News “His keeping was the best I’ve seen”, says India’s Test captain We know what Rishabh Pant can offer with the bat. And we have to let Rishabh Pant do Rishabh Pant things. But his keeping? His DRS calls? Those have been truly impressive. All that, at least, is what Rohit Sharma had to say
The ECB is set to launch a high-performance review into English cricket with the ambition of making the England men’s team “the best in the world in all formats”, according to Interim managing director Andrew Strauss. Speaking in Barbados where the second Test is due to start on Wednesday, Strauss laid out the plans for
News But she isn’t assured of a place in Australia’s starting XI with Meg Lanning likely to choose between her and a spinner at Basin Reserve Fresh from a stunning 3 for 22 that destroyed the New Zealand top order and led Australia to a third win on the spin, teenage quick Darcie Brown is
Mitchell Starc celebrates a wicket in 2nd Test vs Pakistan© AFP Australia pacer Mitchell Starc on Monday said the abrasive nature of the Karachi pitch helped him and Pat Cummins gain substantial reverse swing as the visitors bowled out Pakistan for 148 runs in the second Test. Asked in a media interaction why Australian bowlers didn’t get
News Poor fielding display condemns holders to third straight loss in robin-robin stage Lisa Keightley, England’s head coach, says that she shoulders the blame for the collapse in form that has left her team’s defence of the World Cup hanging by a thread, following their third straight loss of the tournament, and their sixth ODI
News Legspinner, Player of the Match in Bangladesh’s win over Pakistan, is hoping her team gets to play the likes of Australia, England and New Zealand more Legspinner Fahima Khatun was brought back for her second spell in the 40th over of the Pakistan run chase. At that stage, Pakistan needed 72 in 66 balls
Report Debutant Mitchell Swepson helped add an unbroken 51 for the last wicket Australia 556 for 9 dec (Khawaja 160, Carey 93, Smith 72) vs Pakistan Australia’s marathon first innings finally ended early on day three of the second Test, as a weary Pakistan brace for a challenging period with the bat before lunch. After
Report England made a tactical change in their XI and also tinkered with the batting order Toss South Africa Women chose to bowl vs England Women Sune Luus chose to chase as South Africa went in search of their first win at a World Cup over England in 20 years, since the last time the
Report Bangladesh have won three of their last four matches against Pakistan Toss Pakistan Women opt to bowl vs Bangladesh Women Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof won the toss and chose to chase in their Women’s World Cup clash against Bangladesh at Seddon Park in Hamilton. Pakistan go in unchanged while Bangladesh left out Lata Mondal
Some of the stars of Australian cricket look back on the career of Indian legend MS Dhoni and their memories of playing with and against him
Follow the latest from the England v Australia ODI series at: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men Jason Roy struck his second hundred of the series as England completed their second highest ODI run chase. Roy’s 101 off 84 balls was backed up by Jos Buttler who made an unbeaten 54 from just 29. The home side now lead the
Report Having set a target of 447, India made an early incision in the last half hour of day two It was so one-sided that there was talk of a third-innings declaration in the fifth session of the match. Jasprit Bumrah completed his first five-for at home, Rishabh Pant casually knocked off the fastest Test
News Paul Collingwood gives his players “ten out of ten” for effort after hard-fought draw in Antigua England hope to have Ollie Robinson available for the second Test against West Indies and will not be calling up extra bowling cover, despite interim head coach Paul Collingwood admitting that Mark Wood was “unlikely” to play in
News The pool incident is unlikely to leave him for a while, but on the pitch, he steered Australia into pole position Alex Carey had already left his mark on this tour before today. Unfortunately, it was for falling into the hotel swimming pool which went viral on social media courtesy of his captain recording
South Africa will look to make it three wins out of three on Monday.© AFP ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, South Africa Women vs England Women, live cricket score, updates: South Africa take on defending champions England in a group stage match of the ongoing ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui on
