England captain Heather Knight and Australia wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy have called on the ICC to create “more centralised funds” that could help accelerate and spread the professionalisation of the women’s game. Knight and Healy, two of the world’s premier all-format stars in the women’s game, underlined the need for the ICC to widen its role in
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News “If what I have heard about the episode is true, it is indeed shocking and disheartening” Former India seamer Irfan Pathan threw his weight behind Deepak Hooda after the player stormed out of Baroda camp alleging misbehaviour by captain Krunal Pandya, saying such incidents can have “adverse effects” on a player. Hooda, who has
News With tourists missing several players from 2018 whitewash, skipper senses ‘clear advantage’ for home side England rested Ben Stokes for this series, left Keaton Jennings out, and have lost Moeen Ali to Covid-19. Although Dimuth Karunaratne sympathises with Moeen in particular, he’s pretty sure all this confers an advantage to his team. Although Karunaratne
Big picture If form in South Asian conditions is difficult to discern ahead of this series, with so little Test cricket having been played here in the past year, Sri Lanka are throwing predictions into further disarray with their wounded and their injury returnees. A day out from the first Test, (there’s still time to
News Bodies are aching and tensions are frayed, but Justin Langer believes it makes for a great finale to the series Nathan Lyon‘s departure from 99 previous Test matches says an awful lot about the state Australia find themselves in entering the decisive final encounter of the Border-Gavaskar series. “Out of 99 Test matches, it’s
Cameron Green posted his highest Test score and Steve Smith impressed again before Australia removed both openers as India look to stave off defeat in the third Vodafone Test. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND Tests: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND-Tests Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram:
News “If you’re having more injuries or the trend is more injuries than usual, then you’ve got to review it” The Indian Test party in Australia is so badly affected by injuries – impact and otherwise – that they might be struggling to put a proper, fit XI on the field for the final Test,
News Mathews will play as specialist batsman; Chandimal set to return after missing second Test in South Africa Batsman Angelo Mathews and fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep are among five players who have joined the Sri Lanka bio-bubble since their return from South Africa. They, along with batsman Roshen Silva, spin-bowling allrounder Ramesh Mendis, and left-arm
Australia head coach Justin Langer on Wednesday said that he is hopeful to see opening batsman Will Pucovski playing the fourth and final Test against India. Cricket Australia (CA) on Tuesday had confirmed that Pucovski suffered a shoulder subluxation injury in the Sydney Test and his participation in the fourth and final Test against India
News The committee expressed disappointment with recent results, but admitted that the Covid-19 pandemic had created a challenge Misbah ul Haq, alongside Pakistan’s coaching staff, has earned a stay of execution, with the Pakistan cricket committee opting against making any changes following the disappointing tour of New Zealand, resolving instead to meet again after the
No stranger to personally abusive heckling from spectators, Nathan Lyon believes Mohammed Siraj has set a fresh standard by calling out poor crowd behaviour during the SCG Test, and that more players will ponder following his example in future series. Siraj has been interviewed by Cricket Australia over the multiple instances of abuse he faced
News A decision on the matter will be taken during a meeting on January 17 The Indian cricket board is set to organise a curtailed Ranji Trophy tournament from next month, and in all likelihood, in the same six bio-bubbles created for the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. A decision with regards to this will
Joe Root has hinted that England will opt to field an extra seamer in the first Test of their series in Sri Lanka, rather than adding a third spinner to their attack. Despite playing at Galle, a venue with a long-earned reputation for favouring spin bowling, England are set to select only two specialist spinners
News Says left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein and legspinner Hayden Walsh among West Indians to watch out for in the ODI series West Indies men’s coach Phil Simmons is relying on his team’s “enthusiasm and hunger” to overcome “clear favourites” Bangladesh in the ODI series starting next week. Several top West indies players opted out of
