News England opener hit with mystery sanction by Cricket Discipline Commission Jason Roy has been fined £2,500 and handed a suspended two-match ban by the ECB, who released a cryptic statement that posed more questions than it answered on Tuesday afternoon. The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) – a body that hears disciplinary cases in the
News Batter still recovering from hairline fracture on his thumb at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru Suryakumar Yadav is set to miss to Mumbai Indians’ opening match of the IPL, which will be against Delhi Capitals on March 27. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the 31-year-old, who picked up a hairline fracture on his thumb
Jack Leach, England’s left-arm spinner, says he has been studying YouTube videos of Graeme Swann in a bid to hone his attacking instincts, after coming through an extraordinary workload in Barbados with a better understanding of his role within the team. Leach churned through 94.5 overs for his six wickets in last week’s second Test
News Uncapped left-armer Ben Dwarshuis has been added to a squad already missing a host of first-choice names Kane Richardson has been ruled out of Australia’s limited-overs tour of Pakistan due a hamstring injury and will be replaced by New South Wales left-armer Ben Dwarshuis. Richardson, who was the most experienced pace bowler in an
With almost half of his career runs in the KFC BBL coming in sixes, there haven’t been many in the Big Bash who could clear the rope like Chris Gayle
The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is upon us and the fans are waiting eagerly to see their favourite stars play for their respective teams. The cash-rich league will begin on March 26 with the tournament opener being played between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. Rishabh Pant-led Delhi will begin
News “The only way these Associate Nations are going to get better is by playing against the Full Member nations more often” After a gap 25 years, New Zealand will face the Netherlands in an ODI and eight years after last competing against them in any format, when the two teams clash in a one-off
Preview Wayne Parnell has been ruled out of the match with a hamstring injury, while Temba Bavuma is fit to play Big picture Before reaching South Africa, Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal and coach Russell Domingo were confident of notching up a maiden ODI series win here. They started with a big win in the first
Report Alex Carey and Cameron Green added 135 before Australia lost five wickets in a session Pakistan 90 for 1 trail Australia 391 (Khawaja 91, Green 79, Carey 67, Smith 59, Naseem 4-58, Afridi 4-79) by 301 runs Abdullah Shafique and Azhar Ali chipped away at Australia’s first innings of 391 after quick Naseem Shah
Report Ritu Moni and Nahida Akter, who shared five wickets between them, triggered India’s slump from 74 for 0 to 108 for 4 India Women 229 for 7 (Bhatia 50, Verma 42, Moni 3-37, Akter 2-42) vs Bangladesh Women Had it not been for Yastika Bhatia‘s gritty half-century and Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana‘s seventh-wicket
News The one-day series in Pakistan is a chance to assess some younger players ahead of the ODI World Cup Australia’s new men’s head coach is still to be confirmed but limited-overs captain Aaron Finch believes the successful candidate will need to oversee a transition period for the white-ball teams with the 2023 ODI World
News Thirteen-man squad named for Grenada Test, which begins on Thursday West Indies have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the third Test against England at Grenada, starting on Thursday, with the series locked at 0-0 following draws in the opening two matches in Antigua and Barbados. It is the third time in the series
News The fast bowler used his pace and the lack of bounce on the pitch to prise out two important wickets on day one Soon after assessing the conditions on day one of the Lahore Test, Naseem Shah made up his mind to put in an “extra yard” of pace to try and make up
News Coach praises team spirit after battling for the upper hand in Antigua and Barbados Ollie Robinson and Craig Overton will be available for the third and final Test against West Indies in Grenada, as England look to force a 1-0 victory against a side that has held on for a draw in the opening
Report A shoulder injury forced Masabata Klaas out while Tazmin Brits was left out on form. Darcie Brown’s workload management saw her miss out Toss Australia Women choose to bowl vs South Africa Women Meg Lanning asked South Africa to chase on a green-tinged pitch in this top of the table clash, which is also
Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar overcame a run of low scores to post what was then his highest Test score, an unbeaten 241 against Australia at the SCG
Women’s WC Live: India face Bangladesh at the Seddon Park in Hamilton.© AFP INDW vs BANW, Women’s World Cup, Live Updates: India will face Bangladesh at the Seddon Park in Hamilton and the match will be no less than must-win for the Mithali Raj-led side if they want to progress to the knockout stage of
News Lahore will host a Test for the first time since the format returned to Pakistan in 2019 Nearly 12 years into his international career, 93 Tests, almost 7000 runs and 19 hundreds to the good, Azhar Ali is finally coming home. On Monday, when he steps out on the field at the Gaddafi Stadium
News Iyer says he enjoyed playing under Rahul’s captaincy in South Africa India batter and Kolkata Knight Riders’ new captain Shreyas Iyer has lavished praise on national team-mate KL Rahul, saying his “calm demeanour” and “instinctive” on-field decision-making ability makes him his favourite captain. Iyer, who played under Rahul during the ODI series in South
News Several members of his family have been hospitalised due to various ailments Shakib Al Hasan is staying back in South Africa to play the third ODI in Centurion on Wednesday, after initially deciding to return home where several of his family members, including his children, are in hospital due to various illnesses. Khaled Mahmud,
News Australia batter makes 91 while battling sickness in the unforgiving heat of Lahore Usman Khawaja revealed he was battling illness on the opening day of the final Test against Pakistan and “felt horrible” while making his 91 so was pleased to have contributed so many to Australia’s cause rather than being overly disappointed at
Report Knight, Selman and Mohammed came in for West Indies in what will be a 20-overs-a-side contest Toss Pakistan Women opt to bowl vs West Indies Women On a day when heavy rain followed by wet outfield delayed the toss by five hours and 25 minutes, Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof inserted West Indies in what
News Oram has left the squad after learning that his wife and two children have tested positive for Covid-19. New Zealand Women’s assistant coach Jacob Oram has left the squad and returned home to his family after learning that his wife and two children have tested positive for Covid-19. Head coach Bob Carter was fully
Joe Root praised both the fighting qualities of his England team, and the resilience shown by West Indies – in particular their indefatigable captain, Kraigg Brathwaite – as the second Test in Barbados finished in stalemate on the fifth and final evening. After a feisty declaration push in the morning session, led by another sparky
Report Even though batting-friendly conditions are likely, there is intrigue over the pitch as Lahore hasn’t hosted a Test since 2009 Toss Australia chose to bat vs Pakistan Australia won a crucial toss and elected to bat in the series-deciding third Test against Pakistan on a Lahore pitch that is expected to continue the hard
Report Windies pair look to dig in after Mahmood, Leach strikes have tourists’ tails up Tea West Indies 411 and 65 for 3 (Brathwaite 32*, Blackwood 14*) need 217 runs vs England 507 for 9 dec and 185 for 6 dec (Lawrence 41, Crawley 40, Bairstow 29) Three wickets in the middle session gave England
News Kagiso Rabada, meanwhile, was pleased with the extra pace and bounce on offer at the Wanderers South Africa bowled well with the new ball in both the Centurion ODI on Friday, and at the Wanderers on Sunday. But where Bangladesh’s openers weathered their initial spells and put on 95 in Centurion, South Africa’s fast
News The family were joined by around 80 guests including Mark Taylor, Allan Border and Michael Clarke Shane Warne‘s family and friends have bid the cricketing legend farewell at a private funeral in Melbourne. Warne’s three children, Jackson, Brooke and Summer, and parents Keith and Brigette, were joined by about 80 guests to say their
From Kolkata to Adelaide and beyond, Steve Waugh remembers India’s Rahul Dravid, who terrorised Australia during his impressive career
ICC Women’s World Cup Live: West Indies face Pakistan in Hamilton.© AFP West Indies face Pakistan in their league stage fixture of the ongoing ICC Women’s Cricket World at Seddon Park in Hamilton, on Monday. Captained by Bismah Maroof, Pakistan have lost all four of their previous fixtures and are out of the competition, sitting