News A video has emerged, showing the two Sri Lanka cricketers out in a public place in England There are serious concerns that two Sri Lanka cricketers have breached the team’s bio-bubble in England, after a video emerged on Twitter showing Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella out in a public space. Sri Lanka manager Manuja
News Bismah Maroof, who is on maternity leave, retains her place in category A The PCB has increased its number of centrally contracted women players across the A, B and C categories from nine to 12, and awarded 10% salary hikes in each category. Bismah Maroof, who is on maternity leave, retains her place in
News “In terms of having the four of us in one time is pretty special” – Tim Southee Shane Jurgensen, the New Zealand bowling coach, has described winning the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) as his “greatest coaching achievement”. “I think for me this is about, for all of New Zealand really, from people that
News Coach says even if younger players don’t get game-time, tour will be a great learning opportunity Rahul Dravid, India’s head coach for their limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka, is clear that their main objective is to win the series, and not necessarily just look to help players gain experience and match time, a method
Phil Whitticase with the captains at the toss for the third T20I © AFP/Getty Images The ECB has been forced to seek replacements for five officials due to oversee the start of England’s ODI series with Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday, after a positive Covid-19 test was returned by a member of the team
News New batting coach on a short-term contract says his major role will be to support head coach Domingo Ashwell Prince only has one month to make an impact as Bangladesh’s new batting coach and he aims to do that by keeping things simple. Bangladesh enlisted Prince’s services, and Rangana Herath’s, as well and their
News He had picked up the injury while fielding in the second T20I, in Cardiff Sri Lanka batsman Avishka Fernando has been ruled out of the ODIs against England with a grade two tear to his quadriceps. Fernando had picked up the injury while fielding in the second T20I, in Cardiff, and had not played
Report South Africa opt against change in balance despite lack of sixth bowling option West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first vs South Africa Twenty-four hours have passed since West Indies beat South Africa convincingly in the opening T20I of this match series but little else has changed. The home side have
News Head coach will trial Sohaib Maqsood and Azam Khan for middle-order slots in T20I side Pakistan’s head coach Misbah-ul-Haq believes the team is a couple of positions away from their best T20 side, as they begin the final stage of their preparations for this year’s T20 World Cup. Pakistan have as good a run-in
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West Indies cricketer Carlos Brathwaite’s heroics against England’s Ben Stokes during the T20 World Cup final is a well-known incident amongst cricket fans. West Indies required 19 off 6 balls to win the trophy, with Stokes bowling the final over for his side. But Brathwaite had other plans, smashing four sixes off the first four
Tymal Mills’ pace and left-arm angle are both attractive assets © Getty Images Tymal Mills is under consideration for England’s T20I side and could force his way into their World Cup plans as a death-bowling specialist through performances for Southern Brave in the Hundred, Eoin Morgan has said. Preliminary squads for October’s T20 World Cup
Report Verma became the fifth-youngest player across men’s and women’s cricket to represent their country in all formats of the game Toss England Women opt to bowl vs India Women Shafali Verma and Sophia Dunkley were handed ODI debuts in Bristol as England decided to bowl first against India in the first of the three-match
News Twelve overs were still left in the game when umpires called bad light and the players started shaking hands Mithali Raj, India’s Test and ODI captain, has expressed surprise at how their one-off Test against England ended last week. According to her, the visiting side wanted to continue batting when play was called off
News Narine hasn’t played for the West Indies since August 2019 West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has said that Sunil Narine could return to the T20 side after he regains confidence in his bowling action. Narine, who was warned for a suspect action at last year’s IPL, has not been named in the squad to
News Tournament’s director says two other franchises have been lined up to replace them this season Two franchisees have pulled out of the second edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), but the tournament’s director says two other franchises have been lined up to replace them. Owners of the Colombo Kings and the Dambulla Viiking
Report However, South Africa benched both seam-bowling allrounders Andile Phehlukwayo and Wiaan Mulder West Indies chose to bowl vs South Africa Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell and Dwayne Bravo will all appear together in a T20I after six years on being named in the West Indies XI to play South Africa in the first
Mithali Raj believes a potential ODI debut for Shafali Verma against England could help India capitalise on the field restrictions better. The three-match series begins from Sunday. “That’s how she plays. That’s her strength. That’s her style of batting,” Raj, India’s Test and ODI captain, said on match eve in Bristol. “There would be times
Report England also make two changes – Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali come in, Mark Wood and Jason Roy go out Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl vs England Sri Lanka have chosen to bowl first in the final T20I of their series against England at the Ageas Bowl. England have
Alex Hales’ blazing century helped the Thunder post a record score of 5-232 as the Thunder claimed an emphatic 46-run win over the Sixers in the Sydney Smash
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The Indian women’s cricket team during the Test match vs England women.© Twitter Indian women’s team skipper Mithali Raj on Saturday said she was taken aback when the umpires took off the bails to abruptly end their one-off Test against England even though her teammates in the middle wanted to continue batting. Debutants Sneh Rana
News They will serve as spin-bowling and batting consultant respectively Rangana Herath has joined Bangladesh as their spin-bowling consultant until the T20 World Cup, while Ashwell Prince will be their batting consultant during their upcoming tour of Zimbabwe. Both coaches will travel to Zimbabwe later this week to join the Bangladesh side for their series
Neil Wagner has said he still feels ‘pretty young and the body feels really good’ and that he has ‘plenty left in the tank’ as a Test cricketer © Getty Images As a red-ball specialist who hasn’t played any white-ball cricket for New Zealand, Neil Wagner had never dreamed of being part of a world
News Injuries to Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal forced the selectors to recall the senior batter Mahmudullah has been added to Bangladesh’s Test squad three days after the line-ups for the three formats were announced for the tour of Zimbabwe starting next month. ESPNcricinfo has learned that injuries to Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal led
News Analysis The captain and chief selector have indicated there is plenty to play for over the next few weeks Australia’s tour squad to West Indies (and maybe onwards to Bangladesh) is missing a number of big names who have opted out, been rested, or are injured. That continues to disrupt preparations for the T20
News Dawid Malan added to ODI squad after MRI scans reveal small calf tear Jos Buttler has been ruled out of the rest of England’s white-ball series with Sri Lanka. Buttler sustained a calf tear in Wednesday’s first T20I and will now return home to commence his rehabilitation. Buttler, England’s vice-captain and wicketkeeper, scored an
Preview Onus on visitors’ batting to find an extra gear after flat displays in first two T20Is Big picture Three days on from the World Test Championship final, the Ageas Bowl (as it is once again allowed to be known) plays host to a final of a rather less epochal variety. The final T20I between
Preview A fit Temba Bavuma will lead South Africa for the first time in T20Is, against a West Indies side stacked with superstars Big picture Things should get more interesting from here. After two Tests of one-way traffic, expect a closer contest between West Indies and South Africa as the two teams step up preparations