News Seven no-balls from Southern Punjab highlighted the ill-discipline in a bowling attack that never seriously threatened to defend 174 Balochistan 176 for 2 (Bangalzai 50, Sohail 47*, Yamin 1-28) beat Southern Punjab 174 for 9 (Maqsood 54, Junaid 3-29, Umaid Asif 3-30) by eight wickets An ill-disciplined bowling performance from Southern Punjab saw Balochistan
News “I don’t know how many people would actually do that in cricket at the moment – men’s or women’s” Punam Raut was lauded for her decision to walk while the umpire gave her not out on the second day against Australia, with team-mate Smriti Mandhana unsure how many other players would do it in
News Former England offspinner confirms end to 24-year playing career Gareth Batty, the former England offspinner, has called time on a playing career spanning 24 years and will take up a position as assistant coach at Surrey. Batty, who will be 44 this month, captained Surrey in T20 cricket over the last two seasons, but
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Report Sindh only managed 150 after being sent in, despite an impressive half-century from Khurram Manzoor Khyber Pahktunkhwa 156 for 4 (Zaman 49, Farhan 45) beat Sindh 150 for 7 (Manzoor 54, Shakeel 32, Asif Afridi 2-20, Imran 2-24) by six wickets Fakhar Zaman (49 off 32) and Sahibzada Farhan (45 off 30) helped Khyber
Preview Punam Raut’s dismissal was a taking point when she walked despite the umpire saying not out Dinner India 231 for 3 (Raj 15*, Yastika 2*, Mandhana 127) vs Australia Smriti Mandhana reached her maiden Test century in the opening session of the second day of the day-night Test and finished with the highest Test
News The ECB are due to present plans to players shortly ahead of naming a squad Tim Paine has declared the Ashes will begin on December 8 regardless of whether counterpart Joe Root is part of the tour, also giving Kevin Pietersen a clip for being the “expert on everything”. Uncertainty over England’s participation in
News Covid-19 outbreak forces Queensland out of the state while CA schedule four more matches including a day-night Shield fixture between WA and Tasmania in Perth This week’s postponed Sheffield Shield clash between Queensland and Tasmania has been moved to Adelaide with the Bulls set to fly out of Queensland on Saturday due to growing
Report Sunrisers knocked out of contention after slipping to their ninth loss this season Chennai Super Kings 139 for 4 (Gaikwad 45, du Plessis 41, Holder 3-27) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 134 for 7 (Saha 44, Hazlewood 3-24, Bravo 2-17) by six wickets Chennai Super Kings stormed into the playoffs with a six-wicket victory over the
News Babar scored an unbeaten 105, only for Haider’s 91 to help Northern ace the chase Northern 201 for 4 (Haider 91*, Nawaz 41) beat Central Punjab 200 for 2 (Babar Azam 105*, Shehzad 37) by six wickets A sensational counterattack by Haider Ali, who smashed an unbeaten 91 off 53, upstaged Babar Azam‘s hundred
News Three ODIs will take place in gap between home Tests against New Zealand England’s men face having to pick two separate squads for international cricket next summer after their three World Cup Super League ODIs against Netherlands were rescheduled for June. The tour had originally been due to take place in May 2020 but
Report There are four points available for winning the Test – the first time the teams have met in the format since 2006 Toss Australia chose to bowl vs India Six players will make their Test debuts in the day-night clash at Metricon Stadium with Australia and India facing each other in the format for
Australia’s record 26-match ODI winning streak is over after suffering a dramatic two-wicket loss in Mackay, where India held their nerve in another final-over thriller
News The match was called off shortly before the toss due to Covid-19 cases in Brisbane Dispute and discontent over a Sheffield Shield “debacle” in Brisbane has highlighted the immense challenge confronting Cricket Australia (CA) this summer. Stunning details of Tuesday’s sudden postponement of a Shield match between Queensland and Tasmania, set to feature star
Report Rajasthan Royals looked good for a big score with Evin Lewis going strong, but his wicket triggered a terminal collapse Rajasthan Royals 153 for 3 (Maxwell 50*, Bharat 44, Mustafizur 2-20) beat Rajasthan Royals 149 for 9 (Lewis 58, Jaiswal 31, Harshal 3-34, Shahbaz 2-10, Chahal 2-18) by seven wickets Rajasthan Royals were in
