Report The hosts also left out Akila Dananjaya for Praveen Jayawickrama Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs South Africa Kusal Perera makes his return to international cricket after recovering from Covid-19 and will open the batting after Dasun Shanaka opted to bat. Kusal tested positive for Covid last month and was included in Sri
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News He has one more chance to add to his ODI tally, which is 110 runs short of the Zimbabwean record Zimbabwe’s Brendan Taylor has decided to call time on his 17-year career. The 34-year old former captain and one of the most recognisable cricketers from his country will play his final match on Monday,
Report St Lucia Kings will have to wait for the results of tonight’s matches to see if they’ve made it to the play-offs Barbados Royals 191 for 2 (Mayers 81*, Phillips 80*) beat St Lucia Kings 190 for 6 (Chase 56, Cornwall 40, Mayers 3-39) by eight wickets An unbeaten 134-run third wicket partnership between
News Shamsi believes the current side is on par with the great South African sides of the past The decline of South Africa’s men’s team is not quite as bad as many may think, according to first-choice white-ball spinner Tabraiz Shamsi. Speaking after South Africa reeled off a third successive T20I series win, Shamsi pleaded
James Anderson said he hoped to get another chance to play at Old Trafford.© AFP Veteran England pacer James Anderson has lamented the cancellation of the fifth and final Test against India at Old Trafford that was scheduled to start on Friday. Taking to Instagram, Anderson said he hoped to get another chance to play
Report Gudakesh Motie and Odean Smith kept the Tallawahs batting line-up tied down in the 170-run chase Guyana Amazon Warriors 169 for 6 (Pooran 75, Russell 2-35) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 123 all out (Snith 3-21, Motie 3-25) by 46 runs In a must-win encounter to control their own playoff destiny, Guyana Amazon Warriors got a
News “Our team will be in Oman at least 15-16 days before, which is enough time for acclimatising with conditions and wickets.” Shakib Al Hasan believes Bangladesh have more than enough time to prepare for the T20 World Cup, and that the team will head to the upcoming tournament in UAE and Oman having built
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Preview South Africa will fancy themselves a sixth straight win in T20Is Big picture If you have followed Sri Lanka’s T20 cricket over the past two years, Friday’s turn of events may have seemed familiar. Faced with a challenging target, Sri Lanka’s batters failed to ever get themselves in a good position, struggling to find
News Markram replaces Malan at Kings as bubble fatigue, demanding winter prompt English withdrawals Several of England’s all-format players have withdrawn from this year’s IPL as a result of bubble fatigue and in anticipation of a long winter. Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes and Dawid Malan have joined Jos Buttler in confirming their withdrawals. Jofra Archer
The 3-match ODI series between Pakistan and New Zealand will be played without DRS.© AFP The status of the upcoming ODI series between New Zealand and Pakistan was on Saturday changed to a bilateral series from the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League fixtures due to the “non-availability” of the Decision Review System (DRS). The
File photo: Laura Wolvaardt struck an unbeaten 71 to guide South Africa home © Getty Images South Africa 121 for 1 (Wolvaardt 71*) beat West Indies 120 all out (Knight 22, Kapp 3-24, van Niekerk 2-14) by nine wickets South Africa bowlers’ combined efforts to restrict West Indies 120 followed by Laura Wolvaardt‘s unbeaten 71
News Because of the non-availability of DRS, the three matches will now be played as a standalone bilateral series Pakistan’s three-match home ODI series against New Zealand, which begins on September 17 in Rawalpindi, will not count towards the ICC World Cup Super League, and will instead be played as a standalone bilateral series. The
News Mumbai Indians might do the same for Rohit, Bumrah and Suryakumar; players arriving from Manchester to undergo six-day quarantine in their hotel rooms A day after the final Test of the England vs India series in Manchester was postponed indefinitely because of Covid-19 fears in the visitors’ camp, several players from both teams are
News “A lot of these guys haven’t played in the subcontinent before, so being exposed to a different brand of cricket is good for them.” After being skittled for their joint-lowest total in T20I cricket in the series opener against Bangladesh, New Zealand have shown improvement over the next four matches despite losing the series
News Chief executive says club will need help from ECB after “unprecedented” loss of revenue Lancashire are facing “multimillion pound” losses and will require outside support to cope with the cancellation of the Emirates Old Trafford Test according to their chief executive, Daniel Gidney. Lancashire have promised to reimburse all those who bought tickets or
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Maheesh Theekshana impressed on debut © AFP/Getty Images Fresh after a glorious debut on Tuesday, Maheesh Theekshana received an even bigger boost when he was named as part of Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup squad. The 21-year old offspinner is one of two surprise picks with Bhanuka Rajapaksa, a player on probation, also among the
Report The hosts also brought back Bhanuka Rajapaksa after his two ducks in the first two ODIs Toss South Africa chose to bat v Sri Lanka Quinton de Kock and David Miller return to South Africa’s XI after missing the ODIs and will be in action early, after Keshav Maharaj chose to bat on his
News Nadir stood in 46 internationals, after a long domestic career playing for some of Bangladesh’s top clubs Former international umpire Nadir Shah passed away in Dhaka on Friday, after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 57. Nadir stood in 40 ODIs and six T20Is, after a long domestic career playing for some of
News ICC could adjudicate; if Test not rescheduled, ECB wants status to be “forfeited” to square the series and claim insurance payouts The match is off, but the fight for the result may just be starting. At present, as the ECB and BCCI sift through the fallout of the Test that never was, we know
A disappointed England Cricket Board (ECB) CEO Tom Harrison on Friday said it was the Indian players’ anxiety over “what might happen” and not the COVID-19 outbreak itself that caused the cancellation of the fifth and final Test, even though all efforts were made to comfort the visitors. Harrison said the developments of the past
News Australia will play two Tests this season and there is a push to see more of the format Australia allrounder Ellyse Perry believes it is a “no brainer” that there should be multi-day cricket at domestic level in the women’s game. Test cricket has returned to the women’s game this year for the first
Report Craig Ervine said overcast conditions the reason behind his decision Toss Zimbabwe chose to bowl vs Ireland Craig Ervine won the toss and inserted Ireland under cloudy skies in the second ODI in Belfast. Zimbabwe made a solitary change to the side that won the first ODI, with Milton Shumba replacing Dion Myers in
News The allrounder was due to be with Brisbane Heat for the second year of her deal New Zealand allrounder Amelia Kerr has withdrawn from this season’s WBBL with Brisbane Heat to continue managing her mental health. Kerr, who signed a two-year deal with Heat last season, opted out of the ongoing tour of England
Report Hosts also ring in the changes – Sarkar, Shamim, Shoriful and Taskin come in, Shakib, Saifuddin, Mustafizur and Mahedi go out Toss New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat vs Bangladesh New Zealand captain Tom Latham decided to bat first again after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the fifth T20I in
The fifth and final Test in Manchester has been cancelled in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak within the India squad. “Due to fears of a further increase in the number of COVID cases inside the camp, India are regrettably unable to field a team,” the ECB said in a statement. “We send our sincere
News Australia’s Test captain was fully supportive of CA’s decision to signal the cancellation of the Hobart match Tim Paine has made a pitch for Hobart to host the fourth Ashes Test while casting doubt on teams’ willingness to play Afghanistan at the T20 World Cup. Cricket Australia (CA) all but confirmed on Thursday its
News Temba Bavuma is expected to recover in time to lead the team at the marquee tournament Faf du Plessis has not been included in South Africa’s T20 World Cup squad despite being available to play international white-ball cricket. The 37-year old former captain, who retired from Tests in February, specifically named the upcoming global