Dale Steyn has been plagued by injuries in the last one year but his selection in the South Africa squad for the ICC World Twenty20 is a welcome boost. © Getty Images Dale Steyn, who has been sidelined from the current ODI and Twenty20 series against England due to injury, has been included in the South African squad for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 which will be played in India…
Match facts Thursday, February 11, 2016Start time 0900 local (0300 GMT) Bangladesh will bank on their middle-order, led by the in-form Nazmul Hossain Shanto, on a slow pitch © ICC Big picture West Indies’ ability to surprise made sure it wasn’t going to be an all-Asian last four in the Under-19 World Cup. While Bangladesh reaching the semi-finals wasn’t unexpected after they started the tournament with a resounding win against…
Michael Murihead has named a February 14 deadline to accept terms © WICB Media/Brooks LaTouche Photography Ltd The prospect of West Indies sending a second-string team to the World T20 has increased after the sides failed to reach agreement in their contract impasse. WICB CEO Michael Muirhead responded to the players’ request for a doubling of their remuneration package in the tournament by reiterating the view that the compensation package…
Liam Dawson enjoyed a solid all-round performance during the England Lions tour of the UAE © Chris Whiteoak Liam Dawson, the uncapped Hampshire spinner, has been named in England’s 15-man squad for the World Twenty20, which gets underway in India next month. Dawson, 25, who impressed the selectors during the recent England Lions series against Pakistan A in the UAE, was not originally chosen for the current senior tour of…
Quinton de Kock, 23, became the youngest player to score 10 one-day international centuries. © AFP Centurion: Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla hit hundreds and shared a double century opening partnership as South Africa kept the series against England alive by winning the third one-day international by seven wickets at SuperSport Park on Tuesday. (Hales Leads England to Win Against South Africa) Joe Root made a career-best 125 as…
Pakistan have picked uncapped left-arm seamer Rumman Raees in their 15-man squad for the World T20 in India, and dropped opener Ahmed Shehzad. Squad Shahid Afridi (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Babar Azam, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Nawaz, Khurram Manzoor, Rumman Raees More to follow … © ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Shapoor Zadran and Hamid Hassan have both been recalled by Afghanistan for the World Twenty20 in India. The pace duo, having not represented Afghanistan since last year, are included in a 15-man squad. Batsman Nawroz Mangal and bowler Mirwais Ashraf have both missed out on selection despite featuring against Zimbabwe last month. Afghanistan squad: Asghar Stanikzai, Noor Ali Zadran, Mohammad Shahzad, Usman Ghani, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Sadiq, Shafiqullah, Rashid Khan,…
Ashish Nehra is ensuring that he does not get bogged down by any injury issues by avoiding football during warm-ups. © AP Ashish Nehra has had a career plagued with injuries and now he has come to a stage where he doesn’t leave anything to chance, so much so that he stays from the customary game of football while the Indian team is training. (Old Workhorses Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar…
Josh Hazlewood said he would bowl with more patience during the two Tests in New Zealand © Getty Images Josh Hazlewood will lead Australia’s attack in the Test series in New Zealand confident that he has learnt from the mistakes he made on last year’s Ashes tour. Hazlewood will join two of James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Jackson Bird and Chadd Sayers in Australia’s frontline pace attack for the first Test…
South Africa’s bowlers decisively pulled things back in the last few overs © AFP Just as South Africa’s situation had reached do-or-die stage, they did. Their bowlers pulled England back, from what could have become a 350-plus score, to take four for 22 in the dying stages of the innings and restrict them to 318. Then Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla set South Africa up for the highest successful…