IPL 2016

Sri Lanka 119 for 7 (Mathews 54*, Ngidi 4-16) beat South Africa113 (Sandakan 4-23, Udara 3-13) by three wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Angelo Mathews held Sri Lanka’s chase together with an unbeaten 54 © AFP It has taken almost a month but Sri Lanka were finally made to feel welcome in South Africa on an unusually cracked, dry Wanderers surface and they made themselves completely at home. They earned their…

File photo – AB de Villiers last played competitive cricket in July 2016 © AFP In his first innings since July 2016, AB de Villiers helped himself to an unbeaten 134 off 103 for Northerns in the CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge. The knock comes as he prepares for a likely South Africa return in the third T20I against Sri Lanka in Cape Town. At the end of a week where…

Hong Kong 206 for 3 (Hayat 79*, Carter 43) beat Scotland 205 (Wallace 53, Cross 44, Nadeem 4-33) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Nadeem Ahmed’s returns in his first spell were 6-0-13-12 with the wickets of Calum Macleod and Josh Davey © Peter Della Penna Hong Kong began their UAE Tri-nations series campaign with a dominant seven-wicket win over Scotland, set up largely through the performances…

Nuwan Pradeep’s South Africa tour has been ended by injury © Associated Press Nuwan Pradeep has been ruled out of the rest of Sri Lanka’s tour of South Africa with a fractured hand. He sustained the injury during the shortened opening T20I on Friday night, at Centurion, when he was struck while trying to take a catch in his follow through in his first over. Farhaan Behardien hit a low…

Gujarat 358 and 227 for 8 (Panchal 73, Gandhi 55*, Nadeem 4-53) lead Rest of India 226 (Pujara 86, Gaja 4-60) by 359 runsScorecard Chirag Gandhi faced 96 deliveries to make 55 not out © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Gujarat’s second innings was in many ways a déjà vu of the first: they lost an early wicket, rebuilt slowly and suffered a middle-order collapse before Chirag Gandhi committed himself to another restoration…

South Africawon the toss and chose to bat v Sri LankaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Isuru Udana was brought in to the Sri Lanka attack © AFP On what Shaun Pollock called the “most subcontinental-like surface seen all tour” Farhaan Behardien chose to bat first in anticipation of the Wanderers pitch slowing down and taking turn as the game goes on. To that end, South Africa stuck with a line-up…

Gujarat 358 and 227 for 8 (Panchal 73, Gandhi 55*, Nadeem 4-53) lead Rest of India 226 (Pujara 86, Gaja 4-60) by 359 runsScorecard Chirag Gandhi faced 96 deliveries to make 55 not out © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Gujarat’s second innings was in many ways a déjà vu of the first: they lost an early wicket, rebuilt slowly and suffered a middle-order collapse before Chirag Gandhi committed himself to another restoration…

Gujarat 358 and 227 for 8 (Panchal 73, Gandhi 55*, Nadeem 4-53) lead Rest of India 226 (Pujara 86, Gaja 4-60) by 359 runsScorecard Chirag Gandhi faced 96 deliveries to make 55 not out © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Gujarat’s second innings was in many ways a déjà vu of the first: they lost an early wicket, rebuilt slowly and suffered a middle-order collapse before Chirag Gandhi committed himself to another restoration…

Gujarat 358 and 227 for 8 (Panchal 73, Gandhi 55*, Nadeem 4-53) lead Rest of India 226 (Pujara 86, Gaja 4-60) by 359 runsScorecard Chirag Gandhi faced 96 deliveries to make 55 not out © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Gujarat’s second innings was in many ways a déjà vu of the first: they lost an early wicket, rebuilt slowly and suffered a middle-order collapse before Chirag Gandhi committed himself to another restoration…

England 321 for 8 (Roy 65, Stokes 57*, Bairstow 56, Pandya 3-49) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Jonny Bairstow struck a brisk 56 to guide England’s innings © AFP England’s batsmen produced another tapestry of well-paced cameos in the third ODI against India at Kolkata, as they passed 300 for the third time in as many matches without ever quite touching the heights of destruction that their counterparts have…