File photo – Suné Luus took three wickets and struck a half century to headline South Africa’s nine-wicket win over Bangladesh © Getty Images/ICC South Africa Women restricted Sri Lanka Women to 142 for 9 and chased the target down with nine wickets and 83 balls to spare at the P Sara Oval. The big win helped South Africa qualify for the Women’s World Cup to be held in England…
Sri Lanka A 29 for 4 (Weerakkody 15*) trail England Lions 316 (Westley 97, Roland-Jones 82, Livingstone 59, Pushpakumara 4-97) by 287 runsScorecard File photo – Toby Roland-Jones claimed two wickets after cracking 82 © Getty Images Toby Roland-Jones struck 82 from No. 9 and then claimed two wickets in his first over as Sri Lanka A slipped to 29 for 4 in reply to England Lions’ first-innings 316 on…
Morne Morkel’s last ODI appearance came in June 2016 © Getty Images Morne Morkel remains in South Africa’s thoughts for the Champions Trophy despite the back injury that threatened his career. Morkel recently revealed that he had been told he may never return to action due to the problems caused by a bulging disc but is now set for his comeback in South Africa’s domestic one-day tournament. He has been…
Bangladesh will play their 100th Test, against Sri Lanka in Colombo © Associated Press Bangladesh will play their 100th Test match, against Sri Lanka, on March 15 in Colombo. Having played their first Test in November 2000, Bangladesh will be the last of the Full Members to complete the century, having taken little over 16 years to the mark. Mushfiqur Rahim’s men will begin their tour with a two-day practice…
Sri Lanka 5 for 172 (Gunaratne 52, Munaweera 44) beat Australia 6 for 168 (Finch 43, Malinga 2-29) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Dilshan Munaweera’s six fours in his quick innings rallied Sri Lanka till the halfway mark © Cricket Australia Australia’s “best of the Big Bash League” took Sri Lanka to the final ball. The hosts and their three debutants fought to the finish against the visitors in…
Australians 327 for 5 (Smith 107, Shaun Marsh 104, Handscomb 45) v India AScorecard File photo – Steven Smith and Shaun Marsh struck 23 fours and two sixes between them © AFP Steven Smith and Shaun Marsh struck boundary-laden centuries on the first day of Australia’s warm-up game against India A at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Smith and Marsh, at Nos. 3 and 4 respectively, both retired out soon…
Imran Tahir with his Man of the Match award © AFP With a career-best 5 for 24 to underline his No. 1 ranking in both limited-formats, Imran Tahir seems to have everything he could want at the moment, except maybe one thing. “I wish I could have muscles like him,” Tahir joked, the day before the one-off T20 against New Zealand in Auckland. The person Tahir was referring to was…
Jack Leach had finished with Division One County Championship in 2016 with 65 wickets in 15 matches © Getty Images Jack Leach, the Somerset left-arm spinner, has been left out of the England Lions team for the first unofficial Test against Sri Lanka A in Pallekele after struggling with his new bowling action. Leach, the second-highest wicket-taker in Division One of the County Championship in 2016 with 65 at 21.88,…
South Africa 185 for 6 (Amla 62, Du Plessis 36, Boult 2-8) beat New Zealand 107 (Bruce 33, Tahir 5-24, Phehlukwayo 3-19,Morris 2-10) by 78 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Hashim Amla smacked nine fours in his knock of 62 © Getty Images It won’t come close to making up for losing that World Cup semi-final but South Africa emerged the victors at Eden Park this time, and in convincing style….
R Ashwin has said that Ravindra Jadeja’s accuracy allows him the liberty to experiment when bowling from the other end © Hindustan Times India offspinner R Ashwin believes stifling the attacking instincts of Australia’s captain and vice-captain, Steven Smith and David Warner, will be the key to India’s success in the four-Test series against Australia, which starts in Pune next week. “I had some duels with Warner and the world…