Najmul Hossain Shanto and Shadman Islam both struck hundreds on Saturday as Bangladesh turned the screw on Zimbabwe on the fourth day of the one-off Test at the Harare Sports Club. Opener Shadman made a steady 115 not out while Najmul was bolder with his unbeaten 117 but it was home captain Brendan Taylor who
Month: July 2021
News England batter sustained a left thigh muscle injury while playing for Surrey in the Vitality Blast Ollie Pope is an injury doubt for the first Test of the LV= Insurance series against India after sustaining a thigh muscle injury. Pope, the 23-year-old batter, sustained the injury while playing for Surrey against Kent in the
‘The field placements and the work we have been putting in as a team, we are getting more results out of them day by day’ – Harmanpreet Kaur © Getty Images Harmanpreet Kaur has described Harleen Deol‘s stunning catch to dismiss England’s Amy Jones in the first T20I on Friday as a “brilliant” effort that
Report The visitors went to lunch at 169 for 1 on day four Lunch Bangladesh 169 for 1 (Islam 72*, Shanto 47*) and 468 all out lead Zimbabwe 276 all out (Kaitano 87, Miraz 5-82, Shakib 4-82) by 361 runs Bangladesh’s lead swelled to 361 runs as they went to lunch at 169 for 1
Report Josh Hazlewood earned the final bowling slot in the Australia side Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against West Indies West Indies were without their captain Kieron Pollard who has a minor injury for the opening match of the series against Australia in St Lucia where the visitors won the toss and
News Said player and the visiting India squad are staying at different hotels A Sri Lankan player from the alternative limited-overs squad and bio-bubble in Colombo, which was training as a back-up for the India series, has tested positive for Covid-19. This comes as another setback for the Sri Lankan set-up because the first-choice squad
News Captain backs allrounder Andile Phehlukwayo to come good against Ireland South Africa are relishing the opportunity to practice playing under pressure as they build towards the 2023 ODI World Cup. They currently lie in last place on the Super League points table, but have played the joint-fewest matches, and have another 21 fixtures (seven
Report Ben Stokes makes his 100th ODI appearance in the rain-shortened second ODI Pakistan chose to bowl vs England Pakistan have opted to field in the second ODI against England at Lord’s in conditions which England captain, Ben Stokes, described as “lovely to bowl in.” Pakistan have kept faith in the same side which lost
Nat Sciver has attributed her match-winning 27-ball 55 in England’s win in the rain-affected first T20I against India to her “boundary-oriented” approach on a pitch that had their openers struggle for fluency early in their innings. “[It] Felt good. I wasn’t thinking about the speed of it,” Sciver said after hitting the joint-fastest T20I fifty
News ESPNcricinfo has learned that he informed his team-mates at the end of day three in Harare Mahmudullah has announced to his Bangladesh team-mates that he has retired from Test cricket. ESPNcricinfo has learned that he made the announcement shortly after the end of the third day’s play of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe in
News Her withdrawal further depletes a Phoenix squad that will already be without Sophie Devine Australia allrounder Ellyse Perry is the latest high-profile player to pull out of the inaugural season of the Hundred. The 30-year old, who was due to play for Birmingham Phoenix, has withdrawn from the tournament, citing personal reasons. Perry’s absence
News Aaron Finch bemoans Australia’s lack of a calm head in the chase Hayden Walsh Jr has put his performance in the opening T20I in St Lucia in the top tier of what he has achieved in his career after helping turn around a contest Australia “could have walked” in what has been a difficult
Report Spinners dominate as Pakistan Women collapse from 60 for 2 to 120 all out West Indies Women 121 for 2 (Matthews 49, Kyshona Knight 39*) beat Pakistan Women 120 all out (Muneeba 37, Mohammed 4-27, Matthews 2-17) by eight wickets Hayley Matthews‘ all-round brilliance and Anisa Mohammed‘s four-for helped West Indies Women comprehensively beat
News Takudzwanashe Kaitano, meanwhile, was elated to have made the highest score by a Zimbabwe opener on debut Takudzwanashe Kaitano is the latest of 13 Test openers that Zimbabwe have tried in the last five years. On day three in Harare, he made 87, the highest score by a Zimbabwe Test opener, breaking Grant Flower’s
