Hamilton Masakadza – “I thought if we were defending 180 it would have made a big difference” © AFP Zimbabwe batsman Hamilton Masakadza has said that his bowlers needed a cushion of around 180 runs, instead of the 163 for 7 they ended up getting after batting first. The combined efforts of an inexperienced bowling attack, led by the legspinner Graeme Cremer, almost snuck one past Bangladesh, who needed cameos…
MS Dhoni on Rishi Dhawan: “He may bowl well, but I am saying it will be slightly difficult for him to be successful.” © AFP 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…
Wayne Parnell has not played an international match since July 2015 © Associated Press Wayne Parnell has not played an international match in six months since South Africa’s tour to Bangladesh, but remains a part of the senior side’s plans. He was named in the South African A side that will play against England in the one-day match in Kimberly on January 30. The fixture is a warm-up for the…
Mohammad Amir made a low-key return to international cricket as Pakistan began their Twenty20 series against New Zealand with a 16-run win in Auckland. Amir was playing for the first time since his five-year ban for spot-fixing and claimed a wicket as the Black Caps were bowled out for 155. Wahab Riaz was the pick of the Pakistan attack, claiming 3-34, while Amir removed eighth man out Matt Henry as…
Tea England 162 for 4 (Root 60*, Stokes 38*) trail South Africa 313 (Elgar 46, Stokes 3-53) by 151 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:01 Viljoen enjoys dream start South Africa’s quartet of fast bowlers put England under considerable pressure on the second afternoon at The Wanderers in a riveting Test packed with good-quality, combative cricket. If England were to clinch the series with victory in Johannesburg, it was abundantly…
Lancashire have announced New Zealand paceman Neil Wagner as their overseas signing for the 2016 season. The left-armer will be available from the start of the season and will be primarily used in the County Championship following Lancashire’s promotion to the top-tier. Wagner, 29, will add experience and a whole-hearted attitude to the Red Rose attack having played 18 Tests and taken 67 wickets for New Zealand. “We are delighted…
Bangladesh 166 for 6 (Sabbir 46, Shakib 20*, Cremer 2-32) beat Zimbabwe 163 for 7 (Masakadza 79, Mustafizur 2-18) by four wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Bangladesh outdid Zimbabwe in Khulna by being the scrappier of the two sides, winning the first T20 by four wickets. Zimbabwe suffered a middle-order collapse which left them with a much lower score than they had hoped for, and Bangladesh eventually gunned down their target…
Miami – Kieran Powell, a 25-year-old West Indies cricketer, has worked out before a host of Major League Baseball scouts in hopes of switching sports. Kieran Powell of the West Indies warms up in Queenstown on January 1, 2014 © AFP/File Marty Melville In 2012 Powell, a left-handed opener, became the first West Indies player to hit two centuries in a Test since Brian Lara, scoring 117 & 110 against…
Brisbane (Australia) – Australia set a new record for a run chase at the Gabba in Brisbane on Friday as they cruised to a seven-wicket victory over India in the second one-day international. Australia’s George Bailey and Glenn Maxwell celebrate victory against India in the second one-day international in Brisbane on January 15, 2016 © AFP Patrick Hamilton After Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to…
Johannesburg – Hardus Viljoen took a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket as England lost both their opening batsmen cheaply on the second day of the third Test against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday. South Africa’s Hardus Viljoen (left) celebrates the dismissal of England batsman Alastair Cook on day two of the third Test at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on January 15, 2016 ©…