West Indies will assess their walking wounded over the next couple of days before trying to pull together a side they hope can challenge Australia in the second day-night Test, but have been buoyed by the fighting spirit shown by the batters in Perth and the hostile burst from Alzarri Joseph that briefly ruffled Marnus
Immediately after England’s winning moment, Hussain described the result as “one of the greatest Test-match victories you’ll ever see”, and praised Stokes’ performance as captain. “I do not think I’ve seen a better week of captaincy than what we’ve just seen from that man,” he said. “They had to get everything right to go 1-0
Big picture Beating India in successive ODI series at home will be a high mark for Bangladesh, who will take an unassailable lead if they win the second ODI on Wednesday. Their one-wicket win in the first ODI made for compelling viewing, and the 51-run tenth-wicket stand between Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mustafizur Rahman reinforced
Anderson has won 79 Test matches, the most of any England player, but said that this victory – with minutes to spare on the fifth evening – was among the best due to the placid nature of the pitch, which required bowlers on both sides to “dig deep”. “It’s probably one of the best wins
From the quirky batting crease exploits of Steve Smith to stunning spells, bizarre dismissals and record-setting batting collapses, these are the ten most-watched moments from the 2020-21 Marsh Sheffield Shield season
Ishan Kishan’s fifty on ODI debut | Sri Lanka vs India 2021 #SLvIND
Stars such as Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana feel the women’s IPL could help newcomers in making a seamless transition from domestic to international cricket. The inaugural women’s IPL is set to be held in March and some of the country’s top players, from national team captain Harmanpreet to senior opener Mandhana, are looking forward
Haris Rauf has been ruled out of the second Test in Multan, with his participation in the series in doubt. The 29-year old, who made his Test debut in the ongoing match against England, stepped on the ball while fielding, leading to an injury in his right quad. Rauf was sent for MRI scans, and
Eighteen-year-old opening batter Shafali Verma will lead India at the inaugural Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa early next year. She will be one of two senior India players at the event apart from wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh. Shweta Sehrawat, who is currently leading the Under-19s in a five-match T20 series against a New
Ben Stokes hailed the selflessness of his reinvigorated England team after an extraordinary performance in the first Test in Rawalpindi, in which they overcame a bout of pre-match sickness, an unforgiving pitch, and some stout last-day Pakistan resistance to seal what he described as “one of England’s greatest away Test wins”. In front of a
Lance Morris, the Western Australia pace bowler who is rated the quickest bowler in Australia, has been called up into the squad alongside Queensland seamer Michael Neser as bowling reinforcement for the second Test against West Indies in Adelaide. Morris, 24, has had an outstanding Sheffield Shield season where he is the leading wicket-taker with
England 307 for 7 (Sciver 90, Wyatt 68, Henry 3-59) beat West Indies 165 (Knight 39, Dean 4-35) by 142 runs Brisk half-centuries from Nat Sciver and Danni Wyatt, and a four-for from offspinner Charlie Dean, powered England to a 142-run win and a 1-0 lead in the three-match series against West Indies. England posted
England allrounder Liam Livingstone has been ruled out of the ongoing Test series with Pakistan after sustaining a right knee injury during the first Test. Livingstone, who was making his debut in the format, jarred his knee while fielding a ball on the boundary on day two, after England had posted 657 in their first
Lunch Pakistan 579 and 163 for 3 (Shakeel 63*, Rizwan 42*) need another 174 runs to beat England 657 and 264 A half-century to debutant Saud Shakeel and some punchy strokes from Mohammad Rizwan kept Pakistan on track despite England claiming the wicket of Imam-ul-Haq on an intriguing final morning of the first Test in
