South Africa captain Dane van Niekerk starred with both bat and ball as the Proteas ended India’s unbeaten start to the Women’s World Cup in England on Saturday with a crushing 115-run win. Van Niekerk made 57 in a total of 273 for nine that featured Lizelle Lee’s dashing 92. India, who had won all … Read more
Chris Gayle has become the first batsman to accumulate 10,000 Twenty20 runs, going past the milestone during a match-winning blitz in the Indian Premier League. Swashbuckling West Indian Gayle, 37, who plies his trade across the world’s Twenty20 leagues, smashed 77 off 38 balls with five fours and seven sixes to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore … Read more
Babar Azam stroked yet another hundred against the West Indies as Pakistan rallied from an indifferent start to total 282 for five in the second one-day international at the National Stadium in Guyana on Sunday. Reinstated in his favourite number three spot in the batting order, Azam held a faltering innings together and then accelerated … Read more
Dwayne Smith smashed a whirlwind century off just 31 balls in Hong Kong’s T20 Blitz on Wednesday, one of the fastest tons recorded in Twenty20 cricket. The 33-year-old West Indian, who retired from international cricket only last week, heaved 28 off the first over alone and finished unbeaten on 121 off 40 balls. Smith’s century, … Read more
Kusal Mendis was agonisingly denied a maiden double century by a sensational catch on the boundary ropes on Wednesday as Sri Lanka piled on the runs in the first Test against Bangladesh. The hosts reached 443 for six at lunch on the second day after resuming play on 321-4 on a flat batting track in … Read more
Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh Friday scored fluent centuries against a faltering Indian bowling attack on day one of the three-day warm-up match between Australia and India A in Mumbai. The centurions dominated the Australian innings before retiring out, as the visitors ended at 327 for five, with Mitchell Marsh (16) and Matthew Wade (7) … Read more