You know those awesome rocket launch sequences where amid various shots of the vehicle looking all epic and the crew looking all steely there’s a disembodied voice that goes “T-minus…” Picture that… except instead of the wonders of space exploration, we’re talking about a bunch of people doing a bunch of things to get their
Big picture The deafening acclaim within the National Stadium on Sunday night told the tale of the tour so far. Even allowing for the emotion and excitement of England ending their 17-year absence in Pakistan, there had been fears beforehand that a seven-match T20I series was simply too much to take in, but they were
India A 285 (Samson 54, Varma 50, Easwaran 39, Rippon 2-43) beat New Zealand A178 (Cleaver 83, Bawa 4-11, Chahar 2-39, Kuldeep 2-29) by 106 runs Half-centuries from captain Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma and a late flourish from Shardul Thakur, combined with a four-wicket haul from allrounder Raj Bawa helped a dominant India A beat
Liam Livingstone is likely to arrive at the T20 World Cup in Australia “undercooked” after his ankle injury, but should be fit to play in at least one warm-up game, Moeen Ali has said. Livingstone was ruled out of England’s ongoing T20I series to Pakistan after suffering the injury during the Hundred and has been
Bangladesh 169 for 5 (Miraz 46, Mosaddek 27, Aayan 2-33) beat UAE 137 for 5 (Rizwan 51*, Hameed 42, Mosaddek 2-8) by 32 runs Bangladesh predictably claimed the hastily arranged two-match T20I series against the UAE, beating the home side by 32 runs in the second game in Dubai. The visitors would be relieved with
The only fast bowler to play all five Tests of the 2021-22 Vodafone Ashes, Mitch Starc led Australia’s attack brilliantly, taking 19 wickets at an average of 25. Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ More #Ashes videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cricketcomau
Watch one of the best T20I hundred’s you’ll ever see as SKY lit up Trent Bridge with 117 off just 55 balls! 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
Glimpse of the ramp shot by Shubman Gill© Twitter India batter Shubman Gill, who gained a lot of praise with his maiden international century against Zimbabwe, during a three-match ODI series, has been stealing the spotlight in the ongoing County Championship, as well. Playing for Glamorgan, Gill smashed an unbeaten 91 off 102 balls, on
Suryakumar Yadav was laid low by a sick bug on the morning of the deciding T20I against Australia in Hyderabad on Sunday. But he didn’t let the illness come in the way of his participation in the match. “I won’t just sit out saying it’s an illness. So do whatever, give me whatever pills or
Jhulan Goswami has finished her ODI career as the fifth-ranked bowler in the world. Even though she didn’t have a prolific series in England in terms of wickets, picking three in three games including two in the last one, she played her part in India’s series sweep by being the most economical bowler across the
The Quaid-e-Azam trophy, Pakistan’s premier first-class tournament, is set to start from Tuesday with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) defending their title in the 31-match event. Five other teams – Northern, Central Punjab, Southern Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan – will be taking part in the tournament, which will kick off with three simultaneous games in three of
Jahanara Alam is one among three players who have made their way back into the Bangladesh squad for the 2022 Women’s T20 Asia Cup that begins next month in Sylhet. Fargana Hoque and Fariha Trisna have also been drafted into the squad that won the Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
Green’s opening salvo a long-term bonus and a short-term shadow There was optimism and quiet confidence within Australia’s camp that Cameron Green would become a fine T20 player in time but no one quite expected him to show it so soon with so little experience behind him. Having never opened in any professional match and
England will not take any risks with Jos Buttler‘s fitness during the Lahore leg of their Pakistan tour as they look to ease him back from a calf injury sustained playing in the Hundred last month. Buttler was never in contention to play in the first four T20Is in Karachi and, even with the series
Will Jacks is one of six England players who will fly home from Pakistan next week while the rest of the touring squad travel to Australia for the T20 World Cup, but he hopes that he will have the chance to return before long. Jacks had only taken four first-class wickets this time last year
