In other times, that kind of loss might have felled other Pakistan sides, but there’s something more settled about this one. They may rue not picking a fourth pacer at the MCG, but Mohammad Nawaz was not far from winning it: a little luck with the deflection off the stumps on the free-hit, a little
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has deflected attention, and some of the pressure, towards South Africa, their opponents on Thursday at the Sydney Cricket Ground. South Africa had to contend with just one point after rain halted their chase against Zimbabwe in Hobart earlier in the week. Although T20 is a volatile format, recent form
Having progressed from the first round, Zimbabwe’s Super 12s opener against South Africa ended in farcical scenes as rain ensured the nine-overs-a-side fixture could not be completed. Zimbabwe coach Dave Houghton was critical of the officials’ decision to keep playing amid wet and slippery conditions as much debate ensued post game. “The game against South
While Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan continues to top the batting charts, he faces stiff competition now from New Zealand opener Devon Conway, whose unbeaten 92 off 58 against Australia in the first Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup catapulted him up three places to second. Rizwan currently has 849 rating points, 18 more than
Friday will be the first instance of India and Netherlands contesting in a T20 international. While India will enter as clear favourites, they will also be the first to point out the danger that Scott Edwards‘ team poses. Netherlands are the only Associates in the Super 12s. They have worked hard to earn their place
Let it hurt. That was the message from England captain Jos Buttler to his team after their shock loss to Ireland at the MCG on Wednesday. The loss means England now face a cut-throat game against Australia on Friday at the MCG that has the potential to end the tournament for the loser. There were
Big Picture South Africa have a chance to get two crucial points against Bangladesh after their opening game against Zimbabwe was washed out in Hobart. Bangladesh, with an important opening-match win under their belt, are just about confident enough to give them yet another headache. Bangladesh beat Netherlands to notch up their first-ever win in
Sri Lanka coach Chris Silverwood remains optimistic his unfancied team can make a push at a semi-final berth despite a seven-wicket defeat to Australia at Optus Stadium, but their cursed injury run continued with quick Binura Fernando suffering a hamstring injury. In foreign bouncy conditions, Sri Lanka sniffed a major upset when under pressure Australia
The National Stadium in Karachi has been renamed the National Bank Cricket Arena after the PCB signed a five-year naming-rights deal with the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), a government-owned commercial bank. The stadium is on a 99-year lease from the federal government since 1980 and is the largest stadium in the country with a
Australia 158 for 3 (Stoinis 59*, Finch 31*) beat Sri Lanka 157 for 6 (Nissanka 40, Asalanka 38*, Starc 1-23) by seven wickets A spectacular display of thumping-the-daylights-out-of-a-cricket-ball from Marcus Stoinis took a tense game and made it a cakewalk. Australia needed 69 off 46 balls when he walked in, and there was potential for
The PCB has upgraded Peshawar Zalmi’s Haider Ali from the diamond to the platinum category for the upcoming eighth edition of Pakistan Super League, while Quetta Gladiators captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has been moved down from platinum to gold and Peshawar captain Wahab Riaz from platinum to diamond. Hasan Ali, who left Zalmi for Islamabad United
Anil Kumble is so impressed with Arshdeep Singh that he expects the left-arm quick to follow in the footsteps of Zaheer Khan and “do some wonderful things for India”. After having excelled in the IPL for Punjab Kings, while Kumble was the coach there, Arshdeep seamlessly transitioned into India’s T20I side, and in their T20
Big Picture England wobbled in their opening match against Afghanistan, where they were 65 for 3 in the 11th over chasing just 113 before winning by five wickets, a victory built largely on Sam Curran’s brilliant death bowling as he claimed 5 for 10 in 3.4 overs. Ireland, who successfully navigated the first round for
Watch the thrilling 16th over in full from the England innings against South Africa in the first T20 of the 2022 series. Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket teams and England and Wales Cricket Board, including highlights, interviews and
