Toss West Indies chose to bat v AfghanistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo – Noor Ali Zadran was brought in as a replacement for Usman Ghani © AFP There were no delays at the start, despite showers in St. Kitts, as West Indies elected to bat in the second match of the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan. West Indies stuck to the team that dominated Afghanistan in the first…
Focused Kohli blocks out the intrigue
Play 01:56 Our mindset and preparation don’t change – Kohli Upon entering the field of play at Edgbaston, Virat Kohli dropped his kit bag a few yards from the pitch and went up to make his first assessment of the surface. Moments later, Kohli was joined by Anil Kumble, the India coach. Kumble had his hands in his pockets as Kohli spoke to him. Kumble then folded his arms as…
Upul Tharanga suspended for two matches after four-hour innings
Play 03:56 Fleming: 12 overs an hour is unacceptable Sri Lanka’s stand-in captain Upul Tharanga has been suspended for his team’s next two matches in the 2017 Champions Trophy because of a “serious” over-rate offence in their first group B match against South Africa at Edgbaston. Sri Lanka took more than four hours to bowl 50 overs, and Match Referee David Boon ruled that they were short of the target…
Lyth's battling hundred tests Lancashire's faith
Lancashire 123 (Coad 6-25, Sidebottom 3-30) and 141 for 4 (Chanderpaul 43*) trail Yorkshire 273 ( Lyth 100, Clark 3-44, Mahmood 3-62) by nine runsScorecard Adam Lyth’s season came to life with a century that might win a Roses match © Getty Images Last August Yorkshire took the immensely far-sighted step of opening a dedicated multi-faith room at Headingley. Let us hope on the second evening of this match that…
Godleman application gives Derbyshire sniff of rare win
Nottinghamshire 229 (Mullaney 76, Palladino 4-44) and 67 for 2 trail Derbyshire 363 (Godleman 121, Madsen 56) by 67 runsScorecard Billy Godleman added his third hundred of the season to set up a healthy first-innings lead © Getty Images So highly was he rated as a schoolboy cricketer, Billy Godleman was awarded a contract by Middlesex when he was 17, having made his first-class bow the year before in the…
Wright refinds batting zest after resignation
Worcestershire 139 for 0 trail Sussex 579 for 8 dec (Wells 155, Wright 87, Wiese 66, van Zyl 54, Leach 3-101, Barnard 3-120) by 440 runsScorecard Luke Wright’s captaincy resignation paid dividends with the bat © Getty Images Worcestershire produced an excellent response after conceding their second-highest total in matches against Sussex. Luke Wells followed his 258 in his last appearance at Hove with 155, Luke Wright made 87, his…
Maiden Holden ton gives Northants edge
Durham 166 and 78 for 1 trail Northants 338 (Holden 124, Cobb 96, Rossington 65, Coughlin 5-49) by 94 runsScorecard Max Holden scored his maiden first-class hundred Andrew Miller / © Getty Images Max Holden‘s maiden century in only his sixth first-class game left Durham kicking themselves for dropping him twice early on the second day of their Specsavers County Championship match at Chester-le-Street. Once the England Under-19 captain, on…
Warwickshire collapse after record Hampshire stand
Warwickshire 49 for 6 trail Hampshire 515 (Ervine 203, Adams 166, Singh 6-144) by 466 runsWarwickshireScorecard These are worrying times for Warwickshire skipper Ian Bell © Getty Images Sean Ervine collected a double century and joined Jimmy Adams, another century maker, in the highest stand in the Championship this season before inflicting more misery on Warwickshire as they collapsed in the final session. Ervine moved from 140 overnight to a…
Tahir, Amla lead rout of Sri Lanka
South Africa 299 for 6 (Amla 103, du Plessis 75, Pradeep 2-54) v Sri LankaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:56 Fleming: SL’s over rate of 12 overs an hour is unacceptable A velvet 103 off 115 balls from Hashim Amla, and an efficient 75 off 70 from Faf du Plessis formed the basis of South Africa’s 299 for 6. It perhaps reads like a par score in the context…
Sarfraz talks of 'out-of-the-box' plans against India
Play 01:35 We’re picking an attack to take wickets – Arthur It was the contrast that was most striking. While India’s pre-match media conference – attended only by the captain, Virat Kohli – was dominated by talk of the division between him and his team’s coach, Anil Kumble, the Pakistan captain and coach turned up together and talked of the relationship as akin to a marriage. It is possible that…