Dec 28, 2019 England 181 and 121 for 1 (Burns 77*) need a further 255 to beat South Africa 284 and 272 (van der Dussen 51, Archer 5-102) True to their hard-earned reputation for perversity, England’s cricketers gave themselves a fighting chance of victory in the first Test at Centurion, mere hours after seemingly tossing away their only opportunity in one of the most wasteful morning sessions of recent memory….
12:24 PM GMT Keegan Petersen, the Knights’ No. 3, has been called up to the Test squad as an injury replacement for Aiden Markram, who was ruled out of the series with a fractured finger. Petersen scored 111 against England in the warm-up game in Benoni last week and was the leading run-scorer in the four-day franchise series last summer, with 923 runs to his name at an average of…
Dwaine Pretorius bowls for the first time in Tests © AFP Dwaine Pretorius has opted out of a Kolpak deal with Nottinghamshire and has committed his future to South African cricket. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Pretorius was ready to relocate to the United Kingdom before the change in Cricket South Africa’s administration but has since negotiated a national contract that will keep him in the country. Pretorius was not among…
11:12 AM GMT Michael Yardy, the former Sussex captain and England allrounder, is poised to return to English cricket with a coaching role at Kent. Yardy, a member of England’s victorious World T20 side in 2010, moved to Australia in July to to become batting coach at New South Wales. Yardy, who originally gained selection for England as a batsman but took on an increasingly prominent role as spinner, has…
© Getty Images In a huge vote of confidence for the DRS technology being used in Australia, Tim Paine‘s lbw verdict in the first innings was shown to be correct by a narrow margin on both HawkEye and VirtualEye ball tracking. Both technologies showed Paine was stuck in line to ensure it would not be “umpire’s call” and therefore not out, after Neil Wagner’s initial appeal was turned down. Paine…
Peter Siddle claimed a hat-trick on his birthday against England © Getty Images Peter Siddle announced his retirement from international cricket during the Boxing Day Test. He is one of just 17 Australians to take 200 Test wickets, finishing with 221 scalps from 67 Tests. A lion-hearted performer, he was a captain’s dream after starting his career as a firebrand in 2008 before reinventing himself as a steady, skilful swing…
7:42 AM GMT December 29: Melbourne Renegades v Adelaide Strikers in Melbourne Our XI: Jake Weatherald, Alex Carey, Shaun Marsh, Aaron Finch, Matthew Short, Beau Webster, Dan Christian, Harry Conway, Rashid Khan, Kane Richardson, Billy Stanlake NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about a late injury (or other relevant) updates Captain: Jake Weatherald The Renegades bowlers have been off-colour so far and Weatherald’s explosive 83…
4:34 AM GMT Had it been solely up to him, Peter Siddle would have quite happily retired at the end of this year’s Ashes series in England. It epitomises why he was so highly regarded in Australian cricket that he did not. After several years on the fringes of the Australian Test team, Siddle had set himself the goal of going to England with the Ashes squad and contributing to…
8:00 AM GMT Australia 467 and 4 for 137 (Wade 15*, Head 12*) lead New Zealand 148 (Latham 50, Cummins 5-28) by 456 runs Pat Cummins put further daylight between him and next-most prolific bowlers of 2019 with another display of supreme pace bowling as he claimed 5 for 28 to help dismantle New Zealand on the third day at the MCG. James Pattinson and Mitchell Starc shared the other…
11:02 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Peter Siddle has announced his retirement from international cricket after a career that spanned 11 years. Siddle, 35, played 67 Tests taking 221 wickets at 30.66, his last match coming in the final Test of this year’s Ashes series in England. He was brought back into the squad for the current Boxing Day Test against New Zealand but did not make the final XI and…