Lunch Bangladesh 269 for 4 (Shakib 66*, Mominul 64, Mominul 53) v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Shakib Al Hasan made his 20th Test fifty, and was closing in on 3000 Test runs © Getty Images Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim put on 109 of the 115 runs that Bangladesh made on the second morning as they marched towards a strong total. Both batsmen had crossed fifty –…
Pakistan will tour West Indies between March and May this year, their first tour of the Caribbean since 2013 © AFP West Indies’ proposed tour to Pakistan for two T20Is in mid-March is off the table, multiple sources have confirmed to ESPNcricinfo. The WICB rejected the PCB’s proposal for the tour after receiving advice on security from the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations. The WICB has also cancelled an expected…
Hashim Amla celebrates a century in his 100th Test © Gallo Images On the eve of his 100th Test match, Hashim Amla felt neither pride nor pleasure at his achievement, but pressure over the disappointments he had stacked up in the lead-up to the match. Amla had gone a whole year – 13 innings – without a hundred and ten across two tours without so much as a fifty. There…
Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook have some talking to do © Getty Images England’s Test captain Alastair Cook will meet Andrew Strauss, the director of England cricket, on Friday, but there is no certainty that the issue of the Test captaincy will be resolved. While such a debrief has become an established part of recent business for the England team, Cook admitted after defeat in the Test series in India…
Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook have some talking to do © Getty Images England’s Test captain Alastair Cook will meet Andrew Strauss, the director of England cricket, on Friday, but there is no certainty that the issue of the Test captaincy will be resolved. While such a debrief has become an established part of recent business for the England team, Cook admitted after defeat in the Test series in India…
Play 02:00 ‘Missing out on century part and parcel of the game’ – Iyer Only Shreyas Iyer, who fell 18 short of making hundreds in successive Ranji Trophy finals, could have faced a barrage of questions on the frustration of missing out on the landmark and the shot selection that caused him to miss it and left the people asking those questions in splits. He seldom shows disappointment after getting…
Play 02:05 ‘This series the only preparation for Champions Trophy’ – Kumble Ajinkya Rahane, arguably India’s most versatile Test batsman, will bat at an ODI slot he is likely to vacate when India’s first-choice openers are available. On a day when his 83-ball 91 led India A to a win over the touring England side in a practice match in Mumbai, coach Anil Kumble confirmed in Pune that Rahane will…
File photo – Lizelle Lee’s early blitz helped South Africa make a strong start to their tour of Bangladesh © Getty Images Handy contributions from their top-order, and legspinners Dane van Niekerk and Suné Luus, helped South Africa make a strong start to their five-match ODI series on their tour of Bangladesh, with an 86-run win in Cox’s Bazar. South Africa’s top-three struck half-centuries to lay the base for their…
Hobart Hurricanes 8 for 223 (McDermott 114, Bailey 59, Narine 3-27) beat Melbourne Renegades 4 for 222 (Finch 63, Cooper 53*) by two wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Ben McDermott led Hurricanes’ rip-roaring retort © Getty Images On a night when the BBL record books were ripped to shreds by half-time then rewritten and burned by the close, Hobart Hurricanes – needing a win to stay alive in BBL6 – chased…
Tea South Africa 193 for 2 (Duminy 87*, Amla 50*) v Sri LankaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 00:40 Moonda: The occasion is probably weighing on Amla A century stand between JP Duminy and Hashim Amla plumped the scoreboard for South Africa after they had decided to bat first in the Wanderers Test. Sri Lanka struck twice before lunch and also missed a chance to remove Amla, playing in his…