Month: December 2016

Perth Scorchers Women 155 for 5 (Villani 60, Strano 2-25) beat Melbourne Renegades Women 123 for 7 (Molineux 37, King 2-25, Graham 2-26) by 32 runsScorecard Elyse Villani hit nine fours to lead Scorchers’ charge © Getty Images Under the safety of then Docklands Stadium – with rain hammering down in Melbourne – Perth Scorchers simply proved too powerful for the Melbourne Renegades, who sit bottom of the table with…

Innings: Sri Lanka 205 and 0 for 0 need 488 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 Faf du Plessis and Quinton de Kock completed half-centuries and stretched their overnight sixth-wicket partnership to 129 before South Africa declared to set Sri…

Steven Smith is looking for more consistency from Nathan Lyon © Getty Images Australia’s captain Steven Smith has declined to name Nathan Lyon a certain starter for the Sydney Test, declaring that Australia needed greater consistency from the offspinner. Lyon is the most experienced member of Australia’s current Test side and the country’s most prolific Test offspinner of all time, yet this summer he has struggled for impact and has…

Jeetan Patel last played an ODI in 2009 © Getty Images New Zealand offspinner Jeetan Patel has been added to the squad for the third ODI against Bangladesh in Nelson on Saturday. Keeping in view the sluggish nature of the Saxton Oval track and the presence of three left-handers in Bangladesh’s top five, New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said Patel’s was a horses-for-courses selection. Patel last played an ODI in…

File photo – Ross Taylor hit an explosive 82 in Central Districts’ massive win over Auckland © Getty Images Ross Taylor and Dane Cleaver put on 111 off just 50 balls to set up a 64-run win for Central Districts against Auckland in New Pylmouth. Central Districts were put into bat and their in-form opener Mahela Jayawardene struck 31 off 19 after losing his partner George Worker in the very…

New Zealand 251 (Broom 109, Mashrafe 3-49) beat Bangladesh 184 (Kayes 59, Williamson 3-12) by 67 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Neil Broom struck his first ODI century – nearly eight years after his debut © Getty Images Another mind-numbing batting collapse from Bangladesh meant that they lost the Nelson ODI and along with it the series to New Zealand. They only had 252 to chase, and at one point were…

New Zealand 251 (Broom 109, Mashrafe 3-49) beat Bangladesh 184 (Imrul 59, Williamson 3-12) by 67 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Neil Broom struck his first ODI century – nearly eight years after his debut © Getty Images Another mind-numbing batting collapse from Bangladesh meant that they lost the Nelson ODI and along with it the series to New Zealand. They only had 251 to chase, and at one point were…

Jason Gillespie recently stepped down as Yorkshire coach and currently coaches the Adelaide Strikers © Getty Images Jason Gillespie will join Justin Langer as Australia’s interim coaching duo to oversee the three Twenty20 internationals against Sri Lanka that conflict with preparations for the Test tour of India. Langer (Perth Scorchers) and Gillespie (Adelaide Strikers) are both coaches in the Big Bash League, and the team performance manager Pat Howard said…

Australia 4 for 395 (Smith 61*, Maddinson 7*) trail Pakistan 9 for 443 dec by 48 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Peter Handscomb celebrates getting to his third fifty-plus score in his third Test © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Usman Khawaja fell three runs short of a century for the second time this summer but Australia’s captain Steven Smith and the emerging No. 5 Peter Handscomb took the hosts to within…