Lahore Badshahs rode on Imran Nazir’s swashbuckling 44-ball 111 to rout Hyderabad Heroes by eight wickets in the high-voltage third final to lift the second edition of the ICL 20-20 championship trophy on Sunday. Imran Nazir hit the fastest century of the tournament to help the Badshahs reach the target of 159 in just 13.5 [...]
Indian Cricket League, 2008 Hyderabad Heroes vs Lahore Badshahs, 3rd Final Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, November 16, 2008 Match Information Umpires: AA Jones (Eng) & Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Third Umpire: David Brandon (Eng) Match Referee: Ajit Wadekar (Ind) Toss: Hyderabad Heroes (Elected to bat) Match Status: Lahore Badshahs won by 8 wkts Man of [...]
After plenty of drama and controversy last evening, the ICL finals are poised at 1-1 going in to the decider. A disputed catch led to tension and a rift between the two teams prompted Chris Harris, the Hyderabad Heroes captain and Steve Rixon, the coach, to murmur about the spirit of cricket in the post-match [...]
Pakistan Cricket Board is set to defy BCCI and grant reprieve to players banned for taking part in the rebel Indian Cricket League. According to sources, legal advisors and officials of the PCB were working on finalizing a way to lift ban on its ICL players. “The main issue facing the PCB is that since [...]
Jimmy Maher blasted a swashbuckling 31-ball 56 as Hyderabad Heroes piped Lahore Badshahs by eight runs to win a thrilling second final of the ICL 20-20 championship played at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel stadium on Saturday. After setting a modest target of 159 to win, Hyderabad bowlers rose to the occasion and bundled out Badshahs [...]
Indian Cricket League, 2008 Hyderabad Heroes vs Lahore Badshahs, 2nd Final Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, November 15, 2008 Match Information Umpires: David Brandon (Eng) & Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Third Umpire: AA Jones (Eng) Match Referee: Ajit Wadekar (Ind) Toss: Lahore Badshahs (Elected to field) Match Status: Hyderabad Heroes won by 8 runs Batting: [...]
Imran Farhat slammed a quickfire 38-ball 65 as Lahore Badshahs survived a scare before scraping through a four-wicket victory over Hyderabad Heroes in an edge-of-the-seat first final of the ICL 20-20 championship played at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel stadium on Thursday. Chasing a target of 171 to win, Badshahs survived a middle-order collapse to reach [...]
Indian Cricket League, 2008 Hyderabad Heroes vs Lahore Badshahs, 1st Final Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, November 13, 2008 Match Information Umpires: David Brandon (Eng) & David Orchard (RSA) Third Umpire: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Match Referee: Erapalli Prasanna (Ind) Toss: Lahore Badshahs (Elected to field) Match Status: Lahore Badshahs won by 4 wkts Batting: Lahore [...]
In the final of the ICL 20s championship, Lahore Badshahs take on Hyderabad Heroes in the first final. Both teams are geared up with back-to-back wins against two of the frontrunners in the league stage. Lahore beat the Chennai Superstars and Hyderabad saw off the Royal Bengal Tigers. The only game they played against each [...]
Hyderabad Heroes survived a scare before scraping through a three-wicket victory over Royal Bengal Tigers in an edge-of-the-seat semi-final in the ICL 20-20 championship played at the Sardar Patel stadium here on Tuesday. Chasing a target of 162 runs to win, Heroes overcame some jitters to reach the target with three balls to spare and [...]
Hyderabad Heroes were at their dominating best as they thrashed the Royal Bengal Tigers by nine wickets in game 34 of the ICL 20-20 Indian Championship at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Chasing a modest 112, the Heroes cruised home with more than four overs to spare. Ibrahim Khaleel (54 not [...]
In one of the most one-sided games of the ICL 20-20 Indian Championship, the Mumbai Champs were drubbed by 79 runs by the Hyderabad Heroes in game 32 on Thursday. After Nicky Boje helped the Heroes post a formidable 214-run target, the Champs were restricted to a dismal 135-6 in Chandigarh and hence, allowing the [...]
In a nail-biting finish, Delhi Giants prevailed over defending champions Hyderabad Heroes by a solitary run in the ICL20s Indian Championship at Tau Devi Lal stadium here on Saturday. Abbas Ali, who scored a fighting half-century in a match that saw some great cricketing action, was declared the man of the match. Opting to bat, [...]
A disciplined effort from the Hyderabad Heroes saw them scamper home against Ahmedabad Rockets by a narrow margin of 3 runs at Tau Devi Lal stadium here on Wednesday, in a crucial match where both the sides needed a win for a coveted place in the semi-final of the championships. It was Ahmedabd skipper Damien [...]
Defending champions Hyderabad Heroes made their transition from home turf to the patchy greens of the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Gurgaon in style, as Abdul Razzaq’s hurricane 66 not out set up a crushing nine-wicket win over Chandigarh Lions on Sunday. Razzaq creamed two sixes and seven fours in his 61-ball knock, and added [...]
Chennai Superstars, who had lost all their previous four ICL encounters came out on top and registered a 18-run victory over Hyderabad Heroes in the ICL 20s Indian Championship at the Sardar Patel stadium here on Tuesday. Chennai Superstars elected to bat and Ian Harvey and Ganapathi Vignesh got the team off to a flier, [...]
Reigning champions Hyderabad Sultans showcased a blazing run chase in front of their home crowd at the LB stadium to beat newbies Dhaka Warriors by four wickets in game seven of the Indian Cricket League’s second season on Wednesday. This was the ninth straight win for the Heroes. Powered by Alok Kapali’s blitzkrieg ton, the [...]
Indian Cricket League, 2008 Dhaka Warriors vs Hyderabad Heroes, 7th Match Lal Bahadur Stadium, Hyderabad, October 15, 2008 Match Information Toss: Dhaka Warriors (Elected to bat) Match Status: Hyderabad Heroes won by 4 wkts Batting: Dhaka Warriors Innings Batsmen Dhaka Warriors (168/9 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s 9′s SR Shahriar Nafees c J [...]
Hyderabad Heroes won the first match of the new season of the ICL as the beat the Lahore Badshahs by 18 runs in a game hit by power failure. The Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium plunged into darkness when all the four floodlights went off all of a sudden, forcing a halt to the match. After [...]
The second season of the Indian Cricket League gets underway today in what will be a watershed event for the rebel league. An extravagant opening ceremony is planned before the tournament gets underway in Hyderabad as the Hyderabad Heroes take on the Lahore Badshahs in the opening game. Click here for schedule and live coverage [...]