AB de Villiers: ‘Tonight was a great way to show everyone we can handle pressure, that we can cross the line in tight games with tricky totals’ © AFP While AB de Villiers admitted South Africa enjoyed getting their own back at Eden Park, he stressed there was more to the series win than just erasing bad memories. Victory in the decider has put the Champions Trophy firmly in South…
AB de Villiers: ‘Tonight was a great way to show everyone we can handle pressure, that we can cross the line in tight games with tricky totals’ © AFP While AB de Villiers admitted South Africa enjoyed getting their own back at Eden Park, he stressed there was more to the series win than just erasing bad memories. Victory in the decider has put the Champions Trophy firmly in South…
AB de Villiers: ‘Tonight was a great way to show everyone we can handle pressure, that we can cross the line in tight games with tricky totals’ © AFP While AB de Villiers admitted South Africa enjoyed getting their own back at Eden Park, he stressed there was more to the series win than just erasing bad memories. Victory in the decider has put the Champions Trophy firmly in South…
Australia 40 for 0 (Warner 23*, Renshaw 15*) trail India 189 (Rahul 90, Lyon 8-50) by 149 runsScorecard 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. Most of them went to Nathan Lyon, who was precise with his line and smart with his length. His 8 for 50 was the best ever haul by a…
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…
Sri Lanka A 201 for 0 (Gunathilaka 121*, Kusal 70*) beat England Lions 217 (Livingstone 94, Duckett 59, Siriwardana 4-40) by 119 runs (DLS method)Scorecard File photo – Danushka Gunathilaka sauntered to a hundred as Sri Lanka A went 2-0 up © Getty Images For Danushka Gunathilaka, there was the grand satisfaction of a dashing hundred to bring delight to a run-of-the-mill Dambulla day. A day that was not particularly…
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…
Kane Williamson was run out during a dismal batting performance by New Zealand © Getty Images Kane Williamson lamented a New Zealand batting display which did not adjust to a challenging pitch at Eden Park in the deciding ODI. For the second time in the series they were bowled out well inside the 50 overs, and though Williamson said conditions were difficult he believed the batsman could have been smarter….
Former Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura is among the five overseas players who have agreed to join Quetta Gladiators for the PSL final in Lahore © AFP Quetta Gladiators will turn up on the field for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) final with a significantly altered line-up to the one that has seen them through in the first place. On Saturday, the morning after they discovered their opponents for the game…
AB de Villiers: ‘Tonight was a great way to show everyone we can handle pressure, that we can cross the line in tight games with tricky totals’ © AFP While AB de Villiers admitted South Africa enjoyed getting their own back at Eden Park, he stressed there was more to the series win than just erasing bad memories. Victory in the decider has put the Champions Trophy firmly in South…