Sylhet Strikers captain Mashrafe Mortaza has taken a break from this season’s BPL to concentrate on his political career. Mashrafe is a member of parliament – he was elected for a second time in the country’s general elections earlier this month. His party, the Awami League, has appointed him as the party’s whip in parliament.
Former Pakistan captain and Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. The case, known in Pakistan as the Toshakhana reference, pertains to selling gifts he was given in his capacity as Prime Minister without declaring proceeds for tax purposes. His wife., Bushra Bibi, was also convicted and sentenced to a
Mitchell Marsh has capped a remarkable rise to one of Australia’s most important players by being named the Allan Border Medalist at the 2024 Australian Cricket Awards, while Ashleigh Gardner has taken out the Belinda Clark Award for a year where her bowling became integral to the team across formats. Marsh made a stunning return
Omitted, meanwhile, is Pathum Nissanka, who was part of Sri Lanka’s last Test squad, though he has not played a Test since the middle of 2022. Dilshan Madushanka, who is currently in the UAE playing in the ILT20, is not in this squad either. The same goes for Kusal Perera. This is the first Test
Aaron Finch believes that Australia’s bowling attack has helped paper over some cracks in the batting line-up this season after five Tests that brought just two individual centuries. Australia fell to an eight-run loss against West Indies at the Gabba on Sunday, one of the biggest upsets in Test history, after a collapse of 8
Brendon McCullum has said that Shoaib Bashir is in contention to make his England debut in the second Test at Visakhapatnam on Friday, and has floated the possibility of fielding an all-spin attack at some stage in his side’s five-match series in India. Bashir linked up with the squad in Hyderabad on Sunday after a
SL vs WI, Under-19 World Cup Super Six, Live© Twitter SL vs WI, Under-19 World Cup Super Six, Live Updates: Sri Lanka will be taking on West Indies in their Super Six match of the ongoing Under-19 World Cup on Tuesday in Kimberley. Sri Lanka finished at the second place in the Group C points table,
Mayank Agarwal, the Karnataka captain, was admitted to a private hospital in Agartala on Tuesday after he complained of stomach pain and burning sensation in his throat and mouth after consuming liquid from a bottle that he believed contained drinking water, while onboard an IndiGo flight. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening when Agarwal was
It feels a bit of a missed opportunity to have the second of a five-Test series take place in the ‘City of Destiny’. Perhaps recent history was considered when sorting the order of the off-broadway venues selected for this India-England series. Only the games up front are guaranteed to be live. But as both teams
Imran Khan, the former Pakistan captain and Prime Minister, has been sentenced to ten years in prison by a special court in Pakistan. He stands accused of not returning a diplomatic document after he was removed from the office of Prime Minister in 2022. He has been in prison since August 2023 on a separate
Australia 163 for 5 (Mooney 82) beat South Africa 162 for 7 (Kapp 75) Australia bounced back from a shock T20I loss to South Africa, clinching success in a tense series decider on the back of a classy 82 from Beth Mooney who had struggled with illness earlier in the day and was unsure if
It was only as England were walking out to defend the 231 target they had set India in the first Test at Hyderabad that Ben Stokes informed Mark Wood he’d be opening the bowling, as he had done in the first innings. The catch? He would only be doing so for one over. Wood was
The incident occurred in the 81st over of England’s second innings. Ollie Pope, who scored 196, pushed a delivery through the off side and went for a run, but Bumrah was reported to have intentionally stood in the way, a move which led to physical contact. Pope was not pleased, and was seen taking it
Shamar Joseph has been ruled out of his ILT20 stint with Dubai Capitals due to the toe injury he picked up during the Gabba Test. Although scans showed no fracture after he was clattered on the boot by a Mitchell Starc yorker, Joseph battled pain on the fourth day to produce one of the greatest
Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul have been ruled out of the second Test against England starting on February 2 in Visakhapatnam. Uttar Pradesh left-arm spinner Saurabh, who has 290 first-class wickets at 24.41, has been part of the India Test squad before – he was picked for their tour of Bangladesh in December 2022 –
Richard Gleeson, the fast bowler who made his England debut at 34, has signed with Warwickshire for the 2024 T20 Blast after he was released by Lancashire at the end of last season. With Henry Brookes leaving for Middlesex on a three-year deal, Warwickshire will use Gleeson as a like-for-like replacement in their T20 side.
