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News Five players, all between 20 and 26 of age, have given the visiting side a rare day to remember in New Zealand Bangladesh were desperate to have their batters go about their work in a shanto (calm) way, and find some joy in the process after a tough 2021. Appropriately, Najmul Hossain Shanto and
Big picture India spent a large chunk of 2021 breaching fortresses around the world. They now begin 2022 at a venue that’s been something of an away fortress for them. India have never lost a Test match at the Wanderers. They have two wins and three draws here, and one of those draws – in
News Sam Billings, Saqib Mahmood, George Garton, Tymal Mills, Reece Topley and James Vince to head home by January 7 Six members of England’s T20I squad are to be withdrawn from the BBL by January 7 to allow them time at home in the UK before flying out for the tour of the West Indies.
News All of Australia’s away tours in the current WTC cycle are in the subcontinent Nathan Lyon is excited about the prospect of forming a spin partnership with Mitchell Swepson, but the weather forecast and recent history at the SCG may count against it happening this week against England in the fourth Ashes Test. With
Report New Zealand added only 70 for the loss of five wickets in the morning session Lunch Bangladesh 5 for 0 (Joy 3*, Shadman 1*) trail New Zealand 328 (Conway 122, Nicholls 75, Shoriful 3-69, Mehidy 3-86) by 323 runs The second morning in Mount Maunganaui belonged to Bangladesh after they bowled out New Zealand
News India Test captain lauds the quick after his eight-wicket match haul Shami’s five-for was instrumental in India bowling out South Africa for 197 in the first innings, especially when they didn’t have the services of Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah was off the field for close to two hours after twisting his ankle. Then he had
NZ vs BAN, 1st Test, Day 2, live cricket score: New Zealand will look to consolidate on Day 2.© AFP New Zealand will look to consolidate their position on Day 2 of the opening Test against Bangladesh in Mount Maunganui on Sunday after finishing Day 1 at a score of 258/5. On the first day
News Desire is still there to remain a multi-format player, Buttler says Jos Buttler says he remains committed to playing Test cricket, despite a disappointing Ashes campaign and mounting pressure on England players and management. Australia took an unassailable 3-0 series lead with comprehensive victories in Brisbane, Adelaide and – most emphatically – inside two
News The BCCI president will remain in home isolation for the time being, with a team of doctors monitoring his health status Sourav Ganguly has been discharged from Kolkata’s Woodlands Hospital, where he had been admitted following a positive Covid-19 test, with the hospital declaring him “clinically stable”. Dr Rupali Basu, the MD and CEO
Sean Abbott took four wickets, an outrageous catch and hit the winning runs off the final ball of the match as the Sydney Sixers scraped home against the Brisbane Heat at the SCG. Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ More #BBL11 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:
News The Bangladesh seamers were accurate with the new ball and then picked up late wickets to restrict New Zealand to 258 for 5 on day one Bangladesh’s bowlers ensured that their team ended the first day of the Mount Maunganui Test feeling they are still in the hunt. It is not how they have
News The New Zealand batter made 122 at No. 3 on day one of the first Test against Bangladesh at the Bay Oval Conway fell for 122 on the first day of the opening Test against Bangladesh at the Bay Oval, becoming only the sixth men’s batter to score a century in his first innings
News Team also fined 20% of match fee for the offence India have been docked a point on the World Test Championship (WTC) points table for falling short of their required over rate during the Centurion Test against South Africa. They were deemed to be one over short of their target, after allowing for unavoidable
News A Test debut with the Ashes wrapped up could stand the young legspinner in good stead for the challenges ahead Through a variety of factors, ranging from injury to Covid close contact, Australia have been forced to explore the depth of their fast bowling this season, and the results have been very impressive. Now,
Report New Zealand go in with four-man pace attack On the first day of 2022, Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque decided to field first against New Zealand in the first Test at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Mominul said that Bangladesh wanted to get first use the moisture on a greenish pitch. This is New
News Most of the regulars who missed the Sri Lanka tour in July are back in the mix Rohit Sharma, who has failed to recover from the hamstring injury that kept him out of the Test series in South Africa, doesn’t figure in the squad for the three-match ODI series in South Africa either. In
News Adam Hollioake added to coaching staff after Covid-19 isolation rules hit tourists England’s batters have been given a “wake-up call” and an “education” by Australia’s bowling attack in the first three Ashes Tests. That is the view of Graham Thorpe, their assistant coach, who will stand in for the self-isolating Chris Silverwood in next
Captain Rohit Sharma was on Friday ruled out of India’s upcoming ODI series in South Africa due to a hamstring injury, forcing the selectors to appoint KL Rahul as skipper of an 18-member team for the white-ball leg of the tour. All-rounder Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja were also not selected as they were not
News No recall for Andre Russell, three players to miss Ireland series due to Covid-19 Pollard had been ruled out of West Indies’ tour of Pakistan in December because of a hamstring injury, with Nicholas Pooran leading the T20I side in his absence. Shai Hope had been due to take charge in the ODIs, before
Report Spinners Ostwal, Tambe and opener Raghuvanshi shine as India beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets in rain-hit final India Under-19 104 for 1 (Raghuvanshi 56*, Rasheed 31*) beat Sri Lanka Under-19 106 for 9 (Ostwal 3-11, Tambe 2-23) by nine wickets via DLS method India ended 2021 with a memorable feat, winning a record eighth
Everyone present in the meeting had asked Virat Kohli to reconsider stepping down as India’s T20I captain on the eve of the T20 World Cup, chief selector Chetan Sharma said on Friday. Breaking from the recent norm of announcing squads via press releases, Chetan featured in a press conference today to name the ODI squad
News Former Test captain advocates radical change with call for ECB to impose Hundred template on first-class game Former England batter Kevin Pietersen believes that the ECB must create a first-class competition with a similar structure to the Hundred if the men’s Test team is to “return to its former glories”. Pietersen, an Ashes winner
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Hometown hero Scott Boland’s incredible figures of 6-7, a feat that saw him claim the Johnny Mullagh Medal as player of the match, has propelled Australia to a thumping innings victory at the MCG to retain the Ashes urn Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ More #Ashes videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on
Luckily there’s only a few more hours for anything else to go wrong in South African cricket in 2021. It’s been the third annus horribilis in succession after the disaster that was the 2019 World Cup, the administrative chaos that followed in 2020, the band-aid which has been ripped off the racial wounds in 2021,
News Starting with the New Zealand tour, Bangladesh would want to improve their record of 2021, in which they lost five of their seven Tests Bangladesh will look to forget 2021, in which they lost five of their seven Tests, and set shorter goals for a better 2022. Their first task in hand, on the
News Analysis From a fringe Australia player to World Cup star and churning out BBL runs, he won’t want 2021 to end A rather innocuous unbeaten 42 against bottom-placed Melbourne Renegades doesn’t exactly stand out amid Mitchell Marsh‘s purple patch but it might best encapsulate his remarkable transformation this year from an unfulfilled talent to
News She became the first woman to lead an Indian state cricket association in 2019 Rupa Gurunath has resigned from her post as Tamil Nadu Cricket Association president. The daughter of former BCCI chief N Srinivasan became the first woman to lead an Indian state cricket association in 2019 but has now given up the
News South Africa captain says lack of match awareness and match fitness also played a role coming into the series Lack of runs in their first innings rather than leaking runs in India’s first cost South Africa the opening Test against India, according to captain Dean Elgar. After conceding 272 for 3 on the first