News All the stories and reaction following the death of one of the game’s greatest On March 4 (the early hours of March 5 in eastern Australia), the shocking news came through that Shane Warne had passed away due to a suspected heart attack while on holiday on the Thai island of Koh Samui. It
News There will be 12 double-headers this season, with the first match starting at 3:30pm IST IPL 2022 will kick off at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on March 26, when defending champions Chennai Super Kings face last season’s runners-up and former champions Kolkata Knight Riders. In all, 70 league matches and four playoff games
Report Australia impressively launched their first innings in the series-opener against Pakistan Lunch Australia 138 for 0 (Khawaja 70*, Warner 60*) trail Pakistan 476 for 4 dec (Azhar 185, Imam 157, Shafique 44, Cummins 1-62, Lyon 1-161) by 338 runs Openers Usman Khawaja and David Warner countered a pace barrage with aggressive batting in an
Women’s World Cup: India celebrate a wicket vs Pakistan.© AFP India produced an all-round effort to cruise to a 107-run win against Pakistan and begin their ICC Women’s World Cup campaign on a positive note on Sunday. Half-centuries by Pooja Vastrakar (67), Smriti Mandhana (52) and Sneh Rana (53 not out) helped India post a
Report India left out 21-year-old top-order batter Yastika Bhatia despite her impressive recent showings Toss India chose to bat vs Pakistan In the first India vs Pakistan 50-over women’s fixture in nearly five years, and what is also the tournament openers for both teams at the 2022 ODI World Cup, India captain Mithali Raj opted
Kemar Roach, West Indies’ veteran attack leader, believes that the “quite surprising” omissions of James Anderson and Stuart Broad from England’s Test plans give his side a slight advantage going into Tuesday’s first Test, but says that the wickets of Joe Root and Ben Stokes are his team’s truest route to victory in the coming
Report After the bowlers restricted Bangladesh to 115, Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani helped knock the target off easily Afghanistan 121 for 2 (Zazai 59*, Ghani 47, Mahmudullah 1-2) beat Bangladesh 115 for 9 (Mushfiqur 30, Farooqi 3-18, Omarzai 3-22) by eight wickets Zazai struck his third T20I fifty and ended unbeaten on 59, but
News Marsh played 96 Tests and claimed what was then a world record 355 dismissals Australian cricket great Rod Marsh is being hailed as among the sport’s most influential figures after passing away, aged 74. Marsh suffered a heart attack in Queensland last Thursday and has died in an Adelaide hospital. A combative wicketkeeper-batter, Marsh
Ben Stokes is bigger than you realise. Standing there at six foot aplenty, with his biceps glistening with sweat having just run a million laps of the boundary in about two-and-a-half minutes, and his shoulders set as wide as most people are tall, he is, by any metric, physically intimidating. “I would have liked to
News India wicketkeeper recently claimed that he was threatened by a reporter for not responding to an interview request Indian journalist Boria Majumdar has said he will serve a legal notice for defamation on Wriddhiman Saha in connection with recent allegations made by the India wicketkeeper. Majumdar, in a video he put out on social
Eoin Morgan hit a staggering 83 off just 29 balls as Middlesex chased down a domestic record 227 Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and Wales Cricket Board. Including highlights, interviews, features getting you closer to
News Bangladesh’s head coach also wants the batters to put together substantial partnerships Bangladesh’s trend of dropping catches continued as they missed three straightforward chances in the second T20I against Afghanistan. Both Hazaratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani were reprieved on their way to a 99-run second-wicket partnership in Afghanistan’s chase of 116. Nasum Ahmed dropped
News Prime Minister Morrison offers Warne’s family a state funeral The Great Southern Stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground is set to be renamed the SK Warne stand in perpetuity following the sudden passing of Australian cricket legend Shane Warne at aged 52. Warne passed away suddenly while on holiday in Thailand on Friday leading
Report England rely on spinners to secure lead as worries persist about Robinson and Wood fitness England XI 466 for 6 (Bairstow 106*, Lawrence 83, Lees 65, Crawley 62, Root 54) and 77 for 3 lead CWI President’s XI 264 (Reifer 106, Leach 4-62) by 279 runs Everyday’s a school day and, as England’s interim
News Due to non-cricketing reasons, the two teams have almost no experience of playing each other Four of six innings at the 2022 Women’s ODI World Cup so far have had totals in excess of 250, with at least one batter scoring a hundred in them. Mithali Raj, whose India will begin their campaign on
