Sri Lanka had put India in after winning the toss but Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill seized the momentum for the hosts with a 143-run stand in just 19.4 overs. Virat Kohli then scored his 45th ODI hundred to help India post a daunting 373 for 7. “Obviously, we didn’t get off to the best
The opener hit 33 fours and a six, adding 123 runs for the first wicket with Musheer Khan and an unbeaten 200 for the third with Ajinkya Rahane, as Mumbai went into stumps on 397 for 2. Shaw was severe on Roshan Alam, thumping the left-arm spinner for 76 runs at a run-a-ball. This was
Mitchell Starc has been officially ruled out of the first Test against India in Nagpur but has still been named Australia’s 18-man touring squad for the four-Test series on Wednesday which features four spin options including uncapped Victoria offspinner Todd Murphy. Starc suffered a finger tendon injury during the Boxing Day Test against South Africa
In an action-packed Iain O’Brien over at the Gabba, Andrew Symonds hits an eight in between getting dropped and being dismissed.
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Angelo Mathews 110 at Galle | Sri Lanka v England 2021
An authoritative Virat Kohli headlined India’s utterly dominant performance with his 45th ODI hundred as the hosts pummelled Sri Lanka by 67 runs in the first of the three-match series in Guwahati on Tuesday. Asked to bat first, India rode former skipper Kohli’s 87-ball 113 and fluent half-centuries from his successor Rohit Sharma (83) and
India captain Rohit Sharma defused a potentially controversial situation by withdrawing a run-out appeal against Dasun Shanaka, despite the Sri Lanka skipper being out of his crease at the non-striker’s end in the first ODI in Guwahati. The incident occurred in the final over of the game, when Mohammed Shami ran in to bowl but
Mickey Arthur will not be returning to Pakistan cricket, after talks with the PCB failed to find a way to make any arrangement work. The PCB had been in discussions with Arthur for a new stint as head coach over the last few weeks. But the PCB announced on Tuesday that Arthur’s long-term contract with
Play every game like it’s your last game, and be happy about it, not sad. That’s what Virat Kohli learned during his lean phase with the bat. Between November 2019 and September 2022, Kohli didn’t score a single international hundred. He ended the drought with his first T20I hundred during the Asia Cup last year,
While the BCB release did not pinpoint a specific incident, all three players were involved in an argument just before the start of the second innings. There was to-and-fro between Barishal opener Chaturanga de Silva and Rangpur captain Nurul shortly before Barishal’s chase got underway. Nurul had changed his bowler – from left-arm spinner Rakibul
Usman Khawaja believes the stability in Australia’s Test squad puts them in a strong position to challenge India next month as they look to win a series in the country for the first time since 2004. Australia will announce their squad on Wednesday and the fact only a handful of positions are really up for
His highest score of 90 came in Lahore in 1969, helping New Zealand take a decisive first-innings lead of 127 in a low-scoring game. New Zealand won that Test match by five wickets, and went on to claim the three-match series 1-0. It was New Zealand’s first ever Test-series win, home or away.
Innings India 373 for 7 (Kohli 113, Rohit 83, Gill 70, Rajitha 3-88) vs Sri Lanka A scintillating opening stand worth 143 between Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma put India into overdrive early. Then Virat Kohli smoked his 45th ODI century, and sent India’s total into high altitude. Guwahati is known as a high-scoring ground,
Gayathri, a former cricketer whose career was cut short by injury, is currently officiating in the second round match between Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh in Jamshedpur. Janani, an ex-software engineer, is umpiring in Surat for the game between Railways and Tripura, while Rathi, a former scorer, is in charge for the Goa vs Pondicherry match in
David Warner claims Cricket Australia’s decision to only offer Justin Langer a six-month contract was a “kick in the face”, while admitting the coach lost several key players in the team. The build up to and fallout of Langer’s exit as coach last year is a key focus of the second season of The Test
South Africa allrounder Dwaine Pretorius has retired from international cricket with immediate effect. “I am shifting my focus to T20 and other shorter formats for the rest of my career,” he said. Pretorius played 30 T20Is, 27 ODIs and three Tests and took 77 wickets across formats. He also featured in two World Cups and
Mark Coles is back as head coach of the Pakistan women’s team, and will join the squad on their ongoing tour of Australia. The New Zealander takes over the responsibility from interim head coach Saleem Jaffar, who was originally working as the team’s bowling coach with fellow former Pakistan men’s international Taufeeq Umar as batting
There were sixes, dropped catches and winning runs that were more good luck than good management in a last over that had it all at Metricon Stadium
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Injured Australian pace bowler Mitchell Starc has indicated he will most certainly miss the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar series against India at Nagpur from February 9, saying he should be available from the second Test onwards. Starc suffered an injury on the opening day of the Boxing day Test against South Africa, hurting the
Big picture: India overwhelming favourites A few years ago, Sri Lanka were truly pathetic in the ODI format, but look, they’re a little better now. Or this is at least what we’re hoping. In the last year, they’ve won six of their 10 completed ODIs. Full disclosure, six of those matches were against Zimbabwe and
Team captains – for the very first time in a premier T20 competition – can select their playing XIs after the toss is conducted. On the day before the inaugural SA20 competition begins in Cape Town, the organisers said that this possibly revolutionary tweak, among a few other additions, has been included to “improve the
There has been a debate going around if Hardik Pandya should replace Rohit Sharma as India’s T20I captain but Rohit said he has no plans to give up T20Is as things stand. After the 2022 T20 World Cup, both Rohit and Virat Kohli missed India’s next two T20I series, away against New Zealand and at
Using three frontline quicks remains an option for Australia on their tour of India with Pat Cummins keeping an opening mind about the balance of the side that they will need. The last time they won in India, on the 2004 tour, their bowling attack was based around the three-pronged pace of Glenn McGrath, Jason
Sinikiwe Mpofu, the Zimbabwe women’s assistant coach, has died aged 37. Her death comes less than a month after her husband, Shepherd Makunura, who was the men’s team fielding coach, died on December 15. According to the Zimbabwe Cricket website, Mpofu was pronounced dead on arrival at a medical facility after she collapsed at her
South Africa’s head coach role will be split in two, with one person taking over the Test team and keeping involved in the country’s first-class cricket and the other heading up the ODI and T20I sides. Klusener, who played 49 Tests and 179 ODIs, had applied for the latter post. The 51-year old former allrounder was
Toss Pakistan opt to bowl vs New Zealand Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and opted to bowl in the first ODI against New Zealand in Karachi. Legspinner Usama Mir was handed a debut for Pakistan while New Zealand opted to unleash fast bowler Henry Shipley, handing him his maiden international cap. Mir was
Jasprit Bumrah‘s India comeback will be delayed further after a decision was taken not to play him in the ODI series against Sri Lanka after all. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Bumrah might need another month to build up to match fitness after suffering another setback, casting doubts over his participation in the first Test against