8:00 AM GMT Report by Daniel Brettig Sydney Thunder 5 for 197 (Hales 60, Khawaja 54) beat Hobart Hurricanes 140 (Cook 4-21, Morris 3-27) by 57 runs Five Big Bash League teams are down to four and it was the fifth-ranked Sydney Thunder who stormed the Hobart Hurricanes’ Bellerive Oval home, wresting the initiative through their opening batsmen Alex Hales and Usman Khawaja and never really looking back. The opening…
11:59 AM GMT Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi and Jon-Jon Smuts have passed fitness tests at CSA’s strength and conditioning camp and will be part of the national squad for the ODI series against England, which starts next Tuesday. Sisanda Magala, who was also at the camp, has not met requirements and will continue to work with fitness trainer Tumi Masekela with the aim of putting himself into contention for the…
11:12 AM GMT South Africa are considering a short tour to Pakistan to play three T20Is in late March, immediately after their ODIs in India which finishes on March 18. ESPNcricinfo understands that South Africa will send a security delegation to Pakistan next month, either during the Test against Bangladesh or during the PSL, to assess whether the situation is considered safe enough for South Africa to tour the country….
10:33 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Gayle has announced that he will be part of the fourth edition of the Everest Premier League, Nepal’s domestic T20 tournament. The West Indies batsman said he would be playing for Pokhara Rhinos in the tournament, which is scheduled to begin on February 29. “I will be visiting Nepal for the biggest sporting event, the Everest Premier League,” Gayle said in a video message…
8:00 AM GMT Zimbabwe 179 for 5 (Taylor 67, Masvaure 35, Embuldeniya 2-57) and 406 (Williams 107, Raza 72, Embuldeniya 4-182) lead Sri Lanka 293 (Mathews 64, Raza 7-113) by 292 runs Brendan Taylor’s tenth Test fifty ensured Zimbabwe pressed home the advantage they had worked so hard to build the previous day as the hosts stretched their lead to 292 on the fourth morning in Harare. But his dismissal…
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8:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff New Zealand A 105 for 2 (Ravindra 47) trail India A 216 (Gill 83, Vihari 51, Rae 4-54, McConchie 3-33) by 111 runs Shubman Gill and Hanuma Vihari were the only bright spots for India A as the visitors struggled against the New Zealand A bowlers on day one of the four-day match in Christchurch. After India A folded for 216, the hosts’ reply was…
© ICC/Getty South Africa 150 for 4 (du Preez 35*, Devine 1-17) beat New Zealand 149 all out (Bates 51, Luus 6-45) by six wickets For the third time in this ODI series, New Zealand had first strike, and for the third time this series, South Africa came up trumps. This time it was on the back of innings-wrecking 6 for 45 from legspinner Sune Luus, who spun the hosts…
The view across Manuka Oval (file photo) © Getty Images The air quality in Canberra will be monitored during the opening set of matches in the tri-series between Australia, England and India as smoke haze continues to impact the Australian capital from bushfires in the region. The series gets underway on Friday when England take on India at Manuka Oval before Australia play twice over the weekend. Australia trained in…
7:06 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Melbourne Stars captain Glenn Maxwell believes the return of Pakistan quick Haris Rauf will cover the loss of Sandeep Lamichhane for Friday night’s BBL qualifier against Sydney Sixers. Lamichhane has left the Stars ahead of the finals series due to international duties with Nepal in their upcoming 50-over tri-series with Oman and USA. Rauf flew back into Melbourne on Tuesday night after missing the last…