News “I definitely know my playing composition for the first couple of games and I look forward to giving game time to all the core players during the warm-ups” India’s build-up to the women’s ODI World Cup has been far from ideal, as they lost a five-match series 4-1 in New Zealand, where the marquee
Month: February 2022
Colin de Grandhomme and Daryl Mitchell mounted a crucial rescue mission for New Zealand as South Africa continued to dominate the second Test on day two in Christchurch on Saturday. Their 66-run, sixth wicket partnership, dominated by a half-century to de Grandhomme, lifted New Zealand to 157 for five at stumps in reply to South
Report New Zealand fought their way back into the Test match with four wickets for 60 runs in 27 overs on the second morning Lunch South Africa 298 for 7 (Jansen 11*, Rabada 2*, Wagner 3-59, Henry 3-80) vs New Zealand New Zealand fought their way back into the Test match with four wickets for
News Ashes hero Scott Boland faces being forced out of the side with all the quicks available Pat Cummins is confident Australia’s fringe spinners will be ready to face Pakistan if called upon despite limited – and in Ashton Agar‘s case no – first-class cricket this season. Agar and legspinner Mitchell Swepson will tour alongside
News But captain encouraged the players to focus on what they do in the middle rather than a bigger picture Having been inspired by New Zealand’s victory in the 2000 Women’s ODI World Cup, current captain Sophie Devine is conscious that her team has the chance to leave a legacy in a home tournament but
News Test squad members Dickwella and de Silva added to T20I squad for remaining games Spinner Maheesh Theekshana and Kusal Mendis have been ruled out of the ongoing T20I series against India with hamstring issues, Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed on Friday. Seam bowler Shiran Fernando, who is in the squad and is yet to make
News The opener spoke about his approach to innings-building after scoring a match-winning 136 “One good thing these days is that I don’t think too much about the game.” You needed a second take when Litton Das said these words. He repeated it and offered a smile. This, coming from one of the relatively younger
News The tournament will take place against steeply rising Covid cases in New Zealand Meg Lanning has labelled the ICC’s emergency World Cup rules as “interesting” but stopped short of criticising the governing body as the tournament nears. Australia face England on February 5 to begin their quest to reclaim the 50-over ODI World Cup,
Heather Knight, England’s captain, believes her squad has successfully “parked” the disappointment of the recent Ashes loss, and is ready to embrace the ebbs and flows of the forthcoming World Cup in New Zealand, where they will be defending the title they won on home soil in 2017. The England players emerged from their mandatory
Preview SL’s batting line-up could be bolstered after new squad members were added Big picture With both India and Sri Lanka missing many of their first-choice players, it was going to be a battle of bench strengths. Few countries enjoy the depth India have and that was evident during the first T20I in Lucknow. The
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News Legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay has also been included in the squad, which is without the injured Ramesh Mendis The series will be the first in the longest format for Mendis and Dickwella following the lifting of their bans, which were handed down for breaching curfew and bio-bubble protocol during Sri Lanka’s tour of England last
Report Tamim Iqbal said his side wanted a target of around 260 to defend Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal decided to bat first after winning the toss against Afghanistan in the second ODI in Chattogram, and said his side wanted a target of around 260. His opposite number Hashmatullah Shahidi said that Afghanistan would have bowled
News He is ready to be “creative” and “brave” depending on what conditions emerge Pat Cummins is prepared for a different tempo of Test cricket on the tour of Pakistan as his captaincy is given its first challenge overseas and is eyeing reverse swing as a key element with the ball. A combination of England’s
Test skipper Pat Cummins said on Friday his team were “comfortable” with security arrangements and excited by what lies ahead, as Australia prepare to jet into Pakistan on their first tour since 1998. They are due to leave over the weekend ahead of the first of three Tests in Rawalpindi on March 4 — giving
