Ranatunga slams Sri Lanka over Indian 'B team' tour
Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga on Friday slammed the island’s sports leaders for agreeing to a tour by a “second level” India side.
Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga on Friday slammed the island’s sports leaders for agreeing to a tour by a “second level” India side.
Sam Curran said he felt “pure elation” after a maiden five-wicket haul for England set up a series-clinching win over Sri Lanka at his Oval home ground on Thursday.
Dwayne Bravo’s career-best T20 International figures of four for 19 led the West Indies to a successful defence of a modest total as the home side pulled off a series-levelling 21-run victory over South Africa in the fourth match of the five-game series on Thursday.
The gulf between the potency and contributions of the Proteas bowlers and batsmen is widening by the game. With eight matches to go before the T20 World Cup, they urgently need to solve their skills, application and balance problems, writes RYAN VREDE.
Check out the highlights as South Africa clinched a thrilling win over West Indies in the third T20I at the National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Chris Woakes set up a comfortable five-wicket win finished by Joe Root as England again proved too strong for Sri Lanka in the opening ODI at the Riverside on Tuesday to go 1-0 up in a three-match series.
Tabraiz Shamsi enhanced his reputation as the top T20 bowler in the international game by inspiring South Africa to a thrilling one-run victory over the West Indies in the third of their five-match series at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada on Tuesday.
The T20 World Cup has been shifted to the United Arab Emirates and Oman due to the coronavirus situation in India, cricket’s world body confirmed on Tuesday.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has paid tribute to Goolam Rajah, one of the legendary figures of the post-unity period of South African cricket, who passed away on Tuesday.
Paceman Anrich Nortje says bowling more yorkers will be key in swaying the ongoing T20I series against the West Indies in the Proteas’ favour.
Fast bowler Anrich Nortje is adamant that the Proteas can make a complete turnaround against the West Indies to win their first T20I series in two years.
Sri Lanka suspended three players on Monday, including vice-captain Kusal Mendis, and withdrew them from the upcoming ODI tournament in England over a breach of their bio-secure Covid-19 bubble.
The T20 World Cup will be moved to the United Arab Emirates from India due to the coronavirus pandemic, an Indian cricket board official told AFP on Monday.
It was a weekend of worry and a little hope but the overwhelming sense is that, with just nine T20I matches to go before the World Cup, the Proteas are in trouble, writes RYAN VREDE.
South Africa’s spinners starred as they rebounded from a hammering in the first encounter of the five-match T20I series to defeat the West Indies by 16 runs in the second fixture at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada this past Sunday.