Australia’s assistant coach Daniel Vettori pointed to Kane Richardson‘s death-bowling prowess as he defended the decision to leave out pace bowler Mitchell Starc for their match against Afghanistan on Friday. Starc was used as a third or fourth bowling option – as opposed to a new-ball bowler – for the best part of the men’s
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Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani is potentially set to go head to head with the incumbent Greg Barclay in the ICC chairman election scheduled for next weekend. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Mukuhlani, who has been on the ICC board for a long time as the ZC representative, has declared his intention to enter the
Big picture December 21, 2021 was a landmark day for Himachal Pradesh cricket. They won their first domestic title that day, upstaging star-studded Tamil Nadu in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final. On Saturday, they will have an opportunity to add another chapter to what has been a magical year. At stake is the opportunity to
Shikhar Dhawan to captain Punjab Kings in Indian Premier League’s next season.© BCCI Punjab Kings on Friday announced that Shikhar Dhawan will lead the franchise in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League. He will replace Mayank Agarwal, who had led the team last season. The move was on expected lines after Mayank failed to
Cricketers from Pakistan have been permitted by the PCB to sign up with the CSA’s SA20 league, after not being part of the main player auction. ESPNcricinfo understands that the change came after the league introduced the option of additional wildcard entries. The process will allow each team to pick one extra player in their
Opting to bat in sunny conditions at the Gaddafi Stadium, where the pitch was flat, Ameen and Muneeba got off to a breezy start with the latter hogging more of the strike. Seamer Arlene Kelly‘s third over, where she hit a couple of fours, got Ameen truly going. She then hit three fours in legspinner
Australia 168 for 8 (Maxwell 54*, Marsh 45, Naveen-ul-Haq 3-21) beat Afghanistan 164 for 7 (Rashid 48*, Gulbadin 39, Zampa 2-22) by four runs Glenn Maxwell did his best to keep Australia’s semi-final hopes alive with an assertive, unbeaten half-century, but the hosts’ chances of reaching the knockouts are out of their hands after a
Big picture With Afghanistan going down narrowly to Australia, Sri Lanka have no hope of making the semi-finals. New Zealand are already on seven points following their win against Ireland. Australia have now matched that tally. What Sri Lanka can do, however, is ruin England’s chances of progressing to the knockouts. This is must-win for
Toss Ireland bowl vs New Zealand Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie won the toss and decided to bowl first at the Adelaide Oval. A fresh surface is being used, with the short square boundaries helpful for batters. Ireland fielded an unchanged XI from the side that lost to Australia at the Gabba, which meant Stephen Doheny,
This time, they will hope to make better memories and a place in the semi-finals for the third consecutive T20 World Cup. There is a decent chance that a victory of any sort will be enough, but should Australia win by a significant margin against Afghanistan, England will at least have the advantage of knowing
Temba Bavuma has admitted the “wheels probably came off” for South Africa in the field at the SCG as they suffered their first defeat of the T20 World Cup but did not see it as a major cause for alarm with progression still firmly in their hands. Pakistan had been reduced to 43 for 4
Rated one of the world’s finest allrounders – he is currently ranked No. 1 by the ICC – Shakib has also had several stints as Bangladesh’s captain, including this one. He has played in T20 leagues in India (IPL), Australia (BBL), West Indies (CPL) and Pakistan (PSL), apart from the BPL at home in Bangladesh.
