Australia and India are the only teams which have won at least twice as many Tests as they have lost in the current WTC cycle (in Tests which counted towards the WTC). Australia have been stellar with a 11-3 win-loss record so far, with series wins against England, West Indies and South Africa (home), and
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New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 5 Live: Kane Williamson is at the crease.© AFP New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 5 Live Score Updates: New Zealand have lost five wickets on Day 5 of the first Test against Sri Lanka, while chasing 285. Kane Williamson and Michael Bracewell are standing unbeaten at
Usman Khawaja was rapt with his unbeaten century on day one in Ahmedabad and said it was nice to quash the ‘can’t play spin’ tagline once and for all. Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ More #INDvAUS videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cricketcomau
Our greats! Watch some of the best wickets taken by Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad at home over the years. 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 getting
Karachi Kings 196 for 7 (Akhlaq 51, Imad 45, T Tahir 40, Talat 2-24) beat Lahore Qalandars (Talat 25, Javed 2-8) by 86 runs Having already qualified for the play-offs, Lahore Qalandars rested their captain Shaheen Shah Afridi and lost their final league game to Karachi Kings but that won’t worry them so much as
Mumbai Indians 164 for 2 (Harmanpreet 53*, Sciver-Brunt 45*) beat UP Warriorz 159 for 6 (Healy 58, McGrath 50, Ishaque 3-33) by eight wickets Who can stop Mumbai Indians in the Women’s Premier League? UP Warriorz was the only team yet to play, and consequently yet to lose, to Mumbai in the WPL and they
Sri Lanka has the seam-bowling weaponry to make a serious push for victory on Monday. So believes Angelo Mathews, their centurion from day four, who was most responsible for setting New Zealand a target of 285. In the 17 overs Sri Lanka bowled at New Zealand before stumps, the seamers were probing and disciplined. Kasun
Peshawar Zalmi 179 for 8 (Haris 79, Rajapaksa 41, Hasan 3-39) beat Islamabad United 166 (Ashraf 38, Shahzad 3-19, Muqueem 3-37) by 13 runs Quetta Gladiators’ defeat on Saturday night night confirmed this game would be little more than a warm-up for when these two sides meet in the Eliminator on Thursday. And it was
Neil Wagner has been ruled out of the second Test against Sri Lanka with a bulging disc in his back and a torn right hamstring. The recovery time for the injuries is around six weeks. Wagner had left the field late in the third session on day three of the ongoing Test in Christchurch, feeling
Australia 3 for 0 & 480 (Khawaja 180, Green 114, Ashwin 6-91) trail India 571 (Kohli 186, Gill 128, Axar 79) by 88 runs Virat Kohli‘s Test century drought has been broken and the floodgates could open on Australia as they face a battle to save the game on the final day after India’s lengthy
Bangladesh 120 for 6 (Shanto 46*, Mehidy 20) beat England 117 (Duckett 28, Salt 25, Mehidy 4-12) by four wickets The optimistic Bangladesh fan would have predicted exactly the opposite of what happened in this England tour. Shakib Al Hasan’s men won the T20I series, convincingly in the second game in Dhaka, after conceding the
The Bangladesh selectors have rested Mahmudullah for the first two ODIs against Ireland, saying that they want to see other players given a chance at the highest level. Mahmudullah, a veteran of 218 ODIs who has retired from Tests and is no longer part of Bangladesh’s T20I plans, scored 71 runs in the three ODIs
Usman Khawaja will be assessed ahead of the final day’s play in Ahmedabad to determine how much of a role he is able to play after suffering an injury to his left leg with Australia facing a fight to save the game. Khawaja appeared to jar his left knee attempting to take a boundary catch
New Zealand 373 and 28 for 1 (Latham 11*, Williamson 7*, Rajitha 1-5) need another 257 runs to beat Sri Lanka 355 and 302 (Mathews 115, Tickner 4-100, Henry 3-71) Angelo Mathews‘ 14th Test century pried open the door to an unlikely World Test Championship final berth for Sri Lanka, one that had seemingly been
Virat Kohli and Nathan Lyon were involved in a funny interaction on Day 3.© Twitter Virat Kohli reached his first Test half-century since January 2022 during Day 3 of the ongoing fourth Test against Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. On Saturday, Kohli hit an unbeaten 59 after Shubman Gill had scored his
Australia’s stand-in captain for the fourth Test, Steve Smith hails the success of Australia’s three-pronged spin attack, saying calls from past players to revert to three quicks were ‘mind -boggling’ with the Aussies to stay true to their plans Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ More #INDvAUS videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on
Watch highlights of Andrew Flintoff’s terrific period of fast bowling against South Africa in 2008. 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 getting you closer to the England
West Indies will use the next year to map out a management plan for their red and white-ball players to ensure they enjoy a balance between international and franchise cricket. That was the parting shot interim coach Andre Coley offered at the end of a fairly tough three months of Test cricket for his team.
She is South Africa’s most successful captain in ODIs, having led the team to victory in 29 of the 50 one-dayers from 2016 to 2021 to . In the shortest format, South Africa won 15 of the 30 T20Is from 2014 to 2021 under her leadership. She was a part of South Africa’s ODI World Cup squads in
In reply, Shafali Verma put up a Shafali show, smashing five sixes and 10 fours on her way to the second-fastest fifty in the WPL, as Capitals completed their chase in just 7. 1 overs. As a result, Capitals’ net run rate also zoomed from 0.956 to 2.338, as they strengthened their position at No.
Will Jonny Bairstow be fit to play the IPL? Punjab Kings are waiting anxiously for an answer to that question, with the IPL getting underway in about three weeks. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Kings are waiting for medical clearance from ECB on Bairstow, who is recovering from the freak leg injury he suffered last September.
Jofra Archer says that he has already surpassed his ambitions in battling back from persistent injury to resume his England career, but admits that he would consider it a “bonus” if he is able to feature in more than one Ashes Test this summer. Archer, 27, is in the midst of an encouraging but cautious
Jhye Richardson will miss the IPL and is all but sure to be out of contention for the Ashes after undergoing surgery to overcome his hamstring issues. Richardson suffered a recurrence of the injury playing club cricket last week as he attempted a return to action after initially pulling up in the BBL. He was
The Temba Bavuma who returned home from Australia at the start of the summer, after South Africa’s exit from the T20I World Cup at the hands of the Netherlands, was so distraught he could not even look up. Not directly at the people who were present at one of the first live press conferences of
In the short-term, Maharaj will not be able to join Middlesex, having signed on to play for them in the English County Championship and the T20 Blast later this year. He will turn his attention to rehab instead, much like Keegan Petersen, another long-term absentee as a result of a freakish on-field injury.
The captaincy question first came up in January, when the PCB had reviewed the national team’s structure after a disappointing home season in 2022-23. The new PCB management, headed by Najam Sethi, had then indicated their willingness to signal to players and coaches that they will “challenge the status quo if necessary”, and split the
On the key passage of day three:“The New Zealanders played very well in the second session today and swung the game their way. It was that 25 overs when Daryl Mitchell and Matt Henry’s partnership took the game away from us. And after that, Neil Wagner as well. It looked like a 50-run lead for
Big picture The Bangladesh-England tour reaches a critical point on Sunday. The home side is 1-0 up against the visiting world champions. They have the remaining two matches in the T20I bilateral series in Dhaka, traditionally considered as Bangladesh’s fort, even accounting for the fact that the shortest format usually throws up unpredictable contests where