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News Warm-up matches and the DRS are also key elements that need to be available The argument that women’s Tests should be played over five days was given further weight by the day-night match at Metricon Stadium while Australia coach Matthew Mott suggested the points awarded for the game may need adjusting. With nearly 100
News ECB warns that tour rests on selection of squad “befitting a series of this significance” The ECB board is set to meet later this week to determine whether this winter’s Ashes can take place, after appearing to concede that several of the team’s leading players remain unwilling to submit to Australia’s stringent Covid-19 protocols.
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News “The longer you go without contributing a significant score, the closer you are to actually contributing. And that’s coming from experience” Being an overseas captain of an IPL team is not an easy job. The moment you start to struggle, debates start if it is tenable to have an overseas captain because you are
News The franchise will be one of three, along with Colombo and Dambulla, to have new owners for the tournament’s second edition The owners of last year’s Lankan Premier League (LPL) winning side – Jaffna Stallions – are incensed, after tournament organisers announced last week that the Jaffna franchise would have a new owner for
News The thumb is “obviously not 100% at the moment but I am building it up,” he says at team’s departure press interaction Temba Bavuma is on track to leading South Africa at the T20 World Cup later this month. Bavuma, who broke his thumb in Sri Lanka last month, is four weeks post-surgery and
News Shadab Khan scored 46 in 27 as KP went down to a team effort from Northern Northern 181 for 7 (Nawaz 51, Shadab 46, Shaheen 2-30) beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 167 for 8 (Iftikhar 58, Rauf 3-31) by 14 runs A whirlwind 90-run fifth-wicket partnership between Mohammad Nawaz and Shadab Khan helped Northern recover from
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Report Meg Lanning declared at the dinner break to see if India will want to set a target Dinner Australia 241 for 9 dec (Perry 68*, Gardner 51, Vastrakar 3-49) trail India 377 for 9 dec by 136 runs Ellyse Perry‘s charmed life continued on the opening session of the final day as she became
Arriving in Australia in 2014 with five one-day centuries already to his name, 21-year-old Quinton de Kock had quite a reputation and lived up to it in the fifth ODI against Australia, hitting 107 off 123 balls.
Report Veteran’s 85* singlehandedly took Central Punjab to 168 before Sindh collapsed to fall behind on DLS Central Punjab 168 for 8 (Malik 85*, Shehzad 35, Raees 4-33, Abrar 3-39) beat Sindh 110 for 6 (Sharjeel 36, Qasim 3-20, Gul 2-15) by 12 runs (DLS method) Shoaib Malik singlehandedly carried Central Punjab through the second
News The Australia opener was full of praise for the displays of Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh and Pooja Vastrakar When Meghna Singh beat Alyssa Healy‘s outside edge with her first ball in international cricket, during the first ODI in Mackay, India seemed to have discovered in her outswinger a key piece in their long-unresolved pace
News Head coach calls suspension of Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and Dickwella ‘a massive blow’ to the team’s chances The year hasn’t been ideal for Sri Lanka in terms of World Cup preparations. Three of their premier white-ball batters have been handed year-long suspensions, and another is just feeling his way back from injury. But head
News The 55-run defeat left Bismillah Khan’s team in fifth place on the six-team table Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 202 for 5 (Farhan 43, Rizwan 40, Iftikhar 36, Bhatti 2-34) beat Balochistan 147 for 9 (Sohail 61*, Afridi 3-8, Iqbal 3-16) by 55 runs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rose to No. 2 on the six-team Pakistan National T20 Cup
News “In hindsight when we got a 165 on the board, it would have been nice to have another bowler,” admits KKR head coach Kolkata Knight Riders are having a difficult time balancing their side in the absence of the injured Andre Russell, head coach Brendon McCullum admitted after they were beaten by Punjab Kings
Report Ellyse Perry claimed her 300th international wicket but Australia continued to be frustrated Dinner India 359 for 7 (Deepti 58*) vs Australia The lights had just begun taking effect when half-centurion Deepti Sharma stepped on the gas with a powerfully cover-driven four in a seven-run over off Sophie Molineux in what largely was a
News The series, if it goes through, will mark the tourists’ first bit of international cricket in over a year Sri Lanka are in talks to tour Pakistan for a series of three ODIs which will be vital preparation for both teams ahead of the Women’s ODI World Cup global qualifier that starts on November
News Historic appointment begins as former England captain succeeds Kumar Sangakkara Clare Connor, England Women’s former Ashes-winning captain, has taken office at Lord’s as the first female President of MCC in the club’s 234-year history. Connor, who is also Director of Women’s Cricket at the ECB, was nominated for the role at the club’s AGM
News Lahiru Madushanka is left out from the original squad after failing to recover in time from a fractured collarbone Pathum Nissanka, Minod Bhanuka, Ashen Bandara, Lakshan Sandakan and Ramesh Mendis have been added to Sri Lanka’s squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup, while Lahiru Madushanka is left out from the original squad after
News The former South Africa allrounder, who retired two years ago, is a strategic consultant for the team for the T20 World Cup JP Duminy always wanted to be part of the upcoming T20 World Cup. He will be there, but not in the way he expected. When Duminy announced his retirement from ODIs in
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