Play 01:41 Ranking is not a motivation for us – Hesson Two days ago, New Zealand celebrated victory in the second Test against Pakistan in Hamilton, a win that meant a 2-0 triumph in the series. At least, they celebrated inasmuch as they could: the next day eight of their Test XI were flying to Australia to defend the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. Australia’s players thought they had a quick format switch…
File photo – Rituraj Singh took four of Andhra’s last five wickets © K Sivaraman Four wickets from Goa medium-pacer Rituraj Singh trumped Ricky Bhui‘s 71 to seal an exciting 34-run win against Andhra early on the third day in Dhanbad. Chasing 233, Bhui led Andhra till the score of 179 before they were bowled out for 198. Resuming on 99 for 3 in the morning, Andhra batted for just…
‘I’m looking more to the India series now having missed the boat for this Australian home summer’ – Glenn Maxwell © Getty Images Allrounder Glenn Maxwell has conceded that batting below wicketkeeper Matthew Wade in Victoria’s Sheffield Shield side this year has been “a little bit painful”, especially with a potential Test recall on the cards. Maxwell has his sights set on winning a place on Australia’s Test tour of…
File photo – JJ Smuts scored an unbeaten 49 and returned 2 for 13 in a comfortable Warriors win © CPL/Sportsfile The Warriors bowlers bundled Knights for 93 in Port Elizabeth for a dominant eight-wicket win, their third straight victory and fourth in five matches to stay second on the points table, behind Titans. Knights saw only the toss and a few early overs go in their favour before a…