News The New Zealand quick has shattered several records in his first year, but refuses to be drawn into stats At the start of New Zealand’s home summer, Kyle Jamieson was just feeling his way into the side. The 6ft 8in quick towered over everyone else by the end of it, bagging 27 wickets in
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News ESPNcricinfo understands updated plans for Gabba Test were approved by BCCI office bearers on December 29 Cricket Australia will seek clarification from the BCCI after more suggestions emerged that India would not travel to Brisbane for the final Test of the series, but the Australian board continues to insist it has not been made
News Bowling coach Daniel Vettori to miss West Indies series but will join squad in New Zealand Jon Lewis will be Bangladesh’s new batting coach for their next two bilateral series against West Indies and New Zealand, according to BCB’s cricket operations chairman Akram Khan. Lewis replaces Neil McKenzie after he stepped down from the
Will Pucovski has bossed his way into the Test XI with plenty of runs in domestic cricket © Getty Images Will Pucovski makes his Test debut against India at the SCG, opening the batting alongside the just-about-fit-enough David Warner, after overcoming the latest concussion of his young career. He has been tipped for international honours
News He played 14 first-class games between 1940-41 and 1951-52, scoring 466 runs and picking up 16 wickets Alan Burgess, the world’s oldest first-class cricketer, has died “overnight in his sleep” aged 100 years and 250 days at Charles Upham Retirement Village in Rangiora, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced on Wednesday. Born May 1, 1920
Welcome to our live report of the first day of the Australia-India Test from Melbourne. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. 10.10am local time/4.40am IST: Two more debuts in the
News The Test career of Crawley’s mentor, Rob Key, serves as a cautionary tale Zak Crawley isn’t really the sort to go in for tubthumping, nor would he ever claim to be the one and only. But he has insisted he doesn’t want to be remembered as a “one-hit wonder” as he heads into England’s
News South African seamer returns to domestic set-up four years after moving to county cricket Kyle Abbott has become the first high-profile Kolpak player to return to South African domestic cricket after signing a short-term deal with the Titans ahead of the One-Day Cup. Abbott signed a four-year deal with Hampshire in 2017 on a
News Ban Tech win bid after quoting a price considerably higher than the floor price set by the board The BCB has sold its TV rights for the upcoming series at home against West Indies to Ban Tech for a reported price of BDT 17.9 crore (USD 2.12 million approx). The company won the bid
News Insists India “not complaining about anything”, but are focused on the SCG Test instead India are finding it challenging that life outside their hotel in Sydney is “completely normal” but the players are being asked to stay indoors during the SCG Test. That is the crux of India’s discontent, with the break between matches
News Being No. 1 “means that there’s been a lot of hard work over a lot of matches and trainings” New Zealand captain says New Zealand have made it four wins out of four in their home Test summer, and become No. 1 in the world in the format for the first time, while also
Pravin Amre (second from left) was the Capitals’ head talent scout from 2014 to 2019 © BCCI Pravin Amre, the former India batsman, has returned to the Delhi Capitals as assistant coach to Ricky Ponting. Amre had earlier served as the Capitals’ head talent scout from 2014 to 2019. Since November 2019, Amre had been
News West Indies legend in the running as applications close on January 10 Sir Curtly Ambrose, the former West Indies fast bowler, has applied for a coaching role at the ECB. ESPNcricinfo understands that Ambrose, who has the lowest bowling average of any man to take 400 Test wickets (20.99), has applied for the role
News South Africa captain says schedule is “quite a challenge” as historic Pakistan trip looms Quinton de Kock has described playing cricket in the time of Covid-19 as “unsettling” as South Africa prepare for at least three more bio-bubbles this summer. Next up is a historic visit to Pakistan, which will also include extra layers
After Mark Steketee claimed 4-33, Lewis Gregory (31no off 16) and Jack Wildermuth (22no off 10) steered the Brisbane Heat home to just their second win of tthe KFC BBL season with an unbeaten 50-run partnership
