BCCI’s season-opening 2023 Duleep Trophy, the inter-zonal first-class competition, is set to be hosted across multiple venues in Bengaluru from June 28 to July 16. Six teams across zones – North, South, East, West, Central and North-East – will participate in the tournament. The winners of Central Zone vs East Zone and North-East Zone vs
The Bangladesh Cricket Board [BCB] has apologised after their security personnel assaulted a journalist during the third day of the one-off Test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan in Dhaka. BCB director Ismail Haider Mallick came to the press box within the hour of the incident, and assured that the people involved would be withdrawn from duty
For DeFreitas to Slater in 1994-95, will we one day be reading Cummins to Crawley 2023? The first ball of an Ashes series has long held a degree of mystique, and today’s long-awaited opener was no exception. Here’s how ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary has covered those moments since the start of the epic summer of 2005
Pant is believed to be largely pain-free, and while skill work is still “quite some time away”, he is currently increasing his lower-body and upper-body mobility exercises under the guidance of physio S Rajnikanth, who has previously worked with several India age-group teams and has also been part of the Delhi Capitals support staff. Rajnikanth
Big picture: Enter the Ashes paradox At what stage will it all begin to matter? Will it come when the teams line up for the national anthem, when the passion of the Hollies Stand seeps through the implacable demeanours of an England team that has been trained in the art of un-think? Will it come
Dan Lawrence will leave his home club Essex at the end of the season after agreeing a shock move to Surrey on a three-year contract. Lawrence, the spare batter in England’s Ashes squad, grew up in Chingford and has played for Essex’s first team since the age of 17, having previously represented the county’s age-group
Isabella Gaze and Rosemary Mair return to the New Zealand women’s team as they embark on their first bilateral series in Sri Lanka. The tour begins on June 27 with the first of three ODIs in Galle, and then moves to Colombo for three T20Is. Gaze, the 19-year-old wicketkeeper, and Mair, the 24-year-old fast bowler,
Having been left out of India’s XI for the WTC final against Australia despite being the No. 1 Test bowler in the world, R Ashwin looks at it as a “stumbling block” in his career and not a “setback”. Ashwin’s omission by India, who chose to play four quick bowlers and a spinner in Ravindra
Yorkshire have brought in Australia A seamer Mark Steketee on an initial four-game deal to bolster their LV= Insurance County Championship attack. Steketee, 29, will be available for Yorkshire’s next game in Division Two, against Gloucestershire at Headingley starting on June 25, and three other fixtures during July – although the club have said there
Warwickshire have ramped up security levels to mitigate the threat of activists running onto the Edgbaston pitch and disrupting the first Ashes Test, and have also prepared a spare pitch that will be used in the event that the playing surface is damaged. Just Stop Oil, a coalition of environmental action groups, have disrupted a
The Lanka Premier League held its inaugural auction on Wednesday evening, with Dilshan Madushanka coming away as the tournament’s most expensive signing, when he was bought by Jaffna Kings for US$ 92,000. While the 22-year-old might not have been the pre-auction pick to land such a lucrative contract, it made sense in the end owing
Sourav Ganguly (L) and Ricky Ponting© BCCI Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting is all set to be retained as the head coach of Delhi Capitals despite the franchise’s embarrassing ninth-place finish in the last edition of Indian Premier League (IPL), hinted co-owner Parth Jindal. Speculations were rife that Ponting might not continue after a poor
Australian players spoke to us recently about how intimidating it is to face fast bowler Mitchell Starc in the nets during training
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Afghanistan 35 for 3 (Malik 17, Ebadot 2-15, Shoriful 1-6) trail Bangladesh 382 (Shanto 146, Joy 76, Masood 5-79) by 347 runs In an eight-wicket morning session, Afghanistan’s fast bowlers triggered a Bangladesh collapse before the home side hit back with three quick strikes. Bangladesh lost their last five wickets for nine runs as they
Nahida Khan, the only female cricketer from Balochistan to have represented Pakistan, has called time on her 14-year international career. Nahida, 36, made her Pakistan debut at the age of 23 in 2009 against Sri Lanka and went on to play 66 ODIs and 54 T20Is, scoring 1410 runs at 23.50 and 604 runs at
Raising concerns over fast bowler Trent Boult‘s “flexi” deal with New Zealand Cricket [NZC], Mike Hesson said that his contract is “untidy” and is likely to “open a can of worms”. Boult gave up his New Zealand contract last August to spend more time with family and continue playing franchise cricket around the world. He
The dates and venues for the 2023 Asia Cup have finally been officially confirmed, with the tournament set to take place in Pakistan and Sri Lanka between August 31 and September 17. A detailed schedule, however, has not yet been released. The tournament was originally meant to be held entirely in Pakistan but a hybrid
Ben Stokes has declared himself fit to bowl in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston after training with a heavily-strapped knee on each of England’s three training days. Stokes was due to bat at the start of England’s nets session on Thursday but pushed his slot back in order to bowl around four overs on
Moeen Ali has revealed that he cancelled a family holiday in the Cotswolds to make himself available to play in the Ashes – but will miss Wednesday’s training session at Edgbaston in order to collect his OBE. Moeen was awarded an OBE for services to cricket in the Queen’s Birthday Honours last year, which he
Steven Smith is expecting England to try some “different stuff” against him during the Ashes but is confident his problem-solving skills will stand him in good stead. Smith comes into the series on the back of the 121 he made against India in the World Test Championship final, where he looked in excellent touch, although
Southampton’s Ageas Bowl will host a Men’s Ashes Test for the first time in 2027 following the announcement of venues for England’s home international matches from 2025-31. The Ageas Bowl, which hosts its first Women’s Ashes ODI on July 16, will also stage its first Women’s Ashes Test in 2031, with the 2027 edition to
The second season of the SA20 will see one additional match – a mirror of the IPL’s knockout phase – and a salary purse increase of R5.1 million (USD 276,000 approx) – per team. That takes the total number of fixtures to 34, with each side playing the other five teams both home and away
Of the England players arriving into this Ashes riding the crest of England’s nu-wave, Harry Brook is probably at its very peak. Which explains the confidence he has in stating the faster Australia bowl, the quicker they will get sent to the boundary. “Obviously they might have a little bit of extra pace, but if
The move comes as a surprise given England’s stated desire for “fast, flat wickets” this summer, leaving them without a genuine fast bowler in the side – though Wood is likely to come into the side at some stage in the series. Ben Stokes, England’s captain, has previously signalled his wish to hit Australia with
India batter Virat Kohli put all the criticism on hold after he roared back to form during the Asia Cup 2022 with a century against Afghanistan. He continued his form in the 2022 T20 World Cup and emerged as the highest run-scorer. Later, he showed his vintage batting style and brought up his much-awaited 29th
Justin Ontong, the former South Africa batter and most recently national men’s team fielding coach, has been named as the new coach of the Paarl Rocks provincial side. Ontong succeeds JP Duminy, who was in charge for a season and is now the South African men’s white-ball batting coach. This is Ontong’s first position as
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