New Zealand 170 for 5 (de Grandhomme 37*, Watling 10*, Sohail 2-62) v PakistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Jeet Raval brought up his second Test fifty before nicking Imran Khan to slip © Getty Images On a bright and rain-free second morning, Pakistan’s four fast bowlers tightened their lines and lengths and pegged New Zealand back with three important wickets. Having lost those three wickets for the addition of just…
Saqlain pitches for full-time spin role
Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali working with Saqlain Mushtaq in the Mohali nets © AFP Saqlain Mushtaq has called on the ECB to appoint a full-time spin bowling coach to work with the England team and said he would “love to” fill the role. While Saqlain, the former Pakistan offspinner, is hardly impartial in such matters – he is currently fulfilling such a job on a brief consultancy basis –…
Chisoro deserves all the credit – Raza
“I’ve done it before, I’ve opened the bowling in a couple of T20 games and I’ve been successful, so it was just me doing my normal thing” © AFP For Tendai Chisoro and his team-mates, who have seen him play this way for domestic and A sides, his match-winning performance, which included an unbeaten 42 and 2 for 23, was nothing out of the ordinary. Called upon to open the…
India get a grip on their spin issues
Cheteshwar Pujara and M Vijay have been successful in negating the spin India has faced in the recent past © Associated Press At an optional practice session on Friday, Ravindra Jadeja took first strike against the spinners. He treated them with roughly the same kindness Daffy Duck is used to. Considering how all their best-laid plans backfired – tossed-up deliveries were biffed straight, quicker ones cut away and even the…
Delport, top order give Dolphins eight-wicket win
File photo – Cameron Delport gave Dolphins’ chase a rapid start © BCCI Cameron Delport‘s all-round performance and Dolphins‘ top order steered them to a comfortable eight-wicket win against Knights in Bloemfontein, to earn their second win from five matches. Knights, on the other hand, suffered their third defeat in four matches. Knights’ openers Patrick Kruger and Andries Gous scored 28 each, after they opted to bat, but both were…
Rescheduled matches to delay Ranji knockouts
Smog saw two league matches being postponed, which will now be held from December 24 to 28 © Hindustan Times via Getty Images The knockout matches of the Ranji Trophy have been rescheduled to accommodate the two league fixtures in Delhi which were postponed due to pollution and smog. The quarter-finals, initially scheduled to begin on December 17, will now be held from December 24 to 28. The semi-finals were…
Khulna go on top with six-wicket win
Khulna Titans 120 for 4 (Shuvagata 40, Raees 2-13) beat Barisal Bulls 119 for 5 (Mushfiqur 31, Junaid 1-12) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Mahmudullah’s 36* was his fourth 30-plus score in eight BPL matches © Raton Gomes/BCB Khulna Titans took sole lead of the BPL after their six-wicket win over Barisal Bulls. Khulna’s bowling returned to its parsimonious ways, rattling Barisal with early wickets and remaining disciplined as…
Chisoro, Raza lead Zimbabwe into tri-series final
Zimbabwe 218 for 8 (Raza 76*, Chisoro 42*, Nurse 3-27, Bishoo 3-30) beat West Indies 124 for 5 (Carter 43*, Williams 2-18, Chisoro 2-23) by 5 runs (D/L method)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Zimbabwe stuck to their task in the field to pull off a five-run victory and seal their berth in the final © AFP Zimbabwe fought back from the brink to beat West Indies by five runs on the…
South Africa find pink pill is no magic ball
Play 06:22 On The Road: How the pink ball is made South Africa have identified the first and last hours as the time when the pink ball is at its most dangerous but have concluded that it is not the hand grenade it was hyped up to be in the lead up to the day-night Test. Kyle Abbott was South Africa’s most successful bowler, picking up 3 for 38 from…
Handscomb stakes middle-order claim
‘There is a chance to cement a spot in the middle order, which I’ll be trying to take with both hands’ – Peter Handscomb © Getty Images Peter Handscomb‘s mother was in tears at the sight of her son notching a Test match fifty on debut, but Australia’s new No. 5 stated plainly after stumps that he does not wish this day to be the high-point of his international career….