Zimbabwe’s domestic first-class competition, the Logan Cup, is set to resume from January 17. Only one match of the four-team, 12-round tournament has been completed so far, after player strikes and non-payment of salaries affected the games after the first round. The second round of the tournament was originally scheduled to be held between January 5 and 8, and these matches will be played from January 17. The tournament has…
Sri Lanka 80 for 4 (Mathews 11*, Chandimal 3*) trail South Africa 426 (Duminy 155, Amla 134, Pradeep 4-78, Kumara 4-107) by 346 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 00:41 Moonda: Ideal conditions for debutant Olivier At least one Sri Lankan enjoyed himself at the Wanderers. The third Test followed a largely predictable path as South Africa went about trying to secure a 3-0 series whitewash by following up a first-innings…
Matthew Wade rescued Australia with a maiden ODI hundred © Getty Images Australia’s wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade had been going through a lean patch across formats in the last three months. Since his last international half-century, a 52 against South Africa in October, he played all but one of his nine innings at home against different oppositions but could not get a big score. On Friday, with his team struggling at…
Play 03:18 Wanted Virat to ease into Test captaincy – Dhoni Former India captain MS Dhoni has said his successor Virat Kohli would go on to win more games than he did, and that his team would “rewrite history” and become the most successful India side of all time. “That’s the kind of potential they have, that’s the kind of experience they have,” Dhoni said in Pune, in the lead…
Tea Sri Lanka 46 for 1 (Mendis 33*, Silva 1*) trail South Africa 426 (Duminy 155, Amla 134, Pradeep 4-78, Kumara 4-107) by 380 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 00:35 Fernando: Pradeep lifts Sri Lanka’s spirits South Africa struck early after being dismissed for 426 on the second afternoon in Johannesburg to maintain control of the third Test. Sri Lankan spirits had been lifted by Nuwan Pradeep’s ferocious four-wicket…
Gujarat 328 and 47 for 0 (Panchal 34*) need another 265 runs to beat Mumbai 228 and 411 (Nayar 91, Iyer 82, Gaja 6-121)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Mumbai’s lead of 311 was built on Abhishek Nayar’s industry © BCCI With one day to go in the Ranji Trophy 2016-17 final, this much is clear: Mumbai’s lead is big enough that Gujarat have to achieve the highest successful…
Shakib Al Hasan was muted in his celebrations at Basin Reserve © AFP Shakib Al Hasan registered his top score in Test cricket on day two in Wellington. The best part of his 217, he said later, was that he “overcame different situations” to get there. The first of those situations involved dealing with being offered a life late on day one: he was dropped on four by Mitchell Santner,…
Innings break South Africa 426 (Duminy 155, Amla 134, Pradeep 4-78, Kumara 4-107) v Sri LankaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 00:35 Fernando: Pradeep lifts Sri Lanka’s spirits South Africa were dismissed for 426 on the second afternoon in Johannesburg after Nuwan Pradeep’s ferocious four-wicket haul helped lift Sri Lankan spirits. In all, seven wickets fell for the addition of 98 runs as the Wanderers lived up to its billing…
“The comments do not make any sense or suit a cricketer of his stature,” Misbah wrote of Ian Chappell’s criticism © AFP Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq has hit back at Ian Chappell’s criticisms of Pakistan, saying they were “uncalled for and unbecoming” of someone with Chappell’s stature in the game. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo minutes after Pakistan lost the third and final Test of the series in Sydney – their 12th successive…
Australia 9 for 268 (Wade 100*, Maxwell 60, Hasan Ali 3-65) beat Pakistan 176 (Faulkner 4-32, Cummins 3-33) by 92 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Matthew Wade came in at 5 for 78, and reached his hundred off the last ball of the innings © Getty Images Matthew Wade performed a commendable salvage operation for Australia to put up a total that proved well beyond the reach of Pakistan in the…