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SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF PAKISTAN 2025 South Africa were bundled out for 183 in the second innings © Getty Pakistan took a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series against South Africa with a 93-run win. Shaheen Afridi and Noman Ali picked four-fers in the second innings with the latter eventually finishing with match figures of 10 for 130. South Africa required 226 runs at the start of Day 4 with eight wickets in hand but they were dealt with a body blow on the third ball of the day as centurion from the first innings, Tony de Zorzi, was…
Michael Neser has done his hopes of playing an Ashes Test this summer some good, taking four wickets for Queensland to bowl South Australia out for 228 South Australia v Queensland | Sheffield Shield | Day 1 Michael Neser has continued his hot start to the summer with he and Mitchell Swepson taking four wickets each to bowl South Australia out for 228. The Bulls went to stumps on day one of their Sheffield Shield clash at 0-26 in reply to South Australia, with Usman Khawaja not out 22 at Adelaide Oval. Almost the forgotten man in the great pace-bowling…
BANGLADESH CRICKET Mehidy, who took responsibility for the series loss, added that the team now needs to get back into rhythm as quickly as possible © Getty Bangladesh ODI skipper Mehidy Hasan feels that the team is not learning from its mistakes, which is costing them in the 50-over format. Afghanistan swept Bangladesh in the three-match ODI series, with the visitors’ batting unit collapsing miserably. “We are not learning from each defeat,” said Mehidy. “We are not improving as required. We definitely lack in certain area but we have to move ahead with these players,” he said. “We don’t have…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Sri Lanka and New Zealand were forced to share the points in their Women’s World Cup fixture after heavy rain had the final say in Colombo on Tuesday, washing out play after the innings break. The hosts had done the hard yards, posting a competitive 258-6 and fancying their chances with a spin-heavy attack on a pitch made for the slow bowlers. The total was also the highest in the Colombo leg of the competition so far. “I thought Sri Lanka batted particularly well,” said New Zealand captain Sophie Devine. “It was a good cricket wicket……
Jake Weatherald and Cameron Bancroft both missed chance to apply pressure for Ashes selection as 14 wickets fell on the opening day in Hobart Tasmania v Western Australia | Sheffield Shield | Day 1 Fourteen wickets fell and Liam Haskett was the surprise spark for Western Australia as they finished day one on top in their Sheffield Shield clash against Tasmania in Hobart. Ashes batting contender Jake Weatherald (18) missed a chance to push his case for a Test debut, before his Tigers unravelled when third-change WA quick Haskett was introduced. The paceman took 3-26 in 10 overs, removing opener…
Sheffield Shield pitches proved difficult for top orders around the country Sam Konstas’ grip on the Test opening position loosened further after being put through the ringer by Scott Boland on a lively day-one Junction Oval pitch. Konstas did not lay bat on ball in a four-ball burst against Boland in the final hour of play on Wednesday, leaving three deliveries before the Test paceman fired in a straight one that cannoned into the young New South Welshman’s front pad. The Australia pair had shared good-natured words when Konstas was fielding at short-leg to No.11 Boland at the tail-end of…
Sam Konstas and Sean Abbott have handed Australia’s selectors two reasons for headaches on the opening day of NSW’s Sheffield Shield match against Victoria Victoria v New South Wales | Sheffield Shield | Day 1 Sam Konstas was out for a duck and an injured Sean Abbott added to Australia’s fast-bowling issues on a dramatic opening day to the Sheffield Shield clash in Melbourne. NSW were 3-39 at stumps in reply to Victoria’s 240, Fergus O’Neill taking 2-12 to put the hosts back in the game after a tough start at Junction Oval on Wednesday. But it was an even…
Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan ©Cricbuzz Bangladesh’s sports advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain believes that Bangladesh Cricket Board directors should receive some kind of remuneration if they are performing executive duties in order to prevent corruption from the structure. The BCB is yet to establish a proper organogram that can help the board work smoothly while the directors, who hold the post without being salaried, are often found out doing the job of executives without any remuneration whatsoever that many feels leads to corruption. Asif echoed the same sentiment while having a chat with Cricbuzz recently. “Bulbul bhai (BCB president Aminul…
Match facts Who: Australia v India What: BKT Tyres ODI Series, first ODI When: October 19, 2025, 2:30pm AEDT (11.30am AWST) first ball Where: Perth Stadium Live scores: Match Centre How to watch: Kayo Sports and Foxtel How to listen: ABC Radio, Triple M and SEN Radio. New this summer, the CA Live app has teamed up with NRMA Insurance so you can listen to radio streams in real-time with no delay to live play using zero-latency technology. Cricket Radio (both standard and real-time) is available anywhere in Australia in the CA Live match centre, however, some…
THE ASHES, 2025-26 Joe Root celebrates his ton at The Oval in the second innings © AFP England’s star batter Joe Root has reckoned he is ready to end his long-standing drought of not scoring a Test hundred in Australia during the Ashes series that begins next month. Root has played 27 innings in Australia, but hasn’t breached the three-figure mark even once. He has nine fifties there – his highest score of 89 coming on the last away Ashes in Brisbane in 2021. “But I feel ready for it,” Root said of ending the rut. “Big series are the…