News Contrary to local reports, ESPNcricinfo understands Boucher has not taken legal action against those who mentioned him in their testimonies Mark Boucher, South Africa’s men’s national coach, will make a submission to Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) project in response to allegations in which he has been implicated. Although CSA
News ECB issues joint statement with PCA ahead of further Ashes discussions The ECB has issued a joint statement with the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) saying it is committed to “putting player and staff welfare as the main priority” in the planning process for this winter’s Ashes tour of Australia. Concerns have been raised about
News The owners of the Rajasthan Royals have bought a majority stake in the CPL franchise The IPL footprint in the CPL has expanded further with the owners of the Rajasthan Royals buying a majority stake in the Barbados Tridents, which will now be known as the Barbados Royals. The Royals Sports Group are the
News The teams had also faced off earlier in the year when Sri Lanka played two Tests in South Africa South Africa have confirmed their tour to Sri Lanka for three ODIs and as many T20Is during September. All six matches will be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, with the series starting
News Shanaka on chat with Dhawan: “We get advice from our former players too, but this was a chance to hear from a current player with a lot of experience” Among the themes of India’s tour of Sri Lanka was the chumminess of the two sides even in difficult bio-bubble situations. Hardik Pandya went viral
News It is unclear yet if the two UK-bound players – Shaw and Suryakumar – will come back to India or fly directly to UK The Indian cricket contingent left the Sri Lankan shores on Friday after completing a six-match white-ball series but allrounder Krunal Pandya remained in mandatory isolation to recover from Covid-19. However,
After sending down six amazingly fast deliveries in his previous over, Mitch Starc – fired up at the WACA – cracked the magical 160ph mark with a searing yorker
Some special moments of #SLvIND ! Let’s relive Akila Dananjaya’s impressive six-wicket haul against India in 2017.
3rd T20I: Sri Lanka won the three-match T20I series against India by 2-1.© AFP India captain Shikhar Dhawan on Thursday indicated that there was an option of not playing the T20 International series after losing nine players to COVID-19 related isolation but they chose the difficult route of playing with only five specialist batsmen. India
News Five-member panel recommends Gunathilaka and Mendis be suspended for two years; Dickwella for 18 months The three Sri Lanka players whose night out in Durham broke bio-bubble protocols could be in for long suspensions if the recommendations of the committee that investigated the incident are followed. The five-member committee, led by a former Supreme
Report For Sri Lanka, Pathum Nissanka has replaced Isuru Udana in the XI India chose to bat vs Sri Lanka Right-arm seamer Sandeep Warrier, who came on tour as a net bowler, makes his T20I debut for India because of an injury to Navdeep Saini. This means they are even more depleted than they were
News Australia’s strict Covid-19 restrictions raise prospect of senior players’ withdrawals Dom Bess, the Yorkshire and England offspinner, has said that the prospect of being selected for his maiden Ashes tour this winter is something he “would never, ever turn down”, amid concerns that a number of England’s senior players may be reluctant to commit
Vinay Kumar will work closely with the Mumbai Indians management and coaching staff © BCCI Former India pacer Vinay Kumar has been appointed talent scout of the reigning IPL champions Mumbai Indians. Kumar will join former India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel in the role. Kumar played one Test match, 31 ODIs and nine T20Is before announcing his
News According to the terms agreed to between the two boards, the senior batter can’t enter the Dhaka bio-bubble now Bangladesh are unhappy with Mushfiqur Rahim‘s enforced absence from the Bangladesh squad for the upcoming T20Is at home against Australia, a direct result of the Covid-19 protocols demanded by Cricket Australia. The word “unfair” is
News Team hopeful of having the pacer for the last four games as he continues a gradual comeback from elbow surgery Southern Brave are not expecting to have Jofra Archer available for either of their next two men’s Hundred fixtures as he continues a gradual comeback from elbow surgery. Archer has played twice for Sussex
