South Africa 126 for 8 (Bavuma 34*, Morkel 2*, Roland-Jones 4-39) trail England 353 (Stokes 112, Cook 88) by 227 runs Play 00:57 Stokes takes advantage of Philander absence Even before he bowled a ball in Test cricket, Toby Roland-Jones could be said to have made a name for himself. Double-barrelled international cricketers, after all, are a bit of a collector’s item, just enough to raise an XI with a…
This is the first instance of the India team getting a full-time, professional manager © Cricket Australia Former Tamil Nadu captain Sunil Subramaniam has been named India’s administrative manager on a one-year contract. This is the first instance of the India team getting a full-time, professional manager, marking a departure from the system of ad-hoc appointments made by the BCCI on a tour-to-tour basis. Subramaniam will join the team before…
England 353 (Stokes 112, Cook 88) v South Africa Play 00:41 Lunch report: Cook narrowly misses out on century Ben Stokes secured his fifth Test century in spectacular style with successive sixes off South Africa’s left-arm Keshav Maharaj, and with last man James Anderson looking on from the non-striker’s end, before England were dismissed for 353 in the second Test at The Oval. Anderson’s emergence at No. 11 with Stokes…
India 150 for 3 (Nair 57, Pandey 41*) beat Afghanistan 149 (Ashraf 39*, Vijay Shankar 3-24, Axar 3-33)Scorecard Axar Patel made an impression with the ball © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Allrounders Vijay Shankar and Axar Patel took three wickets each as India A sealed a seven-wicket win over Afghanistan A in Pretoria. Shankar, who replaced Krunal Pandya from the XI that featured in the loss against South Africa A, and…
Sri Lanka’s cricket manager Asanka Gurusinha denies excluding Graham Ford from meetings while the latter was the team coach © AFP/Getty Images Graham Ford had disagreed with the appointment of Asanka Gurusinha as Sri Lanka’s cricket manager “from the start”, but there was no effort to exclude Ford from team matters, and no undue interference in Ford’s role by the board, Gurusinha has said in an interview with ESPNcricinfo. Gurusinha…
Jesse Ryder last played for New Zealand in 2014 © Getty Images St Lucia Stars have named New Zealand’s Jesse Ryder and Mitchell McClenaghan as replacements for David Miller and Lasith Malinga respectively, for the upcoming edition of the Caribbean Premier League, which begins on August 4. Ryder played his last competitive game in March, scoring an unbeaten 109 in the second innings to take Central Districts to a win…
Matt Machan has been forced to retire at 26 © Getty Images Matt Machan, the Scotland and Sussex batsman, has announced his retirement from professional cricket, at 26, on medical advice. Machan missed half of last season with a wrist injury – described by Sussex’s head coach Mark Davis as a “repetitive” injury” – and an operation last September failed to bring the solution he had anticipated. Machan said: “It…
Tea: India 600 and 56 for 2 (Abhinav 27*) lead Sri Lanka 291 (Perera 92*, Mathews 83, Jadeja 3-67, Shami 2-45) by 365 runs India declined to enforce the follow-on after wrapping up a 309-run first-innings lead, and extended it by a further 56 runs before rain forced the players off the field. They lost two wickets while doing so, Shikhar Dhawan failing to keep a cut down off Dilruwan…
Lunch England 269 for 5 (Stokes 64*, Moeen 10*) v South Africa Ben Stokes’ half-century kept South Africa at bay © Getty Images Ben Stokes was to the fore on the second morning of the Oval Test as England built on Alastair Cook’s stalwart resistance on the opening day. There was no 31st Test hundred for Cook – he fell 12 runs short when Morne Morkel won an lbw decision…
Tea: India 600 and 56 for 2 (Abhinav 27*) lead Sri Lanka 291 (Perera 92*, Mathews 83, Jadeja 3-67, Shami 2-45) by 365 runs India declined to enforce the follow-on after wrapping up a 309-run first-innings lead, and extended it by a further 56 runs before rain forced the players off the field. They lost two wickets while doing so, Shikhar Dhawan failing to keep a cut down off Dilruwan…