News Migael Pretorius released but South Africa can still pick from eight pace-bowling options Left-arm seamer Beuran Hendricks, who has played one Test for South Africa, has been added to their squad for the New Year’s Test at the Wanderers. Hendricks was part of the original 15-man squad that was announced on December 11 but
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News Lahiru Kumara forced off the field as tourists’ injury problems continue in Centurion Sri Lanka’s coach, Mickey Arthur, is set to raise the issue of injury substitutions with the ICC after seeing two more of his players go down on day three of the first Test against South Africa in Centurion. Sri Lanka had
News Stand-in captain points to lack of runs at the top as an area of improvement for the second game Mohammad Rizwan, who led Pakistan in the absence of Babar Azam in the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand, was happy with his team for “fighting well” on the final day, when they batted 85.3
News NZ captain says the search for WTC points had made the team push harder for victory New Zealand’s dramatic win against Pakistan in the first Test, achieved with less than five overs remaining on the last day, had several notable contributions, but the one that will be remembered most perhaps is Neil Wagner’s effort
News Sanju Samson to lead the side, with Sachin Baby as his deputy Sreesanth has taken a big step towards a return to competitive cricket after a gap of close to eight years, as he was named in Kerala’s squad for the 2020-21 edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the national T20 tournament, which
News The selectors have made one call already, but there are a number of ways they could go for the next Test Australia will enter 2021 with plenty of questions over their batting line-up after making totals of 191, 195 and 200 in their completed innings in the first two Tests against India. There will
Australia rookie Cameron Green put up a fight with a well-made 45 but the home side could only manage a 69-run lead, which India rattled off with minimal fuss despite the early loss of two wickets. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND Tests: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND-Tests Follow us
Find out more at ecb.co.uk What a battle this was back in 2006! Murali, one of the greatest off spinners ever, locking horns with KP, one of the most greatest batsmen ever! Watch as KP and Murali play cat and mouse to produce a spectacular rivalry. This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch
New Zealand beat Pakistan by 101 runs on Wednesday after a thrilling finish to the first Test in Mount Maunganui, where the visitors were just 27 balls from pulling off a battling draw. Tail-enders Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah blocked for seven overs in fading light before Naseem was caught and bowled by spinner Mitchell
News South Africa coach concerned about workloads with Rabada having not played a Test since January Kagiso Rabada is not an automatic pick for the Wanderers Test despite his status as leader of the attack and the match being on his home ground. Rabada was added to South Africa’s squad after four weeks on the
Azhar Ali fell in the second over of the day’s play © Getty Images Lunch Pakistan 239 and 137 for 4 (Alam 48*, Rizwan 20*) need another 236 runs to beat New Zealand 431 and 180 for 5 dec An unbroken fifth-wicket stand between Fawad Alam and Mohammad Rizwan, so far spanning 25.3 overs, has
News ECB to appoint permanent staff member with player welfare brief England are set to recruit a dedicated staff member to look after their players’ mental wellbeing, in response to concerns about the consequences of having to spend extended periods in biosecure environments. England’s limited-overs tour of South Africa was cut short earlier this month,
Nick Hockley, Cricket Australia’s interim chief executive, and New South Wales health officials have insisted the SCG Test will be able to go ahead and be followed by the travel of teams, officials and broadcasters to Queensland for the final Test at the Gabba even as the current Covid-19 outbreaks in Sydney continue to spread
Report Half-centuries for Kusal Perera and Wanindu Hasaranga can’t prevent heavy loss South Africa 621 (du Plessis 199, Elgar 95, Maharaj 73, Bavuma 71, Markram 68) beat Sri Lanka 396 (Chandimal 85, de Silva 79, Shanaka 66*, Sipamla 4-76) and 180 (Perera 64, Hasaranga 59, Sipamla 2-24) by an innings and 45 runs South Africa’s
News Hosts have won more competitive Test matches against more competitive teams South Africa have won more competitive Test matches against more competitive teams than this Sri Lankan one – albeit that their fight was dimmed through injury and not fault of their own – but they will still savour this victory like it was
