Form and injury have combined to give Graeme Smith a forgettable time of late in the one-day game, and it looks like it will be a long road back for him in ODI cricket should he choose to keep at it Cullinan: Smith certainly under pressure in ODIs Graeme Smith's ODI career could be over. The Test captain was left out of South Africa's starting XI for the first match against India in Johannesburg...
England lose three in tough session
Lunch England 4 for 116 (Carberry 60, Bell 29*, Stokes 0*) trail Australia 9 for 570 dec by 454 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Irresponsible, certainly. Inexcusable? Well, the charge was understandable. Kevin Pietersen's dismissal on the third morning of the Adelaide Test heaped more troubles on an England side bedevilled by problems in the Ashes series. By lunch, with three more...
Mumbai pay for going on the defensive
Mumbai have been guilty of being too cautious in the field previously, and on Friday against Jharkhand that tendency cost themJharkhand had collapsed from 144 for 4 to 180 for 8. Despite their four-man attack, excluding Abhishek Nayar, having a collective experience of 25 first-class games, Mumbai had justified their decision to bowl. You would expect the defending champions to fire out the last two...
NZ inch closer, but rain arrives
Tea New Zealand 609 for 9 dec and 79 for 4 (Anderson 20*, Taylor 16*, Shillingford 4-16) need 33 to win v West Indies 213 and 507 (Bravo 218, Sammy 80, Wagner 3-112)Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details A devastating opening spell from Shane Shillingford raised hopes of a surprise West Indies win in Dunedin, but Ross Taylor and Corey Anderson calmed New Zealand's nerves with an unbeaten 35-run...
Dec
06
Clarke continues Adelaide love affair
Australia 389 for 5 (Clarke 109*, Haddin 57*) v EnglandScorecard Michael Clarke continued his love affair with the Adelaide Oval with an unflustered, unbeaten century as England's Ashes challenge wilted in the face of Australian adventure on the second morning of the second Test. Virtually everything that could go wrong for England did as Clarke and Brad Haddin batted through the morning session...
No point blaming schedule - Dhoni
India captain MS Dhoni has called for his new-ball bowlers to step up after his side was thrashed by 141 runs in the first ODI in Johannesburg. The visitors were typically underprepared, having spent only two-and-a-half days in South Africa before going into the match, but Dhoni said the schedule couldn't be helped. "It is difficult [to play without warm-up games]," Dhoni said, "but at the same time,...
Cricket begins tributes to Mandela
Cricket began its tributes to Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday night, with minute's silences at Adelaide and Dunedin while Cricket South Africa offered their first reaction over Twitter. "RIP Tata Mandela. It is because of you that a represented Proteas team can express their talent across the globe," was posted on the official CSA feed. In Adelaide, meanwhile, the England and Australia teams,...
New Zealand break threatening stand
Tea West Indies 213 and 314 for 5 (Bravo 146*, Ramdin 4*) trail New Zealand 609 for 9 dec by 82 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details A stubborn fifth-wicket stand between Darren Bravo and Narsingh Deonarine tested New Zealand's patience for more than three hours and it took a peach of a delivery from Corey Anderson to revive the home team's flagging spirits in Dunedin. The partnership...
Dec
05
Warner falls in rainy opening session
Lunch Australia 1 for 46 (Warner 29, Watson 10*, Rogers 7*) v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details England, gambling on two spinners to haul themselves back into the Ashes series, lost what could be an influential toss at the start of the second Test in Adelaide as Australia reached lunch on the first day with the promise of much batting bounty ahead. There was relief for England, though,...
BCCI lowers base price for team sponsorship
The BCCI has slashed its base price for each game by 40% while inviting bids for a new official sponsor for India's senior, Under-19, women and A teams. The tender has been floated because the existing contract with the Sahara group ends on December 31. The base price for all of India's international matches has been fixed at Rs 1.5 crore (Rs 15 million) per game. When Sahara had extended their decade-long...
