Sydney – Usman Khawaja has been called into the Australia squad as cover for expectant father David Warner in the next two one-day internationals against India, Cricket Australia said Wednesday. Warner’s wife Candice is expecting the couple’s second child shortly, with Khawaja joining the squad in Brisbane. He will remain for matches two and three of the five-game series at the Gabba on Friday and in Melbourne on Sunday. “Usman…
Match facts January 15, 2016Start time 1500 local (0900 GMT) Zimbabwe will hope their other bowlers can provide support to the sometimes overburdened Graeme Cremer © Chris Whiteoak Big picture Experimentation is the buzzword around the second Bangladesh-Zimbabwe T20 series in the 2015-16 season. Both teams are looking ahead to the World T20 in March, and with the least exposure in this format among all Test-playing nations, it is hardly…
Play 03:45 Preview: Merciful release for England? AB de Villiers won the toss and chose to bat on his first opportunity to captain a South Africa Test side that he has so often inspired, as the Johannesburg Test got underway under overcast skies. His first morning as captain was not without disruption. Dane Vilas was flying to Johannesburg after an emergency call-up as wicketkeeper – the result of a knee…
Johannesburg – New South Africa captain AB de Villiers confirmed Wednesday there is “a bit of truth” in rumours he is considering retirement but said he is fully committed to leading the team in the next two Tests against England. AB de Villiers will captain South Africa in the remaining two Tests against England © AFP/File Indranil Mukherjee De Villiers said that despite the proliferation of big-money Twenty20 tournaments, he…
Johannesburg – A former South African national player has been charged with corruption involving match-fixing, according to a claim in South African media. Hansie Cronje captained the South African cricket team during the 1990s but he was given a lifetime ban in 2000 after he admitted his role in a match-fixing scandal © AFP Anna Zieminski Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Wednesday it had no comment on what it…
Sydney – Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash League has finally hit the big time, with enormous crowds, quality cricket and a dash of controversy putting it firmly in the public eye — in what could be a threat to the traditional Test format. West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle apologised on January 5, 2016 after his “joke” flirt with a female television presenter was branded “disrespectful” and “inappropriate” by authorities © AFP/File…
The Delhi Test match turned out to be a success under Justice Mudgal’s leadership. © PTI Justice (Retd) Mukul Mudgal, who was appointed observer for the India versus South Africa Test match at the Feroz Shah Kotla last month, will be submitting his detailed report to the court on January 18. (High Court Clears Way for Kotla to Host India-South Africa Fourth Test) Justice Mudgal was appointed by the Delhi…
Gulam Bodi has scored over 10,000 runs across first-class, List A and T20 cricket. © AFP Johannesburg: Gulam Bodi, a former South Africa player, was on Thursday named as the person charged under Cricket South Africa’s anti-corruption code. (Match-Fixing Cloud Returns to Haunt South African Cricket) Bodi has been charged with contriving to fix, or otherwise improperly influence aspects of the 2015 South African domestic Twenty20 competition. (South Africa’s Ram…
Hong Kong – An alleged fixing approach to Hong Kong’s Irfan Ahmed is a “warning” for other emerging teams, the territory’s cricket chief said Tuesday. ong Kong international Irfan Ahmed faces a ban of between two and five years if found guilty © AFP/File Paul Faith Tim Cutler, chief executive of the Hong Kong Cricket Association, told AFP that associate, or non-Test playing, members of the International Cricket Council (ICC)…
Play 01:56 ‘Even 340 not a safe total anymore’ – Rohit Rohit Sharma has now converted four of his nine hundreds into scores of 150 or more. Only Sachin Tendulkar has more 150s in the history of ODI cricket. The god of big innings, though, feels setting oneself up to bat deep into the innings is going to become more and more important with the new changes in the field…