Adelaide Strikers 5 for 164 (Dunk 79*) beat Hobart Hurricanes 8 for 161 (Webster 67*, Wells 55, Jordan 3-24) by 5 wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Ben Dunk batted through the innings in a chase of 162 © Getty Images A serene Ben Dunk half-century helped Adelaide Strikers to a comprehensive win over Hobart Hurricanes and kept them in finals contention. Dunk barely got out of first gear during an effortless…
Lord to leave ECB after 25 years to take up role in rugby
Lord leaves the ECB after 25 years © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Gordon Lord, the ECB’s head of elite coach development, is set to swap his role in cricket for a similar position in rugby union, after being appointed as the new head of professional coach development at the Rugby Football Union (RFU). Lord, 55, has spent 25 years at the ECB (formerly TCCB), following a decade of first-class cricket with Warwickshire…
Holidaymaker Winfield replaces Dottin in WBBL
Lauren Winfield made a century against Pakistan last summer © Getty Images Lauren Winfield, the England opening batsman, has cut short her holiday in Australia to replace Deandra Dottin in Brisbane Heat’s WBBL squad. Dottin, the West Indies allrounder who helped to secure the Women’s World T20 title last year, suffered multiple cheekbone fractures after an on-field collision with team-mate Laura Harris during the Heat’s match against Melbourne Stars on…
Yuvraj recalled, Kohli named ODI and T20I captain
Yuvraj Singh has been recalled to both the ODI and T20I squads for India’s upcoming series against England, beginning in January. Virat Kohli was named the limited-overs captain, after MS Dhoni stepped down on Wednesday. ODI squad: KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), MS Dhoni, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav T20I squad:…
My future depends on what team wants from me – Younis
Younis Khan: “I want my people, my critics, my followers, I want them to know that whenever I played cricket I played for my team and my country” © AFP Younis Khan will play on for Pakistan for as long as the side needs him, dousing speculation about his immediate future, unlike that of the side’s captain Misbah-ul-Haq. Talk of retirement has not attached itself to Younis through the series…
Australia hit 241 at 7.53 in bid for sweep
Pakistan 315 (Younis 175*, Azhar 71, Hazlewood 4-55) and 1 for 55 need 410 runs to beat Australia 8 for 538 dec and 2 for 241 dec (Khawaja 79*, Smith 59, Warner 55)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details David Warner smashed 22 runs off a Yasir Shah over © Getty Images Rain cleared in Sydney for the second time in as many days to allow further progression of the SCG Test but…
We were capable of winning the series – Younis
Can Pakistan end the series on a high note with a draw? © Getty Images Which will it be for the last day of this Test series? Will it be the Pakistan that we saw towards the end of the Brisbane Test, never quite down and pushing towards what would have been the most epic scaling of a target in Test cricket? Or will it be the Pakistan of Melbourne’s…
Bangladesh rest Mustafizur for first Test; Mushfiqur fit
Mustafizur Rahman has been rested for the first Test, ahead of a busy season for Bangladesh © AFP Mushfiqur Rahim has been named in Bangladesh’s 15-man squad for the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington, with the selectors expecting him to recover from his hamstring injury in time to play. Pace spearhead Mustafizur Rahman has been rested, meaning Taskin Ahmed – who is yet to debut in Test cricket…
Uncapped Blundell replaces injured Ronchi
Luke Ronchi is likely to be out for four to six weeks © Getty Images Luke Ronchi has been ruled out of New Zealand’s final T20 international against Bangladesh on Sunday, after suffering a tear to his right adductor during his side’s 47-run win on Friday. Tom Blundell, the uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman from Wellington, will replace Ronchi in the squad. Ronchi sustained the groin injury during the eighth over of Bangladesh’s…
India selection meeting delayed in Mumbai
The meeting to select India’s squads for the ODI and T20I series against England beginning on January 15 was delayed in Mumbai on Friday because of logistical reasons. The meeting was supposed to begin at 12.30 pm IST but it had not yet begun as of 2 pm. There were reports about a lack of clarity in selection procedure after the Supreme Court order on January 2 left the BCCI…