News “He’s getting through everything at the moment and he’s feeling good,” New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said Kane Williamson, who had missed Sunrisers Hyderabad’s last league fixture against Mumbai Indians last week with injury, is “fine” now, two weeks out of New Zealand’s T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan in Sharjah. Manish Pandey,
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West Indies will continue showing solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement © Randy Brooks/AFP via Getty Images West Indies will continue to take a knee before their matches at the men’s T20 World Cup in the UAE in a stand against racism, their captain Kieron Pollard has said. West Indies’ players and support staff have
News The pair picked up six wickets between them to restrict Papua New Guinea to 96 for 8 Ireland 99 for 2 (Balbirnie 42*, Campher 42*) beat PNG 96 for 8 (Vala 32, White 3-10, Young 3-15) by eight wickets Ireland were too strong for Papua New Guinea, registering an eight-wicket win as the sides
News Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Molineux, Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Ashleigh Gardner among the others to gain in the latest ICC rankings Beth Mooney‘s 36-ball 34 and 43-ball 61 in the two completed T20Is against India in Carrara last week have pushed her to the top of the women’s T20I batters’ rankings, taking her past Shafali Verma,
News Northern looked to have KP on the ropes, but wayward bowling at the death cost them a place in the final Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 161 for 5 (Farhan 53, Iftikhar 45*) beat Northern 156 for 8 (Zeeshan 29, Arshad Iqbal 3-35) by 5 wickets Sahibzada Farhan‘s half-century followed by a blistering 17-ball 45* from Iftikhar
News They join Umran Malik in the net bowlers’ list; teams have until October 15 to finalise their squads Avesh Khan and Venkatesh Iyer have been asked by the BCCI to stay on in the UAE after the completion of the IPL to join Umran Malik as net bowlers for the Indian team during the
Chris Jordan says England’s 2016 World Twenty20 final heartbreak against the West Indies made them a stronger team as Eoin Morgan’s side seek redemption in this year’s tournament. England had one hand on the trophy in Kolkata before Carlos Brathwaite smashed Ben Stokes for four consecutive sixes to win the match for the Caribbean side.
News Dinesh Chandimal has revealed, meanwhile, that Avishka Fernando is set to continue at No. 4 Dushmantha Chameera and Wanindu Hasaranga are likely to feature for Sri Lanka in tonight’s T20 World Cup warm-up match against Bangladesh, Dinesh Chandimal has revealed, while confirming that Avishka Fernando is also likely to remain at No. 4 –
News The left-arm spinner has a long association with Langer and said the coach has “100 percent” backing Ashton Agar would be “absolutely shattered” if subjected to the sort of public critique directed at Justin Langer, adding he is full of respect for Australia’s coach and his unwavering values. Player unease about Langer and his
Chasing 119 for victory, Australia survived an almighty fightback from India’s bowlers to win the second T20 international by four wickets and seal the multi-format series. More #AUSvIND videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cricketcomau
News ESPNcricinfo understands he has mailed SLC of his intentions, and that the board will take a decision on the matter at a meeting on Tuesday Angelo Mathews could be in line for a return to the Sri Lanka fold after making himself available for selection again. While there has been no official communication from
News After spending four weeks with Punjab Kings in the UAE, Markram feels conditions are easiest for batting in Abu Dhabi, and most difficult in Sharjah South Africa’s batters will experience the best and the worst of run-scoring conditions in the UAE at the T20 World Cup, according to Aiden Markram. After spending the last
News Mustafizur Rahman has linked up with the team following Rajasthan Royals’ exit from the IPL Mahmudullah, Bangladesh’s T20I captain, will miss his side’s first warm-up match ahead of the T20 World Cup, against Sri Lanka tomorrow in Abu Dhabi, as a precautionary measure after he complained of a “slight back pain”. Selector a href=”http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/habibul-bashar-55906″>Habibul
News Sindh finish the group stage with 12 points, level with Central Punjab Sindh 117 for 5 (Taha 47*, Ibrahim 2-24) beat Balochistan 113 for 5 (Sohail 37*, Abrar 2-15) by five wickets Sindh cruised to a five-wicket win in a low-scoring encounter against Balochistan, with Danish Aziz and Abrar Ahmed spearheading the win. Put
