CRICKET India Start Off Their Series On A Winning Note The Anil Kumble-Virat Kohli partnership has started on a positive note as India were on the top of their game against what looked like a rather weak West Indies side. Batting first the visitors notched up 566/8 (declared) in their first innings. Virat Kohli scored […]
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CRICKET Pakistan Clinch Victory At Lord’s The first Test match between England and Pakistan turned into an exciting encounter. Pakistan won the toss and made the right decision to bat first. They notched up 339 runs with skipper Misbah-ul-Haq’s top ton. In reply, the Englishmen were all out for 272 runs in 79.1 overs. Yasir […]
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CRICKET Barbados Tridents Win Caribbean Premier League After the IPL, it is now the CPL that has taken the cricketing world by storm. St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field first. Opponents, Barbados Tridents scored 180/6 in 20 overs, thanks to De Villiers who scored 82 runs in 54 deliveries. […]
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CRICKET England Thrashes The Lankans To Win The ODI Series The Englishmen produced top class cricket throughout the entire series. This time around too, it was no different when these two teams met at Cardiff for the fifth ODI. The Lankan lions won the toss and opted to bowl first. Roy, Vince and Root played […]
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CRICKET Jason Roy Shines As England Crushes Sri Lanka Playing their 4th ODI, England and Sri Lanka were looking to outplay each other yet again. Winning the crucial toss, the Englishmen elected to field first. The Lankan Lions put up a massive score of 305 as their top order fired some big scores. In reply, […]
Parsee Gymkhana Celebrates Sportsmanship
Parsee Gymkhana (PG) held their ‘Annual Cricket Function’ on 20th May, 2016. The event was organized by its dynamic Vice-President and Cricket Secretary, Khodadad Yazdegardi. The function was compèred by Sports-Media Specialist for Parsi Times, Binaisha M. Surti, with dignitaries on the dais including Chief Guest Dr. Vijay Patil (a connoisseur in the field of […]
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CRICKET Anil Kumble Is Team India’s New Coach Anil Kumble has been appointed as the coach of Team India. “It’s a great honour to be back in the Indian dressing room in a different role!” says Kumble. India Win The T20 Series Against Zimbabwe The final game of the shortest format turned into a thrilling […]
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CRICKET India Clinch Series Against Zimbabwe The Indian team was on a winning spree winning their previous two encounters and the third one turning into dead rubber. Winning the toss, Zimbabwe elected to bat first. They put up a mere 123 runs in 42.2 overs. In reply, the Indians scored 126 runs in just 21.5 […]
An Upcoming Cricket Star: Arzan Nagwaswalla
The young Parsi cricket prodigy from Gujarat, Arzan Nagwaswalla, has been widely commended for his exceptional talent, as he plays the game at the District and State levels in the Under-16 and Under-19 categories. Arzan’s passion for this game sees him putting in the hard work and the long hours needed to attain the achievements […]
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CRICKET South Africa Overpower Australia Winning the toss, South Africa elected to bat first. Farhaan Behardien stood out due to his fighting knock of 62 runs in 82 deliveries. South Africa finished with 189/9 in 50 overs. In reply the Aussies did not get off to a good start and at one stage they were […]
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CRICKET INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE Bangalore Reach The Finals Of IPL In A Royal Way RCB are on fire in this season’s IPL. Put into bat, Gujarat notched up 158 runs in their 20 overs with Dwayne Smith top scoring with a 41 ball 73. In reply, RCB faltered early on as none of their batsmen […]