Jaydev Unadkat picked up three wickets on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy semi-final between Saurashtra and Assam. © AFP Amit Verma’s patient unbeaten 74 guided Assam to 193/7 against Saurashtra on the opening day of the semifinal of the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament in Vadodara on Saturday. (Shreyas Iyer 90 Helps Mumbai To 327/7 Against Madhya Pradesh) Asked to bat, Assam were in a spot of bother as…
Voges, Khawaja centuries put Australia in command
Australia 463 for 6 (Voges 176*, Khawaja 140, Smith 71) lead New Zealand 183 by 280 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Usman Khawaja barely looked in any trouble while making his first overseas Test century © Getty Images It was New Zealand’s acute misfortune to be confronted by two of Test cricket’s most prolific batsmen of the moment at a time when the Basin Reserve had flattened out from the early…
Voges and Nevill consolidate for Australia
Australia 330 for 5 (Khawaja 140, Voges 91*, Smith 71) lead New Zealand 183 by 147 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Usman Khawaja barely looked in any trouble while making his first overseas Test century © Getty Images Usman Khawaja‘s imperious fourth Test hundred in as many first innings and Adam Voges‘ calm supporting hand helped Australia take command of the Basin Reserve and stretch their first innings lead over New…
Khawaja century dominates New Zealand
Australia 238 for 3 (Khawaja 115*, Smith 71, Voges 40*) lead New Zealand 183 by 55 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Usman Khawaja barely looked in any trouble while making his first overseas Test century © Getty Images Usman Khawaja glided imperiously to his fourth Test hundred in as many first innings as Australia took command of the Basin Reserve and began stretching their lead over New Zealand. Helped along by…
Root ton in vain as Proteas set up decider
Joe Root struck a century in a losing cause for the second successive match as Chris Morris’ brutal maiden one-day international fifty helped South Africa edge to a one-wicket victory at the Wanderers that set up a series decider on Valentine’s Day in Cape Town. The Yorkshireman held England’s innings together with 109 from 124 balls, adding 95 in 100 deliveries with Chris Woakes, after a middle-order collapse of five…
Morgan: Nail-biting loss willl benefit us
[embedded content] England skipper Eoin Morgan believes the nail-biting one-day international defeat to South Africa at the Wanderers will prove to be a vital learning curve for his young squad. The tourists were edged out by one wicket in Johannesburg after Chris Morris blasted 62 off 38 balls at the death to help the Proteas chase 263 and level the five-match series up at 2-2. England were in control by…
Morris shows off batting string to his bow
© Getty Images South Africa’s attempts to stay alive in the ODI series against England seemed to have ended when Reece Topley took the one-handed catch in his follow through that dismissed Farhaan Behardien, the last recognised batsmen in their line-up. Had Chris Morris not been picked for this match, it probably would have been. But the IPL’s newest dollar-millionaire is not just a bowler who can bat a bit….
Knight comes to England women's rescue
England women overcame a shaky start to post 262 for nine in their second one-day international against South Africa. Shabnim Ismail and Marizanne Kapp reduced the tourist to 16 for three during an impressive opening spell before Charlotte Edwards and Heather Knight steadied the ship. Danni Wyatt then helped the tail provide some late impetus to improve England’s chances of taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, following a…
Taylor wins 100th ODI cap
England women’s wicketkeeper-batsman, Sarah Taylor, has won her 100th One-Day International (ODI) playing cap, in England’s second ODI against South Africa Women at SuperSportPark, Centurion today. Ten years and 99 matches after making her ODI debut against India at Lord’s in 2006, the 26-year-old Sussex captain has amassed 3,259 ODI runs, and taken 40 stumpings alongside 74 catches. She becomes the seventh England women’s cricketer to reach the milestone, following…
Tamim 80* drives Peshawar to the top
Peshawar Zalmi 153 for 3 (Tamim 80*, Yousuf 27*) beat Islamabad United 152 for 6 (Latif 59, Wahab 2-24, Asghar 2-25) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo: Tamim Iqbal smoked six fours and three sixes during his 80-run blast © AFP Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal stroked his third fifty of the PSL, his 58-ball 80 guiding Peshawar Zalmi to a seven-wicket win against Islamabad United in Sharjah. Victory…