A day before India’s game against Bangladesh, coach Rahul Dravid spent a majority of his press conference repeating his and Rohit Sharma’s unconditional and unequivocal support for the struggling KL Rahul, who had scored managed single-figure scores in three innings. Dravid said he was fine with Rahul’s intent because the conditions had been difficult, but
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Yorkshire have appointed as their new chief executive Stephen Vaughan, the former CEO of Wasps Group – the premiership rugby club that went into administration last month – while confirming that Darren Gough will stay on as permanent director of cricket, following their relegation to Division Two of the County Championship. Vaughan’s role will officially
Melbourne Stars opener Marcus Stoinis reflects on his record-breaking KFC BBL campaign that saw him win the BKT Golden Bat as the tournament’s leading run-scorer
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File image of Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal© AFP Veteran India opener Shikhar Dhawan will replace Mayank Agarwal as Punjab Kings captain for the 2023 Indian Premier League. The decision was taken at the franchise’s board meeting on Wednesday. The move was on expected lines after the 31-year-old from Karnataka failed to take the team
Maketa is currently the South Africa A coach and National Academy Lead and will take charge of the Test squad from December until early January. He has been involved with the Test squad recently, and was part of the touring group, in England in August, as a consultant. He also served as assistant head coach
Big picture It’s not quite the quarterfinal we were hoping for, but the clash between South Africa and Pakistan has a lot riding on it for both sides. A win for South Africa will guarantee them a place in the final four – even before they’ve played their last group fixture against Netherlands – while
India’s five-run win over Bangladesh in Adelaide has taken them close to qualification for the men’s T20 World Cup semi-finals, while significantly denting Bangladesh and Pakistan’s chances. Here’s a look at the prospects of the four teams in Group 2 that are still in with a real chance of finishing in the top two. IndiaPlayed:
After being “outplayed” by Netherlands in Adelaide, Zimbabwe head coach Dave Houghton said his players got ahead of themselves given the significance of the match and had “seeds of doubt” in their minds. Had Zimbabwe won, and then beaten India in their next game, they could have been in with a chance, although an outside
Suryakumar has been in fantastic form in the ongoing men’s T20 World Cup, having scored two half-centuries in his first three outings; his 68 off just 40 balls against South Africa came in conditions where other Indian batters struggled. He is also the leading run-getter in T20Is in 2022, with 935 runs including a century.
Despite carrying a hamstring injury, captain Aaron Finch remains a chance to play in Australia’s must-win T20 World Cup game against Afghanistan on Friday night. Finch, Marcus Stoinis and Tim David all suffered hamstring injuries in Australia’s win against Ireland in Brisbane on Monday night. Finch suffered what he described as a “little hammy twinge”
Pakistan have admitted they took a risk bringing Fakhar Zaman to the T20 World Cup after the batter was left on the verge of being ruled out of the tournament after aggravating the knee injury which had originally left him in out. Fakhar was a late addition to Pakistan’s 15-player squad when he replaced legspinner
Toss Zimbabwe chose to bat vs Netherlands After a rainy build-up, the sun was out at the Adelaide Oval and Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine was happy to bat first after winning the toss in their Group 2 clash against Netherlands. Zimbabwe, who are still in with a chance to make the semi-finals, brought in Luke
Rishabh Pant has been named vice-captain for the entire tour that is set to begin with the T20Is on November 18, five days after the T20 World Cup final in Australia. Neither Jasprit Bumrah nor Ravindra Jadeja, both of whom missed the T20 World Cup because of injuries, were picked for the tour. Dhawan’s selection
Glenn Phillips and Mitchell Santner have thrown their support behind struggling captain Kane Williamson, backing him to come good “at some point”. Williamson’s performance came under scrutiny after New Zealand lost to England by 20 runs in Brisbane. The New Zealand captain faced 40 balls, and scored as many runs, taking his tally at this
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has downplayed the team’s chances against India, who he feels are the “favourites”, but says he will try to produce an “upset”, when the two sides meet in the T20 World Cup in Adelaide on Wednesday. Shakib called on his young team to forget about India’s might and play with
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Group 1 of the Super 12 stage of ICC T20 World Cup is set for a thrilling finish as four teams remain in contention for the two semifinal spots up for grabs. After England’s 20-run win over New Zealand at Brisbane on Tuesday, Jos Buttler‘s team are tied on points with the Kiwis and hosts
England 179 for 6 (Buttler 73, Hales 52, Ferguson 2-45) beat New Zealand 159 for 6 (Phillips 62, Curran 2-26) by 20 runs Ten days into the Super 12s, England finally turned up at the T20 World Cup and delivered a clinical performance in a must-win game against New Zealand at the Gabba. Victory in
Alan Thomson, the former Australia and Victoria fast bowler who took the first wicket in ODI history, has died aged 76. Thomson, who bowled with an unusual action where he delivered off the wrong foot, played four Tests in the elongated 1970-71 seven-Test Ashes series. He played in the first two Tests of that series
It is not often that Zimbabwe stand a decent chance of qualifying for the semi-final of an ICC tournament. They were one win away from making the final four of the ICC Knockout – later renamed Champions Trophy – in 2000, but fell short against New Zealand; they made the Super Sixes in the 2003
In the chase against New Zealand on Saturday, Sri Lanka had lost their top three for five runs, inside two overs. By the halfway stage they had lost six. Against Namibia, early in the tournament too, their top order had fallen in a heap. The key for Sri Lanka, assistant coach Naveed Nawaz said, was
KL Rahul has unequivocal support from captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid after three single-digit scores in the 2022 Men’s T20 World Cup. In 13 matches since the start of the Asia Cup in August year, Rahul has averaged 27.33 at a strike rate of 121.03. In the same period, his two top-order colleagues,
England’s victory against New Zealand means that there are still plenty of qualification possibilities in Group 1, with just three games to go. Here is a look at what each team needs to do to make it to the semi-finals. New ZealandPlayed: 4, Points: 5, NRR: 2.233, Remaining match: vs Ire (Adelaide) Despite the defeat
The West Indies selection panel chose Roston Chase over left-arm fingerspinner Gudakesh Motie in the Test squad for the upcoming tour of Australia because they wanted an “offspinner in Australia”, Desmond Haynes, the lead selector, said. Though Rakheem Cornwall, who is also an offspinning allrounder like Chase, was in contention, fitness was one of the
Toss Afghanistan chose to bat vs Sri Lanka Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat first at the Gabba – a venue which tends to favour sides setting scores. The match is a must-win affair for both teams, with the losers dropping out of semi-final contention. The surface is expected to be a standard
Big picture An India-Bangladesh contest in a T20 World Cup has potential to get fiery. Particularly if you remember what happened the last time these two sides met in the tournament. Many players involved in that 2016 game have retired, many others have moved on, but some remain. The memories of that contest are certainly
Forget grounds and nets and training. If you want to break records in cricket, get hooked on Instagram. It certainly did the trick for Dewald Brevis who took the world by storm on Monday, cracking 162 off 57 balls in a T20 game in South Africa. The 19-year old batter’s shots bear a striking resemblance
Did India try to rush Jasprit Bumrah back from injury during their build-up to the T20 World Cup? Chief selector Chetan Sharma seemed to suggest so at a virtual press conference on Monday to announce four squads across two tours – New Zealand and Bangladesh – in November-December 2022. “I always say that we have
With England now virtually playing knockout cricket at the T20 World Cup, assistant coach Paul Collingwood has backed Ben Stokes to come the fore after an indifferent start to the tournament as questions linger about his position in the side. Stokes made 2 off 4 balls against Afghanistan in Perth, and then was cleaned up