Kane Williamson credited Tom Latham’s 177 in the first innings as a turning point in the match for the side © Getty Images On a sunny day, there’s no denying the Basin Reserve’s charm, with the embankments filled up, kids running around with bats and balls, the smell of coffee… The fans are friendly and politely interested when the visiting team is doing well, visibly enjoying good cricket and asking…
Bangladesh women 136 (Rumana 28, Kapp 2-18) beat South Africa women 126 (Lee 46, van Niekerk 42*, Tul Kubra 4-33) by 10 runsScorecard File photo – Khadija Tul Kubra took her second consecutive four-for and her career-best ODI figures © ICC/ Mainoor Islam Manik Bangladesh women kept the five-match series against South Africa women alive, defending 136 by 10 runs in the third ODI in Cox’s Bazar. The result leaves…
Play 01:57 ‘Jadhav’s hundred one of the best calculated innings’ – Kohli Virat Kohli has hailed Kedar Jadhav‘s 76-ball 120 as an “outstanding” effort and one of the “best calculative innings” he has seen, after India aced a tall chase in his first match as full-time ODI captain. Kohli himself made a 105-ball 122 to fire up India’s pursuit of 351, but was for once outscored and overshadowed in a…
New Zealand 539 (Latham 177, Santner 73, Nicholls 53, Williamson 53, Rabbi 3-87) and 217 for 3 (Williamson 104*, Taylor 60) beat Bangladesh 595 for 8 dec (Shakib 217, Mushfiqur 159, Mominul 64, Tamim 56, Sabbir 54*, Wagner 4-151) and 160 (Sabbir 50, Boult 3-53) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kane Williamson missed out on the fastest Test century in the fourth innings by 13 deliveries but finished unbeaten…
Dean Elgar has ambitions beyond the Test arena © AFP Fresh off a Man-of-the-Series performance against Sri Lanka, Dean Elgar is eyeing a spot in the one-day set-up with a view to staking a claim for the Champions Trophy and eventually the next World Cup. Although South Africa’s fifty-over batting line-up is fairly settled, Rilee Rossouw’s exit from the international stage after his Kolpak deal could create an opening, especially…
Duanne Olivier: It’s [Test cricket] is intense, it’s crazy, you need to concentrate, you need to be on the ball.” © Gallo Images Duanne Olivier was in debutants’ heaven. He was picked to play his first Test at the Wanderers, as part of an all-pace pack, in a week when the sky was curtained in cloud, the air was heavy with moisture and the opposition would obviously have preferred to…
New Zealand 539 (Latham 177, Santner 76, Nicholls 53, Williamson 53, Rabbi 3-87) and 217 for 3 (Williamson 104*, Taylor 60) beat Bangladesh 595 for 8 dec (Shakib 217, Mushfiqur 159, Mominul 64, Tamim 56, Sabbir 54*, Wagner 4-151) and 160 (Sabbir 50, Boult 3-53) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kane Williamson missed out on the fastest Test century in the fourth innings by 13 deliveries but finished unbeaten…
Melbourne – Pakistan beat Australia by six wickets in the second one-day international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, their first ODI win on Australian soil for 12 years. Mohammad Hafeez top-scored with 72 as Pakistan beat Australia by six wickets in the second one-day international in Melbourne on January 15, 2017 © AFP WILLIAM WEST The win was also Pakistan’s first ODI victory at the MCG since 1985…
New Zealand 539 and 91 for 2 (Williamson 33, Taylor 17, Mehedi 2-33) need another 126 runs to beat Bangladesh 595 for 8 dec and 160 (Sabbir 50, Boult 3-53)Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details Neil Wagner had Mominul Haque caught in the slips in the first half hour © Getty Images A gruesome morning for Bangladesh was highlighted by Mushfiqur Rahim being taken off the field in an ambulance after…
Mushfiqur Rahim was peppered by bouncers and one kept a touch low to hit him behind the left ear © Getty Images Mushfiqur Rahim was hit on the back of the helmet on the fifth day and had to be taken to hospital. The incident took place in the 43rd over of Bangladesh’s second innings when Tim Southee bowled a bouncer that hit Mushfiqur just behind his left ear as…