Big Bash league

Scorchers opener Adam Lyth hasn't yet passed 10 in his four Big Bash hits - but partner Faf du Plessis is backing him to come good before his eight-game ...

I understand why the team has been so successful with him there.” “I know there is an expectation we want everyone to hit the ground running and sometimes that happens as a batsman ... “For me it’s just about adding value. “One innings where he gets in and gets away and hits the ball a few times in the middle and just gets to spend a bit of time in the middle, that will do him so much good.” “He’s still got four games to make a contribution and I do the dressing room, the coaching staff and the captain are all very supportive of the players in the team,” he said. “It is the first time he is really playing in Australia and the wickets here are so different, the grounds are so much bigger, so you have just got to give someone the time.