Big picture – SA have a shot at WTC final Test cricket’s context was cracked open over the last week as South Africa won a first match in the subcontinent in a decade, and New Zealand won their first series in India to prove (some parts of) Asia can be conquered. All that means that
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Hobart Hurricanes 141 for 7 (Carey 52, Bates 3-20) beat Sydney Thunder 110 (Litchfield 51, Graham 3-19) by 31 runs Nicola Carey‘s shift up the order and some clutch bowling from Heather Graham has propelled the Hobart Hurricanes to a 31-run WBBL win over the Sydney Thunder. Hurricanes got their season off to the right
Rangpur Riders have appointed Mickey Arthur as their head coach. The 56-year-old will take charge of the franchise from the Global Super League, which begins on November 26. He will also be in charge of the Rangpur side during this season’s Bangladesh Premier League. Arthur has recently worked with the Dambulla Aura team in the
With KL Rahul, who has led the franchise since its inception in 2022, unlikely to be retained barring any last-minute change of mind from both parties, LSG will have one right-to-match (RTM) card at the auction. The exact amount the five players have been signed up for is not yet known, but based on the
Gary Kirsten has resigned as the head coach of Pakistan’s ODI and T20I sides. Kirsten, who was appointed by the PCB on a two-year contract in April 2024, lasted barely six months in the role. ESPNcricinfo has learnt a public statement to this effect will be put out imminently. There had been a rift developing
Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis and Spencer Johnson have been named to return for Australia’s T20I series against Pakistan, with all the Test players rested ahead of facing India, but a new captain has yet to be confirmed. Australia’s most recent T20I captains in Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head are unavailable, as is Pat Cummins. Glenn
One of the finest young batters in India but Ruturaj Gaikwad continues to be devoid of consistent opportunities in the Indian team, in any of the three formats. Despite scoring runs on a regular basis in domestic cricket, be it in white-ball cricket or red-ball, Ruturaj hasn’t been able to earn the selectors’ trust. The
MS Dhoni has said he wants to enjoy “whatever last few years of cricket” he can play. While there are still doubts over his availability for IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings CEO Kasi Viswanathan said last week he was hopeful that Dhoni will be part of the upcoming season. “I just want to enjoy whatever
The revised central contracts for the Pakistan men’s cricket team have been announced, nearly four months after they were due. Shan Masood, who captained Pakistan’s Test side to their first series win since July 2023 this week, keeps his spot in Category B. Whether he lasts the full year in that position, though, is uncertain,
Brisbane Heat 134 for 6 (Knott 44*) beat Adelaide Strikers 133 for 5 (McGrath 51*) by four wickets Brisbane Heat earned a modicum of revenge for their defeat in last season’s WBBL final by toppling defending champions Adelaide Strikers by four wickets in the opening game of the season. Having restricted Strikers to 133 for
New Zealand 259 for 9 (Devine 79, Bates 58, Radha 4-69) vs India Radha Yadav was like a planet which could dive a few thousand miles into another’s orbit, and catch everything. Deepti Sharma, meanwhile, suffered from grabbing even what came right into her hands. In all, Radha plucked two stunning catches – as well
Brendon McCullum, England’s coach, said that Ben Stokes is “hurting” after struggling to make an impact in their 2-1 series defeat in Pakistan, but has backed his “tough bugger” captain to return to his best in New Zealand next month. Stokes returned from two months on the sidelines with a torn hamstring ahead of England’s
Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah all return to the national team for the ODI and T20I series against Australia next month. The trio, who were omitted from Pakistan’s last two Tests against England, make a return in both white-ball formats. None of them, however, will feature in the ODI or T20I series
Andrew McDonald, the Australia head coach, has said 19-year-old Sam Konstas would not be held back from a Test debut against India due to his lack of first-class experience if the selectors believe he is the best option. Konstas, who will play for Australia A against India A in Mackay from Thursday, is in the
Before 2024, New Zealand visited India 12 times across 69 years from 1955 to play Test cricket, but they had never managed to win a series. On Saturday, in his first stint as full-time New Zealand captain, Tom Latham did an Edmund Hillary, leading New Zealand to their first-ever Test series win in India. Latham
