Joe Root struck a wonderful unbeaten century to drag England back into contention to secure a series win in Johannesburg after South Africa had applied the pressure early on the second day of the third Test at the Wanderers. The Yorkshireman defied some high-quality fast bowling on a lively pitch to complete the first fifty of the match before advancing to his ninth Test ton, off 126 balls, in the…
“Chuffed to bits but it’s about getting us in the lead tomorrow.” @root66 after his wonderful 106* in Joburg. https://t.co/WeW1JwFyGO — England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 15, 2016 Joe Root hauled England away from danger with one of the finest Test centuries of his young career and then revealed he did it on hardly any sleep. Root reached his ninth Test century, and just his second on foreign soil, as he…
Play 01:28 Butcher: Something missing from Anderson’s game The England camp have admitted that James Anderson had been warned twice for running on the pitch before he was removed from the attack for a third transgression in the third Test against South Africa in Johannesburg. Anderson, England’s record wicket taker in Test cricket, appeared incensed when Aleem Dar, the umpire, notified the England captain that Anderson was to be withdrawn…
It is understood there had been interest from an IPL franchise in Moeen Ali © AFP Moeen Ali has withdrawn from the IPL auction after the ECB raised concerns over his workload. ESPNcricinfo understands that Andrew Strauss, the director of England cricket, contacted Moeen and his representatives today to discuss his involvement in the tournament after papers were lodged to confirm his inclusion in the auction on Thursday. While Strauss…
England 238 for 5 (Root 106*, Bairstow 4*) trail South Africa 313 (Elgar 46, Stokes 3-53) by 75 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:01 Viljoen enjoys dream start Joe Root has been jostling for the honour as the No. 1 Test batsman in the world over the last six months, but his gilded reputation can only have been further elevated by a richly enterprising hundred against South Africa in the…
Play 04:56 Always believed Rahane is a good opener – Dhoni The Himachal Pradesh allrounder Rishi Dhawan is likely to accumulate a lot of frequent flyer points and bowl a lot in the nets, but the India cap looks as far as it did before he was selected for the Australia tour. On pitches where Australia are playing no specialist spinners, and where the India spinners have been moderately effective,…
James Pattinson has not played a game since the Sydney Test against West Indies © Getty Images Melbourne Renegades fast bowler James Pattinson will miss his team’s final league game of the season, against the Adelaide Strikers on Monday, due to soreness in his left shin. Pattinson, 25, picked up the knock towards the end of the recently-concluded home Tests against West Indies, and has not played any game since…
Australia completed a record run chase for the second time in three days to go 2-0 ahead in their one-day international series against India. India had seen Australia track down 310 in the series opener at Perth – a record for the WACA Ground – and they were similarly powerless as the hosts broke the record chase in Brisbane today. George Bailey was again the key to Australia’s pursuit, completed…
Mashrafe Mortaza: “I think we have good balance at the death with Shakib and myself also there.” © AFP Mashrafe Mortaza has conceded that Bangladesh’s effort was scratchy, but said that his side will draw confidence from sealing their second-highest chase in T20s. Despite some hiccups, Bangladesh reached the target of 164 in 18.4 overs, after having overhauled West Indies’ 164 in the World T20 in 2007. “We were not…
File photo: Taijul Islam’s sixth first-class five-for sealed North Zone’s victory in Rajshahi © AFP Taijul Islam‘s five-wicket haul helped North Zone to a 74-run victory in the first round of the Bangladesh Cricket League. South Zone‘s own left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak ended the game with an 11-wicket haul, but it was Taijul’s performance that had greater effect on the result of the match. South Zone were set 231 to…