In their quest to spin oppositions out, Pakistan ended up with a pitch that produced 20 wickets on day one. Against West Indies in the second Test in Multan, Noman Ali bagged 6 for 41 and on the way became the first Pakistan spinner to bag a Test hat-trick. West Indies were bowled out for 163, and in reply, Jomel Warrican and Gudakesh Motie shared seven wickets to roll Pakistan…
England Lions 316 (Flintoff 108, Davies 76, Whitney 4-72) and 276 for 9 (Coles 67, Hurst 53, Elliott 3-38) drew with Cricket Australia XI 214 (Hicks 64, Brown 5-21) and 442 for 9 dec (Ward 120, Clayton 84, Hackney 70*, Radhakrishnan 58, Cook 4-47) England Lions held out for a battling draw after last pair Josh Tongue and Sam Cook defied a Cricket Australia XI attack for more than an…
Highlights from Day 3 of the sixth round of matches J&K beat Mumbai after 11 yearsEleven years after they first beat them in the Ranji Trophy, Jammu & Kashmir pulled off another heist against Mumbai to strengthen their knockouts hope. Chasing 205, they wobbled at different times with Shams Mulani picking up four wickets, but starts from each of the top five helped J&K win by five wickets. Opener Shubham…
Mumbai captain Ajinkya Rahane has showered praise on the Jammu & Kashmir fast bowlers who scripted a five-wicket win for the visiting team against the defending champions in Mumbai. Rahane also suggested he had misread the conditions and expected the pitch at the Sharad Pawar Ground to turn from day two, and so stacked his team with three spinners; instead the ball swung and seamed around and Rahane realised “there…
Shivam Dube and Ramandeep Singh have been added to India’s T20I squad for the series against England in place of Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rinku Singh. Reddy is out of the five-match series with a side strain, while Rinku experienced lower-back spasms while fielding during the first T20I against England and is out for at least the second and third matches.* With the second game set to be played later…
Australia win toss, bat vs England Australia have won the toss and chosen to bat first in the third and final T20I of the Women’s Ashes at Adelaide Oval. The home side is poised to enter next week’s day-night Test at the MCG with a white-ball whitewash if they can win this game, having swept the ODIs 3-0 and won the first two T20s to lead England by 10 points…
New Zealand kicked off their Super Six campaign with an 18-run win over USA at the Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Bangi. In a low-scoring game, New Zealand were all out for 97 after they were put in to bat, thanks to offspinner Ritu Singh‘s 5 for 15 in 3.5 overs. However, New Zealand’s collective bowling effort triggered the USA lower-order collapse as they went from 73 for 5…
Lunch West Indies 163 (Motie 55, Noman 6-41, Sajid 2-64) vs Pakistan A hat-trick from Noman Ali – the first by a Pakistani spinner in Tests – saw Pakistan continue to run riot on another excessively spin-friendly wicket, dismissing West Indies for 163 in one session. The left-armer took six wickets as spinners snared nine of West Indies’ ten, with debutant fast bowler Kashif Ali taking the first of the…
Sydney Sixers captain Moises Henriques has called for the club to take a hard look at why they have stumbled in finals over recent seasons after falling to crosstown rivals Sydney Thunder in the Challenger on Friday, but he refused to blame the absence of key players on Australia Test duty. Sixers had given themselves a double chance of reaching Monday’s final by finishing second in the regular season but…
In unpacking how Sydney Thunder transformed from BBL laughing stock to finals force, it is impossible to overstate the influence of the “ball of energy” that is David Warner. Thunder didn’t just collect the wooden spoon in the previous season, they snatched it with eagle-like precision in a miserable one-win campaign. On Monday night, they tackle Hobart Hurricanes with a golden chance to add to the club’s one title that…