Following India’s series defeat to New Zealand on home soil, former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan took to X to express both praise for New Zealand and concern for the Indian team’s performance in the longer format. In his tweet, Pathan commended New Zealand’s impressive achievement and emphasized the need for reflection and improvement within Team
Two weeks before they played each other in the Australian Open final in 2017, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were ailing, injured athletes who were perhaps fading into the twilight. When, against the odds, they wound up facing each other in the final, the victorious Federer famously said, “Tennis is a cruel sport, there are
David Warner‘s lifetime leadership ban has been overturned after six-and-a-half years following a review by Cricket Australia’s Conduct Commission. It means he is now eligible to captain Sydney Thunder in the upcoming BBL having not been allowed to lead any team in Australia after the ban was imposed following the sandpaper incident in Cape Town
New Zealand allrounder Amelia Kerr has been ruled out of the remaining two ODIs against India after tearing her left quadricep muscle. Kerr picked up the injury during the opening game on Thursday, which India won by 59 runs, and is expected to take approximately three weeks to recover. She will not be replaced in
India are unfazed by the recent form of their senior spinners R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, their captain Rohit Sharma has said. On a slow, dry Pune pitch, India’s spin trio, which included Washington Sundar, was outbowled by New Zealand’s as India suffered their first Test series defeat at home since 2012. “I mean, see
England are unlikely to change their batting line-up ahead of their tour to New Zealand next month despite two heavy defeats to Pakistan. They were bowled out for 112 in Rawalpindi on Saturday, but their captain Ben Stokes insisted: “There’s no doubt in my mind that we have got the best top six batsmen in
Sri Lanka 156 for 3 (Mendis 56, Nissanka 56, Chase 1-20) vs West Indies (23 overs a side) A belligerent display of ball striking from Kusal Mendis ensured Sri Lanka stormed to 156 for 3 in a rain-truncated 23-over game in Pallekele, after a five-hour delay had threatened to washout the third ODI. After the
Months after they’d hit the reset button, Pakistan were ready to burn it all down again. Aleem Dar, freshly announced as a member on Pakistan’s latest selection panel, glowered at the Multan surface. It had played host to a game where England racked up the fourth-highest total in Test history before dispensing swiftly with Pakistan.
Cricket Victoria and the St Kilda Cricket Club have renamed one of the heritage listed grandstands at the Junction Oval in Melbourne after the late Shane Warne in honour of his contribution to Victoria and his club team St Kilda. The process of renaming the stand, which has stood since 1925, had begun well before
Najmul Hossain Shanto has expressed his wish to step down as the Bangladesh captain, according to BCB. Shanto, Bangladesh’s captain in all three formats, has informed the board that he wants the ongoing Test series at home against South Africa to be his last as the captain. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Shanto sent the message
“Felt a bit harder this time,” Santner said when it was his turn to speak, after he had collected the Player-of-the-Match award. “Credit to India the way they came out. We knew they were going to fire some shots; that was probably the best play on that wicket. [Yashasvi] Jaiswal played extremely well. But we
In the immediate aftermath of the 113-run defeat to New Zealand in the Pune Test, which consigned India to their first home-series defeat in 12 years, Rohit Sharma has suggested that the main reason for the loss was the batters’ failure to get close to the visitors’ first-innings total of 259. With Mitchell Santner taking
Brendon McCullum, England’s head coach, says his team have “no excuses” after crashing to a 2-1 series defeat with back-to-back losses in Multan and Rawalpindi, but admits he was surprised it took Pakistan until the second Test to prepare the sort of spinning pitches that have been his team’s undoing on recent tours of the
Pakistan 344 (Shakeel 134, Sajid 48*, Noman 45, Rehan 4-66, Bashir 3-129) and 37 for 1 (Masood 23*) beat England 267 (Smith 89, Duckett 52, Sajid 6-128, Noman 3-88) and 112 (Root 33, Noman 6-42, Sajid 4-69) by nine wickets The wait is finally over. For the first time since 2021, Pakistan have won a
Sam Konstas‘ mentor Shane Watson believes circumstances have thrown up a “perfect storm” for the teen prodigy to make his Test debut in the home series against India. Konstas announced himself as a Test bolter with twin Sheffield Shield centuries for NSW earlier this month and will feature for Australia A next week alongside the
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