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Chasing 140, the home side suffered some early jitters before the middle order steadied the ship, cruising to 143-4 with 11 balls to spare courtesy of a 20-ball 40 by Josh Inglis. Bowling with clever variations of pace, Lahiru Kumara (2-22) took the wickets of unconvincing opener Ashton Agar (26 off 31 balls) and captain Aaron Finch (two), who increased his run of scores without a half-century to 12.
Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons after former Australian batter Simon Katich resigned from the post of assistant coach, reportedly being unhappy with some of the side's hefty auction buys. Katich, who along with West Indies legend Brian Lara and former India batter Hemang Badani, were added to the SRH coaching group headed by Tom Moody and Muttah Muralitharan, resigned immediately after the auction. The SRH management, headed by Kavya Maran, hasn't yet issued any public statement whether Katich's resignation has been accepted or if he will be requested to reconsider his decision. 'The Australian' reported that Katich's resignation was primarily due to the fact that the pre-auction strategy discussed wasn't followed at the two-day auction where SRH had some whopping big buys like Nicholas Pooran (Rs 10.75 crore), Washington Sundar (Rs 8.75 crore) and Rahul Tripathi (Rs 8.50 crore). Some of the SRH big buys have been baffling, although it's not always a player's quality but the auction dynamics that determine the final price of a player.
By Steve Almasy and David Close, CNN
A half-century on debut from Queensland's Jack Clayton against Victoria highlighted a slow-moving day, one which will not have fans rushing back to Sheffield Shield cricket.
Rajvardhan Hangargekar has said that he has always been a die-hard fan of MS Dhoni so it is a dream come true for him to be picked up by the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the mega auction. Hangargekar was picked up by Chennai Super Kings in the IPL mega auction last week for Rs 1.5 crore. "Winning the U19 World Cup was a really good moment for all of us, this thing we will cherish for our entire life. Everyone wants to play in the IPL, by the time my name came up in the auction, that was the amount I got excited about. When MI and CSK were fighting it out for me in the auction, that was a great moment for me," Hangargekar said in a video posted on the official website of IPL.
The Proteas face almost certain defeat in the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch following another disastrous performance on day two on Friday.
West Indies at the Eden Gardens on Friday with a match to go. The Men in Blue have had a rather smooth run against the opposition so far, starting from Ahmedabad where they clinched the ODI series 3-0 last week. The West Indian players, much in demand in the T20 franchise tournaments across the world, have left a lot to be wanted. However, even if the Indian team management might not be too worried about the result, the way the batting unit performed on Wednesday night could see coach Rahul Dravid having a word with the boys.
Ravi Bishnoi responded to the call after being preferred over the experienced Kuldeep Yadav and ended up becoming the eighth Indian player to win the ‘Man of the Match’ award on T20I debut. Under lights at the Eden Gardens, Bishnoi began sloppily. After failing to complete a catch on the boundary line, he struggled to get his line right, bowling wide outside off and also straying down the leg. “I was a bit nervous and excited,” the Jodhpur boy made an honest confession after his spell.