Middle-order batsman Henry Nicholls has received his maiden call-up to New Zealand’s Test squad for the Trans-Tasman Trophy against Australia in February. Squad Brendon McCullum (capt), Corey Anderson, Doug Bracewell, Trent Boult, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling/Luke Ronchi (wk), Kane Williamson More to follow … © ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Australia seek response after poor start
Match facts February 6, 2016Start time 1400 local (0100 GMT) Usman Khawaja will not be needing the drinks waiter’s vest in Wellington © Getty Images Big Picture Australia’s battering on the field in the first ODI at Eden Park has been mirrored away from the game. Dismissive commentary by the New Zealand press, a frank “honesty session” in the dressing rooms after the defeat and the unusual sight of George…
Buttler eager to serve up series victory
Jos Buttler hopes to take his irrepressible one-day international form into the second match of the series against South Africa on Saturday. The wicketkeeper-batsman flogged 105 from 76 balls in a 39-run Duckworth-Lewis victory yesterday to put England one up in the five-match series, which now heads to Port Elizabeth. Remarkably Buttler’s fourth ODI ton was also his slowest, as he took 73 balls to reach the milestone, although that…
Nawaz, Wright dismantle Islamabad United
Quetta Gladiators 132 for 2 (Wright 86*) beat Islamabad United 128 for 7 (Misbah 41, Nawaz 4-13) by eight wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo: Mohammad Nawaz took 4 for 13 on a slow, turning pitch © Chris Whiteoak The Pakistan Super League has been hailed by many as a pipeline for young talent to break into the world stage and 21-year old left-arm spinning allrounder Mohammad Nawaz took the…
Glamorgan bring in van der Gugten
Timm van der Gugten helped Netherlands to victory over England at the 2014 World T20 © Getty Images Glamorgan have added to their seam-bowling options for 2016 by signing Netherlands quick Timm van der Gugten on a three-year contract. Van der Gugten, 24, was born in Australia and has played for New South Wales, Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes, as well as Northern Districts in New Zealand’s Georgie Pie Super Smash….
'Nervous' Buttler takes centre stage again
Play 00:45 ‘We’re not that much ahead’ – Morgan Perhaps it was the nerves. Jos Buttler‘s fourth ODI hundred was also his slowest but it nevertheless provided England with the central pillar of their total of 399 for 9 in Bloemfontein and paved the way for them to go 1-0 up in the series. Buttler’s role in South Africa up to the start of the ODIs had been to understudy…
Bell to captain MCC against Yorkshire
Ian Bell will captain Marylebone Cricket Club in the 2016 Champion County match against Yorkshire in Abu Dhabi. The 33-year-old will use the four-day annual curtain raiser as match practice ahead of the new County Championship season in which he will captain Warwickshire. The five-times Ashes winner was recently left out of the England squad for their tour of South Africa but will look to pile on the runs for…
Jones impresses in warm-up win
Amy Jones staked her claims for a place at the top of the England women batting order in Sunday’s opening one-day international with a brutal display of clean hitting in a comprehensive warm-up victory against a South Africa Women’s Emerging XI. The 22-year-old Warwickshire batter, who missed Tuesday’s friendly with bruised knuckles, made an unbeaten 44 from 35 balls as England made light work of chasing 63, winning by nine…
Dolphins lift Robbie Frylinck's suspension
Robbie Frylinck had been suspended by Dolphins last week © BCCI Dolphins allrounder Robbie Frylinck‘s suspension has been lifted, after the franchise confirmed that the player was available for immediate selection. Dolphins, however, did not elaborate on the outcome of the disciplinary hearing Frylinck faced on Thursday, nor the sanction meted out. Frylinck had been suspended by the franchise last week and sat out of Dolphins’ one-day cup matches against…
England women take 'unreal vibe' into series
[embedded content] All-rounder Danni Wyatt has said that England women will take an “unreal vibe” into their one-day international series against South Africa. England completed preparations for the series opener on Sunday with a thumping nine-wicket win over an Emerging South African XI in Mamelodi, near Pretoria, today. Wyatt claimed 3-7 as the hosts were bundled out for just 62 before the runs were knocked off 10.1 overs thanks in…