Australia is a resource-rich country. Minerals and fast bowlers are in rich abundance. But the Pakistan Test tour, as successful as it was for Australia, exposed a scarcity of spin resources moving forward towards six Tests in Sri Lanka and India over the next 12 months. With senior spinner Nathan Lyon, who bowled beautifully in
Cricket South Africa has announced the launch of a new franchise-based T20 tournament in association with SuperSport. The first edition of the competition is scheduled to be played in January 2023, immediately after South Africa’s tour to Australia. For subsequent editions, January will be the dedicated window for the tournament. According to a CSA release,
Ben Stokes has been named as England men’s Test captain. Stokes was the preferred candidate to take on the job after Joe Root’s resignation following five years in the role. England’s leading allrounder, and one of the few players sure of their place in the XI, Stokes becomes the 81st captain of the men’s Test
Matt Renshaw‘s newfound versatility is making him an attractive option for Australia’s selectors as they begin to plan for life beyond David Warner and Usman Khawaja in the coming years. Renshaw, 26, made a sparkling century for Somerset on day one of their division one LV= County Championship clash against Warwickshire, just a day prior
James Anderson and Stuart Broad will be considered “available for selection” for the first Test of the summer, against New Zealand at Lord’s on June 2, according to Rob Key, the new director of the England men’s team, following their controversial omissions from the recent tour of the Caribbean. Despite their combined haul of 1177
Australia have named four squads – including an Australia A team – to tour Sri Lanka in June, with Test captain Pat Cummins rested from the T20Is, as legspinner Adam Zampa is set to miss the tour due to the birth of his first child. The visitors play three T20Is, five ODIs and two Tests
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Bengaluru will host the Ranji Trophy knockouts from June 4, with the final scheduled to run from June 20-24, in a bio-bubble. It is understood that there will be no mandatory quarantine, but all teams will have to arrive with a negative RT-PCR test. Forty-one-time Ranji champions Mumbai will face Uttarakhand while Karnataka are pitted
Rob Key, England’s new director of cricket, says that the chance to have some “skin in the game” was the primary reason why he was willing to forego a commentary role with Sky Sports that he had previously declared to be the “best job in the world” and take on the onerous challenge of reviving
Umran Malik is a fast-bowling “gem” who is creating “anxiety” in all kinds of batters and is now ready to play for India. That is the combined view of Daniel Vettori and Chris Lynn, ESPNcricinfo experts, who agree that Malik’s searing pace can make the difference even at the international level and he should be
The power vacuum at the top of English cricket looks set to extend throughout the home summer, after the ECB was forced to restart the recruitment process for its new chairman, amid reports that Ron Kalifa – the man leading the nominations committee – is set to be put himself forward for the role instead.
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The leading fast bowlers on the county circuit are having their speeds tracked in the early stages of the Championship season as the ECB’s scouting and talent identification department look to improve the quality of data available before players are selected for England. While bowling coaches can use handheld guns that measure bowling speeds from
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Virat Kohli followed up two successive first-ball ducks with a scratchy, chancy 9 off 10 balls; Glenn Maxwell fell to a first-baller; and Dinesh Karthik was run out in tragicomic manner. There was no let-up at any point from Royals’ bowlers. All of them performed their roles perfectly on a two-paced pitch that also took
Allrounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz has been ruled out of the first Test against Sri Lanka after he injured the small finger on his right hand during a Dhaka Premier League game. The selectors haven’t yet named a replacement, but Nayeem Hasan, who is the next in line, could be a like-for-like option. Chief selector Minhajul
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Roach was due to spend the opening two months of the season with Surrey but injured his hamstring during their innings win against Hampshire, the second game of his second stint with the club. Alec Stewart, Surrey’s director of cricket, spent much of last week’s win against Somerset making phone calls to try and sort
England will revert to a split-coaching structure for the first time in eight years after the ECB formally advertised for two new head coaches: one for their Test team, the other for white-ball cricket. The decision to split the coaching role in two had been widely anticipated since Rob Key‘s appointment as managing director of
A round-up of the last week of matches at the Dhaka Premier League, as Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi won their maiden title and Prime Bank Cricket Club’s Anamul Haque became the first batter to cross 1000 runs in a List-A tournament in Bangladesh. Key takeaways Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club fulfilled their decade-long quest for a Dhaka
Stoinis fell for a duck in his most recent match against Mumbai Indians holing out off another Australian in Daniel Sams. The left-arm seamer took 1 for 40 against Super Giants following on from an excellent showing against Chennai Super Kings where he took 4 for 30 in a losing side. Riley Meredith also bowled
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has said that ECB’s new managing director of men’s cricket Rob Key needs to grow a “thick skin” just like how he did to counter the “jealous people.” Speaking to the Guardian, Shastri said there was a “gang of people in India” who always wanted him to fail. Just
John Rutherford, the first Western Australian-based player to be selected for Test cricket, has passed away at the age of 92. Rutherford is part of Australia’s one-Test club having played his only Test match on the 1956 tour of India, that was held on the way home from the Ashes series that year. The right-handed
Flamboyant opener Shikhar Dhawan struck a magnificent 88 not out to trump Ambati Rayudu in the battle of batting heroics as Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by 11 runs in an IPL thriller on Monday. Dhawan hit nine fours and two sixes in his 59-ball superlative unbeaten knock to power Punjab to 187 for 4 after
The third round of the 2022 County Championship concluded on Sunday, with another strong showing from the Pakistan representatives. Here we take a look at how they got on. A joyous introduction to Old Trafford for Hasan Ali, who is already well on his way to feeling as at home in his northern surroundings as
Rehan Ahmed, the legspinning allrounder who played an integral role in England’s run to the final of this year’s Under-19 World Cup, has signed a long-term contract extension that will keep him at Leicestershire until the end of 2026. Ahmed, a product of the Leicestershire academy, made his first appearances for the senior team as
Graeme Smith, the former Cricket South Africa (CSA) director of cricket, has been cleared of allegations of racism in an independent arbitration process following the outcomes of the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) commission’s report. The SJN made tentative findings that Smith had engaged in prejudicial behaviour on three counts and advocates Ngwako Maenetje SC
Lucknow Super Giants 168 for 6 (Rahul 103*, Pollard 2-8, Meredith 2-40) beat Mumbai Indians 132 for 8 (Rohit 39, Tilak 38, Krunal 3-19) by 36 runs The Mumbai Indians batting line-up fizzled out yet again to slump to their eighth straight loss of the season. The only team still without a win in IPL
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Shakib Al Hasan, who had missed the Tests against South Africa in March due to personal reasons, has returned to Bangladesh’s side for the first Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram on May 15. Uncapped fast bowler Rejaur Rahman Raja, who was also named in the squad for the Pakistan Test last year, has also