A 3am phone call is seldom a gleeful one. Seam-bowling allrounder Kim Garth, who made her international debut for Ireland in 2010 at the age of 14, received a maiden call-up to Australia’s T20I squad for the tour of India – where they play five T20Is starting December 9 in Mumbai. She wanted to convey
KL Rahul is unaware of the exact reason why Rishabh Pant has been released from India’s ODI squad in Bangladesh. He is, however, ready to play the wicketkeeper’s role – as he did in the first ODI on Sunday – whenever required to in white-ball cricket. “We haven’t played a lot of ODIs in the
Mehidy Hasan Miraz stood in the middle of the Shere Bangla National Stadium, surrounded by India fielders just waiting for the final wicket to fall. At the other end, he had No. 11 Mustafizur Rahman, batting average of 6.30. Bangladesh needed 51 runs. They had a lot of overs in hand but they had just
In-form Queensland opener Matt Renshaw says he’s ready for an Australian Test recall after making key changes to his approach to cricket. Renshaw, the 26-year-old left-hander, played the last of his 11 Tests in 2018. His form this summer has been top shelf. Renshaw has scored 491 first-class runs this season at an average of
Praveen Jayawickrama | 3 wickets vs India | 3rd ODI at RPICS #SLvIND
India captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday made no bones about the fact that his batting unit needs to show remarkable improvement on how to tackle spinners on tacky track after losing a low-scoring thriller against Bangladesh by 1 wicket. Bangladesh’s 10th wicket pair of Mehidy Hasan Miraj and Mustafizur Rahaman scripted an unbelievable turnaround with
Cummins, who was jogging for balls in the outfield on Sunday at Perth Stadium to protect his quad, will be given right up until Thursday morning to prove his fitness. However, Australia are considering adding further pace-bowling reserves to their squad to supplement Scott Boland who is the current back-up. “I felt okay,” Cummins said.
A beleaguered West Indies can muster an improved performance in the second Test against Australia if their misfiring middle-order takes heed of the gutsy approach from captain Kraigg Brathwaite and debutant Tagenarine Chanderpaul, according to allrounder Roston Chase. In their first Test match in Australia since January 2016, West Indies suffered a 164-run defeat in
Opting to bat first, New Zealand rode on Kerr’s unbeaten 30-ball 46 and Green’s 37 not out in 25 balls to put up 148. They lost two early wickets, of Sophie Devine and Georgia Plimmer, inside the powerplay, both to medium-pacer Marufa Akter, but Suzie Bates and Rebecca Burns scored 20 each to steady the
At the toss ahead of the first ODI in Dhaka on Sunday morning, Rohit Sharma, the India captain, mentioned “there have been a few injuries”, and that KL Rahul would be keeping wickets in the match. There was also an international debut for the 26-year-old quick bowler Kuldeep Sen as India picked an XI with
Lunch England 657 and 46 for 2 (Crawley 24*, Root 4*) lead Pakistan 579 (Babar 136, Imam 121, Shafique 114, Salman 53) by 124 runs A five-wicket haul to Will Jacks on debut, a damage-limiting fifty for Agha Salman and then two quick strikes by the hosts on a Rawalpindi pitch where dismissals have come
Toss Bangladesh chose to bowl vs India Bangladesh have chosen to bowl first in the first ODI of their three-match series against India. Litton Das, the Bangladesh captain, suggested that the pitch at the Shere Bangla National Stadium looked “a little bit sticky” and expected it to help the seamers in the first ten overs.
Lunch West Indies 283 & 258 for 7 (Brathwaite 110, Chanderpaul 45, Joseph 14*, Chase 13*, Lyon 4-81) need 240 more runs to beat Australia 598 for 4 dec and 182 for 2 dec Nathan Lyon relished taking charge of an attack missing Pat Cummins, taking Australia closer to a convincing first Test victory over
Tactical substitutions will make an appearance in IPL 2023, with the BCCI set to introduce the concept that it trialled for the first time during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy domestic T20s in October-November. “Also note that from IPL 2023 Season a tactical/strategic concept will be introduced to add a new dimension to IPL, wherein
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