Somerset’s top-order capitulated in the face of a hostile pace onslaught from Andre Nel and Morne Morkel, and by lunch on the second day at Taunton, they were struggling on 52 for 4 in reply to South Africa’s mountainous first innings of 515 for 3. However, South Africa’s onfield progress was tempered by concerns surrounding […]
Sanath Jayasuriya perished after scoring a stunning ton, putting his team in cruise control. Jayawardene has also been dismissed.
33rd Over: Kapali to Jayawardene. WICKET! The Sri Lankan skipper has pulled a rank long hop to his Bangladeshi counterpart, Mohammad Ashraful at mid wicket. A shocker really. Chamara Kapugedera is the new man in. Sri Lanka […]
Duncan Fletcher fears KP’s emergency elevation to the England captaincy may have a detrimental effect on his mercurial batting.
The former England coach is worried the extra onus of leading the side - Pietersen was called into the role because of Paul Collingwood’s four-match ban for overseeing a slow over rate - could compromise the middle-order […]
As birthday bashes go, this one was pretty special, with Sanath Jayasuriya bludgeoning Bangladesh into near-submission as Sri Lanka took a giant stride towards the Asia Cup final. Some of the Bangladesh players were still in diapers when Jayasuriya made his debut, and they must have felt as helpless as babies at times when he […]
Kyle McCallan, Ireland’s captain, picked up three wickets as they comfortably beat Bangladesh A for the second time in three days in Bangor. Set to chase a paltry 110, Ireland raced to the target in only 28 overs, with useful contributions from Reinhardt Strydom and Andre Botha.
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England coach Peter Moores says Tim Ambrose will not be short of confidence in the Test series against South Africa.
Ambrose, England’s current gloveman, managed only 10 runs in the 3-1 NatWest Series defeat to New Zealand and has also missed chances behind the stumps, most notably a skier early in Saturday’s 51-run loss at Lord’s.
A […]
Former captain Wasim Akram has blasted Pakistan for the inexplicable decision to field first in their game against Sri Lanka.
Pakistan lost by 64 runs to Sri Lanka in their first match of the Super Fours stage in the STAR Cricket Asia Cup on Sunday after they won the toss and put the visitors in to […]
England spin bowler Holly Colvin has agreed to play for New South Wales in the 2008-09 Australian domestic season.
The 18-year-old from Chichester helped England retain the women’s Ashes in Australia last winter.
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Sri Lanka continued their unbeaten run in the Asia Cup, winning by 64 runs after being invited to bat by Pakistan in their Super Four match in Karachi.
Kumar Sangakkara led the way with 112 from 110 balls as they made 302-7 from their 50 overs, although left-arm seamer Sohail Tanvir took 5-48.
Pakistan were given early […]
Bermuda claimed a tense 11-run victory against Canada despite Sunil Dhaniram’s all-round brilliance and won the three-ODI series 2-0 in King City. Canada were chasing a revised target of 196 because of a shower during the lunch break but were dismissed for 184, out of which Dhaniram struck 79 off 86 balls to follow up […]
West Indies women rounded off the first leg of their Europe tour successfully with a series-clinching win over Ireland in the third ODI in Dublin. Offspinners Afy Fletcher and Anisa Mohammed shared seven wickets between them to restrict Ireland to 163 after which Stefanie Taylor scored her maiden half-century to take West Indies to a […]
Shane Watson’s maiden ODI century helped Australia secure a seven-wicket win over West Indies.
Responding to the Windies’ 223 all out, the tourists recovered from the early loss of Shaun Marsh with a 190-run partnership between Watson and Ricky Ponting steering them to 227 for three with 57 balls to spare.
Sunday’s result also means Australia hold […]