IND vs NZ: Team India head coach Rahul Dravid© Twitter Newly-appointed India chief coach Rahul Dravid says the 3-0 result over New Zealand augurs well for the team in the long-run but at the same time, he is realistic enough to not read too much into the overall outcome with Black Caps having to play
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News The squad will undergo another test before their opening match against Netherlands on Tuesday Three Sri Lanka players taking part in the Women’s World Cup Qualifier, which began in Harare on Sunday, have tested positive for Covid-19. According to an ICC release, the entire team was tested after one player showed mild symptoms. Two
News Fifties from Nida Dar and Aliya Riaz rescued Pakistan from a precarious 49 for 5, but their total of 201 proved just short of defendable Bangladesh 202 for 7 (Rumana 50*, Hoque 45, Sandhu 2-24, Sohail 2-44) beat Pakistan 201 for 7 (Dar 87, Riaz 61*, Akter 2-25, Moni 2-36) by three wickets Having
News Analysis They may not force their way in this season against England but opportunity could come next year Australia’s 15-player Ashes squad did not include any new faces or unexpected call-ups, but in the additional group who will make up the A side to face England Lions there was a glimpse at the selectors’
Preview With the three-match series in the bag, Pakistan are likely to continue tinkering with their starting XI for Monday’s fixture in Dhaka Big picture Pakistan aren’t renowned for learning from their mistakes quickly, but over the weekend, this side righted one wrong from six years ago. In 2015, days after the World Cup ended,
News Ross Taylor is wary of New Zealand’s two-fold challenge: playing India in India, and carrying the weight of coming in as WTC champs It’s been a “strange” five months for Ross Taylor. Since hitting the four that made New Zealand Test world champions on June 23, he has not played any cricket. Now, as
Report India rested Rahul and Ashwin, and picked Kishan, while New Zealand brought in Ferguson for Southee Toss India chose to bat vs New Zealand Rohit Sharma won his third straight toss, with India opting to bat this time to “challenge themselves against conditions”, presumably dew, in the third and final T20I at Eden Gardens.
News He was fielding at short leg when a pull from Karunaratne struck the front of his helmet West Indies debutant Jeremy Solozano was taken off the field on a stretcher and transferred to a hospital from the Galle Stadium in an ambulance for scans, after being hit on the helmet while fielding at short
Report Visitors pick Shannon Gabriel ahead of Kemar Roach, and play three spinners in Jomel Warrican, Rahkeem Cornwall and Roston Chase Sri Lanka have won the toss and, unsurprisingly, opted to bat first on a Galle surface which often becomes a spin bowler’s dream as the Test wears on. West Indies have a debutant. Jeremy
Harmanpreet Kaur led the way with the bat and ball for the Renegades, as she helped seal victory over Sydney Thunder despite Smriti Mandhana’s unbeaten century
News The former Australia captain was a member of the board that retained Paine in 2018 Mark Taylor, the former Australia captain and CA board member, has defended the 2018 decision to keep the investigation of Tim Paine‘s explicit text messages in-house Taylor is the first person who was on the board at the time
Report Hyderabad, unbeaten before this game, were bowled out for 90 before TN got to the target with 34 balls to spare Tamil Nadu 92 for 2 (Vijay 43*, Sudharsan 34*, Readdi 2-23) beat Hyderabad 90 (Thyagarajan 25, Saravana 5-21, Mohammed 2-12, Ashwin 2-13) by eight wickets Tamil Nadu rode on an excellent bowling performance
News In a newspaper interview on Sunday, Paine spoke about the controversy that has ended his Test captaincy Tim Paine has admitted he believed the texting scandal that has cost him the Australian Test captaincy was a ticking time bomb that was always going to become public at some point. The ramifications of Paine’s resignation
News ‘Whether it’s next year or in five years’ time, I don’t know’ says CSK captain MS Dhoni has indicated that he would continue playing for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL – for at least one more season – as he hopes for a Chepauk farewell. Earlier, following Super Kings’ win in the IPL
Jay Shah confirmed that IPL 2022 will be played in India.© BCCI Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah on Saturday confirmed that Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 will be played in India. “I know you are all eagerly waiting to watchChennai Super Kings play at Chepauk. The moment is not