News Moeen will remain in isolation until Friday or Saturday at request of Sri Lankan authorities Moeen Ali looks set to be ruled out of both of England’s Tests in Sri Lanka after his period in quarantine was extended. Moeen, who tested positive for Covid-19 shortly after arrival in the country, has been in isolation
News The former Pakistan fast bowler replaces Abdul Razzaq Former Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul has been named bowling coach of Quetta Gladiators ahead of the sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League. He will replace Abdul Razzaq, who had been with the franchise for last four seasons, but had to step down after the
News CA has previously shifted three fixtures from Sydney to Canberra due to border restrictions The Brisbane Heat have been locked out of travelling to Victoria from Queensland this week due to the Victorian government’s hard border on travellers from Covid hotspots, something which has forced Cricket Australia to relocate seven upcoming BBL matches from
It was clear communication between the two that both R Ashwin and Hanuma Vihari singled out as the backbone of their record stonewalling effort that denied Australia the Test victory in Sydney and the series lead. Although their alliance was only 62 runs, Ashwin and Vihari battled for 256 deliveries, the fourth-longest partnership recorded for
Had it not been for an ill-starred bout of car-pooling en route from Birmingham to Heathrow Airport, Chris Woakes might well have been sizing up a golden opportunity to extend his all-round credentials against Sri Lanka, and offer England the seam-bowling balance they will be so sorely lacking in the absence of Ben Stokes. Instead,
A hobbled Hanuma Vihari and a battered Ravichandran Ashwin defy Australia’s bowlers for the entire final session after Rishabh Pant and Cheteshwar Pujara laid the platform for a famous drawn Test. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND Tests: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND-Tests Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us
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News The quick is skipping Central Punjab’s first few Pakistan Cup matches to manage his workload A remarkable and unexpectedly bountiful domestic season has left Hasan Ali on the verge of a national team comeback, as Pakistan prepare to take on South Africa in Tests and T20Is from the end of January at home. Pakistan
News Tim Paine said scratching a guard is something Smith did regularly with no intention of removing another player’s mark Australia have closed ranks around Steven Smith and his habit of shadow batting and re-marking guard during matches, after stump camera footage that showed him doing so during Rishabh Pant’s SCG innings raised suspicions of
News Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant, Marnus Labuschagne and Kyle Jamieson moved up the tables Kane Williamson, who hit 238 in the Christchurch Test, consolidated his position at the top of the ICC rankings for Test batsmen by reaching 919 rating points – the highest ever by a New Zealand player. There was a switch just
Kane Williamson is the No.1 Test batsman on the International Cricket Council’s rankings.© AFP New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has reached the best ever-rating points by a New Zealand player after his brilliant 238-run knock in the second Test against Pakistan. Williamson has also consolidated his position at the top of the list of batsmen
T10 could help forge cricket’s path to inclusion in the Olympics, Kumar Sangakkara, the MCC President, said. Speaking ahead of this month’s T10 League, where he will work with Team Abu Dhabi as a mentor, Sangakkara said that while it was impossible to say whether cricket might be included in the Olympics as soon as
News His position as Pakistan’s chief coach doesn’t seem to be in any kind of threat at the moment Misbah-ul-Haq has played down talk of his days as head coach of the Pakistan team being numbered, saying that stakeholders in Pakistan cricket need to avoid “being reactive”. He added that he is hoping that the
Play 00:49 Tim Paine: I haven’t had many worse days In the moments after India secured an unlikely draw at the SCG, Australia’s captain Tim Paine privately conceded to R Ashwin that he had made himself “look the fool” by calling the touring spin bowler a “d*******” and then following up by dropping his third
News Allrounder is expected to fly back to India for rehabilitation at the NCA in Bengaluru Ravindra Jadeja has joined the list of India’s walking wounded. The allrounder has been been ruled out of the fourth and final Test against Australia starting in Brisbane on January 15 and will instead be flying home to recover
It sometimes feels as if the opposition bowling is the least of the worries facing England’s new Test batsmen. As if taking a step up in level is not daunting enough, there is also a vast step up in scrutiny. From playing in front of county audiences – which, while bigger than sometimes credited, really