Play 02:33 Will be great to come through a pressure game like that – De Villiers AB de Villiers brought it up first this time. South Africa are heading back to Eden Park for a winner-takes-all showdown. And it’s not a one-off T20I this time. Neither is it a World Cup semi-final, but with the Champions Trophy looming, it is not irrelevant. Throughout the first few days of this tour,…
Play 02:33 Will be great to come through a pressure game like that – De Villiers AB de Villiers brought it up first this time. South Africa are heading back to Eden Park for a winner-takes-all showdown. And it’s not a one-off T20I this time. Neither is it a World Cup semi-final, but with the Champions Trophy looming, it is not irrelevant. Throughout the first few days of this tour,…
Play 02:33 Will be great to come through a pressure game like that – De Villiers AB de Villiers brought it up first this time. South Africa are heading back to Eden Park for a winner-takes-all showdown. And it’s not a one-off T20I this time. Neither is it a World Cup semi-final, but with the Champions Trophy looming, it is not irrelevant. Throughout the first few days of this tour,…
West Indies are looking at their upcoming one-day matches as extremely important © AFP The new West Indies coach Stuart Law has said his main aim is to make sure the team qualifies directly for the 2019 World Cup. Currently ranked No. 9 by the ICC, West Indies have to improve their position by at least one spot before the September 30 deadline. The top eight ODI sides, including hosts…
Australia women 256 for 6 (Blackwell 65, Mooney 57, Kerr 4-54) beat New Zealand women 253 for 8 (Satterthwaite 85, Martin 43, Wellington 3-52) by four wicketsScorecard Alex Blackwell struck 65 to steer Australia’s chase of 254 © Getty Images Alex Blackwell struck a timely 65 to help Australia recover from a middle-order slide and chase down 254 against New Zealand in the second women’s ODI in Mount Maunganui. Blackwell’s…
Play 02:33 Will be great to come through a pressure game like that – De Villiers AB de Villiers brought it up first this time. South Africa are heading back to Eden Park for a winner-takes-all showdown. And it’s not a one-off T20I this time. Neither is it a World Cup semi-final, but with the Champions Trophy looming, it is not irrelevant. Throughout the first few days of this tour,…
Sri Lanka A 278 for 7 (Gunathilaka 64) beat England Lions 230 for 9 (Jennings 64) by 47 runs (DLS method)Scorecard Duckett scored a double-hundred in Lions colours last summer, but found his trial by spin to be a tougher proposition © Getty Images If Ben Duckett was looking for an immediate pick-me-up on the England Lions tour of Sri Lanka after his disheartening time in India, he discovered that…
Australia women 256 for 6 (Blackwell 65, Mooney 57, Kerr 4-54) beat New Zealand women 253 for 8 (Satterthwaite 85, Martin 43, Wellington 3-52) by four wicketsScorecard Alex Blackwell struck 65 to steer Australia’s chase of 254 © Getty Images Alex Blackwell struck a timely 65 to help Australia recover from a middle-order slide and chase down 254 against New Zealand in the second women’s ODI in Mount Maunganui. Blackwell’s…
The Committee of Administrators said it was advised that the tenure of an office bearer should be restricted to a combined nine years at both BCCI and state level © PTI Many state associations have written to the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators stating they are “alarmed” by the COA “overstepping” its jurisdiction and issuing directives that even the court had not included in its various orders. In separate e-mails…
Misbah-ul-Haq has said that he will take a final call on his future soon with the tour of the West Indies looming © AFP The Pakistan Super League (PSL) has come and gone – for Misbah-ul-Haq at least – but no decision has emerged on the Pakistan Test captain’s future in the game, or at least a decision he is willing to share publicly. On Wednesday night in Sharjah, after…