South Australia 9 for 505 dec (Cooper 138, Ferguson 101, Behrendorff 3-70) and 0 for 32 need 37 more to beat Western Australia 9 for 271 dec (Shaun Marsh 73, Klinger 61, Mennie 3-56) and 302 (Shaun Marsh 110, Cartwright 80, Sayers 4-57)Scorecard Shaun Marsh aggregated 183 in two innings against South Australia at WACA © Getty Images Shaun Marsh struck a century to follow up from his first-innings 73…
Australia cancelled their Test tour of Bangladesh in 2015 due to a security threat © STR/AFP Nizamuddin Chowdhury, Bangladesh Cricket Board’s chief executive officer, has termed the arrival of Cricket Australia’s head of security Sean Carroll in Dhaka on Thursday as “encouraging.” Australia are due to arrive in Bangladesh in August 2017 to fulfill the two-Test tour of 2015 that was postponed due to security concerns. Carroll travelled with the…
Yasir Shah and Sarfraz Ahmed have been given category A contracts by the PCB © AFP Batsmen Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad have been dropped to category D, the lowest level of contracts, by the PCB while Shahid Afridi, Junaid Khan and Fawad Alam were cut from the contracted list of players altogether. Legspinner Yasir Shah and wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed have been awarded category-A contracts. The PCB announced on Thursday…
File photo: Anureet Singh headlined a dominant display by bowlers in Dharamsala with 4 for 66 Abhijit Addya / © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Group A Fourteen wickets fell in Dharamsala in the fourth-round clash between Bengal and Railways. Railways’ bowlers vindicated their captain’s decision to field by dismissing Bengal for 205. But their batsmen couldn’t hold on to the advantage as they slipped to 37 for 4 by the close. Four…
File photo – Amit Verma scored an unbroken century against his former team © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Group B An unbeaten century from Amit Verma helped Assam recover from an early wobble to post 268 for 6 against Karnataka by stumps on day one in Mumbai. S Aravind had struck thrice in the first ten overs to reduce Assam to 16 for 3, before Verma’s unbeaten 125 off 259 led Assam’s…
File photo – Amit Verma scored an unbroken century against his former team © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Group B An unbeaten century from Amit Verma helped Assam recover from an early wobble to post 268 for 6 against Karnataka by stumps on day one in Mumbai. S Aravind had struck three times in the first ten overs to reduce Assam to 16 for 3, before Verma’s unbeaten 125 off 259 led…
File photo: Chhattisgarh came from behind to end the opening day in a strong position © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Chhattisgarh, led by Abhimanyu Chauhan in Mohammad Kaif’s absence due to a neck injury, reduced Kerala to 194 for 8 before bad light forced early stumps at the Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur. Pankaj Rao, the right-arm medium pacer, and Sumit Ruikar, the left-arm spinner, picked up three wickets apiece in the 65…
Play 01:36 Mushfiqur hopes pitch leaves England clueless Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has said that consistency will be their main target in the second Test against England, even though their fighting performance in the Chittagong Test raised expectations of a better result in Dhaka. Recent history, however, suggests that Bangladesh have a hard time following up on a good performance in home Tests. Against Pakistan last year, they were hammered…
Tasmania 255 (Bailey 64, Boyce 56*, Christian 4-35) and 3 for 19 need another 346 runs to beat Victoria 415 and 9 for 204 dec (Harris 77, Webster 3-25, Bird 3-59)Scorecard Jackson Bird picked up six wickets for the match © Getty Images Jackson Bird finished his Test audition with six wickets for the match, but Victoria were in a strong position to push for victory at stumps on the…
Queensland 6 for 330 dec and 1 for 51 need another 314 runs to beat New South Wales 7 for 327 dec and 7 for 367 dec (Warner 134, Cowan 95)Scorecard David Warner scored his 23rd first-class century © Getty Images David Warner celebrated his 30th birthday by scoring a brisk century against Queensland at the Gabba, continuing his strong recent run of form ahead of the first Test against…