News Meanwhile, allrounder Lahiru Madushanka has definitely been ruled out with a fractured collarbone Kusal Perera may miss the T20 World Cup after sustaining a hamstring injury during Sri Lanka’s third T20 International against South Africa. Allrounder Lahiru Madushanka, meanwhile, is definitely out of the World Cup, having fractured his collarbone while fielding in the
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News Prospect of boycott still on the cards as players await clarity on quarantine and bubble life The prospect of England fielding a significantly under-strength squad in the Ashes would appear to have grown following talks between the team and officials at the ECB. ESPNcricinfo understands that some members of the playing squad and some
Report Zimbabwe fall short despite Williams, Shumba getting them within touching distance Scotland 141 for 6 (Berrington 82, Chatara 2-23) beat Zimbabwe 134 for 9 (Shumba 45, Williams 28, Sharif 4-24) by seven runs Richie Berrington and Safyaan Sharif saved the day for Scotland as they took a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series
News The next set of hearings will resume on October 18 Cricket South Africa’s Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings are due to resume on October 18, seven weeks after they were initially supposed to, and more than three months after the process began. That means CSA won’t have the final report by ombudsman, advocate
News India batter returns to the scene where his career began Hanuma Vihari will move back to Hyderabad from Andhra for the upcoming domestic season in India. Vihari had begun his career with Hyderabad, and represented them from his debut in 2010-11 till the 2015-16 season. From 2016-17, he had moved to Andhra, and was
News Forthright with opinions, unafraid to show emotion, he brought the same grace to broadcasting as his run-up during his playing days Michael Holding is set to bring to a close one of the most distinguished modern broadcasting careers when he hangs up his mic at the end of this season. Holding has been part
Sachin Baby shared his new haircut dedicated to RCB on social media.© Instagram Ahead of the resumption of theIndian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season in the United Arab Emirates, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman Sachin Baby got himself a new haircut that has the letters “RCB” highlighted on one side of his head. Sachin took
News Aiden Markram, Mustafizur Rahman and Tom Latham also move up rankings Quinton de Kock, the South Africa wicketkeeper-batter, has jumped to a career-high eighth in the ICC’s Men’s T20I Player Rankings, following a productive series against Sri Lanka. de Kock, with 153 runs, topped the run-charts in the three-match series which South Africa won
News The exercise will be a rehearsal for both the local governments in the UAE and the BCCI for the T20 World Cup Crowds will be allowed at the IPL for the first time since the 2019 edition. ESPNcricinfo understands IPL chief operating officer Hemang Amin relayed that information to the franchises on Tuesday, saying
News The pink ball and an unknown venue will add to the challenging elements for the day-night Test against India Alyssa Healy is looking towards Rohit Sharma for a formula to find cross-format success opening the batting as she prepares for the multi-format series against India that will include a pink-ball Test. Healy, who has
Report Visitors make one change, with Mulder getting a go in place of Nortje Toss: Sri Lanka chose to bat v South Africa Sri Lanka have won the toss and chosen to bat, in the third T20 at Khettarama. Although they had lost the last match batting first, this is an unsurprising decision, with Khettarama
Opener Finn Allen was among the few batting positives for New Zealand in the recently concluded low-scoring T20I series in Bangladesh. While he missed the first two matches to complete his recovery from covid-19, he returned to make scores of 15, 12 and 41 in spin-friendly Dhaka surfaces. New Zealand’s stand-in coach Glenn Pocknall, who
News The series is set to begin five days after the T20 World Cup final, leaving little breathing room in case either side makes the knockouts Pakistan’s men’s team will travel to Bangladesh in November for their first bilateral series in the country since 2015. The tour will consist of three T20Is and two Tests,
After making their respective arrangements — with assistance from the BCCI — to get Indian players from UK to the UAE for the second half of the Indian Premier League, the eight franchises have decided to pool in and get the players currently participating in the Caribbean Premier League and the Sri Lanka-South Africa series
