8:00 AM GMT South Africa 60 for 2 (Bess 2-12) trail England 499 for 9 dec (Pope 135*, Stokes 117, Maharaj 5-180) by 439 runs Ollie Pope scored a maiden Test hundred to follow the latest demonstration of Ben Stokes‘ immense value to the England cause as South Africa were backed into a corner in Port Elizabeth. The tone was set by England’s fifth-wicket pair during the morning session and…
Neil McKenzie has a chat with Liton Das © BCB Five members of Bangladesh’s coaching staff will not be going to the first leg of Bangladesh’s tour of Pakistan later this month. According to BCB’s cricket operations chairman Akram Khan, Neil McKenzie, the white-ball batting coach, is among those who have withdrawn alongside fielding coach Ryan Cook. The BCB didn’t consider team analyst Shrinivaas Chandrasekaran for visa due to his…
Mark Wood smashed a quickfire 42 © Stu Forster/Getty Images South Africa’s frustrations on the second afternoon at Port Elizabeth were exacerbated by a bizarre incident towards the end of England’s first innings, when Joe Root was permitted to withdraw his team’s declaration after an umpiring error. The incident occurred in the 149th over of England’s innings, after the apparent dismissal of Mark Wood at mid-on off the bowling of…
Play 05:46 Fantasy Picks | Lamichhane and Fawad could prosper at the MCG January 18: Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers at Melbourne Our XI: Marcus Stoinis, Liam Livingstone, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Nick Larkin, Mitchell Marsh, Jhye Richardson, Fawad Ahmed, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Seb Gotch NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about a late injury (or other relevant updates) Captain: Glenn Maxwell There’s always…
8:00 AM GMT Afghanistan 130 for 3 (Imran 57, Ibrahim 52, Cloate 2-20) beat South Africa 129 all out (Parsons 40, Ghafari 6-15, Haque 2-43) by seven wickets What began as a carnival in Kimberley, soon turned to a nightmare for the home fans as South Africa were bamboozled by Afghanistan’s wristspinners to lose their opening game by seven wickets. Shafiqullah Ghafari was Afghanistan’s wrecker-in-chief, taking 6 for 15 –…
12:16 PM GMT Mohammad Hafeez last played a T20I in November 2018. Since then, he has featured in various T20 competitions at home and abroad, and his record in that period has been modest: 509 runs in 26 matches at an average of 21.20 and a strike rate of 107.38; 16 wickets at 33.75, and an economy rate of 7.28. Last week, he was suspended from bowling in all ECB…
Misbah-ul-Haq speaks to the press © PCB Perhaps the most accurate word to describe Misbah ul Haq‘s time as Pakistan’s captain was foresight. It is the reason he never seemed to panic. If Plan A didn’t work out, he had Plan B, C, all the way through to Z. After that, you felt he could have switched to the Urdu alphabet, which has 37 characters instead of 26, and gone…
Kagiso Rabada roars in celebration after bowling Joe Root © Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Kagiso Rabada will miss the Johannesburg Test after being sanctioned for his celebration following the dismissal of Joe Root on the first day of the Port Elizabeth Test. Rabada was found guilty of a level one offence. He was fined 15 percent of his match fee and earned one demerit point, taking his total number of active points…
© AFP Toss Australia chose to bowl v India India lost the toss in what is a must-win match in their third straight limited-overs series. Asked to bat first, Virat Kohli said he didn’t expect dew to play a significant role in Rajkot. He said he expected dew to show up only after 8.30pm, by which time the game will be in its final stages. Australia retained the XI that…
Liam O’Connor is pumped up after striking © Cricket Australia via Getty Images Adelaide Strikes 0 for 104 (Salt 67*) beat Brisbane Heat 100 (Renshaw 43, O’Connor 3-30) by 10 wickets If you thought the Brisbane Heat’s victory over the Adelaide Strikers at the Gabba was a thrashing, think again. The roles were more than reversed at the Adelaide Oval as the home side romped to a 10-wicket win with…