AB de Villiers said he would play the T20I against Sri Lanka on January 25 © Getty Images AB de Villiers has made himself unavailable for selection for the upcoming Test series in New Zealand in March though he has recovered from his elbow injury, but said that he was not retiring from Test cricket. However, while squashing speculation over the last few days that he was going to give…
Kagiso Rabada is now South Africa’s top-ranked bowler in Test cricket © AFP Hashim Amla‘s 134 in his hundredth Test in Johannesburg saw him jump four places and move to sixth in the latest ICC rankings for Test batsmen. Kagiso Rabada, meanwhile, moved up three spots to fifth in the Test bowling rankings after returning match figures of 5 for 94. Amla, who became only the eighth batsman to score…
AB de Villiers has said he is not retiring from Test cricket, squashing speculation over the last few days that he was going to give up the longest format. “I’m not retiring out of Test cricket, I’m not retiring out of any format, that’s for sure,” he told South African radio station 702 on Tuesday. However, de Villiers said that he would have to manage his workload in order to…
Steve O’Keefe is one of four specialist spinners, including two left-arm orthodox bowlers, who will work with Sridharan Sriram in India © Getty Images Sridharan Sriram, the former India left-arm spinning allrounder, will mentor Australia’s legion of slow bowlers on their upcoming Test tour of India. Sriram has worked with Australia’s spinners on previous occasions, including on last year’s tour of Sri Lanka and in the World Twenty20 in India…
Afghanistan 147 for 5 (Shenwari 42) beat UAE 146 for 6 (Shaiman 52, Dawlat 4-44) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Rashid Khan had figures of 2 for 12 to help revive Afghanistan © Peter Della Penna Afghanistan continued their puppet-mastery of UAE in Twenty20 cricket with a gritty five-wicket win in front of 8000 fans at Sheikh Zayed Stadium. UAE had raced to 91 for 2 in the first…
Monty Panesar made a return to Northamptonshire this summer after a break from first-class cricket © Getty Images Monty Panesar has been recruited by Cricket Australia as a spin-bowling consultant for their tour of India next month, after spending his winter as a club cricketer in Sydney. Panesar, 34, played an integral role in England’s memorable series win in India in 2012-13, claiming 17 wickets with his left-arm spin in…
Peter Nevill left the field with a nasty swelling on his right cheek © Getty Images The Melbourne Renegades’ wicketkeeper Peter Nevill was taken to the hospital after a freak incident at the Adelaide Oval where he was struck in the face by Brad Hodge’s bat. Nevill walked off the field with a suspected broken jaw. The incident occured in the 18th over of the Adelaide Strikers’ chase when Hodge…
Carlos Brathwaite will fly back home to participate in West Indies’ domestic one-day tournament © Getty Images Carlos Brathwaite will exit the Big Bash League after defending champions Sydney Thunder’s final league match against the Adelaide Strikers on Wednesday. Brathwaite will return to the Caribbean to represent Barbados in the Regional Super50 domestic one-day tournament. Brathwaite said he will leave Australia on Thursday morning for Barbados, where the hosts will…
Oman 89 for 3 (Aqib 56*) beat Hong Kong 87 (Aizaz 19, Bilal 3-18) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Having done poorly in his first spell, Kaleemullah returned to quash Hong Kong’s chances of a lower-order fightback © Peter Della Penna A day after their bid for a victory was thwarted by Netherlands’ Roelof van der Merwe, Oman thumped Hong Kong in emphatic style, bowling them out for 87…
Melbourne Renegades 9 for 171 (Harris 85, Pollard 3-30) beat Adelaide Strikers 8 for 165 (Dunk 32, Perera 4-25) by six runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Marcus Harris reached his fifty off 29 balls © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Strikers struck off, Renegades survive The Melbourne Renegades stayed alive in the sixth edition of the Big Bash League, finally closing out a contest after a couple of thrilling losses, and knocking out…