News Malinga retires as the leading wicket-taker in T20Is Sri Lanka’s most successful limited-overs fast bowler Lasith Malinga has announced his retirement from T20s, the last format he was active in, to close out an illustrious career. Malinga retires from the format with 390 wickets overall – behind only Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir and Sunil
Play 01:45 Ellyse Perry excited by ‘complete’ Australia attack Teenage tearaway Darcie Brown is confident Australia’s young attack will step up in coming weeks as they prepare to confront India without spearhead Megan Schutt. Schutt, who last month celebrated the birth of her first child with wife Jess, and injured spinner Jess Jonassen are missing
News Vernon Philander, another of their players, may also be unavailable for some matches after he signed on to be Pakistan bowling coach Hashim Amla will not return to play domestic cricket in South Africa after negotiating an exit to his deal with Western Province. Amla, who retired from international cricket in August 2019 but
News His term at the helm of the PCB will be for three years Former Pakistan batter Ramiz Raja has formally been elected PCB chairman for a term of three years after winning an unopposed election. As widely expected, he was the only one to have submitted his nomination papers for the post and voted
Nathan Ellis picked up a hat-trick on his international debut © AFP/Getty Images Two years ago, Nathan Ellis was sitting in Adam Griffith’s office at Bellerive Oval in Hobart pondering whether his professional cricketing dreams might be over. Two years later, he might get his chance to make an IPL debut in the coming weeks
Report South Africa cruised to the target of 158 to take a 3-0 lead in the five-match series South Africa 158 for 2 (Lee 78*, Wolvaardt 53) beat West Indies 157 (Dottin 71, Williams 37, Ismail 3-31) by eight wickets Batter Lizelle Lee continued her run of fine form with an unbeaten 78 that ensured
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News He didn’t give any indication about the futures of captain Babar Azam and CEO Wasim Khan On his first day in office, newly elected PCB chairman Ramiz Raja pledged to “reset the direction” of Pakistan cricket, hinting at an overhaul of the mindset of Pakistan cricket across the board. He was elected unopposed as
Preview Tabraiz Shamsi is one wicket away from 50 in T20Is Big picture Sri Lanka’s batting order has one more chance this series. In both matches so far, they appeared barely competent – they were unable to hit enough boundaries, frequently struggled to rotate the strike, and often found the opposition’s spinners difficult to negotiate.
News The BCCI president had earlier been quoted saying he wanted the match to be a standalone event The replacement match for the now-cancelled Manchester Test should be continuation of the five-match England-India Test series and not a one-off Test, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has clarified. India could not field a team in the series-decider
Virat Kohli has captained India in 45 T20Is and 95 ODIs.© BCCI Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) treasurer Arun Dhumal on Monday rubbished reports of Virat Kohli stepping down as India’s limited-overs skipper after the T20 World Cup, saying that the board has not discussed anything on this matter and that he
News A head coach will also be appointed alongside the two, Ramiz said in his first press conference as PCB chairman Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden and former South Africa seamer Vernon Philander have been appointed Pakistan coaches for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the UAE. The newly-elected PCB chairman Ramiz Raja announced Pakistan
News Australia’s Test captain is likely to be out of action until early November, giving him a month to prepare for the Ashes Australia Test captain Tim Paine faces a disrupted build-up to the Ashes after it was decided that he would undergo surgery on a pinched nerve in his neck, which has been causing
Report Ireland made one change with Shane Getkate coming in for Craig Young 42-overs per side Ireland opt to bowl v Zimbabwe Ireland asked Zimbabwe to bat first after the final ODI was delayed by two hours and 15 minutes because of morning showers. The match has been reduced to 42 overs a side, and
News Rescheduled Test has to be a one-off match, and not a continuation of the aborted series, says BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, the BCCI president, believes the Old Trafford Test between England and India should be “cancelled”, not postponed. Ganguly added that whenever a one-off Test between England and India is eventually scheduled, “it cannot
The men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will kick off on October 17, with the first round (qualifying) matches featuring, among others, two-time beaten finalists Sri Lanka. Tour teams from that group of eight will move into the main competition, where they will join the top-eight teams, which have qualified for the event directly. Here’s a