News Since debuting as a teenager in early 2019, Hasnain has played 18 T20Is and eight ODIs for Pakistan Sydney Thunder have further strengthened their pace stocks with the signing of Pakistan quick Mohammad Hasnain. The addition of Hasain, the 21-year-old who once bowled a 155kph delivery in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), comes on
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News The second tour will make up for the matches lost when NZ called off the tour this year because of security concerns New Zealand are set to tour Pakistan twice next season, the two boards confirmed on Monday. The two teams will first face each other between December 2022 and January 2023 for two
Cheteshwar Pujara will hope to recover his form with the bat in South Africa.© AFP India batter Cheteshwar Pujara is hoping to recover his form with the bat when the three-match Test series in South Africa starts later this month. India will face the Proteas in three Tests starting with the opening match in Centurion
Report England are staring at an 11th defeat in 12 Tests Down Under England 236 and 4 for 82 (Stokes 3*) need a further 386 runs to beat Australia 9 for 473 dec and 9 for 230 (Head 51, Labuschagne 51) Australia maintained their vice-like grip on the second Test, ripping out four England wickets
Two days out from the first Test, cricket.com.au’s Sam Ferris looks at all the big talking points on the Alinta Pitch Report
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News Pholetsi Moseki, CSA’s acting CEO, confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that Sunday’s fixtures had been postponed due to Covid-19 fears The final round of matches in the CSA four-day franchise series, South Africa’s premier domestic competition, have been postponed and will be rescheduled in 2022. Pholetsi Moseki, CSA’s acting CEO, confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that Sunday’s four
The West Indies team’s senior selection panel will be recruited starting January.© AFP St John’s : Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Saturday announced that it will commence a recruitment process for the new men’s selection panel in January. The recruitment will replace lead selector Roger Harper and fellow selector Miles Bascombe, whose contracts will not be
News Earlier, the franchise named Andy Flower as the head coach Former India opener and two-time IPL winning captain Gautam Gambhir has been named mentor of the Lucknow IPL team that shall debut in 2022. The yet-to-be-named franchise is one of two new IPL teams, along with the Ahmedabad franchise, who will join the competition
News Head coach Phil Simmons will take temporary charge of selection responsibilities, along with the team’s captains in the various formats Roger Harper‘s two-year term as West Indies’ chairman of selectors will be coming to an end on December 31 with the board unwilling to renew his contract. Having taken up the job in late
News “We will discuss the situation with the NZ board if the quarantine is extended beyond December 21,” board president says The latest three-day in-room quarantine imposed on the Bangladesh squad in New Zealand has put the visitors’ preparation in disarray, ahead of the first Test that begins on New Year’s Day in Mount Maunganui.
Report Century stand between Joe Root and Dawid Malan raised English hopes, only for hosts to end up 237 ahead in first innings Australia 473 for 9 dec and 45 for 1 (Harris 21*, Warner 13) lead England 236 (Malan 80, Root 62, Starc 4-37, Lyon 3-58) by 282 runs Australia opted to turn the
News The BCCI, meanwhile, has named KL Rahul vice-captain for the Test series Cheteshwar Pujara feels this could be India’s chance to win their maiden Test series in South Africa. For that, he backed India’s fast bowlers to be the point of difference and pick up “20 wickets in every Test” on the tour. “Our
News Aussies were one message away from probably needing to replace their entire bowling attack in Adelaide Australia were one snubbed text message away from probably needing to replace their entire bowling attack for the second Test in Adelaide. Captain Pat Cummins was ruled out on the morning of the game having been deemed a
With England conceding a huge first-innings lead in the opening Test of the 2010-11 Ashes, opener Alastair Cook batted and batted and batted to post an unbeaten 235
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News Dr Abhijit Salvi was in-charge of verifying players’ age for Under-16 tournament that begins on January 9 Age fudging could potentially rear its ugly head during the forthcoming Vijay Merchant Trophy with the BCCI’s medical expert, who verifies players’ age eligibility, stepping down nearly a month before the tournament. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Dr.
News Fast bowler potentially one injury away from a call-up to England’s Ashes squad The BBL shapes as an ideal T20 World Cup audition for Sydney Thunder express paceman Saqib Mahmood, who is also one injury away from a recall to England’s Test squad. Mahmood was a contentious omission from the visitors’ Ashes plans. He
News He currently has the highest average of all male Test players behind Bradman, following his sixth century in 19 games The ‘best since Bradman’ is a title handed to a number of players over the years. By one measurement, that accolade now sits with Marnus Labuschagne after his maiden Ashes hundred which set up
Virat Kohli contradicted Sourav Ganguly’s statement in Wednesday’s press conference.© AFP New Delhi : Former cricketer Madan Lal said that the rift between India Test skipper Virat Kohli and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is not a controversy but a matter of opinion. Virat Kohli was removed as the ODI captain, on
England17 for 2 (Root 5*, Malan 1*, Neser 1-4, Starc 1-11) trail Australia 473 for 9 dec. (Labuschagne 103, Warner 95, Smith 93, Carey 51) by 456 runs The message on Adelaide’s scoreboard was unequivocal: “Severe weather approaching. Follow direction from event staff and seek shelter”. And sure enough, England’s beleaguered cricketers were only too
News Team owner said the former Zimbabwe captain was chosen because of his “professionalism” as a player and coach Former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower has been appointed the head coach of the yet-to-be-named Lucknow IPL franchise. Flower is the first appointment on the coaching staff by the Lucknow franchise, which was bought by Indian business
News He said that the findings released by the report are “without any basis” Graeme Smith‘s lawyer, David Becker, has raised concerns about the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) report, which was released on Wednesday and found that Smith had engaged in prejudicial conduct. Becker, in a statement sent out on Thursday evening, questioned the
News ICC heap more misery on side staring down a mammoth task to salvage second Test in Adelaide As if England’s plight wasn’t difficult enough, staring down a 456-run deficit heading into the third day in Adelaide, the ICC piled on more misery by docking them a further three points for slow over-rates in the
News Stokes took three wickets after a spirited display marked by long periods of short-pitched bowling Ben Stokes says that if England don’t believe they can save the Adelaide Test and turn around their fortunes in the Ashes, then “we’re beaten already”, after another chastening day with bat and ball in the second Test. Stokes
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News Entire contingent sent into three-day room quarantine again; training set to be delayed Bangladesh’s spin bowling coach Rangana Herath, currently on tour in New Zealand with the Test squad, has tested Covid-19 positive on Wednesday, but is believed to have only “mild symptoms.” Eight other Bangladesh players have been sent into isolation after another
News Ramiz Raja says the move is aimed at improving results overseas, and helping prep for the T20 World Cup in the short term Pakistan are set to have a ready-made Australian pitch installed at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, and the one at the National Stadium in Karachi next year. The PCB has ordered
News “I know the areas of my game I need to get better at and one of them is playing the short ball” Two years into international cricket, 17-year-old Shafali Verma is fully aware of the need to improve constantly and her immediate focus is on tweaking her short-ball game against fast bowlers. Having made
News X-rays cleared Warner of a break as Australia were confident enough in his fitness to confirm their XI the day before the match David Warner will play through the pain of a damaged rib in the second Test against England while Jhye Richardson has been confirmed as Josh Hazlewood’s replacement for the day-night encounter.