News Steven Smith returns to a leadership position with the vice-captaincy Pat Cummins has been named Australia’s new men’s Test captain on the day it appeared Tim Paine’s international career may have come to an end a week after he stood down following the emergence of explicit text messages. Steven Smith has returned to his
News Phoebe Litchfield was named WBBL ‘Young Gun’ as the best player under the age of 21 Harmanpreet Kaur is hopeful a women’s IPL can be established sooner rather than later, after she created history becoming the first Indian to be named WBBL player of the tournament following a stunning season for Melbourne Renegades. The
News Non-white female chair steps down with immediate effect as ECB postpone plan to tackle racism The ECB has been forced to postpone the publication of its plan to improve diversity in English cricket, amid the abrupt departure on Thursday of one of the only two non-white chairs of a first-class county. Mehmooda Duke, who
New Zealand will not start as favourites despite facing an Indian team missing several key players, skipper Kane Williamson said Wednesday, as the world’s two top-ranked teams geared up for a spin battle in their first Test. Hosts India have rested skipper Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami while opener
News Balbirnie to open with Stirling, Getkate and McClintock recalled to add middle-order power Ireland have left Kevin O’Brien out of their T20 squad for upcoming tours to USA and West Indies. O’Brien, 37, opened for Ireland during a disappointing T20 World Cup campaign in which they failed to qualify for the Super 12s. Having
News Netherlands suffer 7 for 12 collapse from winning position Ireland 199 (Delany 75, Siegers 2-24) beat Netherlands 170 (Rijke 56, Prendergast 4-24) by 29 runs Laura Delany and Orla Prendergast were the stars of the show for Ireland as they defended a total of 199 against Netherlands in the Women’s World Cup qualifiers at
News The Sri Lanka Test captain is one shy of equalling the world record for most 50-plus scores in consecutive innings He has scored 854 Test runs at an average of 77.63 in 2021, but as good as he has been this year, Dimuth Karunaratne has bigger goals in mind. Of Sri Lanka’s Test batters,
News The Netherlands have a number of players of South African origin, plenty of whom have played professional cricket in South Africa “Colin is the most recent of our players who has played first-class cricket here in South Africa, so he actually ran me through all the players (in their squad) that I didn’t know
News Bangladesh captain urges team-mates to “back each other” and stay focused amid waves of public criticism Mominul Haque has the monumental task of changing Bangladesh’s mood in and out of the dressing room. There has been an air of negativity around the team for the past two months. Nine defeats, fiery press conferences and
News Knowing he was locked in as David Warner’s partner for the start of the Ashes put the Australia opener’s mind at ease Marcus Harris is grateful for the vote of confidence from national selector George Bailey early in the season which ensured he was locked in as David Warner’s opening partner for the start
News Franchise’s former captain Shreyas Iyer opts to head to the player auction While Capitals could see Iyer’s exit as a setback, they wouldn’t have been entirely surprised by the batter’s decision. Ever since the Capitals handed the captaincy to Pant ahead of IPL 2021, after Iyer was ruled out of the first leg due
Report He and Nkrumah Bonner put up a 100-run seventh-wicket stand before Embuldeniya made a key breakthrough for Sri Lanka Lunch West Indies 125 for 7 (Joshua 54, Bonner 42*) and 230 need another 219 runs to beat Sri Lanka 386 and 191 for 4 dec Joshua da Silva dragged himself to a hard-earned half-century,
Preview Netherlands have their own points to prove against the “big boys”, with the ODI Super League being scrapped going forward You may expect the usual David and Goliath angle for a preview about a series between South Africa and Netherlands but this won’t exactly be it. You only have to go back a little
Preview The hosts will be without Tamim, Shakib and Mahmudullah while Pakistan will be keen to carry forward their T20I form into Tests Big Picture Bangladesh will look to bridge the gap in experience, skills and temperament with Pakistan, who have so far looked to be in control on this tour, when the two teams
News Although out for two low scores he came through his return to play The priority of Tasmania coach Ali de Winter has been Tim Paine‘s welfare as he prepares to help the wicketkeeper take another significant step towards the first Ashes Test. Paine, who underwent neck surgery in September, will bat at No. 3
