Australia national selector Rod Marsh on Khawaja: ‘Usman is right up there as far as being included in the T20 World Cup squad’ © K Sivaraman Usman Khawaja is a near certainty to be chosen in Australia’s squad for the World T20 in India despite being overlooked for both the upcoming T20s against India and the ODI squad to tour New Zealand. Australia’s national selector Rod Marsh said Khawaja would…
India vs Australia: Experience Can't be Bought in Super Market, Says Ravi Shastri
Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh are set for a comeback when India face Australia in the first T20I. © AFP Adelaide: India’s Team Director Ravi Shastri on Monday said that while “experience cannot be bought in super market” the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra will play only if they fit into the combination that the team is looking for going into ICC World T20.(India Look for…
Yuvraj Singh an Impact Player, Match-Winner For India: Ravi Shastri
Yuvraj Singh has played 40 T20 Internationals for India and averages 31.22 with a strike rate of 144.69. © PTI Adelaide: Yuvraj Singh came in for some praise from India team director Ravi Shastri, who dubbed the stylish southpaw as an impact player, match-winner and someone whose record speaks for itself. India take on Australia in a three-match Twenty20 series starting on Tuesday. (Finch Confident of Nullifying Threat of Yuvraj…
Late surge drives New Zealand to 280
New Zealand 280 for 8 (Nicholls 82, Santner 48, Henry 48, Amir 3-28, Anwar Ali 3-66) v PakistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details New Zealand’s 280 was built on Henry Nicholls’ measured 82 © Getty Images Pakistan’s pace quartet blasted New Zealand’s top order out, reducing them to 99 for 6 within 23 overs, but the hosts bided some time, then blasted right back in the final ten overs. Their eventual…
Moeen keeps the faith
Moeen Ali is confident England can still emerge from the fourth Test with a positive result despite seeing South Africa take full control on day three at Centurion. The hosts will take a 175-run lead into the penultimate day after dismissing England for 342 and then closing on 42 for one. That leaves the tourists with an uphill battle on a surface that is offering plenty of variable bounce and…
Pakistan bowl in series opener, Malik injured
Toss Pakistan chose to bowl v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:10 Pakistan look to bounce back Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first, as Azhar Ali hoped to exploit life from the hard, green-tinged Basin Reserve surface, as well as swing in the air under cloudy skies. The venue’s characteristic wind had not yet begun to blow strongly at the toss, but it is forecast…
Khawaja, Burns left out of ODI squad
Khawaja and Burns were omitted as Australia did not want to tinker with a settled batting line-up © Getty Images Usman Khawaja and Joe Burns will enter Australia’s tilt for the No.1 Test ranking without a single warm-up innings on New Zealand soil, after the national selectors resisted temptation to significantly alter the ODI squad. The only concession to the two Tests in Wellington and Christchurch was the omission of…
ODIs Preview: New Zealand keen to replicate success in ODIs
There will be spring in the steps of New Zealand when it takes on Pakistan in the first One-Day International of the five-match series at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Monday (January 25). Latham will be expected to step up in McCullum’s absence as he partners with Guptill at the top – AFP Also Read: Pakistan’s cricket skipper buries hatchet with Amir New Zealand’s confidence stems from the way…
Pakistan’s cricket skipper buries hatchet with Amir
Wellington – The rehabilitation of Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Amir takes another step forward Monday with one-day captain Azhar Ali welcoming him into the side for the series against New Zealand. Pakistani cricket one-day captain Azhar Ali initially refused to play alongside Mohammad Amir who is making his return to the international scene after a prison term and five-year ban for spot-fixing © AFP/File Arif Ali Ali, who takes over the…
Knights win; Lions stalled despite Petersen double
Knights 270 (Biljon 96, Coetsee 44, Walters 3-42. Magala 3-52) and 212 for 6 (Second 65, Rossouw 43, Coetsee 40) beat Warriors 252 (Ingram 89, Price 62, Siboto 6-54) and 226 (Vallie 105, Ackermann 68, van Schalkwyk 4-44)Scorecard File photo: Alviro Petersen scored 203, nearly 70% of Lions’ total score of 298 in the first innings © AFP Knights have secured their third victory of the season – par with…