Chris Woakes says that England’s multi-format players must find a way to put the Ashes phoney war on the back-burner, and focus instead on their immediate challenge at the T20 World Cup, after months of behind-the-scenes wrangling finally resulted this week in the naming of a 17-man squad for next month’s tour of Australia. Woakes
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News A round-up of the highlights from pool stages of the domestic tournament, with all quarter-finalists now confirmed Dolphins and North West make up the final two teams in the CSA provincial T20 quarter-finals after the pool stages were completed in Bloemfontein. With the last eight now decided, the new hierarchy in South African cricket’s
News The allrounder’s form over the last few months will make it hard to move him Mitchell Marsh appears set to retain the No. 3 spot in Australia’s XI for the T20 World Cup after his success on the tours of West Indies and Bangladesh which will have a knock-on impact on where Steven Smith
News “I’ve definitely put on some weight and started throwing a bit more tin around.” After nailing down a permanent spot in New Zealand’s T20I team in 2020, Glenn Phillips launched his power-hitting to an all-new level in 2021. Nobody has hit more sixes than Phillips’ 89 in T20 cricket (including the Hundred) this year.
News All three innovations from last season will remain with the addition of the new timed-out warning to batters It will be at least another season until the DRS is introduced to the BBL, after logistical issues caused by the pandemic put paid to attempts to bring the system to this year’s competition following criticism
The deadlock between the PCB and PSL franchises over a new financial model is set to continue, with a new board taking a more hardline approach in the negotiations. As franchises contemplate a final, take-it-or-leave it offer from the PCB and push for an extension before responding, it’s become clear that a change in administration
Report The hosts beat India 11-5 in the multi-format series, but the contest was a lot closer than that Australia Women 149 for 5 (Mooney 61, McGrath 44*, Gayakwad 2-37) beat India Women 135 for 6 (Mandhana 52, Ghosh 23*, Rodrigues 23, Carey 2-42) by 14 runs After a series of closely fought encounters across
News A game of golf, heading to the beach and dining outdoors will be on offer for the squads for most of the series Cricket Australia is continuing to work towards hosting the final men’s Ashes Test as scheduled in Perth in January with negotiations ongoing with the Western Australia government about the requirements to
News The injured Madushanka and Pradeep, and the pair ofJayawickrama and Kamindu have made way Sri Lanka have finalised their 15-member squad for the men’s T20 World Cup, making four changes to the one they had announced a month ago. The injured Lahiru Madushanka and Nuwan Pradeep, and the pair of Praveen Jayawickrama and Kamindu
News Acting chief executive Geoff Allardice says ICC will likely discuss how to approach bilateral cancellations, and how they affected the WTC ICC’s acting chief executive Geoff Allardice has confirmed Afghanistan’s participation at the T20 World Cup will continue as normal despite the political regime change that has put the country’s cricketing future into uncertainty.
News Pakistan fast bowler also said he expected low-scoring games in the UAE Hasan Ali has said he was against a change in management ahead of the T20 World Cup. In the first public comments by a current player since the removal of head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis. Hasan praised Waqar Younis
News Head coach feels India have made significant gains in building the fast-bowling depth for next year’s World Cup After the England tour in July, India’s head coach Ramesh Powar had underlined how lack of support for Jhulan Goswami was one of the many problem areas. After the Australia series, India’s second tour in the
England will have to fall back on Plan B in Australia – and that is not ‘B for Ben Stokes‘, with head coach, Chris Silverwood, stressing that no timeframe has been put on the talismanic allrounder making his comeback. In the two years since Silverwood took over from Trevor Bayliss with a brief to regain
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News Runners-up to take home $800,000, and losing semi-finalists get $400,000 each Whoever lifts the T20 World Cup trophy on November 14, 2021, in Dubai, will get a cash award of USD 1.6 million to go with it. This was confirmed as the ICC announced the list of prize money for the tournament – a