Jason Holder says that his decision to make himself unavailable for West Indies’ Test series in Australia next month was prompted by his desire to focus on T20 cricket ahead of a World Cup on home soil in June 2024. Holder, who captained in 37 Tests between 2015 and 2020, does not feature in the
New Zealand 296 for 3 (Nicholls 95, Young 89, Mahmud 2-57) beat Bangladesh 291 (Sarkar 169, O’Rourke 3-47, Duffy 3-51) by seven wickets Soumya Sarkar cracked a career-best 169 out of Bangladesh’s total of 291 in the second ODI against New Zealand, but the visitors still fell well short in Nelson. Henry Nicholls hit 95
File photo of Dave Houghton© X (formerly Twitter) Zimbabwe coach Dave Houghton has resigned after the country’s failure to reach next year’s T20 World Cup, the national board said Wednesday. “The Zimbabwe Cricket Board has accepted Dave Houghton’s resignation from his position as head coach of the Zimbabwe senior men’s national team with immediate effect,” the board said in a
Big picture: We have an ODI series decider If this series felt like an afterthought before, the ODI on Tuesday night confirmed it, when the broadcast in India kept talking about the IPL auction instead of the cricket that was happening. A South Africa victory though has given this upcoming game proper stakes. It’s a
Matthew Mott has said that England are “very close” to settling on their squad for the T20 World Cup next June. England are currently tied at 2-2 in their five-match series against West Indies, in a contest that has been enthralling throughout with over 100 sixes hit in four matches. The series has been invaluable
Dave Houghton has resigned as Zimbabwe men’s head coach, 18 months after accepting the job last June. After Zimbabwe’s failure to qualify for the T20 World Cup and their defeat in both the ODIs and T20I series to Ireland, Houghton told ESPNcricinfo he felt the players were “not responding to my voice anymore.” He handed
Mitchell Santner – “he’s a Chennai stalwart now” – was the first to get in touch. And then “your phone goes off pretty quickly,” Daryl Mitchell said with a laugh, talking about the calls from his new team at the IPL, Chennai Super Kings, not long after he was sold for INR 14 crore (US$1,687,000
East Zone are the new Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) champions, getting their hands on the trophy after defeating North Zone by an innings and 112 runs in the final round of matches in the tournament, which ended on Wednesday. Khaled Ahmed was the standout performer for East Zone, as he completed an 11-wicket match haul
Pakistan’s preparations for the second Test in Melbourne have been dealt a setback after Khurram Shahzad became a significant doubt for the game. Shahzad complained of discomfort in his left side while bowling during the first Test, and has now been sent for an MRI scan. The results for which will come back on Thursday,
Rishabh Pant will attend the IPL auction as part of the Delhi Capitals continent on Tuesday in Dubai. Pant has been out of action for a year now after a major car accident last year, and is expected to play in IPL 2024, likely as captain but not necessarily as wicketkeeper. Pant also said the
England legspinner Adil Rashid has become the No. 1 ranked bowler in T20Is, while Pakistan batter Babar Azam has displaced India opener Shubman Gill at the top of the ICC men’s ODI rankings. Rashid overtook two other legspinners – Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan (No. 2) and India’s Ravi Bishnoi (No. 3) – after taking seven wickets
Big picture – A tough challenge for India It’s been almost 40 years. Australia Women played a four-Test series in India in 1984, all of which ended in draws, with the last at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. On Thursday, India and Australia will start a one-off Test match, again at Wankhede, to kick off their multi-format
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New Zealand captain Sophie Devine is taking a ‘wellbeing break’ after a heavy workload over the last year and will miss the first half of the Super Smash season for Wellington. A decision on her involvement for the remainder of the tournament will be taken later. “Our players’ mental and physical wellbeing is always our
Renuka Singh has 38 wickets in women’s T20Is, at an average of 21.13. Since her debut in October 2021, only Ireland’s Arlene Kelly has taken more among fast bowlers from Full-Member teams. Also among the top ten is Pooja Vastrakar, who has picked up 21 wickets in this period, at 24.80. Renuka and Vastrakar were
Phil Salt has described his IPL omission as “confusing” after he went unsold at the 2024 mini auction. Salt was expected to be in high demand following a successful debut season with Delhi Capitals where he averaged 27.25 with a strike-rate of 163.91. But despite a base price of 1.5 crore, the England opener went
India is the place to be for Australia allrounder Tahlia McGrath. She was the interim vice-captain for the women’s T20I series in Mumbai last year and led Australia for the first time in internationals in the final game of the tour after Alyssa Healy was out injured. The pair was appointed to the roles on
Opener Tony de Zorzi slammed a magnificent maiden hundred to complement a superlative effort by his team’s bowlers, led by pacer Nandre Burger, as South Africa humbled India by eight wickets in the second ODI to level the three-match series 1-1 at Gqeberha in South Africa on Tuesday. The 26-year-old de Zorzi, playing only his
The full list of players sold and unsold at the IPL 2024 auction in Dubai. (Conversion rates as follows: USD 1 = INR 83 approx; INR 50 lakh = USD 60,000 approx; INR 1 crore = USD 120,000 approx; INR 10 crore = USD 1,200,000 approx) IPL 2024 auction sold players Rovman Powell (Base price
West Indies win toss and choose to bowl vs England West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first against England in the penultimate encounter of their five-match T20I series in Tarouba. West Indies had already made two changes to their squad for the remainder of the series on the eve of this match,
First Pat Cummins, and then Mitchell Starc, broke the IPL auction record for top bid prices, going to Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders respectively for a combined INR 45.25 crore (US$ 5.45 million approx.). Cummins was sold for INR 20.50 crore (US$ 2,470,000 approx.), and Starc INR 24.75 crore (US$ 2,982,000 approx.). “It’s obviously
Mohammad Haris has been left out of Pakistan’s 17-man squad for the five-match T20I series in New Zealand starting January 12. Haris, who has been out of the Pakistan set-up since the Asia Cup in September, is one of two notable absentees in the squad, along with Shadab Khan, who had to miss out due
/South Africa chose to bowl vs India India lost their fourth toss in four on the tour of South Africa, and were asked to bat first on a fresh pitch with the Easterly wind blowing, which is generally the bowling wind in Gqeberha. South Africa were forced to make changes with injuries to Andile Phehlukwayo
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has shattered the record for the most expensive player at an IPL auction after being signed by Kolkata Knight riders for INR 24.75 crore (US$2,982,000 approx.). He surpassed the winning INR 20.50 crore bid (US$2,470,000 approx.) that Sunrisers Hyderabad had made for Pat Cummins, Australia’s ODI World Cup winning captain,
Adelaide Strikers 205 for 4 (M Short 82, D Short 66) beat Sydney Thunder 200 for 7 (Bancroft 74, Ross 46) by six wickets Matt Short‘s masterclass and Adam Hose‘s clutch hitting at the death lifted Adelaide Strikers to a thrilling six-wicket win over the Sydney Thunder at Adelaide Oval. After Cameron Bancroft (74) anchored
In one of the craziest overs in the tournament’s history, the Stars took five Scorchers wickets in a single over in BBL|01, thanks to some quality bowling by James Faulkner and keeping by Matthew Wade
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It was just about the perfect finish. Stumped Sangakkara, bowled Jayawardene brought the curtain down not only on the mismatched seven-game One-Day International series between Sri Lanka and England, but also on the home ODI careers of two of the most glittering gems in Sri Lanka’s cricketing crown. Tillakaratne Dilshan produced a typically bruising century,