UAE 153 for 4 (Mustafa 56, Anwar 53) beat Namibia 152 for 7 (Kotze 50, Naveed 3-35) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Craig Williams drops Shaiman Anwar for the second time in the 15th over © Peter Della Penna Namibia made for overly generous guests, dropping three chances and giving away plenty more runs in misfields to allow tournament hosts UAE to escape with a last-ball win by six…
Netherlands 148 for 5 (Barresi 48, Rippon 40, Nadeem 2-24) beat Oman 146 for 7 (Maqsood 34) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Roelof van der Merwe finished on an unbeaten 35 off 15 © Peter Della Penna Netherlands shook off a rocky start in pursuit of Oman’s 146 – left-arm seamer Bilal Khan was on a hat-trick in the first over – as a 93-run stand between Man of…
Innings break England 350 for 7 (Root 78, Roy 73, Stokes 62) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:32 England’s ODI transformation Half-centuries of varying tempo from Jason Roy, Joe Root and Ben Stokes took England to a formidable total in the first ODI in Pune. They raised the bar significantly on the 304 that secured Australia a 72-run win on the ground in its only previous ODI in…
‘Last game, our bowlers couldn’t respond. In this match, our bowlers didn’t let go of that attacking tendency’ – Mohammad Hafeez © Getty Images Pakistan’s stand-in captain Mohammad Hafeez called his side’s series-levelling win at the MCG a “special, special blessing”, and said his bowlers accepting responsibility set the tone in the first innings. It was Pakistan’s first victory against Australia in 17 matches across formats since January 2005. “This…
‘Last game, our bowlers couldn’t respond. In this match, our bowlers didn’t let go of that attacking tendency’ – Mohammad Hafeez © Getty Images Pakistan’s stand-in captain Mohammad Hafeez called his side’s series-levelling win at the MCG a “special, special blessing”, and said his bowlers accepting responsibility set the tone in the first innings. It was Pakistan’s first victory against Australia in 17 matches across formats since January 2005. “This…
File photo – Theunis de Bruyn shared a 258-run stand for the fourth wicket to pull Knights out of trouble © Gallo Images A mammoth second-wicket partnership of 355 runs between Senuran Muthusamy and Vaughn van Jaarsveld – the fourth-highest for the wicket in first-class matches in South Africa – was the highlight of a high-scoring drawn game between Knights and Dolphins in Kimberley. Muthusamy’s 181 and van Jaarsveld’s 203…
Mitchell Marsh scored a golden duck and bowled six overs for 32 runs without a wicket on Sunday © Getty Images Mitchell Marsh‘s fitness is under a cloud mere hours after he was named in the India tour squad, as a troublesome right shoulder has forced him to be withdrawn from the remainder of the ODI series against Pakistan. On a night when Australia’s selectors also had to withdraw Chris…
The new regulations have laid down a standard for helmets that can be used at international level © AFP The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced new regulations for helmet safety during men’s and women’s international matches. The regulations – while not making it compulsory for batsmen to wear helmets – state that when a batsman does elect to do so, the helmet must be compliant with the new British…
Innings break England 350 for 7 (Root 78, Roy 73, Stokes 62) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:32 England’s ODI transformation Half-centuries of varying tempo from Jason Roy, Joe Root and Ben Stokes took England to a formidable total in the first ODI in Pune. They raised the bar significantly on the 304 that secured Australia a 72-run win on the ground in its only previous ODI in…
Pakistan 4 for 221 (Hafeez 72, Malik 42*) beat Australia 220 (Smith 60, Amir 3-47) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Junaid Khan pushed Australia to the backfoot early in his comeback game © Getty Images Not since the days of a young Wasim Akram and a befuddled Allan Border had Pakistan beaten Australia at the MCG, in a match played as part of the one-off World Championship of Cricket….