Wanderers is usually a high-scoring venue with the thin Highveld air, small boundaries and good quick pitches, but the turn on offer in the T20I meant the two captains looked at the surface with caution. Both XIs had a debutant: left-arm fast bowler Nandre Burger for South Africa and left-hand opening batter Sai Sudharsan for
Lyon had been stalled on 496 wickets after his Ashes-ending calf injury earlier this year, but continued his fine record at the Optus Stadium. He moved to 499 wickets in Pakistan’s first innings when he claimed Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq and Aamer Jamal. For a little while it appeared he may run out of wickets as
Kane Williamson returns to captain New Zealand’s T20I squad in the home series against Bangladesh after more than a year since he last played the format. Like he was for the ongoing ODIs against Bangladesh, opening batter Devon Conway was rested from the T20Is as well because of workload management, while Michael Bracewell (achilles), Lockie
During the chase, South Africa were reduced to 9 for 2 in the third over, with Sultana Khatun having Laura Wolvaardt caught behind and Marufa Akter trapping Tazmin Brits lbw. Anneke Bosch and Sune Luus briefly steadied the hosts with a 41-run stand, before left-arm spinner Nahida Akter claimed her first wicket by having Bosch
Lunch Australia 487 and 186 for 4 (Khawaja 68*, Marsh 42*) lead Pakistan 271 by 402 runs Opener Usman Khawaja bravely battled through the first session after surviving hostile Pakistan pace bowling on a tough Optus Stadium surface as Australia built a strong lead on the fourth day of the series-opening Test. Khawaja overcame a
Will KL Rahul follow his ODI template and move into a middle-order role to revive his Test and T20I careers? With India set to play seven Tests over the next two-and-a-half months, that question has cropped up a few times already. On Saturday, Rahul, India’s stand-in captain, addressed those lingering questions ahead of the first
India 428 (Shubha 69, Rodrigues 68, Deepti 67, Bhatia 66, Bell 3-67, Ecclestone 3-91) and 186 for 6 dec (Harmanpreet 44*, Dean 4-68) beat England 136 (Sciver-Brunt 59, Deepti 5-7) and 131 (Deepti 4-32, Vastrakar 3-23) by 347 runs Dominated with the bat and destroyed with the ball by the third morning, England didn’t make
India star Virat Kohli has left for South Africa for the upcoming two-match Test series set to be played in the rainbow nation, starting December 26. The first game will take place at SuperSport Park, Centurion. Meanwhile, the second Test will kick off on January 3 at Newlands, Cape Town. It is worth noting that
A month ago, South Africa and India lost ODIs that may have felt like the most pivotal matches of their lives. On Sunday, they will return to the format for the first time since Kolkata and Ahmedabad, and things will feel a lot less life-or-death. This ODI series is sandwiched between a T20I series in
Toss England chose to bowl vs West Indies Jos Buttler won the toss and chose to bowl at the National Stadium in Grenada for the second game running, with England needing to win the third T20I against West Indies to avoid another series defeat on their tour of the Caribbean. England made two changes, with
Australia No.3 Marnus Labuschagne will undergo a scan after copping a blow to his finger during a withering short-ball assault from Pakistan’s quicks late on day three of the first Test in Perth. During the sixth over of Australia’s second innings, Labuschagne was whacked on the little finger of his right hand from a rearing
New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said the reason behind picking a new-look squad for the Bangladesh ODIs, including three uncapped players, was with one eye on resting some of the regulars who have been on tour with the national team for a long time and another on starting preparations for the next ODI World
Mohammed Shami will miss the upcoming two-Test series in South Africa because of an ankle injury. Shami wasn’t part of the Test contingent that left for Johannesburg on Friday, and is currently under the watch of the BCCI’s National Cricket Academy. Deepak Chahar, meanwhile, will not be available for the ODI series in South Africa
England captain Heather Knight called the conditions for the one-off women’s Test against India “extreme” and said she “would be surprised” if they get those in the T20 World Cup 2024 in Bangladesh and the ODI World Cup 2025 in India. “These conditions were really extreme; we have never seen that sort of spin before,
Australia 487 lead Pakistan 271 (Imam 62, Shafique 42, Lyon 3-66) by 216 runs Offspinner Nathan Lyon finished tantalisingly on 499 Test wickets as Australia’s formidable attack bowled relentlessly on day three to thwart Pakistan in the first Test at the Optus Stadium. Having taken three wickets in the first innings, the tension was palpable
