News Legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay has also been included in the squad, which is without the injured Ramesh Mendis The series will be the first in the longest format for Mendis and Dickwella following the lifting of their bans, which were handed down for breaching curfew and bio-bubble protocol during Sri Lanka’s tour of England last
Report Tamim Iqbal said his side wanted a target of around 260 to defend Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal decided to bat first after winning the toss against Afghanistan in the second ODI in Chattogram, and said his side wanted a target of around 260. His opposite number Hashmatullah Shahidi said that Afghanistan would have bowled
News He is ready to be “creative” and “brave” depending on what conditions emerge Pat Cummins is prepared for a different tempo of Test cricket on the tour of Pakistan as his captaincy is given its first challenge overseas and is eyeing reverse swing as a key element with the ball. A combination of England’s
Test skipper Pat Cummins said on Friday his team were “comfortable” with security arrangements and excited by what lies ahead, as Australia prepare to jet into Pakistan on their first tour since 1998. They are due to leave over the weekend ahead of the first of three Tests in Rawalpindi on March 4 — giving
Report Zubayr Hamza was forced out with a fractured thumb among South Africa’s changes Toss South Africa chose to bat vs New Zealand Dean Elgar decided South Africa’s batters would front up first and bat on a green pitch. This is only the second toss South Africa have won in their last 17 Tests, and
News Both players suffered injuries on the field during the third T20I against West Indies Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav will miss the upcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka. Both suffered injuries on the field during the third T20I series against West Indies in Kolkata. They will both now be recovering at the National Cricket
Report Sanju Samson is also back for his first T20I since the tour of Sri Lanka last year Toss: Sri Lanka opt to bowl vs India Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and inserted India in the T20I series opener in Lucknow. Sri Lanka are depleted by the absence of Wanindu Hasaranga, who
News Head coach says well-defined set-up with team director Mahmud and batting consultant Siddons is helping make smooth progress The question of how the Bangladesh’s backroom staff actually functions has hung in the air for quite a while. Russell Domingo is head coach. But Khaled Mahmud is team director. Then there’s the consultant Jamie Siddons,
News He had travelled for a charity cricket event in Bundaberg Former Australia wicketkeeper Rod Marsh is in a Queensland hospital after suffering a serious heart attack. Marsh, 74, was in Bundaberg for an event for the Bulls Masters charity group. He was reportedly rushed to hospital by Bulls Masters organisers John Glanville and David
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News The 38-year old, with 10,841 runs and 130 wickets across formats, will walk away at the end of the 2021-22 season Anaru Kitchen, a stalwart in New Zealand domestic cricket, has decided to walk away at the end of the 2021-22 season. The 38-year old amassed 10,841 runs, and five trophies, in 348 games
News The tournament will begin on March 26 and run until the end of May IPL 2022 will begin on March 26 and run until the end of May. The schedule was drawn up on Thursday by the IPL Governing Council, who also decided that the league phase of the tournament would be restricted to
News South Africa batter averages 9.70 from last ten Test innings If Aiden Markram has not already had his last chance in Test cricket, the second match against New Zealand starting on Friday will be it. South Africa’s captain Dean Elgar all but confirmed that unless Markram – who averages 9.70 from his last ten
Preview Afghanistan showed there’s not much between the two teams, but they will want their batters to kick on from starts in what is a must-win game for them Big Picture Chattogram was still talking about Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Afif Hossain on the morning after their 174-run seventh-wicket stand that turned Bangladesh’s lost cause
News The left hander says that Australia will need to be “brave” with selection with full buy-in from the squad After plundering two centuries to spectacularly resurrect his Test career, Travis Head‘s Ashes heroics have guaranteed him a start in Australia’s first Test line-up against Pakistan but he expects “brave” selections from the team’s brains
News Ahead of second South Africa Test, stand-in captain pleased but not distracted by Team of the Year accolade at Halberg Awards Having crushed South Africa by an innings and 276 runs inside three days last week and followed that up with the Halberg Award for Team of the Year on Wednesday night in Auckland,
