5:25 AM ET Umar Farooq in Abu Dhabi The three Pakistan Super League 2019 matches scheduled to be held in Lahore have been moved to Karachi following the recent political and military tensions between Pakistan and India, which has resulted in airspace around Lahore to be closed. In the last four days, more than 400 flights have been affected. Lahore – bordering India from the north – had its flight…
Mahmudullah drives through the off side during his career-best innings © Getty Images Bangladesh were far too casual with their choice of strokes in the first innings and it cost them the Hamilton Test against New Zealand, said Mahmudullah, their captain, after the innings-and-52-run defeat inside four days. The visitors were bowled out for only 234 in their first hit despite Tamim Iqbal setting things up with his ninth Test…
Luke Feldman celebrates © Getty Images Queensland 4 for 67 trail New South Wales 150 (Feldman 5-20) by 83 runs Queensland fast bowler Luke Feldman claimed a five-wicket haul against New South Wales on a dramatic day when 14 wickets fell at the Gabba. Feldman made use of a fresh, green Gabba pitch to claim his eighth five-wicket haul in Sheffield Shield cricket after his captain Jimmy Peirson won the…
Lungi Ngidi appeals for an lbw © Getty Images South Africa elected to bowl v Sri LankaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details South Africa won the first toss of the ODI series and elected to bowl, giving an early engagement to debutant fast bowler Anrich Nortje as well as the returning Lungi Ngidi. Veteran Dale Steyn was left out, while Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks were picked as the openers….
2:31 AM ET New Zealand faced their first challenge since Bangladesh’s arrival on their shores about three weeks ago in the Hamilton Test. They still won by an innings and 52 runs with a day to spare, but the fact that the visitors pushed back for much of the fourth day was a sign their celebrated bowling attack can be challenged. New Zealand are No. 2 in the Test rankings,…
3:00 AM ET Australia 3 for 233 (Perry 54*, Lanning 48, Healy 46, Haynes 46) beat New Zealand 8 for 231 (Devine 58, Satterthwaite 49, Gardner 3-49) by seven wickets Australia shrugged off New Zealand and enervating heat to complete a 3-0 sweep of the Rose Bowl ODI series with a consummate team display in front of 1725 spectators at Junction Oval on Sunday. The legspinner Georgia Wareham‘s two wickets…
1:51 AM ET That Soumya Sarkar‘s first instinct when he walked out to the bat in the second innings of the Hamilton Test against New Zealand was survival suggests that Bangladesh’s dire situation must have affected him quite seriously. In his short international career so far, Soumya has built a reputation of being someone who doesn’t put a big enough price on his wicket. There have also been times when…
1:45 AM ET Female representation on the Board of Cricket Australia is set to double by 2022, even as the governing body works through an increasingly lengthy and complicated process of filling two vacancies for directors in the wake of the Newlands scandal and Longstaff cultural review last year. Within the Press For Progress annual report on female involvement in cricket, to be formally released by CA on Monday, is…
10:54 PM ET Less than two months after sealing a tight chase in Melbourne, master finisher MS Dhoni and his super apprentice Kedar Jadhav were at it again, this time in Hyderabad. A rather familiar script played out at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, with Jadhav rattling off the boundaries and Dhoni complementing him with a well-modulated half-century of his own. While Jadhav had to adjust to the bounce at the MCG,…
Mar 1, 2019 Bangladesh 234 and 174 for 4 (Soumya 39, Mahmudullah 15*) trail New Zealand 715 for 6 dec (Williamson 200*, Latham 161) by 307 runs Kane Williamson‘s second Test double century followed by four wickets in the evening session put New Zealand on course for a comprehensive victory in Hamilton as Bangladesh wilted against a batting and short-ball onslaught. New Zealand compiled their highest ever total, 715 for…