bit and contribute a little bit more to what they are doing."
Images from Monday's IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals, in Jaipur.
Harmony on and off the pitch is vital if West Indies cricket is to have a chance of reviving past glories, new head coach Ottis Gibson said on Wednesday.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians will be aiming to sort their 'opening woes' in both departments of the game when they take on a rejuvenated Kings XI Punjab in a must-win Indian Premier League encounter, in Indore, on, Friday.
West Indies batting legend Brian Lara considers hosts India the favourites in the World Twenty20 Championship but insists that the West Indians can also pose a threat if they select their best players for the March 8 to April 3 event.
Darren Bravo hit an impressive 63 not out for his third half-century to boost the West Indies in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Wednesday.
Shane Watson is not embarrassed by his on-field antics but Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is and will talk to his players about their on-field behaviour. The third Test between Australia and the West Indies was marred by a few ugly incidents, involving players from both the sides.
With three consecutive half-centuries already in the Champions Trophy, Shikhar Dhawan continues his love affair with ICC tournaments.
Darren Sammy has vowed to restore pride and passion in West Indies cricket after replacing Chris Gayle as skipper.
It was India's ninth consecutive ODI series win, at home and away, over the West Indies.
West Indies have named a weakened squad for next month's ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa despite their leading players ending a boycott over contractual disputes. Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo all refused to play in the 2-0 home Test series defeat to Bangladesh due to their disputes with the board.
KXIP had finished the IPL 2020 season at the sixth spot under the leadership of KL Rahul. Punjab is yet to win the IPL title and the side has made it to the finals in 2014. But they suffered a loss to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
He was off-colour during the IPL and Twenty20 World Cup, but Ishant Sharma looked impressive in his short spell today and India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels a disciplined approach coupled with little assistance from the pitch did the trick for the pacer.
Last season, Punjab finished 6th, narrowly missing on the playoffs.
The sixth edition of the tournament was suspended in March after 14 games, after seven individuals, including six players, tested positive for COVID-19.
England closed in on a series victory over West Indies after taking complete control on the third day of the second Test on Saturday. The hosts declared their first innings on 569 for six before paceman James Anderson dismissed Devon Smith, Chris Gayle and Lendl Simmons as West Indies limped to 94 for three in reply.
Earlier in the tournament, Punjab got off to a similar situation in their first game against Delhi Capitals where they failed to score a single run in the last ball and the match went to Super Over where Punjab lost the game.
The West Indies team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 14-run victory over India in its Super Eight stage match in the ICC World Twenty20 at Kensington Oval, Barbados.
# Thissara Perera and Suraj Randiv were making their T20 debut. They became the 35th and 36th players respectively, to represent Sri Lanka in this format of the game.
Angry and frustrated after the Duckworth-Lewis system cost them a win over West Indies in the Twenty20 World Cup in Guyana on Monday, England captain Paul Collingwood has demanded that rain rules be revised for the shortest format of the game.
Images from the World Twenty20 match between England and West Indies played at the Provident Stadium on Monday.
Hosts West Indies moved into the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup after a rain delay helped them clinch victory over England in Group D on Monday.
R Ashwin turned out to be the hero for Chennai Super Kings as he destroyed Kolkata Knight Riders with a sensational three-wicket spell in Chennai on Tuesday. Electing to bat first, Kolkata were hoping for a good start, but the 23-year-old Tamil Nadu spinner ruined all their plans by claiming two wickets in his second over.
Captain Sourav Ganguly led from the front to ensure his Kolkata Knight Riders side a comfortable 14 run win over Delhi Daredevils at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.
West Indies enjoyed a crushing 141 run victory over Zimbabwe to take a 2-1 lead in their five match One-day series after dismissing the tourists for just 104 at Arnos Vale in St Vincent.
Australia crushed West Indies by eight wickets in the second ODI in Adelaide on Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in the five game series.
Australia on Sunday crushed West Indies by 113 runs in the first One-day International at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
His teammate Chris Gayle and three South African cricketers have also signed up for the inaugural Indian Premier League, organisers said on Wednesday.
Opportunities in the IPL have been few and far between for Sandeep Lamichhane and Nepal's teenage spinner says he has to "prove" himself every time he gets a chance.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni extended his stay at the top of the batting chart, while his pace spearhead Zaheer Khan broke into the top 10 in the bowlers' list in the latest ICC One-Day International rankings issued on Friday. Star middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh benefitted from West Indies' talismanic batsman Chris Gayle's mundane form to jump a rung to grab the fifth spot.
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