An astonishing innings from Daniel Hughes helped the Sydney Sixers chase down a target of 194 with one wicket and one ball to spare after Glenn Maxwell and Nicholas Pooran both smashed rapid half-centuries for the Melbourne Stars
India vs Australia: Ajinkya Rahane and team warmed-up for the third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.© BCCI/Twitter Ahead of the third Test against Australia, Team India on Tuesday held a full-fledged practice session with an eye on taking the lead in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The four-match series between India and Australia currently stands
News “He’s been cleared by all the medicos and he’s obviously gone through all the concussion protocols,” Langer says Will Pucovski has sought and received assurances from an independent neurologist about the long-term impacts of repeated concussions as he inches closer to a Test debut in one of the final two Tests against India in
Henry Nicholls soaks in the applause for his 7th Test century © Getty Images Lunch New Zealand 400 for 3 (Williamson 153*, Nicholls 138*) lead Pakistan 297 (Azhar 93, Jamieson 5-69) by 103 runs Hello, it’s lunch on day three. New Zealand are in a position from where they can win by batting just once
News Pakistan dropped more catches than they took, apart from leaking well over 50 extras On their way to a record partnership on the third day in Christchurch, Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls were dropped at least twice each, which helped them score a double-century and a century respectively, and demoralise Pakistan. Here are all
News He hurt the wrist on Saturday, during India’s practice session at the MCG India batsman KL Rahul has been ruled out of the remainder of the Australia Test series with a sprained left wrist. He had hurt the wrist on Saturday, during India’s practice session at the MCG. India have since flown to Sydney,
Report Sri Lanka hit back after 184-run stand between Elgar and Rassie van der Dussen Lunch South Africa 256 for 5 (Bavuma 7*, Mulder 7*) lead Sri Lanka 157 by 99 runs Sri Lanka clawed their way partially back into the second Test with four wickets for 23 runs in the second hour of day
News Seamer suggests 200-run target could be tricky for home side after first-innings collapse Vishwa Fernando has warned that Sri Lanka’s attack is ready to tear in again and give South Africa “a good challenge”, if their remaining batsmen can muster a fourt-innings target worthy of the name. Vishwa claimed his maiden Test five-for as
Report Defending champions CP need another 216 runs to win the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final Central Punjab 140 for 2 (Salahuddin 51*, Saad 27*, Iqbal 1-33) and 257 for 9 dec need another 216 runs to beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 312 and 300 Central Punjab made a decent start to the target of 356 as they need
News “Maybe from a mental point of view we lacked a little bit, or maybe we don’t trust our technique” Dean Elgar helped himself to a little tipple before bed after day one at the Wanderers – something many other South Africans who have failed to stock up would have been envious of as the
News BCB names 24-member unit to train ahead of home ODI series Bangladesh’s selectors picked a 24-man preliminary squad for the ODI series against West Indies later this month, but the one player they didn’t pick became the main talking point: Mashrafe Mortaza, the country’s highest wicket-taker in ODIs and longest-serving captain, was left out.
