Peter Nevill averages 20.88 after 18 Tests and has two fifties © Getty Images Peter Nevill is open to a promotion in Australia’s batting order ahead of Mitchell Marsh, as the captain Steven Smith and the coach Darren Lehmann ponder how to get the best out of a middle-order duo who are yet to place their stamp on a Test match with the bat. As highlighted by the selection chairman…
Lunch Pakistan 81 for 2 (Younis 39*, Aslam 37*) v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Younis Khan survived a couple of close shaves during his third-wicket stand with Sami Aslam © Getty Images Misbah-ul-Haq won his third toss of the series and opted to bat yet again, but the sense of déjà vu ended there. On a relatively fresh Sharjah surface, Shannon Gabriel rocked Pakistan with two strikes in…
Lunch Bangladesh 220 and 268 for 7 (Shuvagata 15*) lead England 244 by 244 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:36 Miller: Bangladesh race to day two advantage Four wickets fell in an action-packed morning session but Bangladesh kept the ledger even by adding 116 to their total to give themselves an excellent chance of forcing victory in the second Test. No batsman was able to survive for long but…
Toss Pakistan chose to bat v West Indies Pakistan’s most capped Test captain, Misbah-ul-Haq, will look to lead the side to its sixth ever series whitewash © AFP Misbah-ul-Haq walked out for a toss in a Test match for the 49th time – more than any other Pakistan captain – and, after winning his third toss of the three-Test series, had no hesitation in choosing to bat. That means West…
Play 02:42 Agarkar: Will be difficult to keep Mishra out of ODIs Amit Mishra came into the series not knowing if he would remain a part of India’s ODI plans when the team’s lead spinners – R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja – returned from a rest. By the end of the fifth ODI in Visakhapatnam, however, he had not only emerged as the highest wicket-taker, but also produced a spell…
Akeem Dodson’s one-handed leaping catch helped USA gain momentum in the field © Peter Della Penna Legspinner Timil Patel‘s five-wicket haul was followed by a pair of half-centuries from the opening combination of captain Steven Taylor and Fahad Babar as tournament favourites USA romped past Bermuda by eight wickets on Saturday at Severn Cricket Field on the opening day of WCL Division Four in Los Angeles. Timil took 1 for…
New Zealand collapsed to their lowest ODI score against India © Associated Press New Zealand captain Kane Williamson slammed his side’s “extremely poor” batting performance after they lost eight wickets for 16 runs to be bowled out in 23.1 overs, their shortest completed ODI innings, and go down to India by 190 runs. New Zealand came into the series decider on an equal footing. While conceding 269 on a slow…
New Zealand collapsed to their lowest ODI score against India © Associated Press New Zealand captain Kane Williamson slammed his side’s “extremely poor” batting performance after they lost eight wickets for 16 runs to be bowled out in 23.1 overs, their shortest ODI innings, and go down to India by 190 runs. New Zealand came into the series decider on an equal footing. While conceding 269 on a slow surface…
Play 02:42 Agarkar: Will be difficult to keep Mishra out of ODIs Amit Mishra came into the series not knowing if he would remain a part of India’s ODI’s plans when the team’s lead spinners – R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja – returned from a rest. By the end of the fifth ODI in Visakhapatnam, however, he had not only emerged as the highest wicket-taker, but also produced a spell…
File photo – Aiden Markram scored his second consecutive hundred to set up Titans’ win © Getty/ICC Aiden Markram’s second successive hundred and legspinner Shaun von Berg‘s ten-wicket match-haul lifted the Titans to first place in the Sunfoil Series, as they defeated the Cape Cobras by an innings and 50 runs at Newlands in Cape Town. Cobras were reduced to 74 for 4 in the first innings after Titans captain…