Tamim Iqbal was among a large group of Bangladesh players and support staffers to be vaccinated ahead of their departure for New Zealand © Raton Gomes/BCB Bangladesh will play an intra-squad practice match on March 16, during their training camp in Queenstown, their ODI captain Tamim Iqbal said on Wednesday, adding that their spin-bowling coach
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News Coach Matthew Mott says they won’t rotate players for the sake of it on the tour of New Zealand Australia are determined not to be “caught out” at next year’s 50-over Women’s World Cup with memories of falling short in 2017 still often referred to by members of the current squad who took part.
Big picture Afghanistan and Zimbabwe have had nearly five days to plan for the second Test after the opener in Abu Dhabi ended inside two days. Zimbabwe are on the brink of a series win, and not just a one-off triumph, for the first time since beating Bangladesh in 2004. For Afghanistan, who’ve only so
Big picture Neither West Indies nor Sri Lanka have much of a recent history of being good at this format. A quick look through stats first. Since the start of 2019, West Indies have lost 21 and won only 13 of their ODIs. Sri Lanka, meanwhile, have done slightly better – 10 wins and 14
South Africa’s revamped two-tiered domestic structure will kick off in the 2021-22 summer with teams divided in two divisions for the first two seasons, after which there will be promotion and relegation. The system brings the curtain down on the franchise set-up that has been in place since 2004-05 and will lead to 75 cricketers
News Rahul Chahar likely to be replacement, while status of Rahul Tewatia – who had also failed fitness tests – is unclear Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy is set to miss India’s five-match T20I series against England that will take place from March 12 to 20. Chakravarthy is understood to have failed to clear the mandatory
Joey Benjamin, the former Warwickshire, Surrey and England seam bowler, has died at the age of 60 after suffering a heart attack. Benjamin, whose solitary Test appearance at The Oval in 1994 would prove to be one of England’s most memorable victories of the decade, claimed 387 first-class wickets in an 11-year career that began
Report Islam picked three wickets while Hassan struck 125 to anchor the chase Saif Hassan played a captain’s innings to power Bangladesh Emerging Team to a six-wicket win against Ireland Wolves in the third one-dayer in Chattogram. Hassan struck 120 off 125 balls, hitting eleven fours and five sixes, as he first played the enforcer
A couple of pummeled sixes from Glenn Phillips, depositing Adam Zampa’s leg breaks well into the outer of the Cake Tin, brought Australia’s men’s international season to an end with a thud. This was not unfitting, since much of the preceding six months had been similarly brutal in terms of exposing where the national team
Reliving the epic moment: #MuttiahMuralitharan made history in Galle, becoming the first cricketer to capture 800 wickets in Test cricket on July 22, 2010. #Murali
Follow England’s 2018 tour of Sri Lanka: https://bit.ly/2pL01Ls It couldn’t have been any closer! After 5 spectacular days of Test cricket, England and Sri Lanka went right down to the wire at Lord’s. The final over of the match was cricket drama at its very best. #SLvENG #testcricket This is the official channel of the
Akhtar, Johnson, Akram, Tait, Morkel… there’s some SERIOUS heat in this video as we asked our top male players: who’s the quick you’d least like to face?
The huge financial windfall that comes with an IPL contract can’t be ignored, admitted Jos Buttler as the England cricketer on Tuesday asserted that the ECB never gave him the option of skipping the popular T20 League to be available for the Test series against New Zealand. Buttler has been in the eye of storm
Ricky Skerritt, the CWI president, pledged to provide greater accountability when running for office © CWI Ricky Skerritt has urged the territorial boards in the Caribbean not to risk what he sees as the “delicate vulnerability” of the recovery of West Indies cricket in the presidential election at the end of this month. Skerritt, the
News “If you’re bowling first, it looks like an advantage is there for bowlers,” agrees Goswami There is some advantage to bowling first in Lucknow but not so much to justify first-innings scores of under 200, according to South Africa Women captain Sune Luus and India’s premier pace bowler Jhulan Goswami. India and South Africa
Kane Williamson has been troubled by the injury in the latter part of the season © Getty Images New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the ODI series against Bangladesh due to an elbow injury. The small tear in his left elbow tendon has been troubling Williamson in the second half of
Gujarat and Karnataka became the first teams to qualify for the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020-21 semi-finals, with convincing wins against Andhra and Kerala respectively on Monday. Both victories were fashioned by opening batsmen. While Priyank Panchal made 134 off 131 to power Gujarat to 299 for 7, Karnataka’s opening duo of R Samarth and Devdutt
News However, test results of the suspected person and close contacts returned negative on Tuesday morning The third unofficial ODI between Bangladesh Emerging Team and Ireland A was pushed back by two hours, from a 9 AM start to 11 AM, after a local support staff attached to the visitors had tested positive for Covid-19.
News The points docked after the Test at the MCG ended up being the difference for Australia Though Australia were comfortably clear in the World Test Championship standings at the time, Australia’s coach Justin Langer has admitted to a feeling of dread when his side dropped two points due to a penalty for slow over
Report South Africa are unchanged from the XI that won the first match at the same venue by eight wickets India Women won the toss and chose to bowl v South Africa Women India captain Mithali Raj opted to chase after winning the toss in the second ODI against South Africa in Lucknow. India have
News Three potential windows for tournament’s resumption after Covid breaches force postponement The PCB has declared the abrupt postponement of this year’s Pakistan Super League as force majeure, to ensure that the board won’t be held liable for the losses incurred after the sixth season of the tournament had to be curtailed after just 12
News The team last played a Test match more than six years ago, in November 2014; this year’s Test likely in June India Women are set to play a Test match for the first time in over six years, the update coming from BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who tweeted on Monday evening that India will
News The Victoria captain has hit a fine run of form in recent weeks as he merges his old and new techniques together Peter Handscomb‘s state coach at Victoria, Chris Rogers, has never seen the batsman play better than in the last couple of weeks of Sheffield Shield cricket. Handscomb has made 124 not out,
News BCCI president says that opening up venues to crowds will be “bit of a risk” Will the entire 2021 IPL be played behind closed doors? BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has hinted that the option cannot be ruled out, saying allowing crowds into the venues could pose a potential “risk”, something a “huge” tournament like
News South African seamer to play all formats after leaving Worcestershire when Kolpak deals ended Wayne Parnell will join Northamptonshire as an overseas player in all formats for the 2021 season. Parnell, the South African left-arm seamer, will be available to play in the County Championship, Vitality Blast and Royal London Cup after his time
News ‘Refreshed’ allrounder looking to use CSK experience in England’s T20I series in India Sam Curran has described himself as “refreshed and raring to go” after rejoining England’s tour of India for the white-ball leg following a pre-arranged period of rest. Amid continued talk about player rotation, Curran backed the ECB’s policy as a way
News CA has formed the Recognition of Women in Cricket Working Group to address imbalances in the sport Cricket Australia has marked International Women’s Day by committing to addressing gender imbalances in the game, including the lack of statues of female cricketers around the country. The governing body said there were 73 statues or sculptures
England all-rounder Sam Curran on Monday gave clear indication that he might skip the home Test series against New Zealand starting June 2, provided Chennai Super Kings play the IPL final on May 30. With the ongoing debate in England about players choosing IPL over Test matches, Curran’s statement was like a reality check for the
Legendary Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble took a record 8-141 at the SCG during the 2003-04 Border-Gavaskar Series, the first bowler to take eight wickets in an innings at the ground since Tom Richardson in 1898.
#RoshenSilva reveals his most embarrassing moment and chats about the worst roommate on the latest edition of #OffThePitch.