3:00 AM ET Dinner: South Africa 251 for 4 (Markram 125, Bavuma 35*) v Zimbabwe Aiden Markram pulls one en route to his century AFP Aiden Markram‘s second Test hundred, in only his fourth innings, moved South Africa into a commanding position before Kyle Jarvis dismissed him off what turned out to be the last ball of the second session. South Africa, at that point, were 251 for 4. Three of…
3:00 AM ET Dinner: South Africa 251 for 4 (Markram 125, Bavuma 35*) v ZimbabweLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Aiden Markram pulls one en route to his fifty AFP Aiden Markram‘s second Test hundred, in only his fourth innings, moved South Africa into a commanding position before Kyle Jarvis bowled the ball of the day to dismiss him off what turned out to be the last ball of the second session….
3:00 AM ET Toss: South Africa chose to bat v ZimbabweLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details AB de Villiers claps Getty Images AB de Villiers, playing his first Test since January 2016 and standing in for Faf du Plessis, has chosen to bat first in the four-day, day-night Test match against Zimbabwe in Port Elizabeth. This will be the first four-day Test match since the Auckland Test between New Zealand and Pakistan…
Perth Scorchers 6 for 142 (Cartwright 58, Voges 35, Faulkner 2-19) beat Melbourne Stars 8 for 129 (Faulkner 35*, Tye 5-23) by 13 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details © CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images Perth Scorchers continue to do what they do best. Even when it seemed as if they had not made enough runs, their high-quality attack, led by five wickets from Andrew Tye, found a way to defend 142 and defeat…
6:28 AM ET When Australia’s captain Steven Smith suggested that Dawid Malan had been the pick of the England spinners in Perth, it was dismissed as “stirring” by Joe Root. But, as the first day of the Boxing Day Test wore on, you wondered if Root wasn’t starting to come round to Smith’s way of thinking. It wasn’t that Malan – a man with 14 first-class wickets in the last…
3:00 AM ET Toss: South Africa chose to bat v ZimbabweLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details AB de Villiers claps Getty Images AB de Villiers, playing his first Test since January 2016 and standing in for Faf du Plessis, has chosen to bat first in the four-day, day-night Test match against Zimbabwe in Port Elizabeth. This will be the first four-day Test match since the Auckland Test between New Zealand and Pakistan…
© Getty Images Tom Curran revealed that he had checked his foot position with the umpire the ball before his maiden Test wicket was ruled out because of a no-ball. Curran, on Test debut, celebrated wildly when he thought he had dismissed David Warner caught at mid-on for 99. But no sooner had Warner started trudging off the field than TV replays showed that Curran had over-stepped and a no-ball…
3:28 AM ET Faf du Plessis will miss the four-day, day-night Test against Zimbabwe, which starts on Boxing Day, after his recovery from back and shoulder injuries was delayed by a viral infection. AB de Villiers, who makes his return to Test whites for the first time since January 2016, will captain the side in place of du Plessis. The South African management is hopeful of having du Plessis fit…
2:28 AM ET Faf du Plessis will miss the four-day, day-night Test against Zimbabwe, which starts on Boxing Day, after his recovery from back and shoulder injuries was delayed by a viral infection. AB de Villiers, who makes his return to Test whites for the first time since January 2016, will captain the side in place of du Plessis. The South African management is hopeful of having du Plessis fit…
Curran’s no-ball heartbreak (0:57) Tom Curran was denied a maiden Test wicket when he overstepped but it did not prove too costly for England (0:57) 3:00 AM ET Australia 3 for 244 (Warner 103, Smith 65*) v EnglandScorecard and ball-by-ball details There was a distinct hint of Christmas about Australia’s batting on the first day at the MCG this year: one large gift, a hectic morning, a post-lunch doze, and…