It’s nine months away from the World Test Championship final but South Africa are already playing what captain Dean Elgar has labelled “pretty much like a World Cup final,” in the deciding Test against England. With the series locked 1-1 and South Africa sitting second on the WTC points table, 12 behind Australia, the significance
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It feels like there is something significant stirring in Australia’s middle order. On Tuesday in Cairns, they combined to turn what appeared a likely defeat into a gripping victory, putting on 158 for the sixth wicket after Australia had been in a mess at 44 for 5. They have now batted together twice in ODIs
Australia’s deep batting order appears to have spooked New Zealand in to not taking a more attacking option in the field during the first ODI with scrutiny over Trent Boult‘s opening spell being stopped at five overs and the delay in bringing him back. Boult had 3 for 12 after a brilliant burst of swing
Two defeats in two matches in the Super 4s means India’s chances of qualifying for the Asia Cup 2022 final are hanging by a thread, if that. Sri Lanka, meanwhile, are almost through, though there is still a chance they can lose out. Here is a look at how the teams stack up with three
Alex Hales has earned a recall by England for the first time since his banishment from the set-up prior to the 2019 ODI World Cup. He has been named as Jonny Bairstow’s replacement for the men’s T20 World Cup in Australia, as well as the preceding tour to Pakistan, which gets underway next week. Hales,
Rizwan has claimed the top position for the first time and he is only the third Pakistan batter to top the T20I batting rankings after Babar, who has been at the top of the table for 1155 days in all, and Misbah-ul-Haq, who was at the top for 313 days, from April 20 , 2008
Alex Hales has returned to the England squad after three years as he was added to the team for the T20I tour of Pakistan as well as the 2022 T20 World Cup, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Wednesday. Hales, who last played for England in 2019, has been added to the squad
Pakistan and Afghanistan, two teams who are very familiar with the conditions in UAE, will be up against each other for the first time in the Asia Cup, on Wednesday, and only the third time in T20Is. Though Pakistan have a perfect record against Afghanistan – having won both the matches in 2013 and 2019
Suresh Raina, the former India and Uttar Pradesh batter, has announced his retirement from “all formats of cricket,” confirming the end of his IPL and India domestic career. Raina, 35, had already retired from international cricket, announcing that decision on August 15, 2020 shortly after MS Dhoni had retired. “It has been an absolute honour
Marnus Labuschagne has committed to Glamorgan for the next two seasons after extending his deal with the county at least until the end of 2024. Labuschagne, currently the ICC’s No.2-ranked Test batter, made 377 runs at 41.88 in five early-season Championship matches for Glamorgan this season, including a best of 130 against Derbyshire, before travelling
Sri Lanka 174 for 4 (Mendis 57, Nissanka 52, Chahal 3-34) beat India 173 for 8 (Rohit 72, Madushanka 3-24) by six wickets Sri Lanka all but secured a place in the Asia Cup final through a thrilling win with one ball to spare against India, who came close again but couldn’t beat the Dubai
Chahar himself is slowly returning to competitive cricket following a long rehabilitation for a quadricep injury, which he had suffered in February. During rehab, he ended up injuring his back and had to miss the IPL, where he was one of Chennai Super Kings’ costliest buys. He returned to cricket after a gap of six
The South African captain was the victim of a hostile throw from his own coach, Mark Boucher, which bounced off the front of his shoulder and hit him on the grille. Elgar was later spotted holding the arm awkwardly with an ice pack to the injured area, and he did not take part in any
As they closed in on a target of 233, either side of a brief rain delay, it looked like Green could seize up any second. With runners no longer permitted in international cricket, the boundary swatted by Zampa off Mitchell Santner in the 45th over and the wide that sealed the game were welcome assists.
