Eoin Morgan: “Adapt to conditions better, and negate things we didn’t do well yesterday. Liam Livingstone is still unavailable.” Kieron Pollard: “Hopeful, but a new pitch, don’t know what it has to offer… see what it does and assess from there. The same team, give the guys another opportunity, we have a big squad but … Read more
Bavuma: We’ve just made one change. Dwaine Pretorius comes in for Shamsi. It’s very important to keep our standard, we don’t want to drop the intensity. Wayne has fallen sick overnight. We know the new ball can do a bit here, we need to get through the powerplay with minimal damage for a formidable score, … Read more
Pollard says it’s a “fresh pitch, let’s see what we can get out of it. At night, with a bit of dew, it might come on [to the bat].” The WI captain is excited for his young players to stake a claim. Shai Hope gets the nod at the top of the order while Jason … Read more
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
