Month: February 2016

Allrounder Jean Symes is suspended from bowling with immediate effect © AFP Lions’ left-arm spinning allrounder Jean Symes has been suspended from bowling in domestic cricket with immediate effect due to an illegal action. He will not be allowed to bowl until remedial work is undergone and he passes a re-assessment of his bowling action. The suspension comes after an independent assessment of his action revealed it to be illegal….

Toss: Sri Lanka Under-19s chose to bowl v India Under-19sScorecard and ball-by-ball details India Under-19 will once again depend on Rishabh Pant for a strong start © ICC Sri Lanka Under-19s won the toss and inserted India Under-19s into bat on an overcast morning with a pitch that had a tinge of grass, in the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup. Charith Asalanka, who said they have done well when…

England will bid to win Test and one-day international series on the same tour of South Africa for the first time at Centurion tomorrow. England will have three opportunities to secure the feat – after a securing a 2-0 series lead – and head to SuperSport Park favourites to complete the job at the first time of asking after the impressive performances in Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth. Paceman Reece Topley…

Mark Craig © Getty Images Offspinner Mark Craig has been called into New Zealand’s squad for the opening Test against Australia at Wellington beginning on Friday. New Zealand Cricket selectors named Craig as an injury replacement after Mitchell Santner was ruled out with a foot injury. Santner experienced soreness in his right foot following the second ODI against Australia. A subsequent scan revealed a bone bruise and the decision was…

[embedded content] New Glamorgan head coach Robert Croft has talked up England’s spin-bowling resources after witnessing first-hand the talent Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid have at their disposal during a brief stint working with the one-day international squad in South Africa. Former international tweaker Croft linked up with the national side as a consultant spin-bowling coach for the 50-over leg of the tour after accepting an invitation from Director, England…

Hashim Amla has warned South Africa that they face the first of “three finals in a row” ahead of the third one-day international against England at Centurion tomorrow. The 32-year-old batsman, who stepped down from the Test captaincy during the Proteas’ 2-1 defeat, believes their series begins at SuperSport Park as the hosts attempt to salvage something from the ODIs after losing the opening two games. Defeat would be a…

Lahore Qalandars 194 for 3 (Akmal 93, Delport 73) beat Quetta Gladiators 131 (Nawaz 42, Gohar 4-14, Mendis 3-17) by 63 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Ahmed Shehzad applauds Umar Akmal following his 40-ball 93 © PSL Umar Akmal stroked the highest score of this season’s Pakistan Super League, his 40-ball 93 guiding Lahore Qalandars to their first win of the season, against Quetta Gladiators in Dubai. The 63-run defeat was…

England Under-19s coach Andy Hurry admitted that he and the players still had an empty feeling today, 24 hours after their sudden World Cup exit at the hands of Sri Lanka. But Hurry has urged his team to shake off their disappointment and sign off from Bangladesh with two more wins in the Play-Off competition that will determine who finishes fifth in the rankings, and which also has a major…