File photo – Nikita Miller scythed through the Trinidad and Tobago line-up for his 26th five-wicket haul © WICB Nikita Miller’s five-wicket haul in the second innings, and match haul of 9 for 84 , bowled Jamaica to an 87-run win over Trinidad & Tobago at Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain and move to second place. In a low scoring match that had only four half-centuries, Jamaica made…
File photo – Nikita Miller scythed through the Trinidad and Tobago line-up for his 26th five-wicket haul © WICB Nikita Miller’s five-wicket haul in the second innings, and match haul of 9 for 84 , bowled Jamaica to an 87-run win over Trinidad & Tobago at Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain and move to second place. In a low scoring match that had only four half-centuries, Jamaica made…
File photo – Nikita Miller scythed through the Trinidad and Tobago line-up for his 26th five-wicket haul © WICB Nikita Miller’s five-wicket haul in the second innings, and match haul of 9 for 84 , bowled Jamaica to an 87-run win over Trinidad & Tobago at Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain and move to second place. In a low scoring match that had only four half-centuries, Jamaica made…
Match facts March 28-31, 2017Start time 1000 local (0430 GMT) Ed Joyce (in pic) needs 84 runs to reach 1000 runs in the Intercontinental Cup. © ICC/Saleem Sanghati Big picture When the Intercontinental Cup was initiated by the ICC as part of their global development programme, the concept of an Associate using the competition as a vehicle to vie for Test status was a pipe dream. Thirteen years on, it’s…
‘The batsmen should learn how to convert 50-60 into a hundred, which is what big teams do’ – Mashrafe Mortaza © AFP Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza wants his batsmen to continue converting starts into big scores, like how “big teams do”, in order to push totals higher. Tamim Iqbal‘s 127 played a major role in Bangladesh reaching their second highest ODI total, 324 for 5, in the first match in…
‘The batsmen should learn how to convert 50-60 into a hundred, which is what big teams do’ – Mashrafe Mortaza © AFP Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza wants his batsmen to continue converting starts into big scores, like how “big teams do”, in order to push totals higher. Tamim Iqbal‘s 127 played a major role in Bangladesh reaching their second highest ODI total, 324 for 5, in the first match in…
South Australia 1 for 19 trail Victoria 487 (Harris 120, Dean 94, Pattinson 80, Gotch 52, Sayers 7-84) by 468 runsScorecard Chadd Sayers finished with 7 for 84 © Getty Images Chadd Sayers claimed seven wickets and South Australia gloveman Alex Carey equalled the all-time record for most dismissals in a Sheffield Shield season, but Victoria remained in control on the second day of the final in Alice Springs. The…
Niroshan Dickwella picked up an injury on Sunday © Associated Press Wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella has been ruled out of the ongoing ODI series against Bangladesh after suffering a hairline fracture in his left hand. Dickwella had sustained the injury on Sunday, at training. Though it was originally thought to be a minor injury, he had had trouble gripping his bat on Monday. Subsequent X-rays then confirmed the fracture. Team manager…
Match Facts March 28, 2017Start time 1430 local (0900 GMT) Bangladesh won only their second ODI in Sri Lanka to take a lead in the series © AFP Big Picture A win in a landmark Test, post-match calls from the prime minister, outstanding performances from debutants, seniors producing their best work – this hastily arranged tour was only supposed to be the postscript to Bangladesh’s high-profile visits to New Zealand…
Morne Morkel: ‘It’s a grey area because when they change the ball, they pick a ball for you’ © AFP South Africa were thrown off guard by a 59th-over ball change in Hamilton, according to Morne Morkel. New Zealand were building steadily in the middle session, on 163 for 1 when umpires Bruce Oxenford and Rod Tucker ordered a ball change, having felt the ball had gone out of shape….