Quinton de Kock made a superb counter-attacking fifty only to fall shortly before lunch on Saturday’s third day at Lord’s as England stayed on top in the first Test against South Africa. The Proteas were 323 for eight at lunch — still 135 runs behind England’s first innings 458 and with all their frontline batsmen … Read more
Tom Curran took three wickets on his England debut as South Africa captain AB de Villiers led an improved batting display in the second Twenty20 international at Taunton. The tourists’ total of 174 for eight was a significant improvement on the 142 for three they managed during a nine-wicket defeat at Southampton on Wednesday, which … Read more
Tamim Iqbal’s superb hundred helped take Bangladesh to 305 for six against England in the opening match of the 2017 Champions Trophy at the Oval on Thursday. The left-hander received excellent support from Mushfiqur Rahim (79) in a third-wicket partnership of 166. That was Bangladesh’s highest stand in a one-day international outside of Asia, surpassing … Read more
West Indies’ vulnerable top-order batting was again exploited by Pakistan as the home team reached 72 for three at lunch after choosing to bat first on the opening day of the second Test at Kensington Oval on Sunday. Despite a surface that offered very little assistance to the faster bowlers, the Caribbean team lost their … Read more
New Zealand’s Luke Ronchi is to replace Sharjeel Khan as one of Leicestershire’s overseas players in English county cricket’s Twenty20 Blast following the Pakistan batsman’s domestic suspension for match-fixing, it emerged Wednesday. Both Sharjeel and Khalid Latif were suspended and then charged last month by the Pakistan Cricket Board after being accused of meeting a … Read more
New Zealand battled their way back into the first Test against South Africa with four wickets on the second morning in Dunedin on Thursday, including centurion Dean Elgar. Elgar, who batted South Africa out of trouble on day one, fell to former schoolboy rival Neil Wagner for 140 during a short-ball barrage. His overnight partner … Read more
Bangladesh moved to within 72 runs of England at 221-5 after two days of a captivating first Test in Chittagong. Resuming on 258-7, England lost Chris Woakes to the first ball of the day and were all out for 293, debutant spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz finishing with 6-80. Moeen Ali claimed two wickets in the … Read more