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NOTTINGHAM, England :Jonny Bairstow blasted a match-winning 136 from 92 balls to lead England to a remarkable five-wicket, second test victory over New Zealand on Tuesday, clinching the three-test series.
Glenn Maxwell and Steve Smith struck half-centuries as Australia beat Sri Lanka by two wickets in a thrilling finish to the rain-affected first one-day international on Tuesday (Jun 14) for a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
The players responded well and carved out a comfortable 48-run win at the Dr YSR ACA-VDCA stadium, here on Tuesday night. The return to form of opener Ruturaj Gaikwad and the bowlers getting back their wicket-taking ability augurs well for the hosts as they head to Rajkot for the fourth game. Scorecard | As it happenedSouth Africa, chasing 180 for a series win, failed to get the start that they wanted as the Indian spinners did the early damage. The surface here is known to aid spinners in the second innings and skipper Pant brought in left-arm spinner Axar Patel in the fourth over itself. Patel didn't disappoint as he got rid of South Africa captain Temba Bavuma (8). Harshal Patel, who was struck for a four by Dwaine Pretorius and a six by Reeza Hendricks, had the last laugh as he dismissed Hendricks (23) to leave the visitors 38 for two. Leggie Yuzvendra Chahal then made it 40 for three as he had Rassie van der Dussen caught behind for 1.
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - Legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal and seamer Harshal Patel helped India to a convincing 48-run win over South Africa in the third Twenty20 International at Visakhapatnam on Tuesday to keep the hosts' hopes of success alive in the five-match series.
MUMBAI, India : Legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal and seamer Harshal Patel helped India to a convincing 48-run win over South Africa in the third Twenty20 International at Visakhapatnam on Tuesday to keep the hosts' hopes of success alive in the five-match series.
Jonny Bairstow blasted England to a five-wicket win over New Zealand on the final day of the second Test at Trent Bridge on Tuesday as the home side won a series for the first time since January 2021. England chased down 299 thanks to an all-time great display of raw power from Bairstow, who took just 77 balls to reach the ninth Test century of his career. Bairstow narrowly missed hitting England's fastest Test hundred, taking one more delivery than Gilbert Jessop, who scored a 76-ball ton against Australia in 1902.
One of four changes to the team that won on Sunday, the 18-year-old left-arm wrist-spinner took a remarkable four for 10 in a four-over spell which helped restrict Zimbabwe to 90-9 in their 20 overs as they chased Afghanistan's 125-8 at Harare Sports Club. Sharafuddin Ashraf, a slow, left-arm orthodox bowler, took two wickets as the tourists completed a white-ball tour sweep having already won all three games in the one-day series between the two sides. After winning the toss and choosing to bat, captain Mohammad Nabi top scored with 31 for Afghanistan in the dead rubber.
Mantri hogged the limelight on the first day of their Ranji Trophy semi-final against Bengal as his unbeaten 134 steered the team to 271 for six. The day clearly belonged to Mantri, the 28-year-old left-handed opener, as he frustrated the Bengal attack while anchoring the innings. In his 280-ball innings, Mantri hit as many as 15 boundaries and one maximum.