Central Districts 190 for 8 (Taylor 80, Worker 49, Nuttall 3-25) beat Canterbury 163 (McConchie 36, Rance 4-27) by 27 runsScorecard File photo – Ross Taylor cracked five fours and six sixes in his 80 off 50 © Getty Images After a month away from the game to have a benign growth removed from his left eye, Ross Taylor had returned with a bang. He followed up his unbeaten 82…
Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Imtiaz Ahmed has died in Lahore, five days short of his 89th birthday. He was Pakistan’s oldest living Test cricketer and had been suffering from a chest infection. Imtiaz played 41 Tests for Pakistan between 1952 and 1962, and captained in four of those matches towards the end of his career. He made 2079 runs at an average of 29, and took 77 catches and effected 16…
Perth Scorchers women 4 for 85 (Bolton 28*, Graham 27*, Schutt 2-16) beat Adelaide Strikers women 9 for 82 (McGrath 27, Brunt 2-14, Graham 2-12)Scorecard Heather Graham followed her two wickets up with a brisk unbeaten 27 to take Scorchers to victory © Getty Images Despite a spirited and resourceful performance with the ball, Adelaide Strikers were unable to overcome a disastrous batting performance – which, having elected to bat…
New Zealand 239 for 2 (Broom 97, Williamson 95*) beat Bangladesh 236 for 9 (Tamim 59, Nurul 44, Santner 2-38) by eight wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Neil Broom pulled off a stunning one-handed catch at short third man to spark Bangladesh’s collapse © Getty Images Ninety-somethings from Kane Williamson and Neil Broom ensured New Zealand whitewashed Bangladesh with a crushing eight-wicket victory in the third ODI in Nelson. Their fluent…
Ashton Agar had made 98 at No. 11 on Test debut © Getty Images Spinners Ashton Agar and Steve O’Keefe have joined Australia’s squad for the third Test in Sydney, but the final make-up of the XI remains a mystery three days out from the match. The one certainty is that Australia will use their fourth No.6 of the Test summer, with Mitchell Marsh, Callum Ferguson and Nic Maddinson all…
South Africa v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Cape Town December 31, 2016 After a promising first day in Port Elizabeth things quickly unravelled for Sri Lanka, and that was meant to be the ground most suited to them. It does not bode well Getting back into the series would appear a distant prospect at the moment for Sri Lanka © Getty Images If you are a Sri Lanka fan with…
50 overs Bangladesh 236 for 9 (Tamim 59, Nurul 44, Satner 2-38) v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Neil Broom pulled off a stunning one-handed catch at short third man to end a century stand between Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes © Getty Images New Zealand were poised for a whitewash of Bangladesh after inflicting another collapse on the visitors. After openers Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes added 102…
Bangladesh boosted their bowling stocks by including one of their most promising finds of 2016 © AFP Mashrafe Mortaza, the Bangladesh captain, opted to bat first in the third and final ODI against New Zealand at the Saxton Oval in Nelson. That both sides were playing on the same surface as the one on Thursday, Mashrafe said, influenced their decision on what was a “darker looking surface.” Mustafizur Rahman, who…
Paul Adams: “Helping the team to succeed in ways which led to a number of trophies and getting players going up to the Proteas was a very satisfying part of my five-season journey as Cobras’ coach” © Getty Images Paul Adams will step down as Cape Cobras coach from January 1 to be redeployed as Western Cape Cricket high performance manager and coach. This follows a prolonged period of player…
File photo – Nasir Hossain struck his maiden first-class double-century against Sylhet Division © Raton Gomes/BCB Tier – 2 Rajshahi Division reached the third-highest successful chase in Bangladesh’s first-class cricket, overcoming a target of 385 by eight wickets against Chittagong Division at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Unbeaten centuries from Junaid Siddique and Farhad Hossain helped set up the victory, as they chased down the target in 65.2 overs, with…