Bangladesh fought back against Zimbabwe, knocking them over for 181 on day three of the first Test in Sylhet as Zimbabwe’s batters struggled to handle the spin of Taijul Islam.
The Dolphins return to Kingsmead Cricket Stadium for their 4-Day Franchise Series clash with the Titans starting on Monday hoping to go into the mid-season break with some momentum.
Free State won their CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge match against KwaZulu-Natal by three wickets with three balls to spare, while SWD, Northerns and EP all had comfortable wins.
‘Forget all the words, forget all the verbal diarrhoea and all that sort of stuff. That’s all rubbish, seriously, it makes you vomit.’
King Edward’s Bryce Parsons goes into the break ahead of the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Week in a rich vein of form. He has been scoring runs and taking wickets consistently, culminating in 124 with the bat and 2-16 with the ball in his side’s 137-run win over Pretoria Boys’ High on the weekend, writes THEO GARRUN.
Australian captain Aaron Finch explained the decision to open the bowling with right-arm seamer Nathan Coulter-Nile rather than left-arm counterpart Mitchell Starc, after Sunday’s six-wicket defeat to South Africa in the first ODI in Perth.