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News Head coach feels India have made significant gains in building the fast-bowling depth for next year’s World Cup After the England tour in July, India’s head coach Ramesh Powar had underlined how lack of support for Jhulan Goswami was one of the many problem areas. After the Australia series, India’s second tour in the

News He was in hospital last week after being hit on the face with a cricket ball while standing in a Vinoo Mankad Trophy match Sumit Bansal, the Delhi and District Cricket Association-affiliated umpire, died in a hospital in New Delhi in the wee hours of Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest. Sumit, whose father

News The 21-year-old Sunrisers bowler had turned heads with his tearaway speeds in IPL 2021 Umran Malik, who turned heads with his tearaway speed in IPL 2021, has been asked to stay back in the UAE as a net bowler for the Indian team for the T20 World Cup, ESPNcricinfo has learnt. Umran had played

Play 02:10 Gambhir: Kishan and Suryakumar have shown why we shouldn’t doubt them Hardik Pandya didn’t bowl a single ball in the five games he played during the UAE leg of IPL 2021, and that could be a concern for India heading into the T20 World Cup. While Rohit Sharma, Hardik’s captain at Mumbai Indians,

Mumbai Indians 235 for 9 (Kishan 84, Suryakumar 82, Holder 4-52, Abhishek 2-4) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 193 for 8 (Pandey 69*, Roy 34, Abhishek 33, Bumrah 2-39) by 42 runs They gave the ball, and their chances at qualification for the play-offs, an almighty whack, but eventually, Mumbai Indians’ defence of their title ended in

Is MS Dhoni about to hang up his gloves? © BCCI MS Dhoni is set to remain with Chennai Super Kings next season, but perhaps not as a player. Speaking at the toss during his team’s last IPL 2021 league match against Punjab Kings on Thursday, Dhoni indicated that his association with Super Kings –

News Cites current Covid-19 restrictions for New Zealand citizens wanting to enter the country as primary reason for his decision India’s head trainer Nick Webb has informed the BCCI he will not extend his contract beyond the upcoming T20 World Cup due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions in his home country New Zealand. Webb has been

Report de Villiers had six runs to get off the last two balls but this time the ace finisher couldn’t pull it off Sunrisers Hyderabad 141 for 7 (Roy 44, Harshal 3-33, Christian 2-14) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 137 for 6 (Padikkal 41, Maxwell 40, Malik 1-21) by four runs AB de Villiers was left

News The home side are likely to rotate through their pace bowlers during the series India have won the last four days of this multi-format series and if it hadn’t been for a borderline no-ball in the second ODI it would have been them, not Australia, heading into the decisive T20Is with a 6-4 advantage.

Preview For Sunrisers, there is little more than pride at stake as the team has already been eliminated Big picture In terms of significance, Royal Challengers Bangalore still have a lot to play for in their remaining two matches. If they win those two games: against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday and Delhi Capitals on Friday,

Report The Sunrisers bowlers made a good fist of defending 119, with the debutant Umran Malik particularly impressive Kolkata Knight Riders 119 for 4 (Gill 57, Rana 25, Holder 2-32) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 115 for 8 (Williamson 26, Samad 25, Southee 2-26, Chakravarthy 2-26, Mavi 2-29) by seven wickets Kolkata Knight Riders simply had to

Preview Rohit Sharma’s team aren’t guaranteed a playoffs spot even if they win both their remaining games Big Picture Rohit Sharma wants the Mumbai Indians to be free and fearless. At the stage they are at, they may as well be, because even two wins can’t guarantee an automatic playoffs berth because their net run

News Warm-up matches and the DRS are also key elements that need to be available The argument that women’s Tests should be played over five days was given further weight by the day-night match at Metricon Stadium while Australia coach Matthew Mott suggested the points awarded for the game may need adjusting. With nearly 100

News “The longer you go without contributing a significant score, the closer you are to actually contributing. And that’s coming from experience” Being an overseas captain of an IPL team is not an easy job. The moment you start to struggle, debates start if it is tenable to have an overseas captain because you are

Report Meg Lanning declared at the dinner break to see if India will want to set a target Dinner Australia 241 for 9 dec (Perry 68*, Gardner 51, Vastrakar 3-49) trail India 377 for 9 dec by 136 runs Ellyse Perry‘s charmed life continued on the opening session of the final day as she became