Report Usman Khawaja’s marathon innings was finally ended on 160 as the spinners started to have an impact Tea Australia 407 for 7 (Carey 26*, Starc 1*) vs Pakistan Usman Khawaja‘s marathon knock finally ended on 160, but Australia moved past 400 in their first innings to remain in the driver’s seat against Pakistan on
News “You can’t just play very negatively on that wicket and just keep defending the ball,” he says after hitting 92 off 98 There wasn’t much point defending out there, because the pitch was going to get you some time. This, essentially, is what India batter Shreyas Iyer felt when he went out to bat
News New Zealand bowling coach Jacob Oram tags heavy loss against Australia their first “blip” of the tournament Ashleigh Gardner has revealed she was still feeling the effects of her recovery from Covid-19 during a stunning all-round performance that helped propel unbeaten Australia to the top of the Women’s World Cup table with a commanding
Rarely does the best performer in a game insist on a second Player-of-the-Match award for their team-mate. Rarer are the times they direct a demand of this sort at cricket’s governing body, at a world tournament at that. But Smriti Mandhana says she is aware her 123 would have mattered little against an undefeated West
Report Gardner smashed an unbeaten 18-ball 48 after Perry, McGrath added 101 together Innings break Australia Women 269 for 8 (Perry 68, McGrath 57, Gardner 48*, Tahuhu 3-53) vs New Zealand Women Half centuries from Ellyse Perry and Tahlia McGrath guided Australia to a respectable total after New Zealand had them stumbling in their World
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Report England set testing victory target after Joe Root declaration following 24th Test century Tea West Indies 375 and 65 for 3 need another 221 runs to beat England 311 and 349 for 6 dec (Crawley 121, Root 109) Ben Stokes and Jack Leach made the breakthroughs for England after Kraigg Brathwaite and John Campbell
Report The pitch offered square turn and uncertain bounce from ball one, but it was India’s pacers who did all the damage at the top Sri Lanka 86 for 6 (Mathews 43, Bumrah 3-15, Shami 2-18) trail India 252 (Iyer 92, Jayawickrama 3-81, Embuldeniya 3-94) by 166 runs Sixteen wickets fell on a pitch offering
News Fast bowler experiences “acute pain” after attempting to bowl in nets before fifth day Mark Wood looks set to be ruled out for the remainder of England’s tour of the Caribbean, after a team spokesman confirmed that he had felt “acute pain” in his right elbow during an exploratory nets session on the final
News “This is where the Khawajas are from. This is my home”, he said after a century in the country of his birth He wasn’t going to miss out this time. With a nudge into the leg side, Usman Khawaja ran through for his 100th run. Another Test hundred, but not just any Test hundred.
Women’s World Cup Live: New Zealand face Australia in their upcoming fixture.© AFP New Zealand face Australia in their upcoming ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup League Stage fixture at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, on Sunday. The White Ferns have won two out of three fixtures in the ongoing tournament and are currently third in
News This is the first time du Plessis has been entrusted with leadership responsibilities by an IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore have unveiled Faf du Plessis, one of their big-ticket signings at the mega auction, as captain for IPL 2022, ending weeks of speculation over Virat Kohli’s successor at the franchise. This is the first
News Latest update comes following sequence of meetings between the allrounder and BCB boss Nazmul Hassan In yet another dramatic turn of events, Shakib Al Hasan has decided to tour South Africa with the Bangladesh team. He will now fly out from Dhaka on Sunday, in time for the ODI series that begins on March
Report Mitchell Swepson makes his Test debut for Australia on a surface expected to turn Australia won the toss and decided to bat against Pakistan Australia won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against Pakistan on a Karachi pitch expected to offer some assistance for the bowlers after a dreary series
Report India captain likely to replace Deepti Sharma at No. 3 on used Seddon Park strip Toss India Women chose to bat against West Indies Women Raj’s opposite number, Stafanie Taylor, too, wanted to bat first, with both teams fielding the same XIs as their previous matches. This means India retain three left-handers in their