Toss India chose to bat vs Ireland India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and chose to bat against Ireland in Gqeberha. Harmanpreet said at the toss that left-arm spinner Radha Yadav was unwell and replaced her with legspinning allrounder Devika Vaidya. On the other hand, Ireland, made one change to the XI that played against West Indies by bringing in pacer Georgina Dempsey for Jane Maguire. A win will…
Australia’s coach Andrew McDonald has described his side’s batting collapse in Delhi as “pretty poor”, but said he would not change anything about the pre-tour preparation despite Australia not playing a tour game in the lead-up to the first Test. Australia were 85 for 2, leading by 86, on the third morning of the Test before suffering a staggering collapse to lose eight wickets for 28 in 74 balls and…
A score of 57 for someone who has 84 fifty-plus scores – 28 of them hundreds – is small fry in the grand scheme of things. But Joe Root‘s knock in England’s second innings of the first Test against New Zealand carried something more. A sense he is starting to fit in under the new regime. That might sound a little like heresy when talking about one of only two…
Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel, India’s two left-arm spin-bowling allrounders, said the sweep was the wrong option on pitches with low bounce and that the better strategy was to play with the bat in front of the pad more often. Both men used that philosophy to help India get to within one run of Australia’s first-innings of 263 on the second day’s play. Jadeja scored 26, Axar top-scored with 74,…
Australia quick Josh Hazlewood will fly home after being ruled out of the final two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar series while doubts remain about David Warner‘s fitness for the remaining matches as Australia mull further changes to the squad following their disastrous loss in Delhi. Hazlewood was unavailable for the first two Tests due to Achilles tendonitis. He was replaced by Scott Boland in the first Test in Nagpur before…
South Australia 5 for 75 trail Victoria 169 (Short 70, Agar 5-54) by 94 runs Junction Oval witnessed the fall of 15 wickets, the red ball return of Glenn Maxwell, and a reinforcement arriving after the start on a chaotic day of Sheffield Shield action as Victoria hosted South Australia in a potentially crucial match. Despite the steady flow of wickets, honours ended fairly even after day one with South Australia 5 for…
Kyle Jamieson is set to be out for at least “three to four months” after undergoing back surgery this week. Jamieson was originally on a comeback from a stress fracture of the back, sustained in England last June, and was primed for a return to action in the first Test against the same opponents in Mount Maunganui. However, a suspected recurrence of the injury ruled him out of the series,…
Australia captain Pat Cummins has flown home from the tour of India due to a serious family health issue following his side’s six-wicket loss in the second Test in Delhi. Cummins will return to Sydney for a few days but is due to be back in India for the preparations ahead of the third Test in Indore. Australia are 2-0 down in the series with two Tests to play but…
New Zealand 162 for 3 (A Kerr 66, Bates 56) beat Sri Lanka 60 (A Kerr 2-7, Tahuhu 2-12) by 102 runs New Zealand thumped Sri Lanka so severely in each team’s last match of the group stage, in Paarl, that they nullified the terrific start Sri Lanka had to the tournament, and gave themselves a chance of qualifying for the next stage, despite their own underperformance in their first…
Multan Sultans 190 for 4 (Miller 52, Rizwan 50, Pollard 32, Raees 1-25) beat Islamabad United 138 (Van der Dussen 49, Munro 31, Afridi 4-22, Ilyas 2-12) by 52 runs After two wins against struggling sides, this from Multan Sultans wasn’t so much a victory as it was a statement of intent. A tremendous bowling performance against a formidable Islamabad United team saw them blow away the two-time champions and…