Month: January 2016

Australia’s middle order batsmen like Chris Lynn may have to rethink their tactics after the defeat in Adelaide © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Match facts January 29, 2016Start time 1938 local (0838 GMT) Big Picture On their Republic Day, India went all retro to dampen the Australia Day spirit a little. There was Ashish Nehra, there was Yuvraj Singh, and there was control, which must seem like a substance of vintage…

Angelo Mathews is nursing a groin strain that largely prevented him from bowling in New Zealand © Getty Images Sri Lanka are likely to send a depleted squad to India next month to play the scheduled T20 series, given a number of injuries to key players. Among them are fast bowler and T20 captain Lasith Malinga, allrounder Angelo Mathews, spinner Rangana Herath and fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep. India and Sri…

Match abandoned New Zealand v PakistanScorecard and ball-by-ball details The rain left the outfield too wet for play at McLean Park © AFP The second ODI, in Napier, was abandoned without a ball being bowled, after heavy rain persisted until mid afternoon, and left the ground too sodden for play to begin. The skies had begun to clear well ahead of the game’s cut-off time of 7:19 pm, but with…

When Pakistan began the tour of New Zealand, winning by 16 runs in the first Twenty20 International, it appeared that the side had the resources to push the home side. Fast forward to nearly two weeks later, and it seems that was just a minor hiccup on New Zealand’s part. Pakistan has the firepower lower down the order, but runs at the top of the order will go a long…

Head Coach Trevor Bayliss believes a collective team effort was the key to their 2-1 Test series victory away to South Africa. England ended their four-match series with a 280-run defeat in the fourth Test at Centurion but despite the manner in which they lost, Bayliss was proud of the achievement of his side. The 53-year-old can add an away Test victory against the world top-ranked Test team to their…

[embedded content] Chris Gayle will bring his gun-slinging style back to the NatWest T20 Blast this summer as the big names continue to be confirmed for next summer’s tournament. Somerset confirmed at lunchtime today that the big-hitting Jamaican would return to Taunton after a blistering, but brief, spell last year that saw him pile up 328 runs in just three matches including an unbeaten 151 from 62 balls against Kent…

Centurion Dan Lawrence was delighted to contribute to England Under-19s’ thrashing of Fiji in their opening World Cup pool game in Chittagong. The Essex batsman smashed 174 from 150 deliveries, the highest England Under-19s score in a 50-over match, and shared a second-wicket stand of 303 with Durham’s Jack Burnham, who made a 137-ball 148. That lifted England to a mammoth 371 for three from 50 overs, a total that…

England showed no mercy to World Cup debutants Fiji in a record-breaking 299–run demolition in their opening pool game in Chittagong today. Essex opener Dan Lawrence smashed 174 from 150 balls, a new one-day record for England Under-19s, and shared a second-wicket stand of 303 with Durham’s Jack Burnham, who made 148 from 137. Then Lancashire’s Saqib Mahmood and Surrey’s Sam Curran each took three wickets with the new ball…