England achieved what they set out to in South Africa but problems remain © Getty Images Alastair Cook admitted England had been left with “a lot of unanswered questions” at the end of their Test tour of South Africa. It was not so much England losing the final Test that worried Cook. They had already wrapped up the series and were, he thought, a little lacking in intensity as a…
Harmanpreet Kaur held India together amid a brief wobble to hand Australia their first loss at home since the 2013-14 Women’s Ashes © Getty Images In an age where technology and cricket go hand in hand to reduce the element of surprise, Australia women have admitted that not knowing enough about their Indian counterparts contributed to their record-breaking defeat in the first T20I in Adelaide. Australia put up a challenging…
Liam Plunkett has been ruled out of the remaining two matches of England Lions’ one-day series against Pakistan A in Dubai, and will fly to South Africa on Wednesday to continue his rehabilitation with the fast bowlers on the Potential England Performance Programme in Potchefstroom. Plunkett suffered a thigh injury in the Lions’ second warm-up match against a United Arab Emirates XI last week, and a scan yesterday revealed a…
Mehedi Hasan had featured in the previous Under-19 World Cup as well, in the UAE © PTI “What you are saying about pressure, I am hearing this for the first time.” Mehedi Hasan, the Bangladesh Under-19 captain, had a straight face while saying this, but quickly broke into a giggle. Either he hid the sarcasm of the comment well or cloistered himself from social and mainstream media over the last…
‘By the time he ends his career, quite a few Australian grounds will have his stand’ – India captain MS Dhoni on Virat Kohli © Getty Images MS Dhoni, India’s limited-overs captain, has welcomed the return of batsmen who can also contribute with the ball although it may, as a tangential consequence, delay Ajinkya Rahane’s comeback into the team after a hand injury. On a pitch that slowed down, India…
The Delhi Test between India and South Africa only went ahead after the Delhi High Court stepped in to provide interim relief © BCCI Delhi is in danger of losing the second T20I between India and Sri Lanka on February 12 should it not produce requisite clearances from government agencies by Wednesday. BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur confirmed that an email was sent to the DDCA in this regard. “The BCCI…
Russell Domingo said South Africa hoped to have a new batting coach on board soon © Getty Images When you’re next in a book store, look out for They Think We Are Stupid. That is the title of a book Russell Domingo, South Africa’s coach, is threatening to write, presumably to shed light on some of the decisions made in South African cricket that have been questioned in the aftermath…
National pride will be at stake when India and Australia clash at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday in the first of the three-match Twenty20 international series. India will be banking on the collective experience of Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra and Harbhajan Singh to overturn the miseries of a 4-1 defeat in the ODI series that concluded in Sydney on Saturday. Catch live cricket scores and updates here. (LIVE SCORECARD |…
Russell Domingo said South Africa hoped to have a new batting coach on board soon © Getty Images When you’re next in a book store, look out for They Think We Are Stupid. That is the title of a book Russell Domingo, South Africa’s coach, is threatening to write, presumably to shed light on some of the decisions made in South African cricket that have been questioned in the aftermath…
AB De Villiers’ form has dipped since taking over the South African Test captaincy. © AFP Centurion: AB de Villiers went a world record 78 Test innings from his debut before he made his first duck. (Scorecard) When he took over the South African captaincy in the third Test against England in Johannesburg he had only failed to score four times in 172 innings spread over 11 years. But since…