Big picture Australia have everything to play for. The defending champions must win big and make huge net run rate gains against Afghanistan to have any hope of reaching the semi-finals. But even if Australia achieve both those things, their destiny is out of their hands as England’s match against Sri Lanka on Saturday will
Kohli broke the record during India’s fourth group 2 game against Bangladesh in Adelaide, and he passed the milestone with an average of more than 80 and a strike rate of more than 130 in T20 World Cups. The run that took him past Jayawardene came off the 13th ball he faced on Wednesday, in
Jayden Seales, the young West Indies fast bowler, will join Sussex or the first three months of their 2023 season. The 21-year-old Seales will be available for both Championship and T20 matches from April. On his Test debut at the age of 19, against South Africa in June 2021, Seales made an immediate impact with
After India made a lightning start in their run chase, and Virat Kohli was dropped by Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood intervened with the crucial wicket of the Indian skipper. Stream all the ODI action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND ODIS: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND20-ODI Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram:
India captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday said the team has prepared young Arshdeep Singh for death overs, something that worked for them in the absence of injured Jasprit Bumrah. According to the skipper, the choice was between Arshdeep and his senior pace colleague Mohammed Shami. The 23-year-old left-arm seamer delivered for India in the five-run win over Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup here, continuing his impressive run. Needing 20 off the
Pakistan 185 for 9 (Shadab 52, Iftikhar 51, Nortje 4-41) beat South Africa 108 for 9 in 14 overs (Bavuma 36, Afridi 3-14, Shadab 2-16) by 33 runs (DLS method) Pakistan have kept their semi-final hopes alive with victory in a rain-reduced, must-win match over their favourite opponents: South Africa. They’ve met four times at
Former captain and prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan suffered injuries to his leg after being shot at in a protest march he was leading in Wazirabad in Punjab. Nine other people are believed to have been injured and one person died in the attack. TV footage showed Imran being taken to hospital and party
Big picture With seven wickets in hand and 27 balls remaining against England, New Zealand were 54 runs away from sealing a semi-final spot. But New Zealand lost, and that complicates things before their final Group 1 game against an unpredictable Ireland. One more defeat, and a window opens up for both England and Australia
Sylhet Division retained their Tier-1 top spot after drawing with Chattogram Division, with Rangpur Division now closely behind them following their three-wicket win over Dhaka Division. Things are even tighter in Tier-2 where only six points separate three teams. Rajshahi Division went back to the top with an innings-and-68-run win over Barishal Division while Dhaka
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes there will be some questions asked of Australia’s T20I team if, as the defending champions, they don’t progress to the semi-final of a home World Cup. Ponting, who had led Australia to two 50-over World Cup triumphs and also captained a team that made the semi-final in the inaugural
The Yorkshire racism hearings are set to be held in public later this month, after the Cricket Discipline Commission agreed to Azeem Rafiq’s request for greater transparency in the process. The move comes in the wake of an initial two-day hearing in October, with Tim O’Gorman, the chair of the CDC, confirming on Wednesday that
India 184 for 6 (Kohli 64, Rahul 50, Mahmud 3-47, Shakib 2-33) beat Bangladesh 145 for 6 (Litton 60, Hardik 2-28, Arshdeep 2-38) by five runs on DLS method That Litton Das run out. How many people will be talking about it tomorrow? In Dhaka, in Chattogram, and in Sylhet. India had made a commanding
David Miller has never played a Test match. He probably never will. His last first-class game was in 2018. But for a few moments three days ago against India in Perth, it might have felt like one. He walked in with South Africa 24 for 3 against a ball doing all sorts on a Perth
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has refused to complain about resuming the game too early, and instead said that they panicked while chasing the DLS-adjusted target, which he felt most teams would have done. Bangladesh had India rattled in a chase of 185, thanks to a stunning assault from opener Litton Das who had raced
Australia captain Aaron Finch says he has a 70% chance of playing against Afghanistan on Friday night but was firm in stating that he would not compromise the team in any way if he is not fully fit given there is a possibility it might be his last game for Australia. Both Finch and Tim
Earlier this year, Kings paid INR 8.25 crore (US$1.1 million approx.) to pick Dhawan, who has been among the most consistent batters since the 2016 IPL. He had a stellar 2020 season where he scored 618 runs at a strike rate of nearly 145 for Delhi Capitals, who had traded him in from Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The SA20 has breached the hurdle at which the Global League T20 and the Mzansi Super League fell, securing a ten-year deal with Viacom18 for an undisclosed amount to broadcast the tournament in India. ESPNcricinfo understands that CSA has also reached an agreement with the broadcaster to put South Africa’s bilateral fixtures for the next
Following Bangladesh’s five-run loss to India on Wednesday, Nurul Hasan has claimed that the on-field umpires had missed an incident of “fake fielding” from Virat Kohli, which could have resulted in five potentially crucial penalty runs for Bangladesh. The incident in question took place in the seventh over of Bangladesh’s chase at Adelaide Oval, when