Kevin Pietersen was the first player to be auctioned at the 2016 IPL auction in Bangalore on Saturday, and he was bought by Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 3.5* crore after a bidding war with the other new team in the tournament, Gujarat Lions. His base price was Rs 2 crore. The two teams also faced off for West Indies opener, Dwayne Smith, who was eventually secured by Lions for…
New South Wales 402 and 5 for 155 (Nevill 69, Paris 4-37) drew with Western Australia 491Scorecard Peter Nevill scored an important 69 ahead of the Test series (file photo) © Getty Images Australia’s wicketkeeper Peter Nevill warmed up for the Test series in New Zealand with a patient half-century to help New South Wales play out a draw with Western Australia in Lincoln. Nevill scored 69 in the second…
File photo: Alviro Petersen hit his fifth ton of the season © BCCI Alviro Petersen continued his fine form in the Momentum One Day Cup, stroking his fifth century of the season to guide Lions to an eight-run win against Dolphins at Senwes Park. Petersen now has 594 runs from six innings, at an average of 118.80. Lions, after being inserted, rode on a 116-run partnership between Petersen and Temba…
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Toss New Zealand chose to bat v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Usman Khawaja was named in Australia’s XI after carrying drinks in Auckland © Getty Images New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and chose to bat first against Australia in the second Chappell-Hadlee ODI at Westpac Stadium in Wellington. Australia made three changes to the team that was given a hiding at Eden Park, dropping Shaun Marsh…
Faf du Plessis has admitted that South Africa will need to cut out the mistakes when they meet England in the second match of the one-day international series in Port Elizabeth tomorrow. England made a winning start to the five-game series as they piled up 399 for nine – their record score on foreign soil – on the back of Jos Buttler’s 73-ball century. The signs were there from the…
Ben Stokes has humbly suggested that his stunning catch in the first one-day international win over South Africa was “a bit of a fluke”. The all-rounder added yet another jaw-dropping moment to his ever-increasing highlight reel when he intercepted an AB de Villiers laser strike with one hand on the long-off boundary. The world’s number one ranked batsman was left to watch on in shock – as too where everyone…
Peshawar Zalmi 145 for 7 (Tamim 51, Russell 3-31) beat Islamabad United 121 for 9 (Asghar 3-20, Wahab 3-32) by 24 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Wahab Riaz got the wicket of Islamabad United’ top-scorer Shane Watson © Getty Images A skillful performance from the left-arm duo of Mohammad Asghar and Wahab Riaz sealed Peshawar Zalmi’s 24-run win in their opening fixture against Islamad United. Defending 145, Asghar’s…
England women will begin an important year in the ICC’s Women’s Championship when they meet South Africa in the first game of their three-match series in Benoni on Sunday. England sit fifth in the eight-team Women’s Championship table and, with the top four earning direct entry to next year’s home World Cup, there is little room for error as Head Coach Mark Robinson prepares for his first series in charge….
England’s Under-19s World Cup squad have been coming to terms with a new level of media attention as a result of their success in reaching the quarter-finals. Lancashire’s Saqib Mahmood made his debut on BBC Test Match Special during the interval of England’s first one-day victory in South Africa on Tuesday. Head coach Andy Hurry, Dan Lawrence of Essex and Hampshire’s Brad Taylor are also booked in for appearances on…