West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first against England West Indies won the toss on a humid morning in Grenada and chose to bowl first, amid the expectation that a seamer-friendly surface for the third Test could finally break the deadlock in a bat-dominated series. “There’s just some moisture around, the pitch
News Bangladesh’s ODI captain was all praise for the allrounder’s decision to stay back for the third ODI in the face of a family emergency Shakib took the evening flight out of Johannesburg on Wednesday evening, shortly after Bangladesh clinched the ODI series 2-1 in Centurion. He is scheduled to land in Dhaka on Thursday.
News The board is set to hire a consultant to look into the feasibility of the idea The PCB’s plan to bring drop-in pitches from Australia has been delayed. The board is now likely to hire a consultant who will first advise it on whether it is feasible to have the Australian-made pitches in Pakistan.
Report Only 10.5 overs of play were possible after a delay of more than four hours No result South Africa Women 61 for 4 (du Preez 38, Henry 3-19) vs West Indies Women South Africa have qualified for the World Cup semi-finals after rain washed out their match against West Indies in Wellington. Only 10.5
Report Defending champions bowl out Pakistan for 105 to keep semi-final hopes alive England Women 107 for 1 (Wyatt 76*, Knight 24*) beat Pakistan Women 105 all out (Ameen 32, Brunt 3-17, Ecclestone 3-18) by nine wickets Katherine Brunt and Danni Wyatt rediscovered some form to dovetail with England’s World Cup resurgence as the defending
News “Today our attitude was, no matter what, we will be aggressive. We will try to finish it off as quickly as possible” Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal has said that the team’s tendency in the past to lose their way from promising positions urged him to go with an all-out attacking mindset against South Africa.
Report Australia’s opening stand stretched their lead to over 200 on the fourth day Lunch Australia 391 and 97 for 1 lead Pakistan 268 by 220 runs David Warner fell for 51 on the stroke of lunch to a spectacular delivery from Shaheen Shah Afridi, but Australia’s lead grew past 200 to deflate Pakistan’s hopes
Big Picture So far, England’s tour of the Caribbean has been one for the purists. Ten days of attritional cricket, interspersed with flashes of hopeful flamboyance, and nothing yet to show in the series ledger for either side’s efforts. Could that be about to change, as Grenada prepares to host a Test match for only
News The allrounder’s ability to counterattack with the bat was sorely missed in Lahore They were five wickets down, and there was little to worry about. In Alex Carey and Cameron Green, Australia had a wicketkeeper coming off a hundred in the last game and a generational all-round talent together at the crease. Naseem Shah
News Former India coach, who joins ESPNcricinfo as an analyst for the IPL, says Hardik will struggle to make the national team as a pure batter Former India coach Ravi Shastri – who will join ESPNcricinfo as an analyst for IPL 2022 – believes the national team is still in search of a first-choice allrounder.
News Fitness under scrutiny as relapse on eve of Grenada Test caps desperate tour for seamer Ollie Robinson has been ruled out of the third and final Test against West Indies in Grenada, following a recurrence of the back problem that forced him to miss each of the drawn Tests in Antigua and Barbados this
News Pakistan’s collapse, he suggested, came about because conditions were difficult for batters new to the crease Pakistan have a long history of collapses in Test cricket, and they added a new chapter on Wednesday, when they lost their last five wickets for just four runs – a new record – to hand Australia a
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Women’s World Cup: Heather Knight and Nat Sciver will be key for England.© AFP ENGW vs PAKW, Women’s World Cup, Live Updates:England Women will look to continue their turnaround and book a berth in the semi-finals of the 2022 Women’s World Cup after a disastrous start to their campaign. Meanwhile, their opponents Pakistan have only
News He is “not disputing” the positive test, is “cooperating fully with the ICC” and has agreed to voluntary suspension commencing immediately South Africa batter Zubayr Hamza has tested positive for a prohibited substance under the ICC’s anti-doping code. A Cricket South Africa (CSA) statement said “the positive test followed an ICC anti-doping test on
