Australia will unleash tearaway left-arm quick Spencer Johnson for his debut international on home soil in Sunday’s T20 game against the West Indies. Johnson, 28, has played three times for Australia – two T20Is in South Africa last August and a 50-over fixture in India last September. She has been summoned for his first home
Akash Deep had just finished bowling a spell during Bengal’s Ranji Trophy game against Kerala in Thumba and was manning the boundary line, when everyone in the Bengal dressing room started clapping in unison and congratulating him. He had just received his maiden call-up to the India Test squad, for the last three matches against
West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph has joined Lucknow Super Giants as replacement for England quick Mark Wood. He will join Super Giants for INR 3 crore, an IPL statement on Saturday said. ESPNcricinfo understands that the ECB pulled Wood, a centrally contracted player, out of IPL 2024 to manage his workload, with the T20
Big picture: India vs Australia in a final, again So, India meet Australia in a grand finale for the third time since June 2023. The occasion is eerily similar to the one from November last year. Except, Benoni won’t be as intimidating as Ahmedabad, even though South Africa’s massive Indian community will try and make
Australia 277 for 9 (Mooney 82*, Healy 60, McGrath 44, Klaas 4-56) beat South Africa 127 (Luus 34, King 4-26, Garth 3-14, McGrath 3-23) by 110 runs (DLS method) Standout performances from Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath enabled Australia to recover their composure after the heavy defeat three days ago to secure the ODI series
Spin-bowling allrounder Sophie Molineux has been recalled to Australia’s Test squad to face South Africa at the WACA. She is part of a 14-player group that includes five spin options. Molineux, who currently does not hold a central contract, last played for Australia in 2021 and in December last year returned to action after a
Shreyas Iyer has been left out of India’s squad for the remaining three Tests against England. Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul are part of the 17-member roster, but are subject to fitness clearance from the BCCI medical team. Virat Kohli, meanwhile, continues to be unavailable for selection due to personal reasons. Apart from Rohit Sharma,
Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka (L) celebrates after scoring double century vs Afghanistan in first ODI.© AFP Pathum Nissanka‘s record-breaking double century steered Sri Lanka to a comfortable 42-run win over Afghanistan Friday in the opener of their three-match one-day international series at Pallekele. Set a stiff target of 382, Afghanistan reached 339 for six as
Cameron Green remains firmly in the thoughts of Australia’s selectors for the T20 World Cup with the upcoming IPL to play a role in how they put together the final squad ahead of the tournament in June. Green has been left out of the two T20I series against West Indies and New Zealand to prioritise
India Under-19 seamer Naman Tiwari wants to bowl the fastest ball in the world. The inspiration has come from watching videos of the greats of the game and speaking to Jasprit Bumrah. Left-arm fast bowler Tiwari, who is grabbing headlines in the ongoing Under-19 World Cup in South Africa, has found the tips he received
Surrey have signed Australia allrounder Aaron Hardie for a two-month spell that will encompass the Vitality Blast group stage and three rounds of the County Championship. Hardie, who had a short stint with Surrey in 2022, will arrive ahead of the Championship fixture against Hampshire at the Utilita Bowl from May 24. Surrey will also
The PCB has reneged on a commitment they made over three years ago to launch a women’s T20 league, and have shelved women’s exhibition matches on the eve of the start of the ninth season of the PSL too. In 2023, three women’s exhibition matches featuring players from countries including South Africa, England and New
Innings Sri Lanka 381 for 3 (Nissanka 210*, Avishka 88, Fareed 2-79) vs Afghanistan Pathum Nissanka became the first Sri Lankan to score an ODI double century as Sri Lanka piled on the runs against Afghanistan in the first ODI at Pallekele. On a record-tumbling day, Nissanka would end unbeaten on 210 off 139 deliveries,
Retain Shreyas Iyer or drop him? That is set to be one of the first questions for the selection panel when it meets on Friday evening to pick India’s squad for the three remaining Tests of the England series. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Iyer had informed the team management that he had experienced back spasms
West Indies won the toss and decided to bowl against Australia Captain Rovman Powell won the toss and elected to bowl on a grassy Bellerive Oval surface with West Indies boosted by the return of key players in the T20I series-opener against Australia. After being whitewashed in the three-match ODI series, punctuated by humiliatingly being
Australia captain Alyssa Healy believes losses like the one they suffered against South Africa can be good for a team that has gone through some significant changes, but has backed them as still “a really good cricket side” as the multi-format series gets set for a potentially grandstand finish. South Africa’s historic first ODI win
File photo of Deepak Chahar.© BCCI India and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) speedster Deepak Chahar talked about the importance of gaining strength and said that it helps a fast bowler to gain strength and increase pace. While speaking at an event of the CSK, Chahar said that when one athlete is playing or continuing their
Lance Morris has been ruled out of the Test tour to New Zealand opening the door for Michael Neser to return to the squad in what is otherwise a very settled Australia group for the two-match series. Morris picked up a side strain during the third ODI against West Indies in Canberra and won’t be
Deepak Chahar hasn’t played competitive cricket since December 2023, but he is preparing to shake off the rust and return to action in the IPL as an improved bowler and batter. He is using the downtime before the tournament to add an extra yard of pace to his bowling and more shots to his batting.