Report Allrounder slams 175* to set up declaration, and then joins the wicket-takers’ party to push Sri Lanka on the back foot Sri Lanka 108 for 4 (Ashwin 2-21) trail India 574 for 8 dec (Jadeja 175*, Pant 96, Ashwin 61, Vihari 58, Lakmal 2-90, Fernando 2-135, Embuldeniya 2-188) by 466 runs India’s bowlers brought
Preview With Nasum and Litton in top form, the home team is eyeing a 2-0 sweep in Dhaka Big picture Shere Bangla National Stadium, both literally and figuratively, lit up on Thursday evening as crowds returned in full capacity to Bangladesh’s home of cricket. As icing on the cake, the home team trounced Afghanistan by
Report A minute’s silence was observed before play in memory of Shane Warne and victims of the terror attacks in Peshawar Pakistan 302 for 1 (Imam 154*, Azhar 95*, Lyon 1-106) vs Pakistan Azhar Ali closed in on his 19th Test century at lunch as a stubborn Pakistan continued to build an imposing first-innings total
Former Australia cricketer Shane Warne, who was regarded as one of the best spinners to have ever played the game of cricket, died at the age of 52 after suffering a suspected heart attack in Thailand on Friday. This news came as a shock to many as several current and former cricketers continued to pay
England chose to bowl vs Australia England captain Heather Knight won the toss and opted to bowl first in their World Cup opening match against Australia in Hamilton. Opting for seven batters, England left out Tash Farrant, Charlie Dean, Emma Lamb and Freya Davis but they boast an experienced bowling attack in Katherine Brunt, Anya
News Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj and Axar Patel have all levelled up ESPNcricinfo Ltd The annual contracts – running from October 2021 to September 2022 – were ratified by the BCCI’s Apex Council late on Wednesday. The Apex Council also finalised former India fast bowler Abey Kuruvilla as the general manager cricket development, a position
Report South Africa are without regular opener Lizelle Lee for this fixture Bangladesh chose to bowl v South Africa In their first appearance at a 50-overs World Cup, Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana chose to bowl first in the hope of exploiting early dampness in Dunedin. Sune Luus would have done the same, but South Africa
At the peak of his powers, Rod Marsh was the best wicketkeeper in the world. He was also a more-than-handy batter, a villain, a rebel, irreverent, insubordinate – and loved and admired as one half of an Australian cricket partnership of uncanny proportions. Marsh, who died Friday aged 74, was also a coach, mentor and
Report Batters in good place after promising four days in Antigua, as off-field matters overshadow England XI 466 for 6 (Bairstow 106*, Lawrence 83, Lees 65, Crawley 62, Root 54) and 164 for 4 dec (Lawrence 48, Foakes 43*) drew with CWI President’s XI 264 (Reifer 106, Leach 4-62) and 123 for 7 The image
News CSA says they have to take a call between playing the T20 league or representing their country against Bangladesh South Africa will give their players a choice of whether to go to the upcoming IPL or stay in the country and play the three-ODI and two-Test series against Bangladesh, which starts on March 18.
News Both the board and Smith will be legally represented, and the findings of the arbitrators will be made public The “tentative findings” made by the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) report about CSA’s director of cricket, former South Africa captain Graeme Smith, will be the subject of the board’s “agreed formal arbitration proceedings” from
News He takes over the role from Ottis Gibson, who decided to not renew his contract in January this year Bangladesh have appointed former South African quick Allan Donald as their fast-bowling coach till the 2023 50-over World Cup. He takes over the role from Ottis Gibson, who decided to not renew his contract in
Shane Warne, one of cricket’s all-time greats, has died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52. Warne, who was named as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Century, claimed 708 Test wickets in a 15-year career for Australia between 1992 and 2007, and was also a World Cup winner in 1999.
Anya Shrubsole insists that her matchwinning display in the 2017 World Cup final will have “zero bearing” on how England go about defending their title in New Zealand this month, but says that her team-mates have nothing to lose as they prepare to take on Australia, the runaway favourites, in their opening match of the
News Former Australia allrounder Watson also played a key role in Australia’s eventual trip Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley said Australia’s pre-tour reconnaissance trip during West Indies’ visit in December was “the pivotal moment” that set the wheels in motion for Australia’s first visit of Pakistan since 1998. Calling the hesitation surrounding the visit