Jasprit Bumrah, India’s stand-in captain, expressed disappointment at not being able to have a crack at Australia on what he described as “the spiciest wicket of the series” in Sydney. Bumrah didn’t bowl in India’s defence of 162 folloowing back spasms that flared up during play on Saturday. Bumrah went for precautionary scans and didn’t return to take the field for the remainder of the Test. He finished the series…
7.3 to KL Rahul, bowled off the inside edge! Fuller, enticing the drive, it nips in off the seam, Rahul drives on the up, gets a thick inside edge and it crashes into the top of leg!. 42/1 9.5 to YBK Jaiswal, bowled him! Beats the edge again and knocks back the top of off! Angled in full, wobbling seam, pitching on off, straightening, he wipes the bat across the…
For the second time in two days, Steven Smith fell agonisingly short of reaching the 10,000-run landmark. On Saturday he edged to slip five short. Then 24 hours later, with a crowd approaching 40,000 watching on during Jane McGrath Day of the Pink Test in Sydney, Prasidh Krishna made a delivery climb from short of a length as Smith advanced down the pitch and he could only fend it into…
Perth Scorchers import Finn Allen says it was fair for fans to doubt him following four consecutive failures, and he hopes he’s now won them back over. Allen’s fireworks against Thunder set the 46,471 Optus Stadium crowd alight, with one fan even holding up a sign saying “sorry I doubted you”. The 25-year-old could see the funny side. Related Bancroft out of BBL, Sams under concussion protocols after horrific on-field…
New Zealand opt to bowl vs Sri Lanka New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first ODI against Sri Lanka, at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. The substantial covering of grass on the pitch, which is likely to assist the seamers early, had prompted that decision from New Zealand’s new permanent white-ball captain Mitchell Santner. Right-arm seamer Eshan Malinga, 23, debuts for Sri Lanka. Known…
Afghanistan 157 and 291 for 7 (Rahmat 139, Ismat 64*, Muzarabani 4-71) lead Zimbabwe 243 by 205 runs Afghanistan dragged themselves to a position of advantage on an attritional third day, with Rahmat Shah‘s gritty century headlining their much improved batting display from their first innings. On the second day where 13 wickets fell, Afghanistan conceded an 86-run first-innings lead to Zimbabwe and lost three wickets before wiping out even…
Melbourne Stars 171 for 5 (Duckett 67, Stoinis 48, Sandhu 3-29) beat Melbourne Renegades 168 for 7 (Bethell 49, Wells 45, Paris 2-23) by five wickets Hilton Cartwright stepped up with belligerent hitting in a tense final over after Ben Duckett and Marcus Stoinis had chased superbly on a tricky MCG surface as Stars claimed the bragging rights over Renegades in a gripping Melbourne derby. Chasing 169, Stars were in…
South Africa 429 for 5 (Rickelton 213*, Verreynne 74*, Abbas 2-70) vs Pakistan Ryan Rickelton became the first South Africa batter in eight years to score a Test double hundred, as South Africa tightened their grip on the second Test against Pakistan in Cape Town. In a session that saw Kyle Verreynne score a half-century – the pair added another three-figure partnership as well – lunch was called with South…
In a dramatic finish to play, Konstas got involved in a verbal exchange with Jasprit Bumrah over Khawaja’s attempts to ensure it was the final over, with the umpire stepping in. Two deliveries later, Khawaja nicked the last delivery of the day to slip with Bumrah turning and advancing towards Konstas with visible aggression. Related Bumrah vs Konstas continues to enliven Border-Gavaskar Trophy Boland four-for, Pant fireworks keep SCG Test…
Pakistan have suffered a significant blow after Saim Ayub was ruled out for “up to six weeks” with a right ankle fracture, sustained during the first morning of the Test in Cape Town. The diagnosis rules him out of Pakistan’s two Test matches against the West Indies later this month, as well as a tri-series against South Africa and New Zealand at home in February. It also means he is…