Big picture Right, we are on to the stuff that matters. After an ODI series that not even the weather wanted to be completed, we are entering the T20I season with all eyes on the World Cup. England have a whopping 13 fixtures before the tournament; South Africa have only eight matches, the bulk of
Month: July 2022
The ICC Board has finalised Lord’s as the venue for the next two World Test Championship finals in 2023 and 2025. The decision was approved at the ICC’s AGM, which concluded on Tuesday in Birmingham. The inaugural WTC final was held in Southampton in 2021 when New Zealand got the better of India in four
India will host the 2025 Women’s World Cup, for the first time since 2013, while Bangladesh and England will host T20 World Cups in 2024 and 2026 respectively. Sri Lanka, subject to their qualifying for the tournament, will host the inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy in 2027. The venues for the four marquee women’s global events,
India were dealt a big blow ahead of their Commonwealth Games opener against Australia on July 29, with allrounder Pooja Vastrakar testing positive for Covid-19. Vastrakar and opener S Meghana are currently quarantining in Bengaluru, where the women’s team went through a 10-day camp prior to their departure to the UK. Last week, without revealing
Former Australian chairman of selectors and Western Australia opening batter Laurie Sawle has died at the age of 96. Sawle played a significant role in shaping Australia’s great teams of the 1990s and 2000s, having been a national selector for 13 years between 1982 and 1995, acting as chairman for 11 of those years. He
India have roped in South African mental conditioning expert Paddy Upton to work with the players ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia this year. ESPNcricinfo learned that Upton joined the India squad on Monday and will begin his role ahead of the third ODI against West Indies in Trinidad on Wednesday. Upton, 53,
Stumps Sri Lanka 378 and 176 for 5 (Mathews 35, de Silva 30*, Naseem 2-29) lead Pakistan 231 (Salman 62, Ramesh 5-47, Jayasuriya 3-80) by 323 runs Pakistan removed Sri Lanka’s top five in a little over a session, but had given up so much ground in the first innings that they remain in a
Big picture India are on the cusp of their second successive ODI series sweep against West Indies. This is a team without Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah, to name just a few. Mohammed Siraj’s economical outings coupled with Shardul Thakur’s knack of picking up wickets have ensured India haven’t missed Bumrah
Three of South Africa’s batters made progress. Laura Wolvaardt jumped five places to take the 14th spot, Tazmin Brits went up 14 places to 24th, and Anneke Bosch, the series’ leading run-scorer, progressed 26 places to reach 21st spot. Among bowlers, Ayabonga Khaka rose to the top 10 with her four wickets in the series
Days off at home are pretty rare for Aussie quick Pat Cummins, but this is what his perfect day would look like if given the chance!
File photo of Shikhar Dhawan and Nicholas Pooran© AFP Shikhar Dhawan-led Team India have won two close matches to gain an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ongoing three-match ODI series against West Indies. Both teams will now square off in the third and final ODI on Wednesday. India would look to register a clean sweep
England 176 for 6 (Ecclestone 33*, Wyatt 30, Mlaba 3-22) beat South Africa 138 for 6 (Brits 59, Kemp 2-18, Ecclestone 2-24) by 38 runs A half-century to Tazmin Brits was no match for a stellar effort with bat and ball from Sophie Ecclestone and another successful youth policy roll-out as England won the final
Lance Klusener has been signed up as the head coach of the Durban franchise in CSA’s new T20 league, which is scheduled for January-February 2023. “This is a new challenge for me. It makes me very proud. I am looking forward to meet the team,” Klusener said in a statement issued by the RPSG group,
Pakistan 191 for 7 (Salman 62, Ramesh Mendis 3-42) trail Sri Lanka 378 (Chandimal 80, Dickwella 51, O Fernando 50, Naseem 3-58, Yasir 3-83, Nawaz 2-80) by 187 runs Sri Lanka made huge strides towards taking control of the Test on the second day, despite having lost their last four wickets for 63 runs in
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File image of Will Pucovski© AFP Australian batter Will Pucovski and seven other players will travel to Chennai for a 10-day training camp next month as part of an exchange programme with MRF Pace Foundation. The 24-year-old Pucovski had made his Test debut against India in January last year but had dislocated his shoulder during
Quinton de Kock‘s retirement from Test cricket has not created space in his calendar because he has chosen to play in T20 leagues, but he has no regrets over his decision to give up the longest format. De Kock quit Tests late last year, shortly before becoming a father for the first time, citing a
The eight players will integrate with local Indian players for training sessions, one one-day match, and a two-day game. Former Sri Lanka batter Thilan Samaraweera will coach the group after being part of the coaching staff for the Australia A team in Sri Lanka. Former Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath will also be there as
Jos Buttler, England’s captain, says that a lack of training time amid a tight schedule has hindered the progression of the white-ball team, after the final ODI of the summer, against South Africa, was abandoned. Only 27.4 overs of play were possible on Sunday at Headingley as rain washed out the rest of the day,
Taking six wickets on the first day of a Test after losing the toss and bowling on a slow pitch might not be the worst day’s work. But with Sri Lanka having pushed past 300, scoring at 3.66 runs per over across the day, Pakistan were pushed onto the back foot by the time stumps
New Zealand have picked a full-strength squad for their white-ball tour of the West Indies, with six of their senior players including captain Kane Williamson returning after being rested for the latter parts of the team’s ongoing tour of Europe. Williamson, Trent Boult, Devon Conway and Tim Southee all returned home following the three-match Test
Former India wicketkeeper-batter Karuna Jain has announced her retirement from all formats of cricket. She played 44 ODIs, five Tests and nine T20Is for India between 2004 and 2014. “With a lot of happy and satisfied feelings, I am able to make this announcement of my retirement from all forms of cricket and looking forward
Rain break South Africa 119 for 2 from 20.5 overs (de Kock 69*) vs England Quinton de Kock eased along to an effortlessly fluent 69 not out from 55 balls, to set South Africa up for an imposing total, before a heavy band of rain swept across Headingley to leave the third ODI against England
Bangladesh’s new T20I captain Nurul Hasan wants his side to play “fearless cricket” in Zimbabwe in the three-match series next week. In his first press conference as captain, Nurul offered a glimpse into his thinking as he fended off tough questions about a struggling team and his own performance in the format. BCB named Nurul
Cricket Australia has entered into a seven-year deal with Disney Star to broadcast all men’s and women’s international cricket as well as the BBL and the WBBL throughout India and the rest of Asia. The agreement, worth US$ 250 million, will commence in 2023-24. Disney Star had held CA’s broadcast rights prior to 2017-18 when
Toss West Indies chose to bat vs India West Indies won the toss for the second time in as many matches, but opted to bat first in the second ODI after having chosen to bowl two days ago. Their captain Nicholas Pooran said the pitch looked the same as it did for the first ODI,
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2nd Test Day 1 Live: Sri Lanka opt to bat as both teams make two changes each.© AFP SL vs PAK, 2nd Test Day Live Updates: Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in the second Test at the Galle International Stadium. At the toss, Pakistan captain Babar Azam confirmed that
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