Australia Women 4 for 253 (Bolton 77, Lanning 61) beat India Women 8 for 252 (Mandhana 102, Raj 58, Perry 3-54) by six wicketsScorecard Nicole Bolton’s 77 laid a strong platform for Australia’s chase © Getty Images Half-centuries from Meg Lanning and Nicole Bolton trumped a maiden hundred from Smriti Mandhana, as Australia Women gunned down 253 against India Women to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ODI series….
India Women retain Australia series-winning squad for World T20
India Women won their first bilateral series against Australia Women last month © Cricket Australia/Getty Images India Women have retained the squad that won a historic T20I series against Australia recently for the Women’s World Twenty20 which starts in India from March 15. The team will be captained by Mithali Raj. In January, the 15-member squad, led by Raj, had achieved their first bilateral series win over Australia Women in…
Quinton de Kock Capitalises on Purple Patch in Second Coming
Quinton de Kock smashed his ninth century and third in four innings as South Africa were thwarted by rain in Johannesburg. © AFP Quinton de Kock is in the midst of a purple patch with the bat. In his last four one-day international innings, he has hit three centuries. In the fourth Test against England in Centurion, he finally broke his drought by registering his first century. (Jos Buttler Leads…
Zakir, Mehedi fifties guide Bangladesh U-19 to semi-finals
A splendid 113-run fifth-wicket stand between captain Mehedi Hasan and Zakir Hasan steered Bangladesh Under-19s to the semi-finals after completing a six-wicket win against Nepal Under-19s in Dhaka. The pressure steadily built on the pair after Joyraz Sheikh was dismissed for a patient 38. However, they found the boundary, rotated the strike and compiled fifties in the process as Bangladesh reached the target with 10 balls to spare. Earlier in…
Ross Taylor Ruled Out of First Test Against Australia, Tim Southee Included
Ross Taylor is currently sidelined by a side strain which he suffered during the Twenty20 series against Pakistan. © AFP Ross Taylor has been ruled out of next week’s first Test against Australia, putting rising batting star Henry Nicholls in line for his debut. (Ross Taylor Out of ODI Series Against Australia Due to Injury) However, Tim Southee, who suffered a foot injury in the series against Sri Lanka, has…
Karim Janat 156 powers Afghanistan's win
Karim Janat smashed a 132-ball 156 to propel Afghanistan Under-19s to a massive 226-run victory against Fiji Under-19s in the ninth-place playoff in Cox’s Bazar. After being inserted to bat, Afghanistan piled on 340 for 9 and then bowled out Fiji for 114 in the 32nd over. Perwez Malakzai (74 off 69) combined with Janat to add 130 in a fourth-wicket stand to rescue Afghanistan from 47 for 3. The…
Usman Khawaja Recalled For Second ODI Against New Zealand, Australia Aim to Stay Alive
Usman Khawaja has been in fine form across all formats in the 2015/16 summer and his omission for the first ODI in Auckland took everyone by surprise. © AFP Usman Khawaja has been recalled to the Australian side as the world champions fight to stay alive in their one-day international series against New Zealand on Saturday. (NZ Pacers Destroy Australia to go 1-0 Up) Victory for New Zealand at their…
Croft wins Glamorgan coaching job
Robert Croft (right) has acted as assistant to the former coach Toby Radford © Getty Images Glamorgan have appointed Robert Croft, one of the most iconic figures in cricket in Wales, as their new head coach. Croft, 45, has signed a rolling contract after emerging as the preferred candidate following a recruitment process led by Hugh Morris, Glamorgan’s chief executive and dorector of cricket. Glamorgan’s interest also stretched toi such…
Mohammed Shami back for World T20
India have picked seamer Mohammed Shami for the World T20. Shami came back from Australia with a hamstring injury. He has not played for India since the 2015 World Cup. Virat Kohli, who was rested for the three T20Is against Sri Lanka, came back duly, replacing Manish Pandey in the 15. Shami took Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s place. The selection of Shami was a calculated risk. “We have 30 days to ascertain…
Shami back for World T20
India T20 squad for World T20 MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammed Shami, Pawan Negi. In: Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami Out: Manish Pandey, Bhuvneshwar Kumar India have picked seamer Mohammed Shami for the World T20. Shami came back from Australia with an injury. He has not…