If Matt Renshaw gets a call-up to Australia’s Test side on the upcoming tour of India, he says he will be as prepared as ever to take on spin maestro R Ashwin. In 2021 Ashwin became the first bowler in history to take 200 wickets against left-handed batters. The 26-year-old Renshaw will tour with fellow
Trent Bridge, the home of men’s reigning champions Trent Rockets, will host the opening fixtures of this year’s Hundred on August 1, with the final once again scheduled for Lord’s, on August 27. As revealed by ESPNcricinfo, this year’s tournament will played in a reduced four-week window, to avoid a clash with the summer’s men’s
Seventeen bidders, including seven entities that own men’s IPL teams, will participate in the BCCI’s January 25 auction to buy the five women’s IPL franchisees ahead of the inaugural edition in March. The auction will take place in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon, and the winners will be determined through a closed-bid process. A key eligibility
The annual ICC teams for 2022 are out, in five categories: men’s Tests, ODIs and T20Is, and women’s ODIs and T20Is. Some of the usual suspects, the cream of the crop in each format, are there, of course, but there are a few names in each XI that might make you want to turn to
Former Pakistan batter Haroon Rasheed has been named chief selector by PCB chairman Najam Sethi, who said that the rest of the selection panel would be named later. Rasheed played 23 Tests and 12 ODIs for Pakistan between 1977 and 1983 and apart from his previous role as a selector, has also served as PCB’s
New Zealand chose to bowl vs India Rohit Sharma said he would have batted first anyway because defending on such a small ground will be difficult, and he said he wanted to put the team in tougher situations. Having decided they were going to bat first, India threw their spinners a big challenge as they
India Women vs West Indies Women, Women’s T20I Tri-Series Live Score Updates© AFP India Women vs West Indies Women Live Updates: India won the toss and opted to bat against West Indies. The Indian team will look to continue the winning run, when it takes on the West Indies in the Women’s T20 Tri-Series on Monday.
The ICC has rescinded the demerit point it had handed out to the Rawalpindi pitch after Pakistan’s first Test against England last December. The surface used at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium was deemed “below par” by match referee Andy Pycroft, the second successive Test pitch at that venue to have been given that rating. However,
The PCB and the BCCI will face off in Bahrain on February 4 over their dispute regarding the Indian board secretary Jay Shah’s announcement of the Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) calendar of events for 2023 and 2024, which the PCB has alleged was made in a “unilateral” manner, without keeping the Pakistan board in the
Australia vice-captain and wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy has said that the emergence of the Women’s IPL will put a lot of pressure on other global organisations and countries around the world to promote women’s cricket. “[The Women’s IPL] is going to change women’s cricket for the better,” Healy told ESPNcricinfo in long-ranging conversation during Australia’s five-match
India 167 for 2 (Mandhana 74*, Harmanpreet 56*, Bruce 1-25) beat West Indies 111 for 4 (Campbelle 47, Matthews 34, Deepti 2-29) by 56 runs A humongous, authoritative partnership followed by a clinical bowling display helped India notch up their second win in the women’s T20 tri-series. Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur added an unbroken
Pakistan will not pull out of their upcoming bilateral series against Afghanistan, like Australia did, with PCB chairman Najam Sethi saying that “cricket and politics should be kept separate”. The series in March, however, will now comprise three T20Is and not ODIs and will be played at an offshore venue, with the Afghanistan and Pakistan
Big picture: Will New Zealand’s top five please stand up? Six-eighty-six runs in the series opener and just 219 in the second game. Even if the total runs scored in the match reduced by nearly 70% from the first ODI to the second, the common and worrying theme for New Zealand was how their top
Saurashtra’s nets session on Monday gave a clear picture of Ravindra Jadeja’s determination to get back on the field. In a practice session that spanned over three hours and 20 minutes, Jadeja was one of only two players to have an extended hit at the nets. This was after he was done with his stretching
Ireland will play their first Test match against Bangladesh during their tour of the country in March and April, a visit that also includes three ODIs and three T20Is. It is Ireland’s first bilateral tour of Bangladesh since 2008. Ireland are scheduled to arrive on March 12 and, after a practice match, they will play
