Gayle becomes first cricketer to hit 10,000 Twenty20 runs
- 19-Apr-2017
NEW DELHI: Chris Gayle has become the first batsman to accumulate 10,000 Twenty20 runs, going past the milestone during a match-winning blitz in the Indian Premier League. Swashbuckling West Indian Gayle, 37, who plies his trade across the world’s Twenty20 leagues, smashed 77 off 38 balls with five fours and seven sixes to lead Royal Challengers […]
Smaller bats, sendings-off among new cricket laws
- 07-Mar-2017
LONDON: Cricket’s law-makers are to limit bat-sizes and introduce sendings-off among a new batch of rules which will take effect this year, they said. Bats will be measured with a “bat gauge” to make sure they don’t exceed 108mm (4.25 inches) in width, 67mm in depth and 40mm at the edges, the Marylebone Cricket Club […]
British astronaut runs marathon in space
- 25-Apr-2016
LONDON: British astronaut Tim Peake ran a marathon in space in record time on Sunday, strapped into a treadmill on the International Space Station as thousands ran the London Marathon below.
Chanderpaul ends 22-year international career
- 23-Jan-2016
ST. JOHNS, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA: Veteran West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the seventh highest Test match run maker in history, announced his international retirement on Friday, 22 years after his debut.
Sangakkara joins elite 12,000-runs club
- 03-Jan-2015
WELLINGTON: Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara joined an elite group of cricketers Saturday when he became only the fifth to make 12,000 runs in his career.
Sangakkara completes 13,000 ODI runs
- 03-Dec-2014
HAMBANTOTA: Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara on Wednesday became only the fourth batsman in history to surpass the 13,000-run mark in one-day internationals, achieving the feat in his 386th match.
Misbah seeks consistency, Clarke looking for runs
- 29-Oct-2014
ABU DHABI: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq will seek consistency while his counterpart Australia's Michael Clarke will look for runs in the second Test starting in Abu Dhabi from Thursday.
Misbah will pile on the runs in Australia test, says Basit Ali
- 21-Oct-2014
KARACHI: Former test batsman Basit Ali is predicting a return to form by Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq in the first test against Australia in Dubai that starts on Wednesday because he has put on some weight.