This week’s roundup also features a great team own goal, the ultimate teasing cross and new young diving sensation Sereda1) The best goals are team goals, where the ball is knocked about effortlessly, before the coup de grace is administered. With that…
An insult on his ODI debut from Ricky Ponting inspired the firebrand bowler to become a living legend of cricketThe first time Dale Steyn bowled to Ricky Ponting, he was a 22-year-old kid playing his very first game of 50-over cricket for South Africa….
Readers from around the world reflect on seven weeks of cricket and one astounding finalEngland’s run to the semi-finals, and indeed final, could not have been more quintessentially English. The team came into the tournament on a great run and hope was…
Readers from around the world reflect on seven weeks of cricket and one astounding finalEngland’s run to the semi-finals, and indeed final, could not have been more quintessentially English. The team came into the tournament on a great run and hope was…
The Australia opener hit 122 but ended on the losing side after a compelling individual battleOf all the moments and milestones for David Warner on returning to the Australian team – first visit, first practice game, first international, first time up …
• South Africa 325-6; Australia 315• David Warner’s 122 from 117 balls fails to bring victorySouth Africa flicked the switch at yet another Old Trafford World Cup seat-clencher to defeat Australia by 10 runs and set up a semi-final between Australia an…
Updates from the match at Old TraffordAny thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSportIndia take on Sri Lanka at Headingley – live! 1.15pm BST Mitchell Starc will have first use of the ball today. If you still need something to fill in your time, here’s a…
• Sri Lanka 204; South Africa 206-1. South Africa win by nine wkts• Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis share unbroken stand of 175Anyone arriving at Chester-le-Street just after two o’clock would have been bewildered to find two umpires, 11 men in green an…
Cricket World Cup updates from Chester-le-StreetBairstow blasts critics ‘waiting for England to fail’And you can drop Adam an email or tweet @collinsadam 10.48am BST 2nd over: Sri Lanka 14-1 (K Perera 6, Fernando 6) Chris Morris is opening up with the …
• Pakistan 308-7; South Africa 259-9. Pakistan win by 49 runs• South Africa knocked out of World CupLet there be no further ambiguity about it: South Africa are out of the World Cup. They had been hanging on for some 18 days since losing a third straig…
Over-by-over updates from Lord’s, 10.30am BST startBrathwaite blast in vain as New Zealand foil WindiesGet in touch! Email Adam or tweet @collinsadam 9.57am BST My below picture is a bit deceptive. It’s turning into a smashing day in London. It’s still…
• South Africa 241-6; New Zealand 242-6• Willamson’s century ensures his team survive nervy finishThe World Cup’s first gripping finish ended with the result that may well have sewn up the top four with 20 group games still to come, as a Kane Williamso…
Cricket World Cup updates from the match at EdgbastonCounty cricket – live! Latest news from around the groundsThe Spin podcast: join the team for the latest showAnd you can email Daniel here or tweet @DanielHarris 10.14am BST Look at this! Here’s Rob…
• Afghanistan 125; South Africa 131-1• Imran Tahir (4-29) and Chris Morris (3-13) prompt collapseIf Afghanistan are the standard bearers for the old ICC associate cricketing nations, they are not advancing the cause so far in this World Cup. They have …
Cricket World Cup updates from the game in CardiffSri Lanka v Australia – live! Follow the OBO report nowEngland win, rain delays and autocorrect – The Spin podcastAnd feel free to email Simon or tweet @Simon_Burnton 1.41pm BST 3rd over: Afghanistan 9-…
Keep up with all the latest action from SouthamptonCricket World Cup 2019: latest standingsFeel free to email Tim or to tweet: @TimdeLisle 10.11am BST West Indies lose Andre Russell to a knee injury and leave out Evan Lewis, so Shai Hope moves up to op…
• Former captain offered to reverse international retirement• Zondi: ‘We have to stay true to our morals and principles’South Africa decided against including AB de Villiers in their World Cup squad after revealing the star batsman offered to reverse h…
• South Africa 227-9, India 230-4• Rohit Sharma century guides India to six-wicket victoryStrike three, you’re just about out. This is the looming fate for South Africa after their six-wicket defeat by India – a third loss in the space of a week to beg…
World Cup updates from Southampton, 10.30am BST startDale Steyn ruled out of World Cup with shoulder injuryAnd you can mail Adam or tweet @collinsadam 10.15am BST Right, those teams. South Africa lost Ngidi through injury; Shamsi is in for him – makes…
India’s captain Virat Kohli brushed aside criticism from Kagiso Rabada after the South African cricketer said he ‘comes across as very immature’.Rabada told the Cricket Monthly that while Kohli is a ‘phenomenal player’, ‘he can’t take the abuse’.Kohli …
