Month: January 2017

Lauren Winfield made a century against Pakistan last summer © Getty Images Lauren Winfield, the England opening batsman, has cut short her holiday in Australia to replace Deandra Dottin in Brisbane Heat’s WBBL squad. Dottin, the West Indies allrounder who helped to secure the Women’s World T20 title last year, suffered multiple cheekbone fractures after an on-field collision with team-mate Laura Harris during the Heat’s match against Melbourne Stars on…

Younis Khan: “I want my people, my critics, my followers, I want them to know that whenever I played cricket I played for my team and my country” © AFP Younis Khan will play on for Pakistan for as long as the side needs him, dousing speculation about his immediate future, unlike that of the side’s captain Misbah-ul-Haq. Talk of retirement has not attached itself to Younis through the series…

Pakistan 315 (Younis 175*, Azhar 71, Hazlewood 4-55) and 1 for 55 need 410 runs to beat Australia 8 for 538 dec and 2 for 241 dec (Khawaja 79*, Smith 59, Warner 55)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details David Warner smashed 22 runs off a Yasir Shah over © Getty Images Rain cleared in Sydney for the second time in as many days to allow further progression of the SCG Test but…

Can Pakistan end the series on a high note with a draw? © Getty Images Which will it be for the last day of this Test series? Will it be the Pakistan that we saw towards the end of the Brisbane Test, never quite down and pushing towards what would have been the most epic scaling of a target in Test cricket? Or will it be the Pakistan of Melbourne’s…

Mustafizur Rahman has been rested for the first Test, ahead of a busy season for Bangladesh © AFP Mushfiqur Rahim has been named in Bangladesh’s 15-man squad for the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington, with the selectors expecting him to recover from his hamstring injury in time to play. Pace spearhead Mustafizur Rahman has been rested, meaning Taskin Ahmed – who is yet to debut in Test cricket…

Luke Ronchi is likely to be out for four to six weeks © Getty Images Luke Ronchi has been ruled out of New Zealand’s final T20 international against Bangladesh on Sunday, after suffering a tear to his right adductor during his side’s 47-run win on Friday. Tom Blundell, the uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman from Wellington, will replace Ronchi in the squad. Ronchi sustained the groin injury during the eighth over of Bangladesh’s…

Sabbir Rahman made 48 before holing out © AFP Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has said the quick fall of Soumya Sarkar and Sabbir Rahman – the set batsmen – cost the side in a chase of 196 in Mount Maunganui. Sarkar and Sabbir added 68 off 40 balls for the fourth wicket before both batsmen exited in a space of 10 balls. The double-strike triggered another Bangladesh collapse, this time…

Australia 8 for 538 dec and 2 for 241 dec (Khawaja 79*, Smith 59, Warner 55) lead Pakistan 315 (Younis 175*, Azhar 71, Hazlewood 4-55) by 340 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details David Warner smashed 22 runs off a Yasir Shah over © Getty Images A firecracker of an innings by David Warner and handsome hands from Steven Smith and Usman Khawaja helped Australia set Pakistan a distant 465 to…