Innings Pakistan 281 and 208 (Azhar 91, Sarfraz 42, Holder 5-30) lead West Indies 337 by 152 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Jason Holder claimed career-best figures of 5 for 30 © Getty Images Pakistan collapsed in tragic-comic fashion after lunch on day four, losing their last five wickets for 33 runs, including 3 for 4 in the space of 18 balls, to be bowled out for 208 and leave…
Graeme Smith was the first South African captain to win a series in Australia © Getty Images None of the calls Faf du Plessis will have to make in the next month will be as important as the one he makes this evening. The one to Graeme Smith. “I’m supposed to speak to Graeme a bit later, just to try to get some ideas of how he did things when…
File photo: Azhar Mahmood was an active cricketer until May 2016 © PA Photos Azhar Mahmood, the former Pakistan allrounder, has been appointed the team’s bowling coach for a two-year period. His term begins with the first Test of the New Zealand tour on November 17. Mahmood, 41, had first been brought on as a temporary replacement for Mushtaq Ahmed for the Asia Cup, then worked along with Mushtaq at…
Play 00:42 India’s squad for the first two Tests against England India are missing three major batsmen – openers KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan, and Rohit Sharma – because of injures for the first two Tests against England. Allrounder Hardik Pandya has been included in the Test squad for the first time in his career. Fast bowler Ishant Sharma returned to the 15-man squad after missing the Test series against…
India are missing three major batsmen – openers KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan, and Rohit Sharma – because of injures for the first two Tests against England. Allrounder Hardik Pandya has been included in India’s Test squad for the first time in his career. Squad Virat Kohli (capt), R Ashwin, Gautam Gambhir, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Mohammad Shami, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha, Karun Nair, M Vijay, Umesh Yadav,…
Lunch Pakistan 281 and 159 for 5 (Azhar 80*, Nawaz 11*, Holder 3-26) lead West Indies 337 by 103 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Azhar Ali hit some sweetly timed shots as he moved to 80 not out by lunch © Getty Images Day four in Sharjah was the first day on West Indies’ UAE tour that they started from a position of strength. At stake was the chance to…
India are missing three major batsmen – openers KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan, and Rohit Sharma – because of injures for the first two Tests against England. Allrounder Hardik Pandya has been included in India’s Test squad for the first time in his career. Squad Virat Kohli (capt), R Ashwin, Gautam Gambhir, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Mohammad Shami, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha, Karun Nair, M Vijay, Umesh Yadav,…
Avishka Gunawardene was pleased that legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay had found form in the series against West Indies A after returning from a long injury lay-off © Getty Images Sri Lanka A coach Avishka Gunawardene was pleased the home series against West Indies A had served its purpose of grooming young players, despite the 3-0 loss in the one-dayers. Gunaratne was also satisfied that the four-day matches – which his team…
Match facts November 3-7, 2016Start time 1030 local (0230 GMT) Steven Smith and Faf du Plessis with the series trophy on the eve of the first Test at the WACA © Getty Images Big Picture So often in recent years, series between Australia and South Africa have been heavyweight title fights. Two of the most successful Test nations of the past two decades, they have more than once met with…
Steven Taylor brought up his century off 88 balls and eventually finished unbeaten on 124 off 95 balls © Peter Della Penna Legspinner Timil Patel‘s second five-wicket haul of the tournament was followed by a devastating century by captain Steven Taylor as USA crushed Oman by eight wickets at Wright Cricket Field. The win puts USA in the driver’s seat for one of the two promotion berths available at WCL…