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…
Liam Plunkett has had a productive two matches in West Indies © AFP Liam Plunkett has emerged as a doubt ahead of the final ODI of the series between West Indies and England. Plunkett, the top wicket-taker in the series, was unable to train on Wednesday with what was described as “an upset stomach.” While the England camp hope he will recover in time to take his place in the…
Lunch South Africa 63 for 3 (Elgar 36, du Plessis 18*) v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Neil Wagner struck twice in an over © AFP It was an opening session which confounded expectation in Dunedin. New Zealand left out their vice-captain (a bowler with 201 Test wickets), played two spinners, had one of them on in the sixth over – after a captain had decided to bat first…
New Zealand played the inaugural day-night Test in Adelaide © Getty Images Kane Williamson, the New Zealand captain, has suggested day-night Tests may need to be viewed as a different format if conditions vary significantly from the day game as New Zealand prepare to host their first pink-ball international next summer against England at Eden Park. In preparation, New Zealand’s domestic teams are playing the current round of Plunket Shield…
South Africa 229 for 4 (Elgar 128*, Bavuma 38*) v New ZealandScorecard and ball-by-ball details Dean Elgar scored his seventh Test century and neared his career-best score © Getty Images On 22 consecutive occasions, the captain winning the toss in New Zealand had opted to bowl. When South Africa were 22 for 3 on the opening day in Dunedin, Dean Elgar may have pondered if Faf du Plessis had picked…
Ramachandra Guha has called KSCA’s decision to boycott the functions “foolish and petty” © Toronto Star via Getty Images Ramachandra Guha, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), has appealed to the KSCA to reconsider its “ill-advised” decision to boycott the annual BCCI awards and the MAK Pataudi Memorial Lecture on Wednesday evening (March 8) in Bengaluru. Guha further said the state body would insult the awardees…
South Africa 229 for 4 (Elgar 128*, Bavuma 38*) v New ZealandScorecard and ball-by-ball details Dean Elgar scored his seventh Test century and neared his career-best score © Getty Images On 22 consecutive occasions, the captain winning the toss in New Zealand had opted to bowl. When South Africa were 22 for 3 on the opening day in Dunedin, Dean Elgar may have pondered if Faf du Plessis had picked…
Play 01:34 ‘If something is going on for three days, that’s not a brain fade’ James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has jumped on Virat Kohli’s allegations of Australia’s captain Steven Smith “crossing the line” by seeking off-field advice for DRS referrals, calling them “outrageous”. Currently in India, Sutherland spoke strongly in defence of Smith and the team after the coach Darren Lehmann had also categorically denied any orchestrated…
Play 01:34 ‘If something is going on for three days, that’s not a brain fade’ James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has jumped on Virat Kohli’s allegations of Australia’s captain Steven Smith “crossing the line” by seeking off-field advice for DRS referrals, calling them “outrageous”. Currently in India, Sutherland spoke strongly in defence of Smith and the team after the coach Darren Lehmann had also categorically denied any orchestrated…
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…