3:00 AM ET Toss New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat v Sri Lanka New Zealand have won the toss and chosen to bat for the second successive match at Mt. Maunganui, on another surface expected to aid batsmen. Strangely, although it had been the hosts who won the first match comfortably, it is they who have made a change to their XI. Fast bowler Lockie Ferguson exits…
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1:53 PM ET The pitches in South Africa have come under plenty of scrutiny ever since India played at the Wanderers on a surface the ICC rated “poor”, and Mickey Arthur, the Pakistan coach, said on Friday that the surfaces used for the first two Tests of the current series hadn’t been “good enough for Test cricket”. The second day of the Newlands Test saw several balls rear up from…
12:39 PM ET South Africa’s bowlers dominated headlines in 2018 and helped to make home a fortress, but on the second day at Newlands, the batsmen finally had their day in the sun. Aiden Markram kicked things off with a fluid 78 on Thursday, Temba Bavuma struck 75 to continue the good form he showed at Centurion, Faf du Plessis cracked his ninth Test ton – and first at Newlands,…
7:44 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Diana Edulji, one of the two members of the BCCI’s Committee of Administrators (CoA), has written to the other member Vinod Rai seeking changes to several decisions around the appointment of WV Raman as the India women head coach. These include making Raman an interim coach and asking the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) to find a full-time coach. Raman was appointed head coach on December…
7:41 AM ET Lance Klusener, the Rajshahi Kings coach, hoped that the variety in the team’s bowling attack could complement the batting strength, ahead of the Kings’ BPL opener against Dhaka Dynamites on Saturday. The Kings arsenal includes Mustafizur Rahman and Isuru Udana, both left-arm fast bowlers who are a handful in the slog overs. They will be backed up by Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Arafat Sunny, Qais Ahmed and Seekuge…
Hobart Hurricanes 5 for 162 (Short 64, Abbott 2-29) beat Sydney Sixers 8 for 161 (Hughes 61, Botha 3-22) by five wickets Not even out-of-control bushfires in Hobart could stop the Hurricanes from claiming a fifth straight win after another perfectly executed chase, this time over the Sydney Sixers at Bellerive Oval. D’Arcy Short made an outstanding 64 off 42 balls and George Bailey a stunning 30 from 17 balls…
3:00 AM ET Lunch South Africa 188 for 4 (du Plessis 33*, Bavuma 15*) lead Pakistan 177 by 11 runs South Africa overcame the early loss of Hashim Amla to inch themselves into a first-innings lead on the second morning at Cape Town, but Pakistan’s toiling bowlers had reason to feel aggrieved at lunch, after once again suffering a setback at the hands of the third umpire. Just as at…
5:13 AM ET Tim Paine has denied a major difference of opinion with his bowlers over the tactics employed at the SCG, as he tried to put on a brave face after Australia had been taken for over 600. He did concede, however, that the huge workloads on his bowling attack had left them unable to repel India’s charge over 600. Paine insisted there had been no falling-out in the…
5:23 AM ET For the second time in as many Tests, Pakistan found their celebrations cut short by the third umpire after thinking they had made a crucial breakthrough. In almost identical fashion to Dean Elgar’s overturned dismissal in Centurion, which prompted such a fierce reaction from Mickey Arthur, Azhar Ali was once again the slip fielder in the spotlight as he stooped to gather Temba Bavuma’s outside edge. At…