News The former captain will be in charge of developing and implementing coaching programs across all formats and levels of the game Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has appointed Dave Houghton as its coaching manager. Houghton will be in charge of developing and implementing coaching programs across all formats and levels of the game in ZImbabwe, and
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News Meg Lanning: “Cricket has shown that when you properly invest in female sport, the results follow and everyone benefits” Australia’s domestic female players have been given a significant pay increase on the eve of the new WBBL season with an extra A$1.2 million of funding. That will see an additional A$800,000 invested in WNCL
Report Captain returns 3 for 5 and then smashes 19-ball 45* to shut out Central Punjab in title clash Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 152 for 3 (Iftikhar 45*, Ghulam 37) beat Central Punjab 148 (Shehzad 44, Akmal 42, Iftikhar 3-5, Imran 3-26) by seven wickets Khyber Pakhtunkhwa defended their National T20 title, storming past Central Punjab to
After the cut-and-thrust of his duel with Virat Kohli in this summer’s India series, James Anderson says that he is setting his sights on the main man in Australia’s line-up, Steven Smith, as he prepares to embark on his ninth Ashes campaign and his fifth tour Down Under. Smith proved to be England’s nemesis in
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News The tournament will be played at two venues in Colombo and Hambantota The Lanka Premier League 2021 will begin on December 5 with the final set for December 23, Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed. The first match, which will be held at the R. Premadasa stadium in Colombo, will be between last year’s finalists
News The West Indies captain, meanwhile, hopes to have “a fit Andre Russell” during the tournament Sunil Narine produced one of the IPL’s best-ever individual performances in Monday’s eliminator but West Indies will resist the temptation to parachute him into their squad for the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup ahead of the ICC’s deadline on
Report Left-hander makes fastest ever List A double-century, off 114 balls, surpassing his own record to become the 3rd player to score multiple doubles South Australia captain Travis Head has made history becoming just the third player to score two double-centuries in List A cricket after hammering 230 against Queensland at Karen Rolton Oval in
News Avesh Khan, Umran Malik, Harshal Patel, Lukman Meriwala, Venkatesh Iyer, Karn Sharma, Shahbaz Ahmed and K Gowtham to join team bubble too Shardul Thakur has replaced Axar Patel in India’s squad for the T20 World Cup 2021. Axar, meanwhile, joins the list of stand-by players for the squad, along with Shreyas Iyer and Deepak
Chris Gayle was a part of the 2012 and 2016 World Cup-winning teams © BCCI/IPL Chris Gayle had stern words for Curtly Ambrose after the former West Indies fast bowler said that the batter wouldn’t be his automatic pick in the West Indies XI for the upcoming T20 World Cup, which begins on Sunday in
Earl Eddings has resigned ahead of the AGM © Getty Images Earl Eddings has resigned as Cricket Australia chairman and stepped down from the board just 24 hours out from Thursday’s Annual General Meeting. Eddings had been a director for 13 years and the chairman since 2018 following the resignation of the previous chairman David
News “He’s getting through everything at the moment and he’s feeling good,” New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said Kane Williamson, who had missed Sunrisers Hyderabad’s last league fixture against Mumbai Indians last week with injury, is “fine” now, two weeks out of New Zealand’s T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan in Sharjah. Manish Pandey,
West Indies will continue showing solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement © Randy Brooks/AFP via Getty Images West Indies will continue to take a knee before their matches at the men’s T20 World Cup in the UAE in a stand against racism, their captain Kieron Pollard has said. West Indies’ players and support staff have
News The pair picked up six wickets between them to restrict Papua New Guinea to 96 for 8 Ireland 99 for 2 (Balbirnie 42*, Campher 42*) beat PNG 96 for 8 (Vala 32, White 3-10, Young 3-15) by eight wickets Ireland were too strong for Papua New Guinea, registering an eight-wicket win as the sides
News Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Molineux, Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Ashleigh Gardner among the others to gain in the latest ICC rankings Beth Mooney‘s 36-ball 34 and 43-ball 61 in the two completed T20Is against India in Carrara last week have pushed her to the top of the women’s T20I batters’ rankings, taking her past Shafali Verma,
News Northern looked to have KP on the ropes, but wayward bowling at the death cost them a place in the final Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 161 for 5 (Farhan 53, Iftikhar 45*) beat Northern 156 for 8 (Zeeshan 29, Arshad Iqbal 3-35) by 5 wickets Sahibzada Farhan‘s half-century followed by a blistering 17-ball 45* from Iftikhar
News They join Umran Malik in the net bowlers’ list; teams have until October 15 to finalise their squads Avesh Khan and Venkatesh Iyer have been asked by the BCCI to stay on in the UAE after the completion of the IPL to join Umran Malik as net bowlers for the Indian team during the
Chris Jordan says England’s 2016 World Twenty20 final heartbreak against the West Indies made them a stronger team as Eoin Morgan’s side seek redemption in this year’s tournament. England had one hand on the trophy in Kolkata before Carlos Brathwaite smashed Ben Stokes for four consecutive sixes to win the match for the Caribbean side.
