8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa A 154 for 2 (Petersen 60*) trail England 456 for 7 dec. (Pope 132, Denly 103, Burns 56) by 302 runs Ollie Pope has down-played any disruption caused by the illness that has swept through the England camp, leaving some of their front-line bowlers in a race to be fit for the Boxing Day Test against South Africa. Pope was among a number…
Abid and Masood centuries ensure Pakistan dominance (1:07) A brilliant innings of 174 by Abid Ali powered Pakistan to a commanding 395 for 2 on day three vs. Sri Lanka (1:07) 4:13 PM GMT Danyal Rasool Very little is worth toiling away on the Pakistan domestic circuit for, but, the fact this comes close is the greatest compliment you could pay Abid Ali. The start of an international career –…
2:18 PM GMT Sri Lanka’s bowlers didn’t bowl tight enough. Aside from Lahiru Kumara, they also failed to build pressure and bowl in partnerships. This was the verdict of assistant coach Rumesh Ratnayake at stumps on the third day, in which Sri Lanka conceded 338 runs and claimed only two wickets. Pakistan progressed at a run rate of 3.76 through the 90 overs they faced on Saturday. In the morning…
Highlights – Shaheen stars for Pakistan on entertaining day two (0:46) Pakistan’s openers responded aggressively to cut down Sri Lanka’s lead to 23 runs on day two of the second Test (0:46) Dec 20, 2019 Pakistan 191 and 57 for 0 (Abid 32*, Masood 21*) trail Sri Lanka 271 (Chandimal 74, Dilruwan 48, Afridi 5-77. Abbas 4-55) by 23 runs On a day that threatened to mirror the script of…
12:54 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad and Jack Leach, the three England bowlers who were struck down by the sickness bug that has done the rounds in the England camp, have returned to training for their first nets session in nearly a week. The trio were unable to feature in the opening two-day warm-up against a South Africa Invitational XI, and looked set to miss the entirety…
Sophie Ecclestone was England’s most prolific bowler throughout the 2019 summer 12:06 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Sophie Ecclestone and Amy Jones have made good ground on the ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings following England’s 3-0 series whitewash of Pakistan in Malaysia. Left-arm spinner Ecclestone claimed six wickets, including a haul of 3 for 21 in the first match, to move up three spots to No. 4 in the bowling rankings…
11:40 AM GMT Jacques Kallis, the player, was a man of few words and most of them were dry. “Well, I guess the bowlers have done their job,” he said after South Africa conceded 434 in what became the greatest ODI of all time. Jacques Kallis, the coach, has little more to say but the tone hasn’t changed. “I’m not a big one for changing too many things. Dean Elgar…
Visibility got poor during Sydney Thunder’s chase © Getty Images Sydney Thunder 1 for 40 v Adelaide Strikers 5 for 161 (Wells 55, Carey 45, Weatherald 42) – Match abandoned The BBL match in Canberra was abandoned – four balls short of being a game – after smoke from the devastating bushfires which are raging in New South Wales drifted back over Manuka Oval on Saturday evening leading the umpires…
Mark Boucher is back in a South Africa shirt © Gallo Images/Getty Images Some call it bullish, others call it bullying and Mark Boucher had been labelled both throughout his playing career. On the field, he was the man up for a fight. Off it, he was one of the toughest fines’ masters around: if he ordered it, you drank it. He was the ultimate boytjie. And then came that…
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