File photo: Brendan Taylor hit 12 fours and a six © Associated Press Zimbabwe 209-2 (Kaitano 63, Myers 21*) trail Bangladesh 468 (Mahmudullah 150*, Liton 95, Muzarabani 4-94) by 259 runs Zimbabwe batted at a good pace to move to 209 for two at lunch on the third day, although Bangladesh would count Brendan Taylor’s
Preview West Indies lost 3-2 against South Africa and need better returns from their middle order Big Picture Australia are back in action. While most other major nations have been playing over the last few months, this will be the men’s side first time in the field since early March in New Zealand. It marks
The Sri Lanka team had recently returned from England, where three players and four members of management of the England team had also tested positive © AFP via Getty Images Sri Lanka men’s team analyst GT Niroshan has tested positive for Covid-19, one day after batting coach Grant Flower had also tested positive, forcing Sri
News One of five men to debut in nine-wicket win over Pakistan hopes opportunity could lead to World Cup selection Lewis Gregory believes England’s success in the first ODI of the series against Pakistan demonstrates the depth of talent within the county game and the strength of domestic competitions. And Gregory, one of five men
News The coach admitted reports of unrest over his coaching style in recent months hurt him Australia coach Justin Langer said he was hurt and confused by some of the things he read about his style of working but remains keen to lead the side and get an extension when his current contract runs out
News The likes of Hetmyer and Pooran failed to fire in the T20Is against South Africa West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has pleaded for patience to be shown towards the team’s young batters as they try to build confidence ahead of the T20 World Cup. In the 3-2 series defeat to South Africa, the first
News Switch expected after Perera’s apparent central role in the contracts standoff between the players and board Dasun Shanaka is set to be named Sri Lanka’s new men’s limited-overs captain, replacing Kusal Perera who himself had only had the job since May . The captaincy switch is only partly a consequence of on-field performance. Although
News She’s confident, however, that she’ll be back among the runs during the T20Is against England Harmanpreet Kaur has admitted that the longer-than-expected recovery from the groin injury she sustained in March, followed by her contracting Covid-19 later that month, affected her preparations leading up to India’s ongoing tour of England. That, in turn, she
News Lancashire seamer takes unexpected opportunity with new-ball strikes in England rout The message Ben Stokes delivered to England’s hastily-assembled ODI squad ahead of the series with Pakistan, which involved 18 players being called in at barely 48 hours’ notice, was that “everyone deserves to be here”, Saqib Mahmood said after his four-wicket haul helped
News The pair exchanged heated words during the second over of the day’s play Taskin Ahmed has said he decided against ceding any ground to Blessing Muzarabani during the duo’s heated mid-pitch face-off on day two in Harare, as a protest against what he saw as sledging from Zimbabwe’s players. The incident took place in
News It is not clear what impact this will have on SL’s ODI series against India starting Tuesday Sri Lanka batting coach Grant Flower tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, three days after the squad returned from their tour of England. For now, it is not clear what impact this news will have on the
News He hopes for an improvement in South Africa’s late-overs hitting, an area where he felt they “came up short” in the West Indies Rassie van der Dussen is expecting easier conditions for batters during South Africa’s three-match ODI series against Ireland compared to what the side experienced in the West Indies. After finding the
News He will return to Lahore to undergo a four-week rehabilitation programme at the high performance centre Haris Sohail has been ruled out of the England tour with a grade 3 hamstring injury and will return to Lahore by the first available flight to undergo a four-week rehabilitation programme at the high performance centre. He
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India skipper Harmanpreet Singh on Thursday attributed her prolonged lean patch with the bat to lack of preparation following her recovery from a COVID-19 infection and groin injury earlier this year. However, the senior batter is confident of finding her her mojo back in the three-match T20 series against England, beginning here on Friday. Having
