Mohammed Shami, who was rested for India’s last Test series, in the West Indies in July, is also back, but his inclusion is subject to fitness – the BCCI release announcing the squad said the fast bowler was “currently undergoing medical treatment”. With Rahul included as a wicketkeeping option, there was no place in the
Month: November 2023
After the disasterclass of the ODI World Cup, the time has come for England to pull their pants down, turn them inside out and put them back on again. It’s white-ball reset time. The curiosity of the latest rebuild, however, is that the messaging that it’s a rebuild at all appears to be coming from
Lancashire have confirmed the signing of Nathan Lyon as one of their overseas players for 2024. The Australia spinner, eighth on the all-time Test wicket-takers’ list with 496, is expected to be available for the whole summer. Lyon, who recently returned to playing after a serious calf tear during the second Test against England in
One of the greatest batters of modern era, AB de Villiers has revealed that he was snubbed by erstwhile Delhi Daredevils after spending three seasons at the IPL franchise. Before making it big at the Royal Challengers Bangalore, the South African batting legend had three lukewarm season with the Delhi franchise, now known as Delhi
The result meant Zimbabwe’s poor run in World Cup qualifiers continued: they had failed to make the cut for the 2019 and 2023 ODI World Cups, after not finishing in the top two in qualifying tournaments held at home. That aside, they couldn’t take part in the 2021 T20 World Cup, because Zimbabwe Cricket had
Dominica will not host any matches during the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup. The government of Dominica took the decision stating the country’s inability to complete work on practice and match venues before the tournament commences. Dominica was one of seven countries in the Caribbean shortlisted to host the T20 World Cup, which will be
Law 41.3 of the game, updated and put into effect on October 1, 2022, says: “When cricket resumed following the onset of Covid-19, playing conditions were written in most forms of the game stating that applying saliva to the ball was no longer permitted. MCC’s research found that this had little or no impact on
Najmul Hossain Shanto will lead Bangladesh in both ODIs and T20Is during their tour of New Zealand in December. Shanto is currently leading the Test side against New Zealand, in the absence of regular captain Shakib Al Hasan and his deputy Litton Das. While Shakib remains out with his finger injury, Litton returns to both
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have taken a break from the white-ball tour of South Africa next month, which has resulted in the continuation of the T20I captaincy for Suryakumar Yadav, and KL Rahul taking over the ODI captaincy for another series. Suryakumar gets the opportunity to lead again after the ongoing T20I series against
Ben Stokes has started rehabilitation from surgery on his left knee as he aims to play a full part in his England team’s five-Test series in India early next year. Stokes underwent surgery performed by Dr Andy Williams, a knee specialist whose previous clients include Chris Woakes and Andrew Flintoff, at the private Cromwell Hospital
Big picture – Will India experiment? It has rained runs all through the first three T20Is. Batters have turned bowlers into bowling machines instead and with 123 fours and 65 sixes hit already, expect more of the same as the teams reach Raipur for the fourth T20I. There will be some relief for India knowing
Allrounder Georgia Voll believed an aggressive Brisbane Heat were the “perfect team” to upend defending champions Adelaide Strikers despite a gruelling run to the WBBL final. Heat stormed into Saturday’s final at the Adelaide Oval after thrashing Sydney Thunder and Perth Scorchers on consecutive days at the WACA. After a late season three-game losing streak
Lancashire’s chairman believes that it would “make absolute sense” for the Hundred to become a T20 competition from 2025, as English cricket continues to debate the tournament’s future following top-level discussions over the prospect of opening it up to private investment. The ECB have been meeting with counties this month to discuss the Hundred’s future,
Western Australia 2 for 0 trail Queensland 274 for 8 dec (Khawaja 102*, Clayton 53, Richardson 4-36) by 272 runs Jhye Richardson issued an immediate notice to Australia’s selectors with an incisive four-wicket haul on his red-ball return, before Usman Khawaja cruised to his 41st first-class century. Richardson, in his first Sheffield Shield outing since
Hardik Pandya in Mumbai Indians jersey.© X (formerly Twitter) Mumbai Indians secured Hardik Pandya through an all-cash deal with Gujarat Titans. It is one of the biggest trades in the history of the Indian Premier League as Hardik has a price tag of INR 15 crore, an amount that was paid by GT when they
