Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine though is confident in his batters’ ability to chase, seeing how well they’ve done so far this series: “The wicket has played pretty much the same throughout, so confident of our batters performing well again.” Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka is beaming, having won the toss for the first time in … Read more
Shikhar Dhawan, who made a fine 79 in the first ODI, had some words for us before play starts: “It was a beautiful feeling to be back in the Indian side, and scoring runs straightaway after five-six months brought more confidence and clarity for me. It was more of an Asian wicket, less bounce, not … Read more
353/6 is the highest total scored by the home team South Africa on this ground in 2017 against Bangladesh. Surprisingly the second-highest total of the Boland Park, Paarl venue is 351/3 scored by India in 2001 against Kenya. India and South Africa will play their first-ever ODI match on this ground. From 1991 to 2019 … Read more
Dasun Shanaka: “We’re very confident on the run chase after the last game. The start however is crucial, we need to make sure our fielding is up to the mark, and we need to take our catches as well. The powerplay is going to be very important.” Craig Ervine: “The guys did really well in … Read more
The visitor’s Irish team batsmen surprised the hosts by winning the three ODI series by 2-1. Yes, the Ireland team won two IDI matches against the West Indians with the last and almost the nailbiter finish. HT Tector from the Ireland team was the most runs scorer of the series with his 159 runs in … Read more
Dasun Shanaka: “We would have batted first as well. We had a good preparation over the last week, and in the LPL as well. There are five changes from the last time we played an ODI with Chamika Gunasekera debuting today.” Craig Ervine: “Wicket looks really good for batting, and we think we want to … Read more
The home team Australia scored 155 runs in their second innings by facing 56.3 overs. Usman Khawaja scored eleven runs, Steven Smith 27, Cameron Green 23, Alex Carey † 49 and Pat Cummins (c) 13. Mark Wood dismissed six Australian batsmen in 16.3 overs and gave just 37 runs. Stuart Broad took three wickets and … Read more
As we know the English team’s captain Joe Root chose to field first after winning the toss. Team Australia lost their first three wickets with just twelve runs on the board by facing 9.5 overs. Australia scored 303 runs all out in 75.4 overs in their first innings. After three wickets down Australian batsmen were … Read more
Joe Root: “Throughout the series, it’s been quite challenging to know what to do but with the live grass it’s an opportunity to bowl” Pat Cummins: “We were probably going to bowl. Pink ball traditionally you try to have a bat. No too upset.” The Ashes 5th Test, Australia vs England Highlights today, Friday 14-1-2022, … Read more
India vs South Africa Highlights today, Friday 14-1-2022, 3rd Test, India tour of South Africa from Newlands, Cape Town. Kohli won the toss and India will bat. India team: 1 KL Rahul, 2 Mayank Agarwal, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli (capt), 5 Ajinkya Rahane, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 R Ashwin, 8 Shardul Thakur, … Read more
