News Perth Test still on the cards with plans being still worked through between Cricket Australia and the Western Australian government There could be 100000 people at the MCG on Boxing Day after the Victorian government announced all Covid crowd restrictions would be lifted on Thursday following the state reaching its vaccination targets. Victoria’s vaccination
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News Michael Neser and Jhye Richardson are the back-up quicks; Mitchell Marsh named in Australia A group Travis Head and Usman Khawaja are set to battle it out for the final middle-order spot in Australia’s Test side having been included in a 15-player squad for the first two matches of the men’s Ashes next month.
News They will also play West Indies for a bilateral series in December before the global event Warriors batter George van Heerden will lead the South Africa Under-19 side in the World Cup early next year in the Caribbean. They will also take part in a pre-World Cup bilateral tour against West Indies in December
News Kanitkar, SS Das, Kotak to be batting coaches while board considers rolling out exclusive contracts for fast bowlers Former India and Mumbai legspinner Sairaj Bahutule will be the spin-bowling coach. Cooley is being roped in with an aim to create the country’s next generation of fast bowlers. A reputed fast-bowling coach, Cooley was with
India captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday admitted that the win against New Zealand in the first T20 International did not come easy in the end but said the players would learn from the experience. India bungled towards end before recovering in time to fashion a five-wicket win over New Zealand in Rohit’s first match as
News Hosts West Indies to face Australia in U-19 World Cup opener New Zealand have withdrawn from the 2022 men’s Under-19 World Cup, owing to “extensive mandatory quarantine restrictions for minors on their return home”. Scotland, who initially missed qualification in the Europe qualifiers, became the 16th team to participate in New Zealand’s absence. The
News Arthur will stay with the Sri Lanka team till the end of their upcoming home Test series against West Indies Mickey Arthur will join Derbyshire CCC as its head of cricket at the end of Sri Lanka’s upcoming two-Test series at home against West Indies, which runs from November 21 to December 3. His
News South Africa allrounder set to play Championship and Royal London Cup games for Running Foxes South Africa allrounder Wiaan Mulder will join Leicestershire for the 2022 county season. Mulder, 23, who travelled to the T20 World Cup with the South Africa squad but didn’t play a game, was initially due to sign for Leicestershire
News Australia skipper won’t play in Tasmania’s Shield clash against WA; will instead play club cricket and in Tasmania’s Second XI against South Australia Australia captain Tim Paine is set to go into the Ashes series without a first-class fixture under his belt but he is set to play club cricket and second XI cricket
Report Iyer returns, no Chahal; Chapman, Astle in NZ XI Toss India chose to bowl vs New Zealand Rohit Sharma won his first toss as India’s full-time T20I captain and chose to bowl against New Zealand in Jaipur. He said he expected dew to set in at some point during the game. India handed the
Roger Hutton, the recently-departed chair of Yorkshire, has admitted in front of parliamentarians that the county is institutionally racist. Hutton, who stepped down as chair earlier this month, made the admission under persistent questioning from MPs at the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee hearing into Yorkshire’s investigation of Azeem Rafiq’s claims of
News Harris will open with Warner in the first Ashes Test, says the chief selector There will be no bat-off for the final batting spot in Australia’s side for the first Ashes Test at the Gabba, despite both Usman Khawaja and Travis Head being named in the 15-man squad. The two men will face each
News Coach cites short turnaround time and hectic scheduling as key factor in their call New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson has decided to skip the three T20 internationals against India to focus on the upcoming Test series that signals the start of the new World Test championship cycle. “We decided through talking with Kane
News That said, the senior paceman doesn’t expect Australia to play the same four-man attack all summer Australia vice-captain Pat Cummins feels he is as fresh as he has ever felt coming into a Test series, but says he would be surprised if the side persists with the same four-man attack through all five Ashes
News Ahead of the T20I series in India, New Zealand stand-in captain opened up on the effects of packed scheduling and quarantine protocols New Zealand have barely had the time to process their loss to Australia in the T20 World Cup final in Dubai on Sunday night, and yet, less than 24 hours later, they
