South Africa batter Lizelle Lee has announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket with immediate effect. In a statement shared by Cricket South Africa, she said she will continue to play domestic T20 cricket around the world. “It is with a lot of mixed emotions that I announce my retirement from international cricket,”
Brendon McCullum, England’s Test coach, has said that he has no idea what ‘Bazball’ means and suggested that the phrase has missed the nuances of his side’s new approach. ‘Bazball’ was termed by Andrew Miller, ESPNcricinfo’s UK editor, on an episode of the Switch Hit podcast recorded before the start of England’s series against New
Toss Australia chose to bat vs Sri Lanka Australia have decided against altering the balance of their side with Mitchell Starc retaining his place for the second Test in Galle, meaning a comeback for Glenn Maxwell will have to wait, but Sri Lanka have handed out three debuts including allrounder Kamindu Mendis who is an
Pity the poor put-upon ground staff at Edgbaston. Barely four days have elapsed since they were watering down the wicket at the end of England’s thrilling chase in the long-delayed fifth Test – and here we are again, back to Brum as the England-India one-day roadshow gathers pace. What’s more, the change of livery around
Nicholas Pooran might have won the Player-of-the-Match award for his unbeaten 39-ball 74 in the final T20I against Bangladesh, but he feels Kyle Mayers‘ 55 off 38 balls at the top of the West Indies chase made his job simpler than it might have been otherwise. Set 170 to win the three-match series, West Indies
Spectators have been barred completely from the ramparts of the Galle Fort, which overlooks the cricket stadium where the second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia is being played. This, after anti-government protesters had been forcibly removed from the area during the first Test between these teams. Police officers guarding access to the ramparts told
Litton Das feels that Bangladesh’s lack of power-hitting skills could be a problem going into this year’s T20 World Cup in Australia, scheduled for October-November. It was one of the main reasons, he said, for the team’s five-wicket loss in the third T20I, which gave West Indies a 2-0 series win. “No one in our
Very few players have experienced the burden of expectation that Cameron Green currently has on his broad shoulders, but former Australia allrounder Shane Watson has carried that load, and he is full of praise for how Green is maturing at such a rapid rate in Test match cricket at the age of just 23. Watson
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File photo of Virat Kohli and Jonny Bairstow© Twitter The opinions surrounding Virat Kohli‘s lean patch, and its possible end, have been wide-ranging. Some have criticised the former Indian cricket team captain, while others are optimistic that he will soon turn around the corner. His recent show in the fifth rescheduled Test against England at
West Indies 169 for 5 (Pooran 74*, Mayers 55) beat Bangladesh 163 for 5 (Afif 50, Litton 49) by five wickets Captain Nicholas Pooran came down the pitch and smashed Bangladesh counterpart Mahmudullah over the fence to complete West Indies’ T20I win and series sweep on Thursday. Pooran’s career-best 74 not out off 39 balls
It is understood that the trio had all reported feeling unwell which led to the entire Sri Lanka squad being tested, with the positive results coming back on Wednesday. It brings the number of Covid-19 cases in the Sri Lanka camp to five, following Angelo Mathews – who was the first and had to be
Shakib Al Hasan will skip Bangladesh’s white-ball tour of Zimbabwe, the BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus has confirmed. Shakib is also reportedly out of the ODI series in the West Indies, which begins next week. Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim, the other three senior players, are available for the Zimbabwe tour. Bangladesh will
A new primetime free-to-air slot on Thursday evenings and avoiding clashes with Australia’s fixtures in the men’s T20 World Cup are two of the main features in the WBBL08 schedule, while the final is set to be played the same weekend that the AFLW comes to a conclusion. The tournament, which begins on October 13,
Shikhar Dhawan has been given another chance to lead India’s ODI side, this time on the tour of the Caribbean later this month, with Ravindra Jadeja serving as his deputy in the 16-man squad. Designated captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and Mohammed Shami have all been rested for the
Shai Hope has been drafted by Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Caribbean Premier League draft for the 2022 edition after previously being part of Barbados Royals. Rahkeem Cornwall has moved from St Lucia Kings to Royals, while Joshua Da Silva returned to St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, and Jamaica Tawallahs have picked up batter Amir
Don’t panic. Keep things simple. And you don’t necessarily have to sweep (if you don’t want to). This, Dimuth Karunaratne said, was his advice to Sri Lanka’s batters ahead of the second Test in Galle. They had stumbled to 212 and 113 in the first Test, while Australia made 321 in their first innings. With
Toss India won the toss and chose to bat first vs England India opted to bat and handed a debut to Arshdeep Singh, the left-arm seamer who impressed at the death for Punjab Kings in the IPL, in the first T20I against England at the Ageas Bowl near Southampton. Captain Rohit Sharma, making his return
England’s remarkable performances against New Zealand and India have certainly been noted around the cricket world, so much so that “Bazball” made an appearance at Australia’s net session in Galle on Wednesday. Steven Smith, who is among the Australians to have kept an eye on the matches in England, was heard shouting the term after
Sri Lanka are currently hosting Australia, with the second Test beginning on Friday. The hosts, on the eve of the Test, were hit by Covid-19 with Dhananjaya de Silva, Asitha Fernando, and Jeffrey Vandersay ruled out of the game. Also joining the Covid list are Angelo Mathews and left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama.
Saturday’s T20I between England and India at Edgbaston will be monitored by “undercover football crowd-style spotters”, after Warwickshire unveiled a series of new measures to combat the instances of racist abuse that marred last week’s delayed fifth Test between the same teams. England won the Test and squared the series in thrilling style, chasing down
Big Picture There has been plenty of Test cricket recently that you don’t want to take your eyes off. England are changing the way people think of the game by charging their way to fourth-innings targets as though it was the most normal thing ever; while in Galle, the first match of the series was
Moeen Ali has ended his 15-year association with Worcestershire by returning to Warwickshire on a three-year white-ball contract. Moeen, 35, was born in Sparkhill, Birmingham – a few miles down the road from Edgbaston – and reaffirmed his ties with the city last year by captaining Birmingham Phoenix in the inaugural season of the Hundred,
Until now on their tours of Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Australia have not felt the need to go out of the box with their selections, although both trips have included plenty of talk of the potential to do so. The second Test in Galle may see that change, however, with Glenn Maxwell a chance to
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs India Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bowl in the third ODI against India in Pallekele. India announced an unchanged XI for this final ODI. Sri Lanka made one change, with legspinner Rashmi Silva replacing medium pacer Achini Kulasuriya. India lead the series 2-0 after comprehensively
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India vs Sri Lanka: India aim to register ODI series sweep© Twitter India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI Live Score Updates:Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to field against India in the third and final ODI on Thursday. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side will look to register a series sweep against Sri Lanka by winning the
Ben Stokes and his team of self-described “rockstars” have played to sold-out stadiums across the country over the last month, winning all four Tests against New Zealand and India to send the sporting public into a wave of Bazball-mania. Test cricket, in its new, ultra-attacking form, is back in the public consciousness. But the McCullum
It’s not just about sweeping, surely? There’s more to batting on turning surfaces than that. Sweeping is how Australia got to their last victory. And perhaps how Joe Root did it against Sri Lanka in Galle last year. Sure. But there’s more to life on turning pitches than that. Especially when you have a world
Rohit Sharma found India’s defeat in the Edgbaston Test “very hard to watch from the sidelines”, but is now excited at the prospect of merely “standing back on my feet nice and healthy” after a brush with Covid-19. Rohit, the only addition to India’s squad that toured Ireland, will lead the side in the T20I