Play 00:59 WATCH – Scuffle between reporter, SA security manager Russell Domingo, South Africa’s coach, is hopeful administrators will either give players a wide berth or crack down completely when applying Law 42 – fair and unfair play – because he believes the application of artificial substances to the ball, especially in the form of edibles, occurs often. Domingo spoke to reporters about an hour before his captain Faf du…
Suranga Lakmal was fined 50% of his match fee after Monday’s rain-hit ODI © AFP Sri Lanka fast bowler Suranga Lakmal has been fined 50% of his match fee for an incident involving Zimbabwe opener Chamu Chibhabha during Monday’s washout. According to an ICC release, “Lakmal dangerously threw the ball back at Chibhabha at the striker’s end” in the second over of play, in breach of article 2.1.1 of the…
File photo – Nikita Miller’s 5 for 22 helped Jamaica bowl Windward Islands out for 64 © BCCI Anthony Alleyne top-scored twice for Barbados as his 88 and 186 helped them to a 292-run victory against Trinidad & Tobago in Port of Spain. Chasing 392 to win, T&T were bundled out for 99 with Kyle Hope top-scoring with 26. In the second innings, it was Kevin Stoute and Kemar Roach…
Play 05:01 Ganguly: England have to get Buttler in Jos Buttler looks set to return to England’s Test side as a specialist batsman. Buttler, who was dropped as wicketkeeper a year ago, has only played one first-class game since but such is the England management’s belief in his ability – and, just as importantly, the modest form of the alternative options – that he looks certain to be recalled for…
Curator Damian Hough with the pitch for this week’s day-night Test © Daniel Brettig Adelaide Oval’s carefully prepared day/night Test pitch has been tweaked as a result of last summer’s day three finish to offer less to bowlers – two millimetres less to be precise. The height of the grass on the surface was a major talking point in the aftermath of the inaugural floodlit Test, with Australia’s captain Steven…
Thilanga Sumathipala: ‘We need to focus on strengthening and developing our domestic cricket’ © Getty Images Sri Lanka Cricket has announced it will invest heavily in the existing club-based domestic structure, although a provincial first-class tournament is also in the works. The board has promised a grant of 11 million rupees (USD $74,000 approx) for each of the 14 clubs in the first-class tournament, and has also said it will…
Henry Nicholls: ‘The nature of Hamilton is that you’re going to be faced with different challenges’ © Getty Images It had been in Hamilton – just under six years ago – that Misbah-ul-Haq‘s captaincy had really got off the ground. On a track that had started out with a little pace and carry, Pakistan restricted New Zealand to 275, then put on 367 themselves. With the first innings having ended…
A BCCI office bearer claimed that the board had adopted “nearly 75%” of the Lodha Committee’s recommendations. © BCCI The BCCI remains hopeful India’s Supreme Court will take a considered decision on the Lodha Committee’s latest proposal to disqualify all office bearers in the board and state associations if they fail to fulfill the eligibility criteria. A few of the BCCI’s top office bearers and officials said the board would…
Timroy Allen is one of four players who have been offered central contracts by the USACA © Peter Della Penna The USA Cricket Association has announced over the weekend that it has offered central contracts to four players and intends to offer up to 20 more contracts in the next “two to three months”. The declarations were made by USACA president Gladstone Dainty and former USA coach Robin Singh during…
Chittagong Vikings 186 for 4 (Nabi 46*, Malik 40) beat Comilla Victorians 183 for 3 (Latif 76, Shehzad 40*) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Mohammad Nabi scored another six-filled innings © BCB Chittagong Vikings, helped along by knocks from Mohammad Nabi and Shoaib Malik, executed a brilliant chase of 184 to upend Comilla Victorians in front of a packed home crowd. The win put the team…