Month: December 2016

Dwayne Bravo’s BBL 2016-17 campaign is at an end © Cricket Australia/Getty Images West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo will need surgery to repair damage to his left hamstring, meaning he will play no further part in the Melbourne Renegades’ Big Bash League (BBL) campaign. He was stretchered off during the Renegades’ match against the Perth Scorchers on Thursday night, and subsequent scans revealed the injury would sideline him for an…

Lunch Pakistan 9 for 443 dec and 1 for 6 trail Australia 8 for 624 dec (Smith 165*, Warner 144, Khawaja 97) by 175 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Steven Smith hit 13 fours and a six during his 165 not out © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Pakistan lost an early wicket after Australia’s captain Steven Smith pushed the hosts to a 181-run lead on the final day of the Boxing…

Innings Australia 8 for 624 dec (Smith 165*, Warner 144, Khawaja 97) lead Pakistan 9 for 443 dec by 181 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Steven Smith hit 13 fours and a six during his 165 not out © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Australia’s captain Steven Smith pushed the hosts to a 181-run lead over Pakistan before declaring in search of victory on the final day of the Boxing Day Test…

Dimuth Karunaratne suffered for a tweaked muscle while reverse sweeping © AFP From early on in the innings the intent was clear: Sri Lanka were chasing 488 for victory, rather than drawing shutters and playing for the draw. But as play ended on 240 for 5 on day four, at least four batsmen were left rueing dismissals that might have been avoided. Dimuth Karunaratne, perhaps was chief among them, having…

Senwes Park ,Potchefstroom has only hosted one Test previously, against Bangladesh in 2002 © Getty Images Bangladesh will tour South Africa for the first time in nine years to open what is set to be a bumper 2017-18 summer, although their opponents for the festive season are yet to be confirmed. South Africa will host at least 10 Tests, including four each against India and Australia. Details of those tours…

Sabbir Rahman scored a handy 39 before his wicket started a collapse © Getty Images Mashrafe Mortaza was left almost speechless after he saw Bangladesh’s fifth batting meltdown of the year. The latest one, losing seven wickets for 56 runs in 14 overs, resulted in their 67-run loss to concede the series to New Zealand. Chasing 252, Sabbir Rahman’s run-out in the 23rd over ended his 75-run second-wicket stand with…

Perth Scorchers 152 for 6 (Klinger 72, Mitchell Marsh 34, Narine 2-20) beat Melbourne Renegades 148 for 8 (White 37, Willey 2-15, Turner 2-25) by four wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Michael Klinger’s love affair with Melbourne Renegades continued © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Perth Scorchers have played Melbourne Renegades six times, and won the lot. Last year, in this very fixture, they recorded the BBL’s first ever 10-wicket win. This time,…

Lunch: Sri Lanka 205 and 27 for 0 (Silva 14*, Karunaratne 10*) need another 461 runs to beat South Africa 286 and 406 for 6 dec (Cook 117, de Kock 69, du Plessis 67*, Elgar 52)Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details Faf du Plessis was batting on 67 when he declared © AFP Sri Lanka’s openers survived testing 14-over period before lunch on the fourth day after South Africa declared to…