Month: July 2017

Stuart MacGill may be offered a three-month contract © AFP Stuart MacGill, the former Australia legspinner, is the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s “No. 1 choice” for spin-bowling coach, while Champaka Ramanayake, the former Sri Lanka fast bowler, is in talks with the board for the role of bowling coach at the High Performance Center. “We are in discussion with Champaka Ramanayake for the HP unit on a long-term contract,” Nazmul Hasan,…

Stuart MacGill may be offered a three-month contract © AFP Stuart MacGill, the former Australia legspinner, is Bangladesh’s “No. 1 choice” for spin bowling coach, while Champaka Ramanayake, the former Sri Lanka fast bowler, is tipped to take over the role of bowling coach at the High Performance center. “We are in discussion with Champaka Ramanayake for the HP unit on a long-term contract,” Nazmul Hasan, the BCB president said…

‘When we went to South Africa facing Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel was the toughest part of my career’ – Cheteshwar Pujara said of India’s 2011 tour © Associated Press After India lost The Oval Test of 2014 inside three days, thus losing the series 3-1 after leading, MS Dhoni came out armed with the number of caps in his side as against those in England’s. Dhoni asked for time…

‘When we went to South Africa facing Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel was the toughest part of my career’ – Cheteshwar Pujara said of India’s 2011 tour © Associated Press After India lost The Oval Test of 2014 inside three days, thus losing the series 3-1 after leading, MS Dhoni came out armed with the number of caps in his side as against those in England’s. Dhoni asked for time…

South Africa A 336 for 5 (Hendricks 173*, Zondo 62, Rahmat 2-58) beat Afghanistan A 172 (Rahmat 55, Shamsi 4-19, Paterson 3-29) by 164 runs Reeza Hendricks carried his bat through © Getty Images Reeza Hendricks smashed an unbeaten 173, his 10th List A century, as South Africa A crushed Afghanistan A by 164 runs in Pretoria to secure their second win of the tri-series. Hendricks, who carried his bat…

South Africa A 336 for 5 (Hendricks 173*, Zondo 62, Rahmat 2-58) beat Afghanistan A 172 (Rahmat 55, Shamsi 4-19, Paterson 3-29) by 164 runs Reeza Hendricks carried his bat through © Getty Images Reeza Hendricks smashed an unbeaten 173, his 10th List A century, as South Africa A crushed Afghanistan A by 164 runs in Pretoria to secure their second win of the tri-series. Hendricks, who carried his bat…

England 353 and 153 for 2 (Westley 50*, Root 38*) lead South Africa 175 (Bavuma 52, Roland-Jones 5-57) by 331 runs Tom Westley made a fifty on debut © AFP An abstemious maiden Test fifty by Tom Westley was the centrepiece of an Oval Test Sunday as England steadily progressed towards an anticipated declaration in the third Investec Test. By lunch on the fourth day, they had stretched their lead…

Paul Allott supervises the toss at the 2015 Royal London Cup final © Getty Images Paul Allott, the former England seamer, is to be appointed director of cricket at Lancashire. According to a report in The Guardian, Allott will leave Sky Sports, where he has worked for the best part of two decades, to take up a role vacated by the departure of Ashley Giles to Warwickshire at the end…

Members of the PCB and the ACB address the media in Lahore on Saturday © Getty Images The PCB wants an apology from the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) for its response after a bomb blast in Kabul on May 31. Ties between the boards were effectively severed in the wake of an attack that left more than 80 people dead and nearly 500 injured. But on Sunday*, after a meeting…