Report England’s bowlers came in with a clear plan to bowl fuller to the Indian side and they executed well 36.2 overs India Women 134 (Mandhana 35, Ghosh 33, Dean 4-23) vs England Women Rookie offspinner Charlie Dean claimed four wickets as India were bowled out for 134 in 36.2 overs to give England a
Big Picture Reset, and refocus. After five days of hard toil on an unforgiving Antigua deck, the series swings south-east to Barbados, where the surface – to judge by a run of seven consecutive results since a tense draw against India in 2011 – ought to offer more for the bowlers on both teams to
Report The visitors had declared their second innings on 97, and asked the hosts to survive 172 overs Pakistan 148 and 192 for 2 (Babar 102*, Shafique 71*, Green 1-15) need another 314 runs to beat Australia 556 for 9 dec and 97 for 2 dec (Khawaja 44*, Labuschagne 44, Afridi 1-21) Captain Babar Azam
News The hosts will miss 12 first-choice players who will be away at the IPL, with Tom Latham to lead both white-ball squads Allrounder Michael Bracewell and wicketkeeper-batter Dane Cleaver have earned their maiden New Zealand call-ups for the upcoming white-ball home series against Netherlands. While Bracewell has been named in both the ODI and
News Loss in 2017 final not important, “right now it’s all about momentum and that’s on our side,” she says of taking on England But crucial knocks of 109 and 71 against West Indies and New Zealand, respectively, have served a reminder of the value she adds to India’s middle order. “Big tournaments are very
News Lancashire quick will become cap No.702 after being inked in for maiden appearance Saqib Mahmood will be handed England cap No.702 on Wednesday morning, after being locked in for his Test debut at Bridgetown in the second Test against West Indies. Mahmood, 25, was named in England’s XI a day in advance of the
News ESPNcricinfo understands the players’ decision to prefer the IPL over the two Tests was unanimous, leaving South Africa with a weakened squad South Africa are likely to field a weakened squad for the two home Tests against Bangladesh starting March 18, with all their Test players part of various franchises choosing to go to
News Decision part of Ramiz Raja’s plans to overhaul state of pitches in Pakistan The PCB has sought the services of former MCG and ICC academy curator *Toby Lumsden for a 10-day period to oversee pitch preparation ahead of the third Test against Australia in Lahore. He will also assist local curators as part of
As per reports, South African players will priorities IPL over Bangladesh Test series.© AFP South Africa Test players including Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi have chosen to play the IPL over the home Test series against Bangladesh beginning March 31. The series starts with three ODIs scheduled on March 18, 20 and 23 respectively where
News Reasons behind the impending renaming are purely financial rather than political The PCB is set to change the name of Lahore’s iconic Gaddafi Stadium, nearly 50 years after it was named in honour of former Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi. The reason, however, is not political. PCB chairman Ramiz Raja told ESPNcricinfo that the board
Report Chetan Bist’s seventh first-class century the lone bright spark for Nagaland Jharkhand 880 and 132 for 2 (Utkarsh 50*, Siddiqui 42, Jonathan 1-29) lead Nagaland 289 (Bist 122*, Mundhe 39, Nadeem 3-70) by 723 runs Wicketkeeper-batter Chetan Bist‘s unbeaten century turned out to be the only positive for Nagaland on another day of uninspiring
News The deal is initially only for the ODI leg of Bangladesh’s tour of South Africa Albie Morkel has joined the Bangladesh men’s national team as the power-hitting coach for the ODI leg of their tour of South Africa. On Tuesday, Morkel linked up with the Bangladesh touring party at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg,
News “Delhi Capitals have got a great squad. Now is the time to win their first title,” the former allrounder says Shane Watson (assistant coach) will join Ricky Ponting (head coach), Ajit Agarkar (assistant coach), Pravin Amre (assistant coach) and James Hopes (bowling coach) as part of the backroom staff at Delhi Capitals. This is
News Unchanged 13-man squad named for second Test in Barbados West Indies have been docked two World Test Championship points, and the players fined 40% of their match fee, after Kraigg Brathwaite’s team were penalised for a slow over rate during the drawn Antigua Test. The hosts were ruled to be two overs short, after
News He also defended Pakistan’s performance at the Women’s World Cup, and called for a stronger domestic women’s structure The Pakistan Super League could ditch the draft system, which it has operated under since its inception, as early as next year, with PCB chairman Ramiz Raja keen to replace it with an auction. At the