News ECB chairman Ian Watmore says they have until the first week of November “to change things” Ian Watmore, the ECB chairman, has admitted that this winter’s Ashes campaign could remain in doubt right up until the moment that Joe Root and England’s Test team arrive in Australia on November 6. The ECB are in
News Analysis Australia and India will meet in a Test for the first time in 15 years with the added dimension of it being just the second day-night encounter in the women’s game Test match farewell? Unless India unexpectedly put another Test on their schedule in the next six months, this match could mark the
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Preview Sunrisers Hyderabad will be out of top-four contention if they lose on Thursday Big picture This Chennai Super Kings side – which is one win away from a spot in the playoffs – functions at a very high level because of a stable first XI with clear role definitions. Faf du Plessis is the
News “We received advice on security and player welfare and took the decision [to pull out of touring Pakistan] we made” Ian Watmore, the ECB chairman, has apologised to Pakistan cricket and admitted the relationship between the two boards needs to be rebuilt, in his first public comments after England withdrew from scheduled tours by
News CA had said they would be forced to cancel the game due to the Taliban’s stance on female sport Cricket Australia will formally confirm this week that a one-off Test against Afghanistan is not going ahead, according to Cricket Tasmania. The match was scheduled to start in Hobart on November 27, providing captain Tim
News PCB chairman Ramiz Raja has called in the board of directors for a meeting on Wednesday afternoon to take up the matter Wasim Khan, the PCB CEO, has resigned from his role four months before the end of the contract. Wasim had begun his stint as the board’s executive on a three-year contract in
Big Picture This has been a long time coming. It was 2006 when these two sides last met in a Test match. The one-day series has whetted the appetite for what could come on the Gold Coast, particularly with the added element of the day-night pink-ball factor – just the second such Test in the
News Opener targets England chance after starring for Phoenix and Sparks If any more evidence was needed – and it’s become abundantly clear this summer – of the positive knock-on effects from professionalising domestic women’s cricket in England, look no further than Eve Jones. The first uncapped cricketer to win a player-voted PCA award, Women’s
Play 01:09 Perry on Perth 2014: ‘The most incredible game of Test cricket I’ve ever played’ Star allrounder Ellyse Perry is likely to take the new ball for Australia in the pink-ball day-night Test against India starting on Thursday, despite disappointing outings during the ODIs. Perry went wicketless across the three matches conceding 103 from
News He said his visit to the hospital had been a “routine check-up” after experiencing discomfort in his stomach Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has, in his first public comments since undergoing an angioplasty, clarified that he did not suffer a heart attack. He also thanked people who had wished him well around the world, and
News Dinesh Karthik was happy to play peacemaker after Tim Southee, R Ashwin and Eoin Morgan got into a war of words Tuesday’s first IPL game between the Delhi Capitals and the Kolkata Knight Riders produced a momentary argument involving Tim Southee, Eoin Morgan and R Ashwin, which required intervention from the KKR wicketkeeper Dinesh
Joe Root says he cannot yet commit to captaining England in Australia this winter, or taking part in the series at all, even though he is “desperate” to carry his formidable run of form into the Ashes, and so improve his record in one of the few countries where he has yet to score a
News Warner watched Monday’s win over the Royals from the hotel after being dropped David Warner is a name synonymous with Sunrisers Hyderabad. He captained them to the 2016 IPL title, he has scored 4014 runs for them at a healthy strike-rate of 142.59, and he has struck a chord with the people of Hyderabad