South Africa will not dare to take Afghanistan lightly as they bid to bounce back from their chastening opening-round defeat to England at the Wankhede Stadium, according to Hashim Amla. Despite a riotous start to South Africa's innings, Amla's 58 from 31 balls and a 91-run stand for the
Afghanistan's captain, Asghar Stanikzai, has said that his team will be in it to win it when they face South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, and backed his spin trio of Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan and Hamza Hotak to cause plenty problems in a contest that
Pakistan Women nearly saw victory slip away as they made a mess of a straightforward chase of 97 against India Women, but good deeds upfront with the bat and a torrential downpour in Delhi helped them escape with a two-run win on the Duckworth-Lewis method. The players went off the field with
There was rain, but the Eden Gardens was not submerged. There was a pitch that made spinners seem like grenade launchers. There were 61337 people including certifiable legends of the game from Sachin Tendulkar to Imran Khan. All of it added to the spectacle of India-Pakistan cricket, but Virat
Bangladesh left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny and pacer Taskin Ahmed have been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect after an independent assessment found their bowling actions to be illegal. Both bowlers underwent assessments in Chennai last week,
England completed the second-highest successful chase in T20 internationals and the highest in World T20 history to keep their campaign alive. They held their nerve chasing 230, thanks to a blistering start from Jason Roy and a clinical innings from Joe Root that ripped South Africa's
Sussex appointed their former batsman Murray Goodwin as their new batting coach. Goodwin, 43, spent 12 seasons with the club as a player and was an integral part of the side that won three Championship titles and five limited-over trophies between 2003 and 2009. Goodwin, who was confirmed
New Zealand's Midas touch at this World Twenty20 continued in Dharamsala, where they took their tournament record to two wins from two matches with an eight-run victory over Australia. Having spun India out in Nagpur, New Zealand made one change to their side, bringing in the fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan to replace the spinner Nathan
Victoria 251 (Stoinis 107, Abbott 3-60) and 7 for 234 (White 97*, Copeland 3-59) drew withNew South Wales 341 (Patterson 82, Lyon 75, Tremain 4-47) and 178 (Copeland 47, Christian 5-40) South Australia will host their first Sheffield Shield final in 20 years after a Cameron Whiterearguard
9 New Zealand offspinner Mark Craig has fractured his right hand during Otago's Plunket Shield match against Auckland in Dunedin. He picked up the injury when he was hit by a beamer from seamer Lachie Ferguson while batting in Otago's chase. The injury forced Craig off
England are uncomfortably well acquainted with early exits from world events, so there's no disguising the peril that they once again find themselves in. The World T20's main event has barely got underway and yet, if England fail to turn an ebbing tide in which they have lost six limited-overs
