South Africa 154 for 2 (Bosch 46, Wolvaardt 45, Dercksen 44*, Tuba 1-26) beat Pakistan 153 for 5 (Amin 37, Muneeba 33, Luus 1-18) by eight wickets South Africa capped off their Women’s T20 World Cup preparations with an eight-wicket win in the series decider against Pakistan, which was also their joint fifth-highest successful chase in T20Is. Chasing 154, Anneke Bosch retired four runs short of a fifth half-century in…
Rathour’s association comes on the back of a five-year stint with the Indian team, where he worked alongside Ravi Shastri and later Dravid. In June, Rathour’s contract ended soon after India’s triumph at the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean. “Having worked closely with Vikram for many years, I can confidently say that his technical expertise, calm demeanor, and deep understanding of Indian conditions make him a perfect fit for…
But with the T20 World Cup likely to be played on pitches that favour spin in the UAE, the experienced Ranaweera has been recalled. Although her bowling has not been especially penetrative in the shortest format this year, she does have 91 T20I wickets from 82 appearances for Sri Lanka, with an economy rate of 5.86. Kavindi’s omission, however, means Sri Lanka have just three main seam-bowling options in their…
For the first time in six years, New Zealand’s domestic season will begin with the Ford Trophy, the men’s 50-over competition, instead of the Plunket Shield. NZC announced the domestic fixtures for 2024-25 on Friday, with the season set to begin on October 20 with three rounds of matches in the Ford Trophy. Defending champions Canterbury will play one of the three games on the opening day, against Wellington. The…
New Zealand 340 (Latham 70, Mitchell 57, Jayasuriya 4-136) lead Sri Lanka 305 by 35 runs A Test of ebbs and flows turned over yet another fascinating chapter on the third morning in Galle, as Sri Lanka stormed back into the game with a flurry of wickets, before Glenn Phillips led a stunning counter-charge. When it was all settled, New Zealand’s first-innings lead stood at 35 after they were bowled…
An lbw decision against Antigua And Barbuda Falcons batter Imad Wasim that was given not out on the field led to “chaos”, controversy and more than a ten-minute delay in the CPL game against Trinbago Knight Riders in Port of Spain. The decision was briefly overturned by the third umpire before Wasim was brought back to resume batting, which sparked off animated chats between TKR captain Kieron Pollard and the…
Innings India 376 (Ashwin 113, Jadeja 86, Mahmud 5-83, Taskin 3-55) vs Bangladesh Taskin Ahmed made use of the second new ball to help Bangladesh control damage and take the remaining four wickets for the addition of just 37 runs on the second morning of the first Test in Chennai. Hasan Mahmud provided the finishing touches with the wicket of Jasprit Bumrah, giving him the first five-wicket haul for a…
As Travis Head placed his helmet on top of his bat handle and raised both to the sky in the style of Chris Gayle, it prompted a tantalising thought. Opening the batting against England in this ODI in Nottingham, Head cruised to his hundred in the 30th over: what is to stop him doing the same thing for Australia in the first session of a Test against India later this…
Surrey 415 (Patel 134, Lawes 58, Burns 55, de Leede 4-106) and 25 for 0 beat Durham 262 (Ackermann 78*, Worrall 4-39) and 177 (Gay 48, S Curran 4-23, Worrall 4-34) by ten wickets Sun kissed and hazy, like the summer should have been. As south London bathed in 25-degree heat, the was a prevailing sense of better late than never. And not solely down to the pleasingly warm weather….
Glamorgan 239 (Ingram 82, Coad 4-55, Fisher 4-55) and 141 for 7 (Tribe 50*, Coad 4-30) need 255 runs to beat Yorkshire 361 ((Hill 90, Wharton 63, Bess 50, Govin 4-67) and 273 (Bean 57, Lyth 55, Harris 5-73) lead by 238 runs Yorkshire need three Glamorgan wickets to secure victory on the final day and remain in pole position to earn promotion along with already promoted Sussex. The Welsh…