News This will be the former Sri Lanka batter’s first major assignment since being cleared of corruption charges in May Avishka Gunawardene, the former Sri Lanka opening batter, has been appointed the Afghanistan men’s team’s batting coach for the forthcoming ODIs against Pakistan. The Afghanistan Cricket Board announced this on August 17 via Twitter. ESPNcricinfo
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News Anderson, Rahul, Azam, Holder and Seales the other major gainers in the latest update Joe Root‘s blistering form in England’s ongoing series against India has taken him to the second spot in the Test rankings for batters, only eight points behind the top-ranked Kane Williamson. Root has climbed to 893 rating points, with Williamson
Play 01:33 Lanning: India will be match-hardened after their games in UK Australia captain Meg Lanning is taking the likelihood of Covid-19 disruption to at least the first part of the season in her stride and believes the team will be ready to face India next month regardless of what their build-up eventually looks like.
The Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket team lost the opening Test to West Indies by one wicket.© AFP Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis said the team’s sloppy fielding tilted the first Test in favour of the West Indies. Kemar Roach’s resilience and grit helped West Indies walk away with a one-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first Test
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Three Afghanistan players have been named in the reshuffled squad lists for the upcoming CPL season: the Jamaica Tallawahs’ Qais Ahmad and the Guyana Amazon Warriors pair of Naveen-ul-Haq and Waqar Salamkheil. Ibrahim Zadran and Shafiqullah Ghafari, who had originally been drafted by the Tallawahs and the Barbados Royals respectively in May, were not part
News Bowling coach rues dropped catches but felt the team ‘put in all the hard work and responded well’ in the match Pakistan might have ended up losing at Sabina Park on Sunday but bowling coach Waqar Younis said he is “proud” of the bowling unit that kept creating opportunities in a low-scoring Test. The
Chris Silverwood, England’s head coach, has admitted that Mark Wood may end up joining a list of absentees including Ben Stokes, Stuart Broad, Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes for next week’s third Test against India, after bowling through the pain of an injured shoulder during England’s disastrous final-day capitulation at Lord’s. Wood, who landed heavily
News South Africa women are scheduled to play three T20Is and five ODIs in Antigua, starting on August 31 Dane van Niekerk will return to captain South Africa for the three-T20 and five-ODI series in West Indies, starting on August 31. van Niekerk has not played for the national team since the T20 World Cup
News ‘It’s nice to have a block of T20 cricket going into the World Cup’, the New Zealand fast bowler says After dominating New Zealand’s home summer in 2020-21 and then emerging as the Player of the Match in the inaugural World Test Championship final, Kyle Jamieson is set for the second leg of IPL
The India vs Pakistan Super 12s Group 2 game at the men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be played on October 24 in Dubai. The date was confirmed as the ICC announced the tournament schedule on Tuesday. The tournament’s first round kicks off on October 17 in Oman, with Oman taking on Papua New Guinea
India will begin their T20 World Cup campaign against Pakistan on October 24.© AFP India and Pakistan will face off in the ICC T20 World Cup on October 24 in a group-stage encounter, the international body announced on Tuesday. Former India opener Gautam Gambhir believes it will help as the Indian team can then focus
News He will stay with the team for the T20 matches against India which follow the tournament Shane Bond will be part of New Zealand’s coaching set-up for the T20 World Cup and T20 matches in India which follow the tournament. Bond, a former bowling coach with the national side, will be in the UAE
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News Batter has returned home after being told he was not guaranteed a spot in the Championship fixtures Stiaan van Zyl, the South African top-order batter who won 12 Test caps between 2014 and 2016, has left Sussex after spending four seasons with the club. He was left out of the side throughout the Royal
