File photo – Reeza Hendricks scored his second century in the Momentum One Day Cup © Getty Images Lions won their second consecutive game to climb to third place with a 59-run win via Duckworth-Lewis method against Knights in Johannesburg. Lions’ victory was set up by opening batsman Reeza Hendricks, who scored an unbeaten 142 off 144 balls to help them post 294 after being put in. His knock was…
Peshawar Zalmi 148 for 6 (Kamran Akmal 40, Sammy 28*, Emrit 3-31, Hasan Khan 2-34) beat Quetta Gladiators 90 (Asghar 3-16, Hasan Ali 2-13, Wahab 2-13) by 58 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kamran Akmal’s quickfire 40 at the top set the tone for Peshawar’s match-winning total © AFP In a nutshell A year after they finished second in the inaugural edition, Quetta Gladiators once again found themselves on the wrong…
Play 01:38 ‘Our fast bowlers bowled really well’ – Pujara By stumps on day two of the Bengaluru Test, Ravindra Jadeja was India’s most successful bowler, with figures of 3 for 49 from 17 overs. He had, however, sent down significantly fewer overs than each of his bowling colleagues. R Ashwin had bowled 41, Umesh Yadav 24, and Ishant Sharma 23. It seemed as if Jadeja had been underbowled, a…
Play 01:32 ‘Credit has got to go to the bowlers’ – de Villiers South Africa will not anoint a permanent ODI new-ball partner to Kagiso Rabada, who is himself not always guaranteed to open the bowling, and will aim for a more flexible approach at the Champions Trophy, according to captain AB de Villiers. That marks a departure from the thinking of six months ago, when Rabada and Kyle Abbott…
AB de Villiers was in top form during the one-day series but New Zealand won’t have to worry about him the Tests © Getty Images In a one-day series dominated by bowlers, two batsmen in particular stood out. AB de Villiers led the run scoring and Martin Guptill recovered from a hamstring injury to play perhaps his best innings. But neither of them will feature in the upcoming three-Test series…
Australia 87 for 2 (Renshaw 40*, S Marsh 2*) trail India 189 by 102 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details David Warner saw R Ashwin turn one past his outside edge to take out the off stump © AFP Sometimes, the raw numbers of a session fail to tell the story. This is one of those times. On the second morning in Bengaluru, Australia puttered along and gradually added 47 runs….
New Zealand pushed the world’s No. 1 ODI side close over the five-match series, but ultimately two batting collapses cost them. They have a chance for some fine-tuning before the Champions Trophy when they play a tri-series in Ireland during May, albeit with a weakened squad due to the IPL. Coach Mike Hesson said: “You’d love to go into a world event having all the answers but we have a…
The floodlit Plunket Shield fixture at Eden Park is significant because the ground is expected to host a day-night Test against England next March © Getty Images New Zealand will join the floodlit first-class era when the latest round of Plunket Shield matches begins on Monday. Fixtures will be played under lights with a pink ball at Eden Park in Auckland, Seddon Park in Hamilton, and the Westpac Stadium in…
Play 01:32 ‘Credit has got to go to the bowlers’ – de Villiers South Africa will not anoint a permanent ODI new-ball partner to Kagiso Rabada, who is himself not always guaranteed to open the bowling, and will aim for a more flexible approach at the Champions Trophy, according to captain AB de Villiers. That marks a departure from the thinking of six months ago, when Rabada and Kyle Abbott…
Tea Australia 163 for 5 (S Marsh 38*) trail India 189 by 26 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:27 Kalra: On this pitch, India can keep lead down Shaun Marsh batted through the second session on day two in Bengaluru, where Australia went to tea within sight of a lead on a difficult, cracking pitch. India picked up two wickets in a high-intensity, low-scoring morning session, and then claimed…