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…
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…
New South Wales 4 for 333 (Cowan 125*, Maddinson 70, Henriques 54, Patterson 52) lead South Australia 229 (Ferguson 75, Carey 56, Cummins 4-57) by 104 runsScorecard File photo – Ed Cowan scored his third hundred in four games © Getty Images Ed Cowan‘s dominance of the Dukes ball in the Sheffield Shield continued as he plundered his third century in four matches to help New South Wales into a…
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…
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…
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…