Preview If fit, Mustafizur Rahman and Liton Das could come back to the visitors’ playing XI for the decider Big picture It is rather apt that a series that has had almost every shade of drama possible, including a touch of the inexplicable when, in Friday’s game, there was the hit-wicket-that-wasn’t, should have a finale
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Avishka Fernando laces it through the off side © AFP/Getty Images A minor technical change and a more sophisticated approach through the middle overs helped Avishka Fernando finish as highest run-scorer in the series against India. This is what the Player of the third ODI said, after his 76 off 98 balls helped set up
News “If I think of competing with others, it puts pressure on me,” he said Bangladesh allrounder Soumya Sarkar said he has to better prepare himself mentally in order to become a more consistent batter. He was adjudged Player of the Match for his half-century along with bowling figures of 1 for 18 in two
Australian players leave the ground after the match was called off © AFP No further positive Covid-19 tests have been reported inside the bubble of the West Indies-Australia series with talks now underway as to whether the ODIs will be able to resume. The second ODI was suspended moments before play was due to begin
Preview With the result of the series sealed, the final T20I will give both sides an opportunity to fine tune their ideal XI for the upcoming T20 World Cup Big Picture It’s South Africa’s last dance at the end of two months away from home and they will want to end on a high. They’ve
News Zimbabwe captain was pleased as his young side held its nerve and won the second T20I against Bangladesh Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza lauded his young side for keeping its cool and sealing a 23-run win over Bangladesh in the second T20I. It was the hosts’ first win of the tour after going down in
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Melbourne Stars power-hitter Hilton Cartwright launched three massive sixes in the final over of the innings bowled by Jake Ball with each hit seemingly more powerful than the last
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News England star’s quarantine period means she will miss London derby against Oval on Sunday Tammy Beaumont was a surprise absentee for London Spirit as they started their Hundred campaign with a match against Birmingham Phoenix at Edgbaston. Beaumont, the England top-order batter who is anticipated to be one of the star players of the
Opener Wesley Madhevere top-scored with 73 as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 23 runs on Friday to keep alive hopes of winning the three-match Twenty20 series. Zimbabwe made 166-6 before bowling Bangladesh out for 143 with one ball remaining in Harare, enabling the hosts to avenge an eight-wicket defeat in the first match on Thursday. It
News “We have to view every game as important and improve. Losses shatter your confidence, and we just have to try and build it back” Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq admitted Pakistan were no closer to resolving their middle-order woes, days after they were beaten 2-1 by Englandin their recent T20I series. Speaking from Barbados, where
Mahmudullah is standing in as captain for the injured Tamim Iqbal © BCB Bangladesh’s stand-in captain Mahmudullah said that his side didn’t lose focus but were simply outdone by Zimbabwe’s effort in the second T20I in Harare. The visitors went down by 23 runs, their first defeat in this Zimbabwe tour, to set up a
News Former South Africa opener puts team’s inability to win World Cups down to poor culture Loots Bosman has put South Africa’s inability to win a major tournament down to poor culture, which he said left players of colour feeling excluded. The former opening batter was speaking strictly about the time he was part of
Report Sri Lanka make three changes too, including a debut for left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama With the series already in the bag, and the ODI Super League inconsequential to them (because they have automatic qualification, as hosts of the next World Cup), India have named five debutants and made six changes to the XI that
Report Zimbabwe also made two changes to their XI from the opening T20I Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza decided to bat in the second T20I against Bangladesh in Harare. He took the same decision in the first game too, although they went down by eight wickets yesterday. Zimbabwe rested Richard Ngarava and dropped Tarisai Musakanda, and
Play 00:50 Paine open to Smith missing T20 World Cup for Ashes Steven Smith is making encouraging progress in his recovery from the elbow injury which ruled him out of the current Australia tours with the beginning of the domestic season a potential comeback target. Smith was sidelined in the latter part of last season
Shane Warne may be preparing for London Spirit’s opening match of the Hundred, against Birmingham Phoenix at Edgbaston, but true to reputation, he can’t help but cast his gaze to a rather more distant campaign opener – at Brisbane in December, where he believes Matt Parkinson, England’s up-and-coming legspinner, could yet play a significant role
News Players, match officials and TV crew will now be isolated in the hotel and retested The second ODI between West Indies and Australia was postponed moments before the first ball after a positive Covid test emerged from the West Indies camp to leave the remainder of this tour and upcoming series for both teams
Preview India may continue to test their bench strength having already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series Big picture India shut the door on Sri Lanka in the first ODI. In the second match, Sri Lanka failed to close out the game. And just like that, in a matter of three days, the
News Cornell took the original idea to Kerry Packer for a competition that would change world cricket John Cornell, the Australian TV and film icon and one of the major architects behind World Series Cricket, has died at the age of 80 after a 20-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. Cornell played a central role in
News The former spinner reveals several instances of racial discrimination across his playing and coaching career Former South African wristspinner Paul Adams has revealed several instances of racial discrimination, including being nicknamed “brown s***” by his team-mates, across his playing and coaching career. Speaking at Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) Social Justice and Nation-Building hearings, Adams
Angelo Mathews 87 Runs vs Bangladesh – 3rd ODI at RPICS Colombo
ENG vs IND: Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara during the warm-up game.© Twitter Mayank Agarwal and Hanuma Vihari spent some valuable time in the middle while Ravindra Jadeja scored his second fifty of the game on the final day of India’s warm-up match against County XI, on Thursday. After bowling out County XI for 220 on
News Sri Lanka captain also hopes their fast-bowling reserves will improve in the future For many fans watching on, let alone the players, the manner of Sri Lanka’s defeat in the second ODI was particularly tough to take. Amid one of the worst streaks in the country’s cricketing history, the opportunity to get one over
Report Jadeja scored his second half-century of the match Indians 311 (Rahul 111, Jadeja 75, Miles 4-45) and 192 for 3 dec (Jadeja 51, Agarwal 47, Vihari 43*, Carson 2-64) drew with County Select XI 220 (Hameed 112, Yadav 3-22, Siraj 2-32) and 31 for 0 (Libby 17*, Hameed 13*) Ravindra Jadeja made his second
News BCB cricket operations chairman says CA “didn’t agree to Mushfiq entering quarantine two days after it began” Mushfiqur Rahim will miss Bangladesh’s T20I series against Australia next month after he was unable to join the rest of the team in time for a ten-day quarantine in Dhaka. The quarantine was originally set to begin
Report Hope replaces Shimron Hetymer in the West Indies side Australia won the toss and decided to bat against West Indies Australia captain Alex Carey was able to take the same route as the opening game as he won the toss and opted to bat first in Barbados. Carey was again leading the side in
Report Barry McCarthy was left out for Craig Young in the Ireland XI, as the tour moves to Belfast Toss South Africa opt to bat v Ireland South Africa have made three changes to the XI that took the series against Ireland on Monday to try a different combination as they prepare for the T20
News It would appear, meanwhile, that the injured Shubman Gill is now back in India Rishabh Pant has joined the India squad after recovering from Covid-19 and completing his mandatory period of isolation. Pant tested positive on July 8, and had not travelled with the rest of the team to Durham, where the Indians are