South Australia XI 8 for 435 (Ludeman 167, Raphael 91, Winter 63, Maharaj 3-59) drew with South Africa 489Scorecard Tim Ludeman and Jake Winter were among the batsmen who troubled South Africa © Getty Images South Africa’s bowlers struggled for impact against what was effectively a South Australia second XI at Glenelg on Friday, with a century from Tim Ludeman steering the locals to 8 for 435. It was the…
Faulkner fights but Victoria secure victory
Victoria 415 and 204 beat Tasmania 255 and 251 (Faulkner 78, Tremain 3-60, Boland 3-66) by 113 runsScorecard Scott Boland picked up 3 for 66 © Getty Images Tasmania put up some fight on the final day at the MCG but could not prevent a 113-run Victoria win as Scott Boland and Chris Tremain picked up three wickets each. Chasing 365 for an unlikely win, the Tigers began the day…
England roar back after Tamim ton
Lunch Bangladesh 118 for 1 (Tamim 68*, Mominul 44*) v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:08 Mushfiqur Rahim set to play in 50th Test Tamim Iqbal marched to an imperious half-century on the opening morning in Mirpur as Bangladesh reached the lunch break with just one wicket down and a few psychological blows already inflicted on England’s beleaguered spinners. Tamim’s eighth 50-plus score against England in 11 innings came…
South Australia seal 10-wicket victory
South Australia 9 for 505 dec and 0 for 69 beat Western Australia 9 for 271 dec and 302 by 10 wicketsScorecard Shaun Marsh starred with the bat but it wasn’t enough to prevent a South Australia win © Getty Images South Australia cruised to a 10-wicket win over Western Australia on the fourth day at the WACA, where they began the morning needing only a further 37 runs for…
Spare a thought for Joe, burned
Play 02:12 Brettig: Hard to completely justify Bird’s exclusion Shaun Marsh deserves this Test selection. Those are words that have not always been true. At his lowest, at home to India in 2011-12, Marsh was to Test batting what Eric Moussambani was to Olympic swimming. Yet chances kept coming, and now, at 33, Marsh is repaying that faith. When he replaced the injured Usman Khawaja last summer, he made 182…
Bollinger bowls New South Wales to win
New South Wales 7 for 327 dec and 7 for 367 dec beat Queensland 6 for 330 dec and 139 (Bollinger 4-32) by 225 runsScorecard Doug Bollinger finished with 4 for 32 © Getty Images Doug Bollinger bowled New South Wales to a 225-run win on the fourth day at the Gabba, where Queensland folded with little fight in their chase of 365. Bollinger, who had been a mid-match replacement…
Brisk Tamim fifty puts England on back foot
Lunch Bangladesh 118 for 1 (Tamim 68*, Mominul 44*) v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:08 Mushfiqur Rahim set to play in 50th Test Tamim Iqbal marched to an imperious half-century on the opening morning in Mirpur as Bangladesh reached the lunch break with just one wicket down and a few psychological blows already inflicted on England’s beleaguered spinners. Tamim’s eighth 50-plus score against England in 11 innings came…
Bird's wings clipped for batting failures
Play 00:35 Joe Mennie is a surprise inclusion in Australia’s Test squad Joe Mennie has beaten Jackson Bird to the “into the wind” spot for Australia’s squad to face South Africa in the first Test of the summer at the WACA Ground. As expected, Shaun Marsh‘s return to fitness from a hamstring injury saw him retained in the batting order ahead of Joe Burns, while Peter Siddle returned to the…
Shrubsole, Ecclestone miss Sri Lanka tour
Fran Wilson has recovered from injury to take her place in the England squad © Getty Images Anya Shrubsole has been ruled out of England’s tour of Sri Lanka with the neck injury that forced her to return early from the West Indies. Sophie Ecclestone, the 17-year-old left-arm spinner, is unavailable due to school commitments. There is a recall for batsman Fran Wilson after she recovered from a broken finger,…
Bangladesh bat, Shuvagata replaces Shafiul
Toss Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:08 Mushfiqur Rahim set to play in 50th Test Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss in his 50th Test and decided to bat first against England in Mirpur. Bangladesh had already elected to go with four spinners for the second Test – Shuvagata Hom taking the place vacated by Shafiul Islam – on a dry…