Big picture – England Women to play their 100th Test After a turnaround of just two days from the third T20I, India and England gear up for a Test. Not just any other Test. The first women’s Test hosted by India since 2014. The first women’s Test in India for England since 2005. The first
Month: December 2023
Perth Scorchers 102 for 3 beat Melbourne Stars 101 (Behrendorff 3-28) by seven wickets Two-time defending champions Perth Scorchers remained the BBL benchmark, overpowering Melbourne Stars by seven wickets at the MCG. After skittling Stars’ top order on Wednesday night and dismissing them for 101 in 19.1 overs, the five-time winners extended their winning streak
No result Zimbabwe 121 for 6 (Mavuta 28*, Kamunhukamwe 28, Gumbie 28, Hume 2-7, Young 2-33) vs Ireland Rain came to Zimbabwe’s rescue in Harare, forcing a washout after Ireland had reduced them to 121 for 6 in the first ODI. Zimbabwe had started aggressively after being sent in to bat, with Tinashe Kamunhukamwe smashing
Big picture: Pakistan usher in new era, Australia switch gears after WC win For a generation of Australian cricket fans, they’ve only seen Pakistan’s Test team reduced to a punchline on their shores. The statistics are particularly macabre for Pakistan, who have lost 14 straight Tests in Australia dating back over two decades. Apart from
A marked change in conditions after a sharp spell of rain in Gqeberha played its part in India’s defeat to South Africa in the second T20I on Tuesday, in Tilak Varma‘s opinion. After being asked to bat first, India lost both their openers for ducks, but quick fifties from Rinku Singh and Suryakumar Yadav, along
Shoaib Bashir, the 20-year-old Somerset offspinner with 10 wickets in his first-class career, has been named in England’s 16-man squad to tour India for a five-match Test series in early 2024. He is one of three uncapped players included along with left-arm spinner Tom Hartley and fast bowler Gus Atkinson, who have both represented England
Australia captain Pat Cummins has confirmed that opener Usman Khawaja will not wear any written messages on his shoes in the first Test against Pakistan starting on Thursday in Perth due to ICC regulations. Khawaja had “all lives are equal” and “freedom is a human right” written on his batting spikes at training on Tuesday.
West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first vs England West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first T20I in Barbados, with the hosts welcoming back Andre Russell for his first international appearance in more than two years. England also welcome back a number of veterans, with Adil
Brisbane Heat 151 for 7 (Munro 46, T Sangha 3-21) beat Sydney Thunder 131 (Davies 35, Bartlett 3-35) by 20 runs Brisbane Heat continued their undefeated start to the BBL season with a comfortable 20-run win against Sydney Thunder in Canberra. A classy 46 from in-form opener Colin Munro and clinical bowling from their disciplined
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South Africa chose to bowl vs India After Sunday’s series-opener was washed out in Durban without even the toss taking place, things looked up 48 hours later down the coast in Gqeberha. Light drizzle abated in time for the second match after the surface was under cover for most of the day and heavy cloud
Punjab batter Uday Saharan will lead India’s title defence at the 2024 ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa in January and February. India are the most successful side in the tournament’s history, having won it five times in 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018 and 2022. Saharan, who is currently captaining India at the Under-19 Asia
Women’s cricket is growing rapidly in white-ball formats but the equivalent of the World Test Championship is far from reality. On the eve of the one-off Test between India and England, the idea of a WTC for women excited India’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, but England opener Tammy Beaumont said the time for it was not
Steven Smith cut a familiar figure at Australia’s optional training session at the WACA ground on Monday. It started at 1.30pm on the dot, and there was Smith, the first and only player out there on the lone centre-wicket net with coach Andrew McDonald and bowling coach Daniel Vettori carrying their trusty side-arms. While the
Zimbabwe have named a new-look squad for the three upcoming ODIs against Ireland, calling up seven players who weren’t part of the team that took part in the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier in June and July, during their previous ODI series. Captain Craig Ervine, Sean Williams and Brad Evans were ruled out