Report Shahbaz Nadeem scored 177 before also striking with the ball, as Nagaland ended day three 750 runs behind Nagaland 130 for 4 (Bist 46*, Mundhe 39, Nadeem 1-17) trail Jharkhand 880 (Nadeem 177, Shukla 85*, Lemtur 4-179) by 750 runs After two days of resolute batting, Jharkhand continued to pile the misery on a
News “Still an element of that that might be getting a little bit overlooked from people outside of the cricket environment” Kate Cross has warned that the difficulties of constantly being required to live in biosecure bubbles in order to play cricket “might be getting a little bit overlooked”, as England approach a critical juncture
Report Australia brought in Jonassen and Sutherland while West Indies replaced Anisa with Ramharack after 30-minute toss delay in Wellington Toss West Indies Women chose to bat vs Australia Women In-form allrounder Deandra Dottin overcame fitness concerns to start for West Indies, who opted to bat in the league-stage fixture against undefeated Australia in overcast
News Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinbago Knight Riders will contest the first edition of the tournament The inaugural season of the Women’s CPL, featuring three teams, is set to run alongside the men’s event this year. Both the CPL and the WCPL are expected to take place within a month-long CPL window that
Report R Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah shared seven between them to wrap up a dominant series sweep India 252 (Iyer 92, Jayawickrama 3-81, Embuldeniya 3-94) and 303 for 9 dec. (Iyer 67, Pant 50, Jayawickrama 4-78) beat Sri Lanka 109 (Mathews 43, Bumrah 5-24) and 208 (Karunaratne 107, Mendis 54, Ashwin 4-55, Bumrah 3-23) by
News She’s a “bit annoyed” with herself because she didn’t stay till the end to finish off things, but heaped praise on her side after beating England After a maiden career five-for and a game-changing cameo innings, the first word that passed Marizanne Kapp‘s lips is not what you might expect. “Sorry,” she told Trisha
News Pakistan batting coach was full of praise for Starc and Cummins’ bowling, but believes the hosts can “fight and try and take it to the end” They had been kept out in the heat for 189 overs. Twelve overs into the second innings, they still trailed by more than 530 runs. There were almost
News “His keeping was the best I’ve seen”, says India’s Test captain We know what Rishabh Pant can offer with the bat. And we have to let Rishabh Pant do Rishabh Pant things. But his keeping? His DRS calls? Those have been truly impressive. All that, at least, is what Rohit Sharma had to say
The ECB is set to launch a high-performance review into English cricket with the ambition of making the England men’s team “the best in the world in all formats”, according to Interim managing director Andrew Strauss. Speaking in Barbados where the second Test is due to start on Wednesday, Strauss laid out the plans for
News But she isn’t assured of a place in Australia’s starting XI with Meg Lanning likely to choose between her and a spinner at Basin Reserve Fresh from a stunning 3 for 22 that destroyed the New Zealand top order and led Australia to a third win on the spin, teenage quick Darcie Brown is
Mitchell Starc celebrates a wicket in 2nd Test vs Pakistan© AFP Australia pacer Mitchell Starc on Monday said the abrasive nature of the Karachi pitch helped him and Pat Cummins gain substantial reverse swing as the visitors bowled out Pakistan for 148 runs in the second Test. Asked in a media interaction why Australian bowlers didn’t get
News Poor fielding display condemns holders to third straight loss in robin-robin stage Lisa Keightley, England’s head coach, says that she shoulders the blame for the collapse in form that has left her team’s defence of the World Cup hanging by a thread, following their third straight loss of the tournament, and their sixth ODI
News Legspinner, Player of the Match in Bangladesh’s win over Pakistan, is hoping her team gets to play the likes of Australia, England and New Zealand more Legspinner Fahima Khatun was brought back for her second spell in the 40th over of the Pakistan run chase. At that stage, Pakistan needed 72 in 66 balls
Report Debutant Mitchell Swepson helped add an unbroken 51 for the last wicket Australia 556 for 9 dec (Khawaja 160, Carey 93, Smith 72) vs Pakistan Australia’s marathon first innings finally ended early on day three of the second Test, as a weary Pakistan brace for a challenging period with the bat before lunch. After
Report England made a tactical change in their XI and also tinkered with the batting order Toss South Africa Women chose to bowl vs England Women Sune Luus chose to chase as South Africa went in search of their first win at a World Cup over England in 20 years, since the last time the