Month: June 2017

Australia 262 for 2 (Lanning 152*, Bolton 60, Perry 45*) beat Sri Lanka 257 for 9 (Atapattu 178*, Bolton 2-18) by eight wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Meg Lanning strolled to her 11th ton, the most in women’s ODIs © Getty Images/ICC This was a mismatch on paper. Sri Lanka were ranked eighth. They had never beaten Australia, the defending champions, in eight previous meetings. Chamari Atapattu, however, showed cricket isn’t…

Joe Root’s positivity as a batsman will rub off on his team, says Trevor Bayliss © Getty Images Trevor Bayliss, England’s head coach, has backed Joe Root to bring the same positive intent to his captaincy that he has always brought to his batting, as he prepares to take charge of the Test team for the first time against South Africa at Lord’s next week. Root inherited the Test role…

Faf du Plessis should be back to lead South Africa at Lord’s © Getty Images Faf du Plessis is expected to return to the UK in time to captain South Africa in the first Test against England at Lord’s after going home for the birth of his first child. Du Plessis’ wife Imari gave birth on Thursday, a week before the series opener, which should give du Plessis, who has…

Jake Ball will miss the final against Surrey with a knee injury © Getty Images Jake Ball has been ruled out of Notts Outlaws’ Royal London One-Day Cup final at Lord’s with a knee strain, head coach Peter Moores has confirmed. The seamer felt pain in his knee when bowling during the second innings of Nottinghamshire’s Specsavers County Championship game against Kent on Tuesday. He went for a scan on…

South Africa are hopeful Vernon Philander will recover in time for the first Test at Lord’s, which starts from July 6 © Getty Images Vernon Philander will sit out South Africa’s three-day warm-up match against the English Lions in Worcester as he continues to recover from an ankle injury sustained during a county stint at Sussex. However, South Africa are hopeful Philander will recover in time for the first Test…

Krunal Pandya was one of the driving forces of Mumbai’s title win in the 2017 IPL © BCCI Allrounder Krunal Pandya and medium pacer Basil Thampi have earned maiden call-ups to the India A side, for the tour of South Africa starting next month. Both players have been included in the 16-man one-day squad. Pandya and Thampi were in excellent form in the 2017 IPL in April-May. Thampi’s 11 wickets…

Jake Ball will miss the final against Surrey with a knee injury © Getty Images Jake Ball has been ruled out of Notts Outlaws’ Royal London One-Day Cup final at Lord’s with a knee strain, head coach Peter Moores has confirmed. The seamer felt pain in his knee when bowling during the second innings of Nottinghamshire’s Specsavers County Championship game against Kent on Tuesday. He went for a scan on…

Anil Kumble was on the steering committee that was formed in January 2016, but recused himself from it once he became India coach © AFP Former India batsman Mohinder Amarnath has quit the steering committee tasked with the responsibility of forming the players’ association. Amarnath is understood to have left because of his commentary assignments. “He wants to do [those assignments]. He can’t do both,” a member of the Committee…