Dale Steyn suffered a shoulder injury during the Durban Test © Getty Images Dale Steyn gave South Africa’s pace pack a boost ahead of the third Test in Johannesburg by resuming bowling on Tuesday. However, Vernon Philander remains a doubt as he is still recovering from torn ankle ligaments. Steyn, who injured his shoulder during the Boxing Day match and sat out the current Test at Cape Town, tweeted his…
Adelaide Strikers 174 for 2 (Jayawardene 57, Head 51*) beat Perth Scorchers 138 (Rashid 3-23) by 36 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Travis Head struck one four and three sixes in his unbeaten 31-ball 51 © Getty Images After a 24-hour period where the BBL was muddied by scandal, the Adelaide Strikers’ dominant performance over the previously white-hot Perth Scorchers ensured the focus reverted on-field. The Scorchers would have been confident…
Chamu Chibhabha’s four wickets were instrumental in dismantling Afghanistan for 161. (Photo credit: Chris Whiteoak) Sharjah: Zimbabwe bowled out Afghanistan for 161 as they swept to a commanding 65-run victory on Monday to level the five-match one-day international series at 2-2.(Scorecard) Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first in Sharjah, with half-centuries from openers Peter Moor (52) and Chamu Chibhabha (53) setting a solid platform after a first-wicket…
Graeme Welch will join the England Lions coaching staff before their five-match 50-over series against Pakistan A in Dubai this month. Derbyshire’s Elite Performance Director will team up with Andy Flower, Worcestershire’s Steve Rhodes and the rest of the Lions staff – including Gary Kirsten, the former India and South Africa coach who will join the squad next week in a consultancy role. “I’m going out there to work with…
Faf du Plessis was 51 not out at stumps on Day 3 vs England in Cape Town. © AFP South African batsman Faf du Plessis, believes a that a good performance with the bat is exactly the confidence booster the hosts needed. However, he maintained that the hard work was far from over as they still need 77 to avoid the follow-on against England.(Amla Leads Fightback) “We were behind the…
Lunch South Africa 428 for 3 (Amla 200*, du Plessis 81*) trail England 629 for 6 dec by 201 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:20 Butcher: England missing a legspinner Hashim Amla secured his third Test double-hundred on the fourth morning in Cape Town as he guided South Africa towards safety in the second Test. By lunch, he was 200 not out, the latest interlude in an innings that…
Spectators play cricket as rain prevents any action on the third day of the Sydney Test between Australia and West Indies. © AFP Sydney: The third day of the third Test between Australia and the West Indies was abandoned due to persistent rain in Sydney on Tuesday.(Scorecard) There was no play throughout the day with the pitch and surrounds under the covers. Only 11.2 overs had been possible on Monday,…
Martin Guptill struck his 10th one-day international century and Matt Henry took five wickets as New Zealand wrapped up a 3-1 series victory over Sri Lanka with a 36-run victory in Mount Maunganui. Guptill, having blasted 93 off 30 deliveries in the third match, hit 102 as the Black Caps, also boosted by Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor fifties, posted 294 for five after losing the toss. Henry then reduced…
Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand art to pay tribute to the martyrs of Pathankot terror attack at Puri beach. © PTI New Delhi: Cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday saluted Indian soldiers martyred in the terrorist attack at Pathankot Air Force Base in Punjab. (Click here for more stories) “The real heroes of the country are the security forces who have once again shown their steel in the…
Play 02:24 Ugra: Test record doesn’t amount to selection pedigree Pruning the national selection committee from five to three, as the Lodha report has recommended, would be a bad idea given the size of the country and the number of first-class teams involved. That’s the opinion of three former selectors – Dilip Vengsarkar, Kiran More and Sanjay Jagdale – who say that the increased workload cannot be offset by the…