England have allowed Dan Lawrence to rejoin his team at the ILT20 while the squad is on a break in Abu Dhabi between Tests against India. Lawrence, who was called up to the Test squad after Harry Brook’s late withdrawal, had been a wildcard signing for Desert Vipers but only played one match for them
Tasmania 153 for 5 (Jewell 61) beat Queensland 150 (Carlisle 3-39) by five wickets A bonus-point defeat of Queensland at the Gabba kept Tasmania’s slim hopes of a One-Day Cup final appearance alive entering the final round. They bowled Queensland out for 150 and chased down the total in just 27 overs with five wickets
Former captain Dasun Shanaka has been left out of Sri Lanka’s 16-member ODI squad to face Afghanistan. Shanaka’s is one of three omissions from the squad that was named for the series against Zimbabwe last month. Shanaka’s removal from the one-day side does not come as a surprise, given his poor form in the format
South Africa’s Test players in New Zealand feel like “Burnley going to Anfield every week” according to coach Shukri Conrad, who called their 281-run defeat in the first match a “jolt and a wake-up call.” While Conrad has known for seven months that he would not have a full-strength squad for the series because of
The third ODI between Australia and West Indies was completed well inside the length of a T20, but now that format comes properly into view as the two teams switch their focus to building up to the World Cup in June. Australia have six matches in the next three weeks, with another set of games
Babar, Rizwan, Malik, Wasim, Nawaz leave for PSL While on a high, Rangpur, like other teams, will have to bear with the exodus of the Pakistan players. PSL teams will be expecting them to arrive this week, with the competition starting on February 17. The likes of Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Wasim
Daryl Mitchell has been ruled out of the second Test against South Africa and the T20I series against Australia in an attempt to recover from a long-standing foot injury. Mitchell, who averages 53.46 in Tests, has been carrying the problem for around six or seven months and was rested from the final T20I against Pakistan
Victoria 234 for 7 (Rogers 67, Maddinson 54, Buckingham 3-36) beat South Australia 231 for 9 (Nielsen 61, Conway 43*, O’Neill 3-38) by three wickets Jake Fraser-McGurk was sent packing early as Victoria rocketed to top spot on the One-Day Cup table with a three-wicket win over South Australia at Junction Oval. Chasing 232 for
Mayank Agarwal has received a fitness clearance to return to cricket after missing the previous round (fifth) of the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy following a health emergency. Agarwal, the Karnataka captain, had ingested a liquid that he believed was water while onboard a flight from Agartala following the completion of his side’s game against Tripura. He
Indian cricket team star pacer Jasprit Bumrah scaled a new peak on Wednesday. The pace spearhead dethroned compatriot Ravichandran Ashwin to take the No.1 spot in the latest ICC Men’s Test Bowler rankings and became the first Indian pacer to do so. In the latest rankings by ICC, released on Wednesday, Bumrah reached the peak
Beau Webster, the Australia allrounder, has joined Gloucestershire for this year’s Vitality Blast. Webster, a right-handed bat who bowls both right-arm medium-pace and off-spin, will join up with his new teammates in Bristol in late May. He will be available for the entirety of Gloucestershire’s Blast campaign, as well as two County Championship fixtures against