Shaun Tait last played for Australia in 2011 © Getty Images Shaun Tait is set to play his first international matches for five years, after being named in Australia’s Twenty20 squad for three matches against India. Spinner Nathan Lyon, batsman Travis Head and fast bowlers Andrew Tye and Scott Boland are also in the squad and could play T20 internationals for the first time, while veteran allrounder Shane Watson is…
Play 06:35 Five things we learned in Johannesburg As England trouped off the field at lunch on the third day in Johannesburg, with the game in the balance and the bowlers struggling to find the correct length to exploit the bounce and cracks in the surface, Trevor Bayliss produced what may come to be the defining moment in his career as coach. It wasn’t that Bayliss said anything particularly revelatory…
Stuart Broad’s stunning spell in the third Test against South Africa has made him the first England bowler to be ranked number one in the world for more than a decade. Broad’s second-innings figures of 6-17, which included a spell of five wickets for a solitary run, guided England to an seven-wicket victory in Johannesburg. And they have also propelled Broad to the top of the ICC Test bowling rankings,…
Titans 440 (Kuhn 129, de Bruyn 123) and 175 for 6 (Kuhn 62, Adams 38) beat Dolphins 357 (Imraan 83, Mbhalati 4-48) and 255 (Imraan 107, Shamsi 3-38) by four wicketsScorecard File photo: Heino Kuhn (left) scored 129 and 62 © BCCI A 57-ball 62 from the opener Heino Kuhn helped Titans to a four-wicket victory against Dolphins in Benoni. Set a fourth-innings chase of 173, Kuhn’s blast laid a…
Graeme Smith says that everyone in the South Africa set-up has to come under scrutiny © Getty Images Former South African captain Graeme Smith has shifted the spotlight off the field and onto the management in the aftermath of South Africa’s second successive series defeat. Speaking on television channel SuperSport, Smith explained the responsibility for the recent performances should be shared by several senior personnel, including the coaches. “The players…
Australia Under-19s 284 for 5 (Harper 103, Page 99, N Smith 4-51) beat New Zealand Under-19s 281 for 9 (Phillips 105, Stanley 56, Nair 4-29)Scorecard Sam Harper‘s rapid century and Patrick Page‘s 104-ball 99 steered Australia Under-19s to a five-wicket win over New Zealand Under-19s in Dubai. Harper’s 103 came off just 84 balls, during which he slammed 12 fours and one six. Chasing 282, he shared a 183-run, third-wicket…
Mushfiqur Rahim had to retire hurt midway through his batting stint during the second T20I on Sunday because of a hamstring injury © AFP Bangladesh have included domestic batting sensation Mosaddek Hossain and pace bowlers Mohammad Shahid and Muktar Ali in their 14-man squad for the third and fourth T20s against Zimbabwe, in Khulna. While Shuvagata Hom, Al-Amin Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman were rested for the last two games, Mushfiqur…
Trevor Bayliss on the lunchtime chat which inspired that session at the Wanderers #teamtalk #intensity https://t.co/29TDTp46fu — England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 17, 2016 Head Coach Trevor Bayliss believes there is more to come from his England side after they secured a Test series victory away to South Africa . A seven-wicket victory in Johannesburg handed the tourists a 2-0 lead with only the fourth Test in Centurion to come, adding…
Mushfiqur Rahim had to retire hurt midway through his batting stint during the second T20I on Sunday because of a hamstring injury © AFP Bangladesh have included domestic batting sensation Mosaddek Hossain and pace bowlers Mohammad Shahid and Muktar Ali in their 14-man squad for the third and fourth T20s against Zimbabwe, in Khulna. While Shuvagata Hom, Al-Amin Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman were rested for the last two games, Mushfiqur…
Glenn Maxwell – “It’s going to have to be a slow grind. It’s going to have to be trying to change a lot of people’s perceptions of how I’m seen” © Getty Images By his own admission, this was the kind of innings that the old (or young) Glenn Maxwell could not have played. Chasing 295, he came in at almost precisely the halfway point with almost exactly half the…