Australia 299 for 4 (Smith 117*, Maxwell 82*) v IndiaScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:23 Kalra: Surprising performance from Maxwell Test hundred number 19, nine of them made overseas, was a measure of the quality Australia’s captain Steven Smith has brought to Ranchi to give his team a chance of unseating India at home. Ball number 147, kept out by Glenn Maxwell in the day’s final over, was a measure…
‘I’ve been getting an odd over here and there so the opportunities haven’t really been there’ – JP Duminy © Getty Images Despite JP Duminy taking a career-best 4 for 47, he said offspinner Dane Piedt, who is arriving ahead of the Hamilton Test, should “definitely not” remain in South Africa at his expense. Instead, Duminy intends to keep working on his bowling in the hope that he will finally…
Bangladesh 214 for 5 (Sarkar 61, Sandakan 3-65) trail Sri Lanka 338 (Chandimal 138, Mehedi 3-90) by 124 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Lakshan Sandakan’s late double-strike put Sri Lanka ahead at the end of the second day © Associated Press The two ends of the day were delicate and disastrous. Dinesh Chandimal took Sri Lanka out of a slippery slope, from an overnight 238 for 7 to a more…
Trent Boult could not recover in time for the Wellington Test © Getty Images Trent Boult has conceded that sitting out some matches in the ODI series against South Africa could have kept him fit for all the Tests, but admitted it would be difficult to pick and choose which matches to play in tightly contested series. Boult was forced to sit out the second Test in Wellington with a…
Sabbir Rahman was among Bangladesh’s batsmen to fall softly towards the close of play © Associated Press Fast bowlers bowling from both ends, light fading quickly and a tail-ender at the other end; you knew for years that even in this sort of a situation, Thilan Samaraweera would keep Sri Lanka safe at the end of a day’s play. He thrived under pressure for much of his career, always ensuring…
South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl against New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Colin de Grandhomme returns to the New Zealand side in place of Mitchell Santner © Getty Images South Africa’s luck with the coin on this tour continued as Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bowl on a sunny, calm Wellington day. They named an unchanged XI, resisting the temptation to strengthen…
Tea New Zealand 160 for 5 (Nicholls 74*, Watling 21*) v South AfricaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kane Williamson was lbw to Kagiso Rabada as New Zealand struggled early on © AFP Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj claimed two wickets apiece, but Henry Nicholls ensured New Zealand did not fold on the opening day in Wellington. They were 21 for 3 before the hour mark after being asked to bat…
Lunch: Australia 109 for 3 (Smith 34*, Handscomb 6*) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:03 Kalra: Selecting Cummins, Maxwell a gamble India nabbed three vital wickets as Australia risked not taking full advantage of the best pitch of the Border-Gavaskar series so far, at lunch on day one of the third Test held in Ranchi. Steven Smith had won an important toss for the visitors but was less…
Nazmul Hassan: ‘I have said it repeatedly that I take every decision’ © BCB BCB president Nazmul Hassan has revealed the significant influence he has over Bangladesh’s selection process at present, saying that it was his call to drop allrounder Mahmudullah from the ongoing Test against Sri Lanka. Hassan also said another high-profile player might have suffered the axe had the designated wicketkeeper Liton Das not been ruled out of…
Tea: Australia 194 for 4 (Smith 80*, Maxwell 19*) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:03 Kalra: Selecting Cummins, Maxwell a gamble Australia’s captain Steven Smith passed 5000 Test runs as the shepherded the tourists to 194 for 4 against India by the time tea was taken on the opening day in Ranchi. On the best pitch of the series, Smith will need continuing support from a subdued Glenn…