Auckland – A record partnership by Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson gave New Zealand victory with two balls to spare in a tense third one-dayer against Pakistan in Auckland on Sunday. Babar Azam of Pakistan (L) plays a shot watched on by Luke Ronchi of New Zealand (R) during the third one-day international cricket match in Auckland on January 31, 2016 © AFP Michael Bradley The three-wicket win in the…

31 January 2016 | David Clark    Tweet                 [embedded content] In her own words, Kate Cross is “sweet all day, every day,” but what else do you know about the England women bowler? The 24-year-old took time out from preparing for the upcoming series against South Africa to answer 20 questions for ecb.co.uk. And, among other things, the Lancastrian reveals herself to be a ticklish Belieber!…

South Africa have included paceman Marchant de Lange to their squad for the upcoming one-day international series against England. De Lange has been added to bolster the Proteas’ depleted bowling stocks after injuries to Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander and Kyle Abbott. The 25-year-old claimed 2-69 for South Africa A in England’s emphatic warm-up win in Kimberley yesterday and, with concerns over the workload of Kagiso Rabada and Morne Morkel, is…

MS Dhoni – “”I am always worried about the bowling, especially when we go out of India, but now that we are playing only T20s for a consistent period of time, the bowling is looking settled” © Getty Images India’s limited-overs captain MS Dhoni is pleased with the positives that have come out of the tour of Australia where the visitors lost the first four ODIs before coming back to…

Jack Burnham has hit two hundreds in five days © ICC Group C Jack Burnham‘s second century in five days stamped a dominant England Under-19s performance in Chittagong. They chose to bat, their top three all scored fifty-plus and a total of 288 for 4 proved 129 runs too many for Zimbabwe Under-19s. Dan Lawrence provided the early impetus by hitting fast bowler William Mashinge for a hat-trick of fours…

Nazmul Hossain Shanto: “I haven’t been able to finish the innings in the past. But today I could, and that was a good sign.” © ICC Bangladesh Under-19s batsman Nazmul Hossain Shanto said his unbeaten 113 against Scotland Under-19s was special and stated that he had planned to rely more on singles than boundaries on a slow track in Cox’s Bazar. Shanto’s hundred took Bangladesh to 256 for 6 and…

Namibia Under-19s celebrate their two-wicket win over South Africa Under-19s © ICC The South Africans roared in appeal as Sean Whitehead got one to slide past the left-hand batman Michael van Lingen, who appeared to have edged the ball to wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne. However, the umpire Enamul Haque said no to them, irking the South Africans. A moment later, though, van Lingen started to walk towards the pavilion. It took…

Namibia celebrate a memorable victory over South Africa © ICC The manual scoreboard still had Namibia on 135 but the Namibian players, by now counting the runs on their fingers, knew the truth. They that Fritz Coetzee’s quick single in the 40th over was the 137th: the winning run. Their sprint towards the two unbeaten batsmen came suddenly, given how still and nervous they had been as they sat expectantly…

India 3 for 200 (Rohit 52, Kohli 50, Raina 49*) beat Australia 5 for 197 (Watson 124*) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Suresh Raina struck an unbeaten 25-ball 49 to take India over the line © Getty Images A thrilling chase and a cruel missed chance saw India seal a Twenty20 series sweep over Australia at the SCG, as the more settled side was victorious once again. Rohit Sharma…