Big picture: Pakistan’s year-long gap amid chaos Australia’s top-order bat-off in Tests is front and centre. But before India arrive for the much-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the men’s international season begins with a white-ball tour by Pakistan. That includes three ODIs and T20Is each, and starts in Melbourne on Monday. For the hosts, this provides the
Australia 195 (Mukesh 6-46) and 226 for 3 (McSweeney 88*, Webster 61*) beat India A 107 (Doggett 6-15) and 312 (Sai Sudharsan 103, Padikkal 88, O’Neill 4-55) by seven wickets Ishan Kishan will not be charged with dissent despite an on-field argument with an umpire on the fourth day in Mackay after India A were
Here’s the final list of players retained by each of the ten IPL franchises ahead of the upcoming mega auction for the 2025 season. Mumbai Indians 5 players retained: Jasprit Bumrah (INR 18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (INR 16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (INR 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (INR 16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (INR 8 crore)Purse remaining
Victoria 195 for 7 (Harper 68*, Manenti 4-66) trail South Australia 307 (Hunt 62, Scott 53, Siddle 3-57) by 112 runs Ben Manenti has masterminded a 4 for 7 collapse to spin South Australia into a strong position at the halfway stage of their Sheffield Shield match against Victoria at Adelaide Oval. The offspinner was
A see-sawing Test match in difficult batting conditions in Mumbai is approaching a thrilling end. New Zealand have a lead of 143, which is already approaching the highest successful total chased down at the Wankhede Stadium. India have one more wicket to take and they are already conscious of getting it as quickly as possible
England won the toss and chose to bowl first vs West Indies England have won the toss and will bowl first against West Indies in the second ODI at Antigua, looking to overturn a 1-0 scoreline in this three-match series. West Indies marched to an accomplished eight-wicket DLS win in the opening match at this
Australia A 195 and 139 for 3 (McSweeney 47*, Harris 36, Prasidh 1-17) need 86 more runs to beat India A 107 and 312 (Sudharsan 103, Padikkal 88, O’Neill 4-55) It may partly be a case of last-man standing, but Ricky Ponting has endorsed Nathan McSweeney to fill the vacancy at the top of Australia’s
Western Australia 220 for 2 (Goodwin 73*, Fanning 68, Cartwright 48*) trail Tasmania 317 (Owen 83, Jewell 61, Paris 4-45) by 87 runs Hilton Cartwright was fortunate to survive a seemingly regulation caught-behind decision late on day two as Western Australia seized control of their Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania at Bellerive Oval. After Sam
LunchIndia 195 for 5 (Gill 70*, Jadeja 10*, Ajaz 2-76) trail New Zealand 235 by 40 runs Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill woke India up to a better second morning after the nightmare in the final 10 minutes of day one. They added 96 at better than five an over, helping bring India within 40
Since the time India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has been back to playing cricket, one understands that everything around him related to his fitness and recovery has been very strict and tailor-made. In terms of nutrition too, Pant now has a private chef named Akshay Arora, the founder of Mumbai-based Neat Meals, who travels with him
There were less consequential, if more combustible, issues at hand, too. Moments after the Pakistan captain struck the winning six, he sat down for an interview with the host broadcaster, which involved a few awkward exchanges with commentator Ramiz Raja, with Raja querying Masood clumsily about how he had led the side to six consecutive
Queensland 36 for 0 trail New South Wales 239 (Patterson 91, Edwards 88, Lovell 3-13, Straker 3-69) by 203 runs Kurtis Patterson made his highest first-class score in two years on his return to the New South Wales side as he and Jack Edwards engineered a recovery against Queensland after the visiting quicks had caused
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) wanted to hold on to “players who have a mindset to win” and those that “put the team before their personal goals and aspirations”, franchise owner Sanjiv Goenka said after announcing the team’s retention list ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. LSG let go of KL Rahul, who had captained
Darren Gough has been appointed head coach of Lahore Qalandars. His first assignment with the franchise will be the Global Super League (GSL) in Guyana, which starts on November 26. The appointment is understood to be a prelude to a more permanent role in Qalandars’ stock competition: the PSL. Aaqib Javed, who served as head
Tasmania 302 for 7 (Owen 83, Jewell 61, Paris 4-38) vs Western Australia Half centuries from Caleb Jewell and Mitchell Owen have kept Tasmania’s first innings on track in their Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia. Tasmania, who lost to WA just a fortnight ago by six wickets in a Shield final rematch in Perth,
The BCB had named Najmul Hossain Shanto as the Bangladesh captain for the three ODIs against Afghanistan in Sharjah next week. The announcement follows the discussion between Shanto and BCB president Faruque Ahmed on Thursday evening after the Chattogram Test, as Shanto had informed the board of his reluctance to continue as Bangladesh’s all-format captain.
