Trent Boult will miss his second Test of the season © AFP Trent Boult has been ruled out of the second Test against South Africa in Wellington with the leg injury he sustained in Dunedin. Boult did not bowl after tea on the fourth day of the opening Test – when he was one of just two frontline seamers alongside Neil Wagner – and even with the final day’s play…
Taylor's absence could be a hole too big for New Zealand
Ross Taylor’s absence removes a significant part of New Zealand’s batting core © AFP Take Michael Hussey or Mohammad Azharuddin out of Australia in the 2000s or India in the 1990s and it would have left a hole. Take Jason Gillespie and Javagal Srinath out of the same sides at the same time and, if they didn’t have the likes of Ricky Ponting and Glenn McGrath or Sachin Tendulkar and…
South Africa aim to exploit injury-hit New Zealand
Match Facts March 16-20 2017Start time 11.00am local (2200GMT) Play 01:09 Moonda: Matt Henry might get into the XI Big Picture As you were, then. Sort of. Four days of cut-and-thrust set things up for a fascinating fifth day in Dunedin. Then it rained. It’s done that quite a lot in New Zealand this summer. The good news, however, is after a wet and windy build-up the forecast for the…
Bangladesh take first session of landmark Test
Lunch Sri Lanka 70 for 4 (Chandimal 27*, Mehedi 2-32) v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:28 Fernando: P Sara Oval the most result-oriented venue in the world The P Sara Oval lived up to its reputation of promising a sporting pitch after seam and spin took effect in the first session of the Sri Lanka-Bangladesh Test match. The home side lost four wickets, played and missed several times…
Starc injury renews focus on front-foot law
Mitchell Starc heads home from India with injury despite an enormous amount of research into his workload and management © Getty Images Mitchell Starc is perhaps Australian cricket’s most prized asset. His bowling action, fitness and workload are all managed with the utmost precision by Cricket Australia’s extensive team performance and sports science divisions. His appearances in the IPL have been duly limited. And at 27 he is at the…
Voges, Doherty and Hartley opt for retirement
Xavier Doherty was at his most effective for Australia in ODIs © Getty Images If it isn’t quite Chappell, Lillee, Marsh, the simultaneous retirements of Adam Voges (37), Xavier Doherty (34) and Chris Hartley (34) from Australian domestic ranks will leave a major hole in terms of experience and character in the game down under. All three elected to announce their exits from the game on the eve of the…
Manohar resigns as ICC chairman
Shashank Manohar, the person chiefly responsible for trying to reduce the influence wielded by the Big Three, has resigned from his post as ICC chairman after only eight months in office. Manohar was elected unopposed as the ICC’s first independent chairman – one not affiliated to any of its member boards – in May 2016 for a two-year term and since then had led the effort to decentralise the power…
Second injury blow for New Zealand as Boult ruled out
Trent Boult will miss his second Test of the season © AFP Trent Boult has been ruled out of the second Test against South Africa in Wellington with the leg injury he sustained in Dunedin. Boult did not bowl after tea on the fourth day of the opening Test – when he was one of just two frontline seamers alongside Neil Wagner – and even with the final day’s play…
South Africa aim to exploit injury-hit New Zealand
Match Facts March 16-20 2017Start time 11.00am local (2200GMT) Play 01:09 Moonda: Matt Henry might get into the XI Big Picture As you were, then. Sort of. Four days of cut-and-thrust set things up for a fascinating fifth day in Dunedin. Then it rained. It’s done that quite a lot in New Zealand this summer. The good news, however, is after a wet and windy build-up the forecast for the…
Voges, Doherty and Hartley opt for retirement
Xavier Doherty was at his most effective for Australia in ODIs © Getty Images If it isn’t quite Chappell, Lillee, Marsh, the simultaneous retirements of Adam Voges (37), Xavier Doherty (34) and Chris Hartley (34) from Australian domestic ranks will leave a major hole in terms of experience and character in the game down under. All three elected to announce their exits from the game on the eve of the…