Month: July 2017

South Africa 309 for 6 (Philander 54*, Morris 23*) v EnglandScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 00:52 De Kock takes attack to England South Africa needed a response after their 211-run defeat in the first Test of the series at Lord’s and the memories of their second-innings collapse were put behind them on an evenly-contested opening day at Trent Bridge. Nevertheless, it might have been even better. The loss of four…

Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed will feature for Yorkshire county in England’s domestic cricket competition NatWest T20 Blast next month. Champions Trophy-winning captain Sarfraz, who was also handed the Test reins a week ago, has signed up to play five matches for Yorkshire Vikings in the ongoing T20 Blast, subject to him being granted the visa. Earlier this week, all-rounder Imad Wasim signed up for Durham county in the same tournament….

Play 01:06 Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals’ rollercoaster rides Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals completed their two-year suspensions of two years from the IPL on Friday and were “welcomed back” by the BCCI. The suspension on the owners of the two franchises – India Cements and Jaipur IPL – was imposed by the Lodha Committee exactly two years ago, effectively ruling out the participation of the two teams….

Tea South Africa 179 for 2 (de Kock 68*, Amla 65*) v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 00:49 Kuhn, Amla justify SA’s batting gamble The opening day of the Trent Bridge Test gradually settled into something summery and, with it, Hashim Amla did too. A mournful morning which offered England’s seam attack hope developed into an afternoon of South African ascendancy under blue skies as they reached tea in…

Play 05:55 Ugra: Old BCCI challenging Supreme Court N Srinivasan and Niranjan Shah will have to explain to the Supreme Court of India their roles in stalling the implementation of the Lodha Committee recommendations. The pair of former BCCI office bearers were singled out by the Committee of Administrators (CoA) in a scathing appraisal of the progress – or lack of – made by the BCCI in implementing the recommendations….