News A 21-member squad, with nine fast bowling options, is set to depart tonight Left arm-seamer Marco Jansen will replace Ottniel Baartman in South Africa’s Test squad which leaves for Pakistan tonight. Baartman has been ruled out of the touring party for a medical reason unrelated to Covid-19, while the entire 21-player party have returned
Lou Vincent, the former New Zealand opener, is considering an approach to the ECB to plea for “leniency”, more than six years after being found guilty on 11 counts of match-fixing. Speaking for only the second time since admitting, in an open letter in 2014, that he was a “cheat”, Vincent reiterated to Giving the
News Melbourne Stars will finally get a chance to play at home as they try to ignite their BBL campaign Living in the present and not looking too far ahead is the key to navigating the never-ending hubs professional cricketers are facing during the Covid pandemic, according to Melbourne Stars pair Marcus Stoinis and Adam
News India are playing the Brisbane Test with their most inexperienced bowling attack since 1933 India’s desperate luck with injuries continued, as Navdeep Saini walked off with a groin strain after bowling just 7.5 overs on the first day of the Gabba Test. He was taken for scans in the afternoon. With four Test caps
News England “are the most compliant team in world cricket”, claims team spokesperson England’s management have insisted they are “not concerned” despite two members of staff at their hotel in Galle testing positive for Covid-19. The England camp were notified on Friday morning that two staff members, both of whom work in the kitchen of
News CWI says the legspinner has had no contact with the other squad members West Indies legspinner Hayden Walsh has been found Covid-19 positive after being tested twice in the last two days in Dhaka. As a result, he has been ruled out of the ODI series against Bangladesh and the tourists haven’t named a
News Haris Rauf wins call-up, Babar Azam fit to take over captaincy Shan Masood, Haris Sohail and Mohammad Abbas have all been dropped for Pakistan’s two-match Test series against South Africa in a dramatically overhauled squad. The home series, which kicks off in Karachi on January 26, also sees several newcomers in the 20-man squad,
Welcome to our live report of the first day of the Australia-India Test from Brisbane. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local. 5.30pm local/1pm IST: Stumps Australia
News The founders of Laver Cup and Betfair, and the CEO of British Telecom among fresh funders The creator of the Laver Cup in tennis, the CEO of British Telecom, the founder of Betfair are among the global entrepreneurs who have invested in the Rajasthan Royals in a fresh funding drive. The investors injected the
Report Dan Lawrence makes accomplished debut as tourists build lead Joe Root‘s highest Test score since November 2019 has helped England into a dominant position at lunch on the second day of the first Test in Galle. Root went through 2020 without a century – the first time in his Test career he has gone
Our camera was there to catch India’s instant reaction to a famous draw after five days of high-quality Test cricket in the third Vodafone Test match at the SCG. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND Tests: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND-Tests Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram:
An under-strength India fought back in the final session to leave the fourth Test against Australia evenly poised after the opening day at the Gabba in Brisbane on Friday. Australia finished the first day on 274 for five, with Cameron Green on 28 and Tim Paine alongside him on 38 to put the home side
News The former West Indies captain had also served as the head coach of the senior side at the 2019 ODI World Cup Floyd Reifer, the former West Indies captain, has been appointed as the head coach of the Under-19 team and will lead the “development of the squad” as they prepare for next year’s
Big Picture And so it all comes down to this. The ultimate decider for a series that has had drama, excitement, extraordinary swings in fortune, a dose of controversy and even uncertainty over where the next match would be played. India only need a draw to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but the Gabba is usually
Welcome to our live report of the third day of the Australia-India Test from Sydney. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local. 11am local/6.30am IST: The end
In the midst of so much Covid uncertainty, with county budgets slashed as the game reels from the £100 million losses incurred in the 2020 season, it is a tribute to the unequivocal good-eggery of Graham Onions that he has been handed a chance for a brand-new beginning, so soon after the cruelly abrupt end
News Three-match Test series against Australia begins on February 18, four days after the Pakistan tour ends South Africa could be forced to field a second-string T20I side on their upcoming tour of Pakistan as the bulk of the squad will have to return home to prepare for three Tests against Australia. Although the fixtures
News Mohammed has captained West Indies in similar circumstances before, when a number of players pulled out of touring Pakistan Jason Mohammed has said that his comeback into the West Indies team after more than two years, with the added bonus of being named the ODI captain, is his opportunity to get his place back
News Mahmudullah XI claim victory in 40-over-per-side game against Tamim Iqbal XI Hasan Mahmud led the way with a four-wicket haul in Mahmudullah XI’s five-wicket win over Tamim Iqbal XI in Bangladesh’s first inter-squad practice match at the BKSP on Thursday. Tamim’s side were bundled out for 161 runs in 37.2 overs in the 40-overs-per-side
News Hosts’ batting coach at a loss to explain how they were all out for 135 The worst he’s seen. That was batting coach Grant Flower‘s summation of Sri Lanka’s first innings at Galle, where they were all out for 135, against an England attack that were far from unplayable. Among Sri Lanka’s worst shots
Australia’s captain Tim Paine has implored spectators at the Gabba this week to do what he says, rather than what he did on the final day at the SCG – treat the tourists with respect and refrain from the abuse that India faced in Sydney. “In terms of crowd behaviour – we don’t condone the
News Prithi Narayanan reveals the extent of Ashwin’s back ache going into the fifth day of the SCG Test R Ashwin was crawling on the floor in pain, and unable to get up or bend, on the morning of the fifth day of the Sydney Test. His wife Prithi Narayanan, writing in the Indian Express,
News Offspinner returned his best Test figures as Sri Lanka collapsed If Dom Bess‘ bowling analysis on the first day of the Galle Test teaches us anything, it’s probably that individual statistics can be deeply misleading in a team game. Bess claimed 5 for 30, his best Test figures, as England bowled Sri Lanka out
News Last year, CSA made public a decision to give preference to consultants of colour as part of their transformation drive, effectively ruling Kallis out of roles within the structures South Africa will look to re-engage Jacques Kallis in a batting consultancy role as early as next month, ahead of their three-Test series against Australia,
Report England give debut to Dan Lawrence, prefer Stuart Broad to James Anderson Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs England Sri Lanka have been hit by injury to their captain, Dimuth Karunaratne, on the opening morning of the Test series against England. Karunaratne is understood to have sustained a broken thumb in training and
News Left-arm spinner is still recovering from a calf injury while Mitchell Marsh could return as a batsman-only Perth Scorchers spinner Ashton Agar is unlikely to be available for the BBL finals, which could jeopardise his availability for Australia’s T20 tour of New Zealand in February, as the rehab from his calf injury is taking
Injured wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant played a breath-taking, swashbuckling innings on the fifth day of the SCG Test until Nathan Lyon struck with the Indian just three short of his century. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND Tests: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND-Tests Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on
News India’s batting coach says the team management wants to give as much time to the players to prove their fitness as they can In the last three Tests of the series, India named their XI before Australia, a day before the match. Going into Brisbane, they don’t even know if they will have 11
Sri Lanka 135 (Chandimal 28, Bess 5-30, Broad 3-20) vs England Stuart Broad could have been forgiven if, in the early moments of this Test, he reflected on the wisdom of the phrase ‘careful what you wish for’. For by then, England had lost what was anticipated to be an important toss and been sentenced
India batting coach Vikram Rathour said on the eve of the Brisbane Test that fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is being assessed by the medical team and a call on his participation in the fourth Test will be taken on the morning of the Test. “The medical team is working with Bumrah, we have to see