Amid Australia’s fast-bowling depth, Peter Siddle will have the challenge of regaining fitness and form to press for selection © Getty Images Fast bowler Peter Siddle faces an uncertain future after being diagnosed with stress fractures in his back that will require “a significant amount of time away from the game”. Siddle played the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington and was an important figure in the first innings,…
Sharma sets up crushing win for India over Bangladesh
Dhaka – Rohit Sharma made a half-century as India crushed Bangladesh by 45 runs to get their campaign in the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament off to a flying start in Dhaka on Wednesday. Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma plays a shot during a Twenty20 cricket match against Bangladesh in Dhaka on February 24, 2016 © AFP Munir Uz Zaman Full Scorecard: Match 1 India vs Bangladesh in Asia Cup 2016 Big-hitting…
Aussie drubbing puts pressure on key New Zealanders
Christchurch (New Zealand) – Three of New Zealand’s senior players — Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Martin Guptill — were under pressure Thursday as coach Mike Hesson reviews what went wrong in the 2-0 series hiding by Australia. New Zealand’s Trent Boult bowls during day one of the second cricket Test match between New Zealand and Australia at the Hagley Park in Christchurch on February 20, 2016 © AFP/File Marty…
Afridi reconsidering retirement from international cricket
Dubai – Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi Wednesday said he was reconsidering plans to leave Twenty20 international cricket as he is facing pressure from his elder family members and close friends. Shahid Afridi of Pakistan, who turns 36 next week, had retired from one-day cricket last year to add to his departure from the Test arena in 2010. He was due to retire from all international cricket after the World Twenty20…
Hendricks, van der Dussen put Lions in final
File photo – Aaron Phangiso provided the important breakthroughs in the middle © Getty Images A dominant bowling display followed by brisk fifties from Dominic Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen carried Lions to the finals of the Momentum One Day Cup competition, with a comfortable eight-wicket D/L win against Warriors in Johannesburg. After opting to bowl, Lions scythed through Warriors’ top order, leaving them at 61 for 4. Rain…
Siddle's future uncertain after stress factures
Amid Australia’s fast-bowling depth, Peter Siddle will have the challenge of regaining fitness and form to press for selection © Getty Images Fast bowler Peter Siddle faces an uncertain future after being diagnosed with stress fractures in his back that will require “a significant amount of time away from the game”. Siddle played the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington and was an important figure in the first innings,…
Australia won't tone down aggression
“We’ve got a passionate brand, where if you look back at the history of Australian cricket we play an aggressive style”. © Getty Images Australia’s vice-captain David Warner is adamant the new No. 1 Test team will not divert from the hard-edged playing style intrinsic to the game down under, though he concedes that with better understanding of the DRS the ugly scenes glimpsed in Christchurch may not have happened…
Boult, Southee fail to meet expectations
Neil Wagner is one of several players putting pressure on Tim Southee’s place © AFP At the start of this summer, New Zealand had two bowlers inside the top ten in the Test rankings: Trent Boult and Tim Southee. Australia had one, Mitchell Johnson, and unbeknownst to them he was about to retire. But the inability of New Zealand’s attack to take 20 wickets in any of the five Tests…
Top five moments from South Africa tour
England have returned home following a long tour of South Africa, consisting of four Tests, five one-day internationals and two Twenty20s, that produced some special memories. Here ecb.co.uk takes a look at the top-five moments from the trip. [embedded content] 1. Stuart Broad’s series-clinching spell in Johannesburg Broad produced another one of his outstanding spells of bowling to lead England to a Test series-clinching victory at a sold-out Wanderers last month….
Dhoni praises Rohit's adaptability under duress
Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya put on 61 for the fifth wicket in just 27 balls © AFP/Getty Images A top-order batsman scored big, which led to a comfortable victory in limited-overs cricket in the subcontinent. Seems just another Wednesday for the Indian team. Except the pitch in Mirpur had a considerable amount of live grass on it, India were invited to bat first and were afforded very few bad…