Brendon McCullum, England’s Test coach, says it is “scary” to think how good a leader Ben Stokes could become after his transformative influence in the year just gone, having secured a historic 3-0 clean sweep in Pakistan with a ninth Test victory in the space of ten games. Speaking to Sky Sports in Karachi, in
Brendon McCullum, England’s Test head coach, believes “it would be awesome” for Rehan Ahmed to be signed by an IPL franchise for the 2023 season in Friday’s auction in Kochi. Rehan became the youngest man to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut on Tuesday, running through Pakistan’s middle and lower order to return figures
Australia 196 for 4 (Gardner 66*, Harris 64*, Vaidya 1-26) beat India 142 all out (Deepti 53, Deol 24, Graham 4-8, Gardner 2-20) by 54 runs Ashleigh Gardner put in another all-round display while Grace Harris continued with her big-hitting heroics as Australia thumped India by 54 runs to seal a 4-1 series win at
The inaugural season of South Africa’s SA20 league will carry a total prize purse of Rand 70 million (upwards of USD 4 million). That, as a CSA media statement said, is “the biggest prize pool in the history of South African franchise cricket”. Graeme Smith, the SA20 commissioner, said, “We have worked hard to offer
Inexperience. That was the word Babar Azam kept returning to. In the wake of Pakistan’s fourth successive home Test defeat, and a 3-0 home series defeat – both unprecedented. “There have been several debutants this series,” Babar said. “You need experience in Test cricket, and our experienced players were either unfit or not in form.
Ashleigh Gardner, however, went up on all three lists. She rose nine places to 17th among bowlers, went past Amelia Kerr among allrounders to fourth place, and jumped a spot to ninth among batters. Gardner was the Player of the Match in the fourth T20I against India with her 42 off 27 and 2 for
Ben Stokes said he has never had more fun in an England shirt after guiding the men’s Test side to an historic series win in Pakistan. Victory in Karachi, achieved in 67 deliveries of day four of the third Test, confirmed a 3-0 scoreline. England have bossed at least 12 of the 13 days of
In total, only 866 balls were bowled in the match, which makes it the second-shortest Test ever played in Australia, and 34 wickets fell in that time. Bowlers took a wicket every 25.5 balls, the second-best strike rate in a Test match ever (with a minimum of 30 wickets), and South Africa captain Dean Elgar
Uthappa is a direct signing by Capitals, who are one of the six franchises in ILT20, which is sanctioned by the Emirates Cricket Board. The 37-year old is one of the first high-profile India players to retire from Indian cricket to take up the opportunity to play in in overseas T20 leagues. Uthappa said he
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File image of Virender Sehwag© Twitter Cricket fans around the world was in for a shock on Sunday as the first Test between Australia and South Africa in Brisbane ended in just two days. The Australians recorded a six-wicket win over the Proteas late Sunday after 19 wickets fell on the second day on a
India batters Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh will have set roles when they join the Youth team for the first Women’s Under-19 World Cup in South Africa in January. India’s acting coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar revealed on Monday that the reason for sending two already established internationals to a U-19 tournament was to get them used
As if it wasn’t already dipping into the realms of fantasy for an English legspinner to claim five wickets on Test debut at the age of 18, Rehan Ahmed proved to be the embodiment of a second mythical being in a single remarkable day in Karachi, following his appearance as England’s first true “Nighthawk” in
It has been an overall productive 2022 for Bangladesh, with key wins in various series across formats against the likes of South Africa, India and New Zealand, but the team remains hungry for more success. Now, Bangladesh are starting to get used to the two captains they have, while also identifying future leaders. They will
Australia’s selectors are potentially facing one of their toughest calls for Boxing Day: in one corner you have Josh Hazlewood, 217 Test wickets at 26.16, and in the other you have new cult hero Scott Boland who has an average of 10.36 from five matches with a stunning record at the MCG. On one hand,
With Rohit unavailable, KL Rahul will continue to lead India, with Cheteshwar Pujara as his deputy. Rohit’s absence also means Shubman Gill, who hit his maiden Test century in India’s 188-run win in Chattogram, is expected to continue opening the batting with Rahul. Abhimanyu Easwaran is the reserve opener in the squad.
Innings break Pakistan 304 and 216 (Babar 54, Shakeel 53, Ahmed 5-48, Leach 3-72) lead England 354 by 166 runs Held back until the fourth hour of the third day by Ben Stokes, Ahmed tilted the third Test back in England’s favour when he broke a determined fourth-wicket stand between Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel,
Just over 12 months ago, Travis Head was a line-ball selection in Australia’s side at No. 5. Now, he has collected back-to-back Player-of-the-Match awards and has become one of the most destructive No. 5 batters in world cricket. But despite dominating in home conditions in both last summer’s Ashes and this summer so far, Head
South Africa’s pace spearhead, Kagiso Rabada has called for “patience and understanding,” for their misfiring batting line-up, while also admitting it is “frustrating as a team,” to accept their performances. Collectively, South Africa’s batters have had their worst Test year in 2022 and have been dismissed for under 200 eight times – the most in
England Women 131 for 8 (Dunkley 35, Brunt 24*, Fraser 3-20, Grimmond 3-33) beat West Indies Women 82 (Matthews 23, Bell 4-12, Ecclestone 2-13, Dean 2-16) by 49 runs For the fourth T20I in a row, West Indies were let down by their batting. And for a third straight game, they faltered while chasing. It
Australia and South Africa players will all wear floppy hats during the national anthems at the Boxing Day Test in tribute to cricket icon Shane Warne. The first MCG Test since Warne’s tragic death in March, aged 52, was always going to be an emotional affair and Cricket Australia have revealed the tributes that will be
Brisbane Heat’s Afghanistan spin whiz cleaned up the Hobart Hurricanes with a T20 career best 5-15 from his four overs, the best ever return by a Heat bowler in the BBL, including three in his final over
Find out more at ecb.co.uk Highlights from Surrey’s win over Middlesex Panthers in the NatWest T20 Blast at the Kia Oval. Hashim Amla hit a stylish 39 as Surrey cruised to a comfortable six-wicket win over their local rivals. Check out Gary Wilson’s freak dismissal – his edge gets caught between Adam Rossington’s legs!
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PAK vs ENG, 3rd Test, Day 2 Highlights: England took a first-innings lead of 50 runs© AFP PAK vs ENG, 3rd Test, Day 2 Highlights: Pakistan ended Day 2 of the ongoing third Test against England at 21/0 as the hosts trail by 29 runs. Earlier, England have been bundled out for 354 runs in their
Canterbury allrounder Henry Shipley has earned his maiden call-up to the New Zealand squad for the upcoming ODIs tours to Pakistan and India. Kane Williamson will lead the side in Pakistan, but will not be part of the following ODI series in India. Head coach Gary Stead, bowling coach Shane Jurgensen and newly appointed Test
India 404 (Pujara 90, Iyer 86, Miraz 4-112, Taijul 4-133) and 258 for 2 dec (Gill 110, Pujara 102*) beat Bangladesh 150 (Mushfiqur 28, Kuldeep 5-40) and 324 (Zakir 100, Shakib 84, Axar 4-77) by 188 runs It took India only 11.2 overs on the final morning of the Chattogram Test to pick up the
Injured Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is hoping to make himself available for selection for the Boxing Day Test against South Africa while admitting his repeated side injuries could be the cost of trying to be a three-format fast bowler. Hazlewood has missed Australia’s last two Test matches, including the first Test against South Africa