New South Wales 523 (Cowan 212, Nevill 118, Holland 4-155) beat Victoria 258 (Dean 67, Conway 3-25) and 188 (Dean 79*, Somerville 4-68, Abbott 3-32) by an innings and 77 runsScorecard File photo: Travis Dean carried his bat to make 79 not out for Victoria, but it was in vain © Getty Images New South Wales marched to an innings victory over Victoria despite the Bushrangers opener Travis Dean carrying…
‘I think it’s good to have some competition in town because the Kookaburra balls have been poor in domestic cricket for a couple of years now’ – Ed Cowan © Getty Images Ed Cowan, the former Australia Test batsman, has declared the new Dukes ball being trialled in the Sheffield Shield this season should be seriously considered for use as the Test match ball of choice down under. Having smashed…
File photo – Kraigg Brathwaite scored his second century in five games at the Regional Super50 © WICB Media/Randy Brooks of Brooks LaTouche Photo Barbados made it five wins from five matches with a 171-run thrashing of ICC Americas at Windward Park on Friday. Kraigg Brathwaite‘s second century of the tournament laid the foundation for victory as he scored 108 out of a total of 282 for 9 after Barbados…
Dean Brownlie will play his first international in more than two years © Getty Images Match facts February 5, 2017Start time 1100 local (2200 GMT) Big Picture The wash-out fiasco in Napier means that the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy comes down to this final match in Hamilton. If Australia win and force a 1-1 series result, then as the holders of the trophy they will retain it. If New Zealand win, they…
Play 03:44 Kohli could look to county cricket ahead of 2018 England tour Virat Kohli has been unveiled as the latest cover star of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, following his leading role in India’s clean sweep of trophies in all three formats of their recent series against England. Kohli, who made two centuries in India’s 4-0 Test series win before Christmas, including a career-best 235 in the fourth Test at Mumbai,…
A two-year Test league is among the likely changes in the pipeline © Getty Images International cricket has finally brought itself to the cusp of a radical shake-up of its calendar after administrators agreed on models with more context for all three formats. A two-year Test league, a 13-team ODI league, and a regional qualification process for the World T20 are likely to be ushered in from 2019, subject to…
International cricket has finally brought itself to the cusp of a radical shake-up of its calendar after administrators agreed on models with more context for all three formats. A two-year Test league, a 13-team ODI league, and a regional qualification process for the World T20 are likely to be ushered in from 2019, subject to the ICC Board approval. At the end of the two-day meeting in Dubai on Friday,…
Phil Simmons was part of West Indies’ set-up when they won the 2016 World T20 © WICB Media Photo/Philip Spooner The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has roped in former West Indies coach Phil Simmons as consultant for the next three series, against Zimbabwe, Ireland and West Indies. According to the ACB, he will assist head coach Lalchand Rajput on technical issues. Afghanistan’s tour of Zimbabwe starts on February 16 in…
IPL news February 3, 2017 ESPNcricinfo staff The player auction ahead of the 2017 season of the IPL will be held on February 20 in Bangalore, with the tournament scheduled to begin on April 5. More to follow … © ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Login To Post Comments . Your ESPN name ” will be used to display your comments. Please click here to edit this. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Lakshan Sandakan enjoyed conditions at the Wanderers during the T20 © Associated Press The Wanderers will look like the Wanderers on Saturday, which is hardly startling news except if you saw it two weeks ago during the second T20 between South Africa and Sri Lanka. The surface was dry, cracked and took turn, the hosts criticised it for resembling Colombo, Sri Lanka had them in the spin and levelled the…