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
Preview This will be the last Test for Suranga Lakmal. Can Sri Lanka make it a memorable one for him? Big picture Ravindra Jadeja’s superlative all-round show in Mohali meant Sri Lanka were no match for India in the first Test, and as the caravan moves to Bengaluru for the pink-ball contest, the hosts look
News Atleast 25 players are in Bengaluru to establish their baseline fitness levels before the IPL gets underway In a move to enhance and maintain peak fitness levels for the two World Cups in the next 20 months, the Indian team management – in coordination with the selectors and the National Cricket Academy – has
News NZ haven’t beaten Australia in an ODI since 2017 but cruised to a nine-wicket win in the World Cup warm-up game earlier this month New Zealand are hoping a typically brutal Wellington gale can blow them to victory over Australia in their crunch Women’s World Cup meeting on Sunday. The meeting of the hosts
News Sri Lanka captain to go with two spinners for the Test as he hopes the team can give the retiring Suranga Lakmal a ‘great farewell’ It’s a pink-ball Test, which anyway tends not to be high-scoring. On top of which, this appears to be a very dry surface (i.e. spin-friendly pitch) at the Chinnaswamy
News “I didn’t tell the curator to make a pitch according to me. It was the same for Australia, yet we got their 10 wickets” Pakistan batter Imam-ul-Haq has dismissed the debate surrounding the Rawalpindi pitch, insisting that the hosts were simply playing to their strengths, and that the pitch was the same for both
News “We are not used to catching the pink ball, bowling with the pink ball, and as batters, playing against the pink ball” The pink ball. It can come on to you faster. It moves more in the evening than during the daytime. It’s weird to track and catch. Oh, and you’ve also got to
Report Zak Crawley nears fifty after Alex Lees falls in single figures again Lunch England 311 and 72 for 1 (Crawley 45*, Root 20*) lead West Indies 375 (Bonner 123, Brathwaite 55) by 8 runs Kemar Roach once again struck early as England set about overhauling a 64-run first-innings deficit in the first Test in
News Queensland wicketkeeper Jimmy Peirson talks about Swepson’s development as he’s set for a Test debut in Karachi Peirson, who also captains Queensland when Usman Khawaja is away on Australia duty, is certain that Swepson is ready for the Test debut that will now come his way in Karachi on Saturday. After a week where
Women’s World Cup Live: India face West Indies in their league stage game in Hamilton.© AFP India face West Indies in their upcoming ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup fixture at Seddon Park in Hamilton, on Saturday. India will be aiming to bounce back to winning ways after losing their second league stage fixture to New
News Dushmantha Chameera not available for selection either as he recovers from an ankle injury Pathum Nissanka has been ruled out of the second Test against India, starting Saturday in Bengaluru, because of a back injury. Dushmantha Chameera, who sat out the first Test in Mohali, is also not available for selection as he continues
News Paddy Upton named ‘Team Catalyst’ and will play a role in looking after the mental well-being of the team Rajasthan Royals have roped in Lasith Malinga as their fast-bowling coach ahead of IPL 2022, and Paddy Upton as “Team Catalyst”. “It’s a wonderful feeling for me to return to the IPL and an absolute
Preview Legspinner Mitchell Swepson will debut for Australia while Pakistan are expected to welcome back Faheem Ashraf and Hasan Ali Big Picture Shall we try that again? To be blunt, there were not too many redeeming qualities from the opening Test of this much-anticipated series with a docile surface – which has since been deemed
News Michael Bracewell will lead the NZ XI side in the warm-ups; BJ Watling to be among coaching staff Soon-to-retire New Zealand batter Ross Taylor will turn out for New Zealand XI against the Netherlands in Napier next week to get some game time before his final ODI series starting at the end of the
News “It is time as a group to stand up and deliver,” India’s head coach says Chasing 261, India were bowled out for just 198 inside 47 overs after a quickfire 71 from Harmanpreet. Powar said India would require substantial contributions from the other senior players for better results in the forthcoming games. “I expect
News Australia captain Cummins expects the Karachi wicket to “break up a bit more” after a dull draw in the first Test There wasn’t much to speak of following the first Test in Rawalpindi, apart from the playing surface around which a dull draw began to take shape as early as the second day. Just
Report South Africa leave out Lara Goodall; Pakistan bring in Ghulam Fatima in place of Anam Amin Toss Pakistan chose to bowl against South Africa Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof chose to chase on a new pitch at the Bay Oval with her team in search of their first points at the Women’s World Cup 2022.