Wolvaardt struck half-centuries in the final and in a make-it-or-break-it game against Bangladesh and as a result has moved up eight places. Her opening partner Tazmin Brits, who was named player of the semi-final for a half-century and four catches, is up five places to No. 12. Among the bowlers, Ismail, having been down at
Month: February 2023
Ben Stokes, England’s captain, insisted that his team’s pride at playing a part in one of the most gripping Test matches of all time outweighed their disappointment at the final result, after their run of six Test wins in a row came to an end with an incredible one-run loss against New Zealand in Wellington.
Rishabh Pant is “making some good progress with my recovery” after suffering a serious car accident in December 2022. The India wicketkeeper is expected to be out of action for most of 2023 after tearing three key ligaments in his knee, but is hopeful that “with the grace of God, and the support of the
Moeen Ali, England’s vice-captain, believes his side have the skill and experience to thrive in front of a partisan home crowd at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka in their first ODI in Bangladesh on Wednesday. England have lost five of their six ODIs this winter, generally fielding under-strength teams in front of underwhelming crowds
His value to Australia’s Test side has been made abundantly clear during the first two Tests of this series where the selectors have had to make concessions each way in his absence. Now the allrounder is back and Australia can for the first time, even in the absence of some senior players, at least look
Rohit Sharma has hinted that India could request a green pitch for the fourth Border-Gavaskar Test in Ahmedabad if they win the third Test in Indore and seal their place in the World Test Championship final. India, currently 2-0 up in the four-Test series, need one more win to confirm their place in the WTC
Big picture: A ‘proper contest’ awaits Long gone is the “little brother vs big brother” equation in Bangladesh-England matches. The 2015 World Cup game brought a bit of edge into the contests, and then came the pushing and shoving between players in the end-of-game beeline during the last bilateral series back in 2016. Since then,
Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha belives that his full-strength Bangladesh side are slightly ahead of an England side that is missing some key batters due to the Test series in New Zealand. Even while praising England’s depth, calling them the “envy” of the rest of the world, he said that he backed his own side’s
Lunch South Africa 99 for 0 (Elgar 53*, Markram 42*) vs West Indies Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram held their own in a near-perfect session as South Africa went into lunch at 99 for 0 on day one of the first Test against West Indies. Temba Bavuma, in his first Test as full-time captain, won
Neil Wagner, New Zealand’s final-day hero at Wellington, was hailed by Brendon McCullum – his former captain and current England coach – as “one of the toughest I’ve come across”, after his bruising four-wicket haul secured a thrilling one-run win in the second Test. Wagner’s final figures of 4 for 62 in 15.2 overs included
Steven Smith has admitted he had rarely felt the anger that he did at being dismissed sweeping against R Ashwin in Delhi during Australia’s match-losing collapse. The emotion was exacerbated by the fact that he believed India were “on the ropes” after the visitors had made a rapid start to their second innings and he
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The Matches That Made Me series: Hear from Jos Buttler on some of his personal high moments in an England shirt. Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket teams and England and Wales Cricket Board, including highlights, interviews and features
MS Dhoni‘s rise started a new chapter in Indian cricket. The youngster from Ranchi, Jharkhand, who rose to become a giant in world cricket is an inspiration to many. A few months before Dhoni’s debut for India in December, 2004, against Bangladesh, another wicketkeeper-batter started his journey for the Men in Blue. His name was
New Zealand 209 (Southee 73, Broad 4-61, Anderson 3-37) and 483 (Williamson 132, Blundell 90, Latham 81, Leach 5-157) beat England 435 for 8 dec (Brook 186, Root 153*, Henry 4-100) and 256 (Root 95, Wagner 4-62, Southee 3-45) by one run New Zealand became only the fourth team in history to win a Test
The West Indies Test team arrived in Centurion after a disappointing tour of Australia and then a series win in Zimbabwe, and will now come up against a changed-up South Africa side. But captain Kraigg Brathwaite insists that his team will not be focusing on the past — that of their own or their opponents’
The party is over. After two months of high-octane cricket thanks to the SA20 and the Women’s T20 World Cup, South African cricket now has to get on with the serious business of a Test series and you can expect it to be heavy going. Although the series takes place following sell-out crowds around the
Lahore Qalandars 200 for 7 (Shafique 45, Zaman 36, Billings 33, Curran 3-34) beat Islamabad United 90 (Gurbaz 23, Munro 18, Wiese 3-17, Raza 2-6, Rashid 2-8) by 110 runs This was a match between Lahore Qalandars bowlers and Islamabad United’s batters. But really, it was no match between Qalandars’ bowlers and United’s batters. In
“As many as there is out there,” Beth Mooney said when asked how many more titles Australia had left in them. And that is the key to this side’s remarkable success. After claiming their third straight T20 World Cup title with a 19-run victory over hosts South Africa on Sunday, their sixth in the format
Big picture: Winds of change in SA cricket Cricket and South Africa seem to have a love-hate relationship of late. The wheels for that were set in motion with the SA20 auction in September last year. Since then, the men crashed out in the group stages of the T20 World Cup and later wrote themselves
Upon passing 28 early in the morning on day four, Williamson overtook Ross Taylor‘s tally of 7,683 runs in his 161st innings. He went on to register his 29th Test century, allowing the Blackcaps to turn the tables on England in their follow-on innings. The 32-year-old’s 132 held together a response of 483, giving Ben
Sourav Ganguly isn’t surprised at the criticism KL Rahul has been getting, saying “when you fail for a while, obviously there will be criticism”. Ganguly also said that Rahul’s problems in Test cricket – he hasn’t crossed 25 in his last ten innings – are both technical and psychological. “When you don’t score runs in
They will resume at the Basin Reserve on 48 for 1 – Zak Crawley the one to fall – eyeing an 11th win in 12 Tests under the leadership duo of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum. And it will have come from hard graft after the Blackcaps struck 483 in their follow-on innings after England,
Mitchell Starc will be feeling discomfort in his injured finger for some time to come, but is primed to make his Test return in Indore as Australia look to find a way to halt the India juggernaut. “It’s good enough,” Starc said of his finger. “There’s going to be a level of discomfort… I don’t
Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ Wickets were shared among the WA attack as they rolled Tasmania for 169 before a half-century to Cameron Bancroft extended their lead to 223 runs with nine second innings wickets remaining by stumps on day two. Bancroft takes record five catches: https://www.cricket.com.au/video/cameron-bancroft-five-catches-tasmania-western-australia-highlights-sheffield-shield-record/2023-02-22 More #SheffieldShield videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau
In the latest episode of Coffee Club with Kate Cross, Nat Sciver-Brunt discusses the Women’s World Cup so far, nerves whilst playing, being born in Japan, and her youth playing other sports. Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket teams
Pakistan pace sensation Shaheen Shah Afridi truly seems to be returning to his best, with his exploits in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). In the match between Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi on Sunday, Shaheen produced two rattling deliveries that left the cricket world stunned. On the first delivery, Shaheen broke the bat of Peshawar
Tea New Zealand 209 and 423 for 5 (Williamson 113*, Blundell 62*) lead England 435 for 8 dec by 197 runs Kane Williamson‘s 26th Test hundred formed the bulwark for New Zealand as they strove manfully to turn the tables on England at the Basin Reserve. At tea on day four, Williamson had spent more
Bangladesh’s ODI captain Tamim Iqbal and Test captain Shakib Al Hasan might not be on the best terms off the field, but Tamim is of the firm opinion that their on-field relationship is in proper working order. He said as much in a press conference in Dhaka on Sunday, in the lead up to Bangladesh’s
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