Report Both sides pick three spinners each Toss India chose to bat vs New Zealand On a clear morning in Kanpur, India captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and chose to bat in the first Test against New Zealand. Rahane’s expectation was for the pitch to play “slow and low”, and both teams picked three
News With stories mirroring those of cricket nuts across the subcontinent, Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Rejaur Rahman Raja are on the brink of realising their dreams Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Rejaur Rahman Raja, the newest faces in Bangladesh’s Test squad, might have taken very different paths to the top, but taped-tennis-ball cricket, ubiquitous in cricketing
News Offspinner says having a bowler and batter as captain and vice-captain would be beneficial, also states he wants Tim Paine behind the stumps at the Gabba Australia’s most experienced Test player Nathan Lyon believes Pat Cummins and Steven Smith will make a good leadership duo as Cricket Australia appears set to announce the pair
News Akash Ambani “confident of shaping another successful brand in the UAE and bring in our experiences to benefits the growth of cricket in the UAE” Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the owners of the Mumbai Indians IPL franchise, has confirmed that it will own one of the teams in the upcoming UAE T20 League. “We
Unofficial Test: India reached 125 for one on Day 2 before Stumps.© Twitter India A made a cautious reply to South Africa A’s mammoth 509 for seven declared as they ended day 2 of the opening unofficial Test at 125 for one on Wednesday. Captain Priyank Panchal and Abhimanyu Easwaran were batting on 45 and
News Key takeaways from the final round of NCL 2021-22 Dhaka Division lifted the NCL tier-1 trophy after seven years when they beat the other domestic powerhouse Khulna Division by 179 runs in the final round. Dhaka has now won six NCL titles, level with Rajshahi Division, while Khulna is on top of the list
News England’s 2005 Ashes-winning bowling coach links up with squad ahead of first Test Stuart Broad hopes that the appointment of Troy Cooley as a consultant fast-bowling coach ahead of next month’s first Test at Brisbane will help provide England’s bowlers with vital “one-percenters” in their quest to regain the Ashes on Australian soil. Cooley,
Big Picture India now have the chance to play New Zealand in their own conditions. New Zealand now have the chance to prove they aren’t just WTC champions but also the best all-conditions Test team in the world. This should be one of the most eagerly anticipated series of recent times, but just look at
News “It is a firm track and won’t break down easily,” says Shiv Kumar The 22-yard strip at Green Park, which will be used for the first Test between India and New Zealand, may be devoid of any grass, but won’t show ready signs of wear and tear, according to local curator Shiv Kumar. There
News Broadcaster says “his involvement in the Yorkshire story represents a conflict of interest” The BBC has dropped Michael Vaughan from its coverage of the upcoming Ashes series in Australia after he was named in the Azeem Rafiq racism probe. Vaughan, the former England captain turned commentator, was stood down from his BBC Radio 5
Report West Indies were bowled out for 230 on the fourth morning to give the home side a 156-run lead Lunch Sri Lanka 84 for 2 (Karunaratne 42*, Mathews 16*, Warrican 1-28) and 386 lead West Indies 230 (Mayers 45, Jayawickrama 4-40) by 240 runs With the sun shining in Galle again, Sri Lanka tightened
News Lizaad Williams also ruled out because of an intercostal muscle strain, Junior Dala has been added to squad Lungi Ngidi has been forced to withdraw from South Africa’s squad for the three-match ODI series at home against Netherlands after testing positive for Covid-19. “He is well and in good spirits,” a CSA statement on
News Marcus Harris said that Paine remains the best wicketkeeper in the country Paine remains available for selection with every indication he will be included in the first Test at the Gabba providing he comes through his return-to-play following neck surgery. He is currently part of a 2nd XI match against South Australia and will
News Iyer averages 52.18 in first-class cricket, and scores them at an astonishing strike-rate of 81.54 Shreyas Iyer is all set to be India’s 303rd men’s Test cricketer. Stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane confirmed a day before the Kanpur Test against New Zealand that Iyer will be debuting after KL Rahul was ruled out with a
Report The second day of England’s first warm-up match was washed out Experts are warning to expect more than the usual afternoon thunderstorm in Brisbane as rare weather patterns threaten to spoil the Ashes build-up for both Australia and England and the first Test itself. Play was abandoned without a ball bowled on day two