New Zealand 266 for 8 (Williamson 104, Phillips 42, Taijul 4-89) trail Bangladesh 310 (Mahmudul 86, Philips 4-53, Jamieson 2-52) by 44 runs Taijul Islam kept Bangladesh ahead after the second day’s play in Sylhet, even as Kane Williamson levelled with Don Bradman and Virat Kohli on 29 Test centuries. The left-arm spinner took four
Shan Masood‘s latest incarnation, as the Test captain of Pakistan, is perhaps the most remarkable in a career not short of rebirths and reinventions. His elevation as the successor to Babar Azam was surprising at a number of levels, not least that he only returned to the Test side last season after a gap of
Rahul Dravid will continue as India’s head coach after accepting the BCCI’s offer to extend his term. While the BCCI did not specify the duration of the extension, it will be at least until the 2024 T20 World Cup in June. Dravid became the head coach in November 2021 for a two-year term that ended
Victoria 278 (Harper 151, W Agar 5-45, Doggett 4-73) and 12 for 1 lead South Australia 252 (Fraser-McGurk 101, Manenti 51, Scott 50, O’Neill 5-28) by 38 runs Sam Harper‘s record-breaking century helped Victoria to a 38-run lead over South Australia on day two of their Sheffield Shield match, but Jake Fraser-McGurk‘s maiden first-class hundred
The Pakistan Cricket Board has waived off the 50% match fee fine it had imposed on Azam Khan for displaying the Palestine flag on his bat during the ongoing National T20 Cup in Karachi. Azam, who plays for Karachi Whites in the tournament, was fined 50% of his match fee by the PCB match referee
It’s possible you are on a break from cricket after watching the ODI World Cup for the last month and a half and gave Tuesday night’s T20I a miss. But if you just had a glance at the final scorecard, perhaps to avoid the FOMO or sound intelligent in the office tomorrow, don’t get fooled
Todd Murphy is still getting used to the extra workload his body has been put through this year during his emergence as a Test bowler, but is hopeful he will be fit for the Prime Minister’s XI game against Pakistan in Canberra next week. Offspinner Murphy has missed Victoria’s last two Sheffield Shield matches due
Mohammad Hafeez, the new Pakistan team supremo, is seeking “excitement” in the daunting prospect of his side’s three-Test tour of Australia, a land where they have lost their last 14 consecutive Tests. Hafeez, the team director and effectively head coach, has never played a Test in Australia but on the eve of their departure urged
In a move that signals continuity, the BCCI has offered Rahul Dravid an extension to continue as India’s head coach. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Dravid was approached by the BCCI last week, with the tenure of the extension being open-ended. However, it is yet to be confirmed whether Dravid has accepted the offer. It is
The ECB must seek to “challenge the definition of a cricket club” in its bid to harness the sport’s full potential, according to CEO Richard Gould, following the publication of a new impact report aimed at “demonstrating the positive influence of the game”. The Impact of Cricket Report was compiled in conjunction with The Sports
Chasing a target of 223 was always going to be a tough ask, and Australia’s task seemed to get that much tougher when they were left with 43 to get from just two overs. However, with Glenn Maxwell still around, India knew that the game wasn’t quite done just yet. Indeed, Maxwell, with some help
India vs Australia: Glenn Maxwell scored a brilliant ton.© AFP Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell equalled India skipper Rohit Sharma‘s record as he struck an unbeaten 47-ball ton to keep the series alive for Australia, helping the Baggy Greens clinch a victory in Guwahati in the third T20I against India on Tuesday. With the 47-ball hundred,
Raza opened the batting and scored a 36-ball 58; this innings, allied to Tadiwanashe Marumani’s 31-ball 50 and Ryan Burl’s unbeaten 21-ball 44, helped Zimbabwe pile up 215 for 4 after they were sent in to bat. Zimbabwe’s bowlers then got to work, with Richard Ngarava taking three wickets in his first three overs to
Stumps Bangladesh 310 for 9 (Joy 86, Shanto 37, Mominul 37, Phillips 4-53, Jamieson 2-52, Ajaz 2-76) vs New Zealand Glenn Phillips was New Zealand’s surprise hero with the ball as they kept Bangladesh down to 310 for 9 on the first day of the Sylhet Test. Phillips, the middle-order batter and part-time offspinner, finished
Glenn Phillips knew that the opposition batters would get stuck into him for relief. He is the fifth bowler of a strong New Zealand attack. He was also bowling for the first time in a Test. Phillips the batter would have certainly tried to hit Phillips the bowler out of the park. It was this
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