News The Australia opener was full of praise for the displays of Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh and Pooja Vastrakar When Meghna Singh beat Alyssa Healy‘s outside edge with her first ball in international cricket, during the first ODI in Mackay, India seemed to have discovered in her outswinger a key piece in their long-unresolved pace

News “In hindsight when we got a 165 on the board, it would have been nice to have another bowler,” admits KKR head coach Kolkata Knight Riders are having a difficult time balancing their side in the absence of the injured Andre Russell, head coach Brendon McCullum admitted after they were beaten by Punjab Kings

Report Ellyse Perry claimed her 300th international wicket but Australia continued to be frustrated Dinner India 359 for 7 (Deepti 58*) vs Australia The lights had just begun taking effect when half-centurion Deepti Sharma stepped on the gas with a powerfully cover-driven four in a seven-run over off Sophie Molineux in what largely was a

News “I don’t know how many people would actually do that in cricket at the moment – men’s or women’s” Punam Raut was lauded for her decision to walk while the umpire gave her not out on the second day against Australia, with team-mate Smriti Mandhana unsure how many other players would do it in

Preview Punam Raut’s dismissal was a taking point when she walked despite the umpire saying not out Dinner India 231 for 3 (Raj 15*, Yastika 2*, Mandhana 127) vs Australia Smriti Mandhana reached her maiden Test century in the opening session of the second day of the day-night Test and finished with the highest Test

Report Sunrisers knocked out of contention after slipping to their ninth loss this season Chennai Super Kings 139 for 4 (Gaikwad 45, du Plessis 41, Holder 3-27) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 134 for 7 (Saha 44, Hazlewood 3-24, Bravo 2-17) by six wickets Chennai Super Kings stormed into the playoffs with a six-wicket victory over the

Report There are four points available for winning the Test – the first time the teams have met in the format since 2006 Toss Australia chose to bowl vs India Six players will make their Test debuts in the day-night clash at Metricon Stadium with Australia and India facing each other in the format for

Report Rajasthan Royals looked good for a big score with Evin Lewis going strong, but his wicket triggered a terminal collapse Rajasthan Royals 153 for 3 (Maxwell 50*, Bharat 44, Mustafizur 2-20) beat Rajasthan Royals 149 for 9 (Lewis 58, Jaiswal 31, Harshal 3-34, Shahbaz 2-10, Chahal 2-18) by seven wickets Rajasthan Royals were in

Preview Sunrisers Hyderabad will be out of top-four contention if they lose on Thursday Big picture This Chennai Super Kings side – which is one win away from a spot in the playoffs – functions at a very high level because of a stable first XI with clear role definitions. Faf du Plessis is the

Big Picture This has been a long time coming. It was 2006 when these two sides last met in a Test match. The one-day series has whetted the appetite for what could come on the Gold Coast, particularly with the added element of the day-night pink-ball factor – just the second such Test in the

News Dinesh Karthik was happy to play peacemaker after Tim Southee, R Ashwin and Eoin Morgan got into a war of words Tuesday’s first IPL game between the Delhi Capitals and the Kolkata Knight Riders produced a momentary argument involving Tim Southee, Eoin Morgan and R Ashwin, which required intervention from the KKR wicketkeeper Dinesh

Preview Royal Challengers Bangalore meanwhile will be hoping to find their best combination and firm up their position in the top four Big picture Despite being a league that boasts some of the best players in the world, no team in the IPL is immune from injuries or unavailability concerns. That has been the case

Australia and India, semi-finalists and finalists at the 2017 World Cup, have played nine and 11 matches in the format respectively since the start of the pandemic. The three-match ODI leg of their ongoing multi-format series offered a peek into the strengths and flaws, and potential combinations for them to field at next year’s World

Report Sanju Samson scored 82, but a total of 164 proved less than adequate for the Royals Sunrisers Hyderabad 167 for 3 (Roy 60, Williamson 51*) beat Rajasthan Royals 164 for 5 (Samson 82, Kaul 2-36) by seven wickets Sunrisers Hyderabad kept their season alive with a revamped side easing to a seven-wicket win against

News ESPNcricinfo understands he could miss not just the IPL but also at least part of the 2021-22 domestic season Kuldeep Yadav has left Kolkata Knight Riders’ bio-secure bubble and is back in India to nurse a knee injury. ESPNcricinfo understands the injury is fairly serious, and could cause Kuldeep to miss not just the