Chamika Karunaratne has been handed a one-year suspended ban by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) after a disciplinary inquiry of the board found him guilty of breaching the player agreement – the exact nature of the violation has not been made public – during the recent men’s T20 World Cup in Australia. Karunaratne, the 26-year-old allrounder,
‘The approach has to change in the T20 format’At the recent T20 World Cup, where India exited in the semi-finals after a ten-wicket loss to England, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, the openers, scored 116 and 128 runs respectively, scoring at strikes rates of 106.42 and 120.75. Virat Kohli, at No. 3, was much more
After becoming the first Indian to play in the BBL, India’s Under-19 World Cup-winning captain Unmukt Chand is set to add another chapter to his journeyman career when he lines up for Chattogram Challengers in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) early next year. Chand, now 29, was picked up at the draft in Dhaka on
Suryakumar Yadav has been wowing everyone – colleagues, experts, fans – with his incredible 360-degree hitting in T20 cricket. Glenn Maxwell is the latest to talk about being awestruck by Suryakumar’s batting, saying, “No-one we’ve got is close to that; no-one anyone else has got is close to that”. Not averse to playing a few
File photo of England pacer Jofra Archer© AFP MI Cape Town on Wednesday announced England pacer Jofra Archer as their wildcard signing for the inaugural edition of the SA20 league, starting in January next year. Archer has not played international cricket since March 2021 due to a long-standing elbow issue, which was followed by a
Stumps Prime Minister’s XI 297 for 9 (Renshaw 81, Harris 73, Joseph 3-52, Chase 2-72) vs West Indies West Indies finally have some hope ahead of their Frank Worrell Trophy series against Australia, fighting back from an early hole to take the challenge up to the Prime Minister’s XI. They were staring down the barrel
Martin Guptill has become the latest New Zealand player to be released from their central contract after he recently lost his place in both white-ball teams. Guptill was part of the T20 World Cup squad in Australia but did not play during the tournament with Finn Allen preferred at the top of the order and
Ben Stokes will sit out day one of England’s Test three-day warm-up match against England Lions ahead of their tour to Pakistan, with Ollie Pope set to lead in his absence. Stokes is understood to be managing his body, particularly a troublesome left knee, after getting through nine T20Is in the space of a month,
Australia’s bowlers also gained in rankings following the series. Fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who finished with five wickets in two matches, including a 4 for 47 in the second ODI, went up four places to No. 4, while legspinner Adam Zampa, who picked 11 wickets in three games, moved eight places up to seventh.
England have lost their top spot in the ICC ODI rankings to New Zealand after losing 3-0 to Australia in the series that ended on Tuesday. As a result, New Zealand, who had lost pole position to England in September this year, have regained their place atop the rankings chart. Australia, meanwhile, moved past Pakistan
Ross Taylor is set to return to the Ford Trophy on Thursday for Central Districts’ first one-day match of the season. Taylor had retired from international cricket earlier this year but is still available for domestic games and is among the 13 names for Central Districts’ opening game against Otago. This will be Taylor’s 20th
Luke Wright, the former England and Sussex allrounder, has been named as the new England Men’s selector. The role, which covers many of the duties previously carried out by the former national selector, Ed Smith, will see Wright sharing responsibility for the selection of England’s red- and white-ball teams, alongside the coaches and captains of
The PCB and the UK high commissioner to Pakistan met with Imran Khan, the country’s former prime minister, in Lahore on Tuesday in a meeting that is believed to have given the Pakistan board assurances that a planned political rally will not disrupt the Rawalpindi Test between Pakistan and England. The venue of the series
The ghost of Justin Langer‘s coaching career is set to loom over the Test summer with the former mentor hitting out at delayed feedback from senior players, leaks, and Cricket Australia’s board. Just a week out from Australia’s first Test against West Indies, Langer claimed those who campaigned against him were cowards and insisted the
Luke Wright‘s appointment as an England selector on Tuesday coincided with his retirement from professional cricket, bringing a decorated, 20-year career to a close. He leaves the game with over 20,000 runs and more than 300 wickets; the record for the most runs in the T20 Blast; and a host of trophies to his name
