Suranga Lakmal was given not out after Bangladesh reviewed a bat-pad appeal off the final ball of the day © AFP The last ball of the fourth day’s play at P Sara Oval was eventful. Bangladesh appealed confidently for a bat-pad catch against the no. 10 Suranga Lakmal, hoping to end the day with their ninth Sri Lankan scalp. Umpire Aleem Dar nodded more than once, and even brought out…
Mustafizur Rahman’s three-wicket haul ripped open the game in the middle session © AFP A home loss to Bangladesh will be a blemish on Sri Lankan cricket, said Dimuth Karunaratne, while his side hung precariously in the Test at the P Sara Oval. Having lost five top-order wickets for 47 runs in the middle session, Sri Lanka are in danger of losing their first Test at home in seven matches….
Bengal 329 for 4 (Goswami 101, Easwaran 101, Tiwary 75*) beat Jharkhand 288 (Dhoni 70, Jaggi 59, Ojha 5-71) by 41 runsScorecard File photo – Pragyan Ojha’s third five-wicket haul in List A cricket put Bengal into their first final since 2012 © PTI Bengal openers Shreevats Goswami and Abhimanyu Easwaran struck centuries to help them post 329 for 4, before Pragyan Ojha took five of Jharkhand’s last six wickets…
Morne Morkel, returning from injury, was as “tough as you could face” on the third day, said captain Faf du Plessis © Getty Images At 1pm on Friday, South Africa were at risk of losing a Test. By 7pm on Saturday, they had won it. It took them just 30 hours to turn things around and they did it the full 360 degrees. “It’s happened a few times this season…
Earlier this month, Jason Mohammed made 70 and 52 after returning to International cricket for the first time in two years © Getty Images Jason Mohammed, one of the only bright spots to emerge from a series whitewash by England, has been called up to the West Indies T20I squad for the first time. The 30-year old batsman struck back-to-back fifties earlier this month and could be vital to a…
New South Wales 309 (Cowan 69, Hughes 69, Henriques 50, Behrendorff 4-70) and 1 for 6 need another 397 runs to beat Western Australia 9 for 436 dec and 4 for 275 dec (Cartwright 170*, Copeland 3-72)Scorecard File photo – Hilton Cartwright smashed his highest first-class score © Getty Images Hilton Cartwright plundered an unbeaten 170 at nearly a run a ball to give Western Australia a fighting chance of…
Play 01:57 Saker: ‘It’s a cut-throat series for everyone’ Pat Cummins exceeded expectations of even Australia’s coaching staff by snaring three wickets on the third day in Ranchi, to add to his one from Friday. Cummins finished the day with 4 for 59 from 25 overs, bowling with pace and venom on a good batting pitch. Among his victims were Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, two key batsmen who fell…
Bengal 329 for 4 (Goswami 101, Easwaran 101, Tiwary 75*) beat Jharkhand 288 (Dhoni 70, Jaggi 59, Ojha 5-71) by 41 runsScorecard File photo – Pragyan Ojha’s third five-wicket haul in List A cricket put Bengal into their first final since 2012 © PTI Bengal openers Shreevats Goswami and Abhimanyu Easwaran struck centuries to help them post 329 for 4, before Pragyan Ojha took five of Jharkhand’s last six wickets…
Play 01:21 ‘Game is evenly poised’ – Vijay M Vijay‘s 50th Test was going pretty much the way he must have dreamed it would go – if he had dared to dream that dream. After Australia had posted 451 batting first, he had laid a rock-solid foundation to India’s reply; putting on 91 with KL Rahul for the first wicket and 102 with Cheteshwar Pujara for the second, and was…
Tom Harrison said four-day Tests could be viable if the conditions were right © AFP Tom Harrison, the chief executive of the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has signalled his support for a move towards four-day Tests, as part of a wider plan to keep the format viable amid the inexorable rise of T20 cricket. Speaking to The Times, Harrison warned there was a “risk of loving [Test cricket]…