The ICC has given an “unsatisfactory” rating to the pitch used for the second Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. The venue as a result has incurred one demerit point. It is an interesting choice of word to describe the pitch; the ICC has previously used “very
New Zealand 365 for 4 (Bates 108, Bezuidenhout 86, Kerr 83, Devine 70, Sandhu 1-52) beat Pakistan 234 (Ameen 105, Muneeba 44, Kerr 3-44, Tahuhu 2-45) by 131 runs A powerful batting display from New Zealand’s top four set up a big win for them in the first ODI against Pakistan in Queenstown, as they
Zimbabwe will tour Sri Lanka for a series of three ODIs and three T20Is in January. It will be the first bilateral T20I series featuring the two teams in Sri Lanka, and also the first ODI series between them in the island since January 2022. Sri Lanka are currently No. 7 in the ICC ODI
It is the question underpinning every international squad: should selection be seen as an art, or a science? “You’re trying to balance the two out all the time,” Rob Key, England’s managing director, said after unveiling a 16-man Test squad to tour India in early 2024. “In this, it’s more of a feel.” ‘This’ referred
Ten millimetres of grass has been left on the Optus Stadium pitch two days ahead of the first Test between Australia and Pakistan, but more is expected to be shaven off with head curator Isaac McDonald tipping a “hard, fast and bouncy” surface. Pressure has been on the ground staff after a sedate pitch in
A fractured finger has ruled Diana Baig out of the entire ODI leg of Pakistan’s tour of New Zealand, while Nida Dar‘s participation in the second and third games of the Women’s Championship series is in doubt after she was hit in the face with the ball while bowling and had to be taken off
Asad Shafiq, the former Pakistan Test middle-order batter, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket and is expected to take up a position as a national selector. Shafiq, 37, was a core part of the Misbah-ul-Haq Test side in the 2010s, playing a vital role in their rise to the top of the
The ECB’s plans to take direct control of Jofra Archer’s rehabilitation from a long-term elbow injury hit a snag this week, when it transpired the fast bowler had turned out for his old school team in Barbados without the knowledge of the England management. Archer was recently handed a two-year ECB central contract despite having
Sydney Sixers 139 for 4 (Hughes 60*) beat Hobart Hurricanes 135 for 8 (Jewell 42, Curran 3-19) Injury-plagued Hobart Hurricanes quick Riley Meredith suffered an apparent side strain as his side went down by six wickets to a Daniel Hughes-led Sydney Sixers. Sixers, who are 2-0 to start the BBL season, chased down the Hurricanes’
Big picture – T20 World Cup countdown begins And now for something completely different. Or at least a slight change of pace after three months solid of ODI cricket. England have had their fill for 2023 and even if West Indies’ appetite for the 50-over format has been sharpened by a 2-1 series win, having
The schedule of the 2024 edition of the Bangladesh Premier League will clash, to varying extents, with those of five other T20 leagues in the January-February window. The BCB announced the schedule of the tournament – January 19 to March 1 – on Monday. The ILT20 in the UAE will be on from January 19
West Indies will face England in 1st of England’s tour of West Indies, 5 T20I Series, 2023 on Wednesday, December 13, at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies. The match is scheduled to begin at 3:30 AM IST. The Caribbean side will come into the T20I series on the back of their 2-1 win
Karachi Kings have appointed the former West Indies allrounder Phil Simmons as their head coach ahead of the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL) season. Simmons takes over from the former South Africa allrounder Johan Botha, who coached Kings to a second-from-bottom finish, with three wins from 10 games, in PSL 2023. Simmons, who played 26
The next edition of the Men’s Under-19 World Cup, which was shifted from Sri Lanka to South Africa, will be held from January 19 to February 11 next year, with the final taking place in Benoni. The four groups are the same as they were announced earlier: India, Bangladesh, Ireland and USA are in Group
If Pant is cleared by the NCA by February next year, as the franchise expects, the IPL will be the first tournament he will play since featuring in the Bangladesh tour in late 2022. In Pant’s absence last season, Capitals had appointed David Warner as interim captain. They finished second from bottom, with five wins
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