Lunch Australia 4 for 181 (Voges 10*) trail South Africa 242 by 61 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:14 Moonda: Could this be it for Steyn? South Africa lost their strike weapon Dale Steyn to injury, but still managed to fight back impressively before lunch on day two at the WACA. Australia had started the morning at 0 for 105, with David Warner and Shaun Marsh well set, but…
Play 03:52 ‘Hughes inquest findings could change cricket’ – Brettig Cricket’s definition of the bouncer is set to be globally redrawn following a key recommendation of the Phillip Hughes inquest, stemming from testimony from the ICC umpires training manager Simon Taufel. James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, acknowledged that Taufel’s query about the definitions of short-pitched and dangerous bowling would necessitate a discussion involving the ICC and the MCC…
BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke has reportedly asked his ECB counterpart to have the England board bear the expenses for its team’s ‘hotel, travel and various other arrangements’ in India, given the Indian board’s ongoing legal issues © Cricket Australia The BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke has requested the ECB to bear the expenses of its team during England’s upcoming tour of India. Shirke said the BCCI was unable to sign the…
Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner was the joint-highest wicket-taker for New Zealand in the Tests in India © BCCI New Zealand allrounder Mitchell Santner has been ruled out of the first Test against Pakistan after fracturing his right wrist while training for a domestic game. He was struck on the wrist while at practice for Northern Districts, ahead of their Plunket Shield – New Zealand’s domestic first-class tournament – game against…
Shane Dowrich played a vital hand for West Indies in the just-concluded Sharjah Test © Getty Images Following his heroic efforts in Sharjah, which helped West Indies to a rare away-Test win, wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Dowrich has been drafted into the ODI squad scheduled to play in the tri-series in Zimbabwe later this month. Fast bowler Miguel Cummins was also brought into the 15, with the two being left out at…
Lunch Australia 4 for 181 (Voges 10*) trail South Africa 242 by 61 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details David Warner and Shaun Marsh both fell in the first session on day two © Cricket Australia/Getty Images South Africa lost their strike weapon Dale Steyn to injury, but still managed to fight back impressively before lunch on day two at the WACA. Australia had started the morning at 0 for 105,…
File photo – Dale Steyn had missed Tests for South Africa last season with shoulder trouble © Gallo Images Dale Steyn left the field 42 minutes before lunch on the second day at the WACA clutching his right shoulder, which was broken last season and had kept him out of the England Tests. The South Africa fast bowler went down after delivering the fourth ball in his 13th over, after…
USA captain Steven Taylor has regularly bowled himself for ten overs while looking past specialist spin options © Peter Della Penna USA coach Pubudu Dassanayake gave credit to Denmark’s death bowling unit, saying their ability to bowl yorkers at the death saved them 30 runs in the final four overs that was a turning point in USA’s four-wicket loss on Wednesday at WCL Division Four. Dassanayake believes it is something…
Play 01:48 ‘This win is dedicated to our captain’ – Amjad Fast bowler Amjad Khan has dedicated Denmark’s four-wicket win over USA on Wednesday at WCL Division Four to captain Michael Pedersen, who left Los Angeles to go back to Denmark on Tuesday night after receiving word that his mother had been involved in an accident. “It’s a win that we’d like to dedicate to Michael really because he had…
Phillip Hughes died in 2014 after being struck by a bouncer © Getty Images The death of Phillip Hughes was a tragic accident arising from a “minuscule misjudgement” from the batsman and no players or umpires were at fault, according to the New South Wales coroner Michael Barnes. Mr Barnes on Friday released his findings from the coronial inquest into the death of Hughes, who was struck on the neck…