Indian cricketers will travel to South Africa later this month despite the threat of new COVID-19 mutant Omicron as the BCCI is convinced that the bio-bubble being created by the CSA will be safe and secure for the players. The tour comprises three Tests, three ODIs and four T20 Internationals and is scheduled to start
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News The first 15 games will be played in Karachi before Lahore takes over as host for the remaining matches, including the final The Pakistan Super League will begin on January 27 2022, with the draft to be held on 12 December. The league, which begins about a month earlier than usual to make room
News “To be out here and pick up four wickets on the first day is pretty special, but at the same time the job is only half done.” Left-arm spinners of Indian origin playing against India at the Wankhede Stadium has tended not to end well for the hosts. Monty Panesar has been part of
News “You can do drafts for new players coming in, you can do trades, you can do loans and allow teams to build something for the long haul” The big IPL auction has “outlived its usefulness”. That’s the view of Kolkata Knight Riders’ chief executive officer Venky Mysore and Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal. The
News Increase in team purses from £800,000 to £1 million should help attact overseas stars too England’s leading white-ball cricketers will earn up to £135,000 for their involvement in the Hundred next summer, following a 25% increase in salaries for the competition, ESPNcricinfo can reveal. Men’s salaries were due to range from £30,000-£125,000 – with
News “I’m going to get emotional when we eventually say farewell, because the characters who are in that dressing room are remarkable.” Ramesh Mendis kept Sri Lanka in the hunt with first-innings returns of 6 for 70. Dhananjaya de Silva turned the game emphatically in Sri Lanka with his second innings 155 not out. These
News The Bangladesh captain explains why they named a 19-member squad for the Dhaka Test against Pakistan Bangladesh Test captain Mominul Haque has put the size of their 19-member squad for the second Test against Pakistan down to unavailability of several senior players through injury and retirement rather than any experimentation tactics. Bangladesh will be
News “Mistakes will be made, but whoever can capitalise next week will come out on top” Stuart Broad has suggested England’s freshness could stand them in good stead for their attempts to regain the Ashes. The final day of their intra-squad warm-up in Brisbane became more of a practice session for the batters, but with
Preview Dhaka pitch in focus as is unseasonal rain which is forecast from the second to the fourth days Big Picture Bangladesh have narrowed the gap in skills with Pakistan, but they are still some way off acquiring the mental steel needed to turn corners, handle clutch moments and win Tests. The Dhaka Test is
News Jadeja, Ishant also miss out for India; Latham to lead New Zealand Rahane is out due to a minor left hamstring strain he picked up while fielding on the final day of the Kanpur Test. Jadeja’s is a right forearm injury that required scans which revealed swelling. “He has been advised rest,” stated a
Report The first session was wiped out and 78 overs are scheduled today, weather and light permitting Toss India opt to bat vs New Zealand The returning Virat Kohli chose to bat after wet patches at the Wankhede Stadium, caused by overnight rain, washed out the morning session. Ajinkya Rahane, who had stood in as
News Australia’s No. 3 is one of the few players who will enter the Ashes with substantial cricket under his belt Unburdened by leadership responsibilities, a focused Marnus Labuschagne hopes to emulate the consistency of the great Test batters of this era knowing he has a “target on the back” ahead of his home Ashes
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Report Blackwood fell in the last over before lunch after he’d batted out 23 overs with Bonner West Indies 253 and 65 for 2 (Bonner 22*) trail Sri Lanka 204 and 345 for 9 declared (Dhananjaya 155*, Permaul 3-106) by 232 runs Tasked with seeing out at least 93 overs to save the second Test
News Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed and Mohammad Wasim included in 17-man ODI squad Pakistan also named Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah and Mohammad Wasim jr in their 17-man ODI squad, with Abdullah Shafique included as a travelling reserve. Faheem Ashraf, Hasan, Agha Salman and Sarfaraz – who had been included
