Lunch India 189 and 274 (Pujara 92, Rahane 52, Rahul 51, Hazlewood 6-67) lead Australia 276 by 187 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:17 Australia favourites going into the fourth innings? Australia will chase 188 to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after Josh Hazlewood led an excellent bowling display from the visitors on the fourth morning in Bengaluru. Hazlewood picked up 6 for 67 and along with Mitchell Starc was…
Play 02:54 Moonda: Playing Morkel a gamble After more than a year out of Test cricket, it’s now or never for Morne Morkel, who will make his international comeback in Dunedin on Wednesday. South Africa have decided to gamble on their lanky quick, despite his lack of game time, and are banking on his experience to pull him through. “He looks good. If he is not going to be able…
South Australia 5 for 169 (Ferguson 75*, Copeland 2-61, Cummins 2-42) v New South WalesScorecard Pat Cummins dismissed Sam Raphael and Jake Lehmann on the first day © Getty Images Pat Cummins claimed two wickets for New South Wales in his first Sheffield Shield appearance since 2011 but Callum Ferguson held South Australia’s first innings together on a rain-blighted opening day at the SCG. Overcast skies and a green-tinged pitch…
India 189 (Rahul 90, Lyon 8-50) and 274 (Pujara 92, Rahane 52, Rahul 51, Hazlewood 6-67) beat Australia 276 (S Marsh 66, Renshaw 60, Jadeja 6-63) and 112 (Ashwin 6-41) by 75 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:48 Chappell: Second-day bowling changed game for India India have applied a defibrillator to this series, surging to a dramatic victory on the fourth day against Australia in Bengaluru. After the first day…
Sri Lanka 321 for 4 (Mendis 166*, Gunaratne 285) v BangladeshScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kusal Mendis is congratulated by Asela Gunaratne after raising his century © AFP How sweet homecomings can be. Having failed to score 300 in any of their six Test innings in South Africa, Sri Lanka rode Kusal Mendis‘s suave 166 not out to a score of 321 for 4 on the first day in Galle. Along…
Kusal Mendis faced 242 balls for his unbeaten 166 – though he also survived being dismissed off a no-ball © AFP Kusal Mendis said the prospect of raising his average from the low 30s, and the goal of being among the world’s best batsmen, provided motivation to hit a big score on the first day in Galle. Like many in the Sri Lanka top order, Mendis endured an awful tour…
India 189 (Rahul 90, Lyon 8-50) and 274 (Pujara 92, Rahane 52, Rahul 51, Hazlewood 6-67) beat Australia 276 (S Marsh 66, Renshaw 60, Jadeja 6-63) and 112 (Ashwin 6-41) by 75 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:48 Chappell: Second-day bowling changed game for India India have applied a defibrillator to this series, surging to a dramatic victory on the fourth day against Australia in Bengaluru. After the first day…
Play 01:14 WATCH – Kevin Pietersen in action at the PSL Kevin Pietersen has rejoined Surrey for this year’s NatWest T20 Blast, after withdrawing from the Caribbean Premier League. Pietersen was expected to appear for St Lucia Stars (formerly Zouks) in this year’s CPL, which runs from August 1 to September 9. But, as revealed by ESPNcricinfo, Pietersen has chosen instead to make a return to English cricket, with this…
Play 01:34 ‘If something is going on for three days, that’s not a brain fade’ India’s captain Virat Kohli has said that Australia crossed the line “that you don’t cross on a cricket field” when it comes to DRS protocols. Kohli accused Australia of taking help from the dressing room on at least three occasions before making their mind up on reviews in the Bengaluru Test. Kohli’s remarks after India’s…
Queensland 2 for 131 (Burns 61, Labuschagne 58*) trail Tasmania 150 (Milenko 39, Paine 38, George 3-17, Feldman 3-55) by 19 runsScorecard File photo – Luke Feldman picked up three of Tasmania’s first six wickets © Getty Images Queensland’s strong seam attack bowled out Tasmania for 150 before the Bulls pushed to within 19 of the Tigers’ total on day one of the Sheffield Shield match at Bellerive Oval in…