Trent Boult bowled just 15 overs in South Africa’s second innings in Dunedin © Getty Images Trent Boult’s availability for the second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington will be decided on the eve the game. Boult is nursing a sore hip from the Dunedin Test and didn’t train full tilt with the squad on Monday. Boult left the field on the fourth day of the first Test after…
Piedt called-in to boost SA's spin stocks
Dane Piedt has so far played seven Tests since his debut in 2014 © Getty Images Offspinner Dane Piedt has been called up to South Africa’s Test squad as an additional spin option. Piedt is awaiting approval of his visa and is expected to join the group this weekend, with a view to be considered for the third Test in Hamilton starting March 25. Piedt’s last Test was also against…
Boult doubtful for Wellington Test
Trent Boult bowled just 15 overs in South Africa’s second innings in Dunedin © Getty Images Trent Boult’s availability for the second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington will be decided on the eve the game. Boult is nursing a sore hip from the Dunedin Test and didn’t train full tilt with the squad on Monday. Boult left the field on the fourth day of the first Test after…
Piedt earns Test recall in New Zealand
Dane Piedt has so far played seven Tests since his debut in 2014 © Getty Images Offspinner Dane Piedt has been called up to South Africa’s Test squad as an additional spin option. Piedt is awaiting approval of his visa and is expected to join the group this weekend, with a view to be considered for the third Test in Hamilton starting March 25. Piedt’s last Test was also against…
Boult doubtful for Wellington Test
Trent Boult bowled just 15 overs in South Africa’s second innings in Dunedin © Getty Images Trent Boult’s availability for the second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington will be decided on the eve the game. Boult is nursing a sore hip from the Dunedin Test and didn’t train full tilt with the squad on Monday. Boult left the field on the fourth day of the first Test after…
Piedt earns Test recall in New Zealand
Dane Piedt has so far played seven Tests since his debut in 2014 © Getty Images Offspinner Dane Piedt has been called up to South Africa’s Test squad as an additional spin option. Piedt is awaiting approval of his visa and is expected to join the group this weekend, with a view to be considered for the third Test in Hamilton starting March 25. Piedt’s last Test was also against…
Roach roars as Barbados claim innings win
File photo: Barbados’ Kemar Roach bowled 16 overs in the second innings against Leeward Islands, giving away only 18 runs and picked up four wickets © Getty Images Kemar Roach took match figures of 7 for 47 as Barbados defeated Leeward Islands by an innings and 26 runs at Bridgetown. Leeward Islands batted without their captain Kieran Powell, who was absent hurt, in a match where they managed only six…
Munro suspended for one first-class game
Colin Munro was found guilty of using ‘inappropriate language’ © AFP New Zealand and Auckland batsmen Colin Munro will miss the next round of games in the domestic first-class competition, the Plunket Shield, due to a code of conduct breach. At a hearing on March 8, Munro was found guilty of using “inappropriate language” in Auckland’s previous game, against Canterbury. He did not appeal the verdict. New Zealand Cricket chief…
Vesawkar shines as Nepal crush Kenya by seven wickets
Nepal 160 for 3 (Malla 64*, Airee 62, Otieno 2-29) beat Kenya 155 (Obuya 48, Vesawkar 4-28) by seven wicketsScorecard File photo – Sharad Vesawkar struck 24 off 11 balls after taking four wickets © Kaushal Adhikari Four wickets from Sharad Vesawkar – his best List A bowling effort – and half centuries from stand-in captain Gyanendra Malla and Dipendra Singh Airee took Nepal to a comfortable seven-wicket win against…
Lyon twirls through spinning-finger pain
The secret to Nathan Lyon’s longevity has been the lack of injuries in his playing career © AFP Over the past six years, Nathan Lyon has often had reason to worry about his role in the Australian Test team. Seldom, though, has this had anything to do with a case of physical infirmity. A durable body has been central to Lyon’s tenure, even to the point that other challengers for…