Month: January 2016

Match facts January 26, 2016Start time 1908 local (0838 GMT) Yuvraj Singh’s previous appearance for India, in the final of the 2014 World T20, was one he and his fans will not want to remember © ICC Big Picture Remember Twenty20 internationals? Australia’s players vaguely do, though the memories are hazy. Two entire Big Bash League seasons have been played and won since Australia last played a T20 international at…

Mitchell McClenaghan picked up the injury when a bouncer burst through the gap in his helmet © AFP New Zealand fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan has suffered a hairline fracture just above his left eye, during the first ODI against Pakistan in Wellington. He picked up the injury when a bouncer burst through the gap in his helmet in the final over of New Zealand’s innings on Monday. It rules him…

New Zealand 280 for 8 (Nicholls 82, Santner 48, Henry 48, Amir 3-28, Anwar Ali 3-66) beat Pakistan 210 ( Azam 62, Hafeez 42, Boult 4-40, Elliott 3-43) by 70 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details New Zealand’s 280 was built on Henry Nicholls’ measured 82 © Getty Images New Zealand were on the ropes at 99 for 6, and already missing their three-most experienced players, were further hamstrung by an injury…

Australia national selector Rod Marsh on Khawaja: ‘Usman is right up there as far as being included in the T20 World Cup squad’ © K Sivaraman Usman Khawaja is a near certainty to be chosen in Australia’s squad for the World T20 in India despite being overlooked for both the upcoming T20s against India and the ODI squad to tour New Zealand. Australia’s national selector Rod Marsh said Khawaja would…

New Zealand 280 for 8 (Nicholls 82, Santner 48, Henry 48, Amir 3-28, Anwar Ali 3-66) v PakistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details New Zealand’s 280 was built on Henry Nicholls’ measured 82 © Getty Images Pakistan’s pace quartet blasted New Zealand’s top order out, reducing them to 99 for 6 within 23 overs, but the hosts bided some time, then blasted right back in the final ten overs. Their eventual…

Moeen Ali is confident England can still emerge from the fourth Test with a positive result despite seeing South Africa take full control on day three at Centurion. The hosts will take a 175-run lead into the penultimate day after dismissing England for 342 and then closing on 42 for one. That leaves the tourists with an uphill battle on a surface that is offering plenty of variable bounce and…