Niroshan Dickwella felt the pitch might start to take serious turn from the third evening © AFP Niroshan Dickwella, who scored his second Test half-century and spent 46 overs keeping wicket, said that the Galle surface had slowed down since the first day, but was not yet the raging turner it can often become. There appeared to be little assistance for bowlers of any description in the four sessions between…
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…
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…
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…
Play 04:08 No ‘sweetheart’ deal – Knight on sexist sledges Hosts England will open the Women’s World Cup against India in Derby on June 24, while defending champions Australia will begin two days later against World T20 champions West Indies in Taunton, with the ICC expecting “unprecedented” support for the tournament. New Zealand and Sri Lanka will also be in action on the opening day of the month-long tournament. A…
Play 04:08 No ‘sweetheart’ deal – Knight on sexist sledges Hosts England will open the Women’s World Cup against India in Derby on June 24, while defending champions Australia will begin two days later against World T20 champions West Indies in Taunton, with the ICC expecting “unprecedented” support for the tournament. New Zealand and Sri Lanka will also be in action on the opening day of the month-long tournament. A…
Lunch Sri Lanka 443 fo 6 (Perera 30*, Herath 1*) v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Sri Lanka lost Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella in the first session but not before they had stretched their partnership to 110 © AFP Sri Lanka lost their overnight pair to impulsive shots, but continued to stride towards a mammoth score on the second morning at Galle. Kusal Mendis will chastise himself for squandering…
Mitchell Marsh will take no further part in the series © Associated Press Mitchell Marsh is to be replaced by another allrounder for the remainder of Australia’s Test campaign in India after his sore shoulder failed to improve following a period of rest leading into the tour. Marcus Stoinis and Hilton Cartwright will be under consideration to fly to India after the conclusion of this week’s Sheffield Shield round, as…
Gautam Gambhir: “I could not have let this man (Bhaskar) play with careers of young players like Unmukt Chand and Nitish Rana.” © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Batsman Gautam Gambhir has criticised Delhi coach KP Bhaskar for “creating an atmosphere of uncertainty” among the youngsters in the side. Gambhir admitted he had an argument with Bhaskar after Delhi’s Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh on Monday, but insisted that he was…