South Australia 9 for 505 dec and 0 for 69 beat Western Australia 9 for 271 dec and 302 by 10 wicketsScorecard Western Australia were soundly beaten in their first game of the season, at home © Getty Images South Australia cruised to a 10-wicket win over Western Australia on the fourth day at the WACA, where they began the morning needing only a further 37 runs for victory. Openers…
File photo – Parvez Rasool picked up his second five-wicket haul as Services posted 477 against Jammu & Kashmir © BCCI D Siva Kumar took his sixth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket to help Andhra gain a 150-run first-innings lead over Haryana at the Wankhede Stadium. Having bowled Haryana out for 103, Andhra lost three second-innings wickets in extending their lead to 245, with Hanuma Vihari and KR Sreekanth putting…
Match facts Oct 29-Nov 2, 2016, HarareStart time 9.30 am (0730 GMT) Play 01:34 Rangana Herath versus the class of ’99 Big picture The last time Sri Lanka played Tests against Zimbabwe was in 2004, when Marvan Atapattu was in his first full series as captain. Kumar Sangakkara made 270 in that Bulawayo Test, his second double-hundred. Between then and now Sangakkara improved his high score twice and retired with…
File photo: Aliya Riaz last played for Pakistan in the World T20 in March © AFP Batsman Aliya Riaz and seamer Diana Baig have been recalled to the Pakistan Women’s squad for their limited-overs tour of New Zealand. The series begins on November 9 with the first of five ODIs and ends with a lone T20I on November 27. Riaz, 24, made her international debut in August 2014. She has…
File photo – Rishi Dhawan’s 6 for 35 led Himachal Pradesh’s fightback after they were bowled out for 36 by Hyderabad © Shailesh Bhatnagar Fifteen wickets fell on day two at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati, where Hyderabad bowled Himachal Pradesh out for 36, the fourth-lowest total in the Ranji Trophy since 2000. None of Himachal’s batsmen got into double figures as seamers M Ravi Kiran and Chama Milind cut…
Match facts Saturday, October 29Start time 1330 local (0800 GMT) Play 01:30 Taylor ‘excited’ at prospect of winning series Big picture New Zealand have never won an ODI series in India. While the prospect of correcting such a record is daunting at the best of times, the whitewash in the Test series and the drubbing in Dharamsala only made it seem near-impossible. But after nearly two weeks, with the series…
England 50 for 3 (Root 15*, Moeen 2*) trail Bangladesh 220 (Tamim 104, Mominul 66, Moeen 5-57) by 170 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Tamim Iqbal brought up his third Test century against England © Associated Press Bangladesh recovered somewhat from an abysmal collapse of 9 for 49 in their first innings to remove three England wickets in the 12.3 overs possible before rain brought an early finished to the…
South Australia XI 8 for 435 (Ludeman 167, Raphael 91, Winter 63, Maharaj 3-59) drew with South Africa 489Scorecard Tim Ludeman and Jake Winter were among the batsmen who troubled South Africa © Getty Images South Africa’s bowlers struggled for impact against what was effectively a South Australia second XI at Glenelg on Friday, with a century from Tim Ludeman steering the locals to 8 for 435. It was the…
Victoria 415 and 204 beat Tasmania 255 and 251 (Faulkner 78, Tremain 3-60, Boland 3-66) by 113 runsScorecard Scott Boland picked up 3 for 66 © Getty Images Tasmania put up some fight on the final day at the MCG but could not prevent a 113-run Victoria win as Scott Boland and Chris Tremain picked up three wickets each. Chasing 365 for an unlikely win, the Tigers began the day…
Lunch Bangladesh 118 for 1 (Tamim 68*, Mominul 44*) v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:08 Mushfiqur Rahim set to play in 50th Test Tamim Iqbal marched to an imperious half-century on the opening morning in Mirpur as Bangladesh reached the lunch break with just one wicket down and a few psychological blows already inflicted on England’s beleaguered spinners. Tamim’s eighth 50-plus score against England in 11 innings came…