New Zealand on Saturday announced a 14-man squad for the opening two ODI matches of the Chappell-Hadlee series against Australia. New Zealand squad: Kane Williamson (C), Tom Blundell, Trent Boult, Neil Broom, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor.
» Read moreFormer Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Ryan Campbell has been appointed as the head coach of Netherlands. He will take over the reigns from interim coach Chris Adams from April 2017. Adams will continue to remain as the coach for the Hong Kong tour next month, for a round of World Cricket League championship matches and the Intercontinental Cup fixture that is scheduled […]
» Read moreFormer World No 1 Saina Nehwal stayed on course for the women’s singles title at the season-opening Malaysia Masters after she advanced to the semifinals of the $120,000 Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament here on Friday. London Olympics bronze medallist Saina dished out a dominating show to edge past eighth seed Indonesian Fitriani Fitriani 21-15 21-14 in a 40-minute contest. […]
» Read moreBritish top seed Andy Murray eased into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a straight-sets win over power-hitting American Sam Querrey on Friday. Murray, bidding to win his first Australian title after losing five finals, downed Querrey 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 and will next play German Mischa Zverev in the round of 16.
» Read moreJapan’s Kei Nishikori reached the Australian Open fourth round with a convincing, straight-sets win over Lukas Lacko on Friday. The fifth seed made it to the last 16 for the sixth straight year with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 victory over the Slovak qualifier in two hours, 11 minutes. Nishikori will next face his first big challenge against 17-time Grand Slam […]
» Read moreIndian tennis players in the season-opening Australian Open with Sania Mirza sailing into the third round of the women’s doubles. Fourth seeds Sania and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova eased past the Australian-Chinese pair of Samantha Stosur and Shuai Zhang 6-1 6-4 in one hour 21 minutes in a second round duel
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