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…
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…
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 Play 02:56 Isam: Bangladesh batsmen could have learnt from Chandimal 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 comfortable footing of 338. Then, Bangladesh did what…
Tasmania 3 for 76 trail South Australia 225 (Carey 46*, Weatherald 46, Rainbird 4-50, Bell 3-63) by 149 runsScorecard File photo – Sam Rainbird picked up 4 for 50 © Getty Images South Australia made a stuttering start against Tasmania at Bellerive Oval in a match the Redbacks must win outright to be in contention for the Sheffield Shield final. Sent in by the Tigers captain George Bailey on an…
New Zealand 73 for 4 (Nicholls 24*) v South AfricaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kane Williamson was lbw to Kagiso Rabada © AFP South Africa made sizeable early inroads into an inexperienced New Zealand top order on the opening morning at the Basin Reserve. Morne Morkel struck first and Kagiso Rabada had two to his name before conceding a run, including lynchpin Kane Williamson, then on the brink of lunch…
Toss: Australia chose to bat v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Glenn Maxwell returned to Australia’s Test side after almost three years © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Australia’s captain Steven Smith won the toss and chose to bat first against India in the third Border-Gavaskar Test match in Ranchi. India must not lose the match in order to stay in contention for the trophy. Australia gambled on Pat Cummins as the…
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…
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…
South Africa 24 for 2 trail New Zealand 268 (Nicholls 118, Duminy 4-47) by 244 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:27 Moonda: Nicholls’ positivity most impressive 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 a career-best 4 for 47 as South…
‘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…