News Captain praises outgoing coach’s influence on the team Mickey Arthur is an excellent manager of players. This, essentially, is Sri Lanka Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne‘s take-away after two years under this coach. Arthur had spent much of the pandemic in Sri Lanka while borders were closed, and has had a number of public endorsements
News The left-arm spinner, who played for South Africa at the 2016 Under-19 World Cup, took 10 for 36 in a Division 2 match of the 4-Day Franchise Series He enjoyed a superb match overall, picking up 5 for 64 in the Easterns’ first innings and also contributing 66 and 45 as South Western Districts
News The board accepted Paine’s resignation and has said that process of identifying and appointing a new Test captain will be accelerated Tim Paine has quit as Test captain after being investigated by Cricket Australia for allegedly sending explicit messages to a female co-worker. The board accepted Paine’s resignation and has said that process of
Preview While this series may have been shoe-horned into an already packed calendar, it means a great deal to new players coming through Big picture India vs New Zealand stands shoe-horned into a schedule that seems to bend the time-space continuum. Honestly, if the people who make these calendars are left to fiddle with the
Report Fifties from Rohan Kadam and Manish Pandey ensured Karnataka had enough to defend despite an outstanding final over from the seamer Karnataka 176 for 7 (Kadam 87, Pandey 54, Nalkande 4-28, Lalit 2-36) beat Vidarbha 172 for 6 (Taide 32, Satish 31, Cariappa 2-27) by four runs Darshan Nalkande took four wickets in four
News Seamer tore knee cartilage in training on the Gold Coast, will also maiden BBL stint at Perth Scorchers Brydon Carse has been ruled out of England Lions’ tour of Australia after suffering a serious knee injury at training. Carse, the 26-year-old Durham seam bowler, tore the cartilage in his right knee during a practice
Big picture Chris Gayle made a triple-hundred in Galle, Brian Lara hit 351 runs in one match in Colombo, and 688 in that three-match series, but this has to be one of cricket’s more surprising facts: West Indies have never won a Test in Sri Lanka. Partly this is down to their not having played
The class of Sydney Thunder Indian import Smriti Mandhana was on full display in Mackay as she equalled Ashleigh Gardner’s record of 114 for the highest individual WBBL score
News CA chief executive Hockley says he was aware of the case but found out details only last week The current Cricket Australia board would not have endorsed Tim Paine as Test captain if the information around his explicit text messages to a female colleague in 2018 had been available, the chairman of the body
Report Mahmudullah said that the start with the bat will be important for his side, although he felt they were playing at a better pitch today Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs Pakistan Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah once again chose to bat first after winning the toss against Pakistan, in the second T20I in Dhaka. The
Harshal Patel doesn’t think he’s very talented. His study of his bowling action has led him to conclude it’s biomechanically imperfect: he has “massive lateral flex at the point of delivery” which means the height from which he bowls – and consequently the bounce he could get – is reduced. The action is a greater
News Nottinghamshire expand investigation after photos emerge of Hales at fancy dress party in 2009 Alex Hales has apologised and will be subject to an investigation by Nottinghamshire after the publication of photos of him in blackface. Hales said that posing as the rapper Tupac Shakur at a fancy dress party in 2009 was “incredibly
News National selector George Bailey has said he has a firm idea over who will bat No. 5 in the Ashes Travis Head believes he is a better batter than when he last played for Australia ahead of next week’s crucial duel with Usman Khawaja. Selectors now have two big calls to make ahead of
India 155 for 3 (Rahul 65, Rohit 55, Southee 3-16) beat New Zealand 153 for 6 (Phillips 34, Mitchell 31, Harshal 2-25, Ashwin 1-19) by seven wickets A 117-run stand between KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma topped off a superb team effort with the ball in dewy conditions as India wrapped up victory in the
News Embattled chief executive ‘receives backing of game’ after tumultuous week for the sport Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, says he has “received the backing of the game” to carry English cricket through its ongoing racism scandal, following an all-day meeting of the sport’s stakeholders at the Kia Oval. Harrison, who had been braced