File photo of Kapil Dev.© AFP India women defeated England women in the third and final ODI at Lord’s to clean sweep the series 3-0. It was the last international match for legendary pacer Jhulan Goswami but it was India’s Deepti Sharma who hogged more limelight in the game. The all-rounder had run out England
Former Australian captain Tim Paine was not named in Tasmania’s first Marsh Cup team of the new season but he remains up for selection for their Sheffield Shield opener after training with Tigers over the past six weeks. Paine has been training with the Tasmania squad since mid-August but he was not named in Tasmania’s
Harshal and Bumrah have both missed close to two months of top-flight cricket to nurse injuries that have required rehabilitation. Harshal is returning from a rib injury, while Bumrah has had to overcome a lower back problem. On Sunday, Bumrah’s introduction at all stages was met with a fierce counterattack from Australia. While Cameron Green
Was Deepti Sharma running Charlie Dean out at the non-striker’s end at Lord’s on Saturday a plan India had worked out in advance? Or was it an instinctive decision? According to Deepti, who stopped in her bowling stride and whipped off the bails at the non-striker’s end to complete a 3-0 sweep over England, it
West Indies 169 for 6 (Taylor 51 retd hurt, Matthews 40, J Kerr 3-29) beat New Zealand 168 (Down 53, A Kerr 30, Matthews 2-23, Ramharack 2-28, Fletcher 2-31) by four wickets A solid bowling effort, an all-round show from Hayley Matthews, and a half-century from Stafanie Taylor were the highlights of West Indies a
Jaiswal smashed a double-century in the second innings to set up a big win for West Zone. However, on the field, he found himself at the centre of controversy. He was asked by his captain Rahane to leave the field for going overboard with sledging against South Zone batter Ravi Teja. Teja had apparently complained
Bangladesh 158 for 5 (Afif 77*, Nurul 35*, Meiyappan 2-33) beat United Arab Emirates 151 (Suri 39, Afzal 25, Miraz 3-17, Shoriful 3-21) by seven runs Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan Miraz led Bangladesh out of trouble an occasion each as they beat UAE by seven runs in the first T20I in Dubai. In front
India 187 for 4 (Suryakumar 69, Kohli 63, Sams 2-33) beat Australia 186 for 7 (David 54, Green 52, Axar 3-33) by six wickets Suryakumar got together with Kohli after Daniel Sams and Pat Cummins had bounced out KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma respectively. Whenever the bowlers hit the Hyderabad pitch hard, the ball either
Left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav “did not know how to cope” when he lost his place in the Indian team, but he is not afraid of failure anymore. He said as much after his hat-trick for India A against New Zealand A in Chennai on Sunday helped the hosts wrap up the one-day series with a
India A 222 for 6 (Shaw 77, van Beek 3-46) beat New Zealand A 219 (Carter 72, Ravindra 61, Kuldeep 4-51, Dhawan 2-16, Chahar 2-50) by four wickets Kuldeep Yadav‘s four-wicket burst, which included a hat-trick, backed up by Prithvi Shaw‘s 48-ball 77 headlined India A’s comfortable four-wicket win over New Zealand A in the
Toss England chose to bowl vs Pakistan England have won the toss and will bowl first in the fourth T20I. Playing on the same surface used in second T20I on Thursday, the visitors make three changes as they push to extend their lead to 3-1. Alex Hales and David Willey return, while Olly Stone makes
The owners of Comilla Victorians will stick around to see their team defend the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) title next year. Last month, there were reports that Comilla Legends Ltd had failed to submit Expression of Interest (EOI) papers, but in an announcement on Sunday, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed that the Victorians will
Nathan Lyon overcame an emotional week and buried his fifth-day demons, taking his maiden 10-wicket haul in Australia’s nail-biting win over India in Adelaide in 2014
Legendary fast bowler Jhulan Goswami played her last international match on Saturday as India Women defeated England Women by 16 runs in the third ODI at Lord’s to sweep the series. Jhulan bowed out of the sport having played 12 Tests, 204 ODIs and 68 T20Is for the Indian women’s team. She took two wickets
West Zone 270 (Patel 98, Sai Kishore 5-86) and 585 for 4 dec (Jaiswal 265, Sarfaraz 127*, Iyer 71, Sai Kishore 2-157) beat South Zone 234 (Kunnummal 93, Mulani 4-51) and 327 (Indrajith 118, Unadkat 4-52) by 294 runs West Zone won the 2022 Duleep Trophy title after crushing South Zone by 294 runs on