Australia decided to bowl against South AfricaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 02:22 ‘I go in the game with clear plans’ – Tahir Australia made four changes to their team as they aim to arrest a losing streak of five T20 matches at the ground where South Africa have not lost a limited-overs match this season. Shane Watson, James Faulkner, Josh Hazlewood and Ashton Agar, who is on debut, replaced…
Bista's maiden ton studs Mumbai's dominance
Mumbai 386 for 3 (Bista 104, Suryakumar 88*, Iyer 55, Binny 1-45, Rajpoot 1-73) v Rest of IndiaScorecard File photo: Shreyas Iyer made an attractive 55, his 12th fifty plus score of the season, before falling to Stuart Binny © John Michel Jay Bista brought up his maiden first-class century as a strong batting show by Mumbai’s top order flattened a depleted Rest of India attack on the opening day…
Stafanie Taylor 63 makes it 1-1 for WI Women
West Indies Women 143 for 6 (Taylor 63, Ismail 3-25) beat South Africa Women 98 (Kapp 17, Mohammed 2-12) by 45 runsScorecard File photo – Stafanie Taylor hit seven fours and a six in her 63 © WICB Media/Randy Brooks Stafanie Taylor‘s half-century and contribution with the ball ensured West Indies leveled the series against South Africa with a dominant showing at the Wanderers. Taylor led a recovery after South…
Lions, Dolphins wrap up innings wins
Titans 277 (Elgar 79, Kuhn 45, Oliver 5-53) and 368 for 2 dec (Kuhn 151*, de Bruyn 150*) beat Knights 122 (de Lange 4-34, Richards 4-41) and 164 (Erlank 52, de Lange 7-76) by 359 runsScorecard File photo – Marchant de Lange returned match figures of 11 for 110 © Getty Images Marchant de Lange produced career-best figures to help Titans stretch their lead at the top of the points…
David Warner-Glenn Maxwell Record Stand Helps Australia Clinch Last-Ball Win vs South Africa
David Warner and Glenn Maxwell shared a 161-run unbeaten stand, which was Australia’s highest and fourth highest ever in T20 internationals. © AP David Warner and Glenn Maxwell shared the fourth highest partnership in the history of Twenty20 international cricket to set Australia up for a last-ball, five-wicket victory over South Africa in the second ODI at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday. The series is now locked 1-1…
Cartwright, Hogan give Western Australia first-innings lead
Western Australia 311 (Cartwright 139, Worrall 5-91, Mennie 4-58) and 31 for 2 lead South Australia 230 (Raphael 80, Hogan 4-49) by 112 runsScorecard File photo – Joel Paris took three wickets in as many balls, though not within the same match © Getty Images Western Australia gained a useful first-innings lead before South Australia struck late on day two of the Sheffield Shield match at the WACA. On a…
World Twenty20: Basit Ali May Join Pakistan Team as Batting Consultant
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shahryar Khan and Najam Sethi have already spoken to Basit Ali and called him to Lahore. © AFP Karachi: Former Pakistan Test batsman Basit Ali has been summoned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to Lahore and is likely to be given the task of a batting consultant with the national cricket team for the upcoming World Twenty20 in India. (Afridi Says Pakistan Should Have Self…
NSW seamers strike after Kurtis Patterson 100
Tasmania 3 for 59 ( Webster 32*, Copeland 2-19) and 242 lead New South Wales 271 (Patterson 100, Rohrer 58, Bird 7-45) by 30 runsScorecard File photo – Jackson Bird returned career-best first-class figures of 7 for 45 © Getty Images A sturdy hundred by Kurtis Patterson helped New South Wales secure a first-innings lead over Tasmania before Trent Copeland and Doug Bollinger put the hosts under pressure, after two…
Asia Cup: India Opt to Bowl Against Bangladesh in Final
Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led India would be hoping to win their sixth Asia Cup title. © PTI Mirpur: India skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl against Bangladesh in the weather-hit Asia Cup Twenty20 final at Sher-e-Bangla stadium, here on Sunday. (Scorecard | Highlights) Due to delayed start, the match has been reduced to 15-overs a side. Fielding restrictions are for five overs and a bowler can bowl…
Shahid Afridi Not in Favour of Salman Butt Making Pakistan Comeback
Salman Butt scored a hundred in his first competitive match in five and half years in the national one-day championship in January. © AFP Karachi: Pakistan Twenty20 skipper Shahid Afridi does not seem to be in favour of tainted cricketer Salman Butt making a comeback to the national squad. (Butt Smashes Ton in Return to Domestic Cricket After Fixing Ban) A source in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) told PTI…