News The tournament was originally scheduled to run from July 30 to August 22 The Lanka Premier League has been postponed until at least late November, thanks largely to competing cricket tournaments or series being scheduled for the original window. The second edition of the LPL was supposed to run from July 30 to August
News “I think everyone knows there is a big gulf in the teams. But we do have match-winners,” he says about facing South Africa Andy Balbirnie has said there will be “no excuses” if his Ireland team fail to qualify for the 2023 World Cup, after a slow start to the Super League campaign which
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India are set to play three ODIs and three T20Is against Sri Lanka.© Twitter The limited-overs series between India and Sri Lanka is likely to be postponed after two members of Sri Lanka’s staff tested positive for coronavirus, sources in the Sri Lanka cricket board told NDTV. Sri Lanka Cricket has proposed a new schedule,
News SLC has proposed a new schedule in response to the Covid-19 cases that have broken out in their camp India’s limited-overs series against Sri Lanka is likely to have a delayed start as a response to the Covid-19 cases that have broken out in the host camp. It was scheduled to begin with the
Preview Pakistan need to regroup even as rain forecast swirls around second ODI Big Picture It’s a week short of two years since England played an ODI at Lord’s, and barring a 500-plays-500 tie, it’s hard to see how Saturday will match their last outing there. The euphoria on London’s streets in the past two
File photo: Brendan Taylor hit 12 fours and a six © Associated Press Zimbabwe 209-2 (Kaitano 63, Myers 21*) trail Bangladesh 468 (Mahmudullah 150*, Liton 95, Muzarabani 4-94) by 259 runs Zimbabwe batted at a good pace to move to 209 for two at lunch on the third day, although Bangladesh would count Brendan Taylor’s
Preview West Indies lost 3-2 against South Africa and need better returns from their middle order Big Picture Australia are back in action. While most other major nations have been playing over the last few months, this will be the men’s side first time in the field since early March in New Zealand. It marks
The Sri Lanka team had recently returned from England, where three players and four members of management of the England team had also tested positive © AFP via Getty Images Sri Lanka men’s team analyst GT Niroshan has tested positive for Covid-19, one day after batting coach Grant Flower had also tested positive, forcing Sri
News One of five men to debut in nine-wicket win over Pakistan hopes opportunity could lead to World Cup selection Lewis Gregory believes England’s success in the first ODI of the series against Pakistan demonstrates the depth of talent within the county game and the strength of domestic competitions. And Gregory, one of five men
News The coach admitted reports of unrest over his coaching style in recent months hurt him Australia coach Justin Langer said he was hurt and confused by some of the things he read about his style of working but remains keen to lead the side and get an extension when his current contract runs out
News The likes of Hetmyer and Pooran failed to fire in the T20Is against South Africa West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has pleaded for patience to be shown towards the team’s young batters as they try to build confidence ahead of the T20 World Cup. In the 3-2 series defeat to South Africa, the first
News Switch expected after Perera’s apparent central role in the contracts standoff between the players and board Dasun Shanaka is set to be named Sri Lanka’s new men’s limited-overs captain, replacing Kusal Perera who himself had only had the job since May . The captaincy switch is only partly a consequence of on-field performance. Although
News She’s confident, however, that she’ll be back among the runs during the T20Is against England Harmanpreet Kaur has admitted that the longer-than-expected recovery from the groin injury she sustained in March, followed by her contracting Covid-19 later that month, affected her preparations leading up to India’s ongoing tour of England. That, in turn, she
News Lancashire seamer takes unexpected opportunity with new-ball strikes in England rout The message Ben Stokes delivered to England’s hastily-assembled ODI squad ahead of the series with Pakistan, which involved 18 players being called in at barely 48 hours’ notice, was that “everyone deserves to be here”, Saqib Mahmood said after his four-wicket haul helped
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