Toss Zimbabwe chose to bat v Sri LankaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Allrounder Dasun Shanaka was drafted in for Shehan Jayasuriya © Getty Images/Sportsfile Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer chose to bat on an overcast morning for the second consecutive match in Bulawayo. With one loss and one tie, Zimbabwe need to win against Sri Lanka to stay alive in the tri-series. Despite overnight rain and gloomy conditions, both captains wanted…
Tahuhu, Kerr rout Pakistan
New Zealand women 118 for 9 (Perry 26, Mir 2-18, Iqbal 2-30) beat Pakistan women 104 (Riaz 28, Kerr 3-17, Tahuhu 3-17) by 14 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Lea Tahuhu triggered Pakistan’s top order slide © Getty Images/ICC Pakistan stumbled in a chase of 119 in the one-off Twenty20 International in Nelson to round-off a winless tour of New Zealand. Lea Tahuhu, the medium pacer, was involved in four top-order…
'Smart thinking has to come' to execute better – SL women's coach
Three 150-plus scores in the England series was a small positive, according to Sri Lanka’s new women’s coach Hemantha Devapriya © ICC Sri Lanka Cricket’s newly appointed women’s team head coach Hemantha Devapriya is confident that the team will improve despite suffering their second successive series whitewash in the recently-concluded series against England. “England are one of the leading sides in the top bracket in women’s cricket. Although we lost…
Winning Wade vows to make presence felt
Play 01:31 ‘I can help the younger guys’ – Wade In the days when Australia’s cricket team were all-conquering, Adam Gilchrist was frequently referred to as the side’s allrounder, for his batting carried that kind of weight. On his recall to the national side in far grimmer times, Matthew Wade’s allround responsibilities appear to be threefold: batting, wicketkeeping and “presence”. While Wade insists that his glove work has gone up…
India turn the screw as England slide towards defeat
England 255 (Stokes 70, Bairstow 53, Root 53, Ashwin 5-67) and 142 for 7 (Bairstow 19*, Ansari 0*) need another 263 runs to beat India 455 and 204 (Kohli 81, Broad 4-33, Rashid 4-82)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:15 Compton: Umpire’s call leaves too much to debate India’s bowlers took five giant leaps towards victory on the fifth and final morning of the second Test, as England’s resolve was finally…
South Africa set for long hours of work with pink ball
JP Duminy scored 97 and 32 not out against the pink ball on South Africa’s first warm-up game on the tour © Cricket Australia/Getty Images For the next week, the South African squad will not be enjoying romantic sunsets with their other halves. Instead, at twilight, they want to be on the cricket field, preparing for their first day-night Test in the time frame they have identified as the trickiest…
Santner replaces Neesham, NZ wait on Taylor
An x-ray showed Mitchell Santner’s left wrist had healed enough to deem him fit © BCCI Allrounder Mitchell Santner has replaced Jimmy Neesham in New Zealand’s 15-man squad for the second and final Test against Pakistan, while the status of Ross Taylor for the game starting November 25 in Hamilton is still yet to be confirmed. A decision on Taylor will be taken after he consults a specialist about a…
Santner replaces Neesham in NZ squad for second Test
An X-ray on Monday showed Mitchell Santner’s left wrist had healed enough to deem him fit © BCCI Allrounder Mitchell Santner has replaced Jimmy Neesham in New Zealand’s 15-man squad for the second and final Test against Pakistan, while the status of Ross Taylor for the game starting November 25 in Hamilton is still yet to be confirmed. A decision on Taylor will be taken after he consults a specialist…
Du Plessis hearing set to be delayed by lawyers
There’s a chance that the hearing could now take place in South Africa rather than in Adelaide © Getty Images South Africa’s captain Faf du Plessis is expected to be free to play the Adelaide Test, as legal machinations behind his impending hearing on a ball tampering charge delay proceedings until after the series against Australia concludes. On a day when a television reporter attempting to question du Plessis was…
Du Plessis set to be delayed by lawyers
There’s a chance that the hearing could now take place in South Africa rather than in Adelaide © Getty Images South Africa’s captain Faf du Plessis is expected to be free to play the Adelaide Test, as legal machinations behind his impending hearing on a ball tampering charge delay proceedings until after the series against Australia concludes. On a day when a television reporter attempting to question du Plessis was…