Play 02:46 Smith disappointed with BCCI, Kohli says ‘friends no more’ Virat Kohli has tweeted a clarification on his post-match comments in Dharamsala, where he had said he wouldn’t be calling the Australian players his friends “ever again”. On Thursday morning he tweeted that he was referring to only a “couple of individuals”, and that his comment had been blown out of proportion. 1/2 My answer at the post match…
Victoria 487 (Harris 120, Dean 94, Pattinson 80, Gotch 52, Sayers 7-84) and 323 (Finch 83, Christian 58) drew with South Australia 287 (Weatherald 60, Carey 57, Holland 7-82) and 6 for 236 (Head 137*, Fawad 3-81)Scorecard Victoria celebrate their third successive Sheffield Shield title © Getty Images Victoria have completed a hat-trick of Sheffield Shield titles for the first time in the state’s history, wrapping up a third consecutive…
Play 02:44 James Taylor talks about life after retirement Northamptonshire are set to confirm the signing of former England batsman James Taylor as part of their coaching team. Taylor, who was forced to retire from a playing career at 26 when he was diagnosed with a heart condition known as ARVC (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy) at the beginning of the 2016 season, will work as a consultant throughout the club’s…
Play 02:46 Smith disappointed with BCCI, Kohli says ‘friends no more’ Virat Kohli has tweeted a clarification on his post-match comments in Dharamsala, where he had said he wouldn’t be calling the Australian players his friends “ever again”. On Thursday morning he tweeted that he was referring to only a “couple of individuals”, and that his comment had been blown out of proportion. 1/2 My answer at the post match…
Victoria 487 (Harris 120, Dean 94, Pattinson 80, Gotch 52, Sayers 7-84) and 323 (Finch 83, Christian 58) drew with South Australia 287 (Weatherald 60, Carey 57, Holland 7-82) and 6 for 236 (Head 137*, Fawad 3-81)Scorecard Victoria celebrate their third successive Sheffield Shield title © Getty Images Victoria have completed a hat-trick of Sheffield Shield titles for the first time in the state’s history, wrapping up a third consecutive…
How South Africa met their transformation targets © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Cricket South Africa is likely to have the ministerial ban on hosting or bidding for major events lifted after meeting with transformation targets this season. The sanction was placed on CSA last April by the sports minister after an annual transformation report found that they had failed to meet targets. CSA has since introduced and implemented targets, and will present…
Quinton de Kock was Delhi Daredevils’ top scorer in IPL 2016 with 445 runs © BCCI Delhi Daredevils coach Rahul Dravid has said missing a batsman of Quinton de Kock‘s calibre as well as the experience of JP Duminy will affect the balance and composition of the team going into tenth edition of the IPL. Duminy has cited personal reasons for pulling out while de Kock has a finger injury,…
‘The body language and effort on the field is the biggest change I have seen in the last few matches’ © Raton Gomes/BCB Only twice – barring the 2006 series against India that was washed out – in the last 31 years has Sri Lanka not won at least one game in an ODI series at home. As the third and final game of the series comes closer, they face…
Kane Williamson walked away with the top prize – the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal – at the NZC awards © AFP Kane Williamson was named New Zealand’s Player of the year and was awarded the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for a second successive year, just three days after he had become the fastest New Zealander to 5000 Test runs and their joint-highest century-maker. Williamson, who racked up 1079 Test runs…
The inquiry into a suspicious first-class match in January will take “two to three” more weeks, SLC has said. SLC had appointed a committee to head an inquiry into a Premier League Tournament match between Kalutara Physical Culture Club and eventual Tier B winners Panadura Sports Club, when a rival team made allegations that the result of that match had been artificially engineered. Though it was hoped that committee would…