Pakistan sweep T20I series against West Indies© AFP Pakistan beat the West Indies by seven wickets in the third and final Twenty20 international in Karachi on Thursday, sweeping the series 3-0. Mohammad Rizwan scored 87 and skipper Babar Azam hit 79 as Pakistan achieved their highest run-chase in all Twenty20 internationals by reaching the 208-run
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News Pakistan wicketkeeper will be available from April until mid-July Mohammad Rizwan will play county cricket for the first time in 2022 after signing a deal to play for Sussex between April and mid-July. Rizwan will arrive in England after the conclusion of Australia’s tour to Pakistan on April 5 and will be available for
Report Visitors hand left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie international debut Toss West Indies chose to bat vs Pakistan West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran won the toss and opted to bat first in the third and final T20I in Karachi. The visitors handed left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie an international debut, while Darren Bravo returned to the side
Report England’s seamers toil under the lights as pair make 95 each on first day Australia 2 for 221 (Warner 95, Labuschagne 95*) vs England After Warner had fallen just short of three figures for the second innings in succession, Labuschagne walked off unbeaten at the close but still waiting for a maiden Ashes hundred.
News Several players in the visiting squad testing positive for Covid-19 forces the development The three-match ODI series between Pakistan and West Indies due to begin on Saturday has been postponed to July 2022 in the wake of a series of Covid-19 cases among the visiting squad. West Indies were hit by the virus on
News BCCI president Ganguly had said the board asked Virat Kohli to reconsider stepping down as T20I captain, before Kohli said it was not so Edited PTI copy Sunil Gavaskar feels BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is the best person to clear the air on Virat Kohli‘s statement that he was not asked by the Indian
News Attack comprised five right-arm seamers of a similar pace and Root’s part-time offbreaks Graham Thorpe, England’s assistant coach, has defended their selection and bowling plans after Australia racked up 221 for 2 on the first day of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide. England made two changes to the side that was thrashed by
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News CWI and PCB to hold meeting to determine fate of tour after all remaining touring party members have been tested again West Indies’ tour of Pakistan is uncertain to continue, with five more members of the touring party testing positive for Covid-19. The five include players Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, and Justin Greaves, alongwith
News He was a likely candidate to take over the top job again at some point, but not at the 11th hour before an Ashes Test There were two people with positions they did not expect to have on the first morning of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide. Steven Smith was thrust back into
News India’s Test skipper contradicts Sourav Ganguly, says he “wasn’t told to reconsider” decision on T20I captaincy Virat Kohli was informed of his removal as India’s ODI captain just one-and-a-half hours before the selection meeting to pick the Test squad for South Africa, he said at a press interaction on Wednesday. Kohli also said that
News Cummins could be ruled out of the Test after being identified as a close contact Cricket Australia has been left scrambling just hours prior to the second Ashes Test in Adelaide after Australia captain Pat Cummins was identified as a close contact of a Covid-19 case at a restaurant on Wednesday night which could
Pakistan will be aiming for a clean sweep against West Indies.© AFP Having sealed a series win in the second T20I, Pakistan will be aiming for a clean sweep against West Indies on Thursday in the third T20I at the National Stadium in Karachi. The hosts won the second T20I by nine runs. Mohammad Rizwan
News “We respect his feelings but once I explained to him, he understood,” says head coach Mohammad Akram Peshawar Zalmi have confirmed that Kamran Akmal will “very much be a part” of the franchise, and that he will be playing for the team next season. Akmal also confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that he was on board
News Acknowledges that India’s failure to win a global event under him could have led to his removal as short-format captain Virat Kohli has said that Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid would have his “absolute support and contribution” in whatever vision they set for India’s white-ball teams going forward. “My responsibility is to push the
News England’s batting line-up, which managed 147 and 297 at the Gabba, will remain unchanged Having planned for years to always have a point-of-difference pace option in their Ashes teams, England have left out Mark Wood, their fastest bowler, from their 12-player squad for the day-night Test in Adelaide. England said that Wood, who topped
News The 235-page report concluded that Graeme Smith, Mark Boucher and AB de Villiers had all engaged in prejudicial conduct Cricket South Africa unfairly discriminated against players on the basis of race, according to the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) commission’s final report. In the 235-page document, submitted to CSA, ombudsman Dumisa Ntsebeza concluded that
News Mahedi Hasan and Nasum Ahmed shine with ball for South Zone Central Zone made a strong start in the Bangladesh Cricket League, trouncing North Zone by an innings and 70 runs in Chittagong. Central Zone’s top three – Mohammad Mithun, Mizanur Rahman and Soumya Sarkar – all struck hundreds as they racked up 563
Preview James Anderson and Stuart Broad set to return in Adelaide while Jhye Richardson comes in for the injured Josh Hazlewood Big Picture England have not won an Ashes series in Australia after losing the first Test since 1954-55 and they enter Adelaide with hopes of matching that feat. But the first step in rectifying
Big picture It hasn’t been the best of tours for West Indies: first they were forced to leave out seven first-choice players due to a combination of workload management, injuries and personal reasons; that followed their regular white-ball captain’s withdrawal due to a hamstring issue; after all that, three members of their touring party tested
News No warm-up games to acclimatise – India captain says centre-wicket practice and match simulation should do the trick for visitors India are yet to win a Test series in South Africa. But India’s think tank, led by Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli, have in the past got a taste of Test success in the
News Veteran seamer set to lead the line under Adelaide floodlights in second Test James Anderson has warned England’s bowlers not to get carried away with the prospect of extravagant movement with the pink ball, as the team looks to battle back into the Ashes in Thursday’s second Test under the Adelaide floodlights. Anderson, who
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News The hosts will miss Hazlewood, but have a ready replacement in Jhye Richardson and might give a bigger role to Cameron Green Pat Cummins‘ learning-on-the-fly captaincy will be tested in Adelaide this week as he juggles an attack without one of Australia’s pink-ball spearheads plus the added factor of the day-night element. Cummins –
News “If we can put the bowlers out there for an extended period of time, [we can] put them under pressure” Australia’s left-handed batters will be on notice with the expected return of Stuart Broad‘s around-the-wicket skills in Adelaide after he tormented them with that line of attack in the 2019 Ashes. While it was
News England allrounder hits captain Root on helmet as he targets improvement in second Test Ben Stokes has allayed concerns about the knee injury that hampered his bowling at Brisbane last week, after coming through an energetic nets session at Adelaide ahead of Thursday’s second Ashes Test. Stokes, 30, bowled just 12 overs in England’s
Pakistan beat a resurgent West Indies in a thrilling finish by nine runs to win the second Twenty20 international in Karachi on Tuesday, taking an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. For the home team Mohammad Rizwan top-scored for a second match running with 38 to help Pakistan get to 172-8 before keeping the
News Saurashtra, TN, Karnataka advance; Gaikwad, Bharat pile on the runs while Dhawan fails again Ruturaj Gaikwad struck his fourth century in five games but his side, Maharashtra, failed to qualify for the knockout stage of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22. Elsewhere, Puducherry stunned defending champions Mumbai, who finished the tournament with a solitary win from
News England captain says ‘no excuses’ as team seeks to bounce back from Brisbane loss Joe Root, England’s captain, has conceded he was guilty of expecting too much, too soon from his returning “superhero” Ben Stokes, after his team slumped to a nine-wicket defeat in the first Test at Brisbane that has left them needing