Kieran Powells fifty guides West Ind...

Express Cricket - Monday 20th May, 2013

Opener Kieran Powell followed his hundred with a solid fifty as the West Indies reached 124-1 at tea on the fourth day of the first cricket Test against Bangladesh here today.The 22-year-old right-handed batsman was unbeaten on 56 and with him Darren Bravo was batting on 42 as the visitors now lead by 95 runs with a draw the most likely result on an unhelpful pitch for bowlers at Shere Bangla ...

From Hansie Cronje to Salman Butt corruption has hit cricket at the top

The National - Monday 20th May, 2013

Corruption has not limited itself to cricket alone. There have been scandals in football, tennis, badminton, snooker, and in years gone, baseball. In boxing, fixed fights have been known to be ...

Shaji Kailas-A K Sajan gearing up for film titled Cricket on Sreesanth

KeralaNext - Monday 20th May, 2013

Kerala News: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Malayalam filmmakers Shaji Kailas and A K Sajan are gearing up for a film titled Cricket, which is loosely based on Sreesanth's life Within days after three Team Rajasthan cricketers -- the most prominent being S Sreesanth -- were arrested for their alleged involvement in the betting ...

Corruption in cricket hits home even harder

The National - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Corruption has not limited itself to cricket alone. There have been scandals in football, tennis, badminton, snooker, and in years gone, baseball. In boxing, fixed fights have been known to be ...

Waugh takes aim at immature Warner

sportal.com.au - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Former Australian batsman Mark Waugh has called on David Warner to grow a thicker skin and stop being immature following the Aussie opener's Twitter rant against two journalists over the weekend.Warner will face a Cricket Australian commission hearing this week for 'conduct unbecoming' after angrily reacting to a News Ltd article criticising the Indian Premier League following ...

Sunrisers earn finals berth

sportal.com.au - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Sunrisers Hyderabad claimed a place in the IPL play-offs with a five-wicket home win over the Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday.Needing a win to qualify for the final four, the Indian Premier League's newest franchise chased down a victory target of 131 and edged the Royal Challengers Banglalore out of a place in the post-season as a result.Openers Parthiv Patel (47) and Shikhar Dhawan (42) ...

One hour of madness cost us everything says Brendon McCullum

The Independent - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum was left to rue "one hour of madness" that cost his side a chance of a famous victory at Lord's. A day that began with such promise ended with the visitors steam-rollered by England for just 68 runs. After three-and-a half Tests of near parity, there is now daylight between the two ...

Hard work on beating left-handers should keep paying dividends

The Independent - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The England captain, Alastair Cook, admitted after the match: "We would have liked a few more, we were trying get 250 to 260 as a lead." But when Stuart Broad found himself at the crease before the first over of the day had been completed, England's lead was just 208 runs and Cook's target looked as distant as the speck of blue sky away to the east. Cook said: "That ...

Broad best as England thrash NZ at Lords

SBS - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Man-of-the-match Stuart Broad routed New Zealand on Sunday but insisted "attack leader" James Anderson was the man behind England's thumping 170-run first Test win at Lord's.Fast-medium bowler Broad took a Test-best 7-44 as New Zealand were dismissed for just 68 in pursuit of a target of 239 to give the home side victory with more than a day to spare.Anderson, set to be ...

Stuart Broads best burst sets up key England win but all is not yet rosy

The Independent - Sunday 19th May, 2013

England won the opening Test of the summer on Sunday with a compelling exhibition of fast bowling. They dismissed New Zealand for a total of 68 to secure a 1-0 lead in the Investec series by 170 ...

YB40 round-up Five-scalp Parry does for Surrey

The Independent - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Stephen Parry claimed his first five-wicket haul in one-day cricket to help Lancashire beat Surrey in the Yorkshire Bank 40 Group B at Old Trafford. The left-arm spinner claimed five for 17 as Lancashire, who at one point were 59 for 5, took a seven-run win, the county's first YB40 win of the ...

