Keeping conundrum tops New Zealand's questions

March 5, 2017

New Zealand pushed the world’s No. 1 ODI side close over the five-match series, but ultimately two batting collapses cost them. They have a chance for some fine-tuning before the Champions Trophy when they play a tri-series in Ireland during May, albeit with a weakened squad due to the IPL. Coach Mike Hesson said: “You’d love to go into a world event having all the answers but we have a…

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Lanning's record ton delivers series win for Australia

March 5, 2017

Australia women 273 for 5 (Lanning 104*, Mooney 69, Huddleston 3-44) beat New Zealand women 270 for 9 (Priest 77, Martin 77, Jonassen 3-47, Gardner 3-56) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Meg Lanning hit her tenth ODI century © Getty Images and Cricket Australia Australia captain Meg Lanning struck a record tenth century, the most in women’s ODIs, to lead her side to a five-wicket win…

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De Villiers and Guptill take their leave of absence

March 5, 2017

AB de Villiers was in top form during the one-day series but New Zealand won’t have to worry about him the Tests © Getty Images In a one-day series dominated by bowlers, two batsmen in particular stood out. AB de Villiers led the run scoring and Martin Guptill recovered from a hamstring injury to play perhaps his best innings. But neither of them will feature in the upcoming three-Test series…

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Players' revenue percentage still in CA's sights

March 5, 2017

James Sutherland drew parallels between the current situation and CA’s deal with Channel Nine and stated that, “A partnership by definition isn’t necessarily a share of revenue agreement.” © Getty Images James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has stated that the board remains intent upon breaking up the fixed revenue-percentage model that sits at the core of disagreements with the players’ union during the current round of pay Memorandum…

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Plunket Shield gears up for pink-ball cricket

March 5, 2017

The floodlit Plunket Shield fixture at Eden Park is significant because the ground is expected to host a day-night Test against England next March © Getty Images New Zealand will join the floodlit first-class era when the latest round of Plunket Shield matches begins on Monday. Fixtures will be played under lights with a pink ball at Eden Park in Auckland, Seddon Park in Hamilton, and the Westpac Stadium in…

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Bangladesh aiming to stay competitive for longer periods

March 5, 2017

Tamim Iqbal said that achieving small targets would make a difference © Associated Press Bangladesh’s players have often stressed on the need to do well in the first hour of a session. But they have understood, and justifiably so, that far too many times they have given it their all in the first hour only to fizzle out in the second. In their last three Tests in New Zealand and…

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South Africa keep new-ball options open

Play 01:32 ‘Credit has got to go to the bowlers’ – de Villiers South Africa will not anoint a permanent ODI new-ball partner to Kagiso Rabada, who is himself not always guaranteed to open the bowling, and will aim for a more flexible approach at the Champions Trophy, according to captain AB de Villiers. That marks a departure from the thinking of six months ago, when Rabada and Kyle Abbott…

March 5, 2017
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West Indies bat first, both sides unchanged

Play 01:25 ‘We showed we can compete’ – Mohammed West Indies won the toss and chose to bat first in the second ODI of the series against England in Antigua. England won the first ODI by 45 runs on Friday. Both teams have named unchanged sides. That means another chance for Sam Billings at the top of the order, though Alex Hales is expected to be fit for the final…

March 5, 2017
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Grinning Renshaw sets dogged example

March 5, 2017

Matt Renshaw was disappointed to get out as he felt Australia were just about to seize control of the Test at the time © Associated Press Australia’s day two plan was simple: bat all day and wear down an Indian bowling attack trundling through an 11th Test match of the season. But the execution of this plan was made difficult by an untrustworthy Bengaluru pitch, and a snarling, desperate home…

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Shaun Marsh and Renshaw fashion vital lead for Australia

Australia 237 for 6 (S Marsh 66, Renshaw 60, Jadeja 3-49) lead India 189 by 48 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 04:17 Chappell: Conceding lead of 100 will be terminal for India It is hard to believe this series is only five days old, such is the drama that has already been witnessed. And such has been the unexpected dominance of Australia that this fifth day of the campaign –…

March 5, 2017
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