Sam Billings has signalled his intention to step back from red-ball cricket after signing a white-ball-only contract with Kent. Billings said that he had “tried juggling all formats” but had found it “very challenging personally” and had taken the decision ahead of the arrival of his first child. The contract extension, which runs until at
Ireland 170 for 6 (Campher 66, Tucker 28, Muzarabani 2-23, Mavuta 2-37) beat Zimbabwe 166 (Masakadza 40, Burl 38, Little 6-36) by four wickets Little blew away the Zimbabwe top-order with four wickets – including three in an over – reducing the hosts to 19 for 4. Ryan Burl, Clive Madande and Wellington Masakadza all
Indian left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav revealed details of his talk with teammate Yuzvendra Chahal before the third and final T20I of the three-match series against South Africa. Kuldeep thanked Chahal for his consistent support, highlighting their friendship throughout the years. The left-arm wrist-spinner made a fantastic comeback to form in T20Is, recording his best figures
On a slightly two-paced pitch, Indian batters struggled to get going before getting bundled out for 188 in 42.4 overs, with Musheer Khan (50) and Murugan Abhishek (62) doing the bulk of the scoring. Despite some jitters, Bangladesh went over the line pretty comfortably in 42.5 overs with Islam (94 off 90 balls) defending the
Moeen Ali says there are “no excuses” for England’s recent performances, after they suffered a fourth defeat in five matches against West Indies. England fell to a 10-run loss in Grenada to leave them 2-0 down in the five-match T20I series, having already lost the ODI series 2-1. The change of formats from ODIs to
Losing the ODI World Cup final to Australia hit India captain Rohit Sharma so hard that “it was very hard to get back and start moving on”. Speaking to fans helped him heal, he said in a social-media video on Wednesday. Twenty-four days after the final in Ahmedabad, which India lost after winning all ten
Uncapped fast bowler Ben Sears has been added to New Zealand’s ODI squad for the three-match series against Bangladesh as cover for Kyle Jamieson, who has a stiff left hamstring. Jamieson returned to New Zealand after the two-Test series in Bangladesh on Tuesday and then travelled to Dunedin to join the ODI squad. He played
Shehzad, 32, last played in the PSL in 2020, primarily representing Quetta Gladiators with whom he won the title in 2019, scoring a half-century in that final. He had a poor tournament in 2020, scoring 61 runs in seven innings, and did not play again. He scored 1077 runs in 45 PSL matches at a
South Africa A 319 (Jean du Plessis 106, Hermann 95, Prasidh 5-43, Saurabh 3-83) and 152 for 2 (Valli 72*, du Plessis 50*) drew with India A 419 (Paul 163, Shardul 76, Sarfaraz 68, Jones 4-100, Plaatjie 3-65) Prasidh, who is in India’s Test squad for the two-Test series in South Africa, could make his
Tea Pakistan 43 for 0 trail Australia 487 (Warner 164, Marsh 90, Jamal 6-111) by 444 runs Openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq weathered Australia’s formidable attack in the second session of day two as Pakistan made a resolute start to their first innings in the series-opener at Optus Stadium. After spending 113.2 overs in the
A total of 77 slots (30 overseas) lie vacant across the 10 IPL squads, ready for filling up at the IPL 2024 auction in Dubai on December 19. The franchises have a combined purse of INR 262.95 crore (USD 31.58 million approx.) available to spend at this auction – this is the highest combined purse
Australia’s World Test Championship final and ODI World Cup hero Travis Head has formally been elevated to co-vice-captain in Australia’s Test team alongside Steven Smith, with current captain Pat Cummins saying that he has all the makings of a future Test leader as they try to future-proof the leadership stocks within Australian cricket. Head, 29,
Yasir Ali, bowlers impress for East Zone East Zone‘s seven-wicket win against Central Zone in Chattogram put them on top of the Bangladesh Cricket League’s table. Yasir Ali struck a century to win the player-of-the-match award but it was their bowlers who played a big part on the win. Batting first, Central Zone reached 280
File image of Sanath Jayasuriya© AFP Sri Lanka Cricket on Thursday appointed former opener Sanath Jayasuriya as the full-time Cricket Consultant for one year to ensure all-round development of the sport in the country. The appointment of Jayasuriya follows the reconstitution of the national selection panel on Wednesday under new lead selector and former opener
This is Jayasuriya’s first role with SLC after having been banned from all cricket for two years by the ICC’s anti-corruption unit in 2019. He had incurred that ban after admitting to two charges – the failure or refusal to cooperate with an investigation, and obstructing or delaying an investigation, under the anti-corruption code.