News Downplaying the idea that his form has dipped, the India legspinner says the team had communicated their confidence in him ahead of the SL tour India legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal has said we will “see a more confident Yuzi” during India’s limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka starting on July 13 in Colombo. Chahal, alongside Kuldeep
Report Mahmdullah and Taskin added 110 for no loss in day two’s first session Lunch Bangladesh 404 for 8 (Mahmdullah 112*, Taskin 52*, Muzarabani 3-72) vs Zimbabwe Mahmudullah and Taskin Ahmed turned Bangladesh’s innings around on the second morning of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe. On the back of their 134-run unbeaten stand for the
News The panel includes Justice Nimal Dissanayaka, a retired judge of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court SLC has formed a five-member panel to probe the incident in which three Sri Lanka players – Niroshan Dickwella, Danushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis – breached the team’s biosecure bubble in Durham on June 27. The trio, who flew
Report Crawley, Salt, Carse, Gregory and Simpson win caps as Stokes captains for first time England have named five new caps in their side for the first ODI of the series against Pakistan in Cardiff. Brydon Carse (Durham’s fast bowler), Zak Crawley (Kent’s top-order batter), Lewis Gregory (Somerset’s seam-bowling allrounder), Phil Salt (Sussex’s top-order batter)
News Australia’s top-order batters have all made some runs across the two intra-squad matches Australia II 166 for 2 (Philippe 67, Henriques 51) beat Australia I 165 for 6 (Wade 52, Starc 3-30) by eight wickets Josh Philippe cut loose in Australia’s second intra-squad warm-up match in St Lucia while Matthew Wade and Moises Henriques
Report She scored her first ODI century in nearly eight years and also picked up three wickets West Indies Women 209 for 5 (Taylor 105*, Iqbal 2-47) beat Pakistan Women 205 for 9 (Dar 55, Zafar 46, Taylor 3-29) by five wickets Captain Stafanie Taylor‘s all-round brilliance led West Indies Women to a five-wicket win
News Captain says PCB and ECB have assured the team of safety following a Covid-19 breakout in England team Pakistan’s players were not worried about continuing their white-ball tour of England after an outbreak of Covid-19 cases in the England camp and despite a rising wave of infections through the country. England’s entire first team
News Captain puts focus on enjoyment amid extraordinary circumstances of early England recall You didn’t think Ben Stokes would turn England down in their hour of need, did you? He is not, by any means, at full fitness. And he does not, by any means, have a full strength squad at his disposal. But when
News Liton had spoken to Bangladesh’s new batting coach about wanting to curb his tendency to throw away his wicket when set Liton Das may have ended up five runs short of a maiden Test century, but he overcame one mental barrier during his day-one innings in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe, according to Bangladesh’s
Marnus Labuschagne will return to Australia in a couple of weeks © PA Images via Getty Images Marnus Labuschagne emerged from isolation and cracked a massive double century with a record score for Glamorgan’s 2nd XI ahead of his final few weeks in county cricket. Labuschagne and his Queensland team-mate Michael Neser had been forced
News Kyle Mayers and Kevin Sinclair have missed out on selection Shimron Hetmyer, Sheldon Cottrell and Roston Chase are set to make ODI comebacks during West Indies’ upcoming three-match series against Australia, which is set to begin on July 20 in Barbados. The trio had missed out on selection for the team’s last 50-overs assignment,
News Several senior players who are not part of the white-ball set-up are now without deals after SLC withdrew offer of annual contracts Sri Lanka’s men’s limited-overs cricketers have signed tour contracts that cover the forthcoming series against India. But Sri Lanka Cricket’s decision to withdraw its offer of annual contracts had caused substantial dismay
News “I learnt a lot during this time and due to that mistake Pakistan cricket’s reputation suffered badly” Pakistan batter Umar Akmal has apologised for not reporting corrupt approaches last year, which led to him being banned for 12 months. Akmal, 30, was last year suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for not reporting
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The BCCI as of now is not sending either Prithvi Shaw or Devdutt Padikkal to England as a replacement for injured Shubman Gill, who is out of the tour with shin splints. The Indian team management on June 28 through its administrative manager Girish Dongre had requisitioned for two openers as replacement. However, chairman of