India failed to build on centuries from Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli as a dramatic collapse saw them crumble to a 25-run defeat that handed Australia an 18th consecutive completed one-day international victory on home soil. The tourists were on course to pull a game back in the five-match series, which Australia were leading 3-0, when Dhawan and Kohli took the score to 277 for one in the 38th over…
Dale Steyn has played 82 Tests fro South Africa, picking 406 wickets. © AFP Centurion: South African fast bowler Dale Steyn has been ruled out of the fourth and final Test against England starting in Centurion on Friday. (Dale Steyn Ruled Out of Third Test Against England Due to Shoulder Injury) Steyn failed to recover from a shoulder injury which he suffered during the first Test. South Africa are already…
Selector Vikram Rathour (left) is the subject of the newest conflict of interest allegation filed by Niraj Gunde © Fotocorp The BCCI ombudsman Justice AP Shah has received a fresh set of complaints alleging conflict of interest, this time involving BCCI media manager Nishant Arora and national selector Vikram Rathour. Freelance journalist Niraj Gunde wrote an email to Shah on Tuesday saying Arora and his wife were involved in a…
Chadd Sayers has (left) 145 first-class wickets at 24.82. (Image credit: Chadd Sayers/Twitter) © Twitter Melbourne: Australia on Wednesday named uncapped paceman Chadd Sayers and recalled Jackson Bird to the Test squad to face New Zealand next month, as they look to reclaim the number one ranking. (Read more cricket stories here) Selector Rod Marsh said while the batting line-up picked itself, it was a matter of choosing the best…
Toss Zimbabwe chose to bat v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Sikandar Raza came back into the Zimbabwe XI © AFP A slight drizzle delayed the toss in the third T20 in Khulna but not the match as Zimbabwe’s stand-in captain Hamilton Masakadza opted to bat, still looking for their first win of the series. Compared to Bangladesh’s five changes with four debutants, Zimbabwe made only two by bringing in…
Liam Plunkett has had a frustrating winter © Getty Images Liam Plunkett‘s involvement in England’s one-day series in South Africa has been thrown into doubt by a thigh injury picked up while playing for England Lions in the UAE. Plunkett picked up a “tight thigh” in a Lions warm-up match against a UAE XI ahead of their five-match ODI series against Pakistan A – enough to rule him out of…
Australia captain Steven Smith shakes hand with India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni after the toss in the Canberra ODI. © AFP Canberra: Australia skipper Steven Smith won the toss and opted to bat against India in the fourth cricket One-day International at Manuka Oval, here on Wednesday. (Scorecard | Updates) India have replaced left-arm paceman Barinder Sran with experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Australia have made two changes to their side with…
Zimbabwe cricketer Vusi Sibanda (right) plays a shot as the Bangladesh wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan looks on during the third T20 match at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium. © AFP Malcolm Waller and Vusi Sibanda set up a big total as Zimbabwe crushed Bangladesh by 31 runs in the third Twenty20 international in Khulna on Wednesday to stay alive in the four-match series. (Scorecard) Opener Sibanda struck 44 off 33 balls…
Zimbabwe gave themselves a chance of securing a draw in their Twenty20 international series with Bangladesh following a 31-run win in Khulna. Having lost the first two matches, the tourists defended 187 for six to ensure all is to play for in the final match at the same venue on Friday. Max Waller smashed two fours and four sixes in a brutal knock of 49 off just 23 balls, dominating…
India’s Virat Kohli struck a brilliant century against Australia in the fourth ODI against Australia in Canberra, in the process, equalled Sachin Tendulkar’s record of scoring 15 centuries while chasing. © AP Australian pace legend Brett Lee heaped accolades on Virat Kohli, describing the swashbuckling Indian batsman as a legend whose aura is comparable to the iconic Sachin Tendulkar. (Match Report) Kohli notched up his second successive hundred, a 92-ball…