Lunch South Africa 242 and 2 for 183 (Duminy 74*, Elgar 69*) lead Australia 244 by 181 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details It was a tough morning for Australia’s bowlers © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Dean Elgar and JP Duminy both brought up half-centuries on the third day at the WACA, where they batted through the opening session to lift South Africa’s lead close to 200. It was a frustrating, wicketless…
Rain mars both matches on opening day
File photo: Steady rain during much of the afternoon meant not even a toss was possible in Mirpur © AFP Both matches on the opening day of the Bangladesh Premier League 2016-17 were abandoned without a ball being bowled in Dhaka. The only match-related action was the toss at the first match, where Rajshahi Kings opted to bowl first against Comilla Victorians. Twenty minutes after the toss took place, however,…
Bangladesh include Mustafizur in preparatory squad
Mustafizur Rahman’s last match for Bangladesh came during the World T20 © AFP Mustafizur Rahman has been named in a 22-member preparatory squad that will train in Australia next month before Bangladesh embark on their tour of New Zealand. The left-arm pace bowler is recovering after undergoing shoulder surgery in August after sustaining an injury playing for Sussex last season. Mustafizur’s last international match was at the World T20 earlier…
Lack of MoU unlikely to affect England tour
The BCCI cannot enter into any contracts without the Lodha committee’s approval, which held up the signing of an MoU with the ECB © Cricket Australia England’s tour of India is unlikely to be disrupted by the hurdles the BCCI faces in signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the ECB. Officials from both boards have confirmed there was no change to their preparations ahead of the series, which starts in…
Tamim available for Chittagong's first match
File photo – Tamim Iqbal was handed a one-match domestic suspension for his involvement in an incident with the umpires during a Dhaka Premier League match on June 13 © Associated Press Tamim Iqbal can play in Chittagong Vikings’ first match of this season’s Bangladesh Premier League. The tournament’s member-secretary Ismail Haider Mallick has said the one-match domestic suspension Tamim picked up during the Dhaka Premier League only applied to…
Pattern of collapses 'hard to take' – Warner
David Warner: “It’s tough to see as an opening batter sometimes when you get off to those starts as a top four and then you sort of fall away that easily.” © Getty Images David Warner admits that Australia’s batsmen have fallen into a debilitating pattern of middle-order batting collapses that are wasting decent starts, and also says he does not know how the problem will be rectified. Having made…
Rohit likely to miss England ODIs too
Rohit Sharma had a productive series against New Zealand, and his 82 off 132 balls in Kolkata was vital to the team’s victory © BCCI India batsman Rohit Sharma will travel to London next week for treatment on his thigh injury, which has ruled him out of cricket for at least 10 to 12 weeks. This means he is almost certain to miss the limited-overs leg of the England tour,…
England cram for India examination by booking in for double nets
Alastair Cook and Joe Root head to the nets at the Brabourne Stadium © AFP At first it was meant to be a day off. Then it became an optional training day. But, by the time England left the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Friday, every member of the squad had undergone not one but two full training sessions. The positive – and entirely accurate – interpretation of such behaviour…
'We want to win this game for Dale' – Philander
Vernon Philander is prepared to stretch himself to the fullest to make up for Dale Steyn’s absence from South Africa’s attack for the rest of the Perth Test © AFP Vernon Philander‘s parting words to his new-ball partner Dale Steyn were a promise: that Philander would do everything in his power to try and finish the job Steyn started and return home with a series win. Steyn will play no…
English trio in Australia immigration nightmare
Chris Rushworth is one of at least four players refused entry to Australia © Getty Images At least three English county professionals planning to spend the off-season playing cricket in Australia have been refused entry to the country because of visa issues and deported by the immigration authorities. Ben Twohig, a Worcestershire left-arm spinner who has been a professional for only four months, has been the latest victim of an…