News They replace England’s Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont who are unavailable as the Thunder chase back-to-back WBBL titles Defending WBBL champions Sydney Thunder have pulled off a coup signing India batter Smriti Mandhana and allrounder Deepti Sharma ahead of their title defence in October. Mandhana, coming off her highest ODI score of the year,
News Fast bowler is the toast of the team after taking four wickets in his first two games This IPL has been one of two distinct halves for Anrich Nortje in IPL 2021. In April, it was all frustration, first at having received a false positive for Covid-19 that sidelined him from the start of
Report Holder heroics not enough as Sunrisers horror season continues Punjab Kings 125 for 7 (Markram 27, Holder 3-19) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 120 for 7 (Holder 46*, Bishnoi 3-24, Shami 2-14) by five runs Punjab Kings kept their slim hopes of making the playoffs alive after a tidy bowling performance helped them defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad
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Big picture September 20, 2020. Mayank Agarwal hits Marcus Stoinis wide of long-off for four, leaving Kings XI Punjab needing one run off three balls to win their opening match of the season. They fail to get that run, and lose the game in the Super Over. October 10, 2020. Kings XI need 22 to
News It has not been confirmed whether the match will be a standalone game or complete the series started in August England and India have confirmed plans to play a Test in England, in the summer of 2022. The match replaces the fifth Test at Old Trafford which was abandoned earlier this month. It has
Beth Mooney put on a century stand with Tahlia McGrath © Albert Perez/Getty Images Beth Mooney reckons that Australia will attack the ODI World Cup with belief that anybody can help them win from any position, having produced a career-best knock to snatch a stunning victory over India in Mackay. Mooney, promoted to open in
News Analysis Australia needed some luck to secure an incredible victory, but to even have a chance said a lot about their game Was the delivery to Nicola Carey a no-ball? You aren’t going to find a unanimous view (although it’s only what the umpire decided that matters). Was Australia’s victory in Mackay a remarkable
Report India Women made one change to the side that lost the first ODI, bringing in left-arm spinner Gayakwad for offspinner Rana Toss: Australia Women chose to bowl vs India Women Meg Lanning won the toss in the second ODI and opted to bowl first once again against India. Lanning said the new pitch at
News The Australian coach was expected to join last year, but couldn’t travel to India because of Covid-19-related issues Dav Whatmore, who had signed with Baroda in the Indian domestic circuit as director of cricket last year but couldn’t get started due to visa-related issues because of the Covid-19 pandemic, has resumed work with the
News Team England Player Partnership chair Richard Bevan says neither they nor the individual players were involved in the decision The players’ union has refuted suggestions they were behind the decision to abandon England’s tour of Pakistan. Instead, it would appear as if the ECB board made the final call anticipating that players would raise
News Former captain also appointed as consultant and mentor for the Under-19 team in the lead up to next year’s World Cup Mahela Jayawardene has been added to Sri Lanka’s support staff roster as a consultant for the first round of the men’s T20 World Cup, to be played in the UAE and Oman from
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Report South Australia took just four wickets on the opening day of a new season with Green warming up for the Ashes in fine style sharing a 199-run stand with the ageless Marsh Western Australia 4 for 324 (Marsh 118, Green 106) lead South Australia A new Sheffield Season brought the same old story for
News Jhulan Goswami, Beth Mooney, Nicola Carey and a whole heap of drama One of the greatest ODIs played in Australia came down to an extraordinary final over with the experienced Jhulan Goswami went up against Beth Mooney, who had produced a masterful century after the home side had been in early trouble, and Nicola
News Sussex and Southern Brave left-arm quick set for a stint in the BBL Exciting English left-arm quick George Garton has signed with Adelaide Strikers for the upcoming BBL season, joining forces with former Sussex coach Jason Gillespie. Garton, 24, has had an excellent summer for Sussex and Southern Brave in the Hundred starring in
News The allrounder picked up his form from the recent Australia tours at the start of the summer Mitchell Marsh said there’s one key factor behind his batting revival as he carried his Australia form into the new domestic season with 111 to help Western Australia trounce the Redbacks by 78 runs in the opening
News Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi, meanwhile, led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to a commanding win over Central Punjab Northern 140 for 4 (Haider 58*, Asif 43*) beat Balochistan 139 for 7 (Amad Butt 34, Rauf 2-18, Nawaz 2-31) by six wickets Haider Ali put himself back in the spotlight by smacking a 28-ball fifty to set
News His exit is another blow to Sunrisers, who are placed bottom of the table with only one win this season in eight games Sherfane Rutherford has left the IPL bubble to return home after the death of this father, Sunrisers Hyderabad announced on Thursday. The 23-year-old Rutherford had just arrived at Sunrisers as a
News Allrounder heads to Australia after a sensational domestic season in England Experienced uncapped English allrounder Eve Jones has signed with Melbourne Renegades for the upcoming BBL season. Jones, 29, has not played international cricket but is coming off an outstanding domestic season. She was the leading runscorer in the T20 Charlotte Edwards Cup for
On his final tour of Australia, Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar waited until the 2008 tri-series final to score his first ODI century in Australia, an unbeaten 117 as India won by six wickets
News The allrounder limped of the attack after seven balls in Delhi Capitals match against Sunrisers Hyderabad Australia face a nervous wait to find out the severity of the injury allrounder Marcus Stoinis suffered in Delhi Capitals’ first match of the resumed IPL in Dubai after he limped out of the attack in his second
News “There’s also no point in rushing him back to get injured and miss the rest of the tournament when we have a chance to win it.” With Hardik Pandya sitting out both of Mumbai Indians’ matches since the resumption of IPL 2021, there has been a lot of speculation around his fitness and whether
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News Analysis There isn’t much domestic cricket locked in yet, but should Covid-19 allow here’s some names with plenty to play for The Australia domestic season remains very piecemeal at the moment with only a handful of games confirmed and two states – Victoria and New South Wales – still unsure when they will start
News Australia are scheduled to visit next February for the first time since 1998 Usman Khawaja lamented the recent abandonment of cricket tours to Pakistan, arguing it reflects double standards and how “money talks”. New Zealand last week fled Rawalpindi on the day their men’s ODI series was due to start, citing an escalated security
News Former Indian captain says India haven’t addressed the long-standing issue The lack of quality pace-bowling support for veteran fast bowler Jhulan Goswami remains a matter of concern for the India women’s cricket team, thinks former India captain Anjum Chopra. Regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time in the women’s game,
News The vice-captain was struck a painful blow on the elbow in the nets and sent for a scan Australia suffered an injury scare on the eve of the second ODI against India in Mackay when Rachael Haynes was struck a painful blow on the elbow during a net session. Footage from Cricket Australia showed
Play 01:12 Lawrence admits he would travel to Australia ‘in a heartbeat’ Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, has made a personal intervention in a bid to ensure this winter’s Ashes tour is able to take place, after raising the issue of a travel ban on the families of England’s cricketers with his Australian counterpart,
News Fast bowler says her comeback after having a pre-cancerous mole removed is the kind of performance “you would dream of” Lea Tahuhu admits it was touch-and-go as to whether she would be able to play any part in New Zealand’s tour of England after undergoing foot surgery. On Tuesday in Leicester, fast bowler Tahuhu