Month: August 2017

End of innings Australia 217 (Renshaw 45, Shakib 5-68, Mehedi 3-62) trail Bangladesh 260 by 43 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Glenn Maxwell was stumped off Shakib Al Hasan © Getty Images Shakib Al Hasan celebrated his 50th Test by adding a five-wicket haul to his half-century from the first innings as Bangladesh knocked Australia over for 217 on the second afternoon in Mirpur. In doing so, Shakib also joined…

Tea Australia 193 for 8 (Cummins 25*, Agar 22*, Mehidy 3-52, Shakib 3-54) trail Bangladesh 260 by 67 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Glenn Maxwell was stumped off Shakib Al Hasan © Getty Images Pat Cummins and Ashton Agar fought against the tide to produce Australia’s longest partnership of the innings, after Bangladesh threatened to take a hefty first-innings lead on the second day in Mirpur. At tea, Australia were…

Lunch Australia 123 for 6 (Maxwell 8*, Wade 5*, Mehidy 2-26, Shakib 2-31) trail Bangladesh 260 (Shakib 84, Tamim 71, Agar 3-46, Cummins 3-63, Lyon 3-79) by 137 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Taijul Islam stalled Australia’s recovery by sending back Peter Handscomb © Getty Images Bangladesh tightened their grip on the first Test against Australia by collecting three wickets in the opening session on day two in Mirpur. The…

The path has been cleared for Eden Park to host New Zealand’s first day-night Test © Getty Images Eden Park is set to host the first day-night Test in New Zealand, after the Auckland Council approved New Zealand Cricket’s request to host England under lights next year. The match, beginning from March 22, was tentatively scheduled as a day-night fixture before the approval. New Zealand Cricket COO Anthony Crummy was…

Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni sit near the pitch as crowd trouble pauses the match © Ishara S.Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images Bottle-flinging fans in Pallekele caused a 35-minute disruption, and prompted the intervention of riot police, in the closing stages of India’s six-wicket victory on Sunday. In the 44th over of India’s innings, plastic bottles began to be thrown from the two grass embankments that flank the ground – many of these…

India 218 for 4 (Rohit 124*, Dhoni 67*, Dananjaya 2-38) beat Sri Lanka 217 for 9 (Thirimanne 80, Bumrah 5-27) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Sri Lanka’s on-field embarrassment became their off-field shame, as a bottle-flinging Pallekele crowd caused a 35-minute disruption before India were allowed to score the final eight runs that won them the match and sealed the series. Plastic bottles began to be flung from the…