“This is my team, firstly. The coach [VVS Laxman, in this case] and I will pick the team we feel is right,” he said after the series. “And there’s a lot of time, everyone will get a chance, and when they do, they will get an extended run. But it’s difficult since this was a
Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ Steve Smith controlled Australia’s innings at the SCG before two separate bursts with the ball – from Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa – proved match-winning as Australia took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ODI series against England. More #AUSvENG videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram:
Jos Buttler, England’s limited-overs captain, admitted he was “not fussed at all” about losing 3-0 to Australia in an ODI series he described as a good example of bilateral international cricket losing its relevance. The series, which was not part of the ODI Super League, was originally due to help England’s preparations for their defence
Dominant centuries from Travis Head and David Warner helped Australia thrash a tired England by 221 runs Tuesday in the third and final one-day international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to sweep the series 3-0. After a six-wicket loss in Adelaide and a 72-run defeat in Sydney, England’s long tour ended with a crushing defeat
After being flayed in their opening warm-up match, West Indies’ bowlers are hoping the pink ball can provide a tonic in the twilight four-day clash against a strong Prime Minister’s XI in their final hit out before the two-Test series versus Australia. West Indies’ bowlers were listless against a NSW/ACT XI, who compiled a massive
The BBL has suffered a major blow just weeks out from the start of a new season with Liam Livingstone, the number one pick in the inaugural overseas draft, withdrawing from the tournament due to his increased international workload. Livingstone was the first player picked by Melbourne Renegades in August and was the most sought-after
Pace bowler Glenton Stuurman is out of South Africa’s upcoming Test series against Australia with an abdominal muscle strain. He will be replaced by Lizaad Williams in the squad. Stuurman, who has played two Tests for South Africa, away in New Zealand in February and at home against Bangladesh as a Covid-sub in April this
New Zealand 160 (Conway 59, Phillips 54, Siraj 4-17, Arshdeep 4-37) tied with India 75 for 4 (Pandya 30*, Southee 2-27) via DLS method Mohammed Siraj‘s best T20I figures helped India bowl New Zealand out for 160, before a heavy downpour saw the match ending in a tie. India were 75 for 4 in the
Kim Garth, the former Ireland allrounder, is on the verge of playing international cricket for a second country after earning her first Australia call-up for next month’s T20I tour of India. Garth, 26, moved to Australia in 2020 when she took up a contract with Cricket Victoria, and gained permanent residency last year, which made
England decided to bowl against Australia Both Pat Cummins and Jos Buttler returned for the final ODI at a scarcely populated MCG as Australia looked to close out a 3-0 series victory. The pair had been rested in Sydney with Josh Hazlewood leading the home side and Moeen Ali captaining England. Cummins returned in place
Glenn Maxwell has revealed the gruesome details of how he broke his leg in an “innocuous” incident at a birthday party and believes he is highly unlikely to be fit for the India Test tour next year, although he hasn’t given up hope. Maxwell is set to spend an indefinite period on the sidelines after
Nicholas Pooran has stepped down as white-ball captain of West Indies following the team’s first-round exit from the 2022 T20 World Cup, Cricket West Indies has confirmed. Pooran had taken over the captaincy from Kieron Pollard in May earlier this year. Under his captaincy since he took over full-time, West Indies won just four out
The England Test side has been shedding support staff during the early stages of Brendon McCullum‘s tenure as head coach. However a new addition has been made for their upcoming tour of Pakistan – a chef. The appointment comes following a debrief of the limited-overs side’s experiences in the country during their seven-match T20I series.
Tasmania paceman Riley Meredith has been called into Australia’s squad for the final ODI against England in Melbourne on Tuesday with Mitchell Starc staying back in Sydney to rest ahead of the first Test against West Indies next week. Ashton Agar also won’t play the final ODI after leaving the squad to head to Canberra
File image of Nicholas Pooran© AFP Nicholas Pooran, the captain of the West Indies at the 2022 T20 World Cup, stepped down from the white ball captaincy of the former world champions on Monday. Pooran cited “the enormous disappointment of the T20 World Cup” as the reason behind the decision. At the 2022 T20 World