Netherlands 284 (van der Merwe 135) and 393 for 5 (Cooper 173*, Seelaar 138*) drew with Hong Kong 527 for 9 dec (Hayat 173, Kingma 4-125) and 263 for 6 dec (Rath 88)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Anshuman Rath scored a half-century in each innings for Hong Kong © Panda Man Hong Kong‘s push for a final day win on their home first-class debut was thwarted by a record partnership by…
Joe Root is set to be named England’s new Test captain © AFP Joe Root is set to be named as England’s Test captain. Root will succeed Alastair Cook, who last week stepped down after four years in the job. The ECB is expected to confirm the appointment on Monday. Root, 25, had been the frontrunner to follow Cook in the Test role, having been made vice-captain in 2015. He…
India 687 for 6 dec. (Kohli 204, Vijay 108, Saha 106*, Taijul 3-156) and 159 for 4 dec. (Pujara 54*) beat Bangladesh 388 (Mushfiqur 127, Umesh 3-84) and 250 (Mahmudullah 64, Ashwin 4-73, Jadeja 4-78) by 208 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Shakib Al Hasan fell to an unplayable delivery, which fizzed out of the rough © Associated Press Ravindra Jadeja‘s relentless accuracy and Ishant Sharma‘s reverse swing ensured India dismissed…
Netherlands 284 (van der Merwe 135) and 393 for 5 (Cooper 173*, Sielaar 138*) drew with Hong Kong 527 for 9 dec (Hayat 173) and 263 for 6 dec (Rath 88)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Anshuman Rath scored a half-century in each innings for Hong Kong © Panda Man Hong Kong‘s push for a final day win on their home first-class debut was thwarted by a record partnership by Netherlands batsmen…
Lunch Bangladesh 388 (Mushfiqur 127, Umesh 3-84) and 202 for 5 (Mahmudullah 58*, Sabbir 18*, Ashwin 3-63) need another 257 to beat India 687 for 6 dec. and India 159 for 4 dec. (Pujara 54*)Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details Shakib Al Hasan fell to an unplayable delivery, which fizzed out of the rough © Associated Press India made steady strides towards sewing up the one-off Test against Bangladesh in Hyderabad…
Irfan Pathan carved up the North Zone top order © AFP Irfan Pathan‘s three-wicket burst set up West Zone‘s eight-wicket win over North Zone with 7.2 overs to spare. Needing only 108 for a win, captain Parthiv Patel, who scored a 35-ball 56, and Shreyas Iyer (30) blasted away with an eye on their net run-rate, which is no longer in the red. They added 80 for the first wicket…
File photo – Poonam Yadav finished with figures of 5 for 19 © IDI/Getty Images A five-wicket haul from the legspinner Poonam Yadav led India to a nine-wicket win against Zimbabwe, who collapsed to 60 all out after choosing to bat first at the P Sara Oval. Seamers Mansi Joshi and Soni Yadav struck early for India, taking a wicket each to reduce Zimbabwe to 11 for 2, before the…
New South Wales 603 for 6 dec (Henriques 265, Patterson 88, Larkin 86) drew with Queensland 434 (Burns 108, Hartley 86*, Forrest 79, Steketee 53, Somerville 8-136) and (f/o) 123 for 1 (Burns 88*)Scorecard File photo – William Somerville finished with first-innings figures of 58.5-16-136-8 © Getty Images A stubborn hand by Chris Hartley and a more fluent one by Joe Burns allowed Queensland to comfortably evade defeat to New…
Lunch Bangladesh 388 (Mushfiqur 127, Umesh 3-84) and 202 for 5 (Mahmudullah 58*, Sabbir 18*, Ashwin 3-63) need another 257 to beat India 687 for 6 dec. and India 159 for 4 dec. (Pujara 54*)Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details Shakib Al Hasan fell to an unplayable delivery, which fizzed out of the rough © Associated Press India made steady strides towards sewing up the one-off Test against Bangladesh in Hyderabad…
Kardinia Park, Geelong, has hosted BBL warm-up games © Cricket Australia/Getty Images James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has given a strong indication that the Big Bash League is set for further expansion, dangling the carrot of a Twenty20 team for the Geelong region by way of encouraging a healthy crowd for Kardinia Park’s international debut on Sunday. Located around an hour’s drive south-west of Melbourne, Geelong has played…