India 364 (Rahul 129, Rohit 83, Anderson 5-62) & 298 for 8 dec. (Rahane 61, Shami 56*, Wood 3-51) beat England 391 (Root 180*, Bairstow 57, Siraj 4-94) & 120 (Root 33, Siraj 4-32, Bumrah 3-33) by 151 runs Another overseas Test, another flourish from India’s lower order. Jasprit Bumrah‘s day began as a batter
Report Invincibles now have a two-point cushion over Superchargers and Rockets Oval Invincibles 107 for 2 (Adams 37*) beat London Spirit 103 for 9 (Beaumont 42, Knight 34) by eight wickets Oval Invincibles will play in Friday’s eliminator at their home ground unless they lose their final group game and other results go against them,
News Sabina Park hero recalls last-wicket partnership that secured West Indies a one-wicket win Small targets. Big drama. The story has done the rounds for as long as there has been Test cricket and yet another riveting chapter was added to it at Sabina Park. West Indies were set 168 to win. But they ended
News With domestic events postponed, Barbados get the nod as they are the defending T20 Blaze champions Barbados will participate in the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games as the “representative team from the West Indies”, the update coming after Cricket West Indies postponed the 2021 T20 Blaze and Women’s Super50 Cup until next year. That meant
News Sri Lanka batter unlikely to be ruled out of the upcoming white-ball series against South Africa at home Sri Lanka batter Kusal Perera has tested positive for Covid-19 and will now have to isolate for at least ten days. The development should not, at this stage, rule him out of the limited-overs series against
West Indies 253 (Brathwaite 97, Holder 58, Afridi 4-59) and 168 for 9 (Blackwood 55, Roach 30*, Afridi 4-50) beat Pakistan 217 (Fawad 56, Holder 3-26, Seales 3-70) and 203 (Azam 55, Seales 5-55, Roach 3-30) by one wicket Antigua 2000, Dominica 2017 and now Jamaica 2021. West Indies and Pakistan added another chapter to
Report Pakistan end day three with a lead of 124 after West Indies had nudged ahead by 36 in the first innings Stumps Pakistan 217 and 160 for 5 (Babar 54*, Abid 34, Roach 2-15) lead West Indies 253 (Brathwaite 97, Afridi 4-59) by 124 runs The weather was as variable as the momentum swings,
News Pakistan created two chances to dismiss Kemar Roach, who eventually went on to hit the winning runs, but they shelled both Having played one of the protagonists in an epic Test match, that really could have gone either way, Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam was left to wonder what if. What if they hadn’t lost
The Lord’s Test between England and India continues to see-saw from one side to the other. How will it swing on the third day? Follow our updates to find out (Please refresh the page for the latest). Also follow our ball-by-ball commentary here and our Hindi coverage here. Stumps 6.32pm Joe Root made his fourth
Stumps England 391 (Root 180*, Bairstow 57, Siraj 4-94, Ishant 3-69) lead India 364 (Rahul 129, Anderson 5-62) by 27 runs Joe Root made his fourth century at Lord’s, and stretched it past 150 like he had the first three times, as a near-perfect display on Day 3 helped England take a slender lead against
News The duo, who were called up for the England Tests as injury replacements, have completed their quarantine period Batters Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav, who were added to the India Test squad for the ongoing tour of England, have joined the team at Lord’s after completing their quarantine period. They were called up at
Report Rahane and Pujara’s dogged century stand keeps India in the game Stumps India 181 for 6 (Rahane 61, Pujara 45, Wood 3-40, Ali 2-52) and 364 lead England 391 by 154 runs England managed to completely change the pace of the game, control it throughout the fourth day, and pushed India against the wall
A feisty contest between England and India continues at Lord’s, with plenty of twists and turns in store. So make sure to follow our live updates and stay ahead of the curve (Please refresh for the latest). Also follow our ball-by-ball commentary here and our Hindi live coverage here. Chaos time? 5.45pm Mark Wood and
A thrilling final day between England and India awaits us at Lord’s. So make sure to follow our live updates and stay ahead of the curve (Please refresh for the latest). Also follow our ball-by-ball commentary here and our Hindi live coverage here. Bowlers bouncing bowlers 11.55am Mark Wood tests Mohammed Shami with the short