Trent Boult could not recover in time for the Wellington Test © Getty Images Trent Boult has conceded that sitting out some matches in the ODI series against South Africa could have kept him fit for all the Tests, but admitted it would be difficult to pick and choose which matches to play in tightly contested series. Boult was forced to sit out the second Test in Wellington with a…
South Australia reach 225 in must-win game
Tasmania 3 for 76 trail South Australia 225 (Carey 46*, Weatherald 46, Rainbird 4-50, Bell 3-63) by 149 runsScorecard File photo – Sam Rainbird picked up 4 for 50 © Getty Images South Australia made a stuttering start against Tasmania at Bellerive Oval in a match the Redbacks must win outright to be in contention for the Sheffield Shield final. Sent in by the Tigers captain George Bailey on an…
BCB president says it was his decision to drop Mahmudullah
Nazmul Hassan: ‘I have said it repeatedly that I take every decision’ © BCB BCB president Nazmul Hassan has revealed the significant influence he has over Bangladesh’s selection process at present, saying that it was his call to drop allrounder Mahmudullah from the ongoing Test against Sri Lanka. Hassan also said another high-profile player might have suffered the axe had the designated wicketkeeper Liton Das not been ruled out of…
Victoria on top despite Hartley half-century
Victoria 0 for 20 trail Queensland 208 (Hartley 57, Tremain 3-41) by 188 runsScorecard File photo – Chris Hartley top scored with 57 © Getty Images Quensland’s retiring captain Chris Hartley and his wicketkeeping successor Jimmy Peirson led the way for the Bulls with the bat but Victoria still enjoyed the better of the opening day of the Sheffield Shield match at Allan Border Field in Brisbane. Sent in by…
Smith, Maxwell lead Australia dominance
Australia 299 for 4 (Smith 117*, Maxwell 82*) v IndiaScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:23 Kalra: Surprising performance from Maxwell Test hundred number 19, nine of them made overseas, was a measure of the quality Australia’s captain Steven Smith has brought to Ranchi to give his team a chance of unseating India at home. Ball number 147, kept out by Glenn Maxwell in the day’s final over, was a measure…
Bancroft ton gives Western Australia hope
Western Australia 5 for 360 (Bancroft 104, Turner 84, Cartwright 70) v New South Wales Scorecard File photo – Cameron Bancroft scored 104 for Western Australia © Getty Images Cameron Bancroft scored his second century of the Sheffield Shield season as Western Australia piled on the runs on the first day of their match against New South Wales at the WACA. The Warriors began this round fifth on the Shield…
Kohli to undergo scans on right shoulder
Virat Kohli injured his shoulder while trying to save a boundary in the 40th over © PTI Virat Kohli will undergo scans on his right shoulder to determine his fitness for the rest of the third Test against Australia in Ranchi. Kohli injured his shoulder in the 40th over of the first day, when he chased a drive from Peter Handscomb off Ravindra Jadeja. Sprinting from mid-on towards the long-on…
Late wickets hurt Bangladesh's reply to SL's 338
Bangladesh 214 for 5 (Sarkar 61, Sandakan 3-65) trail Sri Lanka 338 (Chandimal 138, Mehedi 3-90) by 124 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Lakshan Sandakan’s late double-strike put Sri Lanka ahead at the end of the second day © Associated Press The two ends of the day were delicate and disastrous. Dinesh Chandimal took Sri Lanka out of a slippery slope, from an overnight 238 for 7 to a more…
New Zealand end day on high after Nicholls' repair work
South Africa 24 for 2 trail New Zealand 268 (Nicholls 118, Duminy 4-47) by 244 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:27 Moonda: Nicholls’ positivity most impressive Henry Nicholls‘ maiden Test century was the centrepiece of a New Zealand fightback on the opening day at the Basin Reserve which was capped by the removal of both South Africa’s openers. JP Duminy nipped in with a career-best 4 for 47 as South…
Duminy moves closer to spinning allrounder role
‘I’ve been getting an odd over here and there so the opportunities haven’t really been there’ – JP Duminy © Getty Images Despite JP Duminy taking a career-best 4 for 47, he said offspinner Dane Piedt, who is arriving ahead of the Hamilton Test, should “definitely not” remain in South Africa at his expense. Instead, Duminy intends to keep working on his bowling in the hope that he will finally…