Mumbai book third IPL final
A well played 45 runs from Faf du Plessis wasn’t enough to prevent the Mumbai Indians from beating Chennai Super Kings in a play-off on Tuesday and thereby booking their place in the final of the IPL.
Special delivery – Kagiso Rabada
Kagiso Rabada, who is set for a meteoric rise in international cricket, is on the cover of the May/June SACricket magazine.
ICC wants to trial day/night Tests
The ICC’s cricket committee wants member countries to start identifying opportunities to play Test matches that continue into the evening.
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Jason Gillespie will meet with England’s director of cricket Andrew Strauss in the next few days to discuss the vacant England coaching position, reports ESPNCricinfo.
Rudolph takes command
Jacques Rudolph continues to lead from the front, playing an unbeaten captain’s innings of 81 in Glamorgan’s 187-5 against Essex in teh English County Championship on Monday
IPL: The latest statistics
Here are the latest statistics following the round-robin format at the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Stuart Broad says he will not have a problem sharing a dressing room with Kevin Pietersen again should the England selectors decide to pick the controversial batsman in the future.
Mumbai, RCB reach play-offs
The Mumbai Indians and the Royal Challengers Bangalore secured their play-off places after their IPL matches on Sunday.
Philander reins in Somerset
Vernon Philander took four for 56 off 19 overs to help restrict Somerset to 312 on the first day of their county championship match at Nottingham on Sunday.
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Tickets went on sale in Pakistan on Saturday for next week’s series against Zimbabwe, days after a major militant attack put the visit – the first by a Test playing nation in six years – in doubt.
Du Plessis shines as CSK secure top spot
Faf du Plessis scored 55 as the Chennai Super Kings won by seven wickets against the Kings XI Punjab on Saturday to wrap up top spot in the IPL standings.
Ingram, Rudolph shine in T20
Glamorgan’s South African partnership of Colin Ingram and Jacques Rudolph put on 141 for the second wicket to set up a 25-run victory over Surrey at the Oval in the opening match of the English T20 series
Graves denies misleading Pietersen
New ECB chairman Colin Graves said on Friday he did not mislead Kevin Pietersen, stating that he did not give the 34-year-old any guarantees about a recall to the England team.
Wiese claims two wickets in vital win
A total of 218 runs were scored in 17 overs on Friday, as Royal Challengers Bangalore won their rain affected match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad to put one foot in the playoffs.
Twitter reacts to Miller's unfortunate incident
Kings XI Punjab batsman David Miller is one of the biggest hitters in the IPL, but against Kolkata Knight Riders on 9 May at Eden Gardens, Kolkata police constable Alok Aich felt the full force of it. One of Miller’s maximums hit him in the eye, and he has lost his sight.