Grace Harris has been praised for having added “another dimension” to Australia’s T20I batting line-up since returning to the side last year as she shapes up as a key figure in the upcoming T20 World Cup. Harris, who made her international debut in 2015, was recalled for the T20 leg of the Ashes last January,
Marnus Labuschagne discusses Steve Smith’s return to form, his crucial innings of 91 and explains exactly what he was doing in a moment from day one that went viral. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND Tests: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND-Tests Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram:
Yuzvendra Chahal shared a picture of a Team India cricketer© Instagram Indian cricket team spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took to Instagram to post a hilarious picture of teammate Kuldeep Yadav while travelling to Indore for the third ODI encounter against New Zealand. The two spinners are close friends and on Sunday, Chahal transformed Kuldeep into a
It’s coming up to a year since Matt Fisher‘s Test debut against West Indies in Barbados, and in so many ways that one-off appearance epitomises the promise and frustration that has accompanied his career ever since his Yorkshire debut, as a 17-year old, eight years ago. Fisher showcased his wicket-taking menace by dismissing John Campbell
We’re honouring some of the most important performances by a No.11 batter in our KFC Iconic 11 series, with Jackson Bird scoring what would prove crucial runs in a tight Gabba Test against Pakistan in 2016. McKay’s role in Faulkner’s finish: https://youtu.be/SqCiO0_pZss More videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cricketcomau
File photo of Shoaib Akhtar .© Twitter Shoaib Akhtar on Saturday announced that he has disassociated himself from his biopic ‘Rawalpindi Express – Running against the odds’. In July last year, Akhtar had unveiled the motion poster of the movie that was set to release on November 13 in 2023. However, in his latest social
Ireland 294 for 7 (Doheny 84, Tector 75, Chatara 3-51, Evans 2-66) beat Zimbabwe 248 (Ballance 52, Kaia 51, Burl 41, Little 4-38) by 46 runs A late surge from Ryan Burl and Gary Ballance proved to be futile for Zimbabwe, as Ireland clinched the second ODI in Harare to level the series 1-1. Starring
Mehidy Hasan Miraz‘s all-round performances throughout 2022 have earned him an all-format BCB contract for the period January to December 2023. He joins Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan and Taskin Ahmed in the list of players with all-format contracts, while Mushfiqur Rahim and Shoriful Islam, who had full contracts in 2022, have one fewer format
Toss South Africa chose to bat vs West Indies South Africa won the toss in the second T20I and opted to bat first in the women’s T20I Tri-series at Buffalo Park on Saturday. South Africa are unchanged from the opening game against India where they suffered 27-run defeat. Their middle order batting will be in
Baig, who had only recently recovered from a shoulder injury, fractured the index finger on her bowling hand during the second ODI against Australia on Saturday. She will be replaced by batter Sadaf Shamas in the Pakistan squad for the rest of the series and the women’s T20 World Cup starting next month. Shamas was
India 111 for 2 (Rohit 51, Gill 40*) beat New Zealand 108 (Phillips 36, Shami 3-18, Washington 2-7, Hardik 2-16) by eight wickets After a thrilling last-over finish in Hyderabad, India romped to an eight-wicket victory in Raipur on the back of an inspired performance from their quick bowlers to take the series 2-0 with
Bangladesh’s squad for next month’s Women’s T20 World Cup to be held in South Africa includes four players from their ongoing Under-19 Women’s World Cup, also taking place in South Africa. Shamima, 34, is a wicketkeeper-batter who has played 47 T20Is. Sobhana is a 20-year old batter with 15 T20Is under her belt. Both were
Dan Christian, one of the most decorated T20 cricketers in history, has announced he will retire at the conclusion of the ongoing BBL with Sydney Sixers. Currently Christian, 39, has played 405 T20s amassing 5809 runs and taking 280 wickets. Selection permitting, he will have at least four more matches with Sixers guaranteed two shots
There was three wickets apiece for Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh while Josh Hazlewood added two but Adam Zampa’s googly to dismiss New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson was the pick of the bunch. Stream all the ODI action via Kayo Sports: https://cricketa.us/kayo Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvNZ ODIS: https://cricketa.us/AUSvNZ2020 Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau