Kusal Perera likes to play his shots, which makes him an edge-of-the-seat choice for first drop © AFP Kusal Perera Test record: 565 runs at average of 31.38Record at No. 3: 244 runs at 30.50 The incumbent. The short-arm jabbing, strong forearm-heaving, barnstorming, non-doping, mass aneurism giver. In Perera’s defence, in 2016 he has gone through an ordeal few sportsmen will ever have to experience and is doing a fine…
Kusal Mendis could not convert his second-innings fifty into something more substantial © AFP Even team-mates may not have known much about Kusal Mendis when he debuted for Sri Lanka in October 2015, so limited had his exposure been to senior cricket. Mendis had played in 10 first-class matches before playing a Test. He was 20 at the time. If West Indies (his first opponent) wanted footage of his batting…
Adelaide Strikers 9 for 152 (Dunk 37, Hodge 36, Abbott 5-16) beat Sydney Sixers 104 (Billings 40, Stanlake 3-17) by 48 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball updates Sean Abbott finished 2016 with a five-for but failed to finished the year with a win © Getty Images Despite the best efforts of Sean Abbott – who avenged his mauling by Travis Head here last New Year – the Adelaide Strikers saw in 2017…
Sri Lanka in South Africa 2016-17 December 31, 2016 Batsman Temba Bavuma has been busy practising his seamers this season. And that might come in handy given the quick turnaround between South Africa’s Boxing Day and New Year Tests Temba Bavuma could have had a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket but for a no-ball © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Temba Bavuma made history at the last New Year’s…
Jonathan Agnew played for Leicestershire before embarking on his media career © Getty Images Jonathan Agnew, the BBC’s cricket correspondent and Test Match Special commentator, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List for services to broadcasting. Agnew, who played three Tests and three ODIs for England, had a 12-year career with Leicestershire from 1978 to 1990 before making a one-off comeback during the 1992 season for…
Tanbir Hayder, who made his ODI debut against New Zealand, has been dropped for the first T20 © BCB Bangladesh have included Shuvagata Hom and Taijul Islam in the 15-man squad for the first T20 against New Zealand in Napier on January 3. From the ODI squad, Tanbir Hayder and Mehedi Hasan were dropped even though Mehedi had not played a single game. Rubel Hossain also didn’t get a game…
Tanbir Hayder, who made his ODI debut against New Zealand, has been dropped from the T20 squad © BCB Bangladesh have included Shuvagata Hom and Taijul Islam in the 15-man squad for the first T20 against New Zealand in Napier on January 3. From the ODI squad, Tanbir Hayder and Mehedi Hasan have been dropped though the latter didn’t play a single game. Rubel Hossain also didn’t get a game…
India and Pakistan have met only in ICC tournaments and other multi-team competitions since 2012-13 © Associated Press The PCB has decided to take legal action against the BCCI for not agreeing to play two of Pakistan’s home series and not fulfilling the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) they had signed in 2014. The PCB will seek compensation from the Indian board and also confirmed that Pakistan would not tour India…
Martin Guptill made 6 before retiring hurt with a hamstring injury in the final ODI © Getty Images New Zealand opener Martin Guptill has been ruled out of the upcoming T20 series against Bangladesh after sustaining a hamstring strain while running between the wickets in the third ODI at Nelson earlier today. New Zealand Cricket said Guptill suffered a grade one hamstring strain on his left leg and will take…
Namibia, who do not have T20I status yet, have been invited to participate after PNG declined to compete © IDI/Getty The Emirates Cricket Board has announced a T20 tournament for eight Associate countries to be played from January 14 to 20 in the UAE. Apart from UAE, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Ireland, Namibia, Netherlands, Oman and Scotland will take part in the tournament. Named the Desert T20 Tournament, the seven-day competition…