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…
South Africa 24 for 2 trail New Zealand 268 (Nicholls 118, Duminy 4-47) by 244 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Henry Nicholls’ brought up his maiden triple-digit score in Test cricket © Getty Images Henry Nicholls‘ maiden Test century was the centrepiece of a New Zealand fightback on the opening day at the Basin Reserve which was capped by the removal of both South Africa’s openers. JP Duminy nipped in with…
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…
Trent Boult will miss his second Test of the season © AFP Trent Boult has been ruled out of the second Test against South Africa in Wellington with the leg injury he sustained in Dunedin. Boult did not bowl after tea on the fourth day of the opening Test – when he was one of just two frontline seamers alongside Neil Wagner – and even with the final day’s play…
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:28 Fernando: P Sara Oval the most result-oriented venue in the world On the 140th birth anniversary of Test cricket, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim strode into the middle wearing a special-edition blazer to mark the country’s 100th Test. Sri Lanka captain Rangana Herath won the toss though, and decided to bat. The home side made one change,…
Match Facts March 16-20 2017Start time 11.00am local (2200GMT) Play 01:09 Moonda: Matt Henry might get into the XI Big Picture As you were, then. Sort of. Four days of cut-and-thrust set things up for a fascinating fifth day in Dunedin. Then it rained. It’s done that quite a lot in New Zealand this summer. The good news, however, is after a wet and windy build-up the forecast for the…
Trent Boult will miss his second Test of the season © AFP Trent Boult has been ruled out of the second Test against South Africa in Wellington with the leg injury he sustained in Dunedin. Boult did not bowl after tea on the fourth day of the opening Test – when he was one of just two frontline seamers alongside Neil Wagner – and even with the final day’s play…
Mitchell Starc heads home from India with injury despite an enormous amount of research into his workload and management © Getty Images Mitchell Starc is perhaps Australian cricket’s most prized asset. His bowling action, fitness and workload are all managed with the utmost precision by Cricket Australia’s extensive team performance and sports science divisions. His appearances in the IPL have been duly limited. And at 27 he is at the…
Mitchell Starc heads home from India with injury despite an enormous amount of research into his workload and management © Getty Images Mitchell Starc is perhaps Australian cricket’s most prized asset. His bowling action, fitness and workload are all managed with the utmost precision by Cricket Australia’s extensive team performance and sports science divisions. His appearances in the IPL have been duly limited. And at 27 he is at the…
Match facts March 16-20, 2017Start time 0930 local (0400 GMT) With the series on the line, more high-intensity cricket can be expected © Associated Press Big Picture Is a week a long time in cricket? Not really. Not unless the match is being played on Venus, where a day lasts for nearly eight Earth months and a week would thus drag on for almost five of our years. Probably explains…