Match facts November 3-7, 2016Start time 1030 local (0230 GMT) Steven Smith and Faf du Plessis with the series trophy on the eve of the first Test at the WACA © Getty Images Big Picture So often in recent years, series between Australia and South Africa have been heavyweight title fights. Two of the most successful Test nations of the past two decades, they have more than once met with…
Steven Taylor brought up his century off 88 balls and eventually finished unbeaten on 124 off 95 balls © Peter Della Penna Legspinner Timil Patel‘s second five-wicket haul of the tournament was followed by a devastating century by captain Steven Taylor as USA crushed Oman by eight wickets at Wright Cricket Field. The win puts USA in the driver’s seat for one of the two promotion berths available at WCL…
Play 02:51 A few pitches in Australia have lost their characteristics – Starc Nobody wants to atone for last year’s road-like WACA pitch more keenly than the curator Matt Page. However, circumstances of climate and schedule have conspired to increase the degree of difficulty for the ground staff commissioned to restore a slowing surface to its former glory. The New Zealand Test began on November 13 last year, 10 days…
Shakib Al Hasan will be the key for Dhaka as they push for a first title as the Dynamites © Associated Press Dhaka Dynamites Big picture Dhaka will bank on the experience of Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Shakib Al Hasan in their bid for the BPL title for the first time as the Dynamites franchise. They have a good mix of allrounders and big-hitters in the side including Evin…
Comilla Victorians have strengthened their bowling with the acquisition of the Afghanistan legspinner Rashid Khan © Raton Gomes Comilla Victorians Big picture Allrounders will once again be the key for Comilla as they approach their title defense. Mashrafe Mortaza continues as captain, and he will have Imrul Kayes, Liton Das, Ashar Zaidi and Nuwan Kulasekara among those who were part of their championship team from last year. The additions of…
Play 01:48 ‘As ready as I’m going to be’ – Mennie Peter Siddle has been preferred to Joe Mennie in Australia’s XI for the first Test against South Africa in Perth. Captain Steven Smith announced the XI on the eve of the match, confirming that Mennie would be 12th man for the WACA Test. The South Australia fast bowler made his ODI debut on the recent tour of South Africa…
BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke and president Anurag Thakur are supposed to meet the Lodha Committee by November 3 © AFP The impasse between the Lodha Committee and the BCCI appears set to continue, with the committee saying the board has shown no sign of complying with its directive to provide an undertaking to follow the order the Supreme Court passed on October 21. Based on an email received on October…
Alan Dawson played two Tests and 19 ODIs for South Africa between 1998 and 2004 © Getty Images Former South African medium-pacer Alan Dawson has resigned from his post as the Cape Cobras’ selection convener with immediate effect. Dawson said that the off-field situation at the Cobras had made his position untenable. The situation he referred to was the increasing tension between players and management that originated after 14 contracted…
Jason Holder was in the middle when Kraigg Braithwaite reached his century © Getty Images West Indies captain Jason Holder has praised Kraigg Brathwaite for showing the qualities “we have been asking for in the dressing room” during his 142 off 318 balls, an innings in which he carried his bat and gave his team a 56-run lead in Sharjah. Holder went on to take three wickets early in Pakistan’s…
Sri Lanka 247 for 6 (Karunaratne 110, De Silva 64, Mumba 4-50 ) and 537 lead Zimbabwe 373 by 411 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Dimuth Karunaratne’s fourth Test century contained seven fours © Associated Press Dimuth Karunaratne struck his second fifty-plus score of the match and his first Test century in a year to bump up Sri Lanka’s lead to 411 before rain almost wiped out the third session. His…