Big picture It hasn’t been the best of tours for West Indies: first they were forced to leave out seven first-choice players due to a combination of workload management, injuries and personal reasons; that followed their regular white-ball captain’s withdrawal due to a hamstring issue; after all that, three members of their touring party tested
Month: December 2021
News No warm-up games to acclimatise – India captain says centre-wicket practice and match simulation should do the trick for visitors India are yet to win a Test series in South Africa. But India’s think tank, led by Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli, have in the past got a taste of Test success in the
News Veteran seamer set to lead the line under Adelaide floodlights in second Test James Anderson has warned England’s bowlers not to get carried away with the prospect of extravagant movement with the pink ball, as the team looks to battle back into the Ashes in Thursday’s second Test under the Adelaide floodlights. Anderson, who
Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis paved the way for Andre Russell’s rapid 21-ball 42no as the Melbourne Stars chased down the Sydney Thunder’s 5-151 with 17 balls to spare. Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ More videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cricketcomau
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News The hosts will miss Hazlewood, but have a ready replacement in Jhye Richardson and might give a bigger role to Cameron Green Pat Cummins‘ learning-on-the-fly captaincy will be tested in Adelaide this week as he juggles an attack without one of Australia’s pink-ball spearheads plus the added factor of the day-night element. Cummins –
News “If we can put the bowlers out there for an extended period of time, [we can] put them under pressure” Australia’s left-handed batters will be on notice with the expected return of Stuart Broad‘s around-the-wicket skills in Adelaide after he tormented them with that line of attack in the 2019 Ashes. While it was
News England allrounder hits captain Root on helmet as he targets improvement in second Test Ben Stokes has allayed concerns about the knee injury that hampered his bowling at Brisbane last week, after coming through an energetic nets session at Adelaide ahead of Thursday’s second Ashes Test. Stokes, 30, bowled just 12 overs in England’s
Pakistan beat a resurgent West Indies in a thrilling finish by nine runs to win the second Twenty20 international in Karachi on Tuesday, taking an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. For the home team Mohammad Rizwan top-scored for a second match running with 38 to help Pakistan get to 172-8 before keeping the
News Saurashtra, TN, Karnataka advance; Gaikwad, Bharat pile on the runs while Dhawan fails again Ruturaj Gaikwad struck his fourth century in five games but his side, Maharashtra, failed to qualify for the knockout stage of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22. Elsewhere, Puducherry stunned defending champions Mumbai, who finished the tournament with a solitary win from
News England captain says ‘no excuses’ as team seeks to bounce back from Brisbane loss Joe Root, England’s captain, has conceded he was guilty of expecting too much, too soon from his returning “superhero” Ben Stokes, after his team slumped to a nine-wicket defeat in the first Test at Brisbane that has left them needing
Report Tymal Mills picked up 3 for 23 on his Scorchers debut as the Hurricanes slipped to a 53-run defeat Perth Scorchers 5 for 182 (Marsh 100*, Evans 40, Ellis 2-33 ) beat Hobart Hurricanes 129 (McDermott 41, Mills 3-23, Agar 2-21, Tye 2-31) by 53 runs Mitchell Marsh‘s hot streak continued when he smashed
Report A shortage of available players was one possible reason for West Indies replacing a batter with a legspinner Toss Pakistan opt to bat v West Indies Pakistan captain Babar Azam chose to bat in the second T20I against West Indies, with the hosts looking to seal the series after winning the opener convincingly on
News Positive cases inside bubble can isolate within hotel room; close contacts can continue to train Immediate contacts of anyone testing positive for covid-19 in the bubble during South-Africa India series will not need to isolate. The person who has tested positive will also not need to leave the bubble, and will be allowed to
News James Bracey among those flying home despite fourth-innings hundred against Australia A England’s management have opted not to keep any of the 14-man Lions squad on with the Ashes squad in Australia, with the majority of the touring party flying home on Tuesday. The England Lions squad travelled to Australia in early November along
Almost 300 runs behind heading into their second innings, Joe Root and Dawid Malan put on an unbeaten 159-run partnership to drag the tourists back into the contest at the Gabba. More #Ashes videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cricketcomau
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News Will Leach or Bess play? Who will go out to make room for Anderson and Broad? Joe Root has admitted that England are facing some “tricky decisions” over the make-up of their XI for the day-night Test in Adelaide, largely centred on the balance of the attack and the role spin might play. The
Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan after scoring fifty© AFP Mohammad Rizwan and Haider Ali struck fiery half centuries as Pakistan thumped West Indies by 63 runs in the first Twenty20 international in Karachi on Monday. Rizwan smashed a 52-ball 78 with 10 boundaries — his 12th half-century and 11th this year — while Haider scored a career-best
News Ramiz says, “Faisal will be a perfect fit as he can utilise his vast experience and knowledge to help us achieve our commercial and financial objectives” Former ICC Chief Finance Officer Faisal Hasnain has been appointed the new Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) CEO for three years. He will be taking over next month to
News India’s new white-ball captain says the team “couldn’t get that extra inch” to win an ICC trophy after the 2013 Champions Trophy Rohit Sharma enjoyed “each and every moment” that he played under outgoing white-ball captain Virat Kohli, and still continues to do so. In an interaction with bcci.tv, Rohit spoke about how the
News England allrounder to stay at Riverside at least until end of 2024 Ben Stokes will remain a Durham player at least until the end of the 2024 season, after signing a new three-year contract extension with the club. Stokes, 30, recently returned to action with England in the first Ashes Test at Brisbane, after
News The current deal is for a year, and will also see the former captain provide “strategic support” at SLC’s high-performance centre Mahela Jayawardene has been appointed consultant coach of the Sri Lanka men’s senior team, as well as the men’s Under-19 team and the Sri Lanka A team for a period of one year,
News His wife is expected to give birth in early January, which could potentially rule him out of the second and third Tests Quinton de Kock will miss at least the third Test between South Africa and India as he awaits the birth of his first child. De Kock’s wife Sasha is expected to give
Report Pakistan go with Iftikhar Ahmed and Haider Ali in the middle order Toss: West Indies chose to bowl v Pakistan Nicholas Pooran, the stand-in West Indies captain, won the toss and elected to bowl in the first of three T20Is at the National Stadium in Karachi. West Indies are fall from full-strength with some
News Gujarat opener Priyank Panchal has been added to India’s squad as his replacement Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the Test leg of India’s tour of South Africa with an injury to his left hamstring. The Gujarat opener Priyank Panchal has been drafted into the squad as his replacement. ESPNcricinfo has learned that
The second Test in Adelaide in 2006 set the scene for one of the most incredible Australian victories in Ashes history. With a draw looking almost certain on the final day, Shane Warne led the Aussies to a remarkable win.
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News They are the first confirmed cases of the new variant in the country The Bangladesh health minister has confirmed the detection of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in two players of the women’s cricket team, which recently returned from Zimbabwe from the suspended Women’s World Cup Qualifier. “Both the cricketers are in quarantine at
News Jhye Richardson is the frontrunner to come into Australia’s XI in Adelaide Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide due to the side strain he picked up in Brisbane with Jhye Richardson, the Western Australia quick, favourite to replace him. Hazlewood bowled on the fourth day at the
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