Steven Smith insists there is no lingering fallout from his mid-wicket mix-up with Usman Khawaja after his fiery first Test dismissal against Sri Lanka. Smith created headlines last week when he gestured back at Khawaja and stormed off the field after being run out for six in Galle. The incident drew criticism back home in Australia,
A mere two days after England Bazball’d their way to a target of 378 – their highest successful chase in Test cricket, at a run rate of almost five – they are getting ready to push the boundaries even further, this time in T20I cricket. After Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes ushered in the new
Jonny Bairstow and Rishabh Pant, the standout batting stars of the Edgbaston Test, have burst into the top ten of the ICC men’s Test player rankings – Bairstow at tenth place and Pant at a career-best No. 5. The unbeaten century in the second innings didn’t hurt Joe Root‘s cause either, as he consolidated his
The draft for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League was held on Tuesday evening, with each of the five franchises allowed to pick six international players, with one from each price category barring Gold and Silver. Sri Lankan players were available for all categories. The pre-draft portion of the squad selection, however, meant
England 284 (Bairstow 106, Siraj 4-66, Bumrah 3-68) and 378 for 3 (Root 142*, Bairstow 114*, Lees 56, Crawley 46) beat India 416 (Pant 146, Jadeja 104, Anderson 5-60) and 245 (Pujara 66, Pant 57, Stokes 4-33) by seven wickets England came to Edgbaston having gunned down targets of 277, 299 and 296 in their
It started with a match-haul of nine wickets at Trent Bridge over a year ago and ended with a world record with the bat at Edgbaston. In between, there was a workhorse-like spell at Lord’s and magic at The Oval – all of which contributed to his 23 wickets, the most by an Indian bowler
England captain Joe Root had a difficult time during the Ashes series, not least because he copped several painful blows below the belt from Australia’s relentless pace bowlers
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ENG vs IND: Virat Kohli and Jonny Bairstow were involved in a feisty exchange on Day 3.© Twitter With a crushing defeat to England in the Edgbaston Test, the Indian cricket team has failed to seize the opportunity to register its fourth Test series win in the country. Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root, who have
England’s efforts to “rewrite” how Test cricket is played will leave opposition teams fearful of how to approach the third innings, in the knowledge that whatever target they set might not be enough, Ben Stokes said after his team pulled of a record chase of 378 against India at Edgbaston. Stokes chose to bowl first
India have been docked two World Test Championship (WTC) points for maintaining a slow over-rate in the Edgbaston Test, which they lost by seven wickets to England for the series to end at 2-2. As a result of the penalty, India currently have 52.08 percentage points, a shade lower than Pakistan’s 52.38, and are down
Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma are having an excellent time of it in the ODI series in Sri Lanka, and have shot up the ICC ODI player rankings because of their returns in the two matches so far, both of which India have won. A day after India won the second game by ten wickets
“It’s like being a kid again. It’s great. It’s like how it felt when I first started playing.” With the first answer of his press conference, Joe Root summed up exactly what he and the rest of this England side are experiencing at the moment. An hour before sitting down in front of the microphones
Pakistan fast-bowling coach Shaun Tait feels Sri Lanka might not prepare spin-friendly pitches for their upcoming tour considering the Pakistanis have quality spinners in their attack and batters who play spin well. He said that the series loss to Australia at home has made Pakistan “very hungry” to win and that they’re looking to put
Rahul Dravid, India’s head coach, pointed to potential issues with fitness and sustained intensity among the bowlers in the aftermath of their failure to defend a target of 378 against England in the fifth Test. England chased down their highest fourth-innings target at Edgbaston with seven wickets in hand half an hour before lunch on
The 19-year-old Wellalage, who is also a left-arm spinner, was the leading wicket-taker in the ODI series with nine at 22.33 and could also add depth to Sri Lanka’s batting order if he debuts. He was one of the travelling reserves with the squad for the first Test but has now been elevated to the
New Zealand’s female cricketers will earn the same match fees as the men under a new five-year deal struck between NZC, the six major associations and the New Zealand Cricket Players Association meaning a substantial pay boost at international and domestic levels. It is the first time the men’s and women’s professional game has been
England 284 and 259 for 3 (Root 76*, Bairstow 72*) need another 119 runs to beat India 416 and 245 (Pujara 66, Pant 57, Stokes 4-33) England’s dream run in fourth-innings chases this summer continued as they got to 259 for 3 in pursuit of 378, a record chase for them if it comes off.
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Jasprit Bumrah has led Indian cricket team from the front in the rescheduled fifth Test against England in Edgbaston. He played a quickfire knock of 31 not out off 16 balls in the first innings that took India’s total past the 400-mark. With the ball too he has been providing crucial breakthroughs. Bumrah has a
Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama has been ruled out of the second Test against Australia, due to start in Galle on Friday, after testing positive for Covid-19. An SLC media release stated that the 23-year-old had complained of feeling “unwell”, which was prompted the test. “Jayawickrama was immediately isolated from the rest of the
Given how the day played out – India on top, then England, then India, then England again – another twist seems inevitable. But it ended with control in England’s hands, with India’s batting coach, Vikram Rathour, conceding that a poor session with the bat in the morning had been at the root of their opponents’
Somerset have furthered their links with the PCB by signing Imam-ul-Haq as a replacement for Matt Renshaw for the final four games of the County Championship season. Babar Azam and Azhar Ali have been popular overseas signings at Taunton in recent years and Andy Hurry, Somerset’s director of cricket, said the club had used their
Warwickshire and the ECB are investigating reports of racist abuse on the fourth day of the rescheduled fifth men’s Test between England and India at Edgbaston which emerged on social media on Monday night. Several supporters made claims on Twitter that they had suffered racist abuse from other fans during the fourth day, which were
Rehan Ahmed, the 17-year-old legspinner, has won an England Lions call-up for two 50-over games against the touring South Africans next week after a breakthrough season for Leicestershire in the T20 Blast. Ahmed starred for England at the Under-19 World Cup this year, taking 12 wickets in four games and showcasing his sharply-spun googly. He
Mitchell Swepson has frankly admitted doubts crept into his mind during his 514-ball wait for a third Test wicket. Swepson justified his selection as Australia’s second spinner in the team’s series-opening win over Sri Lanka, taking five wickets for the match in Galle. But it wasn’t before a harsh introduction to Test cricket. “I’m not
Lahore and Karachi are likely to host England for seven T20Is, scheduled between September 15 and October 2, PCB chairman Ramiz Raja has confirmed. ESPNcricinfo understands the ECB’s three-member security team is expected to arrive in Pakistan later this month to assess the security arrangements. Though Pakistan have Multan and Rawalpindi as other venues to
India women opt to bowl v Sri Lanka women Harmanpreet Kaur, the India captain, won the toss and elected to field in the 2nd ODI at Pallekele International Stadium. Coming into the game having won the opening ODI by four wickets, India’s aim will be to add to their tally of two points on the
West Indies were going about smoothly – at 100 for 3 in the 13th over – when Rovman Powell, the disruptor, entered Windsor Park in the second T20I. Walking on his slightly wide gait, he was expected to provide a grand finish to the foundation laid by Brandon King and Nicholas Pooran. The duo had