News Among ODI bowlers, Ngidi returned to the top 20 and in the T20I bowlers’ rankings Holder reached a career-best 26th South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock has jumped up four places in the ICC ODI rankings for batters to move to fifth place and Rassie van der Dussen has gone up 10 spots to
News MCC in running to host first women’s international since 2017 England could play their first international women’s fixture at Lord’s since the 2017 World Cup final this summer. England’s fixture list for the 2022 home season is yet to be confirmed but ESPNcricinfo understands that MCC have bid for a game to be staged
News Batter passed fit to play just 10 days after fracturing her jaw Australia batter Beth Mooney will make a miraculous return from a fractured jaw in the Ashes Test starting on Thursday in Canberra after she was passed fit to play just 10 days after suffering the injury in the nets. Mooney fractured her
Ahead of the upcoming multi-format tour of Pakistan, it has emerged that some Australian players are concerned about visiting the country. As per a report in Sydney Morning Herald, the players are increasingly worrying about terrorist attacks in Pakistan. This is the first time in 24 years that Australia would be touring Pakistan. Earlier, Cricket
News “I’d rather have a longer run as a successful captain and leader, than start off with something big and then go downwards.” The past week has been bittersweet for KL Rahul. He became the joint-highest paid player in IPL history when Lucknow Supergiants signed him for INR 17 crore, but also captained India to
News “By then, I’d given up on cricket and where I was going in life” Brendan Taylor failed a drug test after his final international game in September 2021, and thinks he may have “beaten a few” more drugs tests in the two and a half years leading to that point. On Monday, Taylor revealed
Report Offspinner joins Shahid Afridi in bowling the most economical four-over spell in the BPL Comilla Victorians 158 for 7 (Joy 48, Bravo 3-30, Shakib 2-25) beat Fortune Barishal 95 (Shanto 36, Nahidul 3-5, Tanvir 2-19) by 63 runs How the match played outNahidul Islam claimed extraordinary figures of 4-1-5-3 as Comilla Victorians thumped Fortune
News A long-term view is being taken with the fast bowler after his history of injuries Pace bowler Jhye Richardson says he’s on board with the decision to rest him for the Test tour of Pakistan and backed Justin Langer to secure a new term as national coach. Richardson’s three-year hiatus from the Test arena
News Former India head coach suggests not announcing a vice-captain beforehand, but picking someone who can ‘fit into the XI’ on the day Former India head coach Ravi Shastri does not see any reason to panic after the team’s twin losses in South Africa. Speaking to PTI on the sidelines of the ongoing Legends Cricket
Preview Series level as West Indies keep the pressure on after near-miss in second game Big Picture Too close for comfort for England. Captain Eoin Morgan can view it how he likes – wanting to be pushed in matches, exposing a developing squad to pressure and a simple failure to execute, particularly at the death,
News Lizelle Lee out as she recovers from Covid-19; Raisibe Ntozakhe, who was recently cleared to bowl internationally, included in squad of 18 1st ODI: January 282nd ODI: January 313rd ODI: February 34th ODI: January 6All matches will be played at Johannesburg’s Wanderers Stadium “Sune has really managed the captaincy quite well in the absence
Report Nazmul Islam impresses with maiden four-for as Sylhet record first win Sylhet Sunrisers 100 (Mahmudullah 33, Nazmul 4-18) beat Minister Group Dhaka 101 for 3 (Anamul 45, Mashrafe 2-21) by seven wickets How the match played out Sylhet Sunrisers opened their account in BPL 2022 with a seven-wicket win over Minister Group Dhaka. It
News National selector George Bailey says the two boards are “still working through some of the minor details” No Australian player has yet indicated to the selectors that they will be unwilling to tour Pakistan, as the trip awaits the final sign-off between the boards. Australia are due to tour for three Tests, three ODIs
News Chamari Athapaththu breaks into top ten after showing strong form in the Commonwealth Games Qualifiers Meg Lanning and Tahlia McGrath have moved up in the ICC Women’s T20I rankings among batters after guiding Australia to a 1-0 series victory in the T20I leg of the ongoing Ashes series. Lanning, the Australia captain, displaced Smriti
News David Warner and Mitchell Marsh have been rested, while head coach Justin Langer will take time off David Warner and Mitchell Marsh, who both starred during Australia’s T20 World Cup triumph in the UAE last year, will be rested ahead of the Pakistan tour, while head coach Justin Langer along with some other support
India had a tour to forget as they lost both the Test and ODI series against South Africa earlier this month. After losing the Test series 1-2, India were clean swept by the hosts in the three-match ODI series. India’s disappointing performance in the ODIs have garnered a lot of criticism from fans and fraternity.
