Quinton de Kock hit ten fours and three sixes during his knock of 91 after walking in at 94 for 6 © AFP Quinton de Kock “knew straightaway” that he would come up against Jeetan Patel, but instead of dreading facing the offspinner who had dismissed him in his last four innings, de Kock was “not at all” anxious. Quite the opposite. “I was looking forward to the battle again,”…
WA on top despite Cowan, Hughes fifties
New South Wales 5 for 242 (Cowan 69, Hughes 69) trail Western Australia 9 for 436 dec (Bancroft 104, Turner 84, Voges 72, Cartwright 70, Inglis 54) by 194 runsScorecard File photo – Ed Cowan was in the runs yet again © Getty Images Ed Cowan and Daniel Hughes made half-centuries as New South Wales chipped away at Western Australia’s hefty first-innings score, but the Warriors remained on top at…
Mennie takes five; McDermott scores maiden ton
South Australia 225 and 0 for 69 trail Tasmania 332 (McDermott 104, Webster 50, Mennie 5-67, Worrall 3-97) by 38 runsScorecard File photo – Joe Mennie picked up 5 for 67 © Getty Images Joe Mennie snared a five-wicket haul in his return to cricket following a serious head injury in December, to keep alive South Australia’s slim hopes of reaching the Sheffield Shield final. The Redbacks must not only…
Shahzaib Hasan provisionally suspended from cricket
Shahzaib Hasan made 19 and 0 in his only two PSL innings this year © PCB Batsman Shahzaib Hasan has become the fifth Pakistan player to be provisionally suspended by the PCB as part of its investigation into alleged corruption in the Pakistan Super League. Shahzaib was suspended with immediate effect from all forms of cricket for allegedly failing to report a suspect approach in time and in full detail,…
Mills stays level-headed as IPL venture nears
Play 02:27 How the bidding war for Tymal Mills unfolded Tymal Mills says that he will not believe he is a newly-minted IPL millionaire until his £1.4 million fee from Royal Challengers Bangalore has landed in his account, but insists that – aside from buying a house and enjoying the benefits of a mortgage-free lifestyle – his new-found status will not change his outlook on the game. Mills’ rags-to-riches tale…
Plot watch – Ranchi pitch continues to behave itself
There was enough bounce on day two, contrary to pre-match expectations © Associated Press Day 2 Pitch watch Standard, slow Indian Test-match pitch with something in it for everyone: fact. Stitched-up, tailor-made, doctored, raging, cracking dustbowl, which spits venom like a basilisk: alternative fact. After 177.3 overs of competitive Test cricket, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Ravindra Jadeja, India’s openers and Australia’s fast bowlers deserve all the headlines. The pitch does…
Nethula shines as Auckland rout Northern Districts
File Photo – Glenn Phillips became the first player in New Zealand’s domestic history to score tons across first-class, T20 and List A one-day games in a single season © Getty Images Tarun Nethula‘s all-round show – a match haul of nine coupled with a brisk half-century – helped defending champions Auckland trump Northern Districts by 71 runs, despite resilient counterattacks with the bat from HR Cooper across both innings….
Pollard, Narine, Badree, Simmons to play Pak T20s
Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine are back in West Indies’ colours © AFP The Trinidad quartet of Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Lendl Simmons and Samuel Badree has been picked by the West Indies selectors to play in the T20 segment of the limited-overs series against Pakistan. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the four players are part of a squad picked for the first two contests of the four-match series. The T20…
Malan stars with century as South trounce North
South 205 for 0 (Malan 109*, Bell-Drummond 92*) beat North 202 (Clarke 57, Curran 3-19) by ten wicketsScorecard Dawid Malan’s century guided South to a thumping victory in Dubai © Getty Images Dawid Malan made a high-class century and shared an unbroken opening partnership of 205 with Daniel Bell-Drummond as the South crushed the North by ten wickets in the first game of the new North-South Series in Dubai. The…
Queensland fight on rain-hit day
Victoria 6 for 201 (Quiney 57, Finch 52, Neser 3-60) trail Queensland 208 by 7 runsScorecard File photo – Rob Quiney top scored for Victoria with 57 © Getty Images Queensland’s hopes of reaching the Sheffield Shield final suffered a blow as almost half of the second day against Victoria in Brisbane was washed out. The Bulls need to win to have any chance of securing a place in the…