Shreyas Iyer is enjoying a purple patch, with four half-centuries and a hundred in his last six ODI innings. That’s some unreal form in different conditions: from the bounce of the red-soil surface in Ahmedabad, to the sluggish pitches in the Caribbean, and biscuit-brown Ranchi. His latest innings in Ranchi on Sunday was only his
England captain Jos Buttler said he might have considered appealing against Matthew Wade obstructing the field in a higher-stakes contest in the aftermath of his side’s thrilling eight-run victory over Australia in Perth. The series opener, in what is effectively a warm-up ahead of the T20 World Cup, was delicately poised with Australia at 170
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Innings South Africa 278 for 7 (Markram 79, Hendricks 74, Siraj 3-38) v India Reeza Hendricks‘ fifth half-century in his last six international innings and Aiden Markram‘s highest score of the calendar year combined to anchor a South African innings that started and ended slowly. The duo shared a run-a-ball stand of 129 and guided
New Zealand 142 for 2 (Conway 70*, Mahmud 1-26) beat Bangladesh 137 for 8 (Shanto 33, Bracewell 2-14, Boult 2-25, Sodhi 2-31) by eight wickets New Zealand opened their account in the tri-series with an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in Christchurch. Their spinners Ish Sodhi and Michael Bracewell turned the screws in the middle overs
Suryakumar Yadav and Harshal Patel are among five members of India’s T20 World Cup squad who have not played top-flight cricket in Australia. The others are Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi and Deepak Hooda. Suryakumar was in contention to make the trip in December 2020, following a prolific IPL for Mumbai Indians in the UAE, but
England 208 for 6 (Hales 84, Buttler 68, Ellis 3-20) beat Australia 200 for 9 (Warner 73, Marsh 36, Wood 3-34) by eight runs Alex Hales made a statement with a rapid 84, while quicks Mark Wood and Sam Curran thwarted Australia’s bold chase as England stepped up their T20 World Cup preparations with a
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Chicago’s Bulls had Michael Jordan lifting the standard and Jimmy Peirson says there’s two men doing the same for Queensland’s Bulls. The in-form wicketkeeper has also revealed the strategic shift designed to catapult team-mate Matt Renshaw back into a baggy green as he continues his own push for a Test debut. Peirson powered to a
In another ill-timed fitness issue for India, Deepak Chahar has been ruled out of the final two ODIs against South Africa with a stiff back. Spin-bowling allrounder Washington Sundar was brought in as a replacement. A BCCI media release said Chahar would head to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, where he would be
Day by day, match by match, we are getting closer to the real thing. Neither Australia nor England have been short on T20Is of late and now they face each other for three more, beginning in Perth before two more back across the country in Canberra. The sides have been doing a fair amount of
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On a balmy Monday night three summers ago, Shafali Verma, the then 16-year-old prodigy, lit up the old warhorse of the WACA with an outrageous 39 off 17 balls during India’s victory over Bangladesh at the 2020 Women’s T20 World Cup. The 5000-strong crowd, mostly Indian fans cheering wildly for Shafali’s heroics, hopefully savoured the
Rizwan, with 854 rating points, leads Suryakumar (838) by 16 rating points in the T20I rankings.© AFP Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan has been in top form for his team over the last two years or so, which has seen him rise to the top of the ICC rankings in T20Is. India batter Suryakumar Yadav, too,
Pakistan 149 for 4 (Babar 79*, Shadab 34, Tickner 2-42) beat New Zealand 147 for 8 (Conway 36, Rauf 3-28, Wasim 2-20, Nawaz 2-44) by six wickets On a day where everything clicked into place for Pakistan, they swept aside New Zealand to cruise to a six-wicket win. A day after Bangladesh had been given
A minor abdominal injury to fast bowler Lockie Ferguson has depleted New Zealand further in the ongoing T20I tri-series, involving Pakistan and Bangladesh. The hosts are already without allrounders Daryl Mitchell, who has been sidelined from the entire tri-series with a fractured finger, and Mitchell Santner, who will join the squad on Sunday after his
