News The former BCCI women’s cricket head details the areas that need urgent attention Women’s cricket in India has been making headlines since India made the finals of the 2017 50-over World Cup and the 2020 T20 World Cup. By the end of 2021, India would have played two Tests after a gap of almost
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News Rajah managed the men’s national team from 1992 till his retirement in 2011 Goolam Rajah, the former manager of the South Africa men’s cricket team, has died of Covid-19-related complications in Johannesburg. Rajah was 74. He had spent most of the last two months on ventilator in a hospital in the city, but succumbed
News Prime minister Imran Khan to re-nominate Mani and Asad Ali Khan for another term in the Board of Governors Imran Khan, the Pakistan Prime Minister and PCB’s patron in chief, is all set to re-nominate Ehsan Mani and Asad Ali Khan for another term in the PCB Board of Governors, ESPNcricinfo understands. The extension
News “We have discussed a lot of things, hopefully, we sort it out and we come back strongly” Jhulan Goswami believes that India “need to take up more responsibility” as a bowling unit if they are to save the three-match ODI series against England after going 1-0 down in Bristol on Sunday. Having posted a
Report Heinrich Klaasen was left out of the XI and Aiden Markram given an opportunity at No.5 West Indies chose to bowl v South Africa For the third match in succession, Kieron Pollard won the toss and asked South Africa to bat first in Grenada. The series is locked at 1-1 and West Indies will
News “I relish the fact I am considered one of the main players of the team,” says vice-captain Pakistan wicketkeeper and vice-captain Mohammad Rizwan downplayed concerns over the strike rate of Pakistan’s top order in T20I cricket, insisting Babar Azam and Rizwan himself were both comfortable with their contributions to the side. In a virtual
News Each win now worth 12 points, a draw worth four points and a tie worth six points The five-match Pataudi Trophy between England and India starting August 4 will kick off the second cycle of the World Test Championship. That series along with the Ashes, in December, will be the only two series comprising
Having not yet made his first-class debut, brash young opener David Warner made an instant impression for his country, blasting 89 in front of a huge MCG crowd against South Africa in 2009.
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Veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami on Tuesday rallied behind the seam attack, saying they are all quality bowlers and it is just about sticking with them and showing patience. India suffered an eight-wicket loss in the first ODI of the three-match series. Both the teams will now face off in the second ODI on Wednesday
News It will start three days after IPL final, but ICC to ensure pitches get enough rest between the two tournaments A day after the BCCI announced it would be hosting the 2021 men’s T20 World Cup not in India but in the UAE and Oman, the ICC on Tuesday confirmed the venue shift. The
News Tammy Beaumont consolidates top spot after hitting run-a-ball 87 not out Mithali Raj has returned to the top five among women batters in ODIs after scoring 72 in her side’s eight-wicket loss to England in the first ODI in Bristol on Sunday. Raj, who gained three places on the table, got into the top
Eoin Morgan and Kusal Perera at the toss © Getty Images England have won the toss and chosen to bowl at Chester-le-Street, against a substantially depleted Sri Lanka side featuring three debutants. The suspension of the three cricketers who breached the bio-bubble on Sunday night, plus injuries to Avishka Fernando and Dhananjaya de Silva, and
News She is the first cricketer to be sanctioned since the BCCI agreed to come under NADA Madhya Pradesh women allrounder Anshula Rao has been suspended from cricket for four years, backdated to July 2020, for failing a dope test in March 2020. She is the first cricketer to be sanctioned since the BCCI agreed
News New Zealand quick hopes winning the WTC gives his team the opportunity to play longer series more often New Zealand have played 18 bilateral Test series over the last five years. Of those, four have been three-match series, with two-match series making up the remainder. Compare that to the team they defeated in the
News Board president Ganguly says pandemic situation and possibility of a third wave and new variants prompted the move The BCCI has communicated to its member associations that this year’s T20 World Cup will be held in the UAE, as reported by ESPNcricinfo last week. They will, however, retain the hosting rights of the 16-team
News Fast bowler still pushing the speed gun as careful management extends injury-free spell Mark Wood has had something of a reputation as a glass man during his six-year international career, such has been his fragility and susceptibility to injury – so it might be surprising to learn that, in the current era of rest
Big picture When the cry went up in the wake of an abject T20I series: “Something must be done about Sri Lanka’s batting”, this probably wasn’t the solution that anyone had envisaged. An evening spent milling about by a bench in Durham’s Market Square for Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka has left the
Preview South Africa’s seam-bowling allrounders yet to get a look-in with the team looking to firm up for the T20 World Cup. Will they play on Tuesday? Big picture The third day of a Test match is known as “moving day,” when teams expect the course of play to tilt one way or the other.
News Club will be permitted 19,000 spectators for match in July in extension of government pilot The third ODI between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston next month will be permitted an 80 percent capacity crowd, in the latest steps of a government pilot scheme geared towards the return of full stadiums in the wake of
News Analysis Jurgensen reveals Southee’s unusual inswinger was developed at a camp in Lincoln just before the England tour There’s a lot more to it, of course, but at its deadliest, Tim Southee‘s method is all about that old three-card trick: outswing, outswing, and the one that goes the other way. Except it isn’t just
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Jay Shah: Safety of players and stakeholder was prime reason to shift T20 WC to UAE.© BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah on Monday said “safety of players and other stakeholders” was the prime reason behind shifting the ICC T20 World Cup to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
News A video has emerged, showing the two Sri Lanka cricketers out in a public place in England There are serious concerns that two Sri Lanka cricketers have breached the team’s bio-bubble in England, after a video emerged on Twitter showing Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella out in a public space. Sri Lanka manager Manuja
News Bismah Maroof, who is on maternity leave, retains her place in category A The PCB has increased its number of centrally contracted women players across the A, B and C categories from nine to 12, and awarded 10% salary hikes in each category. Bismah Maroof, who is on maternity leave, retains her place in
News “In terms of having the four of us in one time is pretty special” – Tim Southee Shane Jurgensen, the New Zealand bowling coach, has described winning the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) as his “greatest coaching achievement”. “I think for me this is about, for all of New Zealand really, from people that
News Coach says even if younger players don’t get game-time, tour will be a great learning opportunity Rahul Dravid, India’s head coach for their limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka, is clear that their main objective is to win the series, and not necessarily just look to help players gain experience and match time, a method
Phil Whitticase with the captains at the toss for the third T20I © AFP/Getty Images The ECB has been forced to seek replacements for five officials due to oversee the start of England’s ODI series with Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday, after a positive Covid-19 test was returned by a member of the team
News New batting coach on a short-term contract says his major role will be to support head coach Domingo Ashwell Prince only has one month to make an impact as Bangladesh’s new batting coach and he aims to do that by keeping things simple. Bangladesh enlisted Prince’s services, and Rangana Herath’s, as well and their
News He had picked up the injury while fielding in the second T20I, in Cardiff Sri Lanka batsman Avishka Fernando has been ruled out of the ODIs against England with a grade two tear to his quadriceps. Fernando had picked up the injury while fielding in the second T20I, in Cardiff, and had not played