Nathan Lyon bagged four wickets to guide Australia to a massive win. © AP Wellington: Australia inflicted a crushing innings defeat on New Zealand with a day to spare in the first Test in Wellington when they dismissed the home side for 327 on Monday. In a Test that will be remembered for two majestic innings by Adam Voges and Usman Khawaja, as well as an umpiring howler, Australia won…
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Backs Kevin Pietersen for Indian Premier League
Mahendra Singh Dhoni rated Kevin Pietersen as a fantastic player, someone who is very aggressive and at the same time very expressive on the field. © AFP New Delhi: Indian skipper MS Dhoni on Monday backed big-hitting batsman Kevin Pietersen for the upcoming Indian Premier League, saying he expects no discipline problems from the controversial ex-England captain. (Mahendra Singh Dhoni Says He Has Not Moved On From His Days at…
Darren Bravo Pulls Out of West Indies World TwentyT20 Squad
Darren Bravo joins Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard in pulling out of the original World Twenty20 squad. © BCCI St John’s: Darren Bravo became the third man to withdraw from the West Indies’ World Twenty20 squad Sunday, but a bitter pay dispute appeared to have been settled after the remaining 12 players signed up for the March showpiece in India. Middle order batsman Bravo joins Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard…
Darren Bravo pulls out of World T20; 12 players in for West Indies
Darren Bravo said he is keen on concentrating on the longest format of the game © Getty Images A West Indian cricketing crisis has been averted, with near full-strength team set to participate in the World T20; 12 of the original 15 picked by the WICB for the tournament have signed the required contracts. Among the three who have not signed is batsman Darren Bravo, who has written to the…
Smith's team headed in 'right direction' with No. 1 on cards
The new-look Australia seem to be headed back to old winning ways © Getty Images Michael Clarke took on the Australian captaincy after the nadir of their 2010-11 Ashes defeat at home; it took him three years to lift his team back to No. 1 on the Test rankings. Even then, they only sat at the pinnacle for three months. Steven Smith assumed the leadership from Clarke after another failed…
McCullum backs TV umpire controlling no-ball calls
‘Everyone makes mistakes. Richard Illingworth is a fine umpire’ – Brendon McCullum © AFP New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has said he would have no problem with giving the TV umpire control over calling no-balls, following an incorrect and match-changing call on the first day in Wellington. Australia won the first Test by an innings and 52 runs on the fourth day, but it was hard not to wonder what…
Australia wrap up resounding victory
Australia 562 (Voges 239, Khawaja 140, Smith 71) beat New Zealand 183 (Hazlewood 4-42, Lyon 3-32) and 327 (Latham 63, Nicholls 59, Lyon 4-91, Marsh 3-73) by an innings and 52 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Mitchell Marsh continued from where he left off last evening and made the old ball talk © AFP Emphatic doesn’t quite do it justice. Unrelenting throughout, Australia put on another exhibition of high quality bowling…
Australia close in after reverse-swing barrage
New Zealand 183 and 241 for 7 (Bracewell 14*, Craig 9*, Lyon 3-50) trail Australia 562 (Voges 239, Khawaja 140) by 138 runs runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Mitchell Marsh continued from where he left off last evening and made the old ball talk © AFP Another session of high quality old-ball bowling by Australia took the visitors to the brink of an innings victory over New Zealand at lunch…
De Villiers breaks English hearts
14 February 2016 | David Clark Tweet AB de Villiers led from the front with a 24th one-day international century to cancel out Alex Hales’ earlier ton and guide South Africa to a five-wicket series-clinching win in Cape Town. Hales had made 112 after England were put in, but found little in the way of meaningful support as the tourists were bowled out for 236…
Bayliss wants lessons to be learned
England Head Coach Trevor Bayliss blamed a lack of experience after England failed to win the one-day international series against South Africa after holding a 2-0 lead. AB de Villiers completed South Africa’s comeback with a century in the fifth and final match in Cape Town as the Proteas chased down a below-par 236 all out with five wickets in hand. It was the type of batting performance that has…