Month: February 2017

Sri Lanka 8 for 176 (Gunaratne 84*, Tye 3-37) beat Australia 173 (Henriques 56, Klinger 43, Kulasekara 4-31) 2 wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Asela Gunaratne struck back-to-back match-winning half-centuries © Getty Images Asela Gunaratne orchestrated a remarkable heist to seal the T20 series for Sri Lanka with a match to play, stealing an outrageous victory over Australia in the first international match ever played at Geelong’s Kardinia Park. For the…

Australians 469 for 7 dec (Smith 107, Shaun Marsh 104, Mitchell Marsh 75, Wade 64) and 110 for 4 drew with India A 176 for 4 (Iyer 202, Gowtham 74, Lyon 4-162)Scorecard Nathan Lyon picked up four wickets, but went at five an over. © Cricket Australia The Australian spinners got through a heavy workload – 28.5 overs for Nathan Lyon and 24 overs for Steve O’Keefe – but neither…

34 overs a side South Africa 210 for 6 (de Kock 69, de Villiers 37*, Santner 1-33, Sodhi 1-36) beat New Zealand 207 for 7 (Williamson 59, Morris 4 for 62) by four wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Andile Phehlukwayo took considerable pressure off AB de Villiers with a six each in the penultimate and final overs © Getty Images South Africa equalled their best winning run in ODIs with a…

Toss: Sri Lanka chose to bowl v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Fast bowler Jhye Richardson became Australia’s fourth debutant of the T20 series © Getty Images Upul Tharanga won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in the second Twenty20 in Geelong, where Sri Lanka will secure a series win if they chase down their target later in the evening. Australia made two changes to their XI, with…

South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl against New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Tabraiz Shamsi made the South Africa XI for the opening ODI © AFP New Zealand’s wet summer was again on show, but conditions in Hamilton relented to allow a 34-over contest to open the one-day series. Both sides thought the pitch – the same one used for the Australia ODI earlier this month –…

New Zealand Women 9 for 101 (Bates 30, Strano 5-10) beat Australia Women 9 for 61 by eight runs (D/L method)Scorecard Molly Strano claimed 5 for 10, the best figures by an Australian in a women’s T20 international © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Anna Peterson took the first international hat-trick by a New Zealand women’s bowler in more than 20 years to help her side level the series against Australia 1-1…

File photo – Marchant de Lange razed the Cape Cobras top order with returns of 6-1-21-3 in his first spell © Associated Press A century from Knights captain Theunis de Bruyn and a four-for from fast bowler Marchant de Lange led their side to a 100-run win over Cape Cobras in Bloemfontein. De Bruyn anchored the Knights innings after opting to bat, scoring 132 off 117 balls to lead the…

South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl against New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Tabraiz Shamsi made the South Africa XI for the opening ODI © AFP New Zealand’s wet summer was again on show, but conditions in Hamilton relented to allow a 34-over contest to open the one-day series. Both sides thought the pitch – the same one used for the Australia ODI earlier this month –…