Month: November 2016

There’s a chance that the hearing could now take place in South Africa rather than in Adelaide © Getty Images South Africa’s captain Faf du Plessis is expected to be free to play the Adelaide Test, as legal machinations behind his impending hearing on a ball tampering charge delay proceedings until after the series against Australia concludes. On a day when a television reporter attempting to question du Plessis was…

Jeet Raval has been a consistent performer in domestic cricket for the last eight seasons © Getty Images Jeet Raval’s match-aggregate of 91 in a low-scorer has made him a possible solution to New Zealand’s opening woes, but he is a player that had piqued the selectors’ interest for some time, coach Mike Hesson said. One of the steadier hands in domestic cricket, Raval has averaged less than 40 in…

Khulna Titans 151 for 7 (Mahmudullah 44, Taijul 3-18) beat Barisal Bulls 129 (Mushfiqur 35, Shafiul 4-17) by 22 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Mahmudullah’s 44 off 26 balls set up a respectable total for Khulna Titans © Raton Gomes/BCB Khulna Titans climbed to the top of the BPL points table after a 22-run win over Barisal Bulls. As was the case in their four previous wins, it was their bowlers…

Hong Kong 148 for 4 (Hayat 78, Carter 41, Oluoch 3-29) beat Kenya 133 (Obanda 39, Ehsan Khan 3-12, Tanveer Ahmed 3-20, Nadeem Ahmed 3-23) by 39 runs (D/L method)Scorecard Babar Hayat hit six fours and four sixes in his 68-ball 78 © AFP An aggressive half-century from Babar Hayat set Hong Kong up for a 39-run Duckworth-Lewis win in a rain-affected match against Kenya in Nairobi. The win moved…

File photo – Farhaan Behardien belted four sixes during his seventh T20 fifty © AFP South Africa finisher Farhaan Behardien did the same job for his franchise, his 33-ball 65 leading Titans to their fourth successive victory in the T20 Challenge, beating Dolphins by 58 runs. After Behardien’s seventh T20 fifty carried Titans to 185 for 4, seamer Junior Dala and legspinner Shaun von Berg threw the chase off the…

Australia women 4 for 278 (Lanning 134, Perry 95*, Khaka 3-55) beat South Africa women 5 for 119 (Luus 60*, Perry 1-15) by 66 runs (D/L Method)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Meg Lanning brought up her century off 94 balls © Getty Images and Cricket Australia Meg Lanning equalled Charlotte Edwards’ record of nine ODI hundreds, the most by a woman, with a quickfire 134 to script Australia’s win against South…

Match facts Monday, 21 NovemberStart time 0930 local (0730 GMT) Upul Tharanga and Sri Lanka’s middle order need to step up on Monday © Associated Press Big Picture In cricket, ‘momentum’ is a lot like religious faith. Some people believe in it, and some don’t, but either way it seems to be part of the general milieu. Another way of putting it could be: whether you believe you can, or…