ACSU investigating former NZ players
Some former New Zealand cricketers are being investigated by the ICC's anti-corruption and security unit, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has confirmed. According to a report in the New Zealand Herald, an ACSU unit has been in the country for four months as part of an investigation into match and spot-fixing. David White, the CEO of New Zealand Cricket, confirmed that he knew the identity of the players...
West Indies struggle after following on
Tea West Indies 213 (Chanderpaul 76, Southee 4-52, Boult 3-40) and 37 for 1 (Edwards 12*, Bravo 10*, Boult 1-7) trail New Zealand 609 for 9 dec by 359 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details West Indies continued to struggle against swing bowling in their second innings after they were forced to follow on in the Dunedin Test. Trent Boult, who picked up three wickets in West Indies' first innings...
Dec
04
Christchurch comeback continues
Christchurch's journey back to a host city for top-level cricket will take another significant step early next year when the Hagley Oval will hosts its first international match during the World Cup Qualifiers. The city has not hosted a major event since the devastating earthquake in February 2011. Severe damage was caused to the AMI Stadium and planning permission has now been granted for a new...
Rare unchanged team for Clarke
Australia's captain Michael Clarke named an unchanged team for the second Ashes Test in Adelaide, the first time he has been able to do so since the corresponding match last summer against South Africa. The selectors thought carefully about adding the extra bowling of the allrounder James Faulkner, but ultimately felt that Shane Watson's medium pace would be sufficient as a fifth option, particularly...
NZ declare on 609 after Taylor double-ton
New Zealand 609 for 9 dec (Taylor 217*, McCullum 113, Best 3-148) v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details A maiden double-century by Ross Taylor ensured New Zealand cashed in on the platform laid by the top order to declare the innings on 609 for 9 soon after tea on the second day of the Dunedin Test. West Indies bowled well in patches during the day, but gave away 164 runs after...
Can Australia hold their unfamiliar lead?
Match facts December 5-9, Adelaide OvalStart time 1030 (0000 GMT) Big Picture Last time Australia led in an Ashes series, they went on to sweep it 5-0. It was the summer of 2006-07 and, as it turned out, it was the last Test series that Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer would play. Those retirements began a more or less steady decline for Australian cricket, which hit its nadir...
Dec
01
Vesawkar leads Nepal to third-place finish
Nepal 133 for 5 (Vesawkar 43*) beat UAE 131 for 5 (Regmi 4-16) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Nepal capped a fabulous run at the World Twenty20 Qualifier by securing another last-over win to finish third. As against Hong Kong, when Nepal claimed their place at next year's World Twenty20, and during the group-stage win over Kenya, Sharad Vesawkar proved nerveless at the death,...
Bettering batting a priority for Pakistan, South Africa
The more things change, the more they stay the same, it is said. The month-long limited-overs series contests between South Africa and Pakistan has given meaning to that hypothesis. Rewind to October 30, the day this all began with an ODI in Sharjah. South Africa were bowled out for 183, Saeed Ajmal took four wickets as their top and middle order collapsed. Pakistan responded with a handful of contributions...
Bowlers keep Bengal on top
Services 261 for 6 (Tiwary 71, Swain 56*, Dinda 3-75) trail Bengal 431 by 170 runsScorecard Bengal are looking for yet another three points after the bowlers toiled manfully on a lifeless track to reduce Services to 261 for 6 at stumps on the third day in Palam. The possibility of Bengal getting the final four wickets looks more realistic than Services getting 171 runs to claim the lead with Soumya...
Rampant Ireland retain World T20 Qualifier title
Ireland 225 for 7 (Stirling 76, Johnston 62, Hotak 3-39) beat Afghanistan 157 (Naib 43, Johnston 3-34) by 68 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Ireland successfully defended their World Twenty20 Qualifiers title with a comprehensive 68-run win over Afghanistan in the final in Abu Dhabi, thanks largely to blitzed fifties from Paul Stirling and Trent Johnston - in his final Twenty20 match - that...
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