South Africa 83 for 2 (Amla 38*) and 359 (de Kock 91, Bavuma 89, de Grandhomme 3-52) beat New Zealand 268 and 171 (Raval 80, Maharaj 6-40) by eight wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:44 Moonda: Maharaj the ingredient SA looking for South Africa were spun to a three-day victory by Keshav Maharaj‘s career-best 6 for 40, the second-best figures for a spinner at the Basin Reserve, a ground not…
South Australia 225 and 406 (Ferguson 90, Cooper 83, Dalton 71, Zampa 63, Bell 4-97, Rainbird 3-88) lead Tasmania 332 by 299 runsScorecard File photo – Callum Ferguson top scored with 90 © Getty Images Callum Ferguson and Tom Cooper were instrumental in setting Tasmania a target of 300 for victory in Hobart, where South Australia must win to have any chance of making the Sheffield Shield final. The Redbacks…
New South Wales 309 (Cowan 69, Hughes 69, Henriques 50, Behrendorff 4-70) and 1 for 6 need another 397 runs to beat Western Australia 9 for 436 dec and 4 for 275 dec (Cartwright 170*, Copeland 3-72)Scorecard File photo – Hilton Cartwright smashed his highest first-class score © Getty Images Hilton Cartwright plundered an unbeaten 170 at nearly a run a ball to give Western Australia a fighting chance of…
Yorkshire will hope to see more of Travis Head in 2017 © Getty Images Travis Head, the Australia limited-overs batsman, will return to Headingley this summer as Yorkshire’s overseas player for the NatWest T20 Blast. Head, 23, played four times for the club in last season’s competition, scoring 113 runs at a strike rate of 134.52 before being called up for Australia’s ODI series in Sri Lanka. He has played…
New South Wales 309 (Cowan 69, Hughes 69, Henriques 50, Behrendorff 4-70) and 1 for 6 need another 397 runs to beat Western Australia 9 for 436 dec and 4 for 275 dec (Cartwright 170*, Copeland 3-72)Scorecard File photo – Hilton Cartwright smashed his highest first-class score © Getty Images Hilton Cartwright plundered an unbeaten 170 at nearly a run a ball to give Western Australia a fighting chance of…
New South Wales 309 (Cowan 69, Hughes 69, Henriques 50, Behrendorff 4-70) and 1 for 6 need another 397 runs to beat Western Australia 9 for 436 dec and 4 for 275 dec (Cartwright 170*, Copeland 3-72)Scorecard File photo – Hilton Cartwright smashed his highest first-class score © Getty Images Hilton Cartwright plundered an unbeaten 170 at nearly a run a ball to give Western Australia a fighting chance of…
Tom Harrison said four-day Tests could be viable if the conditions were right © AFP Tom Harrison, the chief executive of the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has signalled his support for a move towards four-day Tests, as part of a wider plan to keep the format viable amid the inexorable rise of T20 cricket. Speaking to The Times, Harrison warned there was a “risk of loving [Test cricket]…
Play 01:57 Saker: ‘It’s a cut-throat series for everyone’ Pat Cummins exceeded expectations of even Australia’s coaching staff by snaring three wickets on the third day in Ranchi, to add to his one from Friday. Cummins finished the day with 4 for 59 from 25 overs, bowling with pace and venom on a good batting pitch. Among his victims were Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, two key batsmen who fell…
Earlier this month, Jason Mohammed made 70 and 52 after returning to International cricket for the first time in two years © Getty Images Jason Mohammed, one of the only bright spots to emerge from a series whitewash by England, has been called up to the West Indies T20I squad for the first time. The 30-year old batsman struck back-to-back fifties earlier this month and could be vital to a…
Bengal 329 for 4 (Goswami 101, Easwaran 101, Tiwary 75*) beat Jharkhand 288 (Dhoni 70, Jaggi 59, Ojha 5-71) by 41 runsScorecard File photo – Pragyan Ojha’s third five-wicket haul in List A cricket put Bengal into their first final since 2012 © PTI Bengal openers Shreevats Goswami and Abhimanyu Easwaran struck centuries to help them post 329 for 4, before Pragyan Ojha took five of Jharkhand’s last six wickets…