Amol Rajan The loveliest place to play the game

The Independent - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Amol Rajan is Editor of Independent Voices, a comment, campaigns and community platform across print and digital. He was earlier Deputy Comment Editor, Sports News Correspondent and news reporter. He writes a restaurant column for the Independent on Sunday, and has a column in the Evening Standard (Mondays), Independent and i (Fridays). He used to work on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff, and ...

Matt Butler Now Strauss is making history in the commentary box

The Independent - Sunday 19th May, 2013

History was made on Friday, with the first televised crap at Lord's. Sorry, history was made on Friday, with the first televised "crap" at Lord's. And it was uttered by none other than a former England ...

Sawani committee to pursue match-fixing disrepute charges

Cricinfo - Sunday 19th May, 2013

three Rajasthan Royals players will press charges pertaining to match-fixing and bringing disrepute to the game under the BCCI's code of ...

Carberry inspires Royals win

Sky Sports - Sunday 19th May, 2013

First ODI, Dambulla Sri Lanka 269-7 Innings Complete (D P M D Jayawardene 66) v England 150 (M F Maharoof 4-31). Sri Lanka beat England by 119 runsEngland are still without a one-day win in Sri Lanka for 25 years after slumping to a humiliating 119-run defeat in the first ODI in Dambulla.The hosts posted a respectable 269-7 on a surface which posed problems for batsmen - the average score on ...

Trego too hot for Middlesex

Sky Sports - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Peter Trego smashed 81 to help Somerset ease past Middlesex by six wickets in the YB40 at Taunton.The hosts won the toss and asked their visitors to bat but Chris Rogers (29) and Dawid Malan (49) quickly set about building a solid opening partnership. Their stand of 73 for the first wicket allowed star man Joe Denly to stroll out to the middle with the score on 98-2 and the England ...

Stuart Broads part-time brilliance leaves England hoping for more | Barney Ronay

Guardian - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Stuart Broad days from the moment, five overs into New Zealand's invertebrate second innings, that Hamish Rutherford's off stump was uprooted and sent spinning back in the direction of the pavilion like a dying catherine wheel. It was a lovely sight -- you don't see the cartwheel so often these days -- and a lovely ball from Broad delivered on that brilliantly challenging full ...

Englands Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson as good as Ive seen – Cook

Guardian - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Alastair Cook said of England's Stuart Broad, above: 'Anyone who is 6ft 5in and bangs it in like he does when it's swinging is going to be very hard work,' after his seven for 44 in New Zealand's second innings. Photograph: Andrew Fosker/Rex ...

Players to be asked for agents names

Cricinfo - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The BCCI's plan to regulate player agents, announced on Sunday, will begin with the centrally contracted players being asked to submit the names of their agents for the accreditation process. Sunday's announcement, three days after ...

England v New Zealand 1st Test England win by 170 runs on dramatic fourth day

The Independent - Sunday 19th May, 2013

In the end it took England less than an hour to wrap up proceedings on Day Four and secure victory by 170 runs in the first Test with New Zealand at ...

Cricket McCullum reflects on where it all went wrong

New Zealand Herald - Sunday 19th May, 2013

A chance to leave a plaque on the New Zealand cricket hall of fame escaped the class of 2013 overnight at Lord's. The contagion of a dressing room filled with flying pads, gloves, bats and boxes as wickets fell was too much for the team to stomach as their batting collapsed. Unlike their 1999 predecessors, the New Zealanders failed to secure victory at the Marylebone Cricket Club. They were all ...

Cricket Losing Black Caps bowled out for 68

New Zealand Herald - Sunday 19th May, 2013

If New Zealand's second innings capitulation was a classified ad it might read something like this: "For sale. 2013 New Zealand second innings at Lord's. Promises much, but runs out of gas in a shade under two hours on the brink of history. Dial 196058 for disappointment. " 1, 9, 6, 0, 5, 8 reads like the makings of a telephone number but is actually the individual scores of the New ...