Paul Franks has been a Nottinghamshire stalwart for nearly two decades © Getty Images Paul Franks, the Nottinghamshire allrounder, has been promoted from his role as second-team captain and academy coach to become Peter Moores’ first-team assistant. Franks, 37, whose playing career at Trent Bridge began in 1997, retired from the first-class game as a player in 2015, and went on to take his ECB Level 4 coaching qualification. He…
New Zealand win rain-hit match after Satterthwaite ton
New Zealand 309 for 4 (Satterthwaite 137*, Martin 65) beat Pakistan 142 for 4 (34.2 overs) (Abidi 45, Khan 33, Bates 2-21) by 60 runs (D/L)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Amy Satterthwaite’s 137 was New Zealand’s fourth-highest individual score © Getty Images Amy Satterthwaite‘s 117-ball 137 powered New Zealand women to 309 for 4 – their sixth highest total in ODIs – before Pakistan women’s chase was interrupted by rain in…
New Zealand win rain-hit match, lead 2-0
New Zealand 309 for 4 (Satterthwaite 137*, Martin 65) beat Pakistan 142 for 4 (34.2 overs) (Abidi 45, Khan 33, Bates 2-21) by 60 runs (D/L)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Amy Satterthwaite’s 137 was New Zealand’s fourth-highest individual score © Getty Images Amy Satterthwaite‘s 117-ball 137 powered New Zealand women to 309 for 4 – their sixth highest total in ODIs – before Pakistan women’s chase was interrupted by rain in…
'It won't reverse that much here' – du Plessis
Faf du Plessis said both sides found reverse swing in Perth © Cricket Australia/Getty Images The week leading up to the Hobart Test has been dominated by talk of contrasting success with reverse swing. Australia, through Josh Hazlewood, have made clear their envy of South Africa’s ability to get the ball moving. South Africa, through Dean Elgar. have admitted their attack enjoys the reverse-swinging ball but distanced themselves from having…
South Africa's turn to play from ahead
Faf du Plessis: “Resilience generally comes from a position of defence, when you’re in trouble. So we trying to make sure that we can be a little bit stronger by putting teams in that position first and not be them doing it to us” © Getty Images It’s been more than two years since South Africa have held a mid-series advantage against anyone but West Indies, so they might be…
Pujara, Vijay lead India's response to 537
India 162 for 1 (Pujara 62*, Vijay 57*) trail England 537 by 375 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Gautam Gambhir was lbw after moving too far across his crease © Associated Press M Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara followed India’s 68-run opening stand with half-centuries, and their unbeaten partnership of 94 kept England at bay in an engrossing session in Rajkot. Only one wicket fell for 99 runs in the first…
'I'm not sure what Graeme Smith knows about Australia' – Steven Smith
Steven Smith stands by the way he led Australia in the Perth Test © Getty Images Faf du Plessis has distanced the South Africa team from former captain Graeme Smith’s warning that Australia is on the wane following a string of defeats. Smith listed loss of confidence, the rotation policy, a packed schedule and the struggles of Steven Smith to assert himself as a leader as heaping pressure on the…
Selectors look to skies for Marsh verdict
It remains to be seen whether Mitchell Marsh will be part of Australia’s XI in Hobart © Getty Images Mitchell Marsh‘s immediate Test future hinges on the vagaries of Hobart’s weather, as a pressured Australia wait until match morning before naming their XI to face South Africa at Bellerive Oval. In a scenario that echoes the prelude to the fateful fourth Test of last year’s Ashes series at Trent Bridge,…
Buoyant South Africa enter new territory
Australia will not decide until the morning of the match whether they require the fifth bowler, Mitchell Marsh, in the Hobart Test © Getty Images Match facts November 12-16, 2016Start time 1030 local (2330 GMT) Big Picture That South Africa won the first Test at the WACA was in some ways not surprising, for in their previous three Tests at the venue they were unbeaten, and they were accustomed to…
Shahid Afridi and Arafat Sunny dismantle Khulna
Rangpur Riders 45 for 1 (Mithun 15*) beat Khulna Titans 44 (Afridi 4-12, Sunny 3-0) by nine wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Shahid Afridi’s 4 for 12 was instrumental in Rangpur Riders’ decimation of Khulna Titans © Raton Gomes/BCB Shahid Afridi and Arafat Sunny took 7 for 12 between them as Rangpur Riders demolished Khulna Titians for 44, before breezing to the target in eight overs, with nine wickets in hand….