Australia’s Glenn Maxwell went deep into his bag of tricks in an entertaining innings in the first ODI against India in Sydney. Stream all the ODI action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND ODIS: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND20-ODI 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
Temba Bavuma will lead South Africa at the men’s T20 World Cup after recovering from the elbow injury that has kept him out since the T20I tour of India in June. It’s also been confirmed that he will play as an opener. Bavuma missed the entire all-format tour of England to recover and opted for
There will be two Irani Cups in the 2022-23 Indian domestic season. While it was already known that Saurashtra, the champions in 2019-20, would take on Rest of India in a belated edition of the Irani Cup this year – the fixture was called off because of the pandemic – there was some lack of
50 overs New Zealand 232 for 9 vs Australia Glenn Maxwell had a significant impact on the first half of the opening Chappell-Hadlee ODI in Cairns with a stunning catch followed by four wickets as New Zealand could only post 232 for 9 having been promisingly placed with 10 overs to go. Quite what that
Australia vs New Zealand, 1st ODI Live: New Zealand have set a 233-run target for Australia© AFP Australia vs New Zealand, 1st ODI, Live Score Updates: Alex Carey and Cameron Green have scored fifties to keep Australia ahead in the chase of 233 runs vs New Zealand. On the other hand, Trent Boult and Matt Henry
The Irani Cup is back for the first time in more than three years, with 2019-20 Ranji Trophy champions Saurashtra set to host Rest of India in Rajkot from October 1 to 5. Saurashtra had won the Ranji final in March 2020, beating Bengal on the basis of their first-innings lead. The champions were due
The 26-year-old Prasidh was forced to pull out of the series because of a back injury. “Shardul Thakur has been selected to replace Prasidh Krishna, who suffered a back injury on the eve of the first match against New Zealand A,” a BCCI official told PTI. Prasidh couldn’t participate in the first four-day game, which
Pakistan’s dressing-room celebrations had to wait, because Mohammad Nawaz was missing. Nawaz, the Player of the Match in the win over India, first had to oblige screaming fans across the boundary boards. After that, even as the presentation ceremony began, he turned his attention to the groundstaff and security personnel, who were asking for photographs
Kane Williamson says there’s still a balance to be found between New Zealand duty and ageing greats leaving the national team set-up to play in lucrative domestic competitions. Williamson will lead New Zealand in a three-match ODI series against Australia in Cairns this week, beginning on Tuesday. Boult, 33, is ranked as the sport’s best
Virat Kohli let his magical wrists take over, and a 150kph delivery from Mohammad Hasnain went sailing over deep midwicket. It was his half-century – his second in a row – off 36 balls, in the 18th over, and the Indian dressing room was on its feet. Only a week ago, in his 100th T20I,
Big Picture This series has been a long time coming. Australia and New Zealand started a Chappell-Hadlee contest just days before the world was shut down by the pandemic, the opening game played behind closed doors at the SCG, before New Zealand had to make a hasty journey home with borders shutting. Matches were then
Image for representation use only© AFP Mastercard on Monday announced its collaboration with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to broaden its strategic outreach to Indian audiences. During this association, Mastercard will be the title sponsor for all international matches (both women and men) held on home ground, domestic cricket matches like
Virat Kohli is “excited” and “having fun” playing cricket, he said, but not long ago, he wasn’t getting any joy from the game. As he said recently, he was “faking his intensity a bit” and the fatigue and everything else added up and took a toll on him mentally. After top-scoring for India in the
Pakistan 182 for 5 (Rizwan 71, Nawaz 42) beat India 181 for 7 (Kohli 60, Rahul 28, Rohit 28, Shadab 2-31) by five wickets Mohammad Nawaz stunned India with the bat after helping restrict them with the ball after a rampant start to give Pakistan a thrilling win in their Super 4 match against India.
Bangladesh have made two changes to their 15-member squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier to be held later this month. Sanjida Akter and the uncapped Marufa Akter have been included in place of Suraiya Azmin and Fariha Trisna, but the core of the side that played in this year’s Commonwealth Games Qualifier
Ravindra Jadeja will have to undergo a surgery on his injured right knee, which is expected to keep him out of action for an indefinite period. India head coach Rahul Dravid, though, said* it would be too early to rule him out of the T20 World Cup, to be played in Australia in October-November. “Jadeja