Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl against South AfricaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:16 Moonda: ‘Another chance for Amla to get into form’ Faf du Plessis, South Africa’s captain, did not attempt to disguise the fact: South Africa had purposefully produced a Newlands pitch for the second Test designed for seam bowling. Even Table Mountain, adorned by cloud, came out in support. But it was Sri…
Canterbury 161 for 7 (Latham 82, Fulton 36, Winter 2-30) beat Northern Districts 152 for 7 (Kuggeleijn 38*, Watling 37, Jamieson 2-20, Johnston 2-32) by nine runsScorecard File photo – Tom Latham built Canterbury’s innings with 82 opening the innings that set up their narrow win © Getty Images Canterbury’s bowlers hunted in a pack to bowl their team to a nine-run win over Northern Districts in their Super Smash…
Play 03:28 Samiuddin: Pakistan could go for two spinners Left-arm spinner Mohammad Asghar could be in line for a debut in the third and final Test against Australia at the SCG, as Pakistan actively consider the option of playing two spinners. The Sydney surface has traditionally been good for spin and is likely to be this year as well. Australia, with one eye on their tour of India, have already…
Match facts Tuesday, January 3, 2017Start time 7pm local time (0600 GMT) Bangladesh will hope the low scores in the second and third ODIs were blips in Shakib Al Hasan’s batting © Getty Images Big picture The 0-3 defeat to New Zealand in the ODIs has taken some confidence away from the Bangladesh side but the visitors have a chance to salvage their tour in the three-match T20I series, which…
Play 02:26 ‘It’s a victory for the game of cricket’ – Lodha What did the Supreme Court do on Monday?The court removed BCCI president Anurag Thakur and board secretary Ajay Shirke from their positions. The Lodha Committee had observed constantly that both Thakur and Shirke were playing an “obstructionist” role and impeding the implementation of the recommendations despite the court approving them on July 18 last year. Who is in charge of the…
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl against South AfricaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:16 Moonda: ‘Another chance for Amla to get into form’ A cloudy day at Newlands and a firm, grassy pitch. It felt like a good bowling day at the start of the second Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Cape Town and it was Sri Lanka who had the opportunity as…
“I have forgotten the last four-five Tests we’ve had and now we’re totally focused on this” © AFP This is going to be an interesting farewell, mainly seeing as it isn’t right now looking like a farewell. Or not one just yet anyway, so definitely hold back for now on the guard of honour rehearsals team Australia. Maybe not even one for the foreseeable future, so no need to start…
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Soumya Sarkar was picked in the squad for the first T20I against New Zealand despite patchy form in 2016 © Associated Press Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha defended the selections of Soumya Sarkar and Shuvagata Hom in the squad for the first T20I against New Zealand, which will be played on January 3. He also backed the decision to play Tanbir Hayder in the ODIs, saying the side was looking for…
© AFP BCCI president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke have been removed from their posts by the Supreme Court of India at a hearing in Delhi on Monday morning. The court said a committee of administrators would be appointed on January 19 to oversee the business operations of the BCCI. That committee will be finalised by the pair of amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium and Fali S Nariman. The most…