Welcome to day two of our live report of the fourth India-England Test from Ahmedabad. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local India 294 for 7 (Pant
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Tim Seifert drags on © AFP New Zealand coach Gary Stead has criticised his team’s approach with the bat in the fourth T20I, saying the batsmen did not “fire a shot” at Australia early in the run chase on what was a challenging surface. Stead acknowledged the game swung significantly Australia’s way when Aaron Finch
Kieron Pollars hit six sixes in an over in the first T20I © Philip Spooner/CWI Big picture How do you plan for West Indies? Their bowlers are varied and skillful – the first T20 at Coolidge featuring quicks like Dwayne Bravo, Jason Holder and Obed McCoy – who were adept at bowling a variety of
The importance of becoming South African cricket’s first black African captain is not lost on Temba Bavuma, but that isn’t all he wants to be known for. “I understand the deeply rooted significance of it all,” he said. “In being the first black African (cricket) captain in our country – you don’t have to look
The blame game has begun in the aftermath of the abrupt postponement of the PSL, as franchises and league management begin to sift through the wreckage of a sixth season curtailed only 14 games in after a spate of Covid-19 cases among players and support staff. An investigation into what went wrong will take place,
News The fast bowler is hoping to face Bangladesh in T20s later this month after another frustrating injury-hit season Lockie Ferguson is holding out hope that he can still earn a place in New Zealand’s squad for the World Test Championship final and the preceding matches against England despite another season disrupted by injury. Ferguson
Welcome to day two of our live report of the fourth India-England Test from Ahmedabad. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local Alan Gardner is a deputy
Report England wrap up a comfortable win in the second T20I to go 2-0 up with one game to go England Women 124 for 4 (Beaumont 63, Knight 39, Mair 2-22) beat New Zealand Women 123 for 9 (Satterthwaite 49, Davies 4-23, Sciver 2-25, Glenn 2-27) by six wickets Opener Tammy Beaumont‘s 63 combined with
Report Australia named an unchanged side following their convincing win two days ago Australia won the toss and decided to bat against New Zealand Mitchell Santner returns for New Zealand as they look to avoid the T20I series going to a decider in Wellington following their comprehensive defeat in the second match. Santner, who was
News De Kock remains on leave as Dean Elgar, Temba Bavuma appointed to leadership roles Quinton de Kock remains central to South African cricket’s plans although there is no indication of when he will be ready to play again. De Kock is on a mental health break and did not take part in the recent
The National Stadium in Karachi wears a forlorn, empty look after PSL 2021 was indefinitely postponed © Getty Images It’s difficult to overestimate the impact of Thursday’s dramatic developments for Pakistan cricket. The decision to indefinitely postpone the Pakistan Super League strikes at the heart of one of the most salient buds of optimism that
News A similar training camp ahead of last year’s IPL had resulted in a slew of people testing positive for Covid-19 MS Dhoni has landed in Chennai. That means the Chennai Super Kings are back in town ahead of IPL 2021. Dhoni reached Chennai on Wednesday evening for the Super Kings preparatory camp, which is
Welcome to day one of our live report of the fourth India-England Test from Ahmedabad. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local India 24 for 1 (Sharma
News The opener played two Tests when he was far from fit but is confident ahead of his comeback for New South Wales David Warner has conceded that he rushed back too soon during the Test series against India following the groin injury he suffered during the ODIs. Warner made himself available for the last
Watch the dramatic scenes unfold in the Australian camp as Jofra Archer took on Steve Smith during the Ashes in this exclusive sneak peek of ‘The Test’, premiering on Amazon Prime in March
Despite a fighting effort from England, Australia successfully retained the Ashes for 2019 at Old Trafford. Follow the 2019 Ashes at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and Wales Cricket Board. Including highlights, interviews, features getting you closer to the
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IND vs ENG: Wasim Jaffer’s humour game came to the fore yet again.© Wasim Jaffer/Twitter Wasim Jaffer’s knack for humour has been well-established by now and when the former India cricketer was asked for a meme on Sunil Gavaskar’s no-holds-barred reaction to criticism of Indian pitches, Jaffer came up with a gem. Gavaskar lashed out
News Fast bowler available for seven games after West Indies’ Test series against Sri Lanka Surrey have signed Kemar Roach, the West Indies fast bowler, for the first seven games of the County Championship season. Roach will be the club’s second overseas player for the early part of the season, alongside Hashim Amla, who initially
News Bavuma will lead them in the next two T20 World Cups, and Elgar in the next World Test Championship cycle South Africa have appointed Dean Elgar as their new Test captain and Temba Bavuma the leader of their limited-overs teams. Bavuma, who will also be the vice-captain in Tests, will lead them in the
News Given a packed international calendar, that could be the only time to stage the tournament without having to void it What remains of the 2021 Pakistan Super League might end up being played as soon as May this year, setting up a potential direct clash with the latter stages of the Indian Premier League.
News Although multiple cities earmarked, key decision on final venues yet to be announced Even as teams start to prepare for the tournament, the IPL has not yet announced the dates as well as the venue for the event. Concerned officials have pointed out that a final decision is set to be taken at an
Ben Stokes says that the conditions England have faced in the past three Tests in India have been the hardest challenge of his career, but insists that the team should not be castigated for their aggression – with the bat or, in his case, with the verbals – on the opening day in Ahmedabad. After
News The Australia captain found his touch with a half-century in Wellington after a difficult time On another day, Aaron Finch might have been walking back for a first-ball duck in Wellington on Wednesday, a continuation of his lean run in T20s, but instead he was able to reflect on a half-century, his first in
Report Akila Dananjaya had a day to remember and a day to forget in the space of an over West Indies 134 for 6 (Pollard 38, Hasaranga 3-12, Dananjaya 3-62) beat Sri Lanka 131 for 9 (Nissanka 39) by four wickets In one of the more ridiculous T20 run-chases you will witness, Kieron Pollard became
News The West Indies batsman added his name to record books against Akila Dananjaya who had just taken a hat-trick During an extraordinary run chase in the first T20I against Sri Lanka, Kieron Pollard became just the third batsman to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket following Herschelle Gibbs in the 2007
News Tournament’s organising committee to hold emergency virtual meeting with franchises on Thursday The Pakistan Super League has reported three more cases of players testing positive for Covid-19 on Thursday morning, bringing the tally of total positives in the tournament bubble to seven, of which six are players. Following this development, the tournament’s “organising committee
Big Picture After a poor performance then a better performance, Australia produced an almost-perfect performance to keep themselves alive in the T20I series. A well-constructed innings, lit up by the hitting of Glenn Maxwell, was followed by a strong bowling display led by an impressive debut for Riley Meredith and a record six-wicket haul from
Big picture It would be tempting to place the Ahmedabad pitch and the ball on centre stage, given that both stole the critics’ attention after the two-nights-only performance that was the third Test. But then, that would be akin to allowing some wonky scenery to distract from the actors and there’s so much more at
Welcome to day one of our live report of the fourth India-England Test from Ahmedabad. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local 1.38pm: Stokes slopes off! England