News Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Yasir Ali given Test contracts; Mahmudullah and Mustafizur included only in ODIs and T20Is Shakib Al Hasan is among five Bangladesh men’s cricketers to be handed central contracts by the BCB for all three formats this year. The decision was taken despite Shakib’s unavailability for four Tests so far this
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News Match referee Madugalle said the pitch did not offer an even contest between bat and ball The pitch in the Rawalpindi Test between Pakistan and Australia, where 1187 runs were scored for the loss of 14 wickets, has been rated “below average” by match referee Ranjan Madugalle. “The character of the pitch hardly changed
IND vs SL: The 2nd Test match will have 100 percent crowd capacity.© BCCI The second Test between India and Sri Lanka, a pink ball game starting on Saturday, could witness a full house after the Karnataka State Cricket Association on Thursday allowed 100 percent crowd attendance for the match owing to sharp decline in
Report India will play a new opening combination in their second game of the World Cup Toss India Women chose to bowl vs New Zealand Women Anticipating dew in the latter half of the game, India opted to bowl against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton. Yastika Bhatia makes her World Cup debut, coming
News The 24-year-old has already returned to club cricket, and will work with Victoria to see if he can play Sheffield Shield next week Will Pucovski could make a return to domestic cricket this season, with the opening batter working with Victoria on a process that could see him available to return to Sheffield Shield
News West Indies spinner will head to Kia Oval after completion of 2022 IPL Sunil Narine will make his first appearance in the Vitality T20 Blast after signing for Surrey. Narine, who will head to London after the completion of his stint at the IPL, played for the Oval-based Invincibles during last year’s Hundred. Narine,
When Anisa Mohammed took the ball to deliver the 48th over in England’s chase in their World Cup game against West Indies, she knew her team was going to win. West Indies had just eight runs to defend, and England’s ninth-wicket pair had already plundered 61 runs, but Mohammed, West Indies most expensive frontline bowler
News Anrich Nortje, who is recovering from a hip injury, and Sisanda Magala, who failed a fitness test, were unavailable for selection South Africa have named a full-strength squad, minus Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala for fitness reasons, for the upcoming home ODI series against Bangladesh. The three-match series, which is to be played in
News The PCB chairman, however, more or less confirmed that the pitch had been prepared to nullify Australia’s fast-bowling strength Ramiz Raja, the PCB chairman, has conceded that the drawn Rawalpindi Test was not a good advertisement for Test cricket. He reiterated the claim he made when he first took over the post that Pakistan
News The allrounder returned a positive result when he was tested upon arrival at the team hotel in Karachi Pakistan’s selection frustrations in the Australia series are set to continue after allrounder Faheem Ashraf tested positive for Covid-19, days away from the second Test against Australia in Karachi. That rules out Faheem for another Test
News Displaces Jason Holder at the top after his Mohali masterclass against Sri Lanka Jadeja scored 175 not out and took a match haul of nine wickets to help India to an innings victory over Sri Lanka and displace West Indies’ Jason Holder at the top of the rankings. Holder held the No. 1 spot
News This announcement brings the curtain down on a career that had just recently restarted S Sreesanth, the controversial right-arm swing bowler who won the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup representing India, has called time on a career that began 20 years ago. The 39-year old, who represented his country
Report West Indies openers Kraigg Brathwaite and John Campbell set about brisk reply Lunch West Indies 44 for 0 (Brathwaite 29*, Campbell 14*) trail England 311 (Bairstow 140, Seales 4-79) by 267 runs Jonny Bairstow expanded on his first-day century to take England past the 300-mark for the first time in more than six months
News “Ten years ago, I would have said that we want to play good cricket. Now I will say that we want to win there, and we will do what we have to do to win” Tamim Iqbal expects the Mount Maunganui Test win a couple of months ago to inspire Bangladesh when they travel
News “Shakib wanted rest, we gave him rest,” says BCB; allrounder to sit out South Africa tour The BCB has “rested” Shakib Al Hasan from all forms of international cricket till April 30. According to cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus, the BCB considered Shakib’s plea for a break from cricket due to his mental and
