Sheldon Jackson

Saurashtra's Sheldon Jackson has retired after 15 years in professional cricket, ending his career with over 7,200 first-class runs and an average above 45. He also excelled in limited-overs formats, scoring 2,792 runs. Jackson played crucial roles in Saurashtra's significant Ranji Trophy campaigns.

Sheldon Jackson announces his retirement from white-ball cricket after a successful career in List A and T20 formats, where he was a key player for Saurashtra. He will continue to play red-ball cricket. Saurashtra officials appreciate his valuable contributions and dedication to the sport.

A few months after they clinched their maiden Ranji Trophy title in March, Saurashtra have suffered a big blow. In a rather surprising decision, their ace wicketkeeper-batsman Sheldon Jackson has decided to leave Saurashtra and play for Puducherry as an outstation player this season.

Middle-order batsman Sheldon Jackson hit a strokeful century while Cheteshwar Pujara made an unbeaten fifty to power Saurashtra to 285 for three in their first innings against Maharashtra in a Group B Ranji Trophy match.

Sheldon Jackson struck a fine century before Vidarbha bowlers made a strong comeback to restrict Saurashtra to 301 in their first innings on Day 1 of their Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match on Monday.

Sheldon Jackson struck a gritty hundred before the bowlers shone as Saurashtra gained the upper hand on the second day of their Ranji Trophy semifinal against Gujarat on Sunday.

Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to field against Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League match on Friday.

Prerak Mankad (68) and Sheldon Jackson (51) scored half-centuries as Saurashtra reached 271 for seven at stumps against Haryana on the opening day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match.

Prolific batsman Sheldon Jackson, who played a pivotal role in Saurashtra's maiden Ranji Trophy triumph in the season gone by, will compete for Puducherry in the domestic circuit this year, a decision which the cricketer said was "not easy".

West Zone will be without key players Rohit Sharma and Dhawal Kulkarni in their Deodhar Trophy campaign after injuries ruled them out of the one-day tournament, which started on Sunday.

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field against Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match on Monday.

Avi Barot scored an unbeaten century as Saurashtra reached 286 for three at stumps on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Rajasthan on Saturday.

Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders brought back some old players who had represented them in the past during the IPL 2021 player auction.

Domestic cricket veteran Sheldon Jackson, who is with Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL this season, on Monday lost his aunt due to COVID-19. The 34-year-old wicketkeeper batsman had moved to Puducherry last season after playing a crucial role in Saurashtra's maiden Ranji Trophy triumph.

Prolific India Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara on Sunday slammed 248, his 13th first-class double century to help Saurashtra post a massive 581 for 7 declared on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Karnataka.

Going into the final day of the Ranji Trophy semifinal clash in Bengaluru, Saurashtra needed 55 runs to book their place in the final. At the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Monday, they wrapped up a five-wicket win over hosts Karnataka without much ado.

Seasoned Sheldon Jackson and skipper Arpit Vasavada hit fine centuries as the duo put on a fine 232-run stand for the fourth wicket to bring Saurashtra back into the contest in reply to Karnataka's 407 on the third day of their Ranji Trophy semi-final on Friday.

In search of big runs, veteran India batter Cheteshwar Pujara on Tuesday made the Saurashtra squad for the Ranji Trophy beginning February 10.

Sheldon Jackson hit a strokeful half century while Ravindra Jadeja made a crucial unbeaten 48 to guide hosts Saurashtra to a three-wicket win over Railways in a Group A Ranji Trophy match on Thursday.

Cheteshwar Pujara got out cheaply but Saurashtra ended the Day One of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group D match against Odisha here in a comfortable position. At the stumps on Thursday, Saurashtra were 325 for four. Chirag Jani and Arpit Vasavada were unbeaten on 125 and 51 respectively.

Pondicherry registered a 104-run win over Himachal Pradesh in their Vijay Hazare clash in Jaipur on Saturday. The architects of Pondicherry's first win in the tournament were Sheldon Jackson (104, 12x4) and left-arm spinner Sagar Udeshi (4-35). Sheldon's patient knock helped Pondicherry finish on 227-9. Pondicherry, after being inserted in, got off to the worst possible start as they slipped to 19 for 4 in the 7th over.

Sheldon Jackson struck his sixth List A hundred, overshadowing Shivam Mavi's hat-trick on his Uttar Pradesh debut to guide Saurashtra to a 25-run win in a Group B match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Wednesday.

Be it playing cricket or talking about it, Sheldon Jackson does it with flair and flamboyance. The Saurashtra batsman has been a dominant force in the domestic circuit in the last few years, but while he has earned the respect and managed to instill threat in the opponents, Jackson has failed to stir national selectors to action.

In the Ranji Trophy Group A clash against Rajasthan, Saurashtra's middle-order batsman Sheldon Jackson, taking inspiration from his senior teammate Cheteshwar Pujara, notched up a century on the second day, guiding the defending champions to a total exceeding 300 on Saturday.

Fighting half-centuries by Vishvarajsingh Jadeja (73, 179 balls, 10 fours), Chirag Jani (53, 128 balls, 5 fours) and Sheldon Jackson (50) helped Saurashtra make 226 for 6 in 79 overs on the opening day of its Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Andhra on Thursday.

Hyderabad, despite chopping and changing of players, has not been able to win any matches this season. They lost to Assam and Andhra before this, and this match was their third defeat. Hyderabad were bottom of the table with one point and with two matches against Maharashtra and Delhi remaining. However, they fared better in their second innings, being all out for 191 runs. The first innings collapse for 79 runs proved to be their undoing. Saurashtra skipper and leftarm pacer Jaydev Unadkat made early inroads and spinner Dharmendrasinh Jadeja mopped up the tail with his brilliant spell of 942134 in the extended postlunch session earlier. Saurashtra resumed at 250 for five and added another 77 runs to gain a handsome 248run first innings lead. Though Sheldon Jackson 59 was dismissed by debutant medium pacer Mohammed Abrar with his first ball of the day, Man of the Match Jadeja made a quickfire 40 44b 4x5 6x4 and ensured that Saurashtra did not bat again. Hyderabad leftarm spinner G Aniketh Reddy returned a careerbest 795 his previous best was 461 against Vidarbha in 202021 in his debut innings. However

Sheldon Jackson hit a stroke-filled 85 to put Saurashtra on the verge of securing a vital first innings lead against Mumbai on the second day of their Elite Group B Ranji Trophy match on Wednesday.

Delhi produced an all-round clinical show to thrash Uttar Pradesh by nine wickets and notch up their second consecutive win in a Group E match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament on Saturday.

Harvik Desai hit his maiden first-class century to help Saurashtra pull off the highest run chase in Ranji Trophy history, beating Uttar Pradesh by six wickets to enter the semi-finals on Saturday.

Hosts Saurashtra snatched three crucial points on Thursday on the basis of their first innings lead in their Elite Group A game against current champions Vidarbha to make it to the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy.