Robert Croft played 21 Tests and 50 ODIs during his international career with England which lasted from 1996 to 2001. © AFP Former England off-spinner Robert Croft will coach the England One Day squad during their five-match series against South Africa, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said. (Former England Spinner Robert Croft Retires) Croft will join the coaching team of Trevor Bayliss, Paul Farbrace, Ottis Gibson and Graham…
Mohammad Shahzad Hits Fourth Highest T20 Score as Afghanistan Rout Zimbabwe
Mohammad Shahzad unbeaten 118 was one short of South Africa’s Faf du Plessis’s 119 (Image credit: Afghan Cricket Board Twitter). © Twitter Afghanistan’s Mohammad Shahzad smashed the fourth highest score in Twenty20 international history on Sunday when he made 118 in his side’s 81-run rout of Zimbabwe. The 27-year-old opener carried his bat having already hit Afghanistan’s first-ever century in the format, reaching his hundred off 52 balls with eight…
Debuts for Paris, Boland in series opener
Match facts January 12, 2015Start time 1120 local (0320 GMT) Virat Kohli has an outstanding Test record in Australia, but only averages 15.83 against them in ODIs in their own backyard © Hindustan Times Big Picture The last time Australia and India met in an international match, the stakes were enormous. A place in the World Cup final was the prize. Steven Smith’s 105 at the SCG set up an…
No issues playing against Amir – Mascarenhas
‘[Mohammad Amir] has done his time and been cleared to play. So we’ll just get on and play against him’ – Dimitri Mascarenhas © AFP New Zealand have no qualms about playing Mohammad Amir in the T20 series that begins on Friday, bowling coach Dimitri Mascarenhas has said. The series marks Amir’s return to international cricket following a five-year ban for his role in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal. Amir has…
Astle called up for Pakistan T20s
Todd Astle hasn’t played for New Zealand since making his Test debut in November 2012 © Associated Press Legspinning allrounder Todd Astle has been given a call up into New Zealand’s Twenty20 side for the three-match series against Pakistan beginning on Friday in Auckland. Astle, 29, made his international debut more than three years ago in the second Test at Sri Lanka in November 2012 but has yet to play…
Belligerent Shahzad ton propels Afghanistan to series win
Afghanistan 215 for 6 (Shahzad 118*) beat Zimbabwe 134 (Masakadza 63, Moor 35, Hamza 2-15) by 81 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Mohammad Shahzad’s 118 became the highest individual score from an Associate nation and fourth overall © Chris Whiteoak Mohammad Shahzad displayed trademark brute force and incredulous timing in his record-breaking ton to lead Afghanistan to a comfortable 81-run win against Zimbabwe in the second T20I in Sharjah. The victory…
Highveld provides England a new challenge
England in South Africa 2015-16 January 10, 2016 The Wanderers has a history of producing result-orientated Test cricket and for England there is the tantalising prospect of being able to secure a series victory Play 00:44 Butcher: ‘South Africa will back themselves to come back’ After their short break following the second Test in Cape Town, England’s players will return to the day job on Monday as they begin preparations…
Lions hang on for draw with Pretorius century
Cape Cobras 570 for 4 (Duminy 260*, Vilas 216*) drew with Lions 252 (Cook 118, Peterson 5-62) and 287 for 9 (Pretorius 101, Peterson 4-88)Scorecard File photo: Robin Peterson’s nine wickets nearly scripted a win for Cape Cobras © Getty Images Career-best scores from Test discards JP Duminy (260*) and Dane Vilas (216*) were not enough for Cape Cobras to secure their first win of the Sunfoil Series, after Lions…
Leopard's racy fifty trumps Australia
New Zealand Under-19 173 for 6 (Leopard 50*, Nair 3-30) beat Australia Under-19 169 (Page, ter Braak 3-23) by four wicketsScorecard Christian Leopard raced to an unbeaten half-century to lead New Zealand Under-19s to a six-wicket victory over Australia Under-19s in a tri-nation one-day tournament in Dubai. In a low-scoring game, he came in at No. 8 and struck 50 off 42 balls with six fours and three sixes to…
Unchanged Zimbabwe bowl in bid to level series
Toss Zimbabwe chose to bowl v AfghanistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Hamilton Masakadza’s experience at the top of the order will be crucial to a competitive total once again © Chris Whiteoak Elton Chigumbura won the toss and chose to bowl against Afghanistan in the second T20I in Sharjah. This is the first instance of a captain opting to field in both the ODI and T20 series’. Asghar Stanikzai said…