Preview NZ will be without Williamson, Boult, Conway and Ferguson, while India ponder on sixth batter Big Picture On a shortlist of things you would least like to do after losing a World Cup final to a traditional rival would be turning up in a different time zone a mere three days later to play
News Current SKY commentator and former England coach had made disparaging remarks in an exchange with a third party David Lloyd, the Sky Sports commentator and former England coach, has issued an apology to Azeem Rafiq and the wider Asian cricket community, after admitting to a text message exchange in which he had questioned Rafiq’s
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ramiz Raja expressed his excitement after the International Cricket Council (ICC) awarded the hosting rights of the 2025 Champions Trophy to Pakistan. The sub-continent nation has not been hosting many international bilateral series in the country after the Sri Lankan team bus was attacked by terrorists in Lahore back in
News Bangladesh add uncapped Saif Hassan, Shahidul Islam, Yasir Ali and Akbar Ali for the T20Is Mushfiqur Rahim has become the biggest casualty of Bangladesh’s fallout from the T20 World Cup after being dropped for the three-match T20I series against Pakistan starting Friday. This is the first time Mushfiqur is excluded from a senior side
News “I was batting extremely well in the nets, and it was only a matter of time before it all started to work out” Player of the Tournament of the T20 World Cup 2021 David Warner has revealed he was training the “hardest I ever did” and knew he would get a “second chance” to
News Twenty-seven year old Pakistan quick returning from back injury forced to re-evaluate his priorities Pakistan quick Usman Shinwari has announced his retirement from red-ball cricket. The 27-year old, who represented Pakistan in a solitary Test, said that he made the decision in an effort to prolong his cricket career. Shiwari has been out of
News No event in England till 2030, while associates like USA, Namibia and Scotland will all co-hosts different World Cups Pakistan will be hosting a world tournament for the first time in nearly three decades when it hosts the Champions Trophy in February 2025. In another first, the USA will host its first ever global
News Taking care of their physical and mental well-being also one of the priorities for new leadership group Instilling “confidence” and “faith” in players and taking care of their’ “physical and mental well-being” in the wake of a packed schedule in relentless bio-bubbles are among the main objectives of India’s new T20I captain Rohit Sharma
News Adelaide Oval to host a global semi-final for the first time, alongside the SCG Seven cities will play host to the 2022 men’s T20 World Cup in Australia with the semi-finals to be held in Sydney and Adelaide ahead of the final at the MCG under lights on November 13. The ICC announced on
News Tim Southee to serve as captain in the first T20I in Jaipur New Zealand’s captain Kane Williamson will miss the upcoming three-match T20I series against India, opting instead to focus on the Test series that begins on November 25 in Kanpur. In Williamson’s absence, Tim Southee will serve as New Zealand’s captain in the
News Odisha denied by umpiring gaffe, Hyderabad and Rajasthan keep all-win records A hat-trick, a four-over return without giving up a run, a controversial boundary call that rescued the defending champions and scintillating performances from IPL stars were among the many highlights from the group stages of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, India’s domestic T20
News Imam-ul-Haq and Bilal Asif recalled; Imran Butt, Shahnawaz Dahani and Haris Rauf left out; Yasir Shah out injured Kamran Ghulam, who scored a record 1249 runs in the 2020-21 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, has been rewarded with a maiden call-up to Pakistan’s Test squad. The 26-year-old middle-order batter, who is currently on tour with the Pakistan
News Kotak, Bahutule part of India A coaching staff for South Africa tour Former India batter VVS Laxman has accepted the BCCI offer to take charge as director of cricket at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Laxman accepted the NCA position over the weekend. He has also informed Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner was dropped from SRH’s playing XI during IPL 2021© Instagram SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) assistant coach Brad Haddin revealed that the decision of dropping Australian batter David Warner during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 was not related to cricket. After having a below-par outing in the IPL 2021, Warner was adjudged as Player
Report Zimbabwe were bundled out for 72 following which Bangladesh batters chased down the target with ease Bangladesh 74 for 3 (Murshida 39*) beat Zimbabwe 72 all out (Mayers 39, Akter 5-21) by seven wickets Left-arm spinner Nahida Akter‘s five-for helped Pakistan beat Zimbabwe and seal the ODI series 3-0. Akter ran through the hosts’