Shaun Tait’s performance in Australia’s triumphant 2007 World Cup campaign was one of the highlights of his career © Getty Images Australia fast bowler Shaun Tait has announced his retirement from cricket at the age of 34. Tait called time on a 15-year career at the competitive level, with his last match coming for the Hobart Hurricanes against the Sydney Thunder in the 2016-17 Big Bash League. Tait, whose last…
Lunch India 332 (Jadeja 63, Rahul 60, Pujara 57, Lyon 5-92) lead Australia 300 by 32 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 00:56 Chappell: 40-50 runs lead should not be decisive Ravindra Jadeja and Wriddhiman Saha put together a priceless partnership to push India into the lead before Australia struck in the minutes before lunch on day three in Dharamsala, keeping the hosts’ advantage to 32. As had been the…
Lunch India 332 (Jadeja 63, Rahul 60, Pujara 57, Lyon 5-92) lead Australia 300 by 32 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 00:56 Chappell: 40-50 runs lead should not be decisive Ravindra Jadeja and Wriddhiman Saha put together a priceless partnership to push India into the lead before Australia struck in the minutes before lunch on day three in Dharamsala, keeping the hosts’ advantage to 32. As had been the…
Play 01:48 ‘Not the start we were looking for’ – Holder Allrounder Jason Holder has put West Indies’ loss in the first T20 against Pakistan largely down to the unfamiliarity factor. Shadab Khan, the 18-year-old debutant legspinner, did a lot of the damage as West Indies were kept to 111 for 8 in Barbados, a total Pakistan chased down with 17 balls and six wickets to spare. Going into the…
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….
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…
The Committee of Administrators has said every decision taken by any BCCI committee will need its approval © AFP The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) has reiterated to the BCCI office bearers that it remains in charge of the Indian board. On Sunday, the CoA put out a directive on the BCCI website, saying the office bearers cannot take any decisions independently without its permission. Also, any decision reached…
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…