Chandika Hathurusingha has said Bangladesh’s bowlers need more experience if they are to develop the game intelligence required to set up dismissals © AFP Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said his batsmen have to take better decisions and make technical adjustments for an improved performance in the Colombo Test starting later this week. The visitors were back in business on Sunday with those on the bench training in the steaming…
Du Plessis surprised no action taken in Bengaluru DRS-incident
Faf du Plessis was found guilty of ball-tampering and fined his entire match fee in the Hobart Test in November last year © Getty Images Faf du Plessis has admitted to being “surprised” that neither Virat Kohli nor Steven Smith were charged with any breaches of the ICC’s code of conduct in the aftermath of the Bengaluru Test. After an intense match, Kohli had accused Smith of looking to the…
Warner shelves switch-hit due to apparent misinterpretation of law
Play 00:23 David Warner on why he did not try the switch-hit off R Ashwin in Bengaluru David Warner is among the few batsmen in the world capable of successfully executing a switch-hit. It was an option he could have used against R Ashwin in Bengaluru, when the offspinner bowled over the wicket to him, targeting the rough outside his leg stump. Warner, however, has said he chose not to…
New Zealand assess injury list as rain ends closely-fought contest
South Africa 308 (Elgar 140, Bavuma 64, du Plessis 52, Boult 4-64) and 224 for 6 (Elgar 89, du Plessis 56*) drew with New Zealand 341 (Williamson 130, Raval 52, Watling 50, Maharaj 5-94)Scorcard and ball-by-ball details It was a bleak picture on the final day in Dunedin © AFP As forecast the rain swept into Dunedin and washed out what could have been an intriguing final day to the…
Krunal, GS Raju star in quarter-final wins
File photo – Krunal Pandya bagged three wickets and scored 70 runs in the quarter-final against Karnataka © BCCI Krunal Pandya‘s all-round performance – a three-for coupled with a half-century – set up an emphatic seven-wicket victory for Baroda against Karnataka in the first quarter-final at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Chasing 234, Pandya struck a 79-ball 70 after Baroda’s Kedar Devdhar and Aditya Waghmode replicated Karnataka’s opening stand of 64…
Taylor's absence an opportunity to apply pressure – du Plessis
Faf du Plessis drew confidence from Dean Elgar’s knocks © Getty Images South Africa felt they had the better chance to win the Dunedin Test had play been possible on the final day. South Africa, who were 191 runs ahead, with four wickets in hand and Faf du Plessis at the crease, expected to set New Zealand a target of around 250, and then put the hosts under pressure in…
Nabi, Shahzad seal Afghanistan's 3-0 whitewash
Afghanistan 233 for 8 (Nabi 89, Shahzad 72, O’Brien 4-45) beat Ireland 205 (Wilson 59, Stirling 49, Rashid 3-28) by 28 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Afghanistan recorded their second 3-0 whitewash in T20Is © PTI Bowlers and records were all over the place in Greater Noida as Afghanistan trumped Ireland by 28 runs to seal a 3-0 whitewash in a 438-run slugfest, taking their unbeaten streak to a record 11…
Broom called up for injured Taylor
Play 01:33 ‘Losing Taylor a big loss’ – Williamson Neil Broom is in line for his Test debut after being called up to replace Ross Taylor who was ruled out of the second Test against South Africa in Wellington due to his calf strain. Taylor will be reassessed ahead of the final match of the series in Hamilton. Kane Williamson and Mike Hesson said that Broom, who returned to the…
Hathurusingha wants to make Bangladesh what SL were in 1996
Bangladesh have run impressive campaigns in the 2016 Asia Cup and the 2015 World Cup over the last two years © AFP Coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said he would like to leave Bangladesh in the position Sri Lanka had been in 1996, and that he would happily work with Sri Lanka after his present contract ends in 2019. The mid-1990s were effectively Sri Lanka’s coming of age in international cricket….
'Batsmen need to make better decisions' – Hathurusingha
Chandika Hathurusingha has said Bangladesh’s bowlers need more experience if they are to develop the game intelligence required to set up dismissals © AFP Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said his batsmen have to take better decisions and make technical adjustments for an improved performance in the Colombo Test starting later this week. The visitors were back in business on Sunday with those on the bench training in the steaming…