Perth Scorchers 136 for 7 (Turner 48*, Short 2-11) beat Adelaide Strikers 133 for 7 (Lynn 35, Tye 3-30) by three wickets Captain Ashton Turner held his nerve to steer Perth Scorchers past league-leaders Adelaide Strikers in a low-scoring thriller at Optus Stadium. Chasing a modest 134, Scorchers were in disarray at 72 for 6
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Lunch Pakistan 115 for 4 (Babar 54*, Sarfaraz 4*, Bracewell 2-32) vs New Zealand The Karachi Test began in a bizarre fashion for Pakistan as each of their first three wickets fell to spin with batters trying to come down the wicket. Abdullah Shafique and Shan Masood were stumped – the first time that the
Australia chose to bowl vs South Africa South Africa’s batting line-up was asked to front up for the second successive Test after Pat Cummins put them in to bat on a pitch much less green than the Gabba’s a week ago. Whether Cummins’ decision was motivated by losing four wickets in the successful chase in
India’s stand-in captain KL Rahul admitted they missed Kuldeep Yadav but didn’t regret the decision of leaving him out for an extra fast bowler because a team is selected for all five days and they felt three fast bowlers was the right balance for the conditions in Mirpur. Of the 36 wickets that bowlers took
It was a case of so near and yet so far for Bangladesh in Dhaka, and after the three-wicket defeat to India, Shakib Al Hasan was left ruing his team’s missed chances. Four chances were missed in the first India innings, and then, with Bangladesh three wickets away and India 65 from their target, Mominul
While Sajid did not have the best of times during the Tests against Australia, returning only four wickets in three matches, he fared much better in the 2022-23 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan’s premier first-class competition. The offspinner picked up 21 wickets in seven first-class matches at 34.04 for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He had recorded the fourth-best figures
Litton Das is relishing the prospect of Bangladesh beating India after they reduced the visitors to 45 for 4 at stumps on the third day in Mirpur. “If we can take one or two early wickets tomorrow morning, it is possible to win the game,” Litton said. “Our goal will be to be positive. There
David Warner has vowed to go back to the future on the eve of his 100th Test as he strives to end his lean three-year run in Test cricket ahead of a massive 12 months for Australia’s Test team. Warner’s milestone has given him pause to reflect on what has got him to this point
Vivrant Sharma was at an Ahmedabad hotel, packing after a deflating loss to Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy. The IPL auction had been running in the background on TV, but it was only when the capped players’ sets finished that it registered that his name would be up soon. As the 23-year-old allrounder from Jammu
Brisbane Heat 166 for 9 (Billings 79, Bryant 46, Short 3-14, Agar 3-38) beat Adelaide Strikers 160 for 9 (Kelly 43, Steketee 4-34) by six runs Brisbane Heat ruined former favourite son Chris Lynn‘s return to the Gabba, a Sam Billings half-century helping the home side to an upset six-run win over Adelaide Strikers. Undefeated