Kusal Perera is almost certain to be out of Sri Lanka’s series against India, after picking up a shoulder injury. The team has not divulged the exact nature of the injury, nor withdrawn him officially, but a team doctor says he’s likely to be out for six weeks. Although Perera is no longer captain, having
Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, has defended his board’s decision to relax the bio-secure environments that were a feature of England’s behind-closed-doors campaign in the 2020 home season, arguing that the mental health and well-being of the players in its competitions requires the game to “learn to live” with Covid-19, rather than seek to
News Sean Williams and Craig Ervine not back yet, Brendan Taylor to captain against Bangladesh Allrounder Sikandar Raza is back for Zimbabwe following four months on the sidelines while he recovered from a serious bone-marrow infection. Raza was picked in a squad of 16 that will take on Bangladesh at home in a three-match ODI
News Former fast bowler says they were in part responsible for his exclusion from the XI at the 2007 World Cup South African cricket was controlled by a clique of white players nicknamed “the big five,” according to former fast bowler Roger Telemachus. Testifying at the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings, Telemachus explained how
Ramesh Powar, the India Women head coach, has underlined two key areas as the team builds into a busy seven-month stretch leading into the 50-overs World Cup in February 2022: widening India’s fast-bowling pool and improving their middle-overs batting. India fielded only four fast bowlers across formats in England. In her comeback series, Shikha Pandey
News Marsh continued his fine form in the series with a player-of-the-match display When Fabian Allen kept depositing the ball in the stands in the penultimate over, bowled by Riley Meredith, at Daren Sammy Stadium, it seemed as though one of Mitchell Marsh‘s best nights in coloured clothes for Australia might not end in victory.
News The head coach said previous series results had convinced him Pakistan were on the right track After losing 3-0 to England’s second-string side, Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq has admitted he was left shell-shocked, citing the “poor performance” as a collective failure of the players and support staff. He said he was left looking for
News The three-day match starting July 20 will feature “a number of players from the county circuit”, a Durham Cricket release said India are set to play a three-day warm-up match starting July 20 against a County Select XI at Chester-le-Street in Durham. India will use the Riverside Ground “as a home venue for their
Report Jason Behrendorff comes in for Josh Hazlewood as Australia’s one change Australia won the toss and decided to bat against West Indies For the fourth time in the series Aaron Finch won the toss and he opted to bat as Australia seek their first victory on the tour. They made one change with left-arm
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India will once again not play Pakistan in the second cycle of World Test Championship with three away tours lined up in the next two years, starting with the England series next month. As per rule, each of the nine nations in the World Test Championship calendar play against six nations of their choice and
News He bowled 23 wicketless overs of offspin during the one-off Test against Bangladesh in Harare Zimbabwe’s offspinning-allrounder Roy Kaia has been reported with a suspect bowling action during the one-off Test against Bangladesh in Harare. Kaia bowled a combined 23 overs across two innings without picking up a wicket. With bat, he bagged a
Report India have the chance to draw level on points if they win this match at Chelmsford Toss India chose to bat first vs England India won the toss and chose to bat first in last of three T20Is against England, which also marks the end of their multi-format series. India have the chance to
News In a letter to the board, he says “past greats of SL have shown 2nd half of the career is where greater performances are made” Sri Lanka batter Dinesh Chandimal has asked SLC and its technical committee for clarity about his future in the national team. In a letter addressed to the head of
Saqib Mahmood has credited England’s management for enabling the team’s new faces to play the same “fearless” brand of cricket that won the World Cup two years ago today, after earning a recall to the T20I set-up off the back of his 50-over performances. Saqib was named Player of the Series for his haul of
News He has been given a two-year contract by the Odisha Cricket Association Former Test opener and domestic veteran Wasim Jaffer was on Wednesday named chief coach of the Odisha senior side for the upcoming domestic season. “He (Jaffer) will be the head coach. He has been given a two-year contract,” Subrata Behera, Odisha Cricket
News Clubs can start building their lists for the tournament which will begin on December 5 The proposed BBL draft for overseas players has been postponed for another year due to the ongoing uncertainties created by the pandemic. Initially pushed back from the 2020-21 season, it had been hoped to get the system up and
News The spinner didn’t play a single game at the 2014 T20 World Cup or the 2015 50-over World Cup Aaron Phangiso played a key role in advocating for South Africa’s reserve players to be paid a portion of match fees to ensure that those who do not play many matches on tour, such as
News Ben Stokes rested after stand-in role in ODIs, as Buttler returns alongside other senior players Saqib Mahmood and Lewis Gregory have been rewarded for their stellar performances in England’s 3-0 ODI series win over Pakistan with recalls to the T20I squad, as Eoin Morgan returns to lead the side alongside eight others who were
News The wicketkeeper-batter is flying back to Dhaka for “family reasons” Mushfiqur Rahim will miss the remainder of Bangladesh’s tour of Zimbabwe for “family reasons”, according to the BCB. He will travel back to Dhaka today from Harare. The visitors have an ICC Super League ODI series scheduled from July 16, and a T20I series
Play 01:45 ‘We’ve probably let the bowlers down’ – Henriques Big Picture West Indies have hit their stride in the last few days to give Australia some harsh lessons. They had a helping hand in the opening game as the visitors’ batting lost the plot, but the following matches have been superb all-round displays where
News Acting CEO Geoff Allardice said the ICC took on board feedback that the points system needed to be “simplified” The ICC has confirmed the schedule and points structure of the 2021-23 World Test Championship, which is set to kick off in August with India’s five-Test series in England. As reported by ESPNcricinfo two weeks
News The captain, who scored a hundred, called Harry Tector’s knock “probably the innings of the day” Ireland will celebrate their first home ODI win over a team ranked in the top eight with a “few beers,” but captain Andy Balbirnie wants their focus to be on overturning big teams more often in their own
England’s Alex Hales was the star as the Thunder secured their top-five spot with a rain-shortened nine-wicket trouncing of the Strikers in Adelaide
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Yashpal Sharma was part of the Indian team that won the 1983 World Cup.© Twitter The BCCI on Tuesday condoled the death of former India batsman and World Cup winner Yashpal Sharma, saying the country has “lost one of our cricketing heroes”. Apart from representing India 79 times in the international arena, Yashpal was also
News He might have to stay on in the team’s bubble in Zimbabwe to be eligible for the full series Mushfiqur Rahim could be one of two players asked to stay back with the Bangladesh contingent after their ODI series against Zimbabwe, to avoid a longer quarantine period ahead of their T20I series against Australia
England are seeking one more outstanding performance from a replacement squad that has outdone itself in extremely short notice © Getty Images Toss: England chose to bowl vs Pakistan England won the toss and elected to bowl in the third and final match of their ODI series against Pakistan at Edgbaston. On the eve of