Month: February 2017

Toss: Sri Lanka chose to bowl v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Adam Zampa was Australia’s only inclusion, replacing Andrew Tye © Cricket Australia Sri Lanka’s captain Upul Tharanga won the toss and chose to send Australia in to bat first for the third time in as many matches this series, with the visitors chasing a clean sweep of the Twenty20 matches at Adelaide Oval. The hosts recalled Adam Zampa…

Match facts February 23-27, 2017Start time 0930 local (0400 GMT) After a humiliating series loss in Sri Lanka, can Australia’s batsmen turn their spinning-pitches form around? © Associated Press Big Picture In this era of facts and alternative facts, let’s consider one of each regarding the Test series that starts in Pune on Thursday. Australia can regain the No.1 Test ranking by the end of this tour. That is a…

New Zealand 289 for 4 (Taylor 102*, Neesham 71*, Williamson 69, Pretorious 2-40) beat South Africa 283 for 9 (De Kock 57, Pretorius 50, Boult 3-63) by six runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Ross Taylor was the fourth New Zealand batsman to reach 6000 ODI runs © AFP South Africa’s lower order threatened another heist, but Trent Boult gave a glimpse of why he went for big money in the IPL…

Ryan Sidebottom (right) was an immense figure in Yorkshire’s back-to-back Championship titles Sarah Ansell / © Getty Images Ryan Sidebottom, the former England left-arm pace bowler, has announced he will retire after the 2017 English season to bring an end a 20-year career. Sidebottom, 39, will bring the curtain down after the Specsavers County Championship season where he will be attempted to win a sixth title having previously won twice…

New Zealand 289 for 4 (Taylor 102*, Neesham 71*, Williamson 69) v South AfricaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ross Taylor was the fourth New Zealand batsman to reach 6000 ODI runs © AFP Ross Taylor became New Zealand’s leading ODI century-maker, and the country’s quickest batsman to reach 6000 runs in the process, joining forces with Jimmy Neesham to add an unbroken 123 as they put up a competitive 289…

South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl against New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kagiso Rabada was ruled out of the second ODI © AFP Kagiso Rabada missed the second one-day international in Christchurch with what AB de Villiers termed “a knee niggle” but South Africa were able to recall David Miller after he recovered from his finger injury. South Africa won the toss and bowled on what…

India Women 245 for 9 (Deepti 71, Meshram 59, Kapp 2-36, Khaka 2-55) beat South Africa Women 244 (Du Preez 40, Gayakwad 3-51) by one wicketScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Harmanpreet Kaur hit a six of the penultimate ball to give India a thrilling win © ICC With India needing eight off the last two balls, stand-in captain Harmanpreet Kaur struck Marcia Letsoalo over midwicket for a six…

India Women 245 for 9 (Deepti 71, Meshram 59, Kapp 2-36, Khaka 2-55) beat South Africa Women 244 (Du Preez 40, Gayakwad 3-51) by one wicketScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Harmanpreet Kaur hit a six of the penultimate ball to give India a thrilling win © ICC With India needing eight off the last two balls, stand-in captain Harmanpreet Kaur struck Marcia Letsoalo over midwicket for a six…

MS Dhoni worked as a mentor with Jharkhand in the Ranji Trophy © Sunny Shinde MS Dhoni has been named captain of the 18-member Jharkhand squad for the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy, starting February 26. Dhoni had stepped down as India’s limited-overs captain at the start of 2017, ahead of the ODIs and T20Is against England. Later on the eve of the IPL auction, Rising Pune Supergiants replaced Dhoni with…

Zimbabwe 129 (Musakanda 60, Naib 4-27, Rashid 3-29) beat Afghanistan 126 (Stanikzai 31, Williams 3-15, Mpofu 3-24, Chatara 3-30) by three runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Chris Mpofu set in motion a stunning comeback from Zimbabwe with two wickets in the 27th over © Getty Images Harare Sports Club. Afghanistan are cantering towards a target of 130. They need 16 runs more, off 24 overs, with five wickets in hand, to…