News She has been out of the national frame after a bright international debut, and is gung-ho about making the latest chance count It was the final day of the first day-night Test in the women’s game and Wellington, then 20, hit the top of Beaumont’s off stump with a delivery that drew comparisons with
News Queenslander could become first specialist Australia legspinner to play Test cricket since Bryce McGain in 2009 Even if Australia had Shane Warne in his prime in Rawalpindi, they might not have gone close to taking 20 wickets on a surface that yielded just 14 in five days. But Australia are considering picking a specialist
News Australia captain says coming away with a draw in sub-continent conditions “not a bad result” Australia’s captain Pat Cummins believes Rawalpindi’s lifeless pitch was specifically designed to nullify the visitors’ pace attack and that a draw was a good result despite his team only managing to take four wickets throughout the Test. Just 14
News Victorian premier Andrews said there will be no crowd cap at the venue, which can hold up to 100,000 spectators Shane Warne will be publicly farewelled at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, home to many of his greatest sports moments, later this month. Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed the MCG as the venue for
Women’s World Cup Live: India face New Zealand in their second league stage game.© AFP India face hosts New Zealand in their upcoming ICC Women’s World Cup league stage fixture at Seddon Park, in Hamilton, on Thursday. Recently, the Mithali Raj-led side faced New Zealand in a bilateral ODI series with the White Ferns coming
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Report Windies name four quicks plus spinner Permaul as Mayers, Phillip miss out Toss England chose to bat first vs West Indies England have won the toss and opted to bat first against West Indies in the first match of their three-Test series in Antigua. In the first true test of their red-ball reset plans,
News Nat Sciver, whose 109 off 85 balls went in vain for England against Australia, moved up to No. 6 among batters Australia captain Meg Lanning climbed up two spots to be ranked No. 2 among ODI batters. She is currently just 15 points behind the leader and team-mate Alyssa Healy. Lanning hit 86 in
Report Australia’s lower order folded in the first 20 minutes of play on a docile deck Pakistan 476 for 4 dec and 76 for 0 (Imam 40*, Shafique 33*) lead Australia 459 (Khawaja 97, Labuschagne 90, Smith 78, Nauman 6-107) by 93 runs Pakistan openers Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique confidently blunted Australia’s attack on a
IND vs SL: Axar Patel has been added to the India squad for 2nd Test.© Instagram Axar Patel has been added to India squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka set to be played in Bengaluru from March 12, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a media release. “The All-India
News England batter wary of power-packed West Indies, whom they face after opening defeat to Australia “We’re all really confident,” Wyatt said. “We played some fantastic cricket the other night against the Aussies. Obviously we’re gutted not to get the win, but there’s so many positives that we can take away from that game. Especially
Report Australia have opted for three spinners on a used surface Toss Australia chose to bowl vs Pakistan Australia bolstered their spin resources in the XI, adding a second wristspinner in Amanda-Jade Wellington, as they opted to bowl on the used Bay Oval surface against Pakistan in Mount Maunganui. In inserting Pakistan, they unsurprisingly reduced
News Absence of James Anderson and Stuart Broad won’t make hosts complacent, says coach West Indies will be focused on ensuring that their batters grind out enough runs for the bowlers to put England’s revamped Test side under pressure in Antigua, rather than worrying about who is or isn’t in the XI for the tourists.
News Lance Klusener rejoins support staff as batting coach; Lalchand Rajput retained as head coach Craig Ervine has been confirmed as Zimbabwe’s full-time white-ball captain while Sean Williams has been retained as Test captain. Ervine had captained Zimbabwe in an interim capacity during their limited-overs series in Ireland and Scotland last year and in Sri
News “If he was in a poor physical and mental state, he wouldn’t have given his name in the IPL auction” “I think it is logical to think that if he was in a poor physical and mental state, he wouldn’t have given his name in the IPL [auction],” Hassan said. “But he went ahead