News The teams will have to be based in any two cities out of Ahmedabad, Cuttack, Dharamsala, Guwahati, Indore and Lucknow Lancer Capital, whose principal is Avram Glazer, a member of the family that owns a majority stake at Manchester United football club, is one of the 22 business entities to have picked up bid
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Big picture Five long years ago in Kolkata, time stood still for England’s white-ball cricketers against West Indies. The final of the 2016 World T20 culminated in such an extraordinary expression of wrought, raw power, as Carlos Brathwaite seized his moment against Ben Stokes, that it might have been the undoing of a more callow
Ryan ten Doeschate played in 33 ODIs and 24 T20Is for the Netherlands.© Twitter Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate on Friday announced his retirement from international cricket after his side failed to qualify for the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup. The 41-year-old played in Netherlands’ previous first round match against debutants Namibia
Report Charith Asalanka replaces Dinesh Chandimal, with Sri Lanka already having qualified for Super 12s Sri Lanka won the toss and decided bowl first against Netherlands in Sharjah. Captain Dasun Shanaka, whose side has already qualified to the group stage, said they wanted to assess the conditions ahead of the Super 12s. “In the next
News Captain Kieron Pollard denies that his team has a psychological edge over England as they go into a re-match of the final from five years ago West Indies’ squad got together and relived Carlos Brathwaite‘s ‘remember the name’ assault that delivered them their last world title more than five years ago, but that victory
News A total of 1000 fully vaccinated spectators to be allowed, and it will “serve as a trial run for the safe return of spectators to stadiums” A total of 1000 fully vaccinated spectators will be allowed at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo for the women’s ODI series between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in November. This
News Captain Temba Bavuma says South Africa could field three frontline spinners, but will take call on the morning of the match The world’s top-ranked T20I bowler, Tabraiz Shamsi, will play the Men’s T20 World Cup Super 12 opener against Australia after passing a fitness test following an injury scare earlier in the week. Shamsi
News Captain says Australia will “go with seven specialist batters, four specialist bowlers, plus the allrounders.” Australia captain Aaron Finch admits that long-held plans for the 2020 version of the T20 World Cup “have gone out the window” as they are set to name just four specialist bowlers for their tournament opener against South Africa
News Senior India player thrilled with the way the lower-middle order has been contributing for the past two-three series To outperform the Australian quicks on their home soil was among India’s standout achievements on their recently concluded tour of the country. That is the view of Smriti Mandhana, who also singled out the lower-middle order’s
News Concerts clash causes switch of venues, with Old Trafford hosting South Africa Test instead The postponed fifth Test between England and India will be held at Edgbaston from July 1-5 next summer, instead of its original venue at Emirates Old Trafford, and will also determine the result of the series, with India currently leading
News During his time as acting CEO, CSA appointed Smith, Boucher, Kallis and Harris while demoting previous head coach Nkwe Dr Jacques Faul, the former acting CEO of Cricket South Africa (CSA), has admitted that the organisation got it wrong when they appointed mostly white male candidates to top jobs at the end of 2019.
