Match facts March 25-29, 2017 Start time 1100 local (2200 GMT) Play 02:20 What bowling attack will New Zealand pick? Big picture The sun is rising later and setting earlier, the leaves have started to turn shades of orange and yellow, and last-of-the-season signs are going up in shop windows. It’s almost autumn but New Zealand and South Africa have one last summer fling to complete; one that could define…
Can Steven Smith lead Australia to their first Test series win in India since 2004? © Associated Press Steven Smith, like his A-Team namesake Hannibal Smith, loves it when a plan comes together. And Australia’s plans for this tour of India – a campaign of which Smith is immensely proud regardless of what happens in the final Test in Dharamsala – have been coming together since they were humiliated with…
Quinton de Kock shows off his finger injury on the eve of the game © Cricket South Africa While New Zealand have been ruling several injured players out of their XI, South Africa have found a way to include one of their wounded. Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock will play the Hamilton Test after passing a fitness test to determine whether the tendon damage on his right index finger was severe…
Play 02:39 Will play only if I get through fitness tests – Kohli India captain Virat Kohli has said he will play the fourth and deciding Test against Australia in Dharamsala only if 100% fit. Kohli, who suffered a shoulder injury during the third Test in Ranchi, said he would undergo another fitness test and take a call either on Friday night or on Saturday morning, the first day of…
Faf du Plesiss is determined to finish the season at No. 2 in the ICC team rankings © Associated Press This may sound counter-intuitive but South Africa don’t want a hero. Not one, anyway. They want many. “In every series, every time there has been a saviour in the batting line-up. If we don’t have those guys who save us on the day, there would have been a few times…
Match facts March 25-29, 2017 Start time 1100 local (2200 GMT) Play 02:20 What bowling attack will New Zealand pick? Big picture The sun is rising later and setting earlier, the leaves have started to turn shades of orange and yellow, and last-of-the-season signs are going up in shop windows. It’s almost autumn but New Zealand and South Africa have one last summer fling to complete; one that could define…
Can Steven Smith lead Australia to their first Test series win in India since 2004? © Associated Press Steven Smith, like his A-Team namesake Hannibal Smith, loves it when a plan comes together. And Australia’s plans for this tour of India – a campaign of which Smith is immensely proud regardless of what happens in the final Test in Dharamsala – have been coming together since they were humiliated with…
Quinton de Kock shows off his finger injury on the eve of the game © Cricket South Africa While New Zealand have been ruling several injured players out of their XI, South Africa have found a way to include one of their wounded. Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock will play the Hamilton Test after passing a fitness test to determine whether the tendon damage on his right index finger was severe…
Play 02:39 Will play only if I get through fitness tests – Kohli India captain Virat Kohli has said he will play the fourth and deciding Test against Australia in Dharamsala only if 100% fit. Kohli, who suffered a shoulder injury during the third Test in Ranchi, said he would undergo another fitness test and take a call either on Friday night or on Saturday morning, the first day of…
Faf du Plesiss is determined to finish the season at No. 2 in the ICC team rankings © Associated Press This may sound counter-intuitive but South Africa don’t want a hero. Not one, anyway. They want many. “In every series, every time there has been a saviour in the batting line-up. If we don’t have those guys who save us on the day, there would have been a few times…