Image for representative use© AFP The franchise-based Legends League Cricket has witnessed a global footprint of 1.2 billion fans. While the league witnessed a high level of competition from the greats of the game, the numbers are almost three times more than the first season which was played in Oman, last January. In an official
South Africa have “no regrets,” after their washout against Zimbabwe in Hobart saw them drop a point in the T20 World Cup and believe they are “still in control” of their destiny in the tournament. “We haven’t had a good history with rain,” the outgoing coach Mark Boucher said, bringing to mind how South Africa
Big picture Before the tournament, not many gave New Zealand a chance to put it past Australia. Before Saturday, the last time New Zealand beat Australia in the country was in a Test match in 2011, when Trent Boult made his international debut in Hobart. And the last time New Zealand beat Australia at the
Former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has pulled out of the race to become the Cricket Association of Bengal’s next chief, paving the way for his elder brother Snehasish Ganguly to be elected uncontested at its upcoming AGM on October 31. “I had said that I would contest only if there’s election,” Ganguly told reporters at
James Vince and Sam Billings have won recalls to England’s ODI squad for a three-match series in Australia, which takes place immediately after the men’s T20 World Cup. As revealed by ESPNcricinfo earlier, Jason Roy will make his return to international cricket after a lean English summer led to him losing his spot in the
Phil Simmons has resigned as West Indies coach after his team crashed out in the first round of the T20 World Cup in Australia, an outcome he described as “unfathomable”. West Indies were eliminated after finishing bottom of their group in Hobart, beating Zimbabwe in their second game but losing to Scotland and Ireland either
Tim Paine has said he felt “abandoned” by Cricket Australia when the story of an explicit text-message exchange emerged last year and led to him resigning as Test captain shortly before the Ashes. For the first time, in his autobiography which is out on Tuesday, Paine addresses what effectively became the end of his international
Tim Paine has accused South Africa of ball tampering in the Test match immediately after Australian cricket was rocked by the sandpaper-gate scandal, claiming the act was covered up by match broadcasters. Paine made the explosive claims in his autobiography The Paid Price, with the former Test captain becoming the first player lift the lid on
Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli‘s partner in the century stand that rescued India and set them up for their grandstand finish against Pakistan at the MCG, knows first hand why Kohli’s epic role in that finish was “so special”. It was because of all the hard graft the pair had to do to get the innings
No result Zimbabwe 79 for 5 in 9 overs (Madhevere 35*, Ngidi 2-20) vs South Africa 51 for 0 in 3 overs (de Kock 47*) South Africa were denied a victory in their T20 World Cup opener after rain ensured their shortened fixture against Zimbabwe could not be completed. After a two-hour-and-35-minute delay, the match
Big picture Is it possible? Are Sri Lanka in a better place going into this match than defending champions Australia? You could make a case, but not really. It’s complicated. Australia were beaten so profoundly by New Zealand in their tournament opener, their NRR has plummeted to a truly appalling -4.45. Sri Lanka, having thrashed
Zimbabwe coach Dave Houghton was fiercely critical of the decision to carry on with his side’s game against South Africa even as the rain in Hobart grew heavier, saying he didn’t believe the “conditions were right to play”, and that Zimbabwe “shouldn’t have bowled a ball”. Rain halted Monday’s game in Hobart on multiple occasions,
This bears an explanation of what an ICC mixed media zone is. After the official press conference, teams make available two players each who split to alternatively speak to written media and visual media for about three minutes or so. After they are done, they switch to the other media. Not much comes out of
Virat Kohli talks with Pakistan players.© AFP A classic Virat Kohli chase came to the fore as the Indian cricket team took on Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. The match turned out to be a spectacle, with India winning the contest on the very last ball,
Kieron Pollard has described West Indies’ failure to make the Super 12s of the 2022 T20 World Cup as a “sad day” for Caribbean cricket. The former captain, who retired in April, said he was both “surprised” as well as disappointed at West Indies’ exit and agreed that head coach Phil Simmons will now come