Steven Smith will not lead Australia in New Zealand © Cricket Australia Australia’s captain Steven Smith is out of the Chappell-Hadlee series in New Zealand after suffering an ankle injury in the final ODI against Pakistan. Smith’s injury will mean a hurried discussion for the national selectors and Cricket Australia board directors over who will lead the side in New Zealand – the vice-captain David Warner has already been rested…
More BBL games will be scheduled in 2017-18 © Cricket Australia The Big Bash League will expand from next summer, with eight extra matches added to the competition. Although the league has no immediate plans increase the number of teams, each of the existing sides will gain an extra home game next season, bringing the total number of BBL matches up from 35 to 43. “We’re always looking at opportunities…
Travis Head and David Warner fell short of the highest opening partnership in ODIs by two runs © Getty Images Travis Head, who hit his maiden ODI century against Pakistan in the fifth ODI in Adelaide after being pushed up to open, hopes to get more chances at the top of the order. “As a batter I would love to bat as high as I possibly can, if there’s that…
Play 01:15 Agarkar: Morgan showed why he is the leader of this team Eoin Morgan hailed his bowlers’ collective effort after they set up a seven-wicket win, which the captain called a “pretty complete performance” during the first T20 in Kanpur. After winning only one of their eight matches on tour so far, England kept control by taking wickets at regular intervals and stifling India’s batsmen in the end overs…
“Fitness levels have improved dramatically in terms of our day to day reports but we’re way behind the rest of the pack.” © Cricket Australia Mickey Arthur, the Pakistan coach, believes a 4-1 ODI series defeat to Australia highlighted the gulf between the two teams – the hosts are the top-ranked side in the format while Pakistan languish in eighth place. The latest loss, by 57 runs in the final…
England 148 for 3 (Morgan 51, Chahal 2-27) beat India 147 for 7 (Raina 36, Moeen 2-21) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details England’s bowlers were excellent in their reading of the pitch and their control thereafter © AFP They waited, and waited, and waited, and finally England’s bowlers had the chance to spearhead a victory on this tour. True, none of them picked up more than two wickets, but…
United Arab Emirates 175 for 4 (Anwar 50, Mustafa 42, Qasim 41, Ehsan Khan 3-30) beat Hong Kong 174 (Nizakat Khan 93, Haider 4-25) by six wicketsScorecard Shaiman Anwar steered UAE home with his seventh ODI half-century © Peter Della Penna Imran Haider, the legspinner, took four wickets in his second ODI to help United Arab Emirates record a six-wicket win over Hong Kong in their tri-series fixture in Dubai…
Tom Latham’s recent Test form has been impressive © Getty Images Tom Latham, the New Zealand batsman, will join Durham as their overseas player for the second half of the season. Latham will arrive after the Champions Trophy and will be available the County Championship and the NatWest T20 Blast. He will replace Stephen Cook, the South Africa opener, who has been signed for the first stage of the summer…
United Arab Emirates 175 for 4 (Anwar 50, Mustafa 42, Qasim 41, Ehsan Khan 3-30) beat Hong Kong 174 (Nizakat Khan 93, Haider 4-25) by six wicketsScorecard Shaiman Anwar steered UAE home with his sixth ODI half-century © Peter Della Penna Imran Haider, the legspinner, took four wickets in his second ODI to help United Arab Emirates record a six-wicket win over Hong Kong in their tri-series fixture in Dubai…
Australia 7 for 369 (Warner 179, Head 128) beat Pakistan 312 (Azam 100, Sharjeel 79, Starc 4-42) by 57 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 00:54 By The Numbers – Australia’s highest ODI partnership What a way to celebrate Australia Day. David Warner and Travis Head gave the Adelaide Oval crowd special reason to enjoy the national holiday by rewriting the record books and compiling the all-time highest ODI partnership for…