England’s loss to the West Indies was a twelfth ODI defeat in 18 matches since the start of the 2023 World Cup and gave a brutal reality check to a new-look eleven that included four debutants. On a tacky surface, England were bowled out for 209, before putting on an encouraging, but ultimately fruitless display
Stumps India A 107 and 208 for 2 (Sai Sudharsan 96*, Padikkal 80*, O’Neill 1-33) lead Australia A 195 (McSweeney 39, Connolly 37, Mukesh 6-46, Prasidh 3-59) by 120 runs After the first day’s spotlight shone firmly on Australia’s Test hopefuls, India Test squad member Abhimanyu Easwaran and reserve Mukesh Kumar had contrasting fortunes before
Australia will play two Tests in Galle on their tour of Sri Lanka from late January, which could be vital in deciding who reaches the final of the World Test Championship, while an ODI has been added to the trip as preparation for the Champions Trophy. Depending on how the five-match Border-Gavaskar series plays out,
South Australia 286 for 9 (Hunt 62, Scott 53, Siddle 3-44) vs Victoria Former Test paceman Peter Siddle has again proven age is no barrier as the 39-year-old ensured a weakened Victoria remains well placed after day one of their Sheffield Shield match against South Australia. Wickets fell at regular intervals throughout the second and
Lunch New Zealand 92 for 3 (Young 38*, Mitchell 11*, Washington 2-26) vs India Washington Sundar took out two left-hand batters bowled on the off stump after New Zealand won another important toss on what looked like a pitch that will turn alarmingly. New Zealand had managed to run away with the first session in
Venky Mysore, the CEO of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), admitted that it was a very challenging task for them to trim the retentions down to six ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction after winning the previous season. KKR have made their top retention pick in middle-order batter Rinku Singh (INR 13 crore) followed by Andre
The first Test against Australia in Perth will be India’s first competitive match on tour after the BCCI scrapped a three-day intra-squad game at the WACA. Bidding for a third straight Test series victory in Australia, India’s tour was set to start against India A in a warm-up behind closed doors from November 15-17. But
The BCB has removed 11 directors from the board after they failed to attend three or more consecutive meetings, in accordance with the board constitution. The list includes former president Nazmul Hassan and BPL chairman Sheikh Sohel. The others are Manzur Kader, AJM Nasir Uddin, Anwarul Islam, Shafiul Alam Chowdhury, Ismail Haider Mallick, Tanvir Ahmed,
England have signalled their intention to place Jamie Smith at the heart of their revival across formats, handing him a lucrative two-year ECB central contract that will commit him to their plans for both next year’s Ashes tour of Australia and the 2026 T20 World Cup. Smith, 24, was one of the breakout stars of
ESPNcricinfo has learned that while MI’s senior management, including Mahela Jayawardene, who recently returned as head coach, was thinking of paying Rohit, Bumrah, Hardik and Suryakumar equal amounts, the players decided the retention order themselves. But the details, as well as the individual amounts, were far from finalised when Jayawardene, along with Mumbai’s senior management
West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first vs England Shai Hope won the toss on an overcast day in Antigua and chose to bowl in the first ODI against England, against a new-look opposition that will feature two brand-new international players in John Turner and Dan Mousley, as well two further 50-over
Marco Jansen and Gerald Coetzee will make their returns to international cricket in next month’s T20I series against India at home after a conditioning break. Both players have been part of the CSA domestic T20 Challenge, after Jansen last featured at the T20 World Cup in June and Coetzee at the preceding T20I series against
Unless Bangladesh start to put together top-order partnerships, they will continue to suffer like they did in Chattogram against South Africa, according to captain Najmul Hossain Shanto. The home side sunk to an innings-and-273-run defeat, bowled out twice in a total of 89 overs. Bangladesh’s match aggregate of 302 runs is the lowest by any
Big picture: Pride (for India) and WTC points at stake A 2-0 series scoreline heading into the final Test is what most followers of the game would have predicted when this three-match India vs New Zealand series began 15 days back. But barely anyone would have predicted that “2” would not be against India’s name.
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