Wagner has been able to create chances – Hesson

File photo – Mike Hesson on picking Neil Wagner over Tim Southee: “We needed one of the two seamers to be able to create things when there’s not a lot on offer, and Neil has done that consistently over the last few years” © Getty Images New Zealand’s brains trust may have spent Tuesday night sleepless as they mulled over which bowler to bench, in order to accommodate two spinners…

March 8, 2017
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Fifteen wickets fall on low-scoring day in Alice Springs

Victoria 5 for 106 (Stoinis 46) trail Western Australia 146 (Turner 59, Fawad 3-14) by 40 runsScorecard File photo – Fawad Ahmed took 3 for 14 in his first Sheffield Shield game for nearly a year © Getty Images Fawad Ahmed enjoyed his return to Sheffield Shield cricket for the first time in nearly a year, collecting 3 for 14 as Victoria skittled Western Australia for 146 in Alice Springs….

March 8, 2017
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Shenwari and Shahzad thump Ireland

Afghanistan 171 for 4 (Shenwari 56, Shahzad 47) beat Ireland 165 for 5 (Thompson 56, Wilson 41*, Hamza 2-23) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Mohammad Shahzad slammed a brisk 47 to enter the top-five among T20I batsmen © Peter Della Penna Ireland paid the price for ill-disciplined bowling and conceded the first T20 international to Afghanistan by six wickets in Greater Noida. Ireland did most things…

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Shenwari and Shahzad thump Ireland

Afghanistan 171 for 4 (Shenwari 56, Shahzad 47) beat Ireland 165 for 5 (Thompson 56, Wilson 41*, Hamza 2-23) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Mohammad Shahzad slammed a brisk 47 to enter the top-five among T20I batsmen © Peter Della Penna Ireland paid the price for ill-disciplined bowling and conceded the first T20 international to Afghanistan by six wickets in Greater Noida. Ireland did most things…

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North Zone win maiden BCL title

File photo – Shahriar Nafees struck 207 runs for South Zone in their first innings total of 749 for 8 © Associated Press North Zone secured their maiden Bangladesh Cricket League title after they earned three points from the drawn game against East Zone at the in Fatullah. South Zone and Central Zone had won the BCL trophy twice each in the first four editions of the tournament. This match…

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Jadeja and Ashwin jointly top Test rankings

Play 01:00 Quick facts – Jadeja’s productive home season Ravindra Jadeja has climbed one place to join R Ashwin at No.1 in the ICC rankings for Test bowlers in what is the first instance of two spinners jointly claiming the top spot. Jadeja’s seven wickets, including a first-innings six-for, in the second Test against Australia helped him occupy the top rank and assured India the No.1 spot in the ICC…

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WI seek ranking points, England momentum

Match facts March 9, 2017Start time 0930 local (1330 GMT) Play 01:17 ‘Maturing’ England improving all the time – Taylor Big Picture The series is already England’s but that does not mean there is nothing to play for in Barbados. Another defeat would leave West Indies stuck on 84 points in the ODI rankings, five behind Pakistan in eighth place – but a win would lift them up to 86….

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Wagner has been able to create chances – Hesson

File photo – Mike Hesson on picking Neil Wagner over Tim Southee: “We needed one of the two seamers to be able to create things when there’s not a lot on offer, and Neil has done that consistently over the last few years” © Getty Images New Zealand’s brains trust may have spent Tuesday night sleepless as they mulled over which bowler to bench, in order to accommodate two spinners…

March 8, 2017
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Smith-DRS incident was like 'an Under-10 game' – Ashwin

Pujara’s second-innings knock of 92 and R Ashwin’s six wickets sealed India’s come-from-behind win in Bengaluru © BCCI R Ashwin has said Steven Smith’s look towards the Australian dressing room for DRS advice on day four of the Bengaluru Test was “completely unheard of”. Speaking to his team-mate Cheteshwar Pujara in a bcci.tv video, Ashwin said the incident reminded him of his junior cricket days. “Steven Smith actually turned back…

March 8, 2017
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Rankin out of Afghanistan T20s with lower back injury

Boyd Rankin recently returned from a leg injury that had kept him out for five months © Peter Della Penna Ireland fast bowler Boyd Rankin has been ruled out of the T20 international series against Afghanistan that began on Wednesday in Greater Noida due to a lower-back issue. However, he is still expected to play a part in the five-match ODI series, which starts from March 15. “We are really…

March 8, 2017
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