The team has slipped from promising positions in overseas Tests in the past, but the Zaheer Khan-led bowling attack helped India maintain a firm grip on the second day Dravid: India recognised and won critical moment The first session of the second day had a bad old feeling for India. A movie seen before. A movie fresh in the mind. In the first Test of their tour of Australia in 2011-12,...
Hurting Philander eases South Africa's pain
Vernon Philander was suffering from a toothache last night but he was incisive with the ball, before shoring up a South Africa collapse with a defiant innings 'Philander ran in with purpose today' Close to midnight after the first day of the Test, something was bothering Vernon Philander. "Toothache … you are starting to annoy the shit out of me now," he tweeted as the hour approached. "24...
Watling keeps Ronchi on his toes
BJ Watling will be able to put pressure on Luke Ronchi for New Zealand's one-day wicketkeeping slot if he can increase his strike-rate. That was the strong indication given by Bruce Edgar, the national selection, after he named the one-day squad to face West Indies where Ronchi will be given a chance to cement the keeper's role in the middle order but faces competition. Watling is secure in the Test...
WI remove Rutherford and Fulton
Tea New Zealand 76 for 2 (Williamson 34*, Taylor 15*) trail West Indies 367 (Chanderpaul 122*, Ramdin 107, Southee 4-79) by 291 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details West Indies threw New Zealand their stiffest challenge of the series. First, their last two wickets added 60 to stretch the innings to 367. And then, their bowlers tied down the New Zealand top order in batting-friendly conditions....
Can Kallis make a U-turn?
He may have hit one of the roughest patches in his career, but Jacques Kallis, in the past, has shown he can recover spectacularly Cullinan: Kallis should assess where his career is At Mark Boucher's tribute dinner recently, he wished his best friend Jacques Kallis "best of luck for the next 20 years of your international cricket career". Amid laughter Kallis responded he would either stop...
SSC, NCC, Colts and Ragama in semis
Sinhalese Sports Club, Colts Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club and Ragama Cricket Club will contest the semi-finals of the Premier Limited Overs competition, after finishing in the top two of their groups at the end of the round-robin phase. Both semi-finals will be played at the Premadasa Stadium with Colts taking on NCC on December 21, before SSC face Ragama on December 23. Group B Opening...
Hurting Philander eases South Africa's pain
Vernon Philander was suffering from a toothache last night but he was incisive with the ball, before shoring up a South Africa collapse with a defiant innings 'Philander ran in with purpose today' Close to midnight after the first day of the Test, something was bothering Vernon Philander. "Toothache … you are starting to annoy the shit out of me now," he tweeted as the hour approached. "24...
Tenacious India seamers rewrite script
The team has slipped from promising positions in overseas Tests in the past, but the Zaheer Khan-led bowling attack helped India maintain a firm grip on the second day Manjrekar: India batsmen had better footwork than SA The first session of the second day had a bad old feeling for India. A movie seen before. A movie fresh in the mind. In the first Test of their tour of Australia in 2011-12,...
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Ramdin, Chanderpaul halt collapse
Tea West Indies 142 for 5 (Chanderpaul 30*, Ramdin 30*) v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details West Indies showed they could collapse regardless of the pitch, conditions or bowling. Put in on a slow surface that was nowhere close to being difficult for batting, they went from 77 for 1 to 86 for 5 in the space of 34 deliveries. On a day they could have dominated for once in the series,...
South African quicks aim to refocus radar
Just as they did at The Oval last July, South Africa's quicks bowled too wide on the first day. Allan Donald hopes they can stage an Oval-style turnaround Cullinan: 'Smith could've managed bowlers better' M Vijay vigilantly watched half of the first over of this Test match sail past him. Dale Steyn was steaming in, swinging the ball away, and although he beat Vijay's outside edge once, he...
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