India 321 for 7 (Rohit 120, Jadeja 66*, Axar 52*, Murphy 5-82) lead Australia 177 by 144 runs How competitive could Australia’s 177 prove? The answer, it would appear, was not very. This felt like a Test that would be set up by one innings, and Rohit Sharma is likely to have produced that performance with an outstanding century on the second day in Nagpur before the lower order benefited…
South Australia 5 for 311 (Drew 160*, Hunt 62) vs Western Australia A career-best innings from Daniel Drew lifted Sheffield Shield outsiders South Australia to a strong position against runaway leaders Western Australia after the opening day at Adelaide Oval. Drew remained unbeaten on 160, having posted a second first-class century in eight outings and eclipsing his previous best of 130 in the process. Entering the fray in the 10th…
Victoria 307 (Harris 100, Chandrasinghe 67, Neser 4-71) and 2 for 21 lead Queensland 175 (Neser 43, Sutherland 4-35, O’Neill 3-36) by 153 runs Newly-minted captain Will Sutherland led the way as Victoria lifted themselves into a strong position at the midway point of the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland at the MCG. Victoria ended the day at 2 for 21, a lead of 153 runs as the home side…
“Cheers Broady!” beamed Ollie Pope, smiling from ear to ear, cheeks tinged with a bit of embarrassment. Moments before he sits down for Friday’s media engagement at the team hotel, Pope is informed of the words of Stuart Broad, who had been in that chair five minutes earlier. “I think Pope is a great leader in the group, actually,” Broad said after Pope captained an England warm-up match for the…
In the video footage, Jadeja was seen taking a substance off the back of Mohammed Siraj‘s palm with his right hand. Jadeja then appeared to rub this substance on to the index finger of his left hand – his bowling arm – just before beginning to bowl a delivery. At no point in the footage was Jadeja seen rubbing anything on the ball itself, though he did have the ball…
Sune Luus doesn’t mind admitting that captaincy is a role she has grown, and continues to grow, into. On the eve of the Women’s T20 World Cup, where she will lead hosts South Africa in the opening game against Sri Lanka at Newlands, Luus felt firmly ensconced in a job she has held on and off since 2017 and ready to take on the world. “It’s always difficult being a…
Sri Lanka A 332 (Croospulle 128) and 202 for 3 (Madushka 84*, Mendis 67) lead England Lions 405 (Smith 126, Lees 97, Bohannon 54) by 129 runs Jamie Smith struck a 71-ball century, the fastest in England Lions history, to give his side an outside chance of a victory push in the second unofficial Test against Sri Lanka A in Galle. Smith’s effort surpassed Luke Wright’s 91-ball hundred against New…
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Ravikumar Samarth, 5.5 ov), 2-21 (Devdutt Padikkal, 8.1 ov), 3-68 (Nikin Jose, 28.3 ov), 4-79 (Manish Pandey, 31.6 ov), 5-112 (Shreyas Gopal, 40.3 ov), 6-251 (Srinivas Sharath, 92.1 ov), 7-255 (Krishnappa Gowtham, 95.3 ov), 8-278 (Vijaykumar Vyshak, 102.4 ov), 9-369 (Vidwath Kaverappa, 125.4 ov), 10-407 (Mayank Agarwal, 133.3 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo
The PCB’s controversial decision to drop Mohammad Rizwan for Sarfaraz Ahmed for the two-Test series against New Zealand was among the biggest talking points throughout the series. Rizwan, however, said he felt that, on current form, he “didn’t deserve to play” for Pakistan at the time. “You can ask the head coach Saqlain Mushtaq what I told him after the end of the England Test series,” Rizwan told Cricket Pakistan…
Senior batter Paul Stirling sat out, even as former Zimbabwe wicketkeeper-batter Peter Moor was named in Ireland’s squads for an upcoming Test each against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Other than that, Ireland also revealed their touring sides for the three ODIs and T20Is each against Bangladesh – the first of which falls on March 18 – as well as the only Test and two ODIs in Sri Lanka that start…