Ervine stars as Zimbabwe take control
Captain Craig Ervine top scored with 75 as Zimbabwe made 243 in their first innings on day two of the second and final Test against Afghanistan in Bulawayo.
Captain Craig Ervine top scored with 75 as Zimbabwe made 243 in their first innings on day two of the second and final Test against Afghanistan in Bulawayo.
Jasprit Bumrah picked up a late wicket for India after they’d been bowled out for 185.
A relentless Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc sliced through an India batting lineup missing Rohit Sharma in Sydney on Friday.
Veteran Sikandar Raza and teenager Newman Nyamhuri took three wickets each as Zimbabwe bowled out Afghanistan for 157 on the first day of the second Test.
Proteas pace-bowling all-rounder Wiaan Mulder is available for selection for the second Test against Pakistan at Newlands having recovered from a broken finger.
Kusal Perera cracked a career-best 101 off just 46 balls as Sri Lanka secured a consolation seven-run victory in the third and final T20I against New Zealand in Nelson on Thursday.
Afghanistan veteran Hashmatullah Shahidi and Zimbabwe rookie Brian Bennett starred as the first Test was drawn after a rain-shortened final day in Bulawayo.
India captain Rohit Sharma admitted on Monday his batting form is “disturbing” after a double failure in the 184-run fourth Test loss to Australia.
Pat Cummins says he rates the fourth Test victory over India by 184 runs as “right at the top” of the greatest games he has played in for Australia.
Man of the Match Pat Cummins picked up three wickets as Australia beat India by 184 runs to take a 2-1 series lead.
Australia ripped out seven Indian wickets in the final session of the fourth Test in Melbourne on Monday to win by 184 runs and go 2-1 up in the five-match series.
Crucial wickets to Jacob Duffy and a rollicking cameo with the bat by Mitchell Hay saw New Zealand beat Sri Lanka to wrap up their T20I series with a game to spare at Mount Maunganui on Monday.
Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen’s 51-run partnership got the Proteas over the line in Centurion.
Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi was unbeaten on 179 as Afghanistan trailed Zimbabwe by 71 runs after a rain-shortened fourth day of the first Test in Bulawayo.
Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland’s last-wicket partnership extended Australia’s lead to 333 runs.