Mehedi Maruf (right) is currently the top-scorer in this season’s BPL, with 203 runs in five matches at an average and strike rate of 50.75 and 156.15 respectively © Getty Images BCB president Nazmul Hassan has asked the national selectors to consider including some of the top performers from this season’s BPL in Bangladesh’s preparatory squad for the New Zealand tour next month. The 22-man squad had been announced on…
Doolan bounces back to form with double-ton
Tasmania 7 for 388 (Doolan 202*, Behrendorff 3-73) lead Western Australia 262 by 126 runsScorecard Alex Doolan scored just his second first-class century in three years © Getty Images Amid all the talk about batsmen competing for a Test call-up, Alex Doolan‘s name was never mentioned. And there was good reason: he entered this Sheffield Shield round with 1315 runs at 24.81 from his past three years of first-class cricket….
England complete 4-0 sweep after SL crumble for 78
England Women 240 for 9 (Sciver 77, Hazell 45, Fernando 3-28, Ranaweera 3-38) beat Sri Lanka Women 78 (Weerakkody 32, Marsh 4-21, Hazell 3-21) by 162 runsScorecard File photo – Danielle Hazell scored 45 runs and took three wickets © Getty Images England Women’s offspinning duo of Laura Marsh and Danielle Hazell took seven wickets between them to decimate Sri Lanka Women for 78 and seal a 162-run win in…
Upbeat West Indies aim to build on Harare gains
Match facts November 19, 2016Start time 0930 local (0730 GMT) Jason Holder’s swing led the way for West Indies in Harare © AFP Big Picture If off-field distractions have followed West Indies to Zimbabwe, their performance in their first game of the tri-series did not show it. They brought a largely young, inexperienced squad here but their win on Wednesday suggested depth and quality nonetheless, and they will arrive in…
England recover poise after Cook's early dismissal
England 34 for 1 (Root 22*, Hameed 9*) trail India 455 (Kohli 167, Pujara 119, Ashwin 58, Moeen 3-98) by 421 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:29 Compton: Moeen’s pace, direction make him effective Joe Root and Haseeb Hameed dug in after the early extraction of their captain, Alastair Cook, as England embarked on a long slow road towards parity in the second Test against India at Visakhapatnam. By…
Queensland on top; Ferguson falls cheaply
South Australia 9 for 222 (Carey 56*, Feldman 3-44, George 3-56) trail Queensland 7 for 475 dec (Renshaw 108, Khawaja 106, Wildermuth 76, Hartley 72*, Zampa 4-141) by 253 runsScorecard Callum Ferguson managed only 4 © Getty Images Queensland will claim a major first-innings advantage some time on day three after continuing to dominate South Australia in the Sheffield Shield match at the Gabba. Jack Wildermuth and the wicketkeeper Chris…
Taylor's 51-ball 90 studs six-wicket win
West Indies Women 154 for 4 (Taylor 90, Pandey 3-31) beat India Women 150 for 4 (Kaur 68*, Krishnamurthy 50, Selman 2-26) by six wicketsScorecard File photo – Stafanie Taylor dominated a third-wicket stand of 70 with Merissa Aguilleira to help West Indies chase down 151 © Getty Images/ICC Stafanie Taylor dominated West Indies’ chase of 151, slamming 90 off 51 balls to take them to 154 for 4 in…
Handscomb makes 215; Warner and Smith fall cheaply
New South Wales 2 for 95 trail Victoria 6 for 510 dec (Handscomb 215, Dean 134, White 75*) by 415 runsScorecard Peter Handscomb scored the first double-century of his first-class career © Getty Images Victoria batsman Peter Handscomb made his case for inclusion in Australia’s Test squad almost irresistible by raising 215 against New South Wales at the SCG. In front of selector Mark Waugh, and against Test captain Steven…
Tampering claims 'a joke' – Amla
Hashim Amla believes the tampering claims against Faf du Plessis are ‘a ridiculous thing’ © Getty Images South Africa consider the ball-tampering allegations against Faf du Plessis to be “ridiculous,” and “a joke,” and believe their stand-in captain has done “absolutely nothing wrong.” That was the message from the team’s senior-most batsman Hashim Amla, who addressed the media at the MCG on Friday afternoon, accompanied by the entire South African…
England battle back to restrict India to 455
India 455 (Kohli 167, Pujara 119, Ashwin 58, Moeen 3-98) v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:29 Compton: Moeen’s pace, direction make him effective England wrapped up India’s innings for 455 in the first hour after lunch on the second afternoon at Visakhapatnam, after R Ashwin and the debutant Jayant Yadav had bolstered the lower-order with a 64-run stand for the eighth wicket. First to go after lunch was…