Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz has announced his retirement from international cricket, ending a 15-year career for his country. He will, however, continue playing franchise cricket. Wahab played 27 Tests, 91 ODIs and 36 T20Is for Pakistan and last turned out in national colours back in 2020. He picked up 83 wickets in Test cricket
England are prepared to play Ben Stokes as a batsman only when they defend their 50-over men’s World Cup title in India after the Test captain reversed his decision to retire from one-day internationals. The all-rounder, troubled by a longstanding left knee injury that restricted his bowling during the recent drawn Ashes Test series at
Pakistan head coach Grant Bradburn has said that Pakistan have bought into the new-look attacking style they adopted against Sri Lanka in the Test series, promising the ODIs would see more of the same being implemented. He also said the players called up to training camps in Lahore and Karachi over the past week had
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After a stellar few months in ODI cricket, Asif Khan is all set to make his T20I debut after being named in the 16-member UAE squad for the three-match series against New Zealand. The series will also see Muhammad Waseem make his T20I captaincy debut after he took over the reins of the national men’s
Imran is widely regarded as the finest cricketer Pakistan has produced and one of the game’s greatest allrounders. He led them to their first global title in 1992 at the MCG, a culmination of a decade of captaincy in which he turned Pakistan into one of the best sides in the world. He led them
Jofra Archer has missed out on selection in England’s World Cup squad after running out of time to prove his fitness and will only fly to India as a travelling reserve, barring “something miraculous” in his recovery from injury. Archer was England’s leading wicket-taker when they won the tournament four years ago and closed out
Samuels announced his retirement in November 2020, after a career in which he played 71 Tests, 207 ODIs and 67 T20Is, and scored over 11,000 international runs and 17 centuries. While his record suggested he never made the most of his sumptuous talent, his highs were spectacular, most notably when he top-scored in the T20
Prithvi Shaw will take no further part in the ongoing One-Day Cup competition in England for Northamptonshire after injuring his knee while fielding in a fixture against Durham on Sunday. Scan results have revealed that the “injury is worse than initially expected”, according to a statement released by Northamptonshire. Shaw is currently being monitored by
The Pakistan Cricket Board has issued show-cause notices to its players participating in the minor leagues in the USA without obtaining the mandatory no-objection certificate (NOCs). The PCB has acted after Test player Fawad Alam moved to the USA to play cricket and with the eventual aim of settling down in the country. At present,
At this year’s Ashes, Ben Stokes has 24 runs in one over. Here is the full clip from the game at Lord’s. Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket teams and England and Wales Cricket Board, including highlights, interviews and
Will Jacks wants to “become a mainstay” for England across formats after making his international debuts last winter, and is using his old Under-19 team-mate Harry Brook as inspiration as he looks to force his way into their World Cup squad. Jacks played twice for England in all three formats in 2022-23, making his T20I
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The second edition of the SA20 will run from January 10 to February 10, 2024 and will clash with South Africa’s two-Test series in New Zealand which starts with a warm-up match on January 29. Since the SA20 is owned in the majority by Cricket South Africa, players are obliged to fulfil their SA20 franchise
England will host Zimbabwe in May 2025 for a four-day Test, marking the first Test match between the sides since June 2003. The game will be played from May 28 to 31 but the venue is yet to be confirmed. In all the two have played each other in six Tests, Zimbabwe hosting England in
Sri Lanka allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga has retired from Test cricket at age 26. He is understood to have made this decision in order to be more available for franchise cricket tournaments. Hasaranga has not been a regular member of Sri Lanka’s Test squad over the last two years, but has played four Tests. He had
They may also announce their World Cup squad alongside it given the ICC requires teams to select a provisional squad by September 5 and to finalise their squads by September 28, leaving teams scope to make late changes. While England’s final squad will consist of 15 players, along with three travelling reserves, they may follow
Pat Cummins is targeting a return in the ODIs against India in late September ahead of the World Cup as he recovers from the fractured wrist he suffered in the final Ashes Test at The Oval. Cummins, Australia’s ODI captain, picked up the injury on the opening day of the Test but the severity of
Dewald Brevis has earned his first call-up to the South Africa men’s squad for their upcoming white-ball series against Australia. The 20-year-old batter, who was the top run-getter at the Under-19 World Cup in 2022, has already featured in multiple franchise competitions around the world. He has been included in the squads for both the
“If you see, we lost that period post 10 overs since I came [in to bat],” he said in the post-match presentation. I think I was not able to capitalise the situation and took my time and was not able to finish. I think the boys really played well. I think, at that period when
England Test captain and the world’s premier all-rounder Ben Stokes is all set to come out of retirement and play the ODI World Cup in India even if it comes at the cost of missing a season of cash-rich IPL, according to British daily ‘The Telegraph’. According to a report in the leading English newspaper,
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Finn, 34, played 36 Tests, 69 ODIs and 21 T20Is after making his international debut in 2010 against Bangladesh. He showed his wares early in his career, returning 14 wickets in England’s win in the men’s Ashes of 2010-11. He also picked up 12 wickets – the second-most for England – in the 2015 Ashes
Dane Vilas, the former South Africa wicketkeeper, will leave Lancashire at the end of the season after a seven-year spell in the county game. Vilas, 38, is set to wind down his first-class career, which began in 2006 and saw him capped six times in Tests, although he is expected to play in the 2023-24
As the final steps in their road back from injury to the Indian team, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are now taking part in match simulations at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. This process will culminate in a couple of practice games for them, as they make their way back from a thigh
Zak Crawley hopes that working on his ramp and reverse-sweep can help him force his way into England’s white-ball plans, as he looks to further expand his range of shots after finishing the Ashes as their leading run-scorer. Having scored at a strike rate of 88.72 across five Tests against Australia this summer, a shift
Cricket South Africa will no longer apply fitness standards as rigidly as earlier, so both their male and female athletes who fail to complete their two-kilometre run in the required time, or whose skinfolds are above recommended measures, will still be permitted to play on the national coaches’ discretion. However, in a document circulated to