Saurashtra win Vijay Hazare title
KOLKATA: Sheldon Jackson hit an unbeaten 133 to help Saurashtra beat Maharashtra by five wickets and win their second Vijay Hazare Trophy title in Ahmedabad on Friday. Also chipping in was Chirag Jani who first picked up a hat-trick and then carved a 25-ball unbeaten 30.
Ruturaj Gaikwad scored his third consecutive hundred (108 off 131 balls) but Maharashtra could only make 248 for nine. Brief scores: Maharashtra 248/9 in 50 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 108; Chirag Jani 3/43) lost to 249/5 in 46.3 overs (Sheldon Jackson 133*) by 5 wickets.
Pakistan solid in reply after England’s 657
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s openers got among the runs on a placid pitch on Friday as they took the home team to 181 without loss in reply to England’s brisk 657 in the first Test in Rawalpindi. Brief scores: England 657 in 101 overs (H Brook 153; A Mahmood 4/235) vs 181 for no loss in 51 overs (I-ul-haq 90 batting,*
A Shafique 89 batting)
Ponting taken to hospital during commentary stint
PERTH: Ricky Ponting was taken to hospital on Friday after a health scare while on commentary duties at the first Test between Australia and the West Indies in Perth, reports said. The Australian newspaper said it was a heart issue but not serious.
Meanwhile, Australia gained control for the Test after bowling out West Indies for 283.
Brief scores: Australia 598/4d & 29/1 vs West Indies 283 in 98.2 overs (K Brathwaite 64, T Chanderpaul 51; P Cummins 3/34, M Starc 3/51)
Tactical substitute to be allowed in IPL 2023
MUMBAI: The BCCI has informed the franchises that a tactical substitute will be allowed in IPL 2023. The final regulations of the move are still awaited.
The feedback BCCI has received after trying it in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 has been positive. During the domestic tournament, teams were allowed to use an Impact player who would replace any member of the playing eleven before the end of the 14th over of either innings.
Pollard, Rashid to lead MI teams in UAE, SA
NEW DELHI: Kieron Pollard will lead MI Emirates and Afghan allrounder Rashid Khan will captain MI Cape Town in the two new T20 leagues beginning next month, the owners of the franchises said on Friday.
“Both will work with our excellent coaching teams to infuse the MI spirit in MI Emirates and MI Cape Town and win the hearts of cricket fans in UAE and South Africa,” Akash Ambani said in a statement.
Harmanpreet to lead India against Australia
Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the 15-member India women’s squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against Australia starting in Mumbai next week.
The squad has two wicketkeepers in Yastika Bhatia and Richa Ghosh.
Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (WK), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari
Gayakwad, Renuka Singh Thakur, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Devika Vaidya, S Meghana, Richa Ghosh (WK) and Harleen Deol.
Mumbai rout Mizoram in Vijay Merchant Trophy
MUMBAI: Mumbai bowlers picked up all 20 wickets on Day Two to beat Mizoram by an innings and 426 runs in their Group C Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy match on Friday.
Mumbai skittled out Mizoram for 59 in the first innings and 98 in the second.
Brief scores: Mumbai 583/1 decl beat Mizoram 59 in 27.2 overs (Sarthak Bhide 2/10, Kavya Gori 2/4, Dharsh Murkute 2/5, Dev Damania 2/11) & (f/o) 98 in 28.2 overs (Peka 51; Dharsh Murkute 3/0, Aryan Chauhan 3/21) by an innings and 426 runs
Baitha, Vidhi capture CCI squash crowns
Top seeds Rahul Baitha and Janet Vidhi won the men’s and women’s crowns respectively in the 77th Cci-western India Slam squash championship.
CCI’S Varun Shah and Tiana Parasrampuria won the boys’ U-15 and girls’ U-19 titles.