Tamim Iqbal said that achieving small targets would make a difference © Associated Press Bangladesh’s players have often stressed on the need to do well in the first hour of a session. But they have understood, and justifiably so, that far too many times they have given it their all in the first hour only to fizzle out in the second. In their last three Tests in New Zealand and…
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…
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…
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…
South Africa in New Zealand 2016-17 March 5, 2017 Five things that New Zealand need to ponder before the Champions Trophy in England 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…
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….