Brisbane Heat 5 for 175 (Burns 52, Denly 50, Sangha 3-40) beat Sydney Thunder 8 for 174 (Hales 46, Sams 37, Mujeeb 2-26, Steketee 2-34) by five wickets Fifties from Joe Burns and Joe Denly helped Brisbane Heat take all available points against second-placed Sydney Thunder and move to sixth on the table after seven
News Lack of preparation time and warm-up matches is ‘not ideal’, Anderson suggests James Anderson believes Sri Lanka may have a “slight advantage” going into their Test series against England later this month. With Sri Lanka playing a two-Test series in South Africa and England’s red-ball specialists having not played since August, Anderson accepts his
News Mir was in the PTC commentary box for the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final in Karachi Sana Mir, the former Pakistan women’s captain, has tested positive for Covid-19. Mir, who was in the PTV commentary box for the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam trophy final in Karachi, had showed symptoms of fever on day three, and subsequently underwent
News Luke Ronchi says period when Pakistan bowled part-timers changed momentum on Day 2 Mohammad Abbas admitted dropped catches by Pakistan that allowed New Zealand to surge into a position of dominance in the second Test proved to be “quite frustrating”. New Zealand were 286 for 3 at the end of the second day’s play
News “Both teams have wanted to play the schedule as we’ve set out” There has been “nothing formal from the BCCI” about India being reluctant to play the fourth and final Test in Brisbane, Nick Hockley, the chief executive of Cricket Australia, has said, adding that CA has been in “daily” touch with their counterparts
News Ali enters 10-day self-isolation period and appears certain to miss first Test Moeen Ali has tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival in Sri Lanka. England landed in Sri Lanka on Sunday, January 3 ahead of their two-Test series and were tested on arrival, with Ali’s result coming back positive. He will be required to
The Hobart Hurricanes overcame a Glenn Maxwell KFC BBL onslaught to secure a 21-run win over the Melbourne Stars at Blundstone Arena
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Jacques Kallis and Paul Harris were been re-employed by South Africa for the 2020-21 summer © Getty Images CSA’s affirmative action policy for hiring consultants has been placed in abeyance by the interim board, which also suspended new transformation targets last month. That means that South Africa can make use of white consultants should they
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has cleared the five players, who were earlier placed in isolation — Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Navdeep Saini, Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant — after the entire Indian contingent in Australia tested negative for coronavirus. The players will now be available for selection for the third
Haris Sohail’s reflexes at slip helped dismiss Tom Latham © Getty Images Lunch New Zealand 66 for 2 (Taylor 10*, Williamson 4*, Ashraf 1-11) trail Pakistan 297 (Azhar 93, Jamieson 5-69) by 231 runs In a session of two halves, Pakistan, toothless and searching for answers in the first hour, came storming back in a
News SCG to have 25% capacity crowds following Sydney’s virus issues, reticketing process on Both the teams, their support staff and the match officials for the ongoing Test series between India and Australia have tested negative for Covid-19. The tests were administered on Sunday and the results received today (Monday), the day the teams are
News James Pattinson, meanwhile, has been ruled out of the third Test with a rib injury Players on both sides of the ongoing Australia-India series have spent an extended period of their lives – up to six months for some – moving from one biosecure bubble to another, but Nathan Lyon believes it’s a “very
News “The restrictions need to be put in place to ensure the tournament goes ahead in a safe environment.” South Africa’s domestic one-day cup has been rearranged amid rising Coronavirus infections and will be now played in a bio-secure environment with a total of 15 matches, reduced from its original 24. The six franchises have
News Psychologist to travel with team to Sri Lanka as part of focus on players’ mental wellbeing England will have to “manage” the threat of Covid-19 as well as devote extra attention to physical and mental wellbeing on their three-month tour of the subcontinent, according to Test captain Joe Root – and that includes being
News The spotlight will be on Travis Head if Wade is pushed to the middle order Matthew Wade expects David Warner to play the third Test against India but has no concerns over the impact his willingness to fill the opening role could have on his future position in Australia’s batting line-up. Warner’s fitness is
Let’s get this out of the way: of all the things CSA has to worry about, Anrich Nortje signing a Kolpak deal is not one of them. We’re mentioning it both because of his career-best haul and because it’s that time of year and against this opposition when South Africa’s most promising quicks have historically
Zimbabwe haven’t played an international at home since the pandemic hit © AFP via Getty Images Zimbabwe Cricket has temporarily brought all cricket activities in the country to a standstill, in the wake of new lockdown restrictions announced by the government due to a rise in Covid-19 cases. “This is a very challenging situation, but
Report During the process, he broke the record for most runs in a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy season Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 300 and 243 for 5 (Ghulam 104*, Israrullah 63, Maqsood 2-52) lead Central Punjab 257 (Akram 60, Salahuddin 60, Shah 4-73, Usman 3-32) by 286 runs After securing a first-innings lead of 43, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa extended it