Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur confirmed in an interview with ESPNcricinfo that the injury to all-rounder Shadab Khan restricted the travelling side from playing five bowlers in the first two Tests against South Africa.
Former Proteas all-rounder Johan Botha pulled off a magical piece of fielding in the Big Bash League to earn himself today’s Play of the Day award, writes ANITHA MADIKIZELA.
Mohammad Nabi sealed a six-wicket win for the Melbourne Renegades by cracking a six in the final over off James Faulkner to cap a perfectly timed run chase in the Big Bash League on Monday evening.
Ottis Gibson has described Mickey Arthur’s comments about South African pitches not being good enough for Test cricket as ‘strange’, writes KHALID MOHIDIN from Newlands.
Ottis Gibson says that until the ICC asks for standardised pitches around the world, he expects home tracks to continue to favour the Proteas, writes KHALID MOHIDIN from Newlands.
If you should see Mthiwekhaya Nabe batting higher in the order than teammate Janneman Malan, then you’re either watching a dream sequence in a Hollywood movie, or Malan has been injured, writes SIMON LEWIS.
Highlights of day three of the 4-Day Franchise Series match between the Knights and the Cape Cobras that saw Dane Piedt score a maiden first-class century, sharing a record ninth-wicket stand with Mthiwekhaya Nabe.
The Proteas require a stand-in skipper for this week’s third and final Test against Pakistan at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, after full-time captain Faf du Plessis was suspended due to a slow over rate in the second match at Newlands in Cape Town. JONHENRY WILSON looks at the options – some more plausible than others.
Batsman Cheteshwar Pujara welcomed the Player of the Series accolade as India completed a two-one Test series victory over Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday.
Captain Tim Paine’s attention promptly turned to the challenging Test series against Sri Lanka and England later this year, after Monday’s defeat at the hands of India.
Batsman Colin Munro is relishing the challenge of balancing his approach to ODI and T20I batting during New Zealand’s ongoing limited-over series against Sri Lanka.
Captain Virat Kohli has likened India’s historic Test series victory over Australia to triumph at the 2011 World Cup.
Rain washed out play on day five of the fourth and final Test between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground as India took the series 2-1 for their first series triumph in Australia in 72 years of trying, writes SIMON LEWIS.
South African batsman Rilee Rossouw struck a brisk half-century as the Rangpur Riders beat the Khulna Titans by eight runs in the Bangladesh Premier League on Sunday.
Sri Lanka spinner Malinda Pushpakumara achieved a rare 10-wicket innings haul for Colombo Cricket Club against Saracens Sports Club recently.