Report The home side were blown away in the final session as Australia earned a lead of 123 Australia 391 and 11 for 0 lead Pakistan 268 (Shafique 81, Azhar 78, Babar 67, Cummins 5-56, Starc 4-33) by 134 runs Unplayable quicks Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc tore through Pakistan’s batting order with vicious reverse
News While terming Kohli’s giving up of captaincy a ‘smart decision’, Shastri wished he had held on to the job in Test cricket Ravi Shastri hopes Virat Kohli can play with a greater sense of freedom during IPL 2022, with captaincy no longer his burden to bear. Starting with his decision to step down as
Report Bangladesh fielded the same XI for the sixth straight ODI Toss South Africa opt to bat vs Bangladesh South Africa captain Temba Bavuma decided to bat first against Bangladesh in the series-deciding third ODI in Centurion. Bavuma said that South Africa will have to see out the first hour, and then try to get
News Fast bowler has picked up 40 wickets in 27 IPL matches at an economy rate of 8.46 Three days before the start of IPL 2022, Lucknow Super Giants have brought on board Australia fast bowler Andrew Tye – the IPL 2018 purple cap winner – as a late replacement for the injured England fast
News He will work as batting coach in the absence of Luke Ronchi Former New Zealand batter Dean Brownlie has been added to the team’s coaching staff for the upcoming home series against Netherlands. Brownlie will work as the batting coach in the absence of Luke Ronchi, who is currently with Auckland Aces for the
News England opener hit with mystery sanction by Cricket Discipline Commission Jason Roy has been fined £2,500 and handed a suspended two-match ban by the ECB, who released a cryptic statement that posed more questions than it answered on Tuesday afternoon. The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) – a body that hears disciplinary cases in the
News Batter still recovering from hairline fracture on his thumb at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru Suryakumar Yadav is set to miss to Mumbai Indians’ opening match of the IPL, which will be against Delhi Capitals on March 27. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the 31-year-old, who picked up a hairline fracture on his thumb
Jack Leach, England’s left-arm spinner, says he has been studying YouTube videos of Graeme Swann in a bid to hone his attacking instincts, after coming through an extraordinary workload in Barbados with a better understanding of his role within the team. Leach churned through 94.5 overs for his six wickets in last week’s second Test
News Uncapped left-armer Ben Dwarshuis has been added to a squad already missing a host of first-choice names Kane Richardson has been ruled out of Australia’s limited-overs tour of Pakistan due a hamstring injury and will be replaced by New South Wales left-armer Ben Dwarshuis. Richardson, who was the most experienced pace bowler in an
With almost half of his career runs in the KFC BBL coming in sixes, there haven’t been many in the Big Bash who could clear the rope like Chris Gayle
The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is upon us and the fans are waiting eagerly to see their favourite stars play for their respective teams. The cash-rich league will begin on March 26 with the tournament opener being played between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. Rishabh Pant-led Delhi will begin
News “The only way these Associate Nations are going to get better is by playing against the Full Member nations more often” After a gap 25 years, New Zealand will face the Netherlands in an ODI and eight years after last competing against them in any format, when the two teams clash in a one-off
Preview Wayne Parnell has been ruled out of the match with a hamstring injury, while Temba Bavuma is fit to play Big picture Before reaching South Africa, Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal and coach Russell Domingo were confident of notching up a maiden ODI series win here. They started with a big win in the first
Report Alex Carey and Cameron Green added 135 before Australia lost five wickets in a session Pakistan 90 for 1 trail Australia 391 (Khawaja 91, Green 79, Carey 67, Smith 59, Naseem 4-58, Afridi 4-79) by 301 runs Abdullah Shafique and Azhar Ali chipped away at Australia’s first innings of 391 after quick Naseem Shah
Report Ritu Moni and Nahida Akter, who shared five wickets between them, triggered India’s slump from 74 for 0 to 108 for 4 India Women 229 for 7 (Bhatia 50, Verma 42, Moni 3-37, Akter 2-42) vs Bangladesh Women Had it not been for Yastika Bhatia‘s gritty half-century and Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana‘s seventh-wicket