Big picture A narrow win in Lucknow gave South Africa ten points and lifted their World Cup Super League tally to 59, but they are still 11th, and a long way behind eighth-placed West Indies, who have 88 points. Given that they have forfeited 30 points by pulling out of the scheduled three-match series in
As they prepare to face England as part of the T20 World Cup preparation, Matthew Wade has pinpointed Australia’s heavy defeat against them in last year’s tournament as the key moment in the transformation of their T20 fortunes. Though Australia started their campaign with victories over South Africa and Sri Lanka, the crushing nature of
India 159 for 5 (Shafali 55, Mandhana 47, Rodrigues 35, Rumana 3-27) beat Bangladesh 100 for 7 (Sultana 36, Fargana 30, Shafali 2-10, Deepti 2-13) by 59 runs A superb batting display from openers Shafali Verma – who also picked up two wickets – and Smriti Mandhana helped India bounce back from a loss to
West Indies batter John Campbell has been handed a four-year ban for violation of an anti-doping rule, according to a Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) decision seen by Reuters. Friday’s 18-page decision by a three-member independent panel followed a charge of evading, refusing or failing to submit to sample collection. JADCO accused Campbell of refusing to
Captain Jos Buttler declared himself fit for England’s T20 clash against Australia in Perth on Sunday, while he confirmed returning talisman Ben Stokes would bat in the top-order but Liam Livingstone remains touch-and-go for the World Cup Buttler has recovered from a nagging calf injury suffered during the Hundred and sidelined him from England’s stirring
Why did Harmanpreet Kaur go in to bat as low as No. 7? Why was Pooja Vastrakar, a finisher, sent up the order, in the 10th over, ahead of Richa Ghosh? Are India overdependent on Smriti Mandhana? Cricketing logic would suggest that these questions are perfectly legitimate, especially after losing to a team whose win-loss
A committed member of the crowd almost pulled in this superb effort after he narrowly missed pulling in this Chris Lynn maximum in Geelong
Former South Africa allrounder Lance Klusener has quit as Zimbabwe’s batting coach with immediate effect after reaching a mutual agreement with the board. “According to his agent, the decision follows Klusener’s desire to pursue professional engagements around the globe which will impact his full-time availability for the national team’s programmes,” Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) said in
Steven Smith knows he needs to show intent now that he’s been shed of the ‘Mr Fix it’ role. “Just having that more attacking mindset rather than when I was playing that kind of role,” Smith said on Thursday. “I was probably in a more defensive frame of mind and almost just trying to get
Indian batters bungled badly in a straightforward chase as Pakistan recorded their first win over the arch-rivals in six years with a 13-run victory in the Women’s Asia Cup, in Sylhet on Friday. India, the most formidable team in Asia by some distance, batted poorly to be all out for 124 in 19.4 overs after
Pakistan 137 for 6 (Dar 56*, Deepti 3-27) beat India 124 (Ghosh 26, Sandhu 3-30, Dar 2-23) by 13 runs Pakistan recovered from a surprise defeat against Thailand and inflicted a thrilling 13-run defeat on India in their Women’s T20 Asia Cup clash at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Allrounder Nida Dar led Pakistan’s charge
The Durban franchise has a few other crossovers from the Lucknow team, with Quinton de Kock, Jason Holder and Kyle Mayers part of both teams. Those three were among five players signed up by the franchise ahead the SA20 auction, while the likes of Reece Topley, Dwaine Pretorius, Heinrich Klaasen, Keemo Paul, Keshav Maharaj, Kyle
Opening batter Phil Salt hopes his new home ground in Perth can help him apply further pressure for a T20 World Cup berth as England prepare for a warm-up clash with Australia at Optus Stadium on Sunday. Salt has fond memories of playing at the 60,000-seat ground in Burswood, which is hosting international cricket for