Month: February 2017

South Africa 271 for 8 (de Villiers 85, de Kock 68, de Grandhomme 2-40) beat New Zealand 112 (de Grandhomme 34, Pretorius 3-5) by 159 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Dwaine Pretoruis finished with stunning figures of 5.2-1-5-3 © AFP AB de Villiers had called on his batsmen to take responsibility for an innings and he showed the way in Wellington as South Africa surged to a crushing 159-run victory. De…

Lunch Australia 260 and 285 (Smith 109, Ashwin 4-119, Jadeja 3-65) lead India 105 by 440 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Steven Smith scored his first hundred in India © Associated Press Steven Smith‘s 18th Test century – and his fifth in consecutive Tests against India – ensured that Virat Kohli’s men will need to break the all-time record for the highest successful chase in Test history in order to…

South Africa won the toss and decided to bat against New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Lockie Ferguson returns to New Zealand’s line-up © AFP After chasing twice in the series so far, South Africa will set a target in Wellington after AB de Villiers won the toss and opted to bat. Both sides made one change: Kagiso Rabada replaced Chris Morris for South Africa and New Zealand brought in…

File photo – Henry Davids scored his seventh List A hundred © LatinContent/Getty Images Massive hundreds from openers Jonathan Vandiar and Henry Davids blasted Titans to a total of 400 and a 158-run win against Cape Cobras in Cape Town. Only two Cobras batsmen scored more than 30 as legspinner Shaun von Berg‘s 4 for 65 helped bowl them out for 242. After opting to bat, Titans had a gargantuan…

File photo – Henry Davids scored his seventh List A hundred © LatinContent/Getty Images Massive hundreds from openers Jonathan Vandiar and Henry Davids blasted Titans to a total of 400 and a 158-run win against Cape Cobras in Cape Town. Only two Cobras batsmen scored more than 30 as legspinner Shaun von Berg‘s 4 for 65 helped bowl them out for 242. Opting to bat, Titans marched on their gargantuan…

England Lions 339 for 9 (Livingstone 105, Westley 68, Pushpakumara 7-114) v Sri Lanka AScorecard File photo – Liam Livingstone was the cornerstone for the Lions innings © Getty Images Lancashire’s Liam Livingstone continued his impressive form for England Lions in Sri Lanka with a century in demanding conditions on the opening day of the second four-day match. Livingstone’s 105, alongside a half-century from Tom Westley, led England Lions to…

South Africa won the toss and decided to bat against New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Lockie Ferguson returns to New Zealand’s line-up © AFP After chasing twice in the series so far, South Africa will set a target in Wellington after AB de Villiers won the toss and opted to bat. Both sides made one change: Kagiso Rabada replaced Chris Morris for South Africa and New Zealand brought in…

Islamabad United 165 for 6 (Talat 56, Zulfiqar 2-17) beat Quetta Gladiators 164 for 5 (Pietersen 69, Shehzad 59, Irfan 1-23) by one runScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Mohammad Sami defended five off the final over to seal a one-run win © Chris Whiteoak In a nutshell It doesn’t matter if you were watching this or not, no one knows how this happened. How a team that needed…

Eoin Morgan will shuttle back and forth between India and England for the home ODI series against Ireland © AFP Eoin Morgan has revealed he will return to India after England’s two-match ODI series against Ireland to make himself available to Kings XI Punjab before coming home for good in preparation for this summer’s ICC Champions Trophy. Morgan, the England limited-overs captain, will arrive in England in time for a…