Joe Root, England’s captain, has pledged to stick by Yorkshire in spite of the current turmoil surrounding the club, and help to reform it from within, as he called on the sport, and wider society, to “eradicate” the scourge of racism. Speaking from England’s Ashes touring base in Queensland, Root said that the revelations around
News Hasan Ali’s spill in the deep off Matthew Wade turns tight contest on its head Pakistan captain Babar Azam acknowledged that Hasan Ali’s key dropped catch in the 19th over might have cost his side a spot in the T20 World Cup final. Speaking immediately after Australia’s five-wicket win in Dubai that put an
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News Removal of set batter, with lesser hitters to come, could have made the difference 18.3 Dropped! Hasan Ali’s not having the greatest of games here. Fullish, angling into the stumps, and Wade swings too early at his slog, toe-ends it in the air to the left of deep midwicket, where Hasan runs too quickly,
News New Zealand won’t bring in a replacement for the final or the India T20Is New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Devon Conway has been ruled out of the T20 World Cup final on Sunday against Australia, and the subsequent India tour with a broken right hand. Conway sustained the injury when he struck his bat just after
News “I think he brings so much more than just the batting” – England coach says of white-ball captain Eoin Morgan is the only man who can determine his future as England’s limited-overs captain and he was already making plans for the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia on the bus back from Abu Dhabi
Report Chasing 154, Pakistan were 111 for 5 at one stage but lost their last five wickets for five runs West Indies Women 153 (Dottin 34, Matthews 26, Fatima Sana 2-19, Amin 2-21, Sohail 2-25) beat Pakistan Women 116 (Sohail 27, Javeria 24, Matthews 4-26, Connell 3-18) Hayley Matthews‘ all-round show gave West Indies Women
News Lutho Sipamla, George Linde, Beuran Hendricks, Marco Jansen among those in the squad of 14 Opening batter Pieter Malan will lead an experienced South Africa A squad for their series of three four-day games against India A, from November 23 to December 9 in Bloemfontein. Others with international experience in the 14-man squad are:
News George Bailey said “it gives you great confidence…when you know your opening batters are locked away” Marcus Harris will open the batting with David Warner in the first Ashes Test at the Gabba, chairman of selectors George Bailey has confirmed. Harris’ place at the top of the order had presumed to be in doubt,
News The two had missed training on Wednesday after coming down with “light flu and low fever” Mohammad Rizwan and Shoaib Malik have been declared fit by Pakistan’s medical team to take part in the T20 World Cup semi-final game against Australia in Dubai on Thursday, after they had stayed away from training on the
News Despite lean run with the bat and semi-final exit, skipper wants to lead side at next year’s T20 World Cup Eoin Morgan has insisted that he will stay on as England’s limited-overs captain despite his lean run with the bat and their defeat to New Zealand in Wednesday night’s T20 World Cup semi-final in
News Squad has emerged from hard quarantine to focus on acclimatisation in Queensland Joe Root, England’s captain, believes that Ben Stokes is firmly on track for the first Ashes Test in Brisbane in just under a month’s time, after making a cautious return to training at the squad’s quarantine base on the Gold Coast in
Report Michael Neser, who will be in the frame for the Test squad, limped out of the Queensland attack Western Australia 2 for 108 (Green 48*) trail Queensland 129 (Khawaja 70) by 21 runs Usman Khawaja made his strongest case yet for a Test recall as he dominated a paltry Queensland batting effort with a
News Chairman says he wants PCB to be first Asian board to launch a women’s T20 league PCB chairman Ramiz Raja hinted at the possibility of organising a women’s Pakistan Super League in the near-future. While he is yet to provide any firm plans around the logistics or timing of the move, Ramiz did say
Jimmy Neesham‘s first six is a mis-hit over the deep midwicket boundary. He’d come to the crease with his team needing 59 runs off 25 balls. He’d faced a wide first up; Liam Livingstone firing one down legside. The next ball Neesham had tried to bash across the line, but managed only to get it
New Zealand never felt that the target of 167 was beyond their reach, despite losing early wickets and falling behind the asking rate, in their semi-final against England in Abu Dhabi. So said finisher-turned-opener Daryl Mitchell after his unbeaten 72 off 47 balls dragged New Zealand into their first-ever T20 World Cup final. He put
Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews, and Dhananjaya de Silva are among the high profile names to miss out on selection in the Lanka Premier League draft, with several other players who were in the extended Sri Lanka World Cup squad also not picked. Perera had been a late addition to the draft thanks to a miscommunication
News “He’s left a legacy within this team which will last not only this generation but generations to come.” Matthew Hayden, the Pakistan batting coach, has singled out the late Dean Jones for special praise, on the eve of the second semi-final between Australia and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup in Dubai. Jones, the
Opener Daryl Mitchell smashed an unbeaten 72 to lead New Zealand into their first-ever Twenty20 World Cup final with a thrilling five-wicket victory over England on Wednesday. Chasing 166 for victory, New Zealand were in trouble at 13-2 and 107-4 when Jimmy Neesham turned the semi-final on its head with an 11-ball 27 to help
News Both players were tested for Covid-19 and they tested negative Mohammad Rizwan and Shoaib Malik missed Pakistan’s training session on Wednesday with mild flu, a day before their semi-final with Australia in Dubai. Both players were tested for Covid-19 and both tested negative. As with the rest of their squad, they have cleared regular
Report With 57 needed in the last four overs and the chase seemingly dead, they teed off to fell England New Zealand 167 for 5 (Mitchell 72*, Conway 46, Neesham 27; Livingstone 2-22) beat England 166 for 4 (Malan 41, Moeen 51*; Southee 1-24) by 5 wickets James Neesham contemplated retirement in 2017. He didn’t.
News van der Dussen also breaks into top 10; Zampa and Hazlewood move up in bowling charts Aiden Markram‘s unbeaten 52 off 25 in South Africa’s win against England in their last group match of the T20 World Cup has helped him attain a career-best No. 3 position in the T20I batting rankings. He has
News Keshav Maharaj will lead the team, which also sees a return for the Kolpak-returned Wayne Parnell Parnell’s comeback is the first indication that South Africa are ready to reintegrate players who gave up their international careers when they signed Kolpak deals. Since the UK’s exit from the European Union, which has dissolved the Kolpak
Big picture Other than “Shaheen Afridi has a niggle” or “Mohammad Hafeez wants to open the batting”, there’s little that makes Pakistan fans break out in a cold sweat than the words “T20 World Cup semi-final vs Australia”. Even amongst the panoply of inexplicable heartbreak Pakistan cricket has subjected its followers to, Gros Islet in
News He expects Fakhar to come out trumps in his potential match-up against in-form Zampa You don’t have to worry about Fakhar Zaman. So said Pakistan batting coach Matthew Hayden despite Fakhar managing only 54 runs in four innings at an average of 13.50 and strike rate of 90 in this T20 World Cup. Hayden
News Bowling coach also thinks a small break after the 2021 IPL might have helped refresh a team that has been on the road for six months Although he admitted that India have not performed to potential, bowling coach Bharat Arun is of the opinion that the toss has played too big a role at
News There remains confidence the Perth Test will be able to take place despite WA border restrictions lasting into next year Tasmania has formally launched a campaign to snatch the fifth men’s Ashes Test from Perth, with premier Peter Gutwein drawing on sentiment and sense in his pitch to Cricket Australia. The series finale between
News Hails senior bowlers Trent Boult and Tim Southee for their adjustments in the UAE Both Trent Boult and Tim Southee didn’t get a game in the 2016 T20 World Cup in India, with New Zealand packing their attack with spin and preferring the hit-the-deck style of Mitchell McClenaghan. Five years later, both Boult and
News “It’s unfortunate we are out of this tournament but that takes nothing away from this great side.” For the first time since 2012, India will bow out of an ICC tournament before the semi-final stage. White-ball cricket aside, India have also managed sustained success in Tests, with back-to-back series wins in Australia and a
Big picture Super Over, anyone? By the time England and New Zealand take the field for another World Cup encounter, 850 days will have elapsed since the craziest contest of the lot. Plenty has happened since that extraordinary day at Lord’s in July 2019 – a global pandemic, for starters, not to mention New Zealand’s