Play 02:54 Moonda: Playing Morkel a gamble It is dangerous to judge a Test pitch two days before the match starts, but the Dunedin surface had certainly caught the attention of the South Africans on Monday. The pitch looked “juicy” in the words of Dean Elgar, so much so that the self-confessed pie-chucker joked it “looks like I might have to bowl off a long run-up as well”, and the…
Play 02:54 Moonda: Playing Morkel a gamble It is dangerous to judge a Test pitch two days before the match starts, but the Dunedin surface had certainly caught the attention of the South Africans on Monday. The pitch looked “juicy” in the words of Dean Elgar, so much so that the self-confessed pie-chucker joked it “looks like I might have to bowl off a long run-up as well”, and the…
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 01:42 How Pujara, Rahane bat could decide Test 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 was…
File photo – Suryakumar Yadav’s 11-ball 40* was not enough for Mumbai to make the quarter-finals © BCCI Mumbai crashed out of the Vijay Hazare Trophy despite chasing down 96 against Goa in 5.4 overs in Chennai. After allrounder Abhishek Nayar‘s 4 for 23 skittled Goa for 95, Suryakumar Yadav and Aditya Tare shared an unbroken 76-run stand off 20 balls to mow down the target and seal an eight-wicket…
‘What I can say is that being here felt like playing in St Lucia, playing in India or anywhere else in the world’ – Darren Sammy © AFP Darren Sammy, the Peshawar Zalmi captain, was one of nine overseas players who travelled to Lahore for the PSL final despite the security threat and his reason for doing so was to “bring back the smiles” on the faces of the fans….
Play 01:39 Playing Shield cricket one of my goals for the year – Cummins 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 debut later that year, before…
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 Play 04:00 Binoy: Impossible to predict how the ball behaves 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….
Duanne Olivier may move down the pecking order with Morne Morkel fit again © Gallo Images It is dangerous to judge a Test pitch two days before the match starts, but the Dunedin surface had certainly caught the attention of the South Africans on Monday. The pitch looked “juicy” in the words of Dean Elgar, so much so that the self-confessed pie-chucker joked it “looks like I might have to…
Tea India 189 and 122 for 4 (Pujara 34*, Rahane 2*) lead Australia 276 (S Marsh 66, Renshaw 60, Jadeja 6-63) by 35 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 04:00 Binoy: Impossible to predict how the ball behaves This was a session of millimetres and milliseconds. As the wrestle for control of this match continued between India and Australia after lunch on the third day in Bengaluru, two key moments…
Play 01:15 Tonight cricket was a winner – Sammy Darren Sammy, the Peshawar Zalmi captain, was one of nine overseas players who travelled to Lahore for the PSL final despite the security threat and his reason for doing so was to “bring back the smiles” on the faces of the fans. Pakistan has hosted only one series of international cricket since the 2009 attacks on the Sri Lanka team and…