Nazmul Hassan: ‘Miraz had been bowling well in the Tests and this is a very important series for us’ © AFP Ten days after announcing that it was his decision to drop Mahmudullah for the Colombo Test, BCB president Nazmul Hassan has said he was behind the decision to pick Mehedi Hasan for the ODIs against Sri Lanka. Mehedi had returned to Dhaka from Colombo on March 20 with the…

New Zealand 67 for 0 (Latham 42*) trail South Africa 314 (de Kock 90, du Plessis, 53, Amla 50, Henry 4-93) by 247 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:41 De Kock stalls New Zealand despite finger trouble Injured tendon? The liability New Zealand hoped to exploit became a blaring irritant to their hopes of levelling the series as Quinton de Kock – with a strapped finger on a splint –…

India 248 for 6 (Rahul 60, Pujara 57, Lyon 4-67) trail Australia 300 by 52 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Nathan Lyon claimed four wickets after tea © Associated Press Bounce giveth, and bounce taketh away. Nathan Lyon took his opportunity to use the extra vertical lift available in Dharamsala and work his way through India’s middle order, but a pair of dropped catches from Matt Renshaw at either end of…

Carlos Brathwaite: ‘You’ll fail more times than you perform, I think I’ve come to grips with that’ Ryan Pierse / © IDI/Getty Images Carlos Brathwaite. Remember the name? By the time West Indies’ upcoming T20I series against Pakistan is done, it will be a year since that evening in Kolkata, when Brathwaite slammed four sixes in the final over to snatch the World T20 title from England. Since then he…

Tom Latham displayed tremendous anticipation and reflexes to catch Faf du Plessis © Getty Images Faf du Plessis was fed a spoonful of his own medicine when he fell to a superb catch – the likes of which he would have been proud of taking himself – by Tom Latham. Du Plessis had premeditated a paddle sweep against Mitchell Santner, who held his length back a touch. The South African…

Victoria 3 for 322 (Harris 120, Dean 94) v South AustraliaScorecard For the second time in his career, Marcus Harris scored a century in a Sheffield Shield final © Getty Images Openers Marcus Harris and Travis Dean gave Victoria the perfect start in their push to complete a hat-trick of Sheffield Shield titles, setting up a strong first day with the bat for the Bushrangers. Harris scored his second century…

Sarfraz Ahmed: ‘I think it’s a good sign that PSL is happening and players who are performing in domestic are being selected’ © PA Photos Pakistan might be playing their first T20I series in six months, but limited-overs captain Sarfraz Ahmed feels they are well-prepared to take on West Indies, given they’ve arrived in the Caribbean fresh off the Pakistan Super League. In the four-match series, Pakistan will be fielding…

Nazmul Hassan: ‘Miraz had been bowling well in the Tests and this is a very important series for us’ © AFP Ten days after announcing that it was his decision to drop Mahmudullah for the Colombo Test, BCB president Nazmul Hassan has said he was behind the decision to pick Mehedi Hasan for the ODIs against Sri Lanka. Mehedi had returned to Dhaka from Colombo on March 20 with the…

New Zealand 67 for 0 (Latham 42*) trail South Africa 314 (de Kock 90, du Plessis, 53, Amla 50, Henry 4-93) by 247 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:41 De Kock stalls New Zealand despite finger trouble Injured tendon? The liability New Zealand hoped to exploit became a blaring irritant to their hopes of levelling the series as Quinton de Kock – with a strapped finger on a splint –…

India 248 for 6 (Rahul 60, Pujara 57, Lyon 4-67) trail Australia 300 by 52 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Nathan Lyon claimed four wickets after tea © Associated Press Bounce giveth, and bounce taketh away. Nathan Lyon took his opportunity to use the extra vertical lift available in Dharamsala and work his way through India’s middle order, but a pair of dropped catches from Matt Renshaw at either end of…