Jos Buttler has described the sandy Dharamsala outfield as “poor” and questioned the venue’s fitness to host a World Cup fixture, after urging his England players to be careful when diving in the deep against Bangladesh. The outfield was rated “average” by the match officials for Bangladesh’s six-wicket win over Afghanistan on Saturday, despite its
Shakib Al Hasan shoots the breeze with the visiting BCB directors in the canopy overlooking the practice facility at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. He had just walked past a large group of Bangladesh media persons, serenely smiling. Detached obviously, but also strangely attached the next minute. There’s a lot of laughter coming from where
Big picture – Familiar nemesis awaits faltering England Six matches down, 42 to come… it’s too soon to form any broad judgements about the destiny of the 2023 World Cup. However, as England’s chastened cricketers head for the tournament’s highest peak in Dharamsala, they do so with clear reason to doubt their readiness to scale
England 364 for 9 (Malan 140, Root 82, Mahedi 4-71) beat Bangladesh 227 (Litton 76, Topley 4-43) by 137 runs Defending champions England produced an emphatic response to defeat in their opening World Cup match, crushing Bangladesh by 137 runs in Dharamsala to get their tournament up and running. A total of 364 for 9
The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and will run from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Five-star Santner and New Zealand’s batters make it two
When you knock AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle off their perch life can become a bit of a blur, so it’s perhaps unsurprising that for Jake Fraser-McGurk his feat in Adelaide a few days ago, where he scorched a 29-ball hundred, was still sinking in. Fraser-McGurk’s astonishing display at Karen Rolton Oval shaved two
Fast bowler Darcie Brown has been ruled out of the remainder of the ODI series against West Indies with a hamstring injury which also potentially leaves her in doubt for the start of the WBBL. Brown left the field after three overs in the first one-dayer in Brisbane, where she claimed the key with of
Australia are ready to embrace the unknown when they face South Africa in Lucknow on a newly relaid surface with Glenn Maxwell confident they have the adaptability for whatever conditions they come up against despite struggle to combat India’s spinners on a tough Chennai pitch. The pitches at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium were dug
Team India opened its ODI World Cup 2023 campaign with a thumping six-wicket win over Australia. The Rohit Sharma-led side first bundled out the visitors for just 199 runs and then chased down the target in 41.2 overs. In the chase, the partnership between Virat Kohli (85) and KL Rahul (97*) played a crucial role.
Opening the batting in South Australia’s run chase, Fraser-McGurk, 21, reached his century in the ninth over of the innings, going past de Villiers’ previous mark of 31 balls which he set against West Indies in an ODI at Johannesburg in 2015. He eventually holed out in the 12th over, finishing with 125 from 38
KL Rahul and Virat Kohli scored half-centuries and stitched together a crucial partnership to guide India to victory against Australia in their opening match of the Cricket World Cup 2023 in Chennai on Sunday. Chasing a modest target of 200, India were off to a horrible start as Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer
The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and will run from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Rahul, Kohli guide India home after early scare on
New Zealand 111 for 9 (Green 45, Tryon 4 for 15) vs South Africa Chloe Tryon‘s career-best 4 for 15 restricted New Zealand to 111 for 9 in 20 overs before the match was abandoned due to rain in East London. After being put in, New Zealand were off to a steady start before Suzie
Twelve balls into India’s pursuit of 200, KL Rahul found himself at the crease. He was batting at No. 5, and he had just kept wicket through a muggy Chennai afternoon for almost 50 overs. It was all a “bit of a rush”, as he said three hours later, after having batted through the rest
England’s boundary fielders are bracing for a challenging day in Dharamsala on Tuesday, after being warned about the condition of the outfield at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium by their former batter and current Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott. The grass on the sand-based outfield is patchy and uneven, and several players slipped or