News The left-hand batsman scored 1296 Test runs at an average of 46.28 John Reid, the former New Zealand batsman, has died aged 64. The left-hand batsman played 19 Tests and 25 ODIs from 1979 to 1986, scoring 1296 and 633 runs in them respectively. His Test runs came at an average of 46.28, with
News Updates, analysis and colour from the fourth day of the Australia-India Test from Melbourne 2.50pm: India win by eight wickets Shubman Gill drives down the ground Getty Images Bowled out for 36. Virat Kohli goes home. Mohammed Shami out of the tour. Umesh Yadav limps from the attack. India had to overcome so much
Report The spinner picked up four wickets after the batsman had hammered 71 off 29 to set up a dominating win Sydney Thunder 7 for 219 (Hales 71, Ferguson 51, Zampa 3-49) beat Melbourne Stars 144 (Stoinis 27, Green 4-34, Sangha 2-17) by 75 runs Man of the Match Alex Hales sprinted to the fastest
News Fabian Allen and Shane Dowrich were unavailable because of personal reasons West Indies Test captain Jason Holder, limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard, and Test vice-captain Roston Chase are among ten players who have pulled out of the upcoming tour of Bangladesh amid Covid-19 concerns. Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Sheldon Cottrell, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Shimron
News “Never faced a situation like this,” says Sri Lanka captain after losing three members of six-man attack Sri Lanka were in such a good situation in the early stages of the first Test they could even have dominated had multiple injuries not hit. This, at least, was the view of Sri Lanka captain Dimuth
News Country moved into level three restrictions but international sport still allowed to take place The ongoing series between South Africa and Sri Lanka will continue despite the country moving to a stricter level of lockdown. In the face of an increasing number of Covid-19 infections, the South African government has moved the country from
News New Zealand quick becomes third from his country, after Hadlee and Vettori, to pick up 300 Test wickets Tim Southee has become only the third from New Zealand, after Richard Hadlee and Daniel Vettori, to get to the 300-wicket milestone, which he achieved with Haris Sohail’s scalp in Mount Maunganui on Tuesday. “It’s a
Bowled out for 36. Missing three, arguably four, first-choice players. Losing another mid-Test. Spending months on the road and in mentally challenging bubbles. Losing the toss. Becoming only the third team to come back from a 0-1 deficit in the last 50 years in Australia. You might have accused India coach Ravi Shastri of hyperbole
News The decision preserves more than a century of unbroken summers with Test cricket at the SCG Sydney is set to retain the third Test between Australia and India as scheduled, after a hard line from Queensland health authorities over the Covid-19 outbreak on Sydney’s northern beaches forced Cricket Australia to the brink of dispensing
Stand-in India captain Ajinkya Rahane has filled Virat Kohli’s imposing shoes in impeccable style with his 12th Test century lifting the tourists to an 82-run first-innings lead over Australia in the second Test. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND Tests: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND-Tests Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau
AUS vs IND: India beat Australia by 8 wickets at the MCG to level the four-match series at 1-1.© AFP India looked down and out after the humiliating loss in the opening Test in Adelaide. With talismanic captain and batting star Virat Kohli also returning home on paternity leave, few gave India a hope of
News Sri Lanka head coach on his side’s injury crisis and the difficulty of conditioning players for Test cricket Despite having made their highest ever total in South Africa, Sri Lanka have had an abysmal three days in Centurion, with Dhananjaya de Silva and Kasun Rajitha ruled out of the Test, and Lahiru Kumara also
Tom Blundell reacts after leaving one © Getty Images Lunch New Zealand 431 and 98 for 0 (Blundell 59*, Latham 36*) lead Pakistan 239 by 290 runs Tom Blundell and Tom Latham stretched New Zealand’s lead to 290 during a wicketless first session on day four, leaving New Zealand with the question of when to
You’re not going to lose it in three weeks. That is the attitude Sam Billings is carrying into his first BBL match for the Sydney Thunder after 14 days quarantine in an Australian hotel room. Billings could be forgiven for showing some frustration at the Covid cricket world where isolation and bio-secure bubbles are the
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