Cricket Victoria and the St Kilda Cricket Club have renamed one of the heritage listed grandstands at the Junction Oval in Melbourne after the late Shane Warne in honour of his contribution to Victoria and his club team St Kilda. The process of renaming the stand, which has stood since 1925, had begun well before
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Najmul Hossain Shanto has expressed his wish to step down as the Bangladesh captain, according to BCB. Shanto, Bangladesh’s captain in all three formats, has informed the board that he wants the ongoing Test series at home against South Africa to be his last as the captain. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Shanto sent the message
“Felt a bit harder this time,” Santner said when it was his turn to speak, after he had collected the Player-of-the-Match award. “Credit to India the way they came out. We knew they were going to fire some shots; that was probably the best play on that wicket. [Yashasvi] Jaiswal played extremely well. But we
In the immediate aftermath of the 113-run defeat to New Zealand in the Pune Test, which consigned India to their first home-series defeat in 12 years, Rohit Sharma has suggested that the main reason for the loss was the batters’ failure to get close to the visitors’ first-innings total of 259. With Mitchell Santner taking
Brendon McCullum, England’s head coach, says his team have “no excuses” after crashing to a 2-1 series defeat with back-to-back losses in Multan and Rawalpindi, but admits he was surprised it took Pakistan until the second Test to prepare the sort of spinning pitches that have been his team’s undoing on recent tours of the
Pakistan 344 (Shakeel 134, Sajid 48*, Noman 45, Rehan 4-66, Bashir 3-129) and 37 for 1 (Masood 23*) beat England 267 (Smith 89, Duckett 52, Sajid 6-128, Noman 3-88) and 112 (Root 33, Noman 6-42, Sajid 4-69) by nine wickets The wait is finally over. For the first time since 2021, Pakistan have won a
Sam Konstas‘ mentor Shane Watson believes circumstances have thrown up a “perfect storm” for the teen prodigy to make his Test debut in the home series against India. Konstas announced himself as a Test bolter with twin Sheffield Shield centuries for NSW earlier this month and will feature for Australia A next week alongside the
India 156 and 81 for 1 (Jaiswal 46*, Gill 22*) need another 278 runs to beat New Zealand 259 and 255 (Latham 86, Phillips 48*, Washington 4-56) India got the five standing New Zealand wickets for 57 runs, and knocked off 81 runs in 12 overs for the loss of Rohit Sharma’s wicket in an
Pakistan men’s cricket team celebrate vs England in Rawalpindi.© AFP Pakistan vs England LIVE, 3rd Test Day 3: With England on the back foot at 24/3, Pakistan spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali will be aiming to put their side further in control on Day 3 of the third and final Test between Pakistan and England
Fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who hasn’t regained full fitness since his ankle surgery earlier this year, was not included while wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav was also not available for selection because of a “chronic left groin issue” according to a BCCI release. Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini and Khaleel Ahmed are part of the travelling reserves. Rohit
Tasmania 55 for 3 beat Western Australia 53 (Webster 6-17, Stanlake 3-12) by seven wickets Western Australia lost an incredible 8 for 1 – with their one run coming from a wide – in a batting collapse for the ages that has left their One-Day Cup defence in tatters. They were bowled out for 53
Middle-order batter Ramandeep Singh and fast bowler Vijaykumar Vyshak have earned their maiden India call-ups for the four-match T20I series in South Africa, which begins on November 8 in Durban. Left-arm quick Yash Dayal, who has recently been part of India’s Test squad but is yet to make his international debut, has also found a
Pakistan offspinner Sajid Khan has found a number of ways of getting under England’s skin, from the moustache twirling to the thigh thumping that accompany borderline invasion of personal space. Much of it has involved bamboozling them with the angle of his spin or the flight of his deliveries, but on Friday, he found another
Temba Bavuma has been ruled out of the second Test against Bangladesh, which starts next Tuesday, as he has not sufficiently recovered from an elbow injury. Aiden Markram will lead the side in his absence, with a view to Bavuma being available for the home Tests against Sri Lanka next month. “We just feel medically
Queensland 223 for 1 (Peirson 100*, Renshaw 72*) beat South Australia 218 (McSweeney 137, Guthrie 4-15, Straker 3-54) by nine wickets Queensland stormed to their first One-Day Cup win of the season by nine wickets despite a masterclass century by South Australia captain Nathan McSweeney. Left-arm paceman Liam Guthrie set up the victory at Allan
