News “I want to give thanks to actually be standing here today, aged 42 still going strong” Has he played his last game for West Indies or has he not? Chris Gayle hasn’t answered that question definitively yet, but he hopes he’ll get to play a farewell game in front of his home crowd in
Fantasy Tips Fantasy tips for the T20 World Cup game between India and Scotland Match 37: India vs Scotland, Dubai Fantasy XI: Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli, George Munsey, Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Chris Greaves, Michael Leask, Jasprit Bumrah, Mark Watt, Mohammad Shami, R Ashwin He is the leading run scorer in Dubai since 2020, with
Report England lost Jason Roy to injury, and ended up falling short by just 10 runs South Africa 189 for 2 (van der Dussen 94*, Markram 52*) beat England 179 for 8 (Moeen 37, Malan 33, Rabada 3-48) by 10 runs An unbroken century stand between Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram handed England
News The West Indies allrounder has indicated he would like to get into a coaching role in the future Dwayne Bravo will no longer represent West Indies in T20Is – the only format he was playing at the international level – but he will continue to ply his trade in T20 leagues. “I will continue
News Sluggish chase against Bangladesh proves costly, but Boucher proud of team’s revival Too few runs, scored too slowly in the early stages of the T20 World Cup cost South Africa a place in the semi-finals, according to coach Mark Boucher. He called their victory over England, and elimination on net run-rate, a “bitter pill
News West Indies’ defeat to Australia meant that they slipped to 10th in the T20I rankings, while Sri Lanka are ninth West Indies and Sri Lanka will both have to play an additional qualifying round to make the Super 12s in next year’s Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia, while Bangladesh and Afghanistan are assured
News Australian batter says he has “unfinished business” at club where he will play all three formats Travis Head will play for Sussex across all formats in 2022, taking over as their red-ball captain. In-form batter Head, who has played 19 Tests for Australia, will arrive in England ahead of Sussex’s opening LV= Insurance County
T20 WC: Pakistan will enter as favourites vs Scotland.© Instagram Former champions Pakistan will look to continue their invincible run when they play minnows Scotland in their inconsequential last Super 12 Group 2 match of the T20 World Cup on Sunday. Pakistan, who had claimed the title in 2009, have been simply sensational in the
Preview Scotland, meanwhile, have endured a disappointing Super 12s journey and will want to close out in style Big picture There is a meme doing the rounds in Pakistan wherewith a man sits stylishly smoking a cigarette, observing a wide open field where several teams play cricket. His swagger implies that he cares less about
Big picture Afghanistan might already be one of the most popular choices globally for cricket fans’ second-favourite international team, but when they take the field on Sunday, they’ll have more supporters rooting for them than ever before. Twitter is already full of India fans with Afghanistan flags next to their usernames. R Ashwin has already
Report Rahul and Rohit killed the game off in a ridiculous hurry, helping chase down the target with 13.3 overs to spare India 89 for 2 (Rahul 50, Rohit 30) beat Scotland 85 all out (Munsey 24, Jadeja 3-15, Shami 3-15) by eight wickets India outclassed Scotland and in doing so also bolstered their hopes
News James Vince, one of two travelling reserves in the squad, would be Roy’s likely replacement Jason Roy is a doubt for the knockout stages of the T20 World Cup after retiring hurt with a calf injury during England’s final Super 12s match against South Africa on Saturday night in Sharjah. Roy had made 20
Report Mitchell Marsh hit a quick 53 after Kieron Pollard and Andre Russell pushed West Indies to 157 As the sun set on the T20 empire of West Indies, a team full of T20 greats, one all-time great in the opposition, David Warner, played a memorable knock to make a potentially tricky target look easy.
