Report Australia’s lower order folded in the first 20 minutes of play on a docile deck Pakistan 476 for 4 dec and 76 for 0 (Imam 40*, Shafique 33*) lead Australia 459 (Khawaja 97, Labuschagne 90, Smith 78, Nauman 6-107) by 93 runs Pakistan openers Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique confidently blunted Australia’s attack on a
IND vs SL: Axar Patel has been added to the India squad for 2nd Test.© Instagram Axar Patel has been added to India squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka set to be played in Bengaluru from March 12, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a media release. “The All-India
News England batter wary of power-packed West Indies, whom they face after opening defeat to Australia “We’re all really confident,” Wyatt said. “We played some fantastic cricket the other night against the Aussies. Obviously we’re gutted not to get the win, but there’s so many positives that we can take away from that game. Especially
Report Australia have opted for three spinners on a used surface Toss Australia chose to bowl vs Pakistan Australia bolstered their spin resources in the XI, adding a second wristspinner in Amanda-Jade Wellington, as they opted to bowl on the used Bay Oval surface against Pakistan in Mount Maunganui. In inserting Pakistan, they unsurprisingly reduced
News Absence of James Anderson and Stuart Broad won’t make hosts complacent, says coach West Indies will be focused on ensuring that their batters grind out enough runs for the bowlers to put England’s revamped Test side under pressure in Antigua, rather than worrying about who is or isn’t in the XI for the tourists.
News Lance Klusener rejoins support staff as batting coach; Lalchand Rajput retained as head coach Craig Ervine has been confirmed as Zimbabwe’s full-time white-ball captain while Sean Williams has been retained as Test captain. Ervine had captained Zimbabwe in an interim capacity during their limited-overs series in Ireland and Scotland last year and in Sri
News “If he was in a poor physical and mental state, he wouldn’t have given his name in the IPL auction” “I think it is logical to think that if he was in a poor physical and mental state, he wouldn’t have given his name in the IPL [auction],” Hassan said. “But he went ahead
News The autopsy in Thailand has confirmed death by natural causes and the body will now return to Australia Members of Shane Warne‘s family spoke of their heartache for the first time on Monday following his death, as an autopsy confirmed he had died of natural causes after a heart attack. Together, they spoke of
Big Picture “We’re not going to panic,” Paul Collingwood said last week, midway through England’s one and only warm-up game ahead of a Test series that – fairly or otherwise – is destined to attract some snap judgements in the coming days. As preambles go for England’s much-vaunted “red-ball reset”, it wasn’t the most glowing
News Captain wants his players “to prove a point” after turbulent winter for Test side Joe Root has described England’s three-Test series in the Caribbean as a chance “for all of us to prove a point” in the wake of a dismal winter Ashes campaign that led to a round of sackings at the ECB.
News The Bangladesh captain calls the conditions, especially when they were fielding, “not good” or “playable” Nigar Sultana, the Bangladesh captain, has criticised the conditions in Dunedin, where her team lost their second game of the Women’s World Cup 2022 – a rain-hit fixture to New Zealand. She called the damp outfield unplayable and said
News With 925 runs scored and only 11 wickets taken after four days, the first Test is on course to a tame draw Steven Smith said what had been evident to anyone watching any part of the Test match at Rawalpindi. He described the wicket as “dead” and benign”, and said it offered little to
News After the Bangladesh innings, “I made sure I got off the field quickly and reset and do the routines I have been doing” It was February 2020. Suzie Bates was set to play an international in Dunedin, her home ground, for the first time – 14 years after she made her international debut. But
News The left-arm spinner, who has recovered from a shin injury and a bout of Covid-19, has replaced Kuldeep Yadav Axar Patel is back in India’s squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka, which is set to begin on March 12 in Bengaluru. The left-arm orthodox spinner has replaced the left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav,
News Test greats become legends in their own lifetimes, even as news of Shane Warne’s death casts launch in strange light Ian Botham is sitting next to old friend Viv Richards as they unveil the new Richards-Botham Trophy that England and West Indies will now compete for in Test cricket. And with a press conference,
Report Although the sun was out there was no play to push the Test further towards a draw Australia 271 for 2 (Khawaja 97, Labuschagne 69* Warner 68) trail Pakistan 476 for 4 dec by 205 runs A wet outfield has delayed the start of day four of the first Test, increasing the likelihood of
Hosts New Zealand registered their first win of the tournament as they inflicted a nine-wicket defeat on Bangladesh in a rain-curtailed ICC Women’s World Cup match on Monday. New Zealand bowlers first restricted Bangladesh to 140 for 8 after a long rain delay before Suzie Bates hit a strokeful unbeaten half-century to power the hosts
News Bengal, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh also made it to the quarter-finals Mumbai have qualified for the Ranji Trophy knockouts for the first time since 2017-18, beating Odisha in the Elite Group D match by an innings and 108 runs in Ahmedabad. The win was set up by Sarfaraz Khan, who
News “I was like a passenger in the Afghanistan series, which is never desirable. I didn’t enjoy the ODIs and T20Is” Shakib Al Hasan has said that he needs a break from international cricket, indicating to the BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus that he could opt out of the ODI series against South Africa
News The death of Warne on the Thai island of Koh Samui is not being treated as suspicious Shane Warne suffered chest pains before he travelled to Thailand for a holiday, where the cricketing great died from a suspected heart attack on Friday, Thai police said. “He had asthma and had seen a doctor about
News Craig Overton likely to share new ball with Woakes after Robinson left out of 12-man squad Chris Woakes has spoken of his excitement about being given another chance in an England shirt after fearing he may have been dropped in the wake of their disastrous Ashes series. Woakes is set to share the new
News The offspinner ended a 156-run stand at a time when the Australia opener offered no real chances It’s hard to put any spin on it. Not the ball (though that, too), but the fact this Test won’t rank among Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium’s finest moments. The cricket hasn’t been especially engaging – even if the
News India captain wants to use Jadeja “a lot more with the bat”, citing example of his promotion in the T20I series R Ashwin is an “all-time great”. Ravindra Jadeja is one of the “top allrounders”. This is what captain Rohit Sharma had to say about India’s two most consistent match-winners at home, after they
With the Gabba pitch starting to play tricks with variable bounce and some cracks opening up, Steve Smith says Test rookie allrounder Cameron Green has the skills to make the most of it on the final day of the 2020-21 Vodafone Test Series
Report Match haul of nine wickets to go with his 175 not out; R Ashwin ends game with six scalps to go past Kapil Dev India 574 for 8 dec. (Jadeja 175*, Pant 96, Ashwin 61, Vihari 58) beat Sri Lanka 174 (Nissanka 61*, Jadeja 5-41) and 178 (Dickwella 51*, Jadeja 4-46, Ashwin 4-47) by
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