Tea New Zealand 259 and 85 for 2 (Latham 37*, Ravindra 7*) lead India 156 (Jadeja 38, Santner 7-53, Phillips 2-26) by 188 runs New Zealand took massive strides towards doing the unthinkable: not just their first series win in India but also India’s first series defeat at home in 12 years. They went into
Pakistan 187 for 7 (Shakeel 74*, Noman 6*) trail England 267 (Smith 89, Duckett 52, Sajid 6-128) by 80 runs Rehan Ahmed’s three wickets gave England the upper hand at lunch on day two of the third Test in Rawalpindi, with Pakistan 187 for 7 in their first innings, still trailing by 80. The legspinner,
Smith, Nic Maddinson and player of the match Gilkes, all made brisk half-centuries as the Blues piled up 336 for 8 from 45 overs, having been sent in after 10 overs of the match were lost. Most of Victoria’s bowlers were clobbered on a good pitch, but the veteran Peter Siddle was the exception. A
Pakistan vs England 3rd Test Day 2 Live Score Updates© AFP Pakistan vs England, 3rd Test Day 2 Live Updates: Onus will be on overnight batters Shan Masood and Saud Shakeel to help Pakistan make a recovery against England on Day 2 of the deciding third Test in Rawalpindi. Pakistan ended Day 1 on 73
Victoria 272 and 246 (Harper 72, Rogers 59, Starc 6-81) beat New South Wales 136 & 241 (Philippe 88, Konstas 43, Elliott 4-44) by 141 runs Victoria’s seamers steamrolled a strong New South Wales line-up to claim a 141-run victory at the MCG but both sides were left in no doubt that Mitchell Starc is
No access to water for spectators at the MCA Stadium on a hot and humid day in Pune led to chaos and complaints of sickness among the fans who came to watch the first day of the second Test between India and New Zealand. During the lunch break, hundreds of spectators queued up near the
Secondary-school teachers will be trained to become cricket coaches, under plans unveiled by the ECB to reinvigorate the sport’s participation levels in state-sector education. The initiative was announced at Lord’s on Wednesday as part of an update to the ECB’s Inspiring Generations strategy, following on from last year’s Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC)
Ten years and six tours is how long South Africa have waited for a Test win in the subcontinent, which is something none of their current squad have experienced until now. Only five members of the playing XI in Mirpur have featured in a Test match in the subcontinent before and though eight of the
Pakistan head coach Jason Gillespie has admitted to “frustrations from time to time” over the reduced scope of his job, emphasising the need for clear communication. Gillespie, who, alongside captain Shan Masood, was recently removed from the selection panel, said his current role “wasn’t what he signed up for”, but one he was happy to
Bangladesh’s batters were under the scanner after South Africa completed a seven-wicket win on the fourth morning of the Dhaka Test. The top four contributed 105 runs in the match, their worst showing this year. Bangladesh’s collapse on the first day of the match haunted them for the rest of it, with only the lower
Marnus Labuschagne says the race for the vacant Test opening spot is an open field, but insists it is fitting Steven Smith is no longer in that frame after his guaranteed switch back to No. 4 for the India series. Smith, speaking this week about the termination of his opening experiment, said Test opener Usman
Toss India chose to bat vs New Zealand India missed their captain Harmanpreet Kaur due to a niggle, and in her absence Smriti Mandhana won the toss and opted to bat in the opening women’s ODI against New Zealand. This is the first women’s ODI in Motera, Ahmedabad since April 2013. India handed ODI caps
England have added Jordan Cox and Rehan Ahmed to their white-ball squads for their upcoming Caribbean tour, which starts next Thursday. Both players are with England’s Test team in Pakistan, with Cox due to fly home after the first day of the series decider in Rawalpindi ahead of the white-ball squad’s departure for Antigua on
Keshav Maharaj said that he benefited from Tamim Iqbal’s advice about the Dhaka pitch. The left-arm spinner has taken six wickets in the opening Test match against Bangladesh at the Shere Bangla National Stadium so far, bowling almost the perfect line and length in conditions that have assisted both seamers and the spinners. South Africa
Lunch England 110 for 5 (Stokes 6*, Smith 5*) vs Pakistan England find themselves on the ropes at lunch on day one of the third Test against Pakistan at 110 for 5, albeit on a pitch so unpredictable it is not unreasonable to think they might yet achieve a par first-innings score. A Rawalpindi surface
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