Lunch New Zealand 209 and 325 for 5 (Williamson 63*, Blundell 19*) lead England 435 for 8 dec by 99 runs Fifties from Kane Williamson and Daryl Mitchell continued the New Zealand fightback at Basin Reserve. Having been made to follow on, the home side were able to erase their 226-run deficit and start to build a lead, with England limited to just a couple of breakthroughs during another session…
Sune Luus‘ South African team feel they have done their bit to raise the profile of cricket in their country and are turning it over to the governing body, CSA, to keep up the momentum they started. In reaching a senior World Cup final for the first time, South Africa Women have established themselves as the most successful white-ball team in the country but believe they will need greater investment…
Lahore Qalandars 241 for 3 (Fakhar 96, Shafique 75, Billings 47*, Riaz 2-45) beat Peshawar Zalmi 201 for 9 (Kohler-Cadmore 55, Ayub 51, Shaheen 5-40) by 40 runs Gaddafi Stadium witnessed a clinic in six hitting on Sunday, as the home side Lahore Qalandars pumped 18 sixes while posting 241 for 3, the season’s highest batting total. After that, Shaheen Shah Afridi ran through the Peshawar Zalmi batting unit to…
Australia 156 for 6 (Mooney 74*, Ismail 2-26, Kapp 2-35) beat South Africa 137 for 6 (Wolvaardt 61, Tryon 25, Gardner 1-20) by 19 runs Let no one influence you into believing this was a choke. Truth be told, this was a game of high-intensity cricket, fitting of a grand finale. The pressure was immense, and Australia, more skilled and adept at handling big-match temperament – this was their seventh…
The PCB and Punjab government have reached an agreement that will see PSL games go ahead as scheduled in Lahore and Rawalpindi. The PCB head Najam Sethi tweeted on Sunday, as Lahore’s first PSL game, between Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi was underway, that the board and Punjab government had agreed “to share cost of lighting routes during PSL matches in Lahore… PSL matches in Lahore and Pindi shall continue…
Karachi Kings 167 for 3 (Tayyab 65, Wade 46, Ihsanullah 2-22) beat Multan Sultans 101 (Rizwan 29, Malik 3-16, Shamsi 3-18) by 66 runs Karachi Kings’ see-saw ride in this season’s PSL continued, as the pattern of tight finishes and rather one-sided wins alternated for the fourth match in a row. The latest addition in the list was when they thumped Multan Sultans by 66 runs on Sunday, just days…
Jos Buttler, England’s white-ball captain, believes that the slow, low surfaces that his team are likely to face in their forthcoming ODI and T20I series in Bangladesh will be ideal preparation for this winter’s 50-over World Cup in India. Buttler’s team recently added the T20 World Cup title to the 50-over crown that they won in such memorable fashion at Lord’s in 2019, but their opportunities to finetune the defence…
Tamim Iqbal has said that Bangladesh are taking firm steps towards playing on more batting-friendly pitches with the upcoming ODI World Cup in mind. He said that originally the three-match ODI series against England was supposed to be played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, but then the last match was shifted to the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. Both pitches are vastly different. The Dhaka pitch…
Bangladesh’s ODI captain Tamim Iqbal and Test captain Shakib Al Hasan might not be on the best terms off the field, but Tamim is of the firm opinion that their on-field relationship is in proper working order. He said as much in a press conference in Dhaka on Sunday, in the lead up to Bangladesh’s ODI series against England. Shakib is part of the squad for this series but has…
Mayank Agarwal, the highest run-getter of the recently-concluded Ranji Trophy season, is set to lead Rest of India in the Irani Cup fixture against Madhya Pradesh starting on March 1 in Gwalior. The match was initially set to be played in Indore, but had to be shifted to Gwalior after the third India-Australia Test was allotted to the Holkar Stadium. The Irani Cup game will be the first first-class game…