Afghanistan 116 for 6 (Noor 39, Naib 26*, Minhas 2-11, Qadir 2-20) beat Pakistan 115 (Yousuf 24, Fareed 3-15, Qais 2-11, Zahir 2-20) by four wickets After being sent in, Pakistan were 44 for 1 at the end of the powerplay. Fareed removed Rohail Nazir in the seventh over before the two wristspinners, Qais and
Month: October 2023
Big picture – Delhi conditions could be Sri Lanka’s friend Sri Lanka could hardly have picked a tougher opponent to face first up at the World Cup than South Africa. The Sri Lankans come into this game with big question marks over their batting and have an injury-weakened bowling attack; South Africa, in contrast, seem
The sanctions were handed out more than three months after the incidents on the final day of the second Test, on July 2, which Australia eventually won by 43 runs to take a 2-0 series lead. The flashpoint occurred as the players left the field for lunch, shortly after Bairstow had been dismissed by Alex
Shubman Gill is set to miss India’s opening match of the 2023 ODI World Cup, against Australia in Chennai on October 8, after testing positive for dengue*. In Gill’s absence, Ishan Kishan is likely to open the innings with captain Rohit Sharma. Another option is KL Rahul. After Gill did not attend India’s training sessions
India 97 for 1 (Tilak 55*, Gaikwad 40*) beat Bangladesh (Ali 24*, Sai Kishore 3-12, Washington 2-15) by nine wickets India’s spin attack restricted Bangladesh to 96 before Tilak Varma blazed away to a 25-ball half-century, supported ably by skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad, as they thumped Bangladesh by nine wickets to seal a berth in the
Queensland 179 and 173 for 5 (Peirson 51*, Tremain 3-35) trail New South Wales 446 (Edwards 87, Kerr 86, Hughes 59, Green 50) by 97 runs Late showers and a stonewalling sixth-wicket stand have spared Queensland a three-day defeat but they remain in a scrap for survival in their Sheffield Shield clash with New South
Hayley Matthews is hopeful a leg injury won’t interrupt the form of her life after the West Indies captain claimed an incredible eighth-straight player-of-the-match gong to cap a historic series against Australia. She became the first player to score more than 300 runs across three women’s T20I games as West Indies fell just short of
New Zealand 283 for 1 (Conway 152*, Ravindra 123*) beat England 282 for 9 (Root 77, Henry 3-48, Santner 2-37) by nine wickets Revenge for the final of the 2019 World Cup was never going to come in the first match of the 2023 edition. But a nine-wicket demolition of England in the Ahmedabad curtain-raiser
New South Wales 337 for 7 (Edwards 87, Kerr 65*, Hughes 59) lead Queensland 176 (Edwards 6-36) by 161 runs Jack Edwards‘ sparkling start to the summer continued, with the New South Wales allrounder adding a Sheffield Shield half-century to his six-wicket haul against Queensland. NSW went to stumps on day two of their clash
Shubman Gill will be tested for dengue on Friday before a final call is taken on the matter.© AFP The Indian team’s worries ahead of its opening World Cup game against Australia has been compounded by in-form Shubman Gill’s health issues and the batter is a doubtful starter for Sunday’s match. Ishan Kishan could be
The allure of watching young boys he first coached in 2016 become men of stature today is what got Mickey Arthur excited when he was approached to rejoin the Pakistan team as a director of cricket in April this year. And, after he took charge, one of the things he set about rehashing was their
The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and will run from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Conway and Ravindra stun defending champions England New
“I’ve sat in a lot of team meetings and the more the opposition talks about a certain batter or bowler, the more you are in their heads and the more you are ahead of them in the game. Someone like Anrich would have been someone they would have spoken about,” Simons said from South Africa’s
Asked to bat first, England stuttered along to a total of 282 for 9, losing wickets at regular intervals, and Buttler said afterwards he thought they were 50 below par with the bat. Although Sam Curran took a wicket with the first ball of the second over, that was as good as it got for
Marcus Stoinis is doubtful for Australia’s opening match at the 2023 ODI World Cup, against India on October 8 in Chennai, because of a hamstring niggle he picked up in the first ODI against the same opponent in Mohali last month. Stoinis has not played a match since. “He’s got a slight hamstring complaint at
