South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl against New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:38 McGlashan: de Villiers could decide fate of series AB de Villiers made it five out of five with the coin in the one-day series and opted to bowl first in the decider at Eden Park. If South Africa win, they will regain the No. 1 ranking they started the series with –…
Toss India chose to bat v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Abhinav Mukund was playing his first Test since 2011 © PTI After totalling a mere 212 runs in Pune, India took up the insurance of an extra batsman with the trophy on the line in Bengaluru. Abhinav Mukund, who last played Test cricket in 2011, has come in as opener for an injured M Vijay and…
Andile Phehlukwayo is one of the newly contracted players © AFP CSA has added three players to their usual 18-member men’s contract list, bringing the total number of new deals to five for the 2017-18 season. Stephen Cook, Keshav Maharaj, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo and Tabraiz Shamsi were all awarded deals with Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw, who both signed Kolpak agreements with Hampshire the only two players from the…
The Gaddafi Stadium will host the final of the second season of the PSL on March 5 © AFP Over the last fortnight the security presence in Lahore has increased significantly, after a spate of bombings rocked Pakistan’s second largest city and other parts of the country too in February. The Gaddafi Stadium, situated in the Nishtar sports complex, has been off limits to the general public over the last…
Northants won the 2016 NatWest Blast at a sold-out Edgbaston © Getty Images A new report suggests the popularity of domestic T20 cricket in England rose sharply during 2016. The YouGov SportsIndex Report 2017 places the NatWest Blast among the top 10 sporting events in terms of public perception for the first time. The report comes as the ECB executive continue plans to launch a new T20 competition on top…
Tea India 168 for 5 (Rahul 79*, Lyon 3-40) v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 04:42 Binoy: Unbelievable that Kohli chose to review his lbw First there was control, then panic and eventually wickets. India lost Cheteshwar Pujara on the stroke of lunch. Virat Kohli gave his wicket away – and then a review as well – by padding up to a straight ball. And were it not for…
The Gaddafi Stadium will host the final of the second season of the PSL on March 5 © AFP Over the last fortnight the security presence in Lahore has increased significantly, after a spate of bombings rocked Pakistan’s second largest city and other parts of the country too in February. The Gaddafi Stadium, situated in the Nishtar sports complex, has been off limits to the general public over the last…
The Gaddafi Stadium will host the final of the second season of the PSL on March 5 © AFP Over the last fortnight the security presence in Lahore has increased significantly, after a spate of bombings rocked Pakistan’s second largest city and other parts of the country too in February. The Gaddafi Stadium, situated in the Nishtar sports complex, has been off limits to the general public over the last…
The Gaddafi Stadium will host the final of the second season of the PSL on March 5 © AFP Over the last fortnight the security presence in Lahore has increased significantly, after a spate of bombings rocked Pakistan’s second largest city and other parts of the country too in February. The Gaddafi Stadium, situated in the Nishtar sports complex, has been off limits to the general public over the last…
Northants won the 2016 NatWest Blast at a sold-out Edgbaston © Getty Images A new report suggests the popularity of domestic T20 cricket in England rose sharply during 2016. The YouGov SportsIndex Report 2017 places the NatWest Blast among the top 10 sporting events in terms of public perception for the first time. The report comes as the ECB executive continue plans to launch a new T20 competition on top…