Month: January 2017

The Newlands pitch was well grassed for the opening day © Getty Images Dean Elgar has defended South Africa’s use of home advantage, as they look to minimise the influence Rangana Herath could have on the series by preparing pitches that take longer to deteriorate. Both Port Elizabeth and Cape Town are known for their suitability for spin, something Russell Domingo pointed out as a concern in the lead up…

Dean Elgar celebrates with Quinton de Kock after bringing up a battling hundred © Gallo Images “It was bloody really just pissing me off a little bit.” In between mouthfuls of one of the media’s post-play pies (which he nicked), Dean Elgar told us what he really thought about reaching a sixth Test century, one match after squandering two good starts in the Port Elizabeth Test. The thing about Elgar…

Habib Bank Limited 235 for 5 (Shehzad 68, Imam 56, Irfan 3-48) beat Sui Southern Gas Corporation 232 for 7 (Malik 93, Zohaib 2-22) by five wicketsScorecard File photo – Ahmed Shehzad finished the tournament with three centuries and three half-centuries in nine matches © Getty Images Ahmed Shehzad struck a 51-ball 68 in a 105-run partnership with opener Imam-ul-Haq – after Fakhar Zaman retired hurt – to help Habib…

Jharkhand 214 for 5 (Kishan 61, Jaggi 40*, RP Singh 3-48) trail Gujarat 390 (Panchal 149, Parthiv 62, Ajay Yadav 3-67, Shukla 3-71) by 176 runsScorecard File photo – RP Singh scored 40 useful runs lower down and nipped out three Jharkhand batsmen © Associated Press After a lacklustre opening day, Jharkhand lived in the hope of turning up better with the second new ball. Rajiv Kumar, the coach, was…

Hobart Hurricanes 2 for 144 (Short 60, Paine 41) beat Adelaide Strikers 143 (Hodge 55, Christian 5-14) by eight wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Brad Hodge’s 55 was not enough for Strikers as Daniel Christian ran through the batsmen at the other end © Getty Images As the BBL group stage approaches its halfway point, both Hobart Hurricanes and Adelaide Strikers arrived at Bellerive Oval with a win and two defeats…

Mumbai 171 for 4 (Yadav 73, Waghela 48) trail Tamil Nadu 305 (Indrajith 64, Shankar 50, Gandhi 50, Nayar 4-66, Thakur 4-75) by 134 runsScorecard File photo – Suryakumar Yadav’s 73 helped Mumbai bounce back after the early wicket of Prithvi Shaw © PTI For three-fourths of the day, Tamil Nadu were run ragged and faced therisk of being dispirited, but a burst of energy in the early part of…

Yasir Shah conceded 207 runs in 41 overs in one innings at the MCG, claiming three wickets © Getty Images Pakistan legspinner Yasir Shah, who conceded over 200 runs at over five to the over in the Boxing Day Test, has said he had bowled the wrong length at the MCG. He also said that the six-three leg-side field the team employed, which drew criticism from the outside, was his…