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News South Africa’s then-chief selector says such a decision would have been “unethical to the players already selected” AB de Villiers‘ availability for the 2019 World Cup was brought to the attention of South Africa’s then-chief selector Linda Zondi two days before the squad was announced, but was turned down because it would’ve been unfair
News After sealing a berth in the Super 12s, Mahmudullah admitted the criticism following their loss to Scotland had brought the team down Mahmudullah has said that it wasn’t right for Bangladesh’s “commitment” to be questioned, after their difficult week in Muscat ended with a ticket to the T20 World Cup Super 12s. Bangladesh were
News Chris Rogers said the batter is “pretty positive” after the latest setback and last season showed what he can do Victoria coach Chris Rogers believes Will Pucovski can still play himself into the opening Ashes Test, despite missing the team’s first Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales due to his latest concussion, although
News Captain needs to find balance between rest and batting in nets as he manages long-standing problem New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has cautioned captain Kane Williamson against “over-hitting” in the nets after his elbow complaint flared up during the warm-up fixtures in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup. Williamson captained the side
Scotland reached the T20 World Cup second round for the first time on Thursday with a thumping eight-wicket win over Oman. The Scots comfortably chased down their target of 123 with 18 balls to spare to register their third win out of three in qualifying. Captain Kyle Coetzer top-scored for Scotland with 41 off 28 balls with
Preview Dinesh Chandimal’s poor form might prompt Sri Lanka to bring in Charith Asalanka Big picture Of all the matches in this qualifying round, this one seems to most have the feel of a dead rubber. Not only do Netherlands have no chance of making the Super 12s, but Sri Lanka are also highly likely
Report PNG can only go through if they win with a comfortable margin and Oman lose big. Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs Papua New Guinea Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah chose to bat after winning the toss against Papua New Guinea. This is the final day of Group B’s matches in the T20 World Cup’s first
News Josh Hazlewood has made a compelling case for inclusion while two frontline spinners appear likely Vice-captain Pat Cummins accepts there’s a chance he may not always find a place in Australia’s starting XI during the T20 World Cup with questions remaining over how they will balance their side ahead of their opening match against
News Pakistan’s batting coach also says Babar Azam is the ‘premier’ batter everyone will ‘target’ at the World Cup Matthew Hayden, Pakistan’s new batting consultant, sees Babar Azam as the premier batter everyone at the T20 World Cup will be targeting. Hayden also mentioned “leadership” as one key factor in the UAE conditions, saying matches
News Opener pulls out to work on technique after losing Test place Dom Sibley has chosen to withdraw from this winter’s Lions tour to Australia, in the wake of his omission from the main Ashes tour party, with Yorkshire’s rising star Harry Brook taking his place in the 14-man squad. Sibley finished the season as
News The legspinner will miss the rest of the WBBL following the injury while fielding on Wednesday Georgia Wareham is a serious doubt for next year’s Ashes and ODI World Cup after suffering a ruptured ACL while fielding against Adelaide Strikers on Wednesday which has ruled her out of the WBBL. Wareham was in significant
Follow India’s 2018 tour of England right here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men It’s fair to say he scored a lot of centuries. Watch the little master Sachin Tendulkar score his first ODI century against England on English soil, as India took on England at Chester-Le-Street in 2002. This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the
News The captain admitted conditions were a challenge for Ireland as they fell for 101 Ireland have to win their match against Namibia on Friday, to qualify for the Super 12s. But if they do, they’re batters will need to quickly adapt to facing the kind of skiddy pace they struggled with against Sri Lanka.
Report Openers Hazratullah Zazai and Mohammad Shahzad hit aggressive fifties, while Andre Russell returned to action Afghanistan 189 for 5 (Zazai 56, Shahzad 54, McCoy 2-43) beat West Indies 133 for 5 (Chase 54*, Pooran 35, Nabi 3-2) by 56 runs Afghanistan combined a belligerent batting performance with tight bowling to stomp to a 56-run
South Africa’s former team manager Dr Mohammed Moosajee has called on the national team to take a unified approach when expressing an on-field stance on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Moosajee was speaking at the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings where he expressed his disappointment at the divided stance within the team on
News The fast bowler did not feel he would be able to get himself up to Test level Australia fast bowler James Pattinson has retired from international cricket after deciding he would not be in a position to push for an Ashes berth. Pattinson, 31, had begun the pre-season hoping to be part of the
Report Fakhar Zaman, Asif Ali impress for Pakistan in warm-up game South Africa 190 for 4 (van der Dussen 101*, Bavuma 46, Wasim 2-19, Afridi 2-30) beat Pakistan 186 for 6 (Fakhar 52, Asif 32, Rabada 3-28) by six wickets A visibly tired Rassie van der Dussen pushed his limits and pulled off a stunning