The floodlit Plunket Shield fixture at Eden Park is significant because the ground is expected to host a day-night Test against England next March © Getty Images New Zealand will join the floodlit first-class era when the latest round of Plunket Shield matches begins on Monday. Fixtures will be played under lights with a pink ball at Eden Park in Auckland, Seddon Park in Hamilton, and the Westpac Stadium in…
Play 02:23 ‘I don’t try and say too much’ – Renshaw Australia’s day two plan was simple: bat all day and wear down an Indian bowling attack trundling through an 11th Test match of the season. But the execution of this plan was made difficult by an untrustworthy Bengaluru pitch, and a snarling, desperate home side, intent on getting in the Australians’ faces, and in turn, their wickets. What played…
Play 01:25 ‘We showed we can compete’ – Mohammed West Indies won the toss and chose to bat first in the second ODI of the series against England in Antigua. England won the first ODI by 45 runs on Friday. Both teams have named unchanged sides. That means another chance for Sam Billings at the top of the order, though Alex Hales is expected to be fit for the final…
Tamim Iqbal said that achieving small targets would make a difference © Associated Press Bangladesh’s players have often stressed on the need to do well in the first hour of a session. But they have understood, and justifiably so, that far too many times they have given it their all in the first hour only to fizzle out in the second. In their last three Tests in New Zealand and…
James Sutherland drew parallels between the current situation and CA’s deal with Channel Nine and stated that, “A partnership by definition isn’t necessarily a share of revenue agreement.” © Getty Images James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has stated that the board remains intent upon breaking up the fixed revenue-percentage model that sits at the core of disagreements with the players’ union during the current round of pay Memorandum…
Australia women 273 for 5 (Lanning 104*, Mooney 69, Huddleston 3-44) beat New Zealand women 270 for 9 (Priest 77, Martin 77, Jonassen 3-47, Gardner 3-56) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Meg Lanning hit her tenth ODI century © Getty Images and Cricket Australia Australia captain Meg Lanning struck a record tenth century, the most in women’s ODIs, to lead her side to a five-wicket win…
File photo – Reeza Hendricks scored his second century in the Momentum One Day Cup © Getty Images Lions won their second consecutive game to climb to third place with a 59-run win via Duckworth-Lewis method against Knights in Johannesburg. Lions’ victory was set up by opening batsman Reeza Hendricks, who scored an unbeaten 142 off 144 balls to help them post 294 after being put in. His knock was…
Peshawar Zalmi 148 for 6 (Kamran Akmal 40, Sammy 28*, Emrit 3-31, Hasan Khan 2-34) beat Quetta Gladiators 90 (Asghar 3-16, Hasan Ali 2-13, Wahab 2-13) by 58 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kamran Akmal’s quickfire 40 at the top set the tone for Peshawar’s match-winning total © AFP In a nutshell A year after they finished second in the inaugural edition, Quetta Gladiators once again found themselves on the wrong…
Play 01:32 ‘Credit has got to go to the bowlers’ – de Villiers South Africa will not anoint a permanent ODI new-ball partner to Kagiso Rabada, who is himself not always guaranteed to open the bowling, and will aim for a more flexible approach at the Champions Trophy, according to captain AB de Villiers. That marks a departure from the thinking of six months ago, when Rabada and Kyle Abbott…
AB de Villiers was in top form during the one-day series but New Zealand won’t have to worry about him the Tests © Getty Images In a one-day series dominated by bowlers, two batsmen in particular stood out. AB de Villiers led the run scoring and Martin Guptill recovered from a hamstring injury to play perhaps his best innings. But neither of them will feature in the upcoming three-Test series…