Lanning's record ton delivers series win for Australia

March 5, 2017

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…

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Shaun Marsh and Renshaw fashion vital lead for Australia

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 –…

March 5, 2017
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South Africa keep new-ball options open

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…

March 5, 2017
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Hendricks' 142* takes Lions to second consecutive win

March 5, 2017

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…

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Plunket Shield gears up for pink-ball cricket

March 5, 2017

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…

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England restrict WI to 225 on slow pitch

March 5, 2017

Innings break West Indies 225 (Mohammed 50, Plunkett 3-32) v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Jason Mohammed cuts during his hard-earned half-century © AFP A desperately slow pitch and a disciplined bowling performance from England restricted West Indies to just 225 in the first innings of the second ODI in Antigua. West Indies, bowled out with 13 deliveries of their allocation unused, mustered only 15 fours in their entire innings…

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Players' revenue percentage still in CA's sights

March 5, 2017

James Sutherland drew parallels between the current situation and CA’s deal with Channel Nine and stated that, “A partnership by definition isn’t necessarily a share of revenue agreement.” © Getty Images James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has stated that the board remains intent upon breaking up the fixed revenue-percentage model that sits at the core of disagreements with the players’ union during the current round of pay Memorandum…

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South Africa keep new-ball options open

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…

March 5, 2017
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De Villiers and Guptill take their leave of absence

March 5, 2017

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…

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India take two in intense morning session

March 5, 2017

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….

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