It was all hands on deck for Australia’s white-ball squad at their first training session in Colombo with assistant coach Michael Di Venuto in charge while head coach Andrew McDonald recovers from COVID. Australia has not visited the island since 2016 and will play three T20s, five ODIs and two Tests across the next six
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India captain Rohit Sharma has been rested for the 5-match T20I series against South Africa.© AFP Former India pacer RP Singh has reacted to the decision to rest captain Rohit Sharma for the upcoming five-match T20I series against South Africa. Rohit had a below-par Indian Premier League season with the bat as Mumbai Indians finished
Two players, great mates, both winners. But the contrast in the joy expressed by Ben Stokes and Joe Root over England’s first-Test victory over New Zealand was palpable at Lord’s on Sunday. Root, by his own admission, unburdened by the captaincy – not so much in terms of his personal performance after notching up yet
Matt Parkinson has been retained in England’s 14-man squad for the second Test against New Zealand, starting at Trent Bridge on Friday, with Jack Leach a doubt after suffering a concussion in the first session of the first Test at Lord’s. Parkinson took 1 for 47 from his 15.3 overs in New Zealand’s second innings
Joe Root said he had been spurred on by the opportunity to “pay a bit back” to Ben Stokes after his innings of 115 not out guided England to a five-wicket win against New Zealand at Lord’s in their first Test match since his resignation as captain. Stokes described Root as “Mr Dependent” in the
If a year or so ago, Australia had embarked on a multi-format tour and Josh Hazlewood was more certain of his place in the T20I side – than the Test team – there may have some quizzical looks. Yet, that is how things are playing out for one of Australia’s premier quick bowlers, where Hazlewood
Sri Lanka 260 for 7 (Athapaththu 101, Madavi 75, Amin 2-43) beat Pakistan 167 (Riaz 56, Athapaththu 2-20, Ranasinghe 2-29) by 93 runs An all-round performance from Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu helped her team to a convincing consolation win on the final day of their tour of Pakistan. After electing to bat, she scored
The emotion was plain for Joe Root as he soaked up the acclaim from an enraptured Lord’s crowd. A phenomenally composed 115 not out, his 26th Test hundred but his first in the fourth innings, had guided England to a gripping five-wicket win over New Zealand in the first Test of the English summer, and
For the first time in his career, Mitchell Marsh has the belief he can match it with the world’s best. And after 10 years of international cricket, the difference is notable. Border closures and an injury in Pakistan have denied him international cricket since, while starring in the BBL and IPL. But he has no
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England captain Ben Stokes and predecessor Joe Root led a thrilling rally on Saturday to set up a dramatic finish to the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s. England were 216 for five at stumps on the third day, needing just 61 more runs to reach a victory target of 277 but with no
West Indies 308 for 5 (Mayers 120, Brooks 101*) beat Netherlands 288 (O’Dowd 89, Vikramjit 54, Lewis 3-67) by 20 runs Netherlands began slowly but Vikramjit took on Mayers in the seventh over and found boundaries more often subsequently. He was dropped on 33 by Brooks in the 10th over and helped himself to three
Stuart Broad says that England will carry their new-found positive approach into the clutch moments of their 277-run chase, after Joe Root’s unbeaten 77 and a streaky but vital half-century for Ben Stokes had taken the fight to New Zealand on an absorbing third day of the first LV= Insurance Test at Lord’s. Broad himself
Afghanistan 276 for 5 (Rahmat 94, Shahidi 88, Rashid 39*, Muzarabani 4-52) beat Zimbabwe 216 (Raza 67, Kaia 39, Nabi 4-34, Rashid 2-39, Farooqi 2-41) by 60 runs Four senior players made defining contributions as Afghanistan began the ODI leg of their Zimbabwe tour with a 60-run victory in Harare. Sent in, Afghanistan overcame a
Lunch England 141 and 31 for 1 (Crawley 9*, Pope 0*) need 246 runs to beat New Zealand 132 and 285 (Mitchell 108, Blundell 96) Stuart Broad sparked a New Zealand collapse which left England with an attainable target by lunch on the third day of the first Test at Lord’s. The last time these
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Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell were both eyeing coveted hundreds at Lord’s after batting New Zealand into a commanding position on Friday’s second day of the first Test against England. In a match where bowlers on both sides had previously been on top, the pair’s unbroken partnership of 180 took the World Test champions to
Rovman Powell and Romario Shepherd will miss the ongoing three-match ODI series in the Netherlands because of visa delays, Cricket West Indies (CWI) said in a statement on Friday. Both Powell and Shepherd immediately travelled to London from India after their participation in the IPL, as their visa interviews could not have taken place in
Lunch New Zealand 132 and 38 for 3 (Conway 6*, Mitchell 2*, Potts 2-11, Anderson 1-14) lead England 141 (Crawley 43, Southee 4-55) by 29 runs Wickets continued to tumble at Lord’s, on the second day of the first Test, with debutant England seamer Matthew Potts adding to the good impression he made in the
Brandon King had originally started as a middle-order batter for Jamaica and after having two productive first-class seasons, he was picked for a similar middle-order role in the West Indies A side in August 2019. King had also begun his CPL career in the middle order for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, but in 2019,
Australia quick Jhye Richardson is fully fit as he heads to Sri Lanka and is raring to bounce back from the disappointment of losing his Cricket Australia contract, according to his Western Australia coach Adam Voges. Richardson was arguably the unluckiest player to lose his Cricket Australia contract for the coming 12 months having taken
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England debutant Matthew Potts took four wickets against New Zealand only for the hosts to collapse as well on the opening day of the first Test at Lord’s on Thursday. The World Test champions were dismissed for 132 before England, in the first of this three-match series, slumped to 116-7 by stumps. Pre-match, there had
West Indies 217 for 5 (King 91*, Carty 43*, de Leede 2-46) beat Netherlands 214 (Edwards 68, O’Dowd 51, Hosein 4-39) by five wickets Brandon King and Keacy Carty‘s career-best efforts of 91 not out and 43 not out, respectively, in an unbeaten 118-run stand for the sixth wicket, rescued West Indies from 99 for
Malinga served as bowling mentor of Mumbai Indians, back in IPL 2018, and more recently, was Rajasthan Royals’ fast-bowling coach, in 2022. The Sanju Samson-led Royals reached the final of the tournament for the first time since winning the trophy in 2008 but lost to Gujarat Titans by seven wickets. Through the course of the
As Kyle Jamieson hooked a short ball from James Anderson down the throat of Matthew Potts at deep fine leg five balls after the lunch break on the opening day of the English Test summer, with New Zealand in dire straits at 45 for 7, it appeared out of the question that the World Test
“What I have discussed – or, what we have discussed – and learnt is that he [Shakib] is available to play,” BCB president Nazmul Hassan said on Thursday. “After the series against West Indies, we have a series against Zimbabwe. Shakib is uncertain for that series, and it’s unclear how long Shakib will remain the