India 201 for 4 (Rahul 97*, Kohli 85, Hazlewood 3-38) beat Australia 199 all out (Smith 46, Jadeja 3-28) by six wickets The hosts and favourites for the 2023 World Cup are up and running. But as clinical as India’s six-wicket victory over Australia looks on paper, there was far more jeopardy out on the
Big Picture: Can Netherlands thwart New Zealand? Hand on heart, how many expected New Zealand to trounce England the way they did in the opening fixture of the 2023 World Cup? But then that’s what New Zealand do. Fly under the radar, without making much of a splash, but deliver when it matters. And they
“Yeah, it’s quite strange because you almost get this thing that just takes over your body at certain moments,” Markram said when asked about the unusual reactions on show. “I think there’s a lot of passion in this team to give our absolute all at this World Cup and see how far it can get
Bangladesh have never won more than three matches in an ODI World Cup but a convincing win against Afghanistan in the opener means that they can dare to dream. And if they are looking for advice on how to go all the way, they have four players in the squad who have the experience of
Half-centuries as a 17-year-old Fraser-McGurk made an instant impression on his first-class and one-day debuts for Victoria in 2019 when, aged 17, he hit half-centuries in both the Sheffield Shield and One-day Cup in the space of six days. However, they would remain his only half-centuries until this remarkable century against Tasmania. An difficult Under-19
Pakistan 286 (Rizwan 68, Shakeel 68, de Leede 4-62) beat Netherlands 205 (de Leede 67, Singh 52, Rauf 3-43) by 81 runs It wasn’t the perfect performance but, at the moment, good enough will do for Pakistan, and good enough is exactly what they achieved. In a staccato showing where bursts of inspiration were interspersed
Lockie Ferguson and Tim Southee are likely to be fit for New Zealand’s second World Cup game against Netherlands having recovered from their respective injuries. However, captain Kane Williamson is likely to spend some more time on the sidelines, head coach Gary Stead has said. “Lockie Ferguson got through training really well so providing he
There aren’t too many arguments going around against South Africa having the best top-six in the world. The maverick Quinton de Kock, the stable Temba Bavuma, the conventional No. 3 Rassie van der Dussen, and then the dynamic powerhouse trio of Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller. It is what follows that comes up
Australia 87 for 2 (Healy 38, Perry 20*) beat West Indies 83 (Alleyne 35, Garth 3-8, Gardner 2-17, Wareham 2-30) by eight wickets Without the injured Hayley Matthews, West Indies were no match for Australia in the first ODI at Allan Border Field as the home side raced to an eight-wicket win in a contest
The Cricket World Cup 2023 campaign is set to get underway for India, with a match against Australia set to take place on Sunday. India, who last became world champions in 2011, are likely to see superstars like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, etc. feature in their last ODI World Cup. It
South Africa 428 for 5 (van der Dussen 108, Markram 106, de Kock 100) beat Sri Lanka 326 (Asalanka 79, Mendis 76, Shanaka 68, Coetzee 3-68) by 102 runs Progressively more emphatic centuries from Rassie van der Dussen, Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram would in the end prove to be the decisive contributions as
Mohammad Rizwan was at his jovial best soon after Pakistan began their quest for “unfinished business from 2019” with a win over Netherlands that seemed far tighter than the 81-run margin would suggest. He spoke of the warm hospitality, a familiar home-like feeling, the excitement of playing in different cities on his first tour of
The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and will run from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Markram, van der Dussen and de Kock flay centuries
Jonathan Trott, Afghanistan’s head coach, feels Mujeeb Ur Rahman was lucky to escape without a serious injury after his left knee went into the sandy Dharamsala outfield when he put in a dive during Afghanistan’s six-wicket defeat to Bangladesh on Saturday. The grass on the outfield was patchy and mossy, and several players on both
Big picture “50-over World Cup is the biggest sporting event in cricketing history. So, for me, this is the biggest event that I will be part of.” You might share this sentiment, expressed by Rohit Sharma on Saturday, but you may not have seen too much evidence just yet that too many others do. Four