After taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against Pakistan in the three Test match series, South African skipper Faf du Plessis has been handed a one match suspension and fined 20 percent of his match fees for slow over-rate.
The cliché on a day like this is that our game, it is said, does itself no favours. It is repeated every time that one of the many quirks of our sport intervenes and time is lost. But that critique is sharper when to the naked eye there appears no good reason why the players can’t put on a show. Delays for bad light always make people angry.
With Raj contentiously left out, India lost by eight wickets, the subsequent fallout resulting in the search for a new coach to replace Ramesh Powar, whose contract had run out at the end of the 20-over extravaganza.
The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match between Sylhet Sixers and Comilla Victorians on Sunday saw the Australian duo of David Warner and Steve Smith captaining the respective sides with the latter emerging victorious.The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match between Sylhet Sixers and Comilla Victorians on Sunday saw the Australian duo of David Warner and Steve Smith captaining the respective sides with the latter emerging victorious.
Handscomb said the nearly-washed out day four of the fourth Test at the SCG has given his side a great chance to draw the match and restrict India's margin of series win to 2-1. The home side finished at 6 for no loss in their second innings, when bad light intervened with only 25.2 overs possible through the day.
South African captain Faf du Plessis asserted that his side has done well to secure series victories over major sides that have toured the Rainbow Nation in the last one year. The middle-order batsman was also happy with his performance, finally producing a victory at his ‘favourite’ venue - Newlands.