Justin Langer, Tim Paine, and Pat Cummins held talks this week © Getty Images Australia Test captain Tim Paine has vowed the players will work with embattled coach Justin Langer over the next six months following a “robust” emergency zoom meeting between Cricket Australia’s leaders on Wednesday. CA chairman Earl Eddings and CEO Nick Hockley
Report Pakistan also had one change, replacing Yasir Shah with Nauman Ali West Indies have won the toss and will bowl first in the second Test against Pakistan. As was the case in the first Test, Kraigg Brathwaite had little hesitation putting Pakistan’s openers in. “The pitch has a bit of moisture and it’s key
Australia quick Nathan Ellis has signed with the Punjab Kings for the second half of IPL 2021. The Kings confirmed the signing on Friday night. ESPNcricinfo understands that Ellis had three franchises chasing his signature with a host of Australian players – including the Kings pair of Jhye Richardson and Riley Meredith and the Kolkata
Under Abdul Razzaq, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won three trophies last season © PCB In a major shake-up in Pakistan’s domestic cricket, the PCB has juggled four head coaches ahead of the 2021-22 season. Abdul Razzaq, whose Khyber Pakhtunkhwa side won trophies in all three formats last season, will now coach Central Punjab. In turn, Shahid Anwar
News The last 18 months have provided a challenging time for the men’s team In May 2020 Australia were ranked No.1 in Tests and T20Is. The Test team had retained the Ashes away and won seven consecutive Tests at home. They had also won four consecutive T20I series including away victories in India and South
Sri Lanka Cricket on Friday announced that 18 players have signed the national player contracts which came into effect from August 1. The new contract will be for a five-month period and will end on December 31. “The players signed the contracts without any deviation from the contracts offered previously, which was formulated by Sri Lanka
Chris Cairns was transferred to a Sydney hospital earlier this month © PA Images Former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns is off life support and recovering in hospital after emergency surgery in Sydney for a heart problem, his lawyer said on Friday. “I’m pleased to advise that Chris is off life support and has been
News The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will run from October 27-November 22, while the Vijay Hazare Trophy will be held from December 1-29 The BCCI has pushed back the resumption of the Ranji Trophy from its original start date of November 16 to ensure the 38 participating teams have more time to prepare for red-ball
News If the team goes deep into the T20 World Cup they would not complete quarantine before the Afghanistan Test Five of Australia’s likely starting line-up for the Ashes face entering the series without any red-ball preparation if the team has a successful run at the T20 World Cup. David Warner, Steven Smith, Pat Cummins,
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News The trio complete an 18-man squad, with no one missing out from the squad that played T20Is against Bangladesh in July Sean Williams, Brendan Taylor, and Craig Ervine will be available for Zimbabwe again after being named in an 18-man squad for their limited-overs tours of Ireland and Scotland this month. Zimbabwe are due
Big picture The agonisingly tense denouement to the first Test between these sides would be enough to inject life into any series, and the shot in the arm West Indies gained from that thrilling one-wicket win should serve them extremely well. Having struggled in the format over recent years, it felt like the sort of
News The three-match series is due to begin from September 3 in Hambantota Afghanistan’s series with Pakistan is set to go ahead as scheduled, despite the surrounding uncertainty following the Taliban’s takeover of the country. The three-match ODI series will take place in Sri Lanka, a venue decided before political events in recent days saw
News ESPNcricinfo has learnt that it will be done to manage their workloads before the T20 World Cup Pakistan are set to rest four key all-format players – Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi and Hasan Ali – for the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka next month. The series is set to
News Analysis These are the players that took the side to No. 1 in 2020 but the balance of the XI remains uncertain Winning form is good form, and Australia has no form to speak of ahead of the T20 World Cup. However, the return of their best and most experienced players for the tournament
News Top three secure qualification for 2022 WC in New Zealand, while fourth and fifth make it to next edition of ICC Women’s Championship The Women’s ODI World Cup qualifier tournament, that will decide the final three spots for the 2022 World Cup, will be held in Zimbabwe later this year. The ICC has announced
News India batter returns home to link up with the squad training for a tour of Australia in September Shafali Verma will miss Birmingham Phoenix’s Hundred eliminator against Oval Invincibles on Friday after returning home ahead of India’s tour to Australia. Verma arrived in the UK in early June, impressing during India’s multi-format series against
News Mohammad Mithun dropped after the Australia series earlier this month Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das are back among Bangladesh’s 19-man squad for the five-match T20I series against New Zealand starting on September 1 in Dhaka. Legspinner Aminul Islam is the other addition while Mohammad Mithun has been dropped from the squad that played against
News The seamer is grateful for the support of Ellyse Perry after recovering from hamstring surgery Pace bowler Maitlan Brown has her sights set on an international debut after a long road to recovery from a serious hamstring injury and is grateful for the support of Ellyse Perry, an idol when she was younger, who
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced that the Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2021 will be held in Zimbabwe from November 21 to December 5. The 10-team tournament, the schedule for which will be announced in due course, will determine the three qualifiers for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 to be held in
Pat Cummins is back as part of Australia’s bowling attack © Associated Press All Australia’s first-choice players who missed the recent tours of West Indies and Bangladesh have returned for the T20 World Cup in the UAE while Josh Inglis has earned a maiden call-up. Aaron Finch, who is currently recovering from knee surgery, will
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News Sibley dropped after passing 35 just once in his last 15 innings as Malan prepares for first Test in three years Dawid Malan has been recalled to England’s squad for the third LV= Insurance Test against India at Leeds and looks set to return to the side for the first time in three years.
News The CEO Nick Hockley praised the role of Langer since he came into the job in 2018 Justin Langer has been backed by Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley to take the team through the T20 World Cup and Ashes amid ongoing reports of dressing room unrest over his coaching style. Since returning from
News This will be the former Sri Lanka batter’s first major assignment since being cleared of corruption charges in May Avishka Gunawardene, the former Sri Lanka opening batter, has been appointed the Afghanistan men’s team’s batting coach for the forthcoming ODIs against Pakistan. The Afghanistan Cricket Board announced this on August 17 via Twitter. ESPNcricinfo
News Anderson, Rahul, Azam, Holder and Seales the other major gainers in the latest update Joe Root‘s blistering form in England’s ongoing series against India has taken him to the second spot in the Test rankings for batters, only eight points behind the top-ranked Kane Williamson. Root has climbed to 893 rating points, with Williamson
Play 01:33 Lanning: India will be match-hardened after their games in UK Australia captain Meg Lanning is taking the likelihood of Covid-19 disruption to at least the first part of the season in her stride and believes the team will be ready to face India next month regardless of what their build-up eventually looks like.
The Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket team lost the opening Test to West Indies by one wicket.© AFP Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis said the team’s sloppy fielding tilted the first Test in favour of the West Indies. Kemar Roach’s resilience and grit helped West Indies walk away with a one-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first Test
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