News The former Pakistan batter played two Tests, in 1969 and 1975 Aftab Baloch, a domestic giant from the 1970s, maker of Pakistan’s second domestic quadruple ton, and a batter who could have played more than his two Tests for Pakistan, has died. He was 68 years old. Baloch is probably best remembered for the
News “I think through the middle overs we need to probably improve our wicket-taking options” For India coach Rahul Dravid, the ODI series against South Africa was an “eye-opener”. India lost the series 3-0 and Dravid felt it was “poor shots” that cost them the first and the third match. In both those games, Shikhar
News After injury-plagued career, fast bowler’s chance to be involved over-rides any fear of failure For Reece Topley, an exceptional return to T20 international cricket demonstrated exactly why England gave the tall left-armer a debut in 2015, aged just 21, and exactly why Eoin Morgan sees Topley as a crucial asset to England’s hopes –
News Former Zimbabwe captain says cocaine involved in trap laid by alleged corruptors Former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor has revealed that the ICC is about to “impose a multi-year ban” on his international career after he allegedly delayed reporting a corrupt approach “by an Indian businessman”. Taylor had met with the businessman in October 2019
News Also returning to the national fold are legspinner Ghulam Fatima and opener Nahida Khan On a comeback trail, Bismah Maroof is set to lead Pakistan’s 18-member contingent in the upcoming Women’s ODI World Cup in New Zealand, scheduled for March-April. Nida Dar will be her deputy. Batting allrounder Maroof, who last played an international
News New Zealand allrounder expected to feature in full campaign in 2022 season James Neesham, the New Zealand allrounder, has agreed to join Northamptonshire for their T20 Blast campaign. Neesham, whose heroics in the 2019 World Cup final at Lord’s were instrumental in that contest’s thrilling finish, gained a measure of revenge over England in
News The RP Sanjiv Goenka group had earlier called the Pune franchise they acquired for two years Rising Pune Supergiants Lucknow Super Giants. That is the team name unveiled on Monday by the new IPL franchise bought by the RP Sanjiv Goenka group, a diversified Indian business group, for a record sum of INR 7090
News Allrounder hopes late fireworks in Bridgetown can turn heads ahead of mega-auction Just like anyone else, IPL owners, head coaches and general managers are afflicted by recency bias. Whenever the time comes to sit down at the auction table, performances that are fresh in the memory are given greater weighting than those that happened
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News Vice-captain backs Odean Smith to find form after Shepherd-Hosein fall just short West Indies slipped to 65 for 7 and 98 for 8 in pursuit of 172 in the second T20I at Kensington Oval, but Shepherd and Hosein put on 72 runs in just 29 balls for the ninth wicket to take them to
On January 24, former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor put out a statement on Twitter detailing how he was allegedly pushed into a corner by supposed corruptors in late 2019 and the events which followed that incident. He said in his statement that he will be banned by the ICC for delaying reporting that approach. Here’s
News Athapaththu plays key role in victory as Sri Lanka knock out Bangladesh Sri Lanka won’t be going to the 50-overs World Cup in New Zealand in March, but at least assured themselves of an opportunity to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games to be played in Birmingham this July-August. Incidentally, Bangladesh, who pipped them
News While acknowledging areas of improvement still needed after the India series win, coach Boucher also said the players are “growing as cricketers and human beings” South Africa were playing more than just the opposition over the last few summers with matters coming to a head this season after their coach, Mark Boucher, was charged
Report Shakib Al Hasan becomes the fifth bowler to take 400 wickets in T20 cricket Minister Group Dhaka 130 for 6 (Mahmudullah 47, Russell 31*, Shafiul 2-20) beat Fortune Barishal 129 for 8 (Gayle 36, Russell 2-27, Udana 2-29) by four wickets How the match played outAndre Russell was in his element, following up figures