India 175 for 3 (Suryavanshi 67) beat Sri Lanka 173 (Abeysinghe 69, Shanmuganathan 42, Chetan 3-34) by seven wickets Vaibhav Suryavanshi starred with a second successive half-century as India stormed into the Under-19 Asia Cup final with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in Sharjah on Friday. The 13-year-old, who became the youngest cricketer ever to be bought at an IPL auction last month, smashed five sixes and six…
Kyle Verreynne will return to Nottinghamshire in 2025 and will hope that the first part of his stint ends up being preparation for South Africa’s potential involvement in the World Test Championship (WTC) final. Verreynne, the wicketkeeper-batter, played three games for Notts in the County Championship last year, and scored 248 runs including an unbeaten 148 against Warwickshire which helped to confirm their survival in Division One. He will return…
Former international JP Duminy has stepped down from his role as South Africa’s white-ball batting coach for personal reasons. Duminy was appointed in March 2023 as part of Rob Walter’s support staff when Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed new coaches after the Mark Boucher era. Duminy was previously head coach of the SA20 side Paarl Royals and the domestic side Boland but it is not clear if he will continue…
New South Wales 97 for 0 (Konstas 55*, Nikitaras 29*) trail Western Australia 211 (Inglis 41, Edwards 5-41, Bird 3-48) 114 runs Sam Konstas has made another statement to Australia’s selectors, backing up his hundred against India with an unbeaten half-century in the Sheffield Shield. Konstas went to stumps on day one of their Shield clash with Western Australia not out on 55, with New South Wales 97 for 0…
South Australia 329 for 3 (Sangha 151, Hunt 136*) against Tasmania New recruit Jason Sangha and opener Henry Hunt have posted sparkling centuries to put South Australia in complete control of their Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania at Bellerive Oval. South Australia went to stumps on day one at a dominant 329 for 3, with Sangha (151 off 257 balls) and Hunt (136 not out off 292 balls) the stars…
Victoria 43 for 2 (Harris 26*) trail Queensland 172 (Renshaw 59, Perry 5-33, O’Neill 5-51) by 129 runs Victorian paceman Fergus O’Neill has produced an over of magic to put the hosts on top of their Sheffield Shield encounter with Queensland at the MCG. O’Neill (5-51) and Mitchell Perry (5-33) wreaked havoc to skittle Queensland for 172 on Friday, with only Matt Renshaw (59) and tail-ender Mark Steketee (44 not…
Harry Brook has hailed his 123 on the opening day of the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington as the best of his eight Test hundreds, eclipsing the 317 he scored against Pakistan two months ago. Brook’s 115-ball innings – including a century from 91, his second-fastest in Tests – has put England in command at the Basin Reserve, with New Zealand closing on 86 for 5, 198 behind…
On Thursday, that saw the final round of group fixtures at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), as many as 17 teams were in contention for the eight remaining knockouts spots. At the end of an engaging day’s play, this much was certain: Punjab won’t be defending their title this season despite Abhishek Sharma’s heroics, Mohammed Shami will have an opportunity to garner more match time with Bengal and Ajinkya…
Toss New Zealand chose to bowl vs England Tom Latham chose to insert England on a “traditional”, green-tinged surface at Basin Reserve, as New Zealand looked to find a way back into the three-match series after going 1-0 down in Christchurch. “Whether you win or lose you’re always looking to improve,” Latham said of how his side would respond to defeat. “The guys have worked hard the last couple of…
Ryan Rickelton doubted himself. He wondered if, after being among the top run-scorers in domestic cricket for several seasons, he could transfer that talent to the international stage. More importantly, he doubted if, on 98 in his first innings in his preferred position at No.3, he had hit the ball and been saved from an lbw decision. But he was two runs away from proving his own potential to himself…