File photo – Tamim Iqbal has outlined the importance of hitting small targets on the tour of Sri Lanka © Associated Press Often the Bangladesh players zero in on the need to do well in the first hour of a session. But now it has been figured out within the team, and justifiably so, that far too many times they have given it their all in the first hour only…
File photo – Tamim Iqbal has outlined the importance of hitting small targets on the tour of Sri Lanka © Associated Press Often the Bangladesh players zero in on the need to do well in the first hour of a session. But now it has been figured out within the team, and justifiably so, that far too many times they have given it their all in the first hour only…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 women 273 for 5 (Lanning 104*, Mooney 69, Huddleston 3-44) beat New Zealand women 270 for 9 (Priest 77, Martin 77, Jonassen 3-47, Gardner 3-56) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Meg Lanning hit her tenth ODI century © Getty Images and Cricket Australia Australia captain Meg Lanning struck a record tenth century, the most in women’s ODIs, to lead her side to a five-wicket win…
Australia 237 for 6 (S Marsh 66, Renshaw 60, Jadeja 3-49) lead India 189 by 48 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 04:17 Chappell: Conceding lead of 100 will be terminal for India It is hard to believe this series is only five days old, such is the drama that has already been witnessed. And such has been the unexpected dominance of Australia that this fifth day of the campaign –…
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…