News “It’s something I think we lacked in the previous game, and I think we ticked those boxes pretty well towards the end of today.” South Africa captain Dean Elgar has heaped praise on his side for their dogged fightback in the Wanderers Tests against India, as they levelled the series 1-1 with a seven-wicket
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Report Zak Crawley reprieved after being caught off a no-ball late in the day England 0 for 13 (Hameed 2*, Crawley 2*) trail Australia 8 for 416 dec (Khawaja 137, Smith 67, Broad 5-101) by 403 runs Usman Khawaja has produced a comeback century of the highest class to put Australia in another commanding position
News Stars and Heat have been severely impacted by Covid-19 Big Bash League teams will move into a Melbourne hub while still playing home games interstate as part of a plan to combat the Covid-19 outbreaks that have hampered the competition’s schedule. Under Cricket Australia’s soon-to-be-announced model, all eight BBL teams will begin to take
News Bangladesh Test captain “not surprised” that Ebadot Hossain stepped up with a six-for in the second innings Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque said that he kept insisting his bowlers focus only on bowling tightly, and not think about taking wickets on the fifth morning of the first Test against New Zealand. Although it may not
News Shami, Bavuma, Bumrah, Agarwal and Elgar also move up in the latest update While Rahul’s knock of 123 in the first innings – his seventh Test hundred – helped him climb 18 spots up to No. 31 among batters, Ngidi’s match haul of 8 for 102, which included figures of 6 for 71 in
News “Now that we have defeated the Test champions, our next generation also has to beat New Zealand.” Ebadot Hossain, whose 6 for 46 took Bangladesh to a famous eight-wicket win against New Zealand, said that he needed to be a bit patient after a tough start to his Test career. Ebadot took all the
News “BCCI does not want to compromise the safety of the players, support staff, match officials and other participants involved,” Jay Shah says The BCCI has postponed the upcoming Ranji Trophy, CK Nayudu Trophy and the senior women’s T20 league for the 2021-22 season because of the rising Covid-19 cases in India. The Ranji Trophy
This BBL has faced criticism for its supposed lack of international drawcards and the usual absences of Australia’s Test stars. But a few months from the T20 World Cup triumph, those on the fringes of national selection are starring in the first half of the BBL season. With Australia’s title defence on home soil just
Report New Zealand have just over five sessions to try and push for a favourable result Lunch New Zealand 328 and 10 for 0 (Latham 10*, Young 0*) trail Bangladesh 458 (Mominul 88, Litton 86, Boult 4-85) by 120 runs New Zealand faced the tricky job of dismounting Bangladesh’s 130-run lead after the visitors completed
News All four players are asymptomatic, and will self-isolate Four Zimbabwe cricketers at the Under-19 World Cup tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, and are now self-isolating in the West Indies. Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed the positive results after PCR tests were administered, and said all players who tested positive were “well and asymptomatic”. They will