New Zealand v South Africa, 1st Test, Dunedin March 6, 2017 They haven’t come across each other much since their careers developed on opposing sides of the world, but it should be a feisty battle between New Zealand’s bouncer-happy quick and South Africa’s stubborn opener Play 01:37 Moonda: South Africa’s quicks could heat up Dunedin In an increasingly globalised sporting world, the story of the migrant player who has to…
Shardul Thakur has played a solitary IPL match for Kings XI Punjab © BCCI Mumbai and Kings XI Punjab seamer Shardul Thakur has been acquired by the Rising Pune Supergiant for the tenth season of the IPL, which starts on April 5. This is Supergiant’s second trade of the season, having signed opener Mayank Agarwal from Delhi Daredevils ahead of the auction in January. Thakur’s addition bolsters Supergiant’s Indian seam…
India 189 and 213 for 4 (Pujara 79*, Rahul 51, Rahane 40*, Hazlewood 3-57) lead Australia 276 (S Marsh 66, Renshaw 60, Jadeja 6-63) by 126 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 04:00 Binoy: Impossible to predict how the ball behaves Four years ago, in the second Test of the series in Hyderabad, Cheteshwar Pujara was part of a match-winning stand against Australia, a massive 370-run partnership with M Vijay. It…
Dinesh Karthik’s 81 was the highest score of the match © PTI Half-centuries from Dinesh Karthik and Ganga Sridhar Raju and a five-wicket haul from fast bowler Aswin Crist helped Tamil Nadu thump Tripura by 262 runs at DRIEMS ground in Cuttack to recording their fifth win in six matches and top Group B. Chasing 338, Tripura lasted just 18.2 overs and were shot out for 75 to finish with…
Misbah-ul-Haq will hope questions over his retirement will stop chasing him for a while © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Misbah-ul-Haq has decided to continue as Pakistan’s Test captain, a decision that has been accepted by PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan, who also named Sarfraz Ahmed as the vice-captain in Tests. Misbah’s decision to lead in the West Indies put to end questions over his retirement, which have made news over the last…
Play 01:15 Tonight cricket was a winner – Sammy The PCB is looking to build upon the momentum of a successful and incident-free Pakistan Super League (PSL) final in Lahore on Sunday, by hosting a T20 series in the country against a team of foreign players in September this year. It is unclear currently what the nature of the touring side will be. A senior PCB official said it would…
South Africa can expect plenty of short deliveries from Neil Wagner © Getty Images In an increasingly globalised sporting world, the story of the migrant player who has to face his former countrymen has been told too many times. But this one is a little different. New Zealand’s Neil Wagner, originally from Pretoria, not only has history with the likes of Faf du Plessis, who he went to school with,…
Pat Cummins said the return to first-class cricket was his no. 1 goal of the year © Getty Images Pat Cummins will officially return to contention for a place in Australia’s Ashes team for next summer when he plays his first Sheffield Shield match in almost six years, for New South Wales against South Australia at the SCG from Tuesday. Cummins made his state debut at 17 and his Test…
Lunch India 189 and 38 for 0 (Rahul 20*, Abhinav 16*) trail Australia 276 (S Marsh 66, Renshaw 60, Jadeja 6-63) by 49 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ravindra Jadeja picked up 6 for 63 © Associated Press India’s openers made a swift start in their aim to overhaul Australia’s lead on the third morning in Bengaluru, after Ravindra Jadeja earlier wrapped up Australia’s first innings with a six-wicket haul….
New Zealand v South Africa, 1st Test, Dunedin March 6, 2017 They haven’t come across each other much since their careers developed on opposing sides of the world, but it should be a feisty battle between New Zealand’s bouncer-happy quick and South Africa’s stubborn opener Play 01:37 Moonda: South Africa’s quicks could heat up Dunedin In an increasingly globalised sporting world, the story of the migrant player who has to…