Report In their final international before the Women’s World Cup starting next week, India managed to shake off their run of losses on New Zealand soil India 252 for 4 (Mandhana 71, Harmanpreet 63, Raj 54*, Jensen 1-29) beat New Zealand 251 for 9 (Kerr 66, Rana 2-40, Deepti 2-42, Gayakwad 2-61) by six wickets
File photo of Wasim Jaffer© Punjab Kings/Twitter Wasim Jaffer, former India player, raised a few eyebrows when he excluded Ishan Kishan while picking the team’s openers for the upcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka beginning February 24 in Lucknow. Instead, Jaffer went with Ruturaj Gaikwad to partner captain Rohit Sharma. Jaffer also hoped to see
News England captain hopes senior pair will put themselves back in mix in early English season Anderson addressed his omission publicly for the first time on Wednesday, saying that he had experienced “shock and disappointment” and that “a five-minute phone call [with interim ECB managing director Andrew Strauss] doesn’t really clear much up”, after Broad
News “We’ve already seen a lot of injuries within our squad so we have got to be careful with what we do with individuals and how we rotate them” When Virat Kohli announced his resignation as India’s Test captain, the most straightforward choice was to hand over all three formats to Rohit Sharma. Rohit’s place
News The new CA chair has indicated the next head coach will be confirmed next month The next head coach of the Australia men’s team is likely to be confirmed during the upcoming tour of Pakistan, but Andrew McDonald, who is taking interim charge for the trip and is the favourite for the long-term position,
Joe Root insists he has not put a timeframe on his future as England’s Test captain, but recognises the importance of getting a result on the upcoming tour of the Caribbean – a venue where England have won just one series since 1968. Root was a notable survivor of the cull within England’s ranks in
An 83-run stand from Kusal Mendis and skipper Dasun Shanaka ensured Sri Lanka would avoid a series clean sweep in the fifth and final T20 International at the MCG. Watch the LAST TWO OVERS IN FULL: https://www.cricket.com.au/video/last-two-overs-dramatic-tense-finish-australia-sri-lanka-match-highlights-fifth-t20-mcg-shanaka/2022-02-20 Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ More #AUSvSL videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cricketcomau
Find out more at ecb.co.uk He remains the most successful fast bowler in Test cricket history, and it was performances like this one that cemented his place among the legends of the game. Watch as McGrath the Metronome ripped through England in the first Test of the famous 2005 Ashes series. This is the official
Big picture Look, let’s be real. It’s been a while since Sri Lanka were on India’s level in limited-overs cricket. In the last T20I series between these teams, Sri Lanka did pull out two victories to claim the trophy in Colombo, but both those wins came after no fewer than seven players of an already
News SLC medical department chief: “It’s not that he has got a new infection, it’s just that he has not cleared the old infection, according to their (Australia’s) level” Wanindu Hasaranga is almost certain to miss the upcoming three-T20I series against India, starting on Thursday in Lucknow, after he returned another positive Covid-19 test. Hasaranga,
News Numbers suggest pace will play an important part but Andrew McDonald is ready to adapt Usman Khawaja is set to retain the opening spot in Australia’s Test XI on return to the country of his birth, but there is the prospect of some flexible thinking for the other selections against Pakistan. Australia’s senior team
News “You need that kind of shot-making ability” at the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year, says the India captain “That guy has got talent, man.” “I mean whenever we have seen him bat, he has just produced an innings where everyone goes over the moon watching that innings. He has got the
Ishan Kishan opened up on the type of bowlers he finds “difficult” to handle.© BCCI Team India and Mumbai Indians (MI) cricketer Ishan Kishan opened up about his struggles against a certain category of bowlers he has faced so far in his career. One such name that came to his mind was England pacer Jofra
Report Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal said they were happy chasing as they expect the pitch to play well throughout the day Toss Afghanistan chose to bat vs Bangladesh Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi decided to bat first after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the first ODI in Chattogram. His opposite number Tamim Iqbal said that