News Carey makes 101 off 93 for South Australia, but Australia assistant coach Andrew McDonald does not know yet who will play the first Test against England As clear as the decision was on Tim Paine’s successor as Australia’s Test captain, the decision to find his successor behind the stumps remains up in the air
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Report The left-arm spinner got two wickets in two balls in the first over of the day before Mehidy Hasan Miraz dismissed Fawad Alam The answer to “how do you break a big partnership when the bowlers run out of ideas” clearly seems to be to sleep on it. For the second day in succession,
Report At lunch on day four, India led by 133 runs with five wickets in hand Lunch India 345 and 84 for 5 (Ashwin 20*, Iyer 18*, Jamieson 2-21, Southee 2-27) lead New Zealand 296 by 133 runs Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson rocked India’s batting line-up on a slow fourth-day pitch, reducing the hosts
News Kapp was bedridden for three days before the final due to illness and then had to deal with the emotional challenge of playing against her wife Dane van Niekerk Player of the WBBL final Marizanne Kapp revealed that she didn’t leave her hotel room for three days in the lead-up to the final after
News Seven of the eight Indian players who participated in the 2021-22 WBBL are among the notable omissions from the squads Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, as well seven of the eight Indian players who participated in the 2021-22 WBBL, are among the notable omissions from the squads for the Senior Women’s One-day Challenger Trophy scheduled
IND vs NZ: KS Bharat came on as a substitute wicketkeeper on Day three© BCCI/Twitter India’s substitute wicketkeeper-batter KS Bharat said he just had 12 minutes to get ready after being asked to get behind the stumps on the third day of the ongoing Test against New Zealand here on Saturday. A seasoned first-class cricketer,
News West Indies batter says if they can keep Dimuth Karunaratne to low scores, they take substantial steps to winning the second Test Be precise and decisive with your footwork against spin. Oh, and don’t drop catches off Dimuth Karunaratne. Nkrumah Bonner, who top-scored for West Indies with 68 not out off 220 said the
News Although Netherlands are unable to catch a flight out, it is understood the players have communicated they are not in the right mental state to play The second and third ODIs between South Africa and Netherlands have been postponed after concerns around a new Coronavirus variant, Omicron. The first match in the series, which
News Batter used his time away from the team to get his mind ready for long-form cricket Liton Das said that getting a break from T20s after the World Cup was a blessing in disguise after scoring by his maiden Test century against Pakistan in Chattogram. Liton was one of several high-profile players to be
News A statement said he will be “taking a leave of absence from all forms of cricket for the foreseeable future” Tim Paine has taken an indefinite mental health break from the game which means he is unavailable for the start of the Ashes and raises the prospect that he has played his last Test.
News As things stand, India A will remain in South Africa with both teams committed to continue their red-ball series The status of India’s December-January tour of South Africa remains unchanged, for now. It is understood that the Indian team will require special government permission to tour South Africa – the borders between the countries
News Greaves, Brooks, Motie, Smith and Drakes earn maiden call-ups as West Indies rest several senior players ESPNcricinfo Ltd A CWI statement confirmed that while Holder missed out because of “workload management”, Fabian Allen and Obed McCoy are out because of injuries, and Lewis, Hetmyer, Russell and Lendl Simmons were unavailable because of personal reasons.
News “I think there will be some negativity from some people about it – I understand that and I get that,” says Smith While the pair had been the favourites to take their respective roles after a dramatic week that likely saw the end of Tim Paine‘s Test career, Cummins almost made it a non-negotiable
Steve Waugh recalls battles with Sourav Ganguly, analysing what made the former India captain so damaging with bat in band
Report The visiting side went to tea on the second day on 79 for no loss after bowling the hosts out for 330 Tea Pakistan 79 for 0 (Abid 52*, Shafique 27*) trail Bangladesh 330 (Liton 114, Mushfiqur 91, Hasan 5-51) by 251 runs Pakistan openers Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafique comfortably played out the
Report The wicket of Kane Williamson at the stroke of lunch left the match beautifully balanced Lunch New Zealand 197 for 2 (Latham 82*, Young 89, Umesh 1-30, Ashwin 1-57) trail India 345 (Iyer 105, Gill 52, Jadeja 50, Southee 5-69, Jamieson 3-91) by 148 runs Kane Williamson’s wicket in the last over before lunch
Michael Vaughan, the former England captain, has told Azeem Rafiq that he is “sorry for the hurt he has gone through”, after speaking publicly for the first time since being implicated in the Yorkshire racism scandal. Vaughan has been stood down from BBC Test Match Special’s commentary team for the forthcoming Ashes, in the wake
Despite being only “a heartbeat away” from the United States Presidency, John Nance Garner, Vice-President under Franklin D. Roosevelt, once described his job as “not worth a bucket of warm piss”. There will be some in Australia who feel the same way about Steven Smith‘s leadership with the anger of ‘Sandpaper-gate’ and what he supposedly
News New Zealand quick won club’s Bowler of the Year Award in 2018 New Zealand international Matt Henry will return to Kent for the 2022 county season. Henry, the 29-year-old right-arm seamer, is set to join the club on July 10 and will be available for up to seven Championship games and for the Royal
The upcoming FIH Junior Women’s Hockey World Cup in South Africa was on Saturday put on hold as a new variant of COVID-19 in the country stoked worldwide fears. The prestigious tournament was to be held in the Rainbow Nation from December 5 to 16. However, following the outbreak of a new coronavirus variant in
News Reports suggest the BCCI will wait and watch before deciding on the senior men’s team’s scheduled tour of South Africa The Netherlands team will head back home without completing their ODI tour of South Africa, after a new Covid-19 variant made its presence felt in the country this week*. The first of the three
News Allrounder could miss entire series after failing to recover from hamstring injury Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of Bangladesh’s first Test against Pakistan in Chattogram, which begins on Friday. It was, however, an inevitable decision from the BCB’s medical team after Shakib apparently failed to recover from the hamstring injury he sustained
News Australian cricket heads into a new era following a tumultuous week Pat Cummins has been named Australia’s 47th Test captain and will lead them in the Ashes after the resignation of Tim Paine. There are a number of key challenges that he is set to face in the role. History of Australian bowling captains
News Batter hadn’t played red-ball cricket in a while but came good when India needed him Shreyas Iyer went to bed at around 11pm on Thursday hoping for and expecting a good night’s sleep. He had batted the best part of two sessions in less-then-ideal air so it wasn’t really an unrealistic expectation. However, he
News Review of dressing-room culture and game-wide approach to dealing with complaints are among pledges Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, says that the “earthquake” of revelations surrounding institutional racism in English cricket could prove to be the catalyst for long-overdue change within the sport, as the board on Friday unveiled its five-point action plan
Report Visitors make three changes from the last ODI they played; hosts recall Wayne Parnell, Kyle Verreynne and Khaya Zondo Toss Netherlands chose to bowl vs South Africa Zubayr Hamza and Sisanda Magala were handed their ODI caps as South Africa fielded a new-look side for their opening ODI against Netherlands. There were recalls for
Report Abdullah Shafique makes his Test debut for Pakistan Toss Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat vs Pakistan Bangladesh have won the toss and decided to bat first against Pakistan in Chattogram in their first Test. Hours after an earthquake hit the city, the players were ready to begin play at the usual
News The two left handers are in the running to bat No. 5 against England Khawaja and Head are bidding for the vacant No. 5 batting berth in Australia’s team for the first Test against England starting on December 8. The state captains squared off in a Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide in their last