The New South Wales government on Wednesday made the wearing of face masks mandatory at all times for the crowd in the upcoming Test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The third Test between India and Australia is set to begin on January 7 and the decision to make face masks mandatory
News Makes reference to India’s “power in world cricket” in light of rumblings around Brisbane Test’s venue Australia Test captain Tim Paine believes there is “tension starting to boil under the surface” of the Test series against India, which is poised at 1-1 and amid talk of where the final match – scheduled for Brisbane
Report New Zealand have the upper hand after picking up two wickets to take another stride towards a series win LunchPakistan 297 and 69 for 3 (Azhar 27*, Haris 10*, Jamieson 2-6) trail New Zealand 659 for 6 decl (Williamson 237, Nicholls 157, Mitchell 102*) by 293 runs Pakistan are cornered and it is going
New Zealand are only behind Australia and India on the World Test Championship table © Getty Images New Zealand have toppled Australia from the No. 1 position in the ICC Test rankings, getting to 118 rating points as against Australia’s 116 after winning the second and final Test against Pakistan by an innings and 176
Big Picture They lost key players before the series, they’ve lost a few more since its start, and they’ve been rolled over for their lowest-ever total. It’s a wonder that India are still holding themselves together, never mind level in the series and looking, by some measures, a better side than Australia in their own
England’s tour of Sri Lanka is still going ahead for now © Getty Images England’s tour of Sri Lanka will continue – for now, at least – after the latest round of Covid-19 tests showed no new positive results. The squad will hold their first training session of the tour in Hambantota on Wednesday afternoon,
News Batsman hasn’t had four single-digit scores in a row since 2015, but Australia’s coach is not stressed From Australia’s point of view, now would be a good time for Steven Smith to find his hands for the second time this season. The last time he did, during a quarantine training session in Sydney during
Cricket Ireland is considering staging a home international series in England this summer, with a two-match T20I series against Pakistan the most likely option. Ireland have a packed home schedule in 2021 featuring 16 limited-overs fixtures. They will be unable to use one of their four home venues, with Clontarf unlikely to be ready to
News “I will keep playing as long as my mind and body are going well. I don’t know what awaits me.” Mashrafe Mortaza has left the fate of his international career to the national selectors, after he was omitted from the preliminary squad for the upcoming ODI series against West Indies, Bangladesh’s first international games
Jake Weatherald made a half-century © Getty Images Adelaide Strikers 5 for 171 (Weatherald 51, Imad 2-13) beat Melbourne Renegades 111 all out (Harvey 34, Siddle 3-16, Agar 3-23) by 60 runs Jake Weatherald‘s fastest half-century in the BBL from the middle order has helped the Adelaide Strikers return to form, as the Melbourne Renegades
Report Sri Lanka lose last six wickets for 35 runs before openers wrap up comfortable win South Africa 302 (Elgar 127, van der Dussen 67, V Fernando 5-101) and 67 for 0 (Markram 36*) beat Sri Lanka 157 (Perera 60, Nortje 6-56) and 211 (Karunaratne 103, Ngidi 4-44) Any momentum Sri Lanka had gained on
News For the first time ever the final of any domestic first-class tournament ended in a tie The Quaid-e-Azam trophy final, between Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ended in a tie, not only for the first time ever in its 63-edition history but the first time ever in any domestic first-class tournament. Here’s a bite-sized
News “Kane is a freak, isn’t he? He’s amazing and will go down easily as New Zealand’s greatest.” Daryl Mitchell has described getting his maiden Test century as “surreal”, after he stroked 102 at his adopted hometown in Christchurch. New Zealand were 599 for 6 at tea and had a lead of 302, but the
News “He will be on oral medications and will be monitored by doctors and nurses on a daily basis at home” Sourav Ganguly will be discharged from Kolkata’s Woodlands Hospital, where he was admitted after complaining of chest pain and discomfort on January 2, on Wednesday. Hospital spokespersons have confirmed that blockage in his coronary
Moeen Ali tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving in Sri Lanka © AFP/Getty Images England’s touring party in Sri Lanka faces an anxious wait in their hotel rooms just as their preparations for the Test series should have begun in earnest. England were due to have their first training session of the tour in Hambantota