There aren’t too many arguments going around against South Africa having the best top-six in the world. The maverick Quinton de Kock, the stable Temba Bavuma, the conventional No. 3 Rassie van der Dussen, and then the dynamic powerhouse trio of Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller. It is what follows that comes up
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Australia 87 for 2 (Healy 38, Perry 20*) beat West Indies 83 (Alleyne 35, Garth 3-8, Gardner 2-17, Wareham 2-30) by eight wickets Without the injured Hayley Matthews, West Indies were no match for Australia in the first ODI at Allan Border Field as the home side raced to an eight-wicket win in a contest
The Cricket World Cup 2023 campaign is set to get underway for India, with a match against Australia set to take place on Sunday. India, who last became world champions in 2011, are likely to see superstars like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, etc. feature in their last ODI World Cup. It
South Africa 428 for 5 (van der Dussen 108, Markram 106, de Kock 100) beat Sri Lanka 326 (Asalanka 79, Mendis 76, Shanaka 68, Coetzee 3-68) by 102 runs Progressively more emphatic centuries from Rassie van der Dussen, Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram would in the end prove to be the decisive contributions as
Mohammad Rizwan was at his jovial best soon after Pakistan began their quest for “unfinished business from 2019” with a win over Netherlands that seemed far tighter than the 81-run margin would suggest. He spoke of the warm hospitality, a familiar home-like feeling, the excitement of playing in different cities on his first tour of
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 insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Markram, van der Dussen and de Kock flay centuries
Jonathan Trott, Afghanistan’s head coach, feels Mujeeb Ur Rahman was lucky to escape without a serious injury after his left knee went into the sandy Dharamsala outfield when he put in a dive during Afghanistan’s six-wicket defeat to Bangladesh on Saturday. The grass on the outfield was patchy and mossy, and several players on both
Big picture “50-over World Cup is the biggest sporting event in cricketing history. So, for me, this is the biggest event that I will be part of.” You might share this sentiment, expressed by Rohit Sharma on Saturday, but you may not have seen too much evidence just yet that too many others do. Four
Arshad Iqbal‘s double-wicket jolt in the opening over of Bangladesh’s innings had given Pakistan the early advantage in the chase, but Afif Hossain‘s 11-ball 20 and Yasir Ali‘s 16-ball 38 brought Bangladesh back. Yasir very nearly took Bangladesh home himself, but his dismissal in the penultimate ball of the game made it a do-or-die final
Rain played spoilsport in the men’s final at the Asian Games, meaning that only 18.2 overs were possible before the game was abandoned. India, by virtue of being the higher-seeded team, were awarded the gold medal in what proved to be an anti-climactic end to a competitive tournament. Earlier in the afternoon, India had won
Bangladesh 158 for 4 (Shanto 59*, Mehidy 57, Omarzai 1-9) beat Afghanistan 156 (Gurbaz 47, Mehidy 3-25, Shakib 3-30) by six wickets After being sent in, Afghanistan got off to a solid start before Shakib changed the momentum with the wickets of Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah. Afghanistan could never recover from there, slipping from
Tasmania 381 (Wakim 110, Jewell 87, Webster 62, Buckingham 7-71) and 84 for 3 beat South Australia 307 (Lehmann 115, Manenti 71) and 157 (McSweeney 48, Webster 4-32) by seven wickets Tasmanian Beau Webster‘s all-round excellence was instrumental in his side’s seven-wicket Sheffield Shield win against South Australia. Webster took a career-best 4 for 32
The BCCI is working hard on procuring visas for the Pakistani journalists waiting to travel to India for the World Cup, the ICC said after the PCB expressed its disappointment again over the delay in visa clearance for Pakistani fans and media. Around 60 Pakistani journalists are expected to make the trip for the World
It was no different for Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe ahead of the team’s first World Cup game, against Afghanistan in Dharamsala. Hathurusinghe, though, deftly deflected most of these questions, saying it was his job to keep the pressure off his team. When asked whether Bangladesh would be better off without Tamim facing up to Fazalhaq
Coach Shelley Nitschke has lauded Darcie Brown‘s bravery in taking the crucial wicket of Hayley Matthews that propelled Australia to a T20I series defeat of West Indies. Matthews’ batting had been the talk of the white-ball series heading into the deciding third match in Brisbane on Thursday night. She scored an unbeaten 99 in a
Cricket World Cup Live: Bangladesh take on Afghanistan in in Dharamsala.© X (Twitter) BAN vs AFG, Cricket World Cup Live: Bangladesh will have their task cut out when they cross swords with Afghanistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup on Saturday in Dharamsala. Bangladesh have always been a competitive side in the white ball formats
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 insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Saud Shakeel gets Pakistan off the mark despite Bas
Mark Wood refused to blame England’s limited preparations for their chastening nine-wicket defeat to New Zealand in Ahmedabad, and said they will show their “resilience” when they play Bangladesh in Dharamsala next week. England arrived in India a week before the tournament’s opening game, flying to Guwahati via Dubai and Mumbai after nearly two weeks
Big picture: Bangladesh, Afghanistan look to move on from pitfalls, drama Afghanistan have been hot on Bangladesh’s heels for the better part of the last decade. This year alone, they are locked at 2-2 after Afghanistan won the bilateral ODI series in Chattogram 2-1, but later Bangladesh beat them by a handsome margin in the
Stumps Victoria 256 and 64 for 3 (Kellaway 33*, Rocchiccioli 2-6) trail Western Australia 481 (Bancroft 122, Wyllie 94, Goodwin 63, Turner 57, Sutherland 3-66, Boland 3-101) by 161 runs Aaron Hardie continued to elevate his standing with a strong all-round performance on day three as Western Australia closed in on victory against Victoria at
Sri Lanka will be without Maheesh Theekshana for their World Cup opener against South Africa, head coach Chris Silverwood has confirmed on the eve of the game, with the spinner not yet fully recovered from the hamstring tear he suffered in the Asia Cup. Sri Lanka, however, will have the services of both Kusal Perera
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
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