3:00 AM ET South Africa 488 and 134 for 3 (Elgar 39*, Du Plessis 34*) lead Australia 221 (Paine 62, Khawaja 53, Cummins 50, Philander 3-30, Rabada 3-53, Maharaj 3-92) by 401 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details 0:35 Dean Elgar produced a contender for catch of the series to dismiss new Australia captain Tim Paine If Australia didn’t win the third day in Johannesburg, they at least drew it. But just…
The sandpaper saga that changed Australian cricket (3:25) A timeline of how the ball-tampering scandal played out over the week (3:25) 11:12 AM ET Banished Australian leaders Steven Smith and David Warner are expected to push for a relaxation of their Cricket Australia bans to allow them to play domestic cricket both at home and abroad, as they and Cameron Bancroft continue to deliberate on whether or not to take…
3:00 AM ET In pleasant, breezy conditions at the National Stadium in Karachi, Jason Mohammed, the West Indies captain on this tour, put Pakistan in to bat in the first of three T20Is. Of the 13-man squad named by the West Indies, the two who sit out the game are the uncapped Odean Smith and Andre McCarthy. West Indies’ XI contains two debutants – the fast bowler Keemo Paul and…
10:30 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England’s selection revamp has hit a setback after Ashley Giles resisted encouragement to apply for the role of national selector. Giles wants to concentrate on his role at Warwickshire as sporting director. In his first season back at Edgbaston, following a spell at Lancashire, he took Warwickshire to Finals Day in the T20 Blast – in their guise as Birmingham Bears – but saw an…
3:00 AM ET Tea South Africa 488 and 58 for 1 (Elgar 16*, Amla 4*) lead Australia 221 (Paine 62, Khawaja 53, Cummins 50, Philander 3-30, Rabada 3-53, Maharaj 3-92) by 325 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details 0:35 Dean Elgar produced a contender for catch of the series to dismiss new Australia captain Tim Paine South Africa extended their lead to 325 by tea on the third day in Johannesburg,…
Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore shares the stage with the side’s newly appointed captain Dinesh Karthik 8:55 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell – Kolkata Knight Riders’ big three overseas players – will all be available to play in their season opener against Royal Challengers Bangalore, according to team CEO Venky Mysore. There were questions over the availability of Russell (who reached Kolkata last…
3:00 AM ET Mohammad IsamESPN Mohammad Ashraful signed off his Dhaka Premier League campaign with an unprecedented fifth century. However, he could not stop another loss for Kalabagan Krira Chakra, who went down by six wickets to Brothers Union in the relegation playoff fixture. Mizanur Rahman struck a 104-ball 115 that took Brothers Union to their 253-run target in 44.3 overs. Mizanur struck 11 fours and six sixes in his…
3:00 AM ET End of innings Australia 221 (Paine 62, Khawaja 53, Cummins 50, Philander 3-30, Rabada 3-53, Maharaj 3-92) trail South Africa 488 by 267 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Tim Paine cops one in the mid-riff AFP Captain Tim Paine led a fighting lower-order effort from Australia on the third day in Johannesburg, where South Africa declined to enforce the follow-on but remained firmly in control of the Test….
3:00 AM ET Lunch Australia 201 for 7 (Paine 47*, Lyon 4*) trail South Africa 488 by 287 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Tim Paine cops one in the mid-riff AFP Pat Cummins and Tim Paine fought hard to produce Australia’s biggest partnership of the series as South Africa struggled to finish off Australia’s tail on the third day in Johannesburg. The chances of Australia being forced to follow on reduced…
Morne Morkel, with his son, during his last national anthem as a South Africa player 5:40 AM ET Morne Morkel, playing his final Test for South Africa, left the field 40 minutes before lunch on the third morning of the Johannesburg Test. Shaun Pollock, who was on commentary at the time, suggested the fast bowler might have picked up a side strain. Morkel suffered a similar injury during the first…