IPL 2016

Tea New Zealand 489 (Williamson 176, Raval 88, de Grandhomme , Morkel 4-100, Rabada 4-122) lead South Africa 314 by 175 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Colin de Grandhomme struck his maiden Test fifty as New Zealand put on a total of 489 in 162.1 overs © Getty Images Colin de Grandhomme injected much needed aggression into the fourth day in Hamilton, making his maiden half-century in Tests and hiking…

Ross Taylor on Kane Williamson: ‘He could go down as our best batsman’ © Getty Images It’s only March but Ross Taylor has come up with a resolution for next year – or maybe just next season – already. “I think I am going to start [keeping count of] how many games I can play without getting injured,” Taylor joked during a stint on the Dilmah Tea Party, SkyTV’s daily…

Warriors 249 for 7 (Ingram 83, Cloete 60, de Lange 2-35) beat Knights 231 for 6 (Petersen 83, Miller 52, Nortje 2-33) by 18 runsScorecard Colin Ingram’s 83 anchored the Warriors’ innings and helped them seal a spot in the final © AFP Colin Ingram ended a sequence of four consecutive single-digit scores with a Player-of-the-Match performance, scoring 83 in the qualifier to help Warriors beat the Knights by 18…

Faf du Plessis will be hoping he can produce one of his signature resolute innings on the final day in Hamilton © Getty Images Although South Africa know they have what assistant coach Adrian Birrell called a “mountain to climb” to avoid defeat on the final day to New Zealand, they also know they have summited these kinds of peaks before: Adelaide 2012, Johannesburg 2013, Colombo 2014. Three famous blockathons…

Virat Kohli and Steven Smith had plenty to say after the game © Associated Press A contentious, fractious and ill-tempered Test series has claimed a final victim: Virat Kohli‘s relationships with Australian players, the Indian captain said, have been irrevocably damaged. Tensions continued to simmer even after the conclusion in Dharamsala, with Steven Smith apologising for his behavior during the series, but also registering his disappointment at another bit of…

Ross Taylor on Kane Williamson: ‘He could go down as our best batsman’ © Getty Images It’s only March but Ross Taylor has come up with a resolution for next year – or maybe just next season – already. “I think I am going to start [keeping count of] how many games I can play without getting injured,” Taylor joked during a stint on the Dilmah Tea Party, SkyTV’s daily…

Toss Sri Lanka opt to bat v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Upul Tharanga would hope to make his 200th ODI a memorable one © AFP Sri Lanka’s stand-in captain Upul Tharanga, playing in his 200th ODI, decided to bat first against Bangladesh in a must-win second ODI in Dambulla. The hosts rejigged their bowling attack by including Dilruwan Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara and Nuwan Pradeep in place of Lahiru Kumara,…

Faf du Plessis will be hoping he can produce one of his signature resolute innings on the final day in Hamilton © Getty Images Although South Africa know they have what assistant coach Adrian Birrell called a “mountain to climb” to avoid defeat on the final day to New Zealand, they also know they have summited these kinds of peaks before: Adelaide 2012, Johannesburg 2013, Colombo 2014. Three famous blockathons…