After years of will-they-won’t-they, months of administrative bickering and weeks of visa uncertainties, the moment has finally arrived. Pakistan will take to the field in a World Cup match in India, Hyderabad the somewhat unassuming venue, Netherlands the slightly inauspicious opponents. It’s a gentle start rather than an explosive one, but it’s a start nonetheless,
Australia 190 for 9 (McGrath 65, Connell 3-25) beat West Indies (Matthews 79, Brown 3-20) by 47 runs A brilliant display of fast bowling from Darcie Brown helped Australia close out the T20I series against West Indies at Allan Border Field despite another one-woman show from Hayley Matthews who was hobbled on one leg. Defending
Western Australia 237 for 2 (Bancroft 121*, Wyllie 94) trail Victoria 256 by 19 runs Former Test opener Cameron Bancroft made an early season statement with a disciplined century to frustrate Victoria’s attack on a sedate WACA pitch to put Western Australia in a strong position in the Sheffield Shield. WA trailed by 19 runs
The family court of Delhi on Wednesday granted divorce to Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan and her estranged wife and said the petitioner (Shikhar Dhawan) is entitled to decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty. Harish Kumar’s family court judge while dissolving their 11 years old wedlock said, “There is no dispute that both parties had
Queensland 159 for 7 (Street 45, Edwards 5-24) for vs New South Wales New South Wales allrounder Jack Edwards continued his fine start to the domestic season, claiming his maiden Sheffield Shield five-wicket haul to leave Queensland in trouble in Sydney. Edwards took all of the first five wickets on the opening day of their Shield
For the first time in a men’s 50-over World Cup, England are heading into the tournament as defending champions. But don’t let Jos Buttler hear you say that. After his England side clinched a 3-1 series win over New Zealand at Lord’s last month, Buttler was asked how well positioned his side were to defend
South Australia 307 and 47 for 3 trail Tasmania 381 (Wakim 110, Jewell 87, Webster 62, Buckingham 7-71) by 27 runs South Australia were in the mire against Tasmania despite paceman Jordan Buckingham taking a career-best seven-wicket haul on day two of their Sheffield Shield match. Tasmania, with Charlie Wakim scoring a polished 110, posted
Rohit Sharma pursed his lips and furrowed his brow. Sitting cross-legged on a white sofa in the banquet hall of the Gujarat Cricket Association Clubhouse, he threw up his hands to take issue with the line of questioning. “That’s not my job, sir,” he said. “Declaring all this is not my job.” He had been
Big Picture: … and so it goes on Somewhere, in a parallel universe, that epic contest has perhaps still not reached a definitive conclusion. The playing conditions for the 2023 event stipulate that, in the event of a tie this time around, the two teams will contest as many Super Overs as it takes to
Hayley Matthews expects Australia’s bowlers to change their plans – and fields – but the West Indies skipper reckons she’s in good enough form to counter them as a historic series victory beckons. She also made 99 not out in a game-one loss and has won player of the match in an incredible seven straight
Ben Stokes has emerged as an injury doubt for the opening match of the World Cup between England and New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Stokes, the Player of the Match in the 2019 final between the same teams, came out of ODI retirement in August despite a long-standing knee injury and is not expected
Western Australia 29 for 1 trail Victoria 256 (Dean 87, Hardie 3-29, Rocchiccioli 3-39) by 227 runs One-time Test opener Will Pucovski made an encouraging return to the Sheffield Shield, but Victoria failed to capitalise against a second-string Western Australia attack on day one at the WACA. After losing their last eight wickets for 94
Afghanistan 116 (Zadran 51, Thushara 4-17) beat Sri Lanka 108 (Arachchige 22, Qais 3-16, Naib 3-28) by eight runs After opting to field, Sri Lanka struck with the seventh ball of the match when Nuwan Thushara cleaned up Sediqullah Atal. Noor and Mohammad Shahzad then added 54 for the second wicket but both batters struggled
New Zealand are usually one of the best-prepared teams for world tournaments, which lets them even the scales against teams that have larger populations to choose from. They need to latch onto any small advantage in order to have the kind of proud record they have: making at least the semi-finals in the last four
Liam Dawson says that accepting a call-up for England’s Test tour of India at the start of 2024 would not be straightforward, due to his lucrative deal in the SA20, which clashes with the five-match series. Dawson made his Test debut on the 2016 tour of India, adding just two further appearances against South Africa