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File photo of Gujarat Titans coach Ashish Nehra© Twitter Defending champions Gujarat Titans head coach Ashish Nehra on Friday said the side will look to rope in a fast bowler in the IPL players auction, to be held in Kochi on December 23. “Even if you win, still you make a few changes as per
IPL 2023 is likely to begin on April 1, while the inaugural season of the Women’s IPL is likely to be played from March 3 to 26 with both tournaments to be played in India. While the BCCI is yet to formalise the dates, it has earmarked a window for the WIPL with the tournament
Ben Duckett described Abrar Ahmed as “basically a legspinner who has a good googly” and hinted that England will look to go even harder against him in the second innings, after the Pakistan debutant took 7 for 114 in 22 overs on the first day in Multan. Duckett, who made 63 off 49, was the
Bangladesh are eyeing a maiden ODI series sweep against India, and as a result, will not rest players or drop their intensity for the final game, according to their fielding coach Shane McDermott. The home side sealed the ODI series by winning the second game by five runs in Dhaka, but McDermott said that the
Toss Australia chose to bowl vs India Australia won the toss and opted to bowl in the first of the five-match women’s T20I series against India, in Mumbai on Friday. With the injured fast-bowling allrounder Pooja Vastrakar out of the series, India handed Railways left-arm seamer Anjali Sarvani an international debut. Sarvani was the leading
South Africans 335 for 7 (Elgar 109, Verreynne 76*, Kuhnemann 4-78) vs Cricket Australia XI South Africa captain Dean Elgar made a trademark century but it was the form of wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne that will most please the tourists on day one of the four-day clash with a Cricket Australia XI. Left-hander Elgar is South
Lunch England 180 for 5 (Stokes 14*, Jacks 0*, Abrar 5-70) vs Pakistan Abrar Ahmed provided the mystery that Pakistan’s attack had been lacking in last week’s first Test, to claim a five-for on his first morning as a Test cricketer, as England’s top-order opted not to die wondering in spinning conditions in Multan. From
Gary Ballance has agreed a two-year contract with Zimbabwe Cricket, which should see him playing international cricket for the country of his birth five years after he played the last of his 23 Tests and 16 ODIs for England. Ballance, 33, was this week released from his contract with Yorkshire – with the stipulation that
Australia 436 for 4 (Head 172*, Labuschagne 163, Thomas 2-53) vs West Indies Marnus Labuschagne fell for 163 before the dinner break on day two but Travis Head closed in on a maiden Test double century, as Australia continued to make an uninspired West Indies toil in the second Test at Adelaide Oval. Starting at
Neil Wagner, the New Zealand left-arm fast bowler, has signed to play for Yorkshire in their first ten LV= Insurance Championship fixtures next season. Wagner, who has previously had county stints with Lancashire and Essex, will join ahead of the start of Yorkshire’s Division Two opener against Leicestershire on April 6. His deal runs until
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has lauded newly appointed batting coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar for the calmness he brings to the side, and said there should be no problems for the team in adjusting with him. Kanitkar will oversee the side during the upcoming T20Is against Australia, having been given the job after the BCCI moved Ramesh
Big Picture Harder, faster, better, stronger. England have taken the Daft Punk approach to reviving their Test fortunes, not to mention reshaping the format as a whole. But how can you raise the bar after scoring close to 1000 runs at well above a run a ball, then crowbarring out the 20th wicket to secure
Zakir, 24, made it to the 17-member side after scoring 173 for Bangladesh A in the first four-day game against India A in Cox’s Bazar last week. His innings helped Bangladesh A draw the game despite being nine down and on the verge of an innings defeat. Zakir, a top-order batter who keeps wickets, was
Josh Hazlewood is in doubt for the start of the series against South Africa after being ruled out of the second Test against West Indies in Adelaide with a side strain. Initially his withdrawal from the match was attributed to “general soreness” but further investigation revealed the side strain. He will return to Sydney on
Ricky Ponting analyses Ravichandran Ashwin’s performance on day two in Adelaide and dissects how the India spinner collected the major scalps of Steve Smith, Travis Head and Cameron Green
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Visitors England will take on Pakistan in the second Test of the three-match series, at the Multan Cricket Stadium, starting Friday. The Ben Stokes-led side are on a high after a thrilling 74-run victory in the first Test in Rawalpindi, and will be looking to take that momentum into the match in Multan. The Three
Batting in Test cricket is not all fun and games, even if England are making it look that way. That’s the word from returning South Africa batter Rassie van der Dussen, who favours a balance of powers in the red-ball game rather than the run-dominant approach England have taken since Brendan McCullum and Ben Stokes
Naseem Shah‘s availability for the second Test against England in Multan is in significant doubt with an ongoing shoulder niggle, first sighted during the Rawalpindi game. This has put a further strain on Pakistan’s pace bowling resources, as they are already without Shaheen Shah Afridi and Harris Rauf, who debuted in the first Test but
Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami are unlikely to recover in time to take part in the two-match Test series against Bangladesh, which starts on December 14 in Chattogram. Both players had missed the preceding ODI series with injuries. In their absence, India are likely to bring in Saurabh Kumar and Navdeep Saini as replacements. Both
Richard Thompson, the ECB chair, has acknowledged that the scale of English cricket’s problem with discrimination is likely to prove “challenging for the sport” when the full findings of the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) are published early next year. However, writing in the introduction to the ECB’s 12-month review into its game-wide
Bangladesh A 252 and 49 for 2 (Shadman 22*, Saurabh 1-10) trail India A 562 for 9 dec (Easwaran 157, Jayant 83, Musfik 3-129) by 261 runs Bangladesh A were left needing another final-day rescue act after India A took a lead of 261 runs in the second unofficial Test in Sylhet. The hosts were
There is a lot of talk about whether the Australia men’s team has fallen out of favour with the general public. Regardless of how much truth or otherwise there is around that, there could be no doubt about the affection felt for Travis Head when he brought up a hometown century at Adelaide Oval. Most
India’s home international season is scheduled to begin on January 3 with a T20I and ODI series against Sri Lanka, a week after their ongoing tour of Bangladesh ends on December 26. That will be followed by another ODI and T20I series in January, against New Zealand, followed by four Tests and three ODIs against
David Warner has given up his attempts at having his lifetime leadership ban overturned and launched a scathing attack on the process, claiming the independent panel put in place to review the sanction wanted to put him through a “public lynching”. In lengthy social-media posts that went up shortly before 6pm on the eve of
Stand-in Australia captain Steven Smith won the toss and elected to bat against a revamped West Indies line-up in the day-night Test in Adelaide. Australia too were forced to make changes from the side that claimed the first Test by 164 runs. They had a new-look attack, with regular captain Pat Cummins failing to overcome
Ollie Pope could keep his spot behind the stumps at the expense of Ben Foakes, while Mark Wood is primed for a return as England address selection conundrums ahead of the second Test against Pakistan. Following a historic 74-run victory in the first Test, England arrived in Multan on a high but with considerations over
At around 1pm at Multan’s Ramada Hotel, a handful of England players (those who weren’t off to play golf with head coach Brendon McCullum) were milling around as a group of Pakistan players were getting a tune-up at the onsite barber. Meanwhile, Ben Stokes was holding court. It was, for all intents and purposes, a
Bangladesh allrounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz said that setting small goals, calming each other whenever panic set in, and not worrying about the final total were key elements of his record-breaking partnership with Mahmudullah in the second ODI against India. Their 148-run stand for the seventh wicket helped Bangladesh win by five runs and clinch their