News Dinesh Chandimal has revealed, meanwhile, that Avishka Fernando is set to continue at No. 4 Dushmantha Chameera and Wanindu Hasaranga are likely to feature for Sri Lanka in tonight’s T20 World Cup warm-up match against Bangladesh, Dinesh Chandimal has revealed, while confirming that Avishka Fernando is also likely to remain at No. 4 –
News The left-arm spinner has a long association with Langer and said the coach has “100 percent” backing Ashton Agar would be “absolutely shattered” if subjected to the sort of public critique directed at Justin Langer, adding he is full of respect for Australia’s coach and his unwavering values. Player unease about Langer and his
Chasing 119 for victory, Australia survived an almighty fightback from India’s bowlers to win the second T20 international by four wickets and seal the multi-format series. More #AUSvIND videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cricketcomau
News ESPNcricinfo understands he has mailed SLC of his intentions, and that the board will take a decision on the matter at a meeting on Tuesday Angelo Mathews could be in line for a return to the Sri Lanka fold after making himself available for selection again. While there has been no official communication from
News After spending four weeks with Punjab Kings in the UAE, Markram feels conditions are easiest for batting in Abu Dhabi, and most difficult in Sharjah South Africa’s batters will experience the best and the worst of run-scoring conditions in the UAE at the T20 World Cup, according to Aiden Markram. After spending the last
News Mustafizur Rahman has linked up with the team following Rajasthan Royals’ exit from the IPL Mahmudullah, Bangladesh’s T20I captain, will miss his side’s first warm-up match ahead of the T20 World Cup, against Sri Lanka tomorrow in Abu Dhabi, as a precautionary measure after he complained of a “slight back pain”. Selector a href=”http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/habibul-bashar-55906″>Habibul
News Sindh finish the group stage with 12 points, level with Central Punjab Sindh 117 for 5 (Taha 47*, Ibrahim 2-24) beat Balochistan 113 for 5 (Sohail 37*, Abrar 2-15) by five wickets Sindh cruised to a five-wicket win in a low-scoring encounter against Balochistan, with Danish Aziz and Abrar Ahmed spearheading the win. Put
Chris Woakes says that England’s multi-format players must find a way to put the Ashes phoney war on the back-burner, and focus instead on their immediate challenge at the T20 World Cup, after months of behind-the-scenes wrangling finally resulted this week in the naming of a 17-man squad for next month’s tour of Australia. Woakes
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News A round-up of the highlights from pool stages of the domestic tournament, with all quarter-finalists now confirmed Dolphins and North West make up the final two teams in the CSA provincial T20 quarter-finals after the pool stages were completed in Bloemfontein. With the last eight now decided, the new hierarchy in South African cricket’s
News The allrounder’s form over the last few months will make it hard to move him Mitchell Marsh appears set to retain the No. 3 spot in Australia’s XI for the T20 World Cup after his success on the tours of West Indies and Bangladesh which will have a knock-on impact on where Steven Smith
News “I’ve definitely put on some weight and started throwing a bit more tin around.” After nailing down a permanent spot in New Zealand’s T20I team in 2020, Glenn Phillips launched his power-hitting to an all-new level in 2021. Nobody has hit more sixes than Phillips’ 89 in T20 cricket (including the Hundred) this year.