Preview Mominul Haque’s men have lost three of their four Tests this year and might be without Tamim Iqbal for this one Big picture With not much at stake in the one-off Test between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in Harare, there is hardly any pre-match buzz. Zimbabwe are not part of the World Test Championship. Bangladesh
News Lehmann will step back into an assistant role despite signing a new deal earlier this year Wade Seccombe has been tipped as a future Australia coach amid a restructuring at Brisbane Heat which has seen him take the head coach position while Darren Lehmann steps back into a senior assistant role for the BBL.
News “We’re just here to have some fun, enjoy this series completely, and take a lot of positives” The India players who are in Sri Lanka for the upcoming limited-overs series are paying no heed to conversations about them being a second-string team – as Arjuna Ranatunga called them – according to Suryakumar Yadav, who
News Left-arm seamer pulled out of County Championship fixture vs Middlesex on third morning Amid the chaos of England’s first-choice ODI squad entering self-isolation on Tuesday morning, a handful of county stalwarts received news that they thought would never come. Danny Briggs was recalled after seven-and-a-half years since his last international appearance; John Simpson was
News His “projected recovery time” is three to four weeks, according to CSA South Africa fast bowler Sisanda Magala has been ruled out of the Ireland tour with an injury to his left ankle. Magala sustained the injury while preparing for the Ireland tour in Grenada, and his “projected recovery time” is three to four
Dan Lawrence is among those who could make an ODI debut © Getty Images for ECB England have called up nine uncapped players including Zak Crawley, Will Jacks and Brydon Carse for their upcoming ODI series against Pakistan after the entire first-choice squad was forced to self-isolate two days before the first fixture in Cardiff.
News The squad was split into two teams of 10 for a 22-over-a-side match in the first proper hit-out of the tour Australia I 195 for 6 (Marsh 56, Turner 45) beat Australia II 193 for 5 (Christian 47, Henriques 36) by four wickets Dan Christian, Mitchell Marsh and Ashton Turner made an impression with
News The Bangladesh head coach is also pleased with the “good energy and attitude” brought by the returning Shakib Al Hasan Tamim Iqbal is doubtful for the one-off Test against Zimbabwe that starts on Wednesday. According to coach Russell Domingo, the opener yet to recover fully from a knee injury that he picked up during
News Seamer takes five-wicket haul within opening eight overs at Emirates Old Trafford to reach landmark James Anderson claimed the 1000th first-class wicket of his career during a vintage afternoon’s work on day two of Lancashire’s County Championship match against Kent at Emirates Old Trafford. Anderson, the most-prolific fast bowler in Test history, went into
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
Sam Curran takes a brilliant 5-48 & half-centuries for Jason Roy, Joe Root, and Eoin Morgan as England win the series! Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and Wales Cricket Board. Including highlights, interviews, features getting
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