For someone who shares a special bond with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Deepak Chahar said he credits the CSK captain for harnessing his career and giving it longevity, but does not want the legend’s impending retirement to hit the side anytime soon. “It took me 2-3 years to get comfortable around him (Dhoni). I see him
West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph‘s match-winning spell against Australia at the Gabba on Sunday has helped him land a deal at the PSL, with Peshawar Zalmi signing him up. He is expected to join the franchise at the start, and remain with them for the entirety of the tournament. While Joseph was announced by
Will Pucovski, the Australian top-order batter, will play county cricket for the first time in April after signing a short-term deal with Leicestershire to cover for Wiaan Mulder. Pucovski, 25, is widely considered one of Australia’s brightest young talents and made his Test debut three years ago, playing against India at the SCG. But he
We’re halfway through the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy. No team has broken away from the pack but 41-time champs Mumbai are looking good for the knockouts despite being stunned by Uttar Pradesh. Saurashtra, the defending champs, are in a pickle, while Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are on an upswing. Here are the highlights from the fourth
Few players can have experienced as many of Test cricket’s highs and lows as Tom Hartley did on debut across the four days of the first Test at Hyderabad. Hartley’s first delivery in Test cricket was carted by opener Yashasvi Jaiswal over long-on for six. His 308th and most recent spun past an on-rushing Mohammed
After putting a challenging phase on personal front behind him, which had sidelined him for a few assignments, India seamer Deepak Chahar is ready for a comeback and has set his sights on the T20 World Cup to be jointly hosted by the USA and West Indies in June. Chahar had to miss India’s tour
India were briefly table-toppers too, when they had beaten South Africa inside two days in Cape Town earlier this month to draw the series 1-1. But their stay at the top was cut short when Australia completed their series sweep against Pakistan two days later to claim the top spot.
Joseph bowled unchanged for 11.5 overs despite injuring his toe while batting on Saturday and finished with 7 for 68 in only his second Test to level the two-match Test series 1-1. “[There is] disappointment after a loss [but] that was a fantastic Test match and a fantastic series,” Cummins said at the presentation. “In
The allrounder has been named in Australia’s T20 squad for the upcoming West Indies series and is hopeful to be part of the T20 World Cup squad. But after being left out of the ODI squad he revealed that he will be playing more T20 franchise cricket in the next couple of years and appears
Pope said that he rated his fifth Test century “head and shoulders above the other four” and described India as “probably the toughest place for a batter to come at the minute”. On England’s most recent tour of the country, in 2021, he managed 153 runs across four innings with a top score of 34
Ben Stokes described England’s unlikely turnaround win against India in Hyderabad as their “greatest triumph” since he took over as captain, and labelled Ollie Pope‘s second-innings 196 “the greatest innings that has ever been played in the subcontinent by an English batsman”. England have won 14 of their 19 Tests since Stokes took over as
File photo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.© AFP Amid the ongoing first Test against England in Hyderabad, former India captain Anil Kumble reserved high praise for veteran spin-twins Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin. Both the players have picked more than 500 wickets between them in Test cricket, bagging three each in the first innings
Joseph, starting to bowl towards the end of the first hour of day four, took seven wickets in a spell that saw him bowl 11.5 overs on the trot with only the dinner break offering him some respite. “I wasn’t even coming out to the ground this morning to be fair. I must give a
The pain of a first home defeat as Test captain for Pat Cummins was still raw, but he was able to appreciate the bigger picture of what had unfolded on a dramatic fourth day at the Gabba, while his opposite number Kraigg Brathwaite reiterated his call for West Indies to be given more Test cricket.