News As of now, India are scheduled to start their Test series in South Africa on December 17 India players are confident they will have “absolute clarity” around the South Africa tour in “a day or two or pretty soon”, their captain Virat Kohli has said. Kohli was speaking at the pre-match press conference for
News “Naturally you bowl a little shorter here but you don’t want to be drawn into bowling too short” It’s a question that dogs England ahead of every Ashes tour: can their attack master the Kookaburra ball like their favoured Dukes back home? The Kookaburra, which swings considerably less than the Dukes used in the
Report Chase struck off the last ball before lunch to yank West Indies back into a good position Sri Lanka 204 and 151 for 4 (Nissanka 66, Dhananjaya 45*) lead West Indies 253 (Brathwaite 72, Mendis 6-70) by 102 runs Veerasammy Permaul removed Charith Asalanka in an otherwise quiet first hour, Pathum Nissanka and Dhananjaya
Apart from Virat Kohli’s return and Ajinkya Rahane’s spot in the XI, the weather in Mumbai remains as one of the most talked about topics ahead of the India vs New Zealand series-deciding second Test match at Wankhede Stadium. There has been rain for the last two days in the lead up to the Test
News SLC confident they can keep the bubble secure with the tournament being staged in different venues unlike last edition The SLC has confirmed that spectators will be allowed up to 50% of stadium capacity for the second edition of the Lanka Premier League, starting on Sunday. Fans entering the stadium will need to be
News Former Pakistan allrounder will take over from Johan Botha for PSL 7 Islamabad United have signed former Pakistan allrounder Azhar Mahmood as their head coach for the seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Mahmood will take over from Johan Botha, marking a fourth change in their management since the first season of
Preview The hosts will have to make tough selection calls for the second Test in Mumbai Big picture New Zealand’s Test tours of India over the years have been rather one-sided; the closest the visitors came to a series win was in 1969. However, they’ve always shown signs of competing well, even if they haven’t
News Changes to FTP mean England will play bilateral men’s series in five different countries England will tour South Africa and New Zealand in early 2023, ESPNcricinfo can reveal. In the original version of the Future Tours Programme (FTP) for 2018-23, the men’s 50-over World Cup was due to be staged in India in February-March
News “If people who have a platform and who are able to reach out and get people to listen and understand say nothing, then who will?” West Indies bowling great Michael Holding wants more sportspeople to step forward and speak out against racism because they have an important platform, he said in an interview at
News Sri Lanka Cricket doctors have suggested the injury is more serious than initially thought Mathews himself hoped that he would miss only the first few days of the tournament, or between three and four matches. But Sri Lanka Cricket doctors have suggested that the strain could be more serious, and that Mathews could end
News Domestic cricket in South Africa does not take place under strict biosecure bubbles CSA has postponed all three Division 2 four-day matches scheduled to start on Thursday after some players were tested positive for Covid-19. The one-day matches due to take place on December 16 have also been pushed back to 2022. This is
News Not since Gilchrist’s debut in 1999 as an Australia keeper made their Test debut at home Adam Gilchrist expects Alex Carey to warm to Test cricket, knowing all too well the upside of serving a long-term apprenticeship in the coloured clothes before donning the baggy green. Carey, having captained Australia’s ODI side earlier this
News Pakistan spinner will join club on pay-as-you-play deal from April Zafar Gohar, the Pakistan left-arm spinner, will return to Gloucestershire for the 2022 season, as the club prepare for their first Division One campaign since 2005. Gohar collected 20 wickets at a cost of 14.35 in four Championship games earlier this year – including
News The India Test captain is back to reclaim his spot in the XI for the Mumbai Test, but who will sit out? He isn’t telling just yet Virat Kohli is back in international cricket after a break, during which he skipped the T20I series against New Zealand completely and then essentially chose to step
Report England Lions XI make 226 for 4 against potential Test attack featuring Stokes, Anderson and Broad England Lions XI 226 for 4 vs England XI Ben Stokes was England’s most-successful bowler as the Brisbane rains finally relented, allowing the tourists their most significant warm-up action since arriving in Australia. Stokes claimed 2 for 31