Report Zubayr Hamza was forced out with a fractured thumb among South Africa’s changes Toss South Africa chose to bat vs New Zealand Dean Elgar decided South Africa’s batters would front up first and bat on a green pitch. This is only the second toss South Africa have won in their last 17 Tests, and
News Both players suffered injuries on the field during the third T20I against West Indies Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav will miss the upcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka. Both suffered injuries on the field during the third T20I series against West Indies in Kolkata. They will both now be recovering at the National Cricket
Report Sanju Samson is also back for his first T20I since the tour of Sri Lanka last year Toss: Sri Lanka opt to bowl vs India Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and inserted India in the T20I series opener in Lucknow. Sri Lanka are depleted by the absence of Wanindu Hasaranga, who
News Head coach says well-defined set-up with team director Mahmud and batting consultant Siddons is helping make smooth progress The question of how the Bangladesh’s backroom staff actually functions has hung in the air for quite a while. Russell Domingo is head coach. But Khaled Mahmud is team director. Then there’s the consultant Jamie Siddons,
News He had travelled for a charity cricket event in Bundaberg Former Australia wicketkeeper Rod Marsh is in a Queensland hospital after suffering a serious heart attack. Marsh, 74, was in Bundaberg for an event for the Bulls Masters charity group. He was reportedly rushed to hospital by Bulls Masters organisers John Glanville and David
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News The 38-year old, with 10,841 runs and 130 wickets across formats, will walk away at the end of the 2021-22 season Anaru Kitchen, a stalwart in New Zealand domestic cricket, has decided to walk away at the end of the 2021-22 season. The 38-year old amassed 10,841 runs, and five trophies, in 348 games
News The tournament will begin on March 26 and run until the end of May IPL 2022 will begin on March 26 and run until the end of May. The schedule was drawn up on Thursday by the IPL Governing Council, who also decided that the league phase of the tournament would be restricted to
News South Africa batter averages 9.70 from last ten Test innings If Aiden Markram has not already had his last chance in Test cricket, the second match against New Zealand starting on Friday will be it. South Africa’s captain Dean Elgar all but confirmed that unless Markram – who averages 9.70 from his last ten
Preview Afghanistan showed there’s not much between the two teams, but they will want their batters to kick on from starts in what is a must-win game for them Big Picture Chattogram was still talking about Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Afif Hossain on the morning after their 174-run seventh-wicket stand that turned Bangladesh’s lost cause
News The left hander says that Australia will need to be “brave” with selection with full buy-in from the squad After plundering two centuries to spectacularly resurrect his Test career, Travis Head‘s Ashes heroics have guaranteed him a start in Australia’s first Test line-up against Pakistan but he expects “brave” selections from the team’s brains
News Ahead of second South Africa Test, stand-in captain pleased but not distracted by Team of the Year accolade at Halberg Awards Having crushed South Africa by an innings and 276 runs inside three days last week and followed that up with the Halberg Award for Team of the Year on Wednesday night in Auckland,
Report In their final international before the Women’s World Cup starting next week, India managed to shake off their run of losses on New Zealand soil India 252 for 4 (Mandhana 71, Harmanpreet 63, Raj 54*, Jensen 1-29) beat New Zealand 251 for 9 (Kerr 66, Rana 2-40, Deepti 2-42, Gayakwad 2-61) by six wickets
File photo of Wasim Jaffer© Punjab Kings/Twitter Wasim Jaffer, former India player, raised a few eyebrows when he excluded Ishan Kishan while picking the team’s openers for the upcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka beginning February 24 in Lucknow. Instead, Jaffer went with Ruturaj Gaikwad to partner captain Rohit Sharma. Jaffer also hoped to see
News England captain hopes senior pair will put themselves back in mix in early English season Anderson addressed his omission publicly for the first time on Wednesday, saying that he had experienced “shock and disappointment” and that “a five-minute phone call [with interim ECB managing director Andrew Strauss] doesn’t really clear much up”, after Broad
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