Cricket

Offspinner Will Somerville will return to the SCG where he played for New South Wales after being called up to the New Zealand squad for the final Test against Australia as Trent Boult’s replacement. Somerville, the 35-year-old offspinner, has played three Tests for New Zealand, all of them in Asia, and has taken 14 wickets at 25.14 after returning home ...

Four-day Test matches could become mandatory as part of the World Test Championship from 2023, with the ICC’s cricket committee likely to formally consider the change in 2020 amid widespread discussions among member boards about how to reduce numerous pressure points in the global cricket calendar for the future. However, the world’s cricketers stand as the most likely source of ...

Former legspinner Danish Kaneria on Saturday clarified that he was never discriminated against on the basis of religion during his playing career for Pakistan, but did claim that he was treated differently by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after he was found guilty in a spot-fixing scandal. Kaneria made headlines this week after former teammate Shoaib Akhtar said that the ...

Australia 467 and 4 for 137 (Wade 15, Head 12) lead New Zealand 148 (Latham 50, Cummins 5-28) by 456 runs Pat Cummins put further daylight between him and next-most prolific bowlers of 2019 with another display of supreme pace bowling as he claimed 5 for 28 to help dismantle New Zealand on the third day at the MCG. James ...

Graeme Smith has assured South Africans of all races that he is committed to transformation after he was criticised by the Black African Cricket Clubs (BACC), who held a meeting at the Wanderers on Friday. The group, which formed in 2011 after a racially charged split in the Central Gauteng Lions, aim to reposition and grow black African cricket and ...

New Zealand’s sorry Australian tour took another turn for the worse as Trent Boult was ruled out of the third and final Test in Sydney with a fracture on his right hand, sustained while batting. Boult had been struck on the gloves by Mitchell Starc at the back-end of New Zealand’s first innings at the MCG, and went to hospital ...

Lahore: Centuries by Azhar Ali and Umar Akmal consolidated Central Punjab’s position in the final of the first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament against Northern at Karachi’s National Stadium on Saturday. Central Punjab amassed a mammoth score of 466 for five and boasted an imposing 212-run first innings lead when stumps were drawn on day two of the five-day contest. The day ...

The final of the first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2019-20 will be held at the National Stadium in Karachi from 27-31 December between Central Punjab and Northern. The following is the schedule of media opportunities in the build up to and during the match: Thursday, 26 December: · Both the teams will hold training sessions at the National Stadium from around 11am. ...

Ben Stokes has returned to full training with England as they prepare for the Boxing Day Test against South Africa at Centurion, after his father showed signs of improvement. All-rounder Stokes missed training on Christmas Eve after his father Ged, 64, was taken to hospital in Johannesburg. He remains in intensive care, but has responded to treatment and is stable. ...

Just five of New Zealand’s squad were born when the team last graced the MCG on Boxing Day. As for the rest of Kane Williamson’s team, well, they cannot possibly have any memories of the event. So the legendary contest between the teams of Allan Border and Jeff Crowe, with Mike Whitney blocking out Sir Richard Hadlee’s final over, can ...