Neil McKenzie

South Africa defeated Australia by 3 wickets in the series opener One Day International at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Even hardcore cricket junkies would probably not know that South African batsman Neil McKenzie had many quirks.

The National team players on Saturday put up a united front, denying racist allegations against coach Bob Houghton, but have crucially stayed clear of voicing any other opinion, including the future of the coach.

Former South African batsman Neil McKenzie has stepped down from his position as Bangladesh's batting coach, citing family reasons. The 44-year-old, who was appointed as Bangladesh's white-ball batting consultant in July 2018, wrote to the country's board (BCB) about his decision on Thursday.

Sri Lanka is gearing up for their Test tour of South Africa with a little help from a former opponent. Neil McKenzie, a former South African batsman known for his record-breaking opening partnership with Graeme Smith, has been appointed as a consultant coach.

JP Duminy has retained his place ahead of Ashwell Prince in South Africa's squad named on Wednesday for the first two home Tests against Australia.

Cricketers are often under immense pressure during matches, especially when playing in a prestigious tournament such as the World Cup.

Harbhajan Singh went wicketless for Essex in 28 overs that he bowled against Hampshire, on the first day of their Division Two County Championship match.

Bangladesh on Tuesday named former New Zealand Test player Craig McMillan as batting consultant for their series in Sri Lanka starting in October.

Former batsman Neil McKenzie has been roped in as South Africa's high performance batting lead coach, the country's cricket board (CSA) announced on Thursday.

Former skipper Graeme Smith on Friday dropped in at South Africa's training session, continuing an interesting trend of ex-captains visiting their teams with bagful of wisdom ahead of matches against India.

Bangladesh has appointed Jon Lewis as batting coach for the upcoming two bilateral series against the West Indies and New Zealand, the country's cricket board said on Wednesday. The 50-year-old Englishman, who had served as batting coach of Sri Lanka cricket team, will step in the shoes of Neil McKenzie, who stepped down last August citing family reasons.

Glenn Maxwell has played just six balls across two matches to make three runs in this IPL, but Royal Challengers Bengaluru batting coach Neil McKenzie on Thursday hoped the Australian all-rounder to hit his straps sooner than later.

South Africa will be without their injured captain Graeme Smith in the two Twenty20 and five ODI matches against Australia.

It's India's fast bowling unit which is now feared in Tests but Bangladeshi batsmen are more concerned about handling spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja during the two-match series, top-order player Mohammad Mithun said on Tuesday.

Stephen Cook struck a magnificent 108 to help the Highveld Lions to an emphatic 89-run victory over the Sunfoil Dolphins in their reduced Momentum One-Day Cup clash.

Harbhajan Singh bowled without a wicket till tea on the first day of his side Essex's County Championship Division Two match against Hampshire.

South Africa defeated Australia by 39 runs in the fifth and last One-Day International at Perth to clinch the five-match series 4-1.

South Africa beat Australia by 3 wickets to win the first match of the ODI series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The bizhub Highveld Lions, thanks to a scintillating 115 off just 83 balls from Quinton de Kock, romped home by seven wickets with 13.1 overs to spare, as they hunted down the Nashua Titans' total of 255 all out.