News Test captain aiming to play up to four matches ahead of the Ashes despite pulling up “a little bit stiff” in his first session since neck surgery Australia Test captain Tim Paine is hopeful he could play a Sheffield Shield and Marsh Cup game for Tasmania ahead of the first Ashes Test after he
News Sinha was a father figure in Delhi’s famous Sonnet Cricket Club, which has produced some of the country’s finest international and domestic cricketers Tarak Sinha, the renowned coach from Delhi’s famous Sonnet Cricket Club, has died on Saturday morning after a prolonged illness. Sinha was 71. He was unmarried and is survived by his
In the wake of ESPNcricinfo’s publication of details of the report into racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, the club has been plunged into crisis, with major sponsors pulling out, senior players implicated in racist behaviour, and the prospect of the club hierarchy appearing before a DCMS select committee on November 16, including chairman Roger
England batter Eoin Morgan was caught in the deep from the third ball he faced against Australia in the second ODI at the Gabba in 2014, but the left-hander was aware the hosts had too many fielders in the deep and therefore avoided being dismissed
News Mohammad Nabi disappointed but hopeful of the match being played in the future Cricket Australia has confirmed the postponement of the Test match against Afghanistan that was scheduled for Hobart in late November following their firm stance on women not being allowed to play sport under the Taliban but hopes to play the match
News Trio of Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin and Varun Chakravarthy help blow Scotland away Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin and Varun Chakravarthy are all featuring in an India XI for the first time ever. India need to win big against Scotland to survive at the T20 World Cup. The spin trio deliver that big win on
News White-ball coaches to link up post-World Cup, as Collingwood warns about bubble life Graham Thorpe, England men’s assistant coach, will head up the advance party’s preparations for the Ashes, when the Test specialists and Lions arrive in Australia this weekend. Thorpe will stand in for head coach Chris Silverwood while England’s white-ball squad complete
Preview West Indies are eliminated but could still cause problems for the contenders – South Africa will certainly hope they do Big picture Group 1 now looks significantly different than it did a couple of days ago. Australia hold the aces in terms of booking a semi-final position in what is a two-horse race with
T20 WC: Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer expects more from his side in big events.© Twitter Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer on Friday reckoned that his country cannot just be happy by merely competing in a few Super 12 games of an ICC event as the establishment needs to be brave and push themselves a bit further.
News Bavuma also cognisant of SA’s advantage of playing after Australia v West Indies South Africa will look to “add an extra five per cent” in all their departments, as they seek to beat England for the first time in six T20Is and topple one of the tournament favourites in a bid for a semi-final
News The state is not set to fully reopen borders until late January which will create logistical challenges Western Australia premier Mark McGowan says he’s “very confident” a deal can be worked out to play the fifth Ashes Test in Perth despite revealing the state won’t throw open its borders until late January or early
Report Win takes New Zealand to No. 2 on the Group 2 table, but they aren’t assured of a semi-final spot yet New Zealand 163 for 4 (Phillips 39*, Neesham 35*, Scholtz 1-15) beat Namibia 111 for 7 (van Lingen 25, Southee 2-15, Boult 2-20) by 52 runs The stranglehold was on. Namibia’s unheralded attack
News India have the advantage of playing the last Group 2 game, and will know the NRR calculations at play. But for that NZ need to first lose India’s thrashing of Scotland, with an unbelievable 81 balls to spare, means India are well and truly in the hunt for a top-two finish in the group.
Preview To put themselves in a comfortable position, they need a big win against red-hot England – so they have a better NRR than Australia Big picture There are no quarterfinals at this T20 World Cup but South Africa have found themselves in one anyway – in a win-or-go-home match against England. If the latter
Report Asalanka, Nissanka fifties trump Hetmyer’s unbeaten 81 in high-scoring clash Sri Lanka 189 for 3 (Asalanka 68, Nissanka 51) beat West Indies 169 for 8 (Hetmyer 81*, Pooran 46, Hararanga 2-19, Fernando 2-24) by 20 runs The kids are alright. Both Sri Lanka’s and West Indies’. In a game featuring some of T20s greatest
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News The legspinner could face close to a year on the sidelines after needing an ACL reconstruction Wareham, the legspinning allrounder, suffered an ACL injury early in the WBBL and will require her second knee reconstruction meaning she will miss the Ashes, ODI World and Commonwealth Games during 2022. She had become an integral part