News He trusted his lower-order team-mates to play big shots if he took the game deep Bat long and take the game deep. These were the things Dhananjaya de Silva was telling himself during his match-winning 40 not out off 34 balls on Wednesday when he helped deliver Sri Lanka’s first T20I victory in six
News The Originals had lined up Anrich Nortje as Ferguson’s replacement but the latter returned to fitness sooner than expected Lockie Ferguson, the New Zealand fast bowler, could make his Manchester Originals debut against Welsh Fire on Saturday after recovering from a side strain. Ferguson missed Yorkshire’s final two Vitality Blast group games after picking
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2nd T20I: Sri Lanka defeated India in the second T20I by 4 wickets.© AFP India captain Shikhar Dhawan was proud of his team for putting up a good fight despite faced with adverse circumstances as they lost the low-scoring second T20 International against Sri Lanka, here on Wednesday. With most of the power-hitters in isolation
Report Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka opts to bowl first, expecting some juice in the Khettarama pitch Toss: Sri Lanka opt to bowl vs India A severely depleted India side named four debutants for the second T20I, with batters Devdutt Padikkal and Ruturaj Gaikwad, plus allrounder Nitish Rana, and seamer Chetan Sakariya, all set to
Report Hasan Ali and debutant Mohammad Wasim impress for Pakistan with the ball No result West Indies 85 for 5 (Pollard 22*, Hasan 2-11, Qadir 1-6) vs Pakistan Incessant rain first reduced the first West Indies-Pakistan T20I to a nine-over shootout before eventually washing away the match. Pakistan had chosen to bowl first under cloudy
News Pandey, Gowtham, Kishan and Deepak Chahar also ruled out of Sri Lanka T20Is Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Yuzvendra Chahal, K Gowtham, and Deepak Chahar are the eight players identified as close contacts of Krunal Pandya, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Although all eight have tested negative
News Starc moves up as many as 10 places to reach eighth among ODI bowlers Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga has leapfrogged Afghanistan’s new T20I captain Rashid Khan to be ranked career-best No. 2 among T20I bowlers. The ICC rankings list is led by South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi, who has a 72-point advantage following impressive returns
News He hasn’t played much red-ball cricket of late, but finds himself in the mix for a go in the England series KL Rahul made the last of his five Test hundreds at The Oval in September 2018. He had managed just 150 runs in nine innings on that tour prior to that innings, and
Play 01:04 Mitchell Starc: Used wicket, we knew it would take turn Alex Carey‘s calm leadership was lauded by Australia coach Justin Langer after the 2-1 ODI series win over West Indies but he appears unlikely to retain the captaincy for the T20I series against Bangladesh. Australia need to decide on a stand-in for the
The fairy-tale ending! Stumped Kumar Sangakkara Bowled Mahela Jayawardena. The Sri Lankan legends end an era in spectacular fashion as they play their last ODI on home soil and combine for the winning wicket:
Krunal Pandya tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the second Sri Lanka-India T20I.© AFP The second T20I between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo will go on as scheduled on Wednesday, July 28, sources told NDTV, after eight close contacts of Krunal Pandya, India all-rounder who tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, returned negative test
Preview The availability of Gayle, Russell, Bravo and Pollard makes the hosts a terrifying proposition on paper Big Picture West Indies’ extended warm-up for the T20 World Cup continues apace, with Pakistan the latest side the defending champions will host ahead of the global event later this year. While there might be legitimate concern around
News None of them, however, will travel to the ground for the last two matches of the series All the eight people identified as the immediate contacts of India allrounder Krunal Pandya have tested negative for Covid-19 in the fresh round of RT-PCR tests carried out on Tuesday. ESPNcricinfo understands the group of eight, whose
News He felt something click in the Sheffield Shield final and hopes to build on that this season Kurtis Patterson hopes having the New South Wales captaincy to focus on will help free up his batting as he searches for a return to the form that earned him two Test caps three seasons ago. Since