Tea Pakistan 205 for 3 (Younis 84*, Misbah 35*) v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Younis Khan’s unbeaten 84 contained seven fours and a six © AFP Half-centuries from Asad Shafiq and Younis Khan lifted Pakistan to a solid 205 for 3 after they lost both openers early on day one of the second Test against West Indies. From an uneasy 42 for 2 in good batting conditions, Pakistan…
Lahiru Kumara, Sri Lanka’s Man of the Match in the U-19 Youth Test against England in Northampton in August © ECB Lahiru Kumara, the 19-year old fast bowler, has received a first call-up to the Sri Lankan Test squad to tour Zimbabwe in October. He made his first-class debut this month, and two matches in, he is set to travel with the seniors to participate in international cricket. A well-built…
Tea Bangladesh 221 for 5 (Tamim 78, Mushfiqur 48) trail England 293 (Moeen 68, Bairstow 52, Mehedi 6-80) by 72 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah steadied the innings for Bangladesh © AFP Tamim Iqbal produced a mature and restrained innings of 78 from 179 balls, as Bangladesh set the tempo once again against a curiously passive England attack to reach the close of the second day…
JP Duminy made an unbeaten 50 on debut in South Africa’s successful chase of 414 in Perth in 2008 © PA Photos When JP Duminy first travelled to Australia in 2008 he was, by his own admission, “just a kid”. There were few expectations on him – he only had an outside chance of playing in the three-Test series – until he exceeded all of them. That’s when he began…
Simon Harmer has been chosen to answer a glaring Essex weakness © Associated Press Essex have signed Simon Harmer, the South Africa offspinner, on a one-year deal as they prepare for life in the first division of the Championship. Harmer will qualify as a Kolpak registration and will help to address a glaring Essex weakness. They won the second division title largely without a specialist spinner – Ashar Zaidi played…
Tea Bangladesh 119 for 3 (Tamim 55*) trail England 293 (Moeen 68, Bairstow 52, Mehedi 6-80) by 174 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah steadied the innings for Bangladesh © AFP Tamim Iqbal bedded in for a vital and mature innings of 55 not out, but lost his steadfast batting partner, Mahmudullah, right on the stroke of tea, as England once again bit back late in the…
Toss Pakistan chose to bat v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Younis Khan returned to Pakistan’s line-up in place of Babar Azam © AFP Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain, chose to bat in the second Test against West Indies in Abu Dhabi. Pakistan made three changes to the XI from Dubai, resting fast bowlers Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz and bringing Younis Khan back into their XI after his full…
The message has finally been received © Getty Images India have agreed to use DRS for the Test series against England on a “trial basis” “to evaluate the improvements made” in the system. India had played in the first series with umpire reviews, against Sri Lanka in 2008, but this will their first bilateral series since then with all the components of the DRS – including ball-tracking technology – in…
It’s likely that Steven Smith and David Warner will not be playing the T20 international against Sri Lanka in Adelaide © Gallo Images/Getty Images In another example of tight schedules in modern cricket, Australia will play a T20 international against Sri Lanka in Adelaide a day before their first Test in India begins on February 23. There is only a 15 to 16-hour gap between the end of the day-night…
Pune is set to make its Test debut on February 23, 2017 © Hindustan Times In another example of tight schedules in modern cricket, Australia will play a T20I against Sri Lanka at home only a day before their first Test in India. This means Australia will be forced to pick vastly different T20 and Test squads as they will play Sri Lanka on February 22 in Adelaide; the Maharashtra…