News Despite the punishment, the batter has been included in the training squad ahead of the India series Sri Lanka batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa has been fined $5000 for a breach of contract and is essentially on probation for two years, having been handed a one-year ban as a suspended sentence. SLC dealt out these punishments
An unbeaten 98 from James Vince and a quickfire 45 for Josh Philippe as the dew took hold at Manuka Oval saw the Sydney Sixers skip to a massive nine-wicket win and win hosting rights for the BBL|10 Final
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Jos Buttler’s last England appearance was the first T20I against Sri Lanka in June.© AFP England white-ball captain Eoin Morgan has said both Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler are doubtful for the upcoming T20I series against Pakistan. Buttler played the first T20I against Sri Lanka, but has missed the following five matches (two T20Is and
News Australia captain also excited at the prospect of playing both Tayla Vlaeminck and Darcie Brown in the same XI Australia captain Meg Lanning has endorsed the view that if Test cricket is to grow as a viable format in the women’s game, then multi-day matches need to be played at domestic level as her
News Jayasundara had attempted to bribe a minister to influence selection for a Sri Lanka A tour in 2019 The anti-corruption tribunal of the ICC has banned Sanath Jayasundara, a former Sri Lanka Cricket performance analyst, from all cricket for seven years after he was found guilty of breaching the ICC anti-corruption code. In January
News The Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings will run till July 23, with 58 submissions to be heard Cricket South Africa’s Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings on racial discrimination in the game began on Monday and will run until July 23, with 58 submissions set to be heard. In his opening address, SJN
News Rain has limited tourists’ practice time ahead of England white-ball series Waqar Younis is confident that Pakistan’s bowlers can overcome indifferent preparations as well as a switch between extreme weather conditions as they get ready for the start of their white-ball series with England this week. Pakistan are due to play three ODIs, starting
News Six Associate nations – Malaysia, Namibia, Oman, Scotland, the UAE and the USA – have also submitted proposals Seventeen member nations have put themselves forward as potential hosts for eight men’s white-ball ICC events – two ODI World Cups, four T20 World Cups and two Champions Trophies – to be held from 2024 to
Mitchell Starc will be a key figure in Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign © Cricket Australia via Getty Images Mitchell Starc is prepared to improvise to give himself the best chance of being ready for Test cricket amid a schedule crunch which is further complicated by the quarantine requirements in Australia. Starc is one of
News “I don’t look to please people, I’m here to play the role that’s assigned to me accordingly, by the team management” Mithali Raj has said she doesn’t heed criticism around her strike rate and instead focuses on shouldering the responsibility bestowed by the team management in terms of playing the anchor role in the
News The HCA ombudsman temporarily disqualified five members of the HCA Apex Council that had suspended Azharuddin Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin was on Sunday reinstated as president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) by ombudsman Justice (retd) Deepak Verma. In an interim order, the HCA ombudsman temporarily disqualified five members of the HCA Apex
News Both players said they didn’t have to face any hospitalisations or restrictions Chinelle Henry and Chedean Nation, the two West Indies Women players who collapsed on the field during their team’s second T20I against Pakistan Women, have recovered and are back with the team ahead of the third and final T20I. Both players had
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Sadeera Samarawickrama 54 vs England in 5th ODI at RPICS
Tom Curran followed in brother Sam’s footsteps against Sri Lanka only for rain to deny England a series clean sweep in the third and final one-day international at Bristol on Sunday. Having won the preceding T20 series 3-0, England were on course to end the ODI campaign with a similar scoreline after dismissing Sri Lanka
Report Eoin Morgan keen to chase amid forecast for rain in Bristol England have won the toss and chosen to bowl first under grey skies in Bristol. The toss was delayed slightly on account of drizzle, and if the forecasts and rain radar are anything to go by, there are likely to be further weather
News South Africa coach confident of team’s showing after series win against West Indies Conditions at the T20 World Cup in the UAE will be similar to what South Africa experienced in Grenada, according to coach Mark Boucher, who expects the tournament to be tough for batters but successful for spinners. Although it was always
News She bettered Charlotte Edwards’ tally of 10273 during the third ODI against England in Worcester Mithali Raj, the India Test and ODI captain, surpassed former England captain Charlotte Edwards as the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket on Saturday. Raj, 38, bettered Edwards’ tally of 10,273 in the 24th over of the Indian innings
Report Sciver’s 49 and Knight’s 42 lift England on a rain-affected, 47-overs-a-side contest England Women (Sciver 49, Knight 46, Sharma 3-47, Kaur 1-24) vs India Women Nat Sciver‘s 49 and Heather Knight‘s 46 lifted England to a total of 219 in a rain-affected, 47-overs-a-side contest. Deepti Sharma was the other star performer in the third
Report Anrich Nortje was rested as precaution, while Fabian Allen missed out through injury South Africa chose to bat vs West Indies West Indies have been asked to chase a series win – literally – after Temba Bavuma decided South Africa will defend in the decider. Blue skies greeted the teams on Saturday afternoon after
New Zealand pace ace Shane Bond certainly loved playing against Australia – particularly on this occasion where he picked up 5-25 in a 2002 ODI in Adelaide
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Mithali Raj became the leading run scorer across format in women’s international cricket.© Twitter India captain Mithali Raj became the highest run-getter in women’s cricket across formats, overtaking former England skipper Charlotte Edwards on Saturday. Mithali achieved the feat during the third and final inconsequential ODI against hosts England while chasing 220 for a consolation
News England fast bowler will be eligible for selection for India series after panel issues verdict Ollie Robinson has been cleared for an immediate return to cricket in the wake of the publication of historic offensive tweets during his Test debut at Lord’s last month, after the cricket discipline commission chose to suspend him for
Preview With tougher tests ahead – Pakistan are up next – England will likely take the opportunity to test out fringe players Big Picture It’s hard to remember a time when Sri Lanka went into a match with so little expected of them (well apart from the previous two games of course). This, even in
News Tom Banton retained in squad after standing in for Dawid Malan during Sri Lanka ODIs England have named an unchanged 16-player squad for the three-match ODI series against Pakistan, which gets underway in Cardiff on July 8. England are already 2-0 up in their ODI series against Sri Lanka, with the final match taking
News He expects the wicketkeeper to bat in the top three of the T20 side even when all players are available Matthew Wade expects Australia’s wicketkeeper to bat in the top three for the T20I side as he looks to keep hold of the position that is currently his in the build-up to the World
Report There were five run-outs during Pakistan’s chase, before rain gave the home side a win by the DLS method West Indies Women 125 for 6 (Knight 30*, Nation 28, Sana 2-18, Amin 2-31) beat Pakistan Women 103 for 6 in